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FA Cup Crystal Palace won the championship, won the first top event championship in 120 years of founding

3:20am, 19 May 2025Football

On May 17, the FA Cup final started at Wembley Stadium, and Crystal Palace finally defeated Manchester City 1-0 to win the FA Cup. This is not only the first FA Cup championship in Crystal Palace's history, but also the first top event champion in team history in 120 years. Meanwhile, Crystal Palace has qualified for the Europa League next season.

Reviewing this game, in the 16th minute, Crystal Palace created a counterattack opportunity. Matteta passed the ball on the right, Muñoz stepped forward at high speed, and then passed across in front of the goal. Eze scored a goal and Crystal Palace broke the deadlock.

In the 33rd minute, the B seat was tackled and the referee awarded a penalty. Haaland gave the opportunity to take the penalty to Marmush, but the latter's penalty was saved, and Haaland's supplementary shot did not score. After the change of sides, Neos scored a goal and Guy retreated from injury. Crystal Palace kept the advantage of one goal until the final whistle.

It is worth mentioning that during the game, Dean Henderson was suspected of having a handball outside the penalty area when he attacked. After the game, VAR gave an explanation, "In the process, the ball was heading towards the side and away from the goal." The BBC also said that VAR believed that Haaland was away from the goal, so Henderson was not preventing the chance to score. Moreover, VAR can only watch red cards or penalty kicks, and the goalkeeper's handball outside the penalty area is not necessarily red.

Amid controversy, Manchester City finally ended the season with the embarrassment of "the four big ones are gone". Manchester City lost the FA Cup final for two consecutive years. This season, Manchester City has only the Community Shield Championship that started last year's season. Manchester City missed the Premier League, Champions League, FA Cup and League Cup in a single season, this is the first time since 2017. .

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