The FA Cup final is held at the ium-stadium in Cardiff, home of the Welsh football team.

Inaugurated in 1999, the Millennium Stadium was built by the Welsh Rugby Union to host the 1999 Rugby World Cup, costing £126 million and with a capacity of 74,500 spectators, making it the second stadium in Europe and the largest in the world to have a canopy.

Since 2001, Wembley Stadium in London has been renovated, and the FA has held the FA Cup final and the English League Cup final at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, which has further enhanced the popularity of the Millennium Stadium.

On the afternoon of May 22, both teams had arrived at the Millennium Stadium.

Just when the two teams came out to warm up, the fans had already begun to enter, the game came to Cardiff with more than 4,000 Derby County fans, compared to Manchester United fans, reaching 10,000, the FA actually allocated the number of tickets, to both teams are 10,000 places, but Derby County as a small regional team, can come to Cardiff, Wales fans with the team, certainly not reach these figures, so the rest of the places are reserved for Cardiff local fans.

There were still a lot of Welsh fans who came to the scene, they packed the entire spectator stands, and for Welsh fans, it was a rare opportunity to see the English Cup clash on their doorstep, and there would be no problem with ticket sales.

Fans of both teams aside, there are also some local Welsh fans who are Manchester United fans. There are very few Derby County fans, but most neutral fans actually support Derby County in their hearts. After all, Derby County is a weak team compared to Manchester United, and most people will often sympathize with the weak.

But in the warm-up stage, which had not yet begun, this sympathy did not come out, and the fans also cheered from the stands when they saw Manchester United's stars on the playing field.

The cheers for the Derby players were pitiful in comparison, as most fans couldn't even name the Derby players.

The discrepancy is a choke for the whole of Derby.

A reporter who has just arrived at the media table. Seeing this atmosphere, I remembered that the Chinese who 'don't know what to say' said before that he wanted to beat Manchester United. It's funny, Manchester United is so strong, there are so many supporters, how can Derby County beat Manchester United?

If only Manchester United could show good. Perhaps the Millennium Stadium may soon become Manchester United's home stadium, and the pressure on Derby County will become more and more passive, so why will they win?

Wan Sheng didn't know what the media thought, and he wouldn't care, except for a few words before the game that he wanted to fight for the championship, he had been very low-key, and a day earlier, he had submitted the starting list in accordance with the fluency. Then, while the players were warming up, they went to the press conference.

At the pre-match press conference, Wan Sheng was still very low-key.

But there is one thing that will not be compromised. It's about the fight for the win, "Don't say anything about Manchester United going to win, we're going to be the winners." ”

"Sir, you're so sure Manchester United have won, what will you say if we win? Derby County went shit luck haha"

"We're here. We don't want to be runner-up, so we can only take the championship! ”

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Those were the words of Wan Sheng in the pre-match press conference in front of those skeptical reporters. But what he got was some ridicule and contempt words and eyes, even if the media in the venue supported Derby County, few thought that the team had a chance, after all, Derby County and Manchester United, the gap is too big, Derby County beat Manchester United, that can be described as a 'miracle'.

But Wan Sheng doesn't care, he just wants to emphasize fighting spirit and emphasize the champion.

At the press conference, after repeating it a few more times, Wan Sheng also lost the excitement of arguing with reporters, and when he saw the time, the players had finished warming up, and he returned to the locker room.

In the locker room, Wan Sheng watched the players busy preparing.

The public opinion before the game is not good for the team, but Wansheng does not want to see public opinion have an impact on the team, which will affect their performance in the game.

Wansheng is also very proud.

Look at this team who were only fighting for relegation from League One at the end of last season and are now able to keep their composure against Manchester United head-on.

In addition to being proud, Wansheng also began to do the last mobilization before the station.

He stepped forward.

When everyone saw his movements, everyone stopped what they were doing and gathered around to look at Wan Sheng.

Wan Sheng opened his mouth and said, "We have been preparing for the competition for almost a month, we have worked hard for a month, this month, each of you has been training very hard, all for this game, if we lose the game, this month's ability will be in vain, but I have confidence in you, so do you have confidence in yourself!?" ”

"Yes!" A lot of players shouted.

