On the day the Premier League ended, the 36th round of La Liga also ended.
Real Madrid was six points behind Barcelona at the top of the table. With two rounds left in the league tournament, Real Madrid had already announced their failure to win the title!
Because Barcelona had achieved 3: 0 and 2: 4 results in the two rounds against Real Madrid in this season's league tournament, they won the title ahead of time with the advantage of the battle record!
La Liga's competition system was based on the battle record of the two teams in the case of the same points, so Real Madrid also lost the theoretical possibility of reversing Barcelona's victory.
Because of this, it could be said that Real Madrid's season was over. Real Madrid's heavy recruitment plan to prepare for next season came out from Madrid.
The first target to be revealed was Qin Xiong!
It was rumored that Real Madrid would offer 30 million pounds for Qin Xiong in the summer!
This time, it was for real …
Arsenal was in London preparing for the FA Cup final. The team was in a more relaxed state. This was obviously not the time to spend energy refuting the rumors.
May 21st.
Arsenal's entire team arrived at the Millennium Stadium in Wales to meet Manchester United in the FA Cup final.
Arsenal and Manchester United were both crippled!
Henry could only sit in the stands. Pires' recovery was not very good, so Wenger could only put him on the bench list.
Manchester United's Ryan Giggs sat on the bench due to an injury. Gary Neville was also in the same boat as Giggs and was a substitute. Heinz was also absent from the game.
Ferguson had no choice but to meet Wenger in the FA Cup final.
The mentalities of the two old rivals were completely different. Arsenal was in a strong period, while Manchester United was in a rebuilding period.
The situation was stronger than the person. Ferguson did not say any harsh words. Just like the gap between Arsenal and Manchester United in the league tournament was more than 20 points. The current Arsenal was indeed not as strong as Manchester United.
With the momentum of winning the title, Arsenal's players walked into the Millennium Stadium with their heads held high.
"Welcome to the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff. The last champion of this season's English football competition will be born today, the oldest cup in history, the FA Cup!
Manchester United and Arsenal did not face much challenge in reaching the FA Cup final this season. Liverpool and Chelsea were both eliminated by lower-level teams, while Arsenal eliminated Everton and Manchester United eliminated Newcastle United. They could be regarded as the two teams' biggest obstacles on the road to the FA Cup final this season.
Now let's take a look at the starting list.
Manchester United's starting: 442.
Goalkeeper: Carroll
Defenders: O 'Shea Ferdinand, Brown, Brown, Silvestre
Midfielders: Fletcher, Keane, Scholes, Ronaldo.
Strikers: Van Nistelrooy, Rooney Rooney
Arsenal starting 4231.
Goalkeeper: Lehmann
Defenders: Lauren, Toure, Campbell, Ashley Cole.
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Striker: Dennis Bergkamp
When Manchester United and Arsenal meet again, it's easy to think of the fiery conflict that broke out between the two teams in the second half of the Premier League. The two protagonists will meet on the field today. Can they control their emotions? "
When the players from both sides shook hands before the game, when Keane walked past Qin Xiong, Qin Xiong looked straight ahead as if he did not see Keane. He also put down his right hand that was shaking hands.
Regardless of whether it was an ungentlemanly performance in the eyes of the outside world, Qin Xiong just did not want to shake hands with the other side.
How could he shake hands with a man who once wanted to break his leg?
He could not be unapologetic.
Keane's expression became angry. He felt as if he had been humiliated by Qin Xiong and was about to immediately flare up, but a burly figure blocked him. Vieira!
Keane had to give up. After shaking hands, he glanced at Qin Xiong with a gloomy look.
Keane was a tough guy and a butcher. At the same time, he was also the captain of Manchester United!
If he was a brainless person, he could not be the captain. If he did not have a sense of responsibility, he could not be the captain either.
The last time he had a conflict with Qin Xiong, it was not purely out of malice. It included Qin Xiong's threat in the final stages of the game and the fact that Manchester United could not compete for the title in the Premier League. Under those circumstances, Keane knew that even if he was sent off with a red card, the impact on Manchester United's Premier League trend for the whole season was actually very small.
But today was different!
Today was the FA Cup final.
If he did something out of line, it was possible to ruin a possible championship trophy for Manchester United!
But he still had the idea of making Qin Xiong uncomfortable in the game.
Then in the face-off, he would do his best to contain Qin Xiong!
But when the game started, Keane found that the situation was a little wrong.
Qin Xiong went to play on the flank!
The role of the frontline organizer was the young Fàbregas!
The most direct threat to Arsenal's attack in the middle was the two players, Fàbregas and Vieira.
Keane, who guarded the defensive midfield in the middle, could not get away to assist in the defense of the flank!
He could only watch Qin Xiong stir up trouble again and again on the left flank.
Manchester United played an asymmetrical one-sided flying wing attack tactic today.
Giggs' absence had a big impact.
Ronaldo could move freely on the left or right flank as he pleased, but Manchester United always only had one winger to launch an attack on the flank.
As for the two full backs, O 'Shea and Sylvester, they had the ability to assist, but their strength was still slightly inferior to shake Arsenal's defensive line at this level of the game.
Arsenal had Fàbregas and Vieira coordinate in the midfield in this game, and then the main attack point was the two flanks.
The left flank, where Qin Xiong was, was the key breakthrough point!
Fletcher, who was repeatedly trampled by Qin Xiong in the last confrontation, seemed a little nervous, while O 'Shea was trembling with fear from Qin Xiong's energy on the flank.
In the 21st minute of the game, Fàbregas diverted the ball in front of Fletcher. Qin Xiong stopped the ball on the flank and pretended to move in the direction of the end line. As soon as his body swung in the direction of the end line, O 'Shea followed closely and retreated. He did not expect the football to stay in place.
Qin Xiong just made a feint in place and then dribbled the ball to the middle.
Before Fletcher could return to defend, Qin Xiong suddenly shot!
The football flew in a big arc to the inside of the far post of the goal.
Carroll was well prepared and calmly moved to the back of the goal. Then he jumped and controlled the ball with both hands.
"Qin Xiong brilliantly got away from the flank. Unfortunately, his shot was a little light and focused too much on the angle of the arc, which gave Carroll enough time to resolve the danger!"
Two minutes later, Ronaldo cut into the penalty area from the left flank after colliding with the wall with Rooney. He decisively tested Lehmann with a shot.
"Lehmann beautifully pounced to save the danger! He blocked Ronaldo's shot at the goal! "
If Manchester United had anything to gain this season, it was that Ferguson began to have a clear idea of how to transform Ronaldo.
An inward-cutting winger!
He took over the number 7 jersey left by Beckham, but he began to walk a different path from Beckham.
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