Manchester United defeated Manchester City to win the FA Cup, and Mbappe said goodbye to Paris Saint-Germain

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2024-05-26 09:04Posted on the official account of Shanghai The Paper

Ten Hag holds the trophy.

Beat Manchester City to win the FA Cup

On the evening of May 25, Beijing time, the English FA Cup final ushered in the Manchester derby.

In the 30th minute of the first half, Gvardiol's header back to the goalkeeper was wrong, and Garnacho pushed the empty goal to break the deadlock. In the 39th minute, B Fei assisted Kobe Maynu to push the goalkeeper from close range to expand the score to 2-0.

In the second half, substitute Doku pulled a goal back for Manchester City with a long-range shot, and finally Manchester United won the Manchester derby 2-1, and won the FA Cup for the first time in eight years, which was the 13th FA Cup title in Manchester United history and the second trophy for Ten Hag in charge of Manchester United.

Last season, United beat Newcastle in the final to win the Carabao Cup, and Ten Hag won his first title in charge of Manchester United. Now, with the FA Cup, Manchester United have qualified for next season's Europa League.

This season, Manchester United are 8th in the Premier League with 60 points from 18 wins, 6 draws and 14 defeats, becoming the lowest-ranked team in the FA Cup since Arsenal in the 2019-2020 season (also 8th).

At the same time, they are at the bottom of the Champions League group stage with 1 win, 1 draw and 4 losses, accumulating 4 points. Manchester United lost 3-0 to Newcastle in the Carabao Cup and stopped in the round of 16.

It was revealed in the media before the game that Ten Hag would be sacked after the FA Cup final, and once again talking about his future, the Dutchman said, "Is the future still at Manchester United? I don't know, the only thing I'm going to do is make the team improve, that's my plan. It was a mess when I came, now we're better, but not where we want to be. ” 

'I have nothing but praise for the team's performance tonight, that's what United should do. It was a game that showed us how we can perform when we have a full squad. Even if it's against the best team in football today, we can make a difference. ”

Regarding the recent criticism of him, the Dutchman bluntly said that it was unfair, "We are short of players a lot of times, and we did not play well this season, but we also want to play our own style of play, and many times we have to compromise. ”

Mbappe ended his career in Paris.

The French Cup won the cup, and Mbappe bid farewell to Paris

In the early morning of May 26, Beijing time, in the French Cup final, Paris Saint-Germain faced Lyon.

In the first half, Dembele and Ruiz contributed to Paris respectively, and O'Brien pulled a goal back for Lyon in the second half, and finally Paris won 2-1 to win the domestic double, and Mbappe, who started the game, said goodbye to the French Cup title.

After the game, Mbappe also hugged and said goodbye to the team's president, Al-Nasser. Mbappe confirmed in an interview that his new club will soon be announced, "There are still a few days before my new team is announced, and I will announce it when the time is right." ”

"As a footballer, you don't have time to feel the passage of time. I was looking back a lot about the years I spent here before the final, and I felt a little painful to think that it was all over. ”

"Everything I have here is nowhere else. But what is certain is that there are very good things that await me ahead. ”

Mbappe said he was happy to win the French Cup: "As a team, we haven't won this trophy for two or three years. This trophy is very important for our players, for the whole club and for all the fans. ”

"We are the record holders in this event and we miss this trophy. What's more, except for the first two rounds, we almost played against strong teams, but we won beautifully every time, even in the final. It was a fantastic night and a fantastic season. ”

Alonso led the team to another title.

Bayer Leverkusen won the German Cup and won the double of the season

In the early morning of May 26, Beijing time, in the final of the German Cup, Bayer Leverkusen faced the German second division team Kaiserslautern.

Xhaka's only goal in the opening 16 minutes gave the pharmaceutical company a 1-0 win to win the Bundesliga and German Cup double.

After rebounding from a 3-0 defeat to Atalanta in the Europa League final three days ago, manager Marcos Alonso was pleased with his team's performance: "The most important thing is the belief of the players, they are ready to fight and they are playing well. I'm really proud that the double is totally deserved, it's a huge success. ”

'With a man sent off, we played well – for the club, the fans, the coach and the players themselves. We communicated at half-time and the second half injected more rhythm into the game. Now we have to enjoy it. Every player played their part and that's very important to me. ”

Xhaka said: "It was my first German Cup final and my first German Cup goal, so we worked hard to get to the final. I'm very happy that after losing the Europa League final we have to get back on our feet and now we have to celebrate together. ”

'Every defeat is painful, especially in the final, but the coach and the club said we had to bounce back, we gave everything and put in a good performance again.

Zhang Kangyang

Zhang Kangyang sent a farewell message, and Inter's "Suning era" came to an end

On May 25, Zhang Kangyang, chairman of the Serie A Inter Milan Football Club, officially issued a farewell message on the 25th, and thanked the management team, players and fans of the Inter Milan club, and the "Suning era" of Inter Milan came to an end.

