Chapter 904
The match between Manchester United and Crowley is a big shock for everyone in Crowley Town, but for Manchester United, this is not even a dessert before the Champions League knockout.
Since almost all of Manchester United's main players are not on the roster, the FA Cup game is less attractive, so it can accommodate more than 70,000 people and less than half of the fans came to Old Trafford Stadium.
The purpose of many fans watching the game is not even to appreciate the game, but to see what the teams in the fifth-tier league and the top teams will play. After all, this situation has not been encountered 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 stadium to cheer for their teammates and brothers.
It has to be said that fame is the guarantee of box office. When the main players such as Gao Xiaodong and Rooney came to the stands, they even received more applause than the players on the court.
Although Ferguson sent young men from the substitutes and second teams in this game, even so, Manchester United's strength is far from comparable to a team in the fifth-tier league.
After the game started, Manchester United players played very relaxed, thinking that they could beat this amateur team with a big score if they didn't sweat.
However, the game was not as easy as Manchester United players thought. The Crowley players were very excited. They set up an iron barrel formation and pressed physically in the half, so that Manchester United would never let effective cooperation.
Manchester United players were not in a hurry. They controlled the ball slowly. They didn't believe how tight the iron barrel formation of an amateur team could be. Maybe a free kick or corner kick could break through the opponent's goal.
Crowley's players' skills and tactics are incomparable to Manchester United players, but they compressed the space to the extreme and used running to make up for the shortcomings of skills and tactics. Manchester United players underestimate the enemy. Many players are reluctant to cooperate with their teammates after getting the ball, and more of them use personal breakthroughs to tear Crowley's defense.
It seems that Manchester United's personal breakthrough effect is good. The defender can break through one or two of Crowley's players with the ball, but Crowley has almost 10 defenses and is too dense. After Manchester United broke through, they looked up and saw that there were more opponents in front of them. Even if they could pass it out, they would not be able to open up the space.
After ten minutes of the game, Manchester United attacked almost ten minutes, but under Crowley's excellent defense, they did not even get a chance to shoot.
This made Manchester United players a little anxious. In their imagination, they should have scored a goal in ten minutes, but now they don't even shoot.
The first shot of this game appeared in the 11th minute, and it was not Manchester United, but Crowley.
Manchester United was a little anxious. The midfielder Gibson did not cooperate patiently with his teammates, and directly kicked the ball into the penalty area to look for Beibei on the side.
Beibei is 1.9 meters tall and is a typical high center forward, but he did not get the ball under the tight defense of Crowley players. The ball was headed by Crowley defender.
The players at the front of the penalty area then headed the ball to their forward Toubos.
Tubus, 26, is a core player of Crowley. He scored 25 goals 27 times and scored 3 goals in the FA Cup this season.
Tubbs saw that Manchester United had a big gap in defense in the backcourt, so he headed the ball, put it in an open position, and then ran wildly towards Manchester United's half.
Manchester United defenders Lindegard and Fabio were chasing each other desperately. Apart from them, only Pogba was catching up.
The three finally caught up with Tubus at the front of the penalty area, but Tubus also quickly completed a strong shot, but the ball flew out of the baseline under the interference of Pogba.
The Manchester United players were angry after being shot first by an amateur team, 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 half-time pressing made Manchester United have no temper. Their attack could only be carried out near Crowley's 30-meter area, but they couldn't get into Crowley's penalty area.
Manchester United's first shot was in the 28th minute, when Gibson took a corner kick, and Pogba in the middle suddenly inserted a header from the penalty area.
Pogba was fast and tall, and he rushed into the penalty area and no one defended him. Pogba headed the ball like a squad, like a squad, and headed the ball to the right side of the goalless area.
Pogba was very excited when he grabbed the landing point and thought he had it now. Unexpectedly, the ball hit the post and bounced out.
Although Pogba did not score, his shot won the attention of fans and reporters. Only after this attention did he realize that the black midfielder performed really well, with defensive and offensive everywhere, and had the ability to shoot a long shot.
