Ferguson, who couldn't control his trembling fingers, hasn't given up yet!
The spirit of the Red Devils Manchester United is to never give up.
Ferguson quickly adjusted his mentality and asked Carrick to warm up on the sidelines.
The core of Southampton is Gu Ran, so if Manchester United wants to win, they must restrict Gu Ran.
Park Ji-sung was injured and left the field. Fletcher himself is not a very good player in marking, but after replacing him with Carrick, he can use Carrick's physical advantage and defensive experience to better defend Gu Ran.
When Carrick was warming up, Fletch knew that he was about to be substituted, so he stopped conserving his energy and his hands and feet became more rough. Fletch also wanted to use this to consume more of Gu Ran's energy and condition.
However, no matter how hard Fletcher tried, he was unable to limit Gu Ran's performance on both the offensive and defensive ends.
It can even be said that Gu Ran did not take Fletcher's hard work seriously at all.
In the 83rd minute, Scholes collided with Gu Ran while actively defending him. Scholes fell heavily to the ground, and Gu Ran's thigh was cut by Scholes' studs.
Team doctors from both teams quickly entered the field to provide treatment and bandages.
All Manchester United fans stood up and sang the Manchester United team anthem in an almost tragic voice.
To be honest, a score of 3:3 is certainly not a failure, but Manchester United faced Southampton, a team in the English League One! In the finals, being tied to this extent by Southampton, a third-tier league, is already a failure.
While the game was interrupted and both teams were recovering from injuries on the court, players from both sides returned to the bench to replenish their water.
After a simple bandage, Gu Ran stood up again with full energy.
Scholes didn't have any big problems either - as a person who has been frail and sickly since childhood, suffering from serious eye diseases, asthma, and albinism, now at the age of nearly 40, he was still able to not suffer too much in the physical confrontation with Gu Ran. Scholes is really super strong.
After Gu Ran stood up, he took the initiative to shake hands with Scholes as a sign of respect.
Scholes nodded to Gu Ran seriously and returned the greeting.
At this time, the fourth official raised the card, and Fletcher, who had been unable to run due to Gu Ran, ran off the field panting, while Carrick quickly came on the field and took his position.
After Carrick came on the pitch, he whispered something briefly to Scholes, conveying a message for coach Ferguson.
Scholes nodded seriously, his eyes falling on Gu Ran intentionally or unintentionally.
Obviously, Ferguson's requirement for Scholes and Carrick is that they work together to keep a close eye on Gu Ran.
Only by restricting Gu Ran can Southampton be prevented from continuing to score, while at the same time creating loopholes in Southampton's defense.
The game starts again.
Manchester United, who was equalized twice by Southampton, continued to attack fiercely.
Although pressing and attacking with all their might throughout the entire match would be very exhausting for Manchester United, who were about to play the second leg of the Champions League semi-final, the FA Cup final had come to this point and there was absolutely no possibility of giving up.
The game was in the 86th minute.
All Manchester United players pressed towards Southampton's penalty area. Veteran Giggs broke through the three-man double-team defense, inserted through the gap between the players, dribbled the ball to the bottom line, and then saw the opportunity to make a reverse triangle pass! Giggs had performed this kind of breakthrough and back pass seven or eight times in this game, but Southampton really had no way to deal with Giggs' textbook-like flying wing cross from the bottom line.
Although Giggs slept with a female model after his wife, and then found time to sleep with his brother's wife after sleeping with the female model, this did not prevent Giggs from having the strength of a world-class winger.
Giggs's breakthroughs are world-class, and his crosses are also world-class.
Giggs' cross landed accurately on Rooney's head, whose hairline was already starting to become bald.
There are many football players who go bald at an early age, and Rooney is the most famous one.
Rooney's baldness is partly due to genetics, but more importantly it is due to too many headers in his career.
Heading is a type of shooting that can cause great damage to the scalp and even to the brain tissue.
But Rooney couldn't avoid it either - Giggs' cross was going to hit him on the head, and as a center forward, he couldn't avoid it, right? So Rooney rose from the ground like a short and fat little rocket and headed the ball -
Goalkeeper Davis missed the ball, but fortunately Gu Ran arrived in time and cleared the ball out of the penalty area near the goal line! Southampton fans breathed a sigh of relief!
Manchester United’s Red Devils fans covered their faces and sighed with disappointment!
Davis hugged Gu Ran excitedly.
If Gu Ran had not sprinted from the top of the arc to get rid of Carrick and retreated to the goal line to rescue the ball, Southampton would have been led by Manchester United again.
After this wave of attack, Manchester United's crazy offensive remained unabated.
One minute later, Manchester United's attack came back from the right side. Scholes made a wonderful pass to Nani, who dribbled the ball directly into Southampton's penalty area. Mikel blocked Nani outside the penalty area. Nani immediately made a short pass to Little Pea who retreated and responded flexibly. After taking the ball, Little Pea shook to the left, opened a shooting gap between Fonte and Hammond, and then pushed the ball directly into the near corner of the goal at a small angle!
Davis jumped sideways to block the ball, barely blocking it out of the small penalty area! But the ball was not dead yet! Rooney picked up the first landing point on the left side of the small penalty area, and Gu Ran rushed up to pressure Rooney!
Rooney, who is fearless, actually hesitated in a 1v1 situation with Gu Ran!
Although Rooney shot the ball immediately, the angle and strength of the shot were obviously not enough!
The football hit the goal post and bounced out of the bottom line when Davis was obviously powerless!
Rooney angrily clenched his fists and roared at the goal!
Manchester United’s fierce attack was very beautiful, but it just bloomed but did not bear fruit!
Although Rooney's shot did not touch Gu Ran, if Gu Ran had not rushed over to put pressure on him, Rooney's shot would almost certainly have gone in.
Now, the game has reached the 88th minute, with only 2 minutes left in regular time, and Manchester United is still 3:3 Southampton!
At this time, the fourth official raised a sign, indicating that the game would be added with extra time - as long as 7 minutes!
Although the game was interrupted twice due to injuries in the second half, the length of the extra time was definitely beyond the limit.
Of course, during the period when Ferguson coached Manchester United, the FA referees were always very caring towards Manchester United, so Manchester United's extra time was also called Ferguson time - on the surface it was 7 minutes of extra time, but to exaggerate, Ferguson time would be added until Ferguson was satisfied.
...(End of this chapter)