Oaktree Capital recently announced that the fund company managed by Oaktree Capital has become the owner of Inter Milan Football Club because its three-year loan totaling about 395 million euros has not been repaid when it matures on May 21, 2024.

On the 25th, Zhang Kangyang issued a long article in Chinese, English and Italian to say goodbye to Inter Milan.

In a long article, Zhang Kangyang reflected on his Inter career, and expressed his gratitude to the management team, players and fans, and he also thanked the current Inter coach Simeone Inzaghi in particular, praising him as a person with a firm heart and true values, "It is the eternal luck of Inter Milan and me to meet you. ”

Zhang Kangyang also said in the end that he hoped that the successors who inherited Inter would "respect her history, culture and values".

"Being the manager of Inter Milan is both a great honour and a great responsibility. Those who cherish and care for Inter Milan will surely repay with great achievements and joy. For me, it's the greatest honor of my life. ”

Sun Pengxiang (middle)

The Chinese team at the Para Athletics World Championships set the best result in history

On May 25, the 11th World Para Athletics Championships came to an end in Kobe, Japan, with the Chinese delegation winning 7 gold medals in a single day, breaking 3 world records, and ending successfully with 33 gold medals and 87 medals.

In this competition, the Chinese delegation won a total of 33 golds, 30 silvers and 24 bronzes, ranking first in the gold medal list and medal table, both of which created the best results of the Chinese delegation in the World Championships.

Wen Xiaoyan won the women's 200m T37 championship and set a new world record held by her with a time of 25.75 seconds. So far, she has won a total of 4 gold medals and broken 2 world records in this competition. Liu Cuiqing and frontrunner Chen Shengming ran 24.36 seconds in the women's 200m T11 final, improving her world record set in 2019 by 0.03 seconds.

Sun Pengxiang from Inner Mongolia won the men's javelin F41 title, breaking his world record set at the Asian Para Games in Hangzhou last year with a second throw of 48.94m. In other competitions, Dai Yunqiang and Hu Yang won the men's 800m T54 championship and runner-up, and Zhou Xia and Guo Qianqian won the gold and silver medals in the women's 100m T35; Cai Bingchen and Liu Li won the top two in the men's shot put F33, and Wang Yang won the gold medal in the men's 800m T34.

Song Qiang, deputy director of the China Sports Management Center for the Disabled, who led the team to participate in the competition, praised the fighting spirit of the players, "We will learn and summarize when we go back, and strive to achieve better results in Paris." ”

Chinese Super Taishan defeated Zhejiang.

Taishan of the Chinese Super League is unbeaten in eight rounds, and Meizhou escapes the relegation zone

On May 25, the fourteenth round of the Chinese Super League played two matches.

Shandong Taishan defeated Zhejiang 3-0 and remained unbeaten in the last eight rounds. Meizhou Hakka defeated Wuhan Three Towns 1-0 to move up to 11th place in the rankings and temporarily escape the relegation zone.

Shandong Taishan hosted the Zhejiang team. In the 14th minute, Cressan scored a "world wave" in front of the penalty area to help the home team open the situation.

In the 20th minute, Cressan burst into the penalty area to give an assist, Li Yuanyi easily scored an empty goal, and Shandong Taishan led 2-0.

In the 43rd minute, Shandong Taishan got a free kick opportunity, Zheng Zheng's near-corner shot pierced the net, and the score was finally fixed at 3-0.

Meizhou Hakka challenged Wuhan Three Towns away. In the first half, the two sides attacked and defended each other, but no one broke the deadlock. Until the 57th minute, Meizhou Hakka kicked a corner kick, and Chen Jie hit the goal with heavy artillery outside the penalty area.

With this goal, Meizhou Hakka won 1-0 against their opponents and achieved a valuable victory, and thus temporarily left the relegation zone of the league.

Wang Zhiyi

Wang Zhiyi advanced to the women's singles final of the Malaysia Masters

On May 25, the semifinals of the 2024 Malaysia Badminton Masters were held in Kuala Lumpur, and Chinese women's singles player Wang Zhiyi advanced to the final.

On the same day, Wang Zhiyi defeated teammate Zhang Yiman 2-0, and her opponent in the final was India's Sindhu.

The Chinese team's men's singles player Lu Guangzu lost 0-2 to the No. 1 seed in this event, Denmark's Viktor Axelsen, and stopped in the semifinals. Viktor Axelsen will face Malaysia's Lee Zi Jia for the title.

China's men's doubles pair He Jiting/Ren Xiangyu lost 0-2 to South Korea's Kim Yong/Luo Shengsheng. In the final, the South Korean pair will face Denmark's Astrup/Anders Rasmussen.

The Women's Doubles Open will be won between Japan's Suzu Iwanaga/Takaei Nakanishi and Korea's Lee Yourim/Shin Seung-chan.

In Mixed Doubles, Malaysia's Goh Xun Valu/Lai Jie Min and Indonesia's Rivaldi/Mentari will face it out.

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