Chapter 930: Drawing a Mortal Enemy From the Same City

At the end of the game, Wenger walked up to Ferguson with a serious expression, "Congratulations on reaching the semi-finals, Sir Alex."

Seeing that Wenger didn't even look like a fake smile, Ferguson was happy and said with a smile: "Arsenal played well and put a lot of pressure on us."

Wenger waved his hand calmly, "The ball has been lost, so what's the point of talking about it." After saying that, he turned and walked to the locker room.

Ferguson looked at Wenger's somewhat lonely back and said, "Would you like another drink?"

Basically everything was gone. Wenger had no intention of having a drink with Ferguson. He waved to Ferguson without looking back, "No, next time."

While the two coaches were talking, the Arsenal players were already walking quickly to the locker room, leaving only the Manchester United players on the field celebrating excitedly.

Manchester United last won the FA Cup in 2004, when they defeated low-level league team Millwall. In the following seven years, the Red Devils reached the final twice, but lost to Arsenal and Chelsea respectively.

Now Manchester United has a huge advantage in the league. They defeated Inter Milan 2:1 in the Champions League away game. They have a high chance of promotion. Naturally, they hope to make a breakthrough in the FA Cup and reproduce the glory of the Triple Crown.

In the previous two games of the FA Cup, Bolton and Stoke City were promoted, and the other game was Manchester City against Reading. As long as Manchester United eliminates Arsenal, they will have great hope of winning the FA Cup.

The talented boy Pogba performed very well in defense and even scored a goal. After the game, he also became the target of reporters.

Pogba is very sensible. He first thanked coach Ferguson for giving him the opportunity to play, and then thanked Gao Xiaodong for assisting him.

Pogba specifically mentioned Gao Xiaodong's help to him. He believed that without Gao Xiaodong's help, he would not have been able to play so well. Gao Xiaodong is like his big brother. He is honored to play in such a great team as Manchester United. .

Regarding his performance in this game, Pogba spoke in a Gao Xiaodong style. He said that he only played according to the coach's arrangements and completed the tasks assigned by the coach. It was not that outstanding. What really determines the game is the ball. The senior players of the team.

Gao Xiaodong is naturally the focus player pursued by reporters, especially after receiving a red card in the last game, countless reporters hope to take something out of Gao Xiaodong's mouth.

After a few days of rest and calm, press officer Diana finally gave Gao Xiaodong a chance to be interviewed.

After he slapped Carragher and was sent off with a red card at the Double Red Club,

Gao Xiaodong is under a lot of pressure. Ferguson did not allow him to be interviewed in order to protect him. Now that Manchester United has defeated its old rival Arsenal and reached the semi-finals of the FA Cup, Gao Xiaodong has completed his redemption with every pass and shot.

Facing reporters, Gao Xiaodong did not evade questions about the red card. He simply explained the reason why he hit Carragher, thinking that he was a little impulsive because he had never encountered such a bad experience before.

When a reporter asked Gao Xiaodong if he apologized to Carragher after the game, Gao Xiaodong asked the reporter that Carragher didn't even apologize to the injured Nani, so why should he apologize to Carragher.

Regarding the three-game suspension that will follow, Gao Xiaodong said that he has caused trouble to his teammates, but he believes that Manchester United is a great team and does not need to rely on his performance to win. Rooney, Berbatov , Hernandez can all score goals.

Then the topic shifted to today's game. Gao Xiaodong praised Ferguson's tactics and believed that today's victory was a complete tactical victory because Manchester United was short of 10 players today. Against a team like Arsenal, 10 fewer players would be able to win. Winning is something to be very proud of.

Gao Xiaodong doesn't care about his performance. He believes that he doesn't want to compete with Ronaldo and Messi for the European Golden Boot. It's better to score goals and assists. It doesn't matter if he doesn't score. Fighting for the European championship is the most important thing.

Finally, the reporter asked Gao Xiaodong that Manchester United has a chance to win the Triple Crown this season. If Manchester United also wins the Triple Crown, will he choose to leave.

Gao Xiaodong denied this. He said that he was very comfortable playing at Manchester United and had no plans to leave Manchester United for the time being.

Gao Xiaodong was disgusted with the reporter who raised this topic. He sarcastically said, "If I plan to leave Manchester United, I will call you."

Gao Xiaodong's answer aroused laughter from reporters, and the atmosphere on the court became relaxed and joyful.

Gao Xiaodong answered a few more irrelevant questions. After seeing that his teammates had all returned to the locker room, he ended the interview and returned to the locker room.

At the post-match press conference, Ferguson was very happy. He believed that it was not easy to defeat Arsenal with a lot of injured soldiers. This was the result of the players' hard work and luck.

Ferguson believes that judging from the current situation, as long as the injured return in time, Manchester United has hope to regain the dream of winning the Triple Crown.

Looking forward to the FA Cup semi-finals, Ferguson hopes to draw a weaker opponent, because by then the Champions League will have reached its most critical period. If all three lines encounter strong opponents, it will be difficult for Manchester United to win them all with the current staffing. Come down.

However, Ferguson's idea did not become a reality. In the subsequent draw ceremony, among the three teams of Bolton, Stoke City and Manchester City, Ferguson drew his city rival Manchester City.

In fact, before the draw, many people speculated that the FA Cup would feature a Manchester derby, and that Bolton would compete with Stoke City for another final spot, thus ensuring that an underdog would advance to the final.

This is the first time in 30 years that Manchester City has reached the semi-finals of the FA Cup. This is also the first time in 30 years that Manchester City has been so close to the FA Cup championship. Therefore, in the previous 35 years, Manchester City has never won a championship. Even the League Cup champion.

It is obvious that no matter which team of the two Manchester City teams wins, as long as they successfully advance to the finals, they will have a very high possibility of winning the championship as they are significantly stronger than the other final opponent. This is also the second time that Manchester United and Manchester City met in the cup after meeting in the League Cup semi-finals last season. Last season, Manchester City won first and then lost, and was eliminated by Manchester United. They watched their mortal enemies perform triumphant songs all the way to win the championship, avoiding the fate of all four. .

Last season, Manchester City was double beaten by Manchester United in the league. This season, Manchester United has won two games against Manchester City. Mancini's team is very eager to eliminate their arch-rival Manchester United and lead the team to break the 35-year history of no championship.

Obviously Mancini also knows very well what the FA Cup means to Manchester City and him. In an interview after the draw, Mancini was confident: "The FA Cup is different from other competitions. We know when we last reached the FA Cup semi-finals (30 years ago), so this will motivate us." Everyone, let us not be afraid to face any opponent, including Manchester United. I think meeting Manchester United in the semi-finals is even better than the final. Manchester City rarely has the experience of playing finals, and Manchester United has a lot of experience."

Ferguson was unhappy with such a signing, but he said that Manchester City is a little more troublesome than the other two teams, but if they want to win the championship, they must defeat all their opponents. Manchester United is not afraid of challenges. They will defeat Manchester City again and advance to the finals. FA Cup final.