Perfect revenge! The drunken Manchester City, the red-eyed Manchester United, Ten Hag stirred up the double dream of Cucumber Diola

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2024-05-26 10:25Published in Sichuan

For the second consecutive year in the 100-year history of the FA Cup, the Manchester derby final was held, which naturally filled the traffic.

On one side is the Blue Moon Manchester City, which has just completed the unprecedented fourth consecutive Premier League title; On one side is the Red Devils Manchester United, who have set the worst Premier League record in team history, and it seems to be clear which is stronger and which is weaker.

Before the decisive battle, there was a lot of news about the managers of both sides. Manchester City is already in the process of signing manager Pep Guardiola, and there is a lot of momentum to continue the glory of the Blue Moon Dynasty; Manchester United has already moved the mind of manager Ten Hag, but there was no official announcement before the final in order to stabilize the morale of the army.

It is also reported that even if Ten Hag finally leads the team to win the FA Cup, he will face the fate of stepping down and become another Dutch manager to be sacked by Manchester United after his predecessor Louis van Gaal.

Ten Hag, naturally, wants to use this FA Cup trophy to save his precarious Manchester United coaching career, and the return of the main central defender Lisandro undoubtedly gives him the opportunity to turn the tide against the trend.

Having learned the lesson of being beaten by Manchester City at home and away this season, Manchester United tightened their formation after the opening kick-off, with all the players retreating except for Marcus Rashford and Garnacho. Ten Hag's tactics were clear – play hard and then rely on long balls from Onana and Bruno to allow Garnacho and Marcus Rashford to attack the City backline.

I have to say that Ten Hag still has two brushes, and this move is indeed choking Guardiola's weakness.

Manchester City is obviously still in a slightly drunk state after four consecutive championships, although they have the initiative of the game at the beginning, and the cooperation is still smooth, but they do not have the momentum of the Premier League championship sprint, and the last kick is always lacking so little fire, so that the attack with empty possession but no penetration will definitely not be able to defeat Manchester City.

Manchester City are completely loose and slightly drunk, but Manchester United are already red-eyed.

In last year's FA Cup final, Manchester United lost 1-2, goalkeeper David De Gea became the man to blame, Ten Hag brought in Onana despite the crowd, and a generation of legends lost their jobs. Despite leading the team to the worst Premier League ranking in Manchester United's history and many humiliations, Ten Hag still promised the fans 100 per cent of the FA Cup as he bid farewell to the fans at Old Trafford.

Not long after the game, Onana found Rashford cruising on the edge of offside with a long ball, but Walker returned in time to defend, which defused the danger. However, what should have come has come after all.

In the 29th minute, Diogo Dalot made a direct pass from the back, Garnacho rushed forward, the chasing Gvardiol and the attacking Ortega made a mistake, and the two defensive cores who performed well in the crucial stage of Manchester City's Premier League title race combined to stage a surprising super mistake - Gvardiol, who was already stuck in position and held the line, did not choose to clear the ball, but headed a header towards Ortega, who was oncoming Ortega......

As a result, Gvardiol's header flew past Ortega's desperate fingertips towards the back of the net, and Garnacho jumped on the bandwagon and smiled at the goal.

After taking the lead, United fought back with more peace of mind. In the 39th minute, Rashford made a long diagonal pass from the left, Garnacho broke through and knocked it horizontally, Bruno pushed the ball to the left, and Menou pushed the reverse shot. Shortly before half-time, United were 2-0 up.

After the change of sides, Pep Guardiola hurriedly replaced Kovacic with Doku, and then replaced the injured De Bruyne with Alvarez, and Manchester City's offensive finally improved. Onana, however, proved that he could replace De Gea not only with his excellent playing skills, but also his top-notch goalmouth reflexes as he saved the inevitable shots of Walker, Doku and Bernardo in quick succession.

Haaland had a shot that could change the course of the day, but his powerful shot was ruthlessly denied by the woodwork. In the 87th minute, Doku finally relied on his personal ability to force a shot, and Manchester City also saw the hope of equalizing or even overtaking, but at the last moment, Manchester United united, Ten Hag made adjustments on the defensive side one after another, and resisted Manchester City's indiscriminate bombardment in the final stage, and succeeded in revenge with a 2-1, winning the FA Cup for the first time in 8 years, and also squeezed out Chelsea with this FA Cup, and got the ticket to the Europa League next season.

Whether this FA Cup will change Ten Hag's fortunes at Old Trafford, as it did with Alex Ferguson, will be a big test.

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