Published21. April 2024, 8:00 p.m.
FA Cup: Manchester United wins a crazy half against Coventry
Manchester United will meet City in the final of the FA Cup after winning a crazy semi-final on Sunday against Coventry (3-3, 4-2 tab), a D2 team led 3-0 then came back from nowhere to lose on penalties.
Andre Onana and Manchester United will play in the FA Cup final against Manchester City
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The “Red Devils” will try to take their revenge, on May 25 at Wembley, on their neighbor City who beat them 2-1 in the last “Cup” final, last June in north London. A cup victory allows its winner to play in the next Europa League, an opportunity that the current seventh in the Premier League almost missed, despite a thunderous start.
The team led by Erik ten Hag led 3-0 just before the hour mark, before completely losing its means. The defensive shortcomings of both camps allowed each team to believe in it, in turn.
Scott McTominay (23rd, 1-0), alone facing the empty goal, pushed a strong cross from Diogo Dalot. Harry Maguire (45th+1, 2-0) took advantage of too loose marking to place a powerful header on a corner from Bruno Fernandes, the 3-0 scorer in the 58th minute.
The Coventry Comeback
Coventry City launched their comeback with a nice recovery after a rebound from Ellis Simms (71st, 3-1), the sixth goal in the last three “Cup” matches for the 23-year-old striker. He then took advantage of the misfortunes of Aaron Wan-Bissaka, the left side of Manchester, who deflected into his goal a shot from Callum O’Hare (79th, 3-2), before committing a synonymous handball in added time penalty. American striker Haji Wright wrong-footed André Onana (90th+5, 3-3). In extra time, Coventry hit the crossbar (116th) and thought they would score the qualifying goal through Victor Torp (120th+1) but the VAR canceled it by detecting an offside by their passer.
During the penalties, Rasmus Hojlund, with the final winning shot, buried the hopes of the current eighth in the Championship who missed two attempts, after having nevertheless taken the advantage from the start on a save by his goalkeeper in front Casemiro.
(AFP)