Chapter 576, the Second Final
The 2014-2015 Premier League season has come to an end.
Although Manchester United did not succeed in defending the title, Kintiger has no time and thought to be disappointed now. He is now focusing all his energy on the last two games of the season-the FA Cup final and the Champions League final.
A week later, on May 31, this season's FA Cup final officially kicked off. The venue for this game is Wembley Stadium, and Manchester United's opponent is Aston Villa.
Aston Villa's final ranking this season is 17th in the league, barely relegation. In fact, their relegation experience was very rough.
Before the last round of the league, they also ranked 18th with 35 points and were in the relegation zone. Hull City was ranked 17th in the league at the time. They were 1 point ahead of Aston Villa and were outside the relegation zone with a narrow advantage of 36 points.
But in the last round of the Premier League, Manchester United tied Hull City 1-1, leaving Hull City with only one point. But in another game, Aston Villa beat Newcastle with a crushing momentum. The score of 4 to 1 allowed them to get three points, overtake Hull City with 38 points, and escaped the relegation zone.
Therefore, in addition to Aston Villa's own efforts, Manchester United's draw with Hull City is one of the fundamental reasons for their relegation.
Therefore, in the fan stands of this FA Cup final, many Aston Villa fans played "Thank you Manchester United for helping me avoid relegation!" Banners and slogans.
At this time, Kintag felt very funny on the sidelines. He said to Scholes: "If we slaughter Aston Villa on the field later, will their fans tear up these banners?"
"It's very likely." Scholes replied.
Phelan asked, "Are you talking about the possibility of tearing up the banner?"
Scholes shook his head: "I'm talking about the possibility of killing Aston Villa."
"Hahahaha! I just like what you said!" Jin Taige laughed from the side.
Not only the coaching staff headed by Jin Taige is full of confidence, but even the players on the court are in a brave state today.
They had just defeated a strong enemy in the Champions League some time ago, especially the two-round double-kill Barcelona game, which greatly increased the confidence of Manchester United soldiers! Therefore, they are facing Aston Villa, which is ranked low in the league today, and they are full of belief in winning!
At the beginning of the game, Aston Villa showed extraordinary strength. In the first 20 minutes, they were evenly matched with Manchester United, and it was hard to tell the winner. This surprised many people.
In fact, in all fairness, the strength of Aston Villa's players is still good, especially their frontcourt offensive combination, the midfielder Delph has both offense and defense; and the two forwards Abanglahor and Benteke also have their own characteristics. Although they are not world-class players, but with the overall strength of Aston Villa, at least they will not struggle near the relegation zone. Their decline this season is due to injuries on the one hand, and has a lot to do with the team's goals on the other hand.
In this season's League Cup and FA Cup competitions, Aston Villa attaches great importance to the cup competition, and even lowered the weight of the league a lot. Stone Villa also played very hard. They were knocked out early in the Carabao Cup, but made it all the way to the final in the FA Cup. Now they have only one goal - to win the FA Cup!
But with their strength, how difficult it is to beat Manchester United.
At the beginning of the first half, they also performed well, playing a close match with Manchester United, which made their fans shine. However, after the opening period of the game, their stamina gradually became insufficient, and the overall state was obviously not as good as the opening.
And in the opening stage, seeing the opponent's crazy attack, Jin Taige told the team to sink first, don't rush, deal with the opponent, make sure not to lose position, and ensure the distance between players. After all, the game is a matter of 90 minutes, and there is no rush to start the short period of time.
Especially some time ago, Lianke Atletico Madrid and Barcelona gave Manchester United more confidence. Therefore, in the opening stage, although Aston Villa's offense was fierce, they did not get any good opportunities.
After a period of time in the opening game, Aston Villa has been unable to start the situation. Their offensive gradually dropped, and the spirit of the players also declined.
This is a good opportunity for Manchester United to fight back!
In the 25th minute of the game, Manchester United passed a midfield cooperation, Lampard and De Bruyne on the right made consecutive short passes and passed the ball into the goal. After Lewandowski, who has already won the Premier League Golden Boot, received the ball, he wanted to shoot directly, but he was surrounded by three Aston Villa defenders, so Lewandowski passed the ball to the penalty area after weighing. Griezmann outside. After Griezmann scored a goal, he shot directly from the far corner on the right side of the penalty area. Goalkeeper Steele couldn't make a save and could only watch the ball roll into the net.
1 to 0! Manchester United took the lead!
This goal fully embodies the biggest offensive feature of Manchester United at present-incomparably sharp and fast attack!
Kintag inherited Manchester United's fast break characteristics and brought him to the extreme this season. Especially in the Champions League, the group stage victory over Juventus, the knockout victory over Atletico Madrid and Barcelona, these few games have brought the fast break to the fullest.
Compared with their previous opponents, Aston Villa is really not enough.
After being scored by Manchester United, Aston Villa panicked, and they also accelerated their offensive rhythm, trying to equalize the score as soon as possible. However, their players have some ability, their speed has increased, but their mistakes have also increased.
In the 39th minute of the game, Manchester United caught Aston Villa's midfield pass error, Mahrez broke the ball, he rushed all the way to the edge of the opponent's penalty area, and then directly kicked a long shot, the ball went straight to the dead corner!
2 to 0! Manchester United extended their lead!
These two goals Manchester United launched an attack in an instant. They were like tigers lying still, jumping up, grabbing the enemy with fierce claws, and then killing them with one blow!
In the first half of the game, Manchester United returned to the dressing room with a two-goal advantage.
After the opening of the second half, Kintag did not make substitutions and adjustments. They still maintained the style of play in the first half-offensive and defensive balance, seize the opportunity and then attack quickly.
In the 68th minute of the game, this time Alonso assisted to the frontcourt. Under the cover of Mahrez, he broke through the opponent's two players in a row and made a pass near the baseline. The ball was pushed out by the opponent's defender and fell to the At the foot of Lampard at the top of the arc in the penalty area. At this time, Lampard did not have any defensive players around him, and he took the ball very comfortably. Facing the opportunity, Lampard didn't hesitate, he took a shot directly, and the ball blasted into the net!
3 to 0! Manchester United won!