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The ball is round, Manchester City saw the tie and overtime, and they lost directly. Last season s triple-winning champion, all four majors this season are a foregone conclusion

12:01pm, 18 May 2025【Football】

On the evening of May 17, the final final match of the FA Cup in England this season, Manchester City faced Crystal Palace. This is the Blue Moon's FA Cup finals for three consecutive seasons, and it is also the last final of De Bruyne's career as a signing Manchester City, so the attention is extremely high. In the starting roster, Guardiola began to make a fuss again and sent out a lineup with quite strong offensiveness. Haaland and Marmush partnered with two forwards, Doku and Savigno on the wing, De Bruyne and B-seat were in the middle, but Manchester City did not send out real midfielders.

After the starting lineup was released, some fans joked that this was a dream of returning to the 21-year Champions League final. At that time, Manchester City also sent a waistless formation against Chelsea, and their opponents were teams from London. Unexpectedly, the final score of Blue Moon lost, and the score was also an astonishing 0-1. After the game started, Manchester City sieges Crystal Palace and the ball possession rate once hit 83% to 17%. Haaland, Gwadior and Akanji all threatened the goal guarded by Dean Henderson one after another. However, after successfully blocking Blue Moon's three axes, Crystal Palace broke through the opponent's goal with a simple and efficient counterattack.

Munios made a cross, and Eze grabbed the score before Akanji. Then, Manchester City launched a continuous attack on Crystal Palace. Boss B broke into the penalty area and fell to the ground after contacting the defender. The referee awarded a penalty kick. However, it was surprising that Manchester City's first penalty kicker Haaland did not stand in front of the penalty kick this time, and replaced it with Marmush, who joined the team in the winter window. However, the Egyptian's shot was saved by goalkeeper Dean Henderson, and Manchester City missed the opportunity to equalize. In the second half, Manchester City sieged the Crystal Palace goal, but their multiple shots were resolved by the Crystal Palace goalkeeper. In the whole game, Blue Moon scored 23 shots and failed, while Crystal Palace scored only 2 shots to break through Blue Moon's goal. Manchester City's possession rate and shooting rate set a record of nearly 11 years in the FA Cup final, but still missed the championship.

This is the first time that Crystal Palace has won the FA Cup in its history. They will participate in the UEFA Europa League next season, and this is also the first time that their team has participated in the European Championship in its history. On the contrary, it was a total defeat season for Manchester City. They failed in the FA Cup final for two consecutive years, which is the first time Guardiola has lost the domestic Cup final in a row. Blue Moon has reached the FA Cup finals 14 times, but has won the championship only 7 times, with a winning rate of only 50%. Manchester City has been missing in the Premier League, Champions League, FA Cup and League Cup this season, missing any championship. This is the first time since the 2016-2017 season, and it is Guardiola's first season in coaching Manchester City.

In addition, this game is also the last final that De Bruyne participated in for Manchester City, and Manchester City cannot use a championship to bid farewell to the team's meritorious service. More importantly, Manchester City's qualification for the Champions League this season has not been confirmed. They are currently ranked 6th in the Europa League one less game and are in the Europa League. In the next two rounds, their opponents are Bournemouth and Fulham, two teams that are famous hard bones in the Premier League this season. If Manchester City fails to make a mistake, it is very likely that they will miss the Champions League next season. This will be a major blow to Blue Moon both in terms of competition and funding. Because De Bruyne left the team, and in addition, veterans such as Gundogan are also likely to leave the team or retreat behind the scenes. Manchester City is at the moment of reconstruction, and missing the Champions League will cause a major blow to their reconstruction. In the last two Premier League rounds, I wish Manchester City good luck.

Harvest year! Newcastle, Bologna and Crystal Palace have all broken the championship drought this season! ! !

Four teams in major European leagues have broken the championship drought for many years.

Newcastle United won the League Cup this season, ending a 70-year championship drought.

The Netherlands' Progress Eagles won the Dutch Cup, ending the 92-year championship drought.

Bologna won the Italian Cup, ending a 51-year championship drought.

Today, Crystal Palace won the FA Cup, which is also the first top event championship trophy in the club's 120-year team history.

Congratulations to Crystal Palace for winning the first top event championship trophy in 120 years of team history. After 120 years of waiting, the blooming of the iron tree is not enough to describe its long life.