Chapter 904: Become Famous with One Shot

The match between Manchester United and Crawley is an earth-shattering event for everyone in Crawley Town, but for Manchester United, it is not even the dessert before the Champions League knockout rounds.

Since almost all of Manchester United's main players are not in the squad, this FA Cup match is even less attractive. Therefore, less than half of the fans at Old Trafford, which can accommodate more than 70,000 people, came to the stadium.

The purpose of many fans coming to watch the game is not even to enjoy the game, but to see how the fifth-tier league team and the top team will play. After all, this situation has not happened once in many years.

Although most of Manchester United's main players are not on the roster, this is a 16-to-8 game. The main players still come to the court to cheer for their teammates and little brothers.

It has to be said that fame is the guarantee of box office. When the main players such as Gao Xiaodong and Rooney walked into the stands, they even received more applause than the starting players on the field.

Although Ferguson sent out young players from the bench and the second team for this game, even so, Manchester United's strength is far from being comparable to that of a fifth-tier league team.

After the game started, Manchester United's players played very relaxedly. They thought they could defeat this amateur team by a big score without even breaking a sweat.

However, the game was not as easy as the Manchester United players thought. The Crowley players were very excited. They set up a steel barrel formation and pressed hard in the half, never allowing Manchester United to cooperate effectively.

The Manchester United players were not in a hurry. They controlled the ball leisurely. They didn't believe how tight an amateur team's iron barrel formation could be. Maybe they could break the opponent's goal with just one free kick or corner kick.

Crowley's players' skills and tactics are incomparable with those of Manchester United's players, but they compressed the space to the extreme and used running to make up for their lack of skills and tactics. However, Manchester United's players somewhat underestimated the enemy, and many players were reluctant to get the ball. Cooperating with teammates, it is more about using personal breakthroughs to tear apart Crowley's defense.

It seems that Manchester United's personal breakthrough effect is good. The defender can break through one or two Crowley players with the ball, but Crowley has almost 10 people to defend, and the personnel is too dense. After Manchester United breaks through, he looks up and sees that there are more players in front of him. With too many opponents, even if they can pass the ball, they won't be able to open up space.

The game lasted ten minutes, and Manchester United attacked for almost ten minutes, but due to Crowley's excellent defense, they did not even get a chance to shoot.

This made the Manchester United players a little anxious. In their imagination, they should have scored a goal in ten minutes, but now they didn't even have a shot.

The first shot of the game came in the 11th minute.

It wasn't Manchester United who took the shot, it was Crawley.

Manchester United was a little anxious. The young midfielder Gibson did not cooperate patiently with his teammates. He directly kicked Beibei into the penalty area from the wing.

Beibei is 1.9 meters tall and is a typical high center forward. However, he failed to get the ball under the tight defense of Crowley players. The ball was headed away by the Crowley defender.

The player at the front of Crowley's penalty area then headed the ball and the ball passed to their forward Tubbs.

The 26-year-old Tubbs is the core player of the Crawley team. He has scored 25 goals in 27 appearances. He also scored 3 goals in the FA Cup this season.

Tubbs saw that there was a huge gap in Manchester United's backcourt defense. He swung his header into the space, then ran wildly towards Manchester United's half.

Manchester United defenders Lindegaard and Fabio were chasing after him desperately. Apart from them, only Pogba was catching up.

The three of them finally caught up with Tubbs at the front of the penalty area, but Tubbs also quickly completed a powerful shot, but the ball flew out of the baseline due to the interference of Pogba.

An amateur team completed the first shot, which made the Manchester United players very angry, and then they launched a fierce attack on Crowley.

However, Crowley's iron barrel formation was really good. Their head coach Milner obviously studied Manchester United very thoroughly. The iron barrel formation and the pressing in the first half made Manchester United lose their temper. Their offense could only be played by Crowley. It was played near Crowley's 30-meter area, but it couldn't enter Crowley's penalty area.

Manchester United's first shot came in the 28th minute. Gibson took a corner kick and Pogba in the middle suddenly headed in from the penalty area.

Pogba is fast and tall. He rushed into the penalty area and no one was guarding him. Pogba hit a overwhelming header to the right side of the no-man's land of the goal.

Pogba was very excited when he grabbed the spot. He thought he had it, but he didn't expect the ball to hit the post and bounce out.

Although Pogba did not score a goal, his shot won the attention of fans and reporters. Only after this attention did they realize that this black midfielder performed really well, with defense and offense everywhere, and a long shot. effort.

