Manchester United won and will face City in FA Cup final

At Wembley Stadium for the semi-final of the FA Cup, Manchester United beat Brighton of Argentine Alexis Mac Allister 7-6 on penalties after 0-0 in the 120 minutes and qualified for the final, where they will face Manchester City. With Raphael Varane and Lisandro Martinez recently injured, the team led by Erik Ten Hag took to the field with an alternative defense, with Luke Shaw and Victor Lindelof as starters. However, the pair complied and withstood the pressure imposed by the advances of Brighton through Mac Allister, Kaoru Mitoma and Julio Enciso.De that way continued the first half, which had an almost absolute prominence of those led by De Zerbi, but they could not impose the difference on the scoreboard. In the complement, Manchester United reacted and sought to generate danger with a more offensive role, but the passing of the minutes brought with it an evident fatigue that was replicated in a notable decrease in intensity. However, on the last minutes of regulation time, both teams recovered and were close to getting an agonizing victory, but the score ended at 0-0. In extra time, Brighton again dominated the game and at 113′ Mitoma entered the area, touched with Mac Allister and was in front of the goalkeeper, but the ball went long and could not finish. With the inevitable outcome on penalties, the kickers of both teams had brilliant executions until the seventh of Brighton, Solly March, who threw the ball over the goal of David De Gea. Lindelof, with the responsibility of converting or extending the agony, fulfilled what was expected and scored to give the victory to United.After this end in penalties, Ten Hag’s team will face in a classic for the final of the F.A. Cup to Manchester City of Pep Guardiola on June 3.

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