From the evening of January 7th to the early morning of January 8th, Beijing time, the English FA Cup, the French Cup, and the Spanish Copa del Rey continued, with Manchester City, Arsenal, Liverpool, Barcelona, and Paris Saint-Germain making their debuts.
Manchester City 5-0 Huddersfield
At home to 21st place in the Championship, Pep Guardiola rotated his starting line-up significantly. Even so, Blue Moon still occupied the absolute initiative, and the first half of the game completely turned into a half-court offensive and defensive drill.
Manchester City had 10 shots on goal in the first half, compared to 0 for Ha Town, and City had 80 per cent possession.
In the 33rd minute, after receiving a wonderful pass from Alvarez, Foden broke the deadlock from a tight angle.
In the 37th minute, after linking up with Foden, Nunes sent in a cross and Alvarez flanked the goal.
In the 57th minute, Kovacic's long pass directly penetrated the defense of Ha Zhen, Nunes stopped the ball and passed the ball in one go, and the teenager Bob ignited the crowd again with a wonderful hanging shot.
In the 66th minute, Manchester City took a tactical corner, Kovacic assisted, and Foden scored twice.
In the 74th minute, De Bruyne, who had returned from injury, sent an inverted triangle pass, and Doku volleyed the ball into the goal.
In the end, Manchester City had no trouble at home, comfortably beating Harbour Town 5-0 to advance to the next round of the FA Cup.
Arsenal 0-2 Liverpool
The highlight of the third round of the FA Cup is undoubtedly Arsenal's home game against Liverpool, with the two teams worth a total of 2 billion. However, the recent situation of the two teams is markedly different, with Arsenal falling to fourth place in the Premier League after suffering two consecutive defeats, while Liverpool are at the top of the table.
In the first half, Arsenal bombarded indiscriminately, the number of shots on goal for both teams was 13-2, and Arsenal crushed Liverpool, but the score was 0-0.
In the second half, Liverpool rebounded significantly, and in the 80th minute, Trent Alexander-Arnold's free-kick caused Kiwior's own goal to give Liverpool the lead.
Arsenal had to attack aggressively, and in the 94th minute, in the countdown stage of the game, taking advantage of Arsenal's heavy pressure, Dias counterattacked and burst into the ball to seal the win.
In the end, Arsenal lost 0-2 at home to Liverpool and stopped in the third round of the FA Cup.
Barbasto 2-3 Barca
In the third round of the Copa del Rey, Barcelona played away against Barbasto, the fourth division, and considering the limited strength of the opponent, Xavi made a large rotation of the starting lineup.
Even so, Barcelona turned the game into a half-court offensive and defensive drill on the road. In the 13th minute, Raphinha crossed from the bottom and Fermin followed up to score.
In the 51st minute, after receiving a cross from Ford's side, Raphinha outflanked it at the back post and scored easily.
Ten minutes later, Barbasto pulled one back from a corner.
In order to stabilize the victory, Xavi deployed troops, and in the 87th minute, Lewandowski scored a penalty to consolidate the lead.
Thanks to this penalty, in the 93rd minute, Pratt also scored a penalty for Barbasto.
In the end, Barcelona, with a total value of 850 million, defeated Barbasto, the fourth tier, 3-2 and advanced to the next round of the Copa del Rey.
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In the French Cup, there was a tragedy. Levy faced the mighty Paris Saint-Germain at home and was powerless to resist, and the gap between the two teams was too great.
In the end, Paris Saint-Germain won 9-0 away. In the first half, Paris scored four goals, and just three minutes into the second half, Mbappe completed a hat-trick.
After that, Mbappe had the opportunity to complete his senior with penalties, but he conceded to Gonzalo Ramos. In the end, Mbappe scored 3 goals, Muani scored twice, Asensio scored 1 goal and 2 assists, and Paris won a big victory to advance.