Before the fans discovered Pogba, Ferguson had been observing Pogba for a long time. He was very satisfied with Pogba's performance today. When other Manchester United players were playing underestimating and impetuous, Pogba performed very calmly and actively. Constant running and playing his role on both offense and defense. Although Manchester United has not scored a goal, Pogba's performance is not bad.

After 30 minutes of intensive defense, Crowley's players gained confidence. They withstood the Manchester United players' offensive wave after wave, and tied the invincible Manchester United team 0:0 in the first half.

During the halftime break, Ferguson made substitution adjustments. He replaced substitute forward Hernandez and midfielder Carrick to continue to strengthen the offense.

In the second half, Crowley still adopted intensive defensive tactics, leaving only forward Tubbs in front to look for opportunities to counterattack.

Although the draw with Manchester United is also shocking news, Crowley head coach Milner still has the heart to score goals, because in the history of the FA Cup so far, no fifth-level league team has scored. In the sixth round, if Crowley can upset Manchester United, they will make history.

After Ferguson replaced Hernandez and Carrick, Manchester United had more shooting opportunities, but Crowley's defense was really good. Manchester United kicked with overhead kicks and penetrated long shots. No matter how hard they shot, they couldn't break through Crowley's door. .

Seeing Crowley playing so tenaciously, Ferguson was a little anxious, but he gave up all the main players. There was no better player on the bench than on the field. In the end, Ferguson had no choice but to send in Park Ji-sung. , strengthen the cross from the wing, and want to kill Crowley with a header.

However, Park Ji-sung's appearance did not change the situation on the field, and Manchester United still had the upper hand but failed to score.

This is an amateur team. Manchester United's substitutes and youth team are at the level of the British Championship, but they can't beat Crowley. This is really shameful.

The Manchester United fans in the stands couldn't stand it anymore and couldn't help but booed the players on the field. When the camera turned to Gao Xiaodong in the stands, the fans on the field shouted for Gao Xiaodong.

When the game entered the 80th minute, Ferguson also had some regrets. He felt that he should put one or two players like Gao Xiaodong, Rooney, Scholes, and Giggs on the bench, just in case he really got the chance today. No less than Crowley, it would be a shame to be thrown into grandma's house.

In the 88th minute of the game, Crowley got his second corner kick of the game. The defender took a left corner kick. Tubbs did not grab it, but their midfielder Brodie headed 6 yards from the back. The ball grabbed the second point and was lobbed. The ball passed Lindegaard and seemed to fly into the empty goal, but in the end it hit the crossbar and bounced out.

This crossbar made the Crawley fans in the stands stamp their feet and beat their chests with regret, and also frightened the Manchester United fans into a cold sweat.

The on-site commentator Andy smiled and said: "This may be the most thrilling goalpost in the history of Manchester United. If the ball goes in, Manchester United will become the biggest joke in the 100-year FA Cup."

This crossbar made Crowley's players feel impetuous, and the players were not focused enough. In the 90th minute of the game, Manchester United defender Rafael took a tactical corner kick on the left. Gibson made a pass from the left, and Brown headed the ball from 8 yards. , Pogba met the ball from the front of the penalty area and shot furiously, and the ball flew into the upper right corner like lightning.

After scoring, Pogba excitedly took off his jersey and ran towards the stands waving.

This goal instantly triggered the audience, and the 30,000 Manchester United fans in the stands jumped to their feet and cheered for Pogba.

Head coach Ferguson also rushed to the court excitedly and shouted victory at the court.

The on-site commentator Andy said excitedly: "The goal has been scored! The winner! Pogba! The 18-year-old boy saved Manchester United! He prevented Manchester United from a huge upset. Pogba became famous with one goal. It is estimated that his name will be announced tomorrow. He will appear on the headlines of major media, and he will also become the target of competition for major brokerage companies."

Gao Xiaodong also showed a happy smile in the stands. As soon as the goal was scored, he knew that Pogba was famous. With Pogba's ability, it should not be a problem to enter the Manchester United first team.

Crowley held on for 90 minutes, but unexpectedly Pogba scored the goal in the end. Although Crowley wanted to get the score back, they had no ability to break through Manchester United's defense. In the end, after three minutes of stoppage time, Crowley was very Unfortunately, they lost 0:1 to Manchester United in the away game and stopped in the top 16 of the FA Cup.