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The FA Cup is upset! Manchester City lost 0: 1, Guardiola is missing all four majors, and the old strong team realizes their dreams for 120 years

5:38am, 18 May 2025Football

Manchester City has seen a lot of regressions compared to the past few years. Not only did they lose the opportunity to defend the championship early, but they also missed the Champions League knockout after 12 years. Without ensuring the qualification for the Champions League, Manchester City also ushered in the FA Cup final against Crystal Palace this weekend. Malmush lost the penalty kick, Eze scored the only goal in the game, and the Blue Moon missed the championship 0:1, and it was confirmed that all four major players were missing in the season.

Compared to Manchester City's three consecutive seasons, Crystal Palace reached the FA Cup final again after 9 years. They lost to Manchester United in the first two times. Guardiola seemed to have signs of a complete life in this final. Although Haaland made a comeback to form an offensive line with Doku, De Bruyne and Marmush; only one B seat was arranged in the midfielder; O'Reilly, Akanji, Gwadior and Dias joined forces with the defense line, and Ortega stood in front of the goal.

After the game started, Manchester City immediately launched an offensive. In the 6th minute, De Bruyne guided the ribs accurately, Haaland understood the back post and volleyed the ball through the air, and Dean Henderson successfully saved the ball with a bottom-water shot; in the 11th minute, De Bruyne took a corner kick, Gvadior headed the ball in the penalty area, and Dean Henderson saved the ball again.

Crystal Palace knew that its strength could not be comparable to Manchester City, so it decisively used its defensive counterattack tactics; in the 16th minute, Matteta played a fulcrum role, leaning against Gvadior in the middle line, and then passed directly to the right. Muños advanced forward and made a cross pass at high speed, and Eze shot into the net, 0:1! Eze scored in the semi-finals and was a great contributor to Crystal Palace's arrival in the finals; including this game, he has scored in five consecutive games.

3 minutes later, Muñoz made a cross from the right, and Saar's heel push shot was resolved by Ortega; in the 24th minute, a controversial penalty occurred on the field, Dean Henderson attacked the handball outside the penalty area line to block the ball, the referee not only did not make a penalty, but VAR did not intervene; in the 35th minute, Mitchell defeated the B seat in the penalty area with a defense, Manchester City got a penalty kick, Haaland gave the penalty to Marmush, but the penalty kick taken by the Egyptian striker was successfully saved by Dean Henderson, and Manchester City missed the opportunity to equalize; in the 42nd minute, Doku single-handedly passed two people in the left side to shoot, Dean Henderson flew to make a divine pounce again, and De Bruyne scored a high shot.

In the 49th minute of the second half, Crystal Palace threw the ball with a hand, and Eze was blocked; in the 55th minute, Doku made a straight pass from the left, B-shi shot low at a low angle, Kamada Dadi offered a key clearance; 3 minutes later, Lacroix protected the ball in the penalty area, Munos shot strongly on Saar's leg and was saved by Ortega. Munos immediately shot into the net, but Saar was offside first, and the goal was invalid.

In the 74th minute, De Bruyne broke away from the defense and made a straight pass. O'Reilly received the ball in the penalty area and adjusted too much low shots but was blocked. Marmuch missed the long shot from two points; then Foden and Echevery came on the bench, and the latter made Manchester City debut; in the 81st minute, Foden held the ball across the right, and De Bruyne decisively made a straight pass again, and Echeveryne still failed to penetrate the goal guarded by Henderson; in the 86th minute, Eze transferred, and Mourinho's shot from the right passed the post and almost ended the suspense of the game.

In the end, 0:1 became the score of the whole game. Manchester City lost the championship in an upset and lost in the FA Cup final for the second consecutive season; this also means that Guardiola's leading team this season is a big loss; the remaining goals of the season still need to maintain a seat in the Champions League. Crystal Palace, which has been established for 120 years, has created history, which is the first FA Cup championship in their team history.

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