Wan Sheng smiled, "Yes, that's it!" We put in the effort, and now is the time to reap the rewards! It's against Manchester United, a very strong team, and every one of you knows Manchester United and what it means to win against them. No one was optimistic about us before the game, and a lot of media analysis was against us, but we were able to keep preparing for the game until now and I believe we can win the game! ”

"It's not just trust, it's about believing in the results of our efforts. It took us almost a month to get used to the new tactics and we knew them well, but on the contrary, they didn't know us, they didn't know our new tactics, we would catch them off guard, we defended well, we attacked well, and all of that adds up to my trust in the game! ”

"I believe we can win, do you believe it?"

Listening to Wansheng's explanation, the players thought about it carefully, although the outside world was not optimistic about the team, but they worked hard for a month. Losing a game means getting nothing, and no one wants their efforts to be unrewarded, so they want to win even more.

Everyone shouted loudly in unison. "Believe!"

Wan Sheng smiled with satisfaction.

Maybe this game can really turn into a miracle, he likes miracles, he likes to beat strong teams, especially a hegemonic team like Manchester United, it is more rewarding to beat them, and what he is pursuing is victory, and the winner will have this feeling.

"Excellent! It's about having such momentum! The opponent is Manchester United? So what? They are not invincible. We are here today to beat them and win the title for the club! ”

"Those public opinion says that we are weak. What if we say we have no hope at all, we just want to beat them and let the media see if we have a chance! ”

When both teams of players play. Various fans expressed tendencies.

At this moment, in fact, it is similar to the warm-up, the fans will only cheer for the stars they know, so the Manchester United players received a cheer, but there was no cheer on the Derby County side, and even the team's biggest stars Cahill, Ribery, and Morris did not receive any cheers, compared to Manchester United stars, they really seem very unfamous. At least in Cardiff, Wales, it's extremely rare for fans to know about the trio.

Hearing these voices, Diamares scolded dissatisfiedly. "This damn bunch of fans."

It's obviously a neutral stadium, so it seems to be Manchester United's home stadium, which is really depressing, but Wan Sheng smiled nonchalantly.

Together with Diamares, he walked to the dugout with the substitutes, and when he got to the dugout, he sat straight into his seat. The next thing he needs to do is watch the game here. Everything that should be prepared has been prepared, and whether the next step is to win. It depends on the player's performance.

Before the game, many people knew about the Derby County squad, there was only one striker Cahill on the list, but there were five defenders at the same time, and the teenager Leto Ziegler also appeared in the list, with five defenders partnering with a striker, which is different from the 442 formation normally used by Derby County, in a general game, they will arrange two strikers.

But everybody thought it was nothing.

At the beginning of the game against Manchester United, it was normal to have one more striker and one less striker, but everyone felt that Derby County would still use attacking tactics, after all, they were very adaptable to this tactic and played well in the previous games.

Neither the commentators, nor the reporters in the media gallery, nor the fans or commentators, did not feel that there was anything wrong. But there is one man who is an exception, and that is Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson.

One less striker and one more defender sounds like it doesn't matter, but in reality, the tactical aspect is a bit unworkable, where will an extra defender be? How do you play Derby County's attack with one less striker?

These need to be considered.

It sounds like just a change in one player position, but tactically it's completely different, and for this adjustment to happen, there has to be a change in tactics, otherwise the formation will definitely be a mess.

So such an adjustment is unusual.

"Did Derby really make a special adjustment to strengthen their defence?" Ferguson was a little confused, but he quickly held his mind and prepared to watch the game carefully.

Soon after, as United made two attacks in quick succession, Ferguson realised that something was wrong, because when United attacked, he didn't see any players up front in the Derby formation.

Generally speaking, even if they are passively suppressed, they will cruise around the halfway line and be ready to counterattack at any time, but Derby County does not seem to have such players, but they have all 11 players in the backfield, and the players who are up front are also in front of the penalty line.

This seems strange.

In a football game, it is easy to see the formation when retreating, but the formation of Derby County is a bit chaotic, those players seem to stand and run at will, there is no formation at all, there is no player at the front, what kind of game is this playing?

Could it be that the Derby County players are not in shape, and they can't even stand in formation?

Ferguson's heart was full of doubts-

Weakly ask for a few recommendation votes~~――(To be continued)