At Wembley Stadium for the FA Cup semi-final, the Manchester United beat Brighton by Argentine Alexis Mac Allister 7-6 on penalties after 0-0 in 120 minutes and qualified for the final, where they will face Manchester City.
With Raphael Varane and Lisandro Martínez recently injured, the team led by Erik Ten Hag took the field with an alternative defense, with Luke Shaw and Victor Lindelof starting. However, the duo delivered and withstood the pressure imposed by Brighton’s advances through Mac Allister, Kaoru Mitoma and Julio Enciso.
In this way the first half continued, which had an almost absolute leadership of those led by De Zerbi, but they could not impose the difference on the scoreboard. In the plugin, 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, in the last minutes of regulation time, both teams recovered and were close to achieving an agonizing victory, but the score ended at 0-0. In extra time, Brighton once again dominated the game and at 113′ Mitoma He entered the area, played with Mac Allister and was in front of the goalkeeper, but the ball went wide and he was unable to finish off.
With the outcome inevitable on penalties, both teams’ kickers put in brilliant executions until Brighton’s seventh, Solly March, who flicked the ball over David De Gea’s goal. Lindelof, with the responsibility of converting or lengthening the agony, did as expected and scored to give United the win.
After this final on penalties, Ten Hag’s team will face Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City in a classic for the FA Cup final on June 3.
