The final result was that Manchester United beat Aston Villa 4:1. Rooney, Berbatov, Giggs and Nani each scored a goal. Manchester United played very relaxed, and the attack was as smooth as mercury and blossomed in multiple places.
In this way, the FA Cup final will be a showdown between Southampton and Manchester United.
In the 2010-2011 season, Manchester United was definitely the strongest team in the Premier League, and had basically secured the top spot in the Premier League standings.
Moreover, in the Champions League, Manchester United also won the first leg of the semi-final against Schalke 04 at home, which is equivalent to having one foot in the Champions League final.
Therefore, the Manchester United that Southampton is going to challenge is almost the king Manchester United at its peak period.
The match against Manchester United is also the final battle of the season for Southampton Club!
On Wednesday, April 20, the 42nd round of the English League One kicked off with Southampton facing Bristol Rovers at home.
In this game, all of Southampton's main players were rested.
In the end, Southampton lost the game regrettably with 2:3, but Ward-Prowse and Aaron Martin performed quite well.
On Monday, April 25th, Southampton will host Yeovil Town at home.
Gu Ran started the game and Southampton sent out half of the main players.
Under Gu Ran's leadership, Southampton defeated Yeovil Town 7:0.
On Saturday, April 30th, Southampton will continue to face Dagenham at home.
Gu Ran came on as a substitute in the second half and completed a hat-trick in a limited time, eventually crushing Dagenham with a score of 5:2.
On Saturday, May 7, Southampton will challenge Exeter City away, which is also the last game of the English League One this season.
Southampton sent out most of its main players in order to maintain their competitive form so that they can compete with Manchester United for the FA Cup next Saturday.
In the end, Southampton beat Exeter City 4:1 away from home. Gu Ran was tackled by an Exeter City player who was counterattacking wildly in the second half. Coach Adkins was so scared that he substituted Gu Ran for rest in the 65th minute.
After this game, Southampton only has one FA Cup final left this season.
Last season, Southampton was still a mid-table team in English League One. But this season, after halfway through the season, Southampton has already secured the title of English League One, and won the League Cup and the English Championship. Now they have a chance to compete with the king Manchester United for the FA Cup.
This is a result that the top management and fans of Southampton Club could not imagine.
In other words, even if Southampton lost to Manchester United in the last FA Cup final, the club would have no regrets.
After all, Manchester United's strength is obvious.
Losing to a strong enemy is not shameful at all.
The atmosphere in the Southampton team is still very relaxed, without any psychological pressure.
As for Manchester United, although they were very happy when they knew that Southampton had unexpectedly eliminated Liverpool, and thought that the FA Cup championship was within their grasp, in fact, the pressure on Manchester United was much greater than that of Southampton!
So far, Manchester United still needs to fight on two fronts.
First of all, in the Premier League, the suspense of who will win the Premier League championship has remained until the last two rounds. Manchester United's opponents in the last two rounds are Chelsea, the current second-ranked champion of the previous Premier League, and Blackpool, which desperately needs 3 points to avoid relegation.
There is no need to mention how strong Chelsea is, and Chelsea is currently only 5 points behind Manchester United in the Premier League standings. If Chelsea wins Manchester United at home and then Manchester United loses to the relegation team Blackpool, then Manchester United's Premier League title will be gone.
Do Chelsea have what it takes to beat Manchester United? Of course they do.
The mentality of a relegation team is more than ten times stronger than that of a championship team.
Especially as it approaches the critical end of the season, if Blackpool can try hard to get three points, they can stay in the Premier League and continue to enjoy the Premier League's share and benefits without having to reduce benefits or even be forced to transfer due to relegation. Blackpool will definitely try their best.
Therefore, Manchester United will never dare to take it lightly at the end of the season and give up the league championship to Chelsea.
In the Champions League, the semi-finals are played in two rounds.
Manchester United defeated the tenacious Bundesliga powerhouse Schalke 04 at home in the first leg of the semi-finals, but the goal difference advantage was not obvious.
On the third day after the FA Cup match, Manchester United will fly to Germany to play the second round with Schalke 04.
The intensity of the second round of the game will definitely be much greater than the first round.
Therefore, Manchester United's focus of the game must be tilted towards the Champions League semi-finals.
Is the FA Cup important?
important.
Is it valuable? Yes.
However, compared with the Premier League champions and the Champions League champions, the FA Cup is not that valuable.
Therefore, in the FA Cup final, it seems that Southampton has no hope, but the actual situation is that Manchester United is under much greater pressure than Southampton.
During this period, Coach Adkins also led the Southampton players to relax in training by playing games, while giving the players targeted tactical lessons.
The Southampton team was focused and spent more than half a month preparing for the match against Manchester United.
On Friday, May 13, the Southampton team took their own bus to the Wembley five-star hotel that had been booked long ago.
That afternoon, Southampton conducted closed training at Wembley Stadium.
The head coaches of both teams also held press conferences.
Manchester United head coach "Hair Dryer" Ferguson highly praised coach Adkins' miraculous results in the Southampton team. At the same time, Ferguson also said that he has been paying attention to the performance of super star Gu Ran and said that Manchester United is ready to buy Gu Ran at all costs.
Coach Adkins once again emphasized that Gu Ran is not for sale, and said that Southampton is fully prepared for this game, and everyone is welcome to look forward to Gu Ran's wonderful performance on the field.
The next day, which was Saturday, May 14, Gu Ran got up early and trained silently in the dedicated VIP gym.
After having a nutritious breakfast in the morning, Gu Ran and other Southampton players went to Wembley Stadium again for the final closed training session before the game.
At 12 noon, fans from both sides entered the stadium.
The 90,000-seat Wembley Stadium was quickly filled to capacity.
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(End of this chapter)