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Chapter 233 The FA Cup Begins

During five days of training, Ferguson determined the starting lineup for the FA Cup:

Goalkeeper: Van der Sar
Defenders: Evra, Ferdinand, David Shevchenko, Gary Neville
Midfielders: Hargreaves, Carrick, Scholes, Nani, Park

Forward: Rooney

This is the main lineup of the Manchester United team. Ferguson did not carry out the rotation of personnel. The first game must be won.

In January, Manchester United's games are not intensive, only the FA Cup and league games, so Ferguson does not need to rotate.

Rotation is originally a means to deal with intensive games. Through rotation, the main players can get time to rest and ensure that the players have a good competitive state.

Moreover, the rotation also needs to be determined according to the opponent. When encountering a weak team, Ferguson can properly rest some of the main players. When encountering a strong team, Ferguson needs to use the main force. Otherwise, how can he win the game? ?
Right now, there is no need for Manchester United to rotate.

Manchester United's first opponent in the FA Cup is Southampton. Southampton is a Championship team. Moreover, this season, Southampton's performance in the Championship is not good, almost at the bottom.

Therefore, Ferguson did not pay attention to this FA Cup match at all. A Premier League team playing a team at the bottom of the English Championship must have a winning rate of more than [-]%.

Originally, Ferguson could rotate the main players, because Southampton is a weak team.

However, Ferguson still decided to do his best. First of all, he wanted the media to see Manchester United's attitude towards the FA Cup, which is undoubtedly the champion.

Secondly, everything is difficult to see. Southampton is a Championship team. This season, the Championship points are at the bottom. The only games that can have a chance to achieve results are the FA Cup and the League Cup.

Therefore, Southampton must pay special attention to the FA Cup and will definitely do their best to win the game.

Desperate people tend to inspire greater potential. Ferguson believes that in the first game of the FA Cup, Southampton will definitely increase their combat effectiveness. In order to avoid capsizing in the gutter, Ferguson decided to use his main force.

Not only that, the reason why Ferguson treats the FA Cup so cautiously is because Ferguson did not perform well in the FA Cup after joining Manchester United.

The FA Cup won by Ferguson is less than one-third of the league championship. The FA Cup belongs to Arsenal, and Wenger is the king of the FA Cup.

This season, after Park Yisheng joined Manchester United, Ferguson's ambitions have also grown. He wants to achieve the treble once again.

The Triple Crown is the FA Cup, the League Cup and the European Champions Cup.

Manchester United have often upset in the FA Cup, being beaten by weaker teams.

According to normal circumstances, the most difficult of the three championships is the European Champions Cup, followed by the League Championship, and finally the FA Cup.

For Ferguson, this is exactly the opposite. The most difficult thing for Manchester United to win is the FA Cup. This is like his 18-game winning streak. Ferguson also has the nightmare of the FA Cup.

On January 2009, 1, the FA Cup match officially started, and Manchester United ushered in a challenge from Southampton at Old Trafford.

At the beginning of the game, Southampton played a tight defense. The game was very active. They hoped to bring more troubles to Manchester United through pressing, and also hoped to get more chances to score goals through active defense.

However, the Manchester United team is equally active. Ferguson's team has never been inactive. Whoever dares to be active, then, it is very simple, then sit on the Manchester United bench!
If it is serious, follow the old path of David Beckham. Ferguson has a hundred ways to let you go, no matter who you are.

David Beckham was in full swing in Manchester United back then. It is no exaggeration to say that he was the star of Manchester United. In the end, he was sent away by Ferguson.

Southampton's activeness did not bring the results they wanted. On the contrary, excessive pressing defense could easily cause a defensive emptiness.

Scholes got the ball in midfield, three Southampton players stepped forward to double-team, Scholes passed the ball back to David Shevchenko.

David did not stop the ball, and directly handed the ball to Park Yisheng on the right. Park broke through with the ball, cut inside a Southampton midfielder and then passed the ball laterally to Giggs.

Giggs handed the ball to Park Yisheng again. After Park got the ball from the front of the penalty area, Southampton's central defender stepped forward to block it.

Park Yisheng decisively passed a pass to Rooney in the penalty area. Rooney shot angrily at the ball and opened the scoring first.

1:0
Manchester United took the lead at home.

Facing the goal, Southampton's head coach did not adjust his tactics, he still believed that his tactics were correct.

However, after 3 minutes, he regretted it.

Southampton hopes to limit Manchester United's offense through small-scale chasing and interception. This tactical play is more suitable for dealing with a certain player with outstanding offensive ability.

Back then, facing the unstoppable Ronaldo, many head coaches would take such measures to limit Ronaldo's performance. As long as Ronaldo got the ball, there must be three or more defensive players to defend him behind closed doors.

However, such tactics are no longer suitable for the current football style of play. More and more teams emphasize pass control and teamwork.

Therefore, when restricting a certain player, as long as this player can transfer the ball, there will inevitably be opportunities for vacancy, because more defensive players need to be invested in small-scale chasing and blocking.

Coincidentally, Scholes was robbed by Southampton's defensive players again. The head coach of Southampton believes that Scholes is the engine of Manchester United. As long as Scholes is restricted, Manchester United's offense will be Can't fight.

Facing the siege, Scholes still passed the ball back to David Shepchenko, and David continued to pass the ball to Park Yisheng on the right.

Park Yisheng went straight to the middle, Rooney stepped forward to catch the ball, and put the ball back to Carrick in the middle, Carrick took a long shot and pierced the goal of Southampton.

2:0
More than ten minutes into the first half, Manchester United took a 2-0 lead.

There is indeed a big gap between the teams in the English Championship and the teams in the Premier League, which can be reflected in the competition.

Judging from the opening ten minutes, Ferguson finally knew why Southampton was at the bottom of the Championship.

Regardless of the football skills of the players, the tactics of the head coach are also open to question. For a team that can go far, tactics are very important.

After Manchester United scored the second goal, the Southampton coach knew that the small-scale chasing and intercepting tactics had failed.

Therefore, the Southampton coach decided to switch to defensive counterattack tactics.

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