Manchester United were eliminated by Middlesbrough and the team completely missed this season's FA Cup title. In this game, Manchester United can be said to have completely suppressed the opponent, shooting 30 feet in the game, but it was not a goal, Manchester United missed the empty goal, missed the penalty, missed various scoring opportunities, and was finally eliminated by the opponent. After the acceptance of this game, many fans ridiculed Manchester United, which is to learn From Manchester City, and also began to play "happy football"? However, although Manchester City play happy football, it is still very stable to play this kind of low-level league team.
In this game, Manchester United had 71% possession and 30 shots on goal, but even so, United could only enter the penalty shootout with a score of 1-1, and in the penalty shootout, Manchester United was eliminated by the opponent. It can be said that The performance of Manchester United is very unfortunate. From the data point of view, whether it is the possession rate or the number of attacks, the number of shots on goal, the number of shots on target, Manchester United is a significant lead over the opponent, is it because the opponent's defense is too good? Or is it because the opposing goalkeeper is hanging? None of them, and they can only blame United themselves, they miss too many opportunities.
In this game, Manchester United missed many opportunities, the team's front trio Rashford, Cristiano Ronaldo and Bruno Fernandez shot a total of 22 times, but unfortunately the three of them failed to score even one goal, not to mention, they also missed many good chances to score. In the 20th minute of the game, Manchester United won a penalty, and the always steady C Ronaldo actually flew the penalty away. Of course, Ronaldo's missed point is just the beginning of United's missed opportunities. Then, in the 54th minute of the game, Sancho crossed and Rashford kicked the ball away from no one, just 3 meters from the goal. In the 72nd minute of the game, the opposing goalkeeper made a mistake in returning the ball, and after B Fei broke the ball, he actually kicked the ball to the upright in the face of the empty goal, which seemed to be a little more difficult than scoring;
Of course, There are too many opportunities missed by Manchester United in this game, so I will not elaborate on them. Want to know how many opportunities United have missed? Just look at the data, the famous data website SofaScore statistics, this game Manchester United missed 7 excellent scoring opportunities, which is the site since its inception, Manchester United missed the most opportunities in a single game. And it also shows how bad United's performance is. Missing so many opportunities turned what could have been a 7-1 match into a 1-1 end and United were eliminated.
I have to say that Manchester United really has a bit of a "happy football" meaning, but other teams that play "happy football" can win, and Manchester United was eliminated by the Championship team in this game. I just don't know if Lonnick will make a change? If United continue like this, it will be very difficult for the team to compete for four. And in the next round of the game, Manchester United will play against Burnley, just don't know how Manchester United will perform in this game? Will you continue to play "Happy Football"? Let's wait and see!