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Whether it is Red Rebels fans or Manchester United fans, these people who came to watch the game all wore black, black suits, black T-shirts, black jackets, and black sweaters that symbolize going to the funeral...... Everyone also had a black veil wrapped around their arms, and the expressions on their faces were serious, weeping, sad, or reluctant...... Death is a variety, and so on!

If people who don't know walk in, they will be exaggerated and mistakenly think that today's Millennium Stadium is not an FA Cup final, but a huge memorial service, and if they pay attention to the banners pulled out by the fans in the stands, they will understand.

This is indeed a memorial service!

A memorial service for the Red Devils Manchester United!

As early as when the Glazer family announced the full acquisition of Manchester United, removing Manchester United from the stock market and turning it into a private company, there were many Manchester United diehard calls that they should refuse to go to Old Trafford to watch the game, refuse to let the Glazer family earn even a penny from them, and at the same time they wanted to send Manchester United to the end of the millennium!

Yes, they do love Manchester United and they are loyal, but that was before the Glazer family invaded, and after that, United were no longer the Red Devils in the minds of fans!

In the two years since the Red Rebels entered the Premier League, with the rumors of the Glazer family's takeover of Manchester United, the attendance at Old Trafford is still high, but as Keane said, people who eat steak and drink coffee account for a large part of it, they don't come to see the game, they don't even cheer for the goal, they cry for the goal, they come for the holiday, they come to enjoy!

On the other hand, the Red Rebels, the 50,005 grandstand attendance rate was full, and after an investigation by the Ministry of Commerce, the number of seats in the stands could no longer meet the needs of fans, which made Xiao Yu decide that after the end of the season, the third floor of the Red Rebels Stadium was expanded, and the entire third floor was built at one time, which will make the attendance rate of the Red Rebels Stadium reach 80,000, and the entire project is expected to take 1 year.

In this year's time, the grandstands on the first and second floors can continue to be used, and the addition of the third floor will not affect the normal operation of the stadium, but the expansion began less than one year after the completion of construction, which is indeed unexpected by Xiao Yu and others.

If you carefully analyze the reasons, it is not difficult to find that a large part of the fans who poured into the Red Rebels stadium are from Manchester United, who turned to the Red Rebels because they were angry at the Glazer family's acquisition of Manchester United, coupled with Manchester City's departure from Manchester, the number of fans of the Red Rebels has increased rapidly in the past two years.

The good results, the rapid increase in the number of fans, the low ticket prices, and the fact that the Red Rebels are still unbeaten at home so far have attracted more fans to the stadium, which is the reason why the Red Rebels are now in the ball market.

But Xiao Yu is also with Mark? David discussed that after the construction of the third floor, the stadium will not continue to expand in the short term, but to improve the service to the fans, after all, the attendance rate of 80,000 is enough to make the Red Rebels Stadium the largest football stadium in England except for Wembley Stadium under construction, and there is not much point in expanding.

At the same time that the Red Rebels announced that they would expand the stadium, the Glazer family, who had just taken over Manchester United, also proposed to expand the grandstand at Old Trafford, but because the location of Old Trafford was not as good as that of Red Rebels, there was no room for expansion before, which led to the expansion of Old Trafford Stadium being too expensive and could only be done step by step.

This year, Old Trafford will be expanded to the northeast and northwest corners with the addition of two levels of stands, which will increase the attendance of Old Trafford by 8,000 over a period of one year, and it is expected that the Old Trafford stadium will reach 76,000 by then.

Despite the announcement of the expansion of the stadium, the Red Rebels have been welcomed and supported, with fans already calling for the stadium to be expanded to make up for the difference in ticket prices between the Red Rebels and other top Premier League teams.

But United was ridiculed and ridiculed, and everyone was on the same page, that is, the Glazer family was starting to dig money from Manchester United.

Before the game, the fans went into the stadium.

The South Wales Police Department was worried about what these angry fans would do in the stadium, so they specially arranged a large number of people to come to the stadium to maintain order, but no one expected that the fans did not make trouble, but in such a way to vent their anger.

The Red Devils are dead!

RIP (Rest in peace)!

Born in 1878 and died in 2005, Rest in peace, Manchester United!

…… Shocking banners, impressive expressions, when the camera of the live broadcast swept over the stands of the Millennium Stadium, sweeping over the living, but as if the soul shell had been emptied, everyone felt silent.

Yes, it's a big memorial service!

And the most ironic thing is that the opponent of the Red Devils Manchester United in this game is the Red Rebels!

There is probably nothing more ironic in the world!

Back in 1998, when Murdoch wanted to buy Manchester United, the Red Rebels broke away, and Xiao Yu concluded that within 10 years, Manchester United would be bought and the Red Rebels would replace it.

Now only 7 years have passed, Manchester United was bought by the Glazer family, but the Red Rebels have become a famous team in Europe, and even have the opportunity to win this season's European Champions Cup, which undoubtedly slapped the Manchester United board of directors in a big mouth!

There is nothing the fans can do about the capital buyout, all they can do is to wear black clothes to watch the game and attend this huge memorial service, which has led to a huge profit for the hawkers outside the Millennium Stadium, and all the black clothes are in short supply, because in addition to Manchester United fans, Red Rebels fans are also wearing black.

These clever peddlers don't just sell clothes, they also have American flags with images of Glazer slathered on them, and the price is £5, which sells very well.

