Post by mesi on Jan 11, 2024 3:15:44 GMT -6
Chelsea, thanks to a solitary penalty goal from Belgian Eden Hazard, defeated Manchester United by a narrow margin this Saturday (1-0) and won its eighth FA Cup at Wembley Stadium.
The team from southwest London got rid of the bad taste in their mouths from last year's defeat - they lost 1-2 at the hands of Arsenal - and managed to salvage their disappointing season, in which they started as Premier League champions and finished fifth. , out of the Champions League positions.
The final of the oldest tournament in the world - the 137th edition was held - was a reflection of the coaches, Antonio Conte and José Mourinho, with both teams armored in defense and midfield and little room for improvisation and attack.
Conte put aside his classic 3-4-3 and started with a 3-5-2, with the Binance App Users Data trident Kanté, Fàbregas and Bakayoko in the midfield line and Hazard accompanying Giroud up top. Morata, who has gone from strength to strength this season, said goodbye to his first year in English football from the bench.
Mourinho, for his part, finally couldn't count on Lukaku, who had been 'in trouble' all week, and reserved him from the start. In the 4-4-2 of the Portuguese coach, Alexis and Rashford were the references in attack, with Lingard as the apex in the diamond and Pogba, Ander Herrera and Matic completing the midfield.
The first half was soporific, with hardly any chances or football, and only Hazard, in a stroke of genius, managed to break the balance. The Belgian star, who had warned in the 9th minute with a shot taken from the ground by De Gea, left Jones with a run-oriented control and was tripped inside the area by the rough English center back.
The '10' did not miss from the penalty spot, he deceived De Gea and after 22 minutes he increased the score to 1-0 - adding his 89th goal in 300 games with the 'Blues' -.
From that moment on, it was United that took control of the ball and surrounded its rival in the last 25-30 meters, but at no time did it give any sense of danger. Conte's men, retreating back, did not suffer and felt comfortable looking for a counterattack or a loose ball that Hazard caught or that Giroud brought down.
United's only slightly dangerous approach came well into the first half, with a shot from Frenchman Pogba that went wide.
The second 45 minutes were entirely Mourinho's, with the team dominating the round (66%-34%) and going in search of an equalizer. Rashford, missing until then, tested Courtois for the first time with a shot from outside the area that the Belgian goalkeeper repelled, before the referee, Michael Oliver, annulled a goal by Alexis Sánchez for offside, another that also did not have its result. day at Wembley.
The team from southwest London got rid of the bad taste in their mouths from last year's defeat - they lost 1-2 at the hands of Arsenal - and managed to salvage their disappointing season, in which they started as Premier League champions and finished fifth. , out of the Champions League positions.
The final of the oldest tournament in the world - the 137th edition was held - was a reflection of the coaches, Antonio Conte and José Mourinho, with both teams armored in defense and midfield and little room for improvisation and attack.
Conte put aside his classic 3-4-3 and started with a 3-5-2, with the Binance App Users Data trident Kanté, Fàbregas and Bakayoko in the midfield line and Hazard accompanying Giroud up top. Morata, who has gone from strength to strength this season, said goodbye to his first year in English football from the bench.
Mourinho, for his part, finally couldn't count on Lukaku, who had been 'in trouble' all week, and reserved him from the start. In the 4-4-2 of the Portuguese coach, Alexis and Rashford were the references in attack, with Lingard as the apex in the diamond and Pogba, Ander Herrera and Matic completing the midfield.
The first half was soporific, with hardly any chances or football, and only Hazard, in a stroke of genius, managed to break the balance. The Belgian star, who had warned in the 9th minute with a shot taken from the ground by De Gea, left Jones with a run-oriented control and was tripped inside the area by the rough English center back.
The '10' did not miss from the penalty spot, he deceived De Gea and after 22 minutes he increased the score to 1-0 - adding his 89th goal in 300 games with the 'Blues' -.
From that moment on, it was United that took control of the ball and surrounded its rival in the last 25-30 meters, but at no time did it give any sense of danger. Conte's men, retreating back, did not suffer and felt comfortable looking for a counterattack or a loose ball that Hazard caught or that Giroud brought down.
United's only slightly dangerous approach came well into the first half, with a shot from Frenchman Pogba that went wide.
The second 45 minutes were entirely Mourinho's, with the team dominating the round (66%-34%) and going in search of an equalizer. Rashford, missing until then, tested Courtois for the first time with a shot from outside the area that the Belgian goalkeeper repelled, before the referee, Michael Oliver, annulled a goal by Alexis Sánchez for offside, another that also did not have its result. day at Wembley.