Manchester United became champions of the FA Cup this Saturday by beating Manchester City, at Wembley, 2-0, thanks to goals from Alejandro Garnacho and Kobbie Mainoo, two young players revealed by the club’s youth teams.
This was the 13th time that Manchester United won the FA Cup, the oldest football championship in the world. Now, the Red Devils have just one trophy less than Arsenal, the tournament’s biggest champion.
Winning the FA Cup also guaranteed Manchester United a place in the Europa League. This was the Red Devils’ only chance to qualify for a European competition, as they only finished the English Championship in eighth place.
The game
Manchester United opened the scoring in the 29th minute, when Garnacho received a throw from the defense field and had a grotesque mistake from defender Gvardiol, who didn’t see goalkeeper Ortega leave the goal to try to clear the danger and headed back towards his teammate. , handing the ball on a platter to the Argentine striker to fill the net.
Excited about the first goal, Manchester United went after City and even reached the second shortly afterwards, when Garnacho again received a long pass, left Rashford in front of the goal and saw the Englishman complete it first time. The referee, however, ruled it offside.
Still, Manchester United managed to increase the score before the break. Once again Garnacho received the ball on the right and passed it to Bruno Fernandes, who, in turn, gave a masterful pass for Kobbie Mainoo to hit the goalkeeper’s counter and increase the Red Devils’ advantage.
In the second half, Manchester City went all out on their opponents in search of a draw, but Manchester United remained solid in defense and counterattacked, taking advantage of the spaces left in defense due to the need for the blue team to attack.
But, after insisting so much, Manchester City ended up discounting when the lights went out, more precisely in the 42nd minute of the second half, when Doku took it to the middle and hit hard, from the edge of the area, in the corner, counting on goalkeeper Onana to miss. , who sent it into the goal, to set the game on fire. But in stoppage time Pep Guardiola’s men were unable to find another goal, having to settle for Manchester United’s 13th FA Cup title.
Source: Gazetaesportiva
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