On May 14, 2011, in the afternoon of Wembley Stadium, London.

The FA Cup final has been held for 70 minutes, and the scores of both sides are still zero to zero.

Neither Gao Han nor Ferguson made substitution adjustments, and it was obvious that they were maintaining the situation on the court.

Manchester City, as always, controlled the ball and rhythm, launching wave after wave of offensives towards Manchester United's goal.

The Red Devils and Manchester United also performed extremely tenaciously in this game. The central defender combination of Ferdinand and Pepe, as well as the old goalkeeper Van der Sar, helped Manchester United resolve the crisis again and again, especially Van der Sar.

As early as when Manchester City launched a bombing in the first half, Van der Sar made critical saves repeatedly.

In the 23rd minute, Cristiano Ronaldo got a chance to kick off the left side of the penalty area, almost directly drawing to a dead corner, but Van der Sar saved the ball with one hand, resolving a crisis.

But the most dangerous thing is that in the 35th minute, Benzema quickly inserted the ball from Modric and barely removed it when he was unprepared. At the critical moment when Benzema was about to take a foot to shoot, Van der Sar decisively abandoned the goal and shot Benzema's shot.

This was also a very dangerous attack. If Benzema hadn't reacted quickly enough and stopped in time, Van der Sar would have been forced to get a angrily shot.

But after the ball was saved, it did not fly far, but fell at the feet of David Silva at the front of the penalty area. Espanyol stopped the ball in the penalty area and volleyed, trying to hit an empty goal. Van der Sar jumped up from the ground after saving the ball, spread his arms and blocked Silva's shot again.

The two consecutive saves won the 40-year-old Van der Sar's cheers. Even Manchester City fans who came to the away game cheered and applauded the Dutch goalkeeper.

It was also under the courageous performance of Van der Sar and the unity of Manchester United, which finally stubbornly blocked Manchester City's attack.

Manchester City was not impatient, and still controlled the ball in an orderly manner and patiently looked for opportunities.

Especially in the second half, Manchester United players' physical energy consumption was getting bigger and bigger. Although they could occasionally seize opportunities to fight back, they frequently revealed flaws, and cracks continued to appear on the iron walls.

In the 73rd minute, Sanchez forced a breakthrough on the right and brought the ball to the right side of Manchester United's penalty area, but Leiden Bynes and Matic both defended at the same time, forcing him to pass the ball back.

Modric ran to the right to pick up and moved to the feet of David Silva in the middle.

When Espanyol received the ball, Manchester United's Fletcher rushed towards him immediately, but before he could get closer, David Silva had already passed the ball to Benzema's feet in the penalty area.

In the penalty area, the French center leaned against Ferdinand with his body and received a pass from David Silva. When he saw Espanyol pass the ball quickly forward, he immediately understood it and passed the ball to the bottom line with his heel without thinking.

Sure enough, David Silva inserted into the penalty area at high speed, threw Fletcher away, and inserted behind Ferdinand, catching up with the ball before Pepe, and stopped the ball quickly, turning around, and just saw Cristiano Ronaldo raising his hand at the front of the penalty area.

Espanyol passed the ball back, and Cristiano Ronaldo stopped and shot directly.

Only a bang was heard, and the ball headed straight for the goal with lightning speed.

At this time, Manchester United's penalty area was full of people. Ferdinand instinctively blocked the Portuguese shot directly. But just when everyone thought that Manchester City's offensive was about to return to the wrong end, Kaka suddenly appeared on the right side of the penalty spot. Before Ferdinand could hit the ground, he directly pulled out a volley.

This sudden shot made Van der Sar unable to react. He instinctively raised his hands and tilted his body to pounce, but he couldn't get any of it. The ball hit the goal behind Van der Sar.

One to zero!

Kaka was so excited that he raised his hands, ran all the way, prayed constantly, rushed to the sidelines, and lay directly on the ground, as if worshiping his God, but soon the Manchester City players catching up with him were stacked one by one, pressing the Brazilian superstar firmly under his body.

This is a fatal kill!

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After seeing Kaka scored the final goal, Ferguson was not as excited or furious as expected by the outside world.

He seemed to accept the result calmly and turned around and walked back to the coach's seat.

In fact, he can be said to have been mentally prepared for losing the ball.

With Manchester United's current strength, it has not reached the level of challenging Manchester City, not to mention that Manchester City's head coach is still Gao Han.

He has reached an agreement with the management that as long as Gao Han leaves Manchester City, the management will increase the club's investment, allowing him to lead the team to compete for the Premier League and Champions League championships again, so that he can retire gloriously.

But as long as Gao Han is still in Manchester City for a day, there is not much money, including Manchester United and Chelsea.

The reason is very simple. No matter how much you burn, you can't beat Manchester City. Instead of doing this, it's better to keep the money and wait for the opportunity.

In the same year, in the eyes of players, head coaches and club leaders, there are three completely different concepts.

