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Benitez has had some headaches recently, not only because the cold "championship order" from the club's top management made him feel like a puppet, but also the sudden alienation of some big-name players in the team also made him feel uneasy again.

Losing control of the dressing room repeatedly has become a major shortcoming that he has been criticized by fans. If he is fired by Manchester City because of the explosion in the dressing room this time, then he really can only stay away from the Premier League temporarily.

Master Bei actually felt aggrieved.

In his opinion, strengthening the team's ability to counterattack quickly and allowing Yaya Toure to play more roles on the defensive end is a better thing for the team and Yaya Toure.

A team can't always hold on to the past set of styles of play to the end, and increasing the team's tactical reserves is also increasing the team's hole cards.

Yaya Toure was even more incomprehensible to him.

Everyone in the world knows that the Ivorian midfielder has all the hardware and software foundations to become the number one midfielder in the world.

Yaya Toure can be stronger just by making a change -- a negative attitude toward defense.

Even if he is about to turn 30 years old, Yaya Toure, who has made a change, can at least stay in the world's No. [-] midfielder for two or three seasons.

But once the Ivorian confirmed his plan, he was very chilled by the "face-changing" behavior from enthusiastically supporting him to quickly moving away from him.

Even a group of Manchester City players who were originally quite enthusiastic gradually distanced themselves from him.

Even though Silva and Aguero are easy to talk to, in the locker room, his name has obviously become a very unpopular vocabulary.

Temporary forbearance and concessions to the locker room in exchange for Manchester City's Champions League qualification for next season.

But now the top management has issued a death order that he must win the FA Cup final with Sheffield United. Master Bei suddenly felt that the hair on his head was thinning a lot.

Facing the media's pre-match interviews, Benitez also had to express his "confidence" in winning the championship.

He actually knows that if he wins the FA Cup, he can continue to coach Manchester City next season and continue to rank among the first-line coaches.

But if you know it, you know, facing the fierce Sheffield United, Master Bei doesn't have much confidence in his heart.

In the case of almost all the ghosts in the team, you make Ferguson in 08 and Mourinho in 10 not sure that they can lead this team to compete with Sheffield United.

After several days and nights of tangled thinking, Master Bei decided to play the decisive battle against Sheffield United according to the favorite tactics of these players.

No matter how he wins or loses in the end, at least he has taken the overall situation into consideration and led the season. If the Manchester City executives choose to expel him in the end, then he has nothing to say. Whether he is right or wrong is up to the fans to judge!
After making a decision in his heart, Benitez also felt his body relax, and the smile on his face increased a lot when preparing for the game, which surprised the Manchester City players.

But this time, Yaya Toure and the others didn't bother to explore the reasons for Benitez's loose attitude.

After learning that he could devote most of his energy to attacking in the FA Cup final, Yaya Toure finally let go of his grievances for the time being.

"That Drinkwater is just a player who was abandoned by Manchester United. He also deserves to be the first midfielder in the Premier League? It took advantage of the team's record. If I were in Sheffield United, I would have Matic and Medel next to me. Ass, I can only do better than him!"

In front of close friends, Yaya Toure couldn't help venting his depression.

In recent seasons, he thinks he has played better than England's double virtues. Last season, he was hailed as the Premier League's No. [-] midfielder. Apart from not winning the Premier League championship, he himself has gained a lot of personal honors. Time is in the limelight.

But this season, as Sheffield United achieved breakthrough victories in multiple battles, Drinkwater naturally entered the attention of more and more fans.

No matter how low-key it is, Drinkwater will inevitably be compared with the core of other Premier League teams by the media as the core midfielder on Sheffield United, a big ship that has evolved into a luxury ship.

As a result, the final result became the cause of Yaya Toure's dissatisfaction and anger.

"Drinkwater is undoubtedly the first midfielder in the Premier League! He is the kind of player who cannot be measured by statistics alone. In contrast, Yaya Toure, who has better statistics, did not help Manchester City in the last season. On the contrary, the low-key Drinkwater firmly grasped the direction of Sheffield United. He is seriously underestimated and definitely better than Toure."

Whenever he thinks of these comments, Yaya Toure feels angry, and just wants to find out the so-called "experts" recruited by the media and question them to vent his anger.

