Sir Alex Ferguson showed that he is still watching for future stars while he saw the U18's of Manchester United losing Aston Villa in the semi -final of the FA Youth Cup.
The legendary boss, 83, was in Villa Park on Monday evening to see how Adam Lawrence's silk crossed out for the chance of being faced with Man City of Watford in the final.
United began Chido Obi, 17, in a signal of intention that means that the wonder kid will not occur tonight in the Premier League collision in Nottingham Forest.
Also in the starting line-up were Tyler and Jack Fletcher, the Twin Sons of Reds legend and current coach Darren Fletcher.
The youngsters of Lawrence had defeated Coventry City, Preston North End and Chelsea on their way to the quarterfinals, where they returned from 2-1 to Arsenal to win 3-2.
More than 1,000 United fans bought tickets for the Semi, knowing that a victory would give them the right to organize the final at Old Trafford.
Sir Alex was one of them to make the journey, but he didn't look too happy when Trai-Varn Mulley opened the score for the Villans after just four minutes.
The Scot, famous for taking young people, including the class of '92, had a fiery look on his face while looking from the executive boxes.
He would have been relieved when the left -wing player James Scanlon equalized for United, who is also coached by former defender Phil Jones, after 23 minutes after good work by Tyler Fletcher.
It was the third goal of the Gibraltar International in the Youth Cup this season and are 19th in all competitions.
Scanlon's Leveler turned out to be the ultimate goal of the game, with the draw to extra time and punishment.
But it was heartache for Fergie and the United Kids when they crashed 3-1 in the shootout.
The first team of Rubin Amorim hopes for more happiness in the midlands when they are opposed to forest.
They have had more than two weeks off since their last game, a 3-0 win in Leicester.
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