Ferguson and Gao Han are very good friends and good neighbors, but he still sincerely hopes that Gao Han can win the Champions League this season and leave the Premier League as soon as possible because he can no longer wait.

His players couldn't wait any longer.

After the season, the four veterans, Van der Scholes, Scholes, Gary Neville and Irving, all decided to retire.

Before he knew it, Scholes and Gary Neville were almost in full swing, and the former teenager Irving was already thirty-one, and the old Van der Sar had passed his forties without realizing it, which made Ferguson feel extremely moved.

Since the news that Van der Sar will retire, Manchester United fans have reacted extremely fiercely. Almost everyone hopes that Van der Sar can stay and continue to play for the team, because even at the age of 40, Van der Sar is still one of the most eye-catching and outstanding goalkeepers in Europe.

Thirty-two league games, fourteen clean opponents, eighty dangerous saves, and a terrifying save success rate of 72.7%. This data makes him second only to Manchester City's Peter Cech, and he is the second goalkeeper in the Premier League.

And it should be noted that Peter Cech is in the golden years of his career, but Van der Sar is already forty years old.

Time has left almost no trace on Van der Sar. Solid goal line skills, accurate predictive position selection, and stable and calm psychological qualities have made Van der Sar the most reassuring existence in front of Manchester United's goal and despairing opponents.

Just talking about this game, facing the bombardment of Manchester City superstars, Van der Sar tried his best to ensure the goal was not lost. If it weren't for him, Manchester United would have conceded more than three goals long ago.

It can be said that Van der Sar, who is over forty years, is still the most indispensable key member of Manchester United. His departure made Ferguson panic and he didn't know how to deal with the crisis in front of the goal next season.

After playing Manchester United's game, his stalemate Wenger publicly stated, "Ferguson will definitely miss Van der Sar very much next season."

In fact, without Wenger's words, Ferguson himself knew it very well.

This will be the final of Van der Scholes, Scholes, Gary Neville and Michael Irving.

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The game time entered eighty minutes, and the score was still 1-0. Manchester City temporarily led by Kaka's goal.

After conceding the ball, Manchester United once thought about counterattacking, but never broke through Manchester City's defense. On the contrary, Manchester City's counterattack repeatedly threatened Manchester United's goal, which made the Red Devils feel very depressed.

Ferguson made his first substitution in the 81st minute, and Scholes came on the court and replaced Mkhitaryan.

Just four minutes later, Ferguson made a second substitution, and Michael Irving replaced Tevez.

All the fans who came to the scene finally understood that the Manchester United coach had given up on this game and only replaced the players who were about to retire this season to let them accept the cheers and cheers from all the fans.

In the stands, whether it was Manchester United or Manchester City, fans of both sides stood up from their seats and saw off these veterans who were about to retire with extremely warm applause. This will be the last final of their career.

Especially in the 89th minute, when Gary Neville came on the bench, the applause from the audience became even more intense.

There is no need to say much about the contribution of this legendary captain of Manchester United to the team. He is the flagship figure of Class 92. He has participated less and less in recent years and is about to retire now.

Every time the substitution was substituted, the Manchester City coaching staff and bench players, including Gao Han, walked to the sidelines to give them applause. Manchester United fans had already played a huge banner in the stands.

"Goodbye, legend!"

This is undoubtedly a tearful scene, and it also reduces the competitive atmosphere of the entire FA Cup final to the weakest.

Especially at the last moment of the game, Manchester United's Class 92 gradually walked out of the player channel and appeared at Wembley Stadium, including former superstars Beckham, Giggs, Bart, Phil Neville and others, all of them appeared on the sidelines.

When the referee whistled, the students from Class 92 rushed into the stadium and surrounded Gary Neville, Scholes and others. They were still in a circle like when they were in the stadium, and they met their heads, which made people feel extremely emotional.

The professional league is cruel and full of cold calculations, but football is warm and it brings together the feelings and friendships of countless coaches, players and fans.

All the fans of the audience stood up from their seats again and presented the warmest applause since the opening of Manchester United's Class 92, without a stop for a long time.

Today, at Wembley Stadium, there is no winning or losing.

Gao Han believes that fans around the world will be moved by this scene.

Countless years later, people may forget that at Wembley Stadium this evening, Manchester City won a FA Cup championship, but they will definitely remember that on this evening, here, under the witness of 90,000 fans in the game and fans of live TV broadcasters all over the world, European football sent away a generation of legends.

Suddenly, Gao Han envied Ferguson.

He won more championships, higher honors, and even trained more players, but he did not have a group of proud disciples like Class 92.

It was only at this moment that Gao Han fully understood and saw clearly what path he was going to take.

Thinking of this, Gao Han suddenly felt a move in his heart and took big steps into the stadium.

"Hey, what are you doing?" Brian Kidd was shocked.

Gao Han waved his hand without looking back, "Sign up, take a photo."
Chapter completed!