Coventry 3 (2): 3 (4) Manchester United
There are no shortage of great turnaround stories in football history. Another story has been added to the collection of incredible comeback stories. Coventry City wrote the story today. English football’s second-tier Championship side made an incredible comeback against Manchester United in the semi-finals of the FA Cup today. Trailing 3-0 after 70 minutes at Wembley, the team clawed back 3 goals to take the match into extra time.
But the ‘wee’ group did not have the last laugh, the fairy tale was not written. The team that ultimately lost the tiebreaker lottery. United’s fifth shot taken by Rasmus Hollund in the tiebreaker is sure to hit the net, as last time the final of the FA Cup is the Manchester derby. United won the tiebreaker 4-2.
However, Coventry’s goalkeeper started the tiebreaker after turning away Casemiro’s shot. Then the team went ahead by scoring in the first two shots. But third Callum O’Hare’s weak third shot was parried by Andre Onana. Coventry could not score in the fourth shot. Ben Schiff hits the shot with the bar high. And on the other hand, after Diogo Dalot, Christian Eriksen, Bruno Fernandez, Hoylund also scored a goal to send the team to the final.
