Pep Guardiola's false pass control Manchester City 0-1 Crystal Palace lost the FA Cup & the big four are empty Haaland is overrated

At 23:39 pm Beijing time on May 17, the 2025 FA Cup final was played at Wembley Stadium, Crystal Palace vs Manchester City.

In the first half, Crystal Palace counterattacked, Eze scored in 5 consecutive games (the first Crystal Palace player to do it after 2009), Henderson was suspected of handball outside the penalty area The referee did not blow the penalty and caused controversy, B seat made points, Haaland did not dare to take the penalty, new signing Malmoush was saved, Manchester City fell behind 0-1 at halftime; In the second half, Muñoz's goal was whistled, Guehi went off injured, and City's false pass was not threatened to go forward.

In the end, Crystal Palace defeated Manchester City 1-0 and won the FA Cup for the first time in team history; Pep Guardiola's Manchester City have suffered a huge slump this season.

Crystal Palace vs Manchester City,Glasner lined up in a 3421 formation, with Mateta in front and Sarr and Eze behind him, Muñoz, Wharton, Daichi Kamada (Japan), Mitchell forming a quadruple midfield, Richards, Lacroix, and Guehi forming a back three, and Henderson in goal, with a starting value of 301 million euros；Pep Guardiola lined up the 4231 formation, Haaland burst forward, Marmush behind him, Doku and Savinho on both sides, B and De Bruyne partnered in the back, O'Reilly, Gvardiol, Dias, Akanji formed a back four, Ortega was in goal, and the starting value was 650 million euros。

This campaign is another typical Premier League counterattack against Manchester City's pseudo-pass control. Pep Guardiola has suffered a divorced family this season, and his energy to work on new tactics has been lost. Coupled with Rodri's season reimbursement, a group of old fritter midfielders in the team, although the starting B seat made points, but the typical old fritter play, the pass is to keep passing back, such a pass is meaningless, once the ball is broken, it is Crystal Palace's counterattack. Substitute Phil Foden did the same with his return pass, which was not threatening, while Kevin De Bruyne was perhaps the only midfielder in the Manchester City squad who dared to take a risky pass, but he was too old to be in form and missed many scoring opportunities. Haaland is a striker who has been seriously overvalued by Germany, with a value of 200 million euros tied for the first place in football, and he conceded points in key games as Manchester City's No. 1 penalty taker, and new signing Malmush was saved.HaalandHis last nine cup finals have been smudged, with eight of them failing to score in all of his final for Manchester City, including the Community Shield, Haaland is worth 1/2, that is, 100 million euros.

Eze scored in a counterattack, which is the classic tactic of Crystal Palace with center forward Mateta as the fulcrum, Eze has scored in 5 consecutive games, and is in hot form, with 13 goals and 11 assists in 41 games in all competitions this season, and it is a rare double-double player for Crystal Palace in recent years.

Full game,Manchester City managed 78% possession and a total of 23 attempts at goal with 6 of them on target; Crystal Palace had a total of 7 shots on goal with 2 of them on target。 Pep Guardiola's Manchester City is a pseudo-pass-and-control tactic this season, and the Blue Moon Army needs to find a new "De Bruyne", maybe Wirtz is the answer, maybe Gundogan, B, Kovacic and other veterans are players who can be sold, and even Manchester City's Prince Foden can be sold. City's only bright spot was the 19-year-old Argentine midfielderEcheverryushered in the debut of Manchester City, the performance is still very good, maybe he is also De Bruyne's successor, it depends on whether Guardiola dares to focus on training.