Author: Ant who loves watching football

Regarding the FA Cup semi-final between York City and Manchester United, English football is of course generally optimistic about Manchester United.

No matter how you say it, Manchester United is still a wealthy team, a strong Premier League team led by Mourinho, and Mourinho is famous for his ability to play in cup competitions.

Although York City is the League One champion and has a "record" of defeating Tottenham and Arsenal, this team is not at the same level as Manchester United after all.

In the eyes of many people, they are at best a Championship-level team that will be upset, and they are not much different from the likes of Fulham before.

And in this atmosphere, when Pan Yi was interviewed by the English media, he directly started embarrassing mode against Mourinho's Manchester United.

How to blow?

He never mentioned that they could only rank sixth in the Premier League, but only talked about Manchester United's League Cup victory, especially their performance in reaching the quarterfinals of the Europa League.

In Pan Yi's words, Manchester United's performance in the European competition is extremely competitive. It is almost the face of the Premier League in the European competition. Chelsea will be ignored by me.

This is actually irritating Mourinho again.

Pan Yi almost told Mourinho clearly: Brother, if an outstanding and powerful team like yours goes to Wembley Stadium to play against a small English team like ours, they should boldly let their hands and feet go.

Attack!

The purpose of this is to allow Mourinho to attack.

And De Ligt's task is to accurately send the ball directly in front of that person.

The purpose of doing this is not necessarily to score goals, but to disrupt the opponent's rhythm of the game and test the opponent to facilitate the next game.

"But we are not afraid of such opponents. I have talked with my players and they are very excited to meet Manchester United at Wembley Stadium and are looking forward to a beautiful offensive battle with Manchester United!"

"This is the style of York City. They are all working hard when defending, and they are also crazy when attacking."

Facing Amon who was coming with the ball, Bailly did not dare to take a shot easily and could only retreat again and again to avoid being directly broken through by him with his speed.

After Alonso stole the ball, he quickly passed it to Rice to initiate a counterattack.

Right in front of the goal, Baker was like a heavy tank, rushing past Dalmian's blockage, rushing to the goal, facing Aman's cross, and pushing the ball.

"York City is ready. Together with Manchester United, we will give the fans a wonderful game!"

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One side is bragging about Manchester United, while on the other side York City is preparing step by step, organizing and preparing for the game in an orderly manner.

Mourinho was even more confused.

The game remained stalemate. Although the competition was fierce, neither side achieved anything in the end.

They already have a very clear understanding of Manchester United's basic playing style and player characteristics.

"Let's talk about it next season, or next season." Pan Yi smiled.

When Rashford was about to get close to De Ligt, the Dutch central defender suddenly raised his leg and made a long pass.

This is Manchester United after all! The players' personal abilities are still above those of York City.

"On Manchester United's side, Ibrahimovic passed the ball back to central defender Rojo after the kick-off. Rojo was born as a full-back, but under Mourinho, he took advantage of his accurate passing and stood in front of him.

From the central defender position. Now he directly passes a long pass to the frontcourt."

"Okay, now both teams are standing in their own half, and the referee will blow the whistle soon."

"It's only been a minute!!! York City's quick counterattack was very exciting."

So, what to do now?

Continue the offensive tactics, or slow down a little and defend for a while?

The players' opinions began to become somewhat inconsistent, and many people looked to the sidelines to see what Mourinho thought.

Seeing that Manchester United chose to press forward and try to press in the frontcourt, Pan Yi nodded gently.

Anyway, he won today, no matter what you say.

However, when the two teams came to Wembley Stadium on April 23 and Pan Yi also got Manchester United's starting lineup, Wei Wei was still a little surprised.

This is the first time in the history of York City that they have been able to reach the final of such a heavyweight competition!

On the other side, Mourinho had two words written all over his face: disappointment.

The ball quickly passed through a beautiful arc from the edge of York City's penalty area, crossed over a large area of ​​​​the stadium, and fell directly behind Manchester United's defense.

But Aman was getting faster and closer, and when he rushed into the penalty area, Aman chose to poke the ball toward the baseline. After avoiding Bailly, he accelerated to catch up.

The result... of course Amon ran the fastest!

I saw Manchester United's right wing, that is, York City's left wing, quickly passing by the wing-back Valencia.

