There is a dream called football

Old Trafford.

In the FA Cup quarter-finals, Ferguson never expected that he would be pushed into a desperate situation by Portsmouth.

Portsmouth is not a weak team this season. This team has exploded with amazing energy under the leadership of Redknapp. After 30 rounds of the league, Portsmouth is now ranked sixth in the league, which is okay.

Participate in next season's UEFA Cup.

The reason for such good results is closely related to Lao Lei's level. Lao Lei's reputation in the UK is no less than that of Ferguson. He later also coached the England national team.

Ray, Hodgson, these are all well-known figures in England.

And what Lao Lei relies on is the African Legion. Look at the composition of Lao Repsmouth's players.

The forward line is composed of two Nigerians, Utaka and Kanu.

There were two great players in the midfield, one was Muntari and the other was Diarra, the one who later went to Real Madrid.

So it is reasonable for Portsmouth to have good results this season, but it is still beyond many people's expectations that they can beat Manchester United so embarrassingly at Old Trafford.

After Muntari's penalty kick in the first half, Portsmouth had been leading 1-0, and Portsmouth's defense under the guidance of Lao Lei was also top-notch.

So in this case, Manchester United just can't win.

There is nothing the Trident can do.

After Li Qiao got the ball, he faced Muntari. This guy's defense was too strong. He was basically a player at the same level as Makelele. He couldn't run to death in the midfield. Li Qiao was also helpless and could only hide.

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Cristiano Ronaldo was also beaten to death by Diarra. Redknapp used two iron gates to dismember Manchester United's trident. It has to be said that against Manchester United's trident, Lao Lei's method is relatively powerful.

Ferguson turned on the hair dryer mode on the sidelines. He asked his players to increase their running, because opportunities come from running. Since there are no passing opportunities, it proves that running in the midfield is not enough.

However, it has to be said that Manchester United was passive from the beginning of this game because of their relaxed mentality.

Everyone has a fixed mindset, Portsmouth?

When I look at this name, I feel that it is not strong. Look at these people again. Although Muntari became famous later, Manchester United really didn’t know who he was at this time. As for Kanu, he was completely abandoned by Arsenal.

That's not in Manchester United's eyes at all.

The saying that a arrogant soldier will be defeated is not just a saying. Li Qiao understands it, and Redknapp is waiting for such an opportunity.

Queiroz walked to Ferguson and said, "Carlos, you'd better come up with a good idea for me."

"hehe."

"Boss, what I want to say is that I don't have any good ideas. Our strongest people are all on the court. What else can I say?"

"But this is Old Trafford, could we lose? I'm thinking about the Triple Crown."

Queiroz chuckled, "It's not like there's no way."

"Tell me about it."

Queiroz pointed at Portsmouth's goalkeeper, England's national goalkeeper James.

Until South Africa, this was still England's national gate, but England's national gate had a characteristic, that was, it was unreliable.

This is probably something that the English themselves admit. After all, the English have been tricked by goalkeepers not once or twice.

"Boss, you also know that England's goalkeepers are not very reliable."

Ferguson chuckled and said, "If the English media heard what you said, they would beat you up."

"hey-hey."

Ferguson thought this might be a good idea, so he asked his players to step up their long-range shooting, even shooting from 30 meters away.

Of course Lao Lei noticed the new situation of Manchester United, but he felt that it was probably because Manchester United just couldn't win, so it could only be like this. In other words, it was a helpless choice.

But soon, Lao Lei will find that he may be too confident in the players under his hands, because James' performance will give him a blow.

Scholes fired furiously in front of the penalty area. The ball flew towards James like a cannonball, and he stretched out his hand to block it. Everything seemed to be fine, but there was something wrong with James' hand shape to block the ball.

When a goalkeeper practices throwing the ball, the basic skill is hand shape, because the hand shape is related to the direction of the ball, and problems with James' hand shape directly caused the ball to be saved into the goal.

Lao Lei was stunned, such a ball was actually thrown into his own door by James.

The fans at Old Trafford were overjoyed, as if they were hit by five million dollars when they went out.

1 to 1.

This is so important for Manchester United. The players can relax quickly, because at least they won't lose with this score, and at worst they will have to fight again.

But soon, Manchester United discovered that things were better than they imagined. After conceding the ball, Portsmouth seemed to be stimulated by something. The formation became loose, and Manchester United seized the opportunity. Li Qiao completed a breakthrough pass on the right wing.

middle.

The ball flew close to the ground and rolled quickly. Rooney, who was in the front, was pushed by a Portsmouth player and did not touch the ball. Just when Manchester United was looking for the referee to take the ball, Ronaldo arrived from the back and pushed with his left foot.

, score the ball.

The referee did not blow the whistle based on the principle of advantage. As a result, Manchester United took the lead, and all of this was caused by James' mistake. Therefore, it is not just talk to say that a goalkeeper beats half the team.

Speaking of this, I still have to mention Karius very unkindly.

Today, James is almost in such a role.

Redknapp was livid. He did not feel that he had lost to Manchester United, but that he had lost to the goalkeeper. His tactics were very good and he restrained Manchester United, but he did not expect the goalkeeper to make such a low-level mistake.

And Portsmouth does not have the ability to attack hard, so there is nothing that Portsmouth can do if it falls behind. The same is true in the league. Portsmouth can basically win the leading games, but Portsmouth can basically win the difficult games.

Most of them lost.

After several ineffective attacks, Portsmouth accepted the fate of losing at Old Trafford. After Manchester United took advantage of Portsmouth, they went one step further in the FA Cup and reached the semi-finals.

On all three lines, Manchester United is still making progress, and Ferguson's team can still replicate the glory of 1999.

In an interview after the game, Ferguson praised Portsmouth and Redknapp.

"Harry is one of the greatest managers in England. He caused us huge trouble. We almost stopped in the quarter-finals. Fortunately, we were lucky today, but we will make a good summary when we go back.

But we can’t do this anymore, because luck won’t always be so good.”

Redknapp was so disappointed that he left the stadium directly after the game without being interviewed.