At 4:00 a.m. Beijing time on February 5, the fourth round of the 2021-2022 English FA Cup, Manchester United fought hard for 120 minutes and lost 8-9 to Championship team Middlesbrough, and was upset. Cristiano Ronaldo conceded a penalty in the first half, Sancho scored and B Fei did not score in the middle post. In a penalty shootout, Manchester United youngster Erlanga kicked off a penalty.
Competition focus
Cristiano Ronaldo started the 120th minute, he conceded a penalty in the 20th minute, and the president failed to celebrate his 37th birthday with a goal. After entering 2022, Ronaldo still has not scored.
Pogba played for United for the first time since 2 November last year, forming a midfield pair with Scott McTominay. It was also Pogba's debut under the new coach Ronnick, who made a penalty in the game, but unfortunately Ronaldo lost it.
Sancho scored for Manchester United for the first time since 28 November last year, his third goal since joining the Red Devils. Fans are looking forward to his explosion in 2022.
Wonderful review
Just 2 minutes into the opening, the Mibao goalkeeper made a mistake, Sancho's hanging shot from the outside hit the crossbar and popped up, B Fee followed up with an empty goal, and United almost scored at the beginning.
In the 6th minute, B Fei instigated the attack, Sancho's direct pass, Luke Shaw's cross from the outside of the left foot, C Ronaldo took off in front of the goal and barbed the goal, Ramley took the ball off.
In the 20th minute, Pogba was put down, the referee decisively blew the penalty, C Ronaldo took the penalty too much to pursue the angle, the ball rubbed the upright out of the bottom line, C Ronaldo covered his face and felt incredible.
In the 25th minute, B Fei launched an attack with a long pass, Sancho unloaded the ball into the box with the outside of his foot, and he forced his foot from a small angle to attack the goal, 1-0!
In the 30th minute, Ronaldo crossed, B Fei made the ball, Rashford turned in front of the penalty area and shot a powerful shot into the net, but the referee raised the flag to indicate offside, and the goal was ruled invalid. In the 33rd minute, B Fei counter-attacked the ball in the middle of the pass, C Ronaldo single knife into the box of the attack was deflected by Ramley.
In the 54th minute, Sancho inserted into the penalty area at high speed on the left side, he stopped to get rid of the first pass to Rashford, but unfortunately Master La's kick hit the goalkeeper and the ball flew away. Marcus Rashford then passed the ball from the right and Cristiano Ronaldo followed up with a powerful shot that hit the side-netting.
In the 64th minute, substitute Watermore's cross from inside the penalty area was met by Crooks, who followed up from afar, shoveled the ball into the empty goal and the score became 1-1!
In the 72nd minute, C Ronaldo forced the opposing goalkeeper to make a mistake, B Fei broke the ball and pushed a kick in front of the empty goal, but the ball actually hit the upright and popped up! In the 92nd minute Fred crossed from the left, Erlanga nodded the ball too high and the ball was confiscated by the goalkeeper.
In the 106th minute, Dalot's cross from the right was met by B Fei's header from inside the penalty area, and the ball was pulled off the crossbar by Ramlito, and the referee believed that B Fei was offside.
Penalty review
In the first 7 rounds, both sides played without false starts, of which C Ronaldo appeared in the 4th round, and he stood on the penalty spot for the second time in this game and scored steadily. In the 8th round, Pertier pushed hard to break the net, the youngster Erlanga was sent to the penalty, and finally Middlesbrough won 8-7 on penalties, winning 9-8 on aggregate, Manchester United was eliminated, and Middlesbrough broke out of the big cold to advance to the FA Cup round of 16.
United line-up: 26-Henderson/20-Dalot, 5-Maguire, 19-Varane (4-Jones 90'), 23-Luxho/39-McTominay, 6-Pogba (17-Fred 82')/10 Rashford (36-Erlanga 82'), 18-B Fee, 25-Sancho (8-Mata 100') / 7-Cristiano