The Man Utd said goodbye to the FA Cup in the most dramatic way, against the middlesbrough second in the penalty shootout, and in a match that will take days to understand how they did not win. The young man scored the decisive penalty Elanga, after 15 hits by both teams, but before Cristiano Ronaldo had missed another penalty in the first half and Bruno he gave up a goal at an empty goal. Also, to round off the night, Middlesbrough scored the equalizer helped by some clear Watmore’s hands.
MUN
MID
Man Utd
Henderson; Dalot, Varane (Jones, M.91), Maguire, Shaw; McTominay, Pogba (Fred, M.82); Sancho (Mata, M.100), Bruno Fernandes, Rashford (Elanga, M.82); Cristiano Ronaldo.
Middlesbrough
Lumley; Dijksteel, Fry, McNair; Jones (Bamba, M.118), Crooks (Pajero, M.79), Howson, Tavernier, Taylor (Peltier, M.91); Sporar (Conolly, M.91), Balogun (Watmore, M.61).
goals
1-0 M.25 Sancho; 1-1 M.63 Crooks. Penalties: 0-1 McNair, 1-1 Kill; 1-2 Pajero, 2-2 Maguire; 2-3 Howson, 3-3 Fred; 3-4 Tavernier, 4-4 Cristiano Ronaldo; 4-5 Bamba, 5-5 Bruno Fernandes; 5-6 Watmore, 6-6 McTominay; 6-7 Fry, 7-7 Dalot; 7-8 Peltier,
Referee
Anthony Taylor. TA: Pogba (M.42), Fred (M.114) / Tavernier (M.71).
Few could have foreseen this outcome in a match that looked comfortable for United. In the week of greenwood case, Rangnick did not want surprises and lined up a gala eleven. Return Pogba and Cristiano Ronaldo led the team in attack. However, it quickly became clear that it was not the Portuguese’s night. On 20 minutes he sent a penalty away from Lumley’s goal, the first bullet Middlesbrough dodged. Five minutes later he would open the can Jadon Sancho, a goal that could calm nerves at Old Trafford. Nothing could be further from reality, the nightmare had yet to begin.
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It’s time to Lumley. The Middlesbrough goalkeeper saved multiple arrivals from United, and had another stroke of luck when he saw Bruno Fernandes missing a goal almost to an empty goal after a bad ball out of his. Boro’s fortune increased in a matter of minutes, when he found air in a counter. watmore picked up a center, controlled it with the help of his arm and gave it up so that Crooks will mark The local players protested, but the VAR somehow authorized the goal.
United ran out of steam in the final stretch, exhausted, and the game ended up destined for penalties where, after 15 hits, Elanga sent the ball into the clouds to deal another setback to Rannick’s United.