Before 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 underestimated the opponent, Pogba performed very calmly and actively. He kept running and played his role on both offense and defense. Although Manchester United has not scored goals, Pogba's performance is not bad.
After thirty minutes of intensive defense, Crowley's players' defenses were confident. They withstood the Manchester United players' offensive, and tied the arrogant Manchester United team 0:0 in the first half.
During the break, Ferguson made a substitution adjustment, and he replaced the substitute forward Hernandez and midfielder Carrick to continue to strengthen the offense.
In the second half, Crowley still adopted intensive defensive tactics, leaving only one striker Tubus in front of him to find an opportunity to counterattack.
Although it is also shocking news to tie Manchester United, Crowley coach Milner still has the heart to score goals, because in the history of the FA Cup so far, no team in the fifth-tier league has reached the sixth round. If Crowley can beat Manchester United in an upset manner, they will make history.
After Ferguson replaced Hernandez and Carrick, Manchester United's chances of shooting increased, but Crowley's defense was indeed good. Manchester United kicked over the head and shot in, and no matter how they shot, they could not break through Crowley's goal.
Seeing Crowley playing so tenaciously, Ferguson was a little anxious, but the main players were all off by him, and there was no better player on the bench than on the court. In the end, Ferguson was helpless. He sent Park Ji-sung to strengthen the cross from the wing and wanted to kill Crowley with a header.
However, Park Ji-sung's appearance did not change the situation on the field, and Manchester United still gained the upper hand and did not score.
This is from an amateur team. Manchester United's substitutes and youth teams are at the level of the Championship, and they can't beat Crowley. This is really embarrassing.
Manchester United fans in the stands couldn't stand watching it anymore and couldn't help booing the players on the field. When the ** camera was giving Gao Xiaodong to the stands, the fans on the field shouted again to change Gao Xiaodong.
When the game entered the 80th minute, Ferguson also regretted it. He felt that he should put one or two players like Gao Xiaodong, Rooney, Scholes, and Giggs on the bench. If he really couldn't win Crowley today, it would be embarrassing to throw it to his grandma's house.
In the 88th minute of the game, Crowley won the second corner kick in the game. The defender took the left corner kick. Tubus didn't grab it at the front point, but their midfielder Brody headed the ball at 6 yards from the back point to grab the second lob shot. The ball passed Lindegard and seemed to be about to fly into the empty goal, but it eventually hit the crossbar and bounced out.
This crossbar made Crowley fans in the stands beat their chests with regret, and also scared Manchester United fans into a cold sweat.
On-site commentator Andy smiled and said: "This may be the most thrilling goal post in Manchester United's history. If the ball is entered, Manchester United will become the biggest joke in the FA Cup in the century."
This crossbar made Crowley's players feel restless and the players are not focused enough. In the 90th minute of the game, Manchester United defender Raphael took a tactical corner kick from the left. Gibson made a cross from the left, Brown headed the ball from 8 yards and then rubbed it. Pogba shot the ball at the front of the penalty area, and the ball flew into the upper right corner like lightning.
After scoring the goal, Pogba took off his jersey and ran to the stands excitedly.
This goal instantly detonated the whole game, and 30,000 Manchester United fans in the stands jumped together to cheer for Pogba.
Head coach Ferguson also rushed to the stadium excitedly and shouted victory at the stadium.
The live commentator Andy said excitedly: "The ball is in! The final kill! Pogba! The 18-year-old boy saved Manchester United! It allowed Manchester United to avoid a shocking upset. Pogba became famous with one goal. It is estimated that his name will appear in the headlines of major media tomorrow, and he also said that he will become the target of major brokerage companies."
Gao Xiaodong also showed a happy smile in the stands. As soon as the ball was scored, he knew that Pogba was famous. With Pogba's strength, it should be no problem to enter Manchester United's first team.
Chapter completed!