Now it is finally time for another chance to confront Sheffield United. Even if Yaya Toure cannot help Manchester City win, he must at least prove on the court that he is definitely better than Drinkwater. one!
With this in mind, after getting the desired tactical position from Benitez, Yaya Toure quickly entered a state of excitement, looking like he couldn't wait for the decisive battle with Sheffield United .

However, when the news of Sheffield United's departure to the south came out on May 5, the Manchester City players found that Yaya Toure's smile seemed no longer so "innocent".

On May 5, after stepping on the field again in the morning, the players of Manchester City no longer had smiles on their faces, and returned to the hotel where they were staying under pressure.

And as the game time approached, the Manchester City players also felt more and more nervous.

Without him, the sense of oppression brought to them by the current Sheffield United team is too much!
Thinking about the painful experience of playing against Sheffield United in the past, Manchester City's players really can't raise much confidence in the face of the fact that they have never had the upper hand.

You can say whatever you want to the media, but when it comes time to face it, the Manchester City players who are directly at a disadvantage both in terms of record and psychology are somewhat frightened.

This time, Master Bei became the most relaxed one. When the players and coaching teams of both sides entered the field in the afternoon, he was even in the mood to chat with Speed ​​for a while.

Sheffield United players are now enjoying the joy of winning the Premier League championship. It seems that they are both relaxed and bound to win the next FA Cup championship!

That confident posture was in stark contrast to the seriousness of the Manchester City players on the other side.

Vardy and others even had the leisure to make a joke about Manchester City.

Li Mo feels that Manchester City should be treated with caution.

He still remembers that when he played against Manchester City for the first time in the league this season, Yaya Toure under Benitez surprised him.

Although Yaya Toure seemed to have changed back to his old self after that, and his defense became slack, but this kind of thing is not afraid of ten thousand, just in case.

Yaya Toure, who is willing to defend, is a big bug in the midfield. Although Matic on Sheffield United has also grown up, if Yaya Toure really explodes on both ends of the offense and defense, Matic and Drinkwater really may not be able to limit his performance.

Sheffield United's coaching staff naturally made targeted tactical arrangements for Yaya Toure.

After both players returned to the locker room, Speed ​​emphasized Yaya Toure's threat in the final tactical reminder.

Li Mo and Drinkwater both listened carefully and nodded.

The rest of Sheffield United saw that the two core members of the team took it so seriously, and put away the impetuousness in their hearts, treating this decisive battle as an anxious battle.

At 17:15 in the afternoon, amidst the whistle of the referee on duty, Sheffield United took the lead in kick-off and quickly expanded their formation in their own half, but they were not in a hurry to attack.

Today, Sheffield United formed a four-two-three-one formation for a decisive battle with Manchester City. Drinkwater Gamatic continued to serve as the double midfielder. Bell and Medel lined up on both sides of the midfield, and Joaquin was in the middle.

Once these five midfielders are deployed, it seems that they have both offense and defense, and they are more than safe.

On the contrary, for Manchester City, although they also formed a [-] formation, Tevez as the attacking midfielder, plus Silva and Milner on the two wings, is a bit too risky no matter how you look at it.

At first, Li Mo really thought that Yaya Toure would defend with Barry today, otherwise Master Bei would eat too much, and four of the five midfielders would attack with full power. He really thought that Barry could stop Sheffield United The rapid dash ah?

Manchester City suffered too much from Sheffield United in this regard before, and they can't always remember to eat or not to fight.

But when the two sides opened up and tested each other for almost 10 minutes, Li Mo also scratched his head and cast an "admiring" look at Master Bei on the sidelines.

Really forget to eat but not to fight!
Naya Toure's forward momentum is stronger than that of Weiss, and it looks like he is the real midfielder.

From time to time, Barry stood alone in front of his own defense line. If it weren't for Milner's active defense, Barry would really become a "lonely man" in the midfielder position.

Drinkwater shook his head even more.

He can't see such a scene at all. If Matic dares to let him drag himself behind and rush to the frontcourt to attack from time to time, then he doesn't need Speed. Come.

A midfielder with superior strength, it is no problem to occasionally ask the head coach for tactical privileges.

However, if one advances aggressively regardless of the stability of the overall defense line, it will be very destructive to the operation of the entire midfield.

Drinkwater didn't understand Yaya Toure's thoughts, but at the moment he was very happy to see Yaya Toure make this kind of self-digging move.

Li Mo pushed to Barry's side almost subconsciously.