"However, York City had already prepared for this ball. Two midfielders, Rice and Alonso, pinched Rashford one after another, and the ball came to the feet of the York City player."

According to the team's pre-match plan, they should score a goal first, but unexpectedly, York City scored first.

"Of course, the most important reason why York City can give everyone so much confidence is the existence of Pan Yi. The boss who knows the most about football in the world will always give the team's coaching staff the greatest support at critical moments."

On the forward line, the combination of Rashford + Ibrahimovic, one high and one fast, can also ensure offensive firepower.

Baker in the middle has already followed, and Lin Liangming, who plays on the right today, is a little slower, but he is also moving forward quickly.

"Only one minute into the game, York City scored against Manchester United! This is so surprising!!"

In fact, given Manchester United's strength advantage over York City, even if Mourinho chooses to use defensive counterattacks as the main tactic, they can still attack at the beginning.

Pan Yi once irritated Mourinho when he was in Milan. In the end, Mourinho led Real Madrid to play offensive football at San Siro, which ended up getting Pan Yi's way.

"Today York City still used their most commonly used formation, with Isakson as the goalkeeper and the back line..."

This tactic specially prepared for today's Manchester United worked, and of course he was happy.

As the best ball-playing central defender in the team, De Ligt also completed his task perfectly, otherwise there would be no Amon dribbling and passing.

Among them, Baker and Rice both had good scoring opportunities, but their shots missed the goal slightly and failed to convert into goals. This made the York City fans at the scene very disappointed.

Mourinho really still wants to eat York City in one bite.

"Many people say that although York City is only a League One team, their strength has actually reached the Premier League level, otherwise they would not be promoted to the Championship so easily. There are also many people who are optimistic that they can win next season.

Entering the Premier League in one fell swoop and achieving three consecutive promotions!”

Of course, York City is now leading by two goals, so they are not in a hurry, and the two sides have begun a stalemate for a period of time.

Besides, as Pan Yi said, no matter what, York City is just a League One team. Is it reasonable for Manchester United to put up a defensive posture against such a team?

In the end, Pan Yi encouraged his team, and by the way, he also PUAed Mourinho:

"Yes, Manchester United is a team with a glorious history and it might take York City a hundred years to catch up with them."

The ball hit the net!

It wasn't until this moment that Wembley Stadium erupted in exclamations from the fans, followed immediately by carnival.

In addition, the current Manchester United team, after a year of training from Mourinho, is really good at defensive counterattacks, but the positional battle after controlling the ball is still almost boring.

This feels like a replica of what Pan Yi used at Chelsea last season.

The starting players are as follows:

Cameroon winger Thomas Amang was sprinting at an extremely fast speed, quickly caught up with De Ligt's pass, and strode into Manchester United's penalty area with the ball.

"Sure enough, York City took the initiative to press forward as soon as the game started. This is quite bold, after all, they are facing Manchester United!"

In this way, in order to get the ball back quickly, Manchester United can only launch more intense pressing and pressing, whether it is the forward or the midfielder, all pressing up to block as many York City ball points as possible.

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Now the old trick is repeated...

But when he saw Pan Yi approaching, he still managed a polite smile and walked towards Pan Yi.

Needless to say, Manchester United fans, some of them have already fallen behind by two goals before they even found their seats. How can this be justified?

Since they have won the League One title ahead of schedule, all the team's focus has now shifted to the FA Cup.

At this time, the live broadcast camera was also aimed at the coaching bench.

"But he never expected that York City would counterattack them with an opening attack!"

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After Pan Yi scored a goal from Baker in the stands, he jumped up excitedly and cheered with the surrounding York City fans to celebrate the goal.

Mourinho actually came up with a formation instead of the -1 he originally preferred to use.

"Goallllllllllll!!!!!"

At this time, Pan Yi was sitting in the stands watching the game.

Mourinho thought of such a possibility inexplicably, but his thoughts quickly returned to the field.

"These three young players have made great progress since coming to York City, especially Amon. He seems to be no longer the striker who only dribbles with his head covered and likes to shoot wildly."

Midfielder: No. 25 Valencia, No. 21 Herrera, No. 6 Pogba, No. 27 Fellaini, No. 18 Ashley Young.

He looked at the tactical board in his hand, then at the York City players who were celebrating on the field, and the corner of his mouth twitched.
To be continued...