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Manchester United fans are in awesome: Manchester City has no championship again? History may suggest that the Red Devils are going to win the Europa League!

12:26am, 20 May 2025Football

Yesterday, the Manchester United fan circle was flooded with the screen. A seemingly understatement: "Marcelona won the UEFA Cup last time Manchester City didn't have a championship." Just this sentence instantly triggered the comment section, and Manchester United fans were excited.

Recalling the 2017 championship, it was a classic battle. Manchester United beat Ajax in Sweden, and Mourinho took down the trophy with a bunch of wounded soldiers. Ibrahimovic and Rojo were both injured back then, but the team's momentum did not lose, but instead became more united. That game also became a key match for Manchester United to become the "Five Champions League club" (all won the Champions League, Europa League, and the Winners Cup).

The most coincidental thing is that Manchester City also had no results that year. Now in 2025, they have just been eliminated 1-0 by Crystal Palace in the FA Cup, and it is another "year without a crown". You said it was a coincidence?

What's more interesting is that some fans found the "coach handover" synchronized - in 2017, Mourinho of Portugal replaced Van Gaal of the Netherlands and led the team to win the Europa League; in 2025, Amorin replaced Tenhag, and Portugal replaced the Netherlands. Even the routine is the same!

Of course, some fans poured cold water on the ground, saying that Manchester City won the community shield this year, which cannot be considered completely "no championship". But to be honest, for a wealthy family of Guardiola at the level of Guardiola, who really takes that kind of community shield seriously without taking the Premier League, the Champions League, or the FA Cup?

Back to Manchester United. Since Amorin took office in November last year, this Manchester United team has indeed been a little different. The players' mental outlook and tactical execution are much stronger than before. He did a big deal in Portugal, leading Sporting Lisbon to break the 20-year monopoly of the two giants. Now that the Red Devils are taking the Europa League, it is possible that they can really replicate Mourinho's miracle. No one can be sure whether history will be repeated, but the hopes of Red Devils fans this time are really not groundless.

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