Chapter 1023 Award
Rooney's goal basically shattered Stoke City people's dream of winning the championship.
But Stoke City players did not give up their offensive efforts, they were fighting for honor.
They set up the iron barrel formation to defend the battle at the beginning, and were timid before the battle was fought, which was very embarrassing. Now they have to pick up the lost face. Even if they can't win the championship, they have to keep a reputation that is still honorable even if they lose.
However, the weak are not able to control their own destiny. Stoke City hopes to retain a reputation of losing and honor, but they have been depressed for 100 minutes. How could Manchester United make them get what they want? After finally Stoke City crawled out of the turtle shell, of course they have to chase and fight hard and let out such anger.
In the 23rd minute of overtime, Manchester United intercepted the backcourt, Scholes passed a long pass, Gao Xiaodong and Giggs cooperated with the front of the penalty area, Giggs gave Gao Xiaodong a straight pass, Gao Xiaodong broke into the penalty area and then returned to Berbatov. Baba pushed the shot with his right foot on the penalty area line, and Sorensen made a desperate save but failed to touch it. The ball flew into the net against the post.
3:0
Berbatov expanded the score again.
After scoring the goal, Berbatov was very happy. He ignored Gao Xiaodong who assisted him and raised his arms and ran to the stands.
The stands turned into a sea of joy again, and Manchester United fans cheered at Berbatov and vented their excitement.
After Berbatov scored the third goal, the hearts of Manchester United players were no longer on the court. They were anxiously waiting for the end of the game and winning the FA Cup championship trophy that had been away for seven years.
Seeing that Manchester United slowed down its offensive, Stoke City thought it could take the opportunity to take advantage of the point, so he scored a goal and continued to attack Manchester United's penalty area.
However, Stoke City's idea was wrong, and even the absent-minded Manchester United was not something Stoke City could resist.
Stoke City attacked around Manchester United's penalty area for almost three minutes, but under Manchester United's tight defense, it did not form a good shot opportunity.
In the 20th minute of overtime, Manchester United got another chance to counterattack. Giggs passed the ball from the right to the far end. Rooney got the ball from the left and made a right-footed cross. Berbatov, who was unmarked, had a golden hook shot in the penalty area. The ball hit the post of the goal and missed the opportunity to score.
The ball bounced out and did not bounce far away, and fell in front of Gao Xiaodong.
Gao Xiaodong made a move to shoot. When he saw the opponent blocking, Gao Xiaodong flicked a fake shot and drew the ball horizontally, just passing it to Giggs.
Veteran Giggs smiled slightly against goalkeeper Sorenson who blocked the near corner, and his foot arch pushed out a curved ball to hit the far corner of the goal.
Stoke City goalkeeper Sorensen had blocked the near corner and could not do anything to the far corner. However, out of responsibility, Sorensen moved as quickly as possible and made a save move.
So Sorensen was already very fast. Unfortunately, Giggs' arc ball was too tricky, and Sorensen tried his best but failed to touch the ball.
4:0
Giggs added another icing on the cake in stoppage time for Manchester United.
Giggs will retire soon, but he didn't expect to score in the FA Cup final at this time, and he was very excited.
After running to Gao Xiaodong, Giggs gave Gao Xiaodong a hug, "Thank you", Giggs was very moved.
Gao Xiaodong laughed and said, "This is your position running, I can't stop passing it."
Giggs was very happy, "Good. It's not something that ordinary people can do to be able to see me and pass the ball at that time."
Gao Xiaodong smiled and said, "Don't praise me, I'm prone to being proud."
While the two were joking, Manchester United players also ran over and surrounded Giggs and Gao Xiaodong.
There is no suspense or significance at this point in the game. Although Stoke City wants to win back one and save some face, Manchester United not only did not give them a chance, but instead became more and more serious.
After Giggs scored, 30 minutes of overtime had passed. The referee did not give Stoke another chance to attack. He directly blew the whistle to the end of the game.
"Champion! We are champions! We are the great Red Devils!"
The scene was instantly boiling, and all Manchester United fans stood up, applauded and shouted at the stadium, celebrating the first championship trophy that Manchester United won this season.
The players took off their jerseys, waved them in their hands, and responded to each other with the fans in the stands to celebrate the victory together.
Ferguson, the coach and the substitutes also walked to the stadium to celebrate. Ferguson was warmly welcomed by the players. With the hint of Gao Xiaodong and Rooney, the players lifted Ferguson up and threw it into the air.
The fans in the stands also made fun of it, and they kept shouting Ferguson's name.
Manchester United's two young men and club manager David Jill also came to the stands and joined the celebration crowd, clapping and shouting the names of the stars, just like ordinary fans.
The opposite of Manchester United is Stoke City people.
Although their strength is far from Manchester United, Stoke City people have thought of winning. They have caused a lot of trouble for Manchester United in the first 100 minutes. If Gao Xiaodong hadn't broken the deadlock, Stoke City could have really created miracles like Birmingham.
The Stoke City players sat on the court in frustration, and the Stoke City fans were leaving the court. They were unwilling to give up, but they had no choice but to be helpless. They were not as good as others and could only accept such a result.
The live commentator comforted: "There are no losers in today's game. Although Stoke City lost 4 goals, they can leave the stadium with their heads raised. They have caused great trouble for Manchester United, so many Manchester United fans once thought that Manchester United might fail, which is enough. No one will fail. Failure is not a loss. Stoke City at least gained confidence and praise. This will be a great spiritual wealth in the history of their club. I believe that as long as they continue to work hard, they will definitely win their own championship trophy."
"...The great Manchester United still won! They are the real winners in life! This season they can compete for three championships, and the first championship was finally won without any danger. This gave them a good start. I hope Manchester United will win the next three games and win the triple crown again!"
While the players and fans were celebrating wildly, the podium had been set up. Manchester United players stood on both sides of the podium under the leadership of staff, waiting for the runner-up Stoke City to come to receive the prize.
After the Stoke City players received the silver medal, Manchester United players and coaches walked onto the podium and began to accept Prince William's awards.
After the gold medal was awarded, Prince William and the FA Chairman won the championship trophy together and handed the trophy to Captain Vidic on the field today.
Vidic held up the trophy high surrounded by the players, and at the same time, the singing of "We Are the Champions" sounded, golden paper confetti was flying all over the sky, and the entire court seemed to be shrouded under a holy rainbow.
The players then raised the trophy one after another and celebrated the joy of winning the championship with the fans.
Originally, the club was preparing to conduct a city-wide parade, but because there were two other championship trophys to compete for, Ferguson did not want to celebrate with great fanfare, which would affect the players' rest.
Chapter completed!