In the 13th minute of the first half, Medel interfered with Yaya Toure's ball and successfully advanced. Matic grabbed the ball decisively. Drinkwater, who responded, took the ball and directly sent a shot to Li Mo. Precise long pass!
The unlucky Barry had to hold Li Mo's shoulder tightly.

At this time, Li Mo, who was catching the ball with his back, had no choice but to yell for his teammates in the frontcourt to return to the defense quickly.

But Li Mo will not give Manchester City's midfielders time to encircle.

After stopping the ball, he took advantage of the situation to complete the turn. That wide body was completely crushing for Barry, who was just over 1.8 meters tall and weighed less than [-] kilograms!

If Yaya Toure is defending Li Mo alone, although he can't stand Li Mo's turn, it can effectively slow down Li Mo's advance speed.

It's a pity that he has this ability, but he still refuses to invest his energy in defense. An active Barry is not Li Mo's opponent. Speaking of it, the number one contributor to Sheffield United's smooth attack can be said to be Yaya Toure himself!
When Li Mo turned around and started to speed up, the entire Sheffield United's fast attack in the frontcourt also started.

Joaquin and Bell helped Li Mo open up the offensive space on the two wings, which made it easy for Li Mo to have a one-on-one chance with Nastasic.

After all, Kompany needs to be the last link in the defense line, and he dared not move lightly. He could only watch Nastasic stagger and lose his defensive position under Li Mo's aggressive advance.

The moment Nastasic lost his position, Kompany rushed over to make up the defense. Li Mo was waiting for this moment!
In the quick shaking of Li Mo's ankle, the football was pushed to the left side of the Manchester City penalty area.

Bell had overtaken Zabaleta early at this moment, so when Li Mo passed the ball, he led it and directly formed a one-handed one!

Joe Hart had no choice but to attack, and Kompany turned back again, but Bell chose to pass the ball back to the middle of the penalty area when he swung his leg and pretended to volley!

Li Mo looked at most of the empty doors, and would not miss such an opportunity at all. He stretched out his foot decisively and pushed, then pointed at Bell with a grin and signaled him to come and celebrate!

When the football crossed the line, more than 4 Sheffield United fans in Wembley Stadium "catapulted" from their seats in an instant!
In the sea of ​​red and black carnival, one after another Sheffield United Premier League championship commemorative scarves, which were only released on May 5, were held up high by the fans!

Under the enthusiastic signal of the DJ on the scene, more than 4 Sheffield United fans shouted Li Mo's name together, which made the Manchester City fan gathering area on the other side look more quiet.

Less than 15 minutes into the first half, Sheffield United scored a goal that broke the balance on the field, which really made Manchester City fans unacceptable.

The point is that their midfield defense seemed to be useless. For a while, sporadic boos sounded in the stands of Manchester City fans.

No one knows whether they are booing Benitez or Yaya Toure, who is walking back to the defense, but there is no doubt that such boos appear to make Manchester City's players suffer!

When Sheffield United finished celebrating and had recovered their formation and waited for Manchester City to re-kick off, the players of Blue Moon didn't seem to be overwhelmed.

Faced with such a situation, Benitez also uncharacteristically did not communicate with the assistant coaches, and did not intend to adjust at all. He still sat firmly on the coaching bench, looking very peaceful.

Manchester City's players continued to kick off according to the tactics arranged before the game amidst the confusion.

But as Sheffield United tore off the camouflage and started to press high and attack quickly, Manchester City's midfield defense soon entered a precarious state again.

Speed ​​didn't show any gesture of holding back his hands, and kept instructing his disciples to press forward, press forward and press forward again!

For a while, Sheffield United's high pressure and crazy offensive made it difficult for Manchester City's players to adapt.

Even if Silva wants to slow down the pace and control the situation, but if he can't guard it, he can't guard it. The existence of loopholes in the midfield makes it really difficult for Manchester City to seize the opportunity to fight back.

In the No.206 minute of the first half, Manchester City under heavy pressure made another defensive error.

Li Mo's head-shaking attack hit Kompany's body and was blocked, but Nastasic's reaction was a beat slower. Joaquin, who was seized by the opportunity, took the first step and stabbed the ball to the left of the penalty area !

Bell didn't score any more goals this time, and a decisive volley helped Sheffield United expand the score to 2-0!

Amidst the ecstatic cheers of the Sheffield United fans, Bell once again made a gesture of love to the live broadcast camera.

Sheffield United rejected all the suspense and is about to usher in their successful season!