JWSport Jacek Waszak – Sport journalist
The FA Cup is the oldest football competition in the world. The current edition is the 141st in history. Manchester United have won the trophy 12 times.
Missed a penalty Cristiano Ronaldo in the first half of regulation time and this penalty decided, because if he had scored it would have been 2:1 and Manchester would now be celebrating promotion to the next round of the FA CUP. What a match how many things happened here and so they lost this match. In particular Manchester tried to score from every situation and so to the end of extra time the Red Devils had 30 shots, and Middlesbrough only six. It was the visitors who came out lucky from this crazy and battered match. What a match we could have watched in this FA Cup . For Manchester City it was certainly a big problem because they have not achieved anything so far this season just a change of coach and buying some players. Whether this coach is up to the task or not it’s time to change the coach and some players because for the Red Devils it may again be a wasted season.
In the 20th minute they should go on the lead, but the penalty kick wasted Cristiano Ronaldo. The Portuguese did not even hit the light of the goal.
Long did not wait after this penalty, which Ronaldo did not last for this Red Devils zrechabilitowali in the 25th minute he got his. After a long pass Bruno Fernandes passed to Jadon Sancho, the former Borussia Dortmund player with a strike from ten meters towards the far post beat the rivals goalkeeper. The ball ricocheted off one of the Middlesbrough players and ended up in the middle of the goal.
And it happened in the 64th minute, when a counterattack was played Chris Wilder’s team converted Matt Crooks for the equalizer. However, the situation caused a big controversy. Duncan Watmore, who played the key pass in this action, played the ball with his hand. The main referee and the referees responsible for VAR did not make any decision. But they should analyze it again and decide what to do with this action.
Manchester City, irritated by such a turn of events, went on the offensive, every now and then threatening the goal guarded by Joe Lumley. However, Marcus Rashford, Paul Pogba and Fernandes jointly wasted 100 percent opportunities. The latter, with an empty goal in front of him, shot from outside the penalty area into the left post.
All had to be decided by the penalty shootout. In those penalties the visitors kept more blood in their hands, who successfully executed each of their eight “eleven”. Precision, however, lacked Anthony Elanda. The Swede hit high over the crossbar and the sensation became a fact, the runner-up threw the Red Devils out of the FA Cup CUP.
Much attention is now paid to the ball at the equalizer and the number of missed chances by the team Rangnick . I think it’s time to change the coach for some good professional. As for Middlesbrough stood up and constructed better and better actions and were more confident as the evening went on and they could also at the end of the match to decide the game for their side.
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Wilder said: “The decisions made by VAR have changed since I left the Premier League. I immediately thought it was handball. I thought it was going to be written in chalk and I was delighted it wasn’t.”
PrManchester United – Middlesbrough 1:1 (1:0), kick. k. 7:8
Goals: Sancho (25) – Crooks (64)
