The ball went in! Rooney's flying shot lit up the entire Wembley Stadium!

The Red Devils fans cheered wildly and excitedly, while the Southampton Saints fans were convinced and praised repeatedly.

This foot is so beautiful that it looks like a fairy from the sky.

Not only was the goal beautiful, it also kept the suspense of the game.

The current score is Southampton 2:1 Manchester United. Including injury time, Manchester United should have at least 8 minutes of chance. As long as Manchester United can seize these 8 minutes and equalize the score, they can play overtime.

However, given the number of players and current physical strength of Manchester United, even if they play overtime, Manchester United will have no advantage at all.

The game continues.

Southampton intensified their high-pressure attack throughout the game.

The fourth official raised a sign, indicating that there would be five minutes of injury time.

In the third minute of injury time, Rooney took the ball again and quickly broke through the middle.

Lallana and Salah were unable to stop the bull-like Lukaku, but Gu Ran and Mikel quickly filled in.

Gu Ran blocked Rooney's breakthrough route in an instant, and Gu Ran's body collided with Rooney's body, and neither of them gained any advantage.

Mikel took the opportunity to block Rooney and prevent him from speeding up.

Gu Ran took the opportunity to make an accurate steal and snatched the ball from Rooney's feet.

Rooney quickly reached out to grab Gu Ran, but Gu Ran's starting speed was very fast, and Rooney missed! Gu Ran, the son of the wind and the king of Highbury, was at full speed! He dribbled the ball straight into Manchester United's penalty area! Manchester United's defensive players chased back and blocked Gu Ran! Facing Manchester United's iron-clad blockade, Gu Ran suddenly stopped, knocked his heel, and passed the ball to the middle where no one was guarding!

Salah made a run from the back and volleyed the ball towards him! This pass was so brilliant! It fooled all the defenders of Manchester United!

By the time Manchester United's goalkeeper reacted, it was too late!

The football went right into the net! The ball went in! A buzzer beater! Southampton 3:1 Manchester United!

Manchester United has worked hard, but Southampton, with Gu Ran, is too strong!

At this time, the referee blew the whistle to end the game! All the Southampton players and coaches on the bench rushed into the field! Southampton advanced to the FA Cup final! At the same time, another FA Cup match was also between Manchester City and Liverpool.

In the end, Liverpool eliminated Manchester City with a score of 4:3 in overtime.

As a result, Southampton's opponent in the FA Cup final is Liverpool.

After the FA Cup semi-final, coach Adkins gave the main players a day off so that they could get some rest.

Three days later, on April 17, the Europa League battle resumed.

The first round of the Europa League semi-finals began, with Southampton facing Juventus at home.

Juventus is recognized as a world-class powerhouse, but since the Calciopoli scandal in 2006, Juventus was penalized and relegated, and then the powerhouse fell.

Being relegated to English League Two due to penalty points is actually not a big deal. After all, even the biggest clubs have ups and downs in performance. For example, Manchester United has been kicked into the second-tier league more than once.

However, the reason why Juventus was relegated was not because of the team's poor strength, but because of cheating.

This is definitely a fatal blow to the reputation of a century-old club.

The Calciopoli scandal had wide-ranging implications and directly led to the decline of Serie A.

After the Calciopoli scandal, Serie A is no longer as attractive.

However, when Juventus was relegated to Serie B, there were still many world-class players in the team who resolutely stayed and helped the club through the difficult times - such as Chiellini, Piero, Trezeguet, Nedved, and Buffon.

So far, Trezeguet and Nedved have just retired, while world-class stars such as Piero, Buffon and Chiellini are still there.

The ability of the "young player" Buffon is very stable. Although there will be a strong new goalkeeper in football at every stage, Buffon has always been in the position of second goalkeeper and is more stable than anyone else.

This game was also the first contest between Gu Ran and Buffon.

That morning, Juventus head coach Conte held a press conference.

When answering questions from the media, Coach Conte, who is known as "Kong Erlangzi", bluntly stated that he is not a fan of Gu Ran and does not think Gu Ran can beat Juventus.

Conte also said that this will be a relatively easy game, they will win this victory and then win the Europa League final.

The competition officially started at 3:00 p.m.

Southampton directly deployed a 4231 formation, with all the main players appearing on the field.

Juventus fielded Conte's unique 352 formation, which is also the most popular three-defender formation in Serie A.

The three defenders are De Ceglie on the left, Motta on the right, and Chiellini in the middle.

Among them, the most noteworthy is Giorgio Chiellini.

Chiellini is a very typical Italian central defender. Chiellini has a good overall view, stable performance, abundant physical strength and confrontation, a wide coverage range, and can advance to assist at critical moments.

In terms of technical characteristics, Chiellini's tackles are very fierce and accurate, and he rarely commits fouls, but he can always create an unsolvable sense of pressure on the opponent's offensive players at the most appropriate time, thus forcing the opponent's players to find it difficult to exert their true strength.

In addition, Serie A teams themselves emphasize chain defense, so it is normal to have central defenders like Chiellini.

What is more worth mentioning is that Chiellini himself is also a top student. During his heavy football training, Chiellini also took the opportunity to obtain a master's degree in economics from the University of Turin.

This master's degree is of extremely high value, because the University of Turin itself is one of the top ten universities in Europe. Getting a master's degree from the University of Turin is harder than winning the European Championship trophy.

Juventus' five midfielders are: Marchisio, Krasic, Pirlo, Vidal and Elia.

Krasic is known as the younger version of Nedved. Vidal was previously loaned to a Premier League team for a short period of time and had a match against Southampton. Not to mention Pirlo, the only active midfield master in football today.

Pirlo is a player with his own thoughts. His characteristic is very distinctive, that is, slowness.

On the court, players are all pursuing speed, but Pirlo can control the rhythm of the game, being slow but agile, and every move is full of entertainment and technicality.

A slow master similar to Pirlo is the retired Zidane.

Zidane is also famously slow, but also famously elegant.

Conte's 352 formation is centered around Pirlo.

Finally, Juventus’ two forwards are No. 10 Del Piero and No. 9 Iaquinta.

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(End of this chapter)