"This could have been prevented!" Xiao Yu said with embarrassment.

Standing next to him is Prince Mack of Kent, England, who will be the royal representative for the FA Cup, shaking hands with the players and managers before the game, as well as presenting trophies to the winning team after the game.

This was understood by the media as the exclusive favor of the Red Rebels.

In the 02/03 season, the Red Rebels reached the FA Cup final, and the then Prince Charles personally came to Wales to present the awards, and the turmoil that year was cited by the media as a good talk, and in the 03/04 season, the royal family made it clear that they would not send representatives to attend, so the FA brought in Robson Sr.

This year, the royal family arranged for Prince Mack to come to this football extravaganza, and interestingly, the Red Rebels once again reached the final, which was hailed by the media as a special treatment for the Red Rebels, because only this team participated in the final, the royal family was willing to send someone to present the awards.

Of course, this rumor was quickly shattered, as Prince Mack had decided two months earlier, and at that time the Red Rebels had no idea if they would be able to participate in the final.

However, because of his acquaintance with Prince Charles's father and son, Xiao Yu had close contacts with the royal family and knew this Prince Mack, so he accepted the invitation and went to the VIP box with him to watch the game.

For Xiao Yu, this is a game with more symbolic significance than victory or defeat, even if the Red Rebels lose, he will not feel sorry, because the Red Rebels can appear in this place at this time, which is itself the greatest representative significance.

There are wins and losses in football games, but the meaning is forever!

I believe that even if it is a hundred years from now, not many people will remember the score of this game, but there are certainly many fans who will talk about the significance of this game, just as there are still many fans who are still talking about the situation when the Red Rebels were formed.

…………………… Although Xiao Yu did not attach much importance to this game, Mourinho did not relax at all.

Manchester United's morale has not been good recently, and the team's form is not very good, on the other hand, the Red Rebels defeated Real Madrid and Juventus in the Champions League to reach the final, although they lost the league title, but the morale of the team is like a rainbow.

And in terms of staffing, Gary? With Neville and Heinze out injured, Alex Ferguson sent O'Shea and Brown to start in their place, so Mourinho focused on attacking United's two flanks.

The magical quartet of Villa, Ronaldo, Messi and Kaka continued to attack Manchester United's defence from the start, especially Messi, who continued to create a lot of threats for Manchester United on the right flank, plus the forward insertion of two full-backs helped the Red Rebels control the situation on the field from the beginning.

In order to suppress the Red Rebels' midfield, Ferguson changed the formation to 433, placing Scholes, Keane and Fletcher in the midfield position, Robinho, Rooney and Ruud van Nistelrooy formed the front three, and Diego was placed on the bench.

However, there is a big drawback in Manchester United's squad is Ruud van Nistelrooy, the presence of the Dutchman has slowed down Manchester United's forward advance, although Ferguson arranged Robinho and Rooney to help him, but in fact the effect is not ideal, the Dutchman has been affected by injuries this season, and his form is not as good as before, and several opportunities have not been grasped.

On the other hand, the Red Rebels' attack, the combination of McCone and Messi on the right side is becoming more and more tacit, and the little Ronaldo on the left side is even more compatible with Evra, making the two wings of the Red Rebels completely suppress Manchester United.

Lost Gary? Neville and Heinze's United wings were fragile, and O'Shea and Brown couldn't stop Ronaldo and Messi, who were in good form, and the Reds defence was crushed by the Red Rebels less than 10 minutes after the opening kick-off.

Xiao Xiao Luo cut inside with the ball on the left side, and after colliding with Villa in the front of the penalty area, he crossed in front of the goal, and Kaka inserted it in the back row and stabbed the goal, 1:0!

After that, the game completely entered the stage of the Red Rebels' control, Beckham and De Rossi's double midfield and Keane, Scholes and Fletcher's back three were all happy, but the Red Rebels' attack suppressed Manchester United, leaving Keane in a bitter battle.

At the end of the first half, the Red Rebels scored again, Kaka took advantage of a counterattack opportunity and sent a sharp through ball, Villa used speed to get rid of Silvestre and scored with a single shot, 2:0!

At the beginning of the second half, Scholes, who was more forward, sent the ball accurately into the Red Rebels penalty area, and Vanney beat Vidic and scored from a small angle to pull a goal back for Manchester United, 2:1!

But the Red Rebels quickly counterattacked, Beckham's direct free kick caused Carroll to get out of his hands, and Xiao Xiaoluo successfully made a supplementary shot, expanding the score again, 3:1!

Although Ferguson quickly replaced Fletcher with Ryan Giggs, hoping to strengthen Manchester United's attack, Mourinho also made adjustments and substitutions, which limited Manchester United's attack well and continued to maintain the advantage on the field.

There were a couple of decent chances from both sides, but neither side could find the back of the net again, and the Red Rebels beat Manchester United 3-1 at the Millennium Stadium to win the FA Cup for the second time in the club's history, while leaving the Reds scoreless for the rest of the season.

In what was considered by the media to be a fig leaf battle, the Red Rebels' victory undoubtedly caused great irony to Manchester United, especially the countless fans of both sides who were dressed in black at the scene, and even more shocking to onlookers.

Regardless of where United will go in the future, and whatever the Glazer family's purpose in buying Manchester United, the debate is over and the protests are pointless after this game from today.

Rest in peace, Manchester United!

(To be continued)