Football: I got off to a lucky start and I scored a lot of goals

Chapter 162

Is Portsmouth strong?

Compared with Manchester United, there is definitely a gap in strength.

But Portsmouth can make it all the way to the semi-finals of the FA Cup, so they must have some skills.

Manchester United did not rotate too much, so after the opening, it can be clearly felt that Manchester United players are not as active as Portsmouth.

After all, Portsmouth is absolutely waiting for the opportunity.

And Ferguson is also experienced.

He was not in a hurry to pick up the rhythm at the beginning, but focused on control.

Especially Anderson, who has become completely different from before.

Last season, Ferguson's requirement for Anderson was basically an engineer!

Just like Park Ji-sung.

But since Su Yun came out of nowhere.

Ferguson has changed his training of Anderson.

Because, in some games where the main players are not there and the ball needs to be passed, he needs more passers to support Su Yun.

So Anderson's task has changed.

Anderson has changed a lot in the whole season.

Even Ferguson had to admit privately that his previous positioning of Anderson was a bit of a failure.

Of course, this is also related to different situations.

Last season, Cristiano Ronaldo was still in the team, Giggs and Scholes were still strong, and there was no need for Anderson to control the ball and organize the attack.

Of course, the most important thing is that Cristiano Ronaldo's independent offensive ability is too strong, and he doesn't need some wonderful passes.

However, there are a few sweeping tools in the midfield.

So Anderson's responsibilities have changed.

In this game, the entire first half belonged to Anderson.

The swift and wind-like dribbling breakthrough, the dazzling Brazilian-specific footwork, the broad field of vision and the surgical pass, plus the skill of a long shot...

Anderson showed his all-round side.

In the first half of the game, after a dull twenty-five minutes, the rest of the game was all about his performance.

He first organized the attack, found Rooney with a wide field of vision and accurate passes, and gave Rooney the opportunity to pass the ball to Berbatov to shoot into the empty goal.

Then, he passed the ball to Berbatov again, and then received Berbatov's back pass, and shot through the Portsmouth goal with a shocking long shot.

Finally, he showed his breakthrough and dazzling skills. In the crowd, he passed the ball out, giving Rooney the opportunity to sweep the ball in front of the goal.

So, looking at Anderson's performance in these dozens of minutes, even Ferguson smiled and shook his head.

Why shook his head?

It's very simple...

Let's not talk about the change in Anderson's training and positioning, just talk about Anderson's talent and hard work.

This is simply infuriating!

Because Anderson is really not working hard!

There are too many parts of his talent that are worth exploring.

Unfortunately, he seems to have been satisfied.

If Anderson could work as hard as Su Yun.

Ferguson would dare to support him to the starting position and let Scholes be his substitute!

What a pity!

"Don't look at me!" Mike Phelan understood the look Ferguson gave him and said quickly: "I have thought of too many ways to get Anderson to train more, and even compared him with Su to stimulate him, but it's useless! He always said that I have completed the team training meticulously! Why do I need to train more!"

"What can I do?"

Ferguson smiled bitterly. Yes, they are all working hard and don't want to see Anderson continue to waste his talent like this, but he doesn't want to, can he force it?

But...

3-0 at halftime!

This semi-final with Portsmouth should be stable.

But even so, Ferguson still replaced Su Yun in the second half.

Ferguson was more relieved when Su Yun was on the court.

Moreover, what made Ferguson feel funny was that Portsmouth sent Malins to closely guard Su Yun.

They wanted to learn Van Bommel's freezing tactics against Su Yun.

Unfortunately, Malins is not Van Bommel.

Without the help of his teammates, it is difficult for Su Yun to break free from Van Bommel's cage.

But Malins's cage is not so good.

Su Yun can always easily get rid of Malins by frequent running, and find a gap with the opportunity to get rid of it...

Unfortunately, his teammates failed to pass the ball in time several times.

Su Yun worked in vain.

On the contrary, Rooney, in the 75th minute of the game, seemed to have an inadvertent shot outside the penalty area, which once again expanded the score advantage.

Well, Rooney has scored twice.

Of course, he can't threaten Su Yun in the FATotal number of goals in the FA Cup.

Rooney has only scored four goals, including this double, while Su Yun has already scored eight goals in the FA Cup!

Although he can't say that he is completely sure of being the top scorer, there is no doubt that he has a higher chance.

But Su Yun will often think in the worst case scenario in such a situation.

So, what if Rooney explodes later, or someone else from Chelsea explodes, and scores four or five goals in a game?

Wouldn't his top scorer be unstable?

So, he still has to fight for the chance to score.

But...

It's already 4-0, and Portsmouth's fighting desire is not strong.

If Su Yun is still so persistent, it's a bit too unmannerly.

So, he can only play with the mentality of letting things happen in the next game.

The result is that he didn't find a chance to score a goal until the end of the game.

In the end, Manchester United defeated Portsmouth 4-0 and advanced to the FA Cup final.

In another FA Cup semi-final, Chelsea also defeated Aston Villa 3-0 and advanced to the final.

The final will once again feature a red-blue battle between Manchester United and Chelsea!

The English Football Association will be very happy.

Such a final matchup is full of highlights, and the ratings and other aspects are definitely guaranteed.

Good things, good things!

Of course, Manchester United actually hopes to play Aston Villa in the final, and Chelsea is the same, and hopes that Portsmouth can eliminate Manchester United!

Unfortunately, neither side was able to do so!

Of course, this hope is not because of fear of the opponent.

But the hope can be a little easier...

After all, when the two teams face each other, neither Manchester United nor Chelsea dares to say that they will definitely beat their opponents.

Moreover, the entanglement between the two teams did not end there.

Just four days later, on April 15, both teams ushered in the 34th round of the Premier League.

Manchester United went away to play against Blackburn, while Chelsea faced the challenge of Bolton at home.

The two teams started the game at the same time, which was considered a full-scale competition in the air.

Now Manchester United is four points ahead of Chelsea with one game less.

Chelsea still has hope!

Because the schedule was too tight, Ferguson rotated all the main players in this game.

Even Van der Sar was replaced to rest and Foster was used!

This gave Chelsea more hope.

And this hope also made Chelsea very happy in the first half...