Manchester United women reach the final of the England Cup again with the victory over Manchester City
The Manchester United will return to the final of the women’s Cup for a third consecutive season while continuing their defense of the trophy with a semifinal victory 2-0 against Manchester City.
The first objectives of Celin Bizet and Grace Clinton put Marc Skinner’s control while booking their place in the Wembley show on May 18th.
The United was intentional and tenacious from the beginning and went to an initial advantage due to the kind concession of a splendid solo goal of Bizet in the sixth minute. The Norwegian wing that showed a balance of grace and cunning while caressing the passage of Ella toone behind, turned her hips and chose the corner at the top right.
United doubled their advantage 16 minutes later, while the deep cross of Gabby George from a corner found Clinton on the rear pole for the English midfielder to return home easily.
City, already without Vivianne Miedema and the best scorer Khadija “Bunny” Shaw, found their wraps with accidents exacerbated just a quarter of an hour from the game while the striker Mary Fowler was forced starting from a knee injury suffered outside the ball.
Fowler’s absence meant that the city was without their first three markers this season in the WSL (Shaw 12 Gold, Miedema Seven, Fowler Six). And despite putting United’s defense under significant pressure during the game, the deficiency of Clinical Edge was evident since City was unable to make the most of their possibilities in the last third.
United could be debt with the heroism of goalkeeper Phallon Tullis-Joyce, whose double rescue in the second half has maintained united firmly in control.
The victory for United instructs a revenge of the 2023 England Cup final against Chelsea, in which the United slipped into a 1-0 defeat to Emma Hayes’ team before losing the female Super League (WSL) title of two points.
Clinton’s header doubled United’s advantage in the 22nd minute (photo by Jan Kruger/Getty Images)
United March through Threybare City in Wembley
On Sunday he represented the first of the six litmus tests for the season of the season for United in the most recent edition of Skinner was and United can now verify with emphasis one outside that list.
United started the game with intent and tenacious and duly obtained their prizes. It was the United Way throughout the season. 63.9 percent of their WSL objectives arrived before the interval. They still have to grant a goal in the first 15 minutes of a championship game this term. Quick departures were the not so secret ingredient for their success. City worked hard to recover the lost ground in the second half, but the hill (and three superb rescues from Tullis-Juyce) to climb it too large.
Sunday’s game was also the first game since Skinner signed his new two -year contract (with an option for another 12 months). The new agreement has divided the opinion and Skinner said he can’t like everyone.
And while United was helped by the fact that City could only appoint a bench of six and was forced to deepen those bright reserves just 20 minutes in the game, a third trip following Wembley is a undeniable success regardless of the Skinner divide that sits. The silverware has not been claimed.
And the WSL matches against West Ham United, Chelsea, Manchester City and Arsenal will eventually decide if the United automatically qualifies for the Champions League or must dig in Europe through the qualifying route. But the momentum built on Sunday could be extremely influential.
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