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Crystal Palace wins the FA Cup, goalkeeper Henderson escapes red card and becomes the focus of fans controversy

In the FA Cup final on Saturday (17th), Crystal Palace defeated Manchester City 1-0, winning the club's first major championship in nearly 120 years, and is also qualified to participate in the UEFA Cup next season. The biggest contributor to Crystal Palace is goalkeeper Dean Henderson, but before he saved a series of saves in this game, he used his hand to slap the ball outside the penalty area and bizarrely received VAR release to escape the red card punishment, which became one of the keys to the outcome of this game. Manchester City coach Guardiola lost his temper after finishing the game and had a fierce dispute with Henderson, which suddenly became a hot topic for fans to controversy.

Manchester City immediately launched a crazy attack after kicking off in this game. Haaland and Gvadior both shots were saved by Henderson. Crystal Palace scored the first counterattack in the 16th minute of the game, and Aze made a good shot from the cross. A controversial scene appeared in the 24th minute of the game. When Haaland received a long pass in a half-one position, Henderson rushed to the edge of the penalty area and saw that he was one step late, but he reached out to the penalty area to shoot the ball. In the end, although the assistant referee of VAR video intervened, he made a bizarre judgment of "no problem".

Henderson experienced a "defying" and became a hero in the 36th minute of the game. Manchester City Bets 12 yards were taken by Marmush, but was saved by Henderson. After changing sides in the second half, Manchester City continued to attack, De Bruyne, Doku and others attacked without any skills. In addition, Henderson continued to perform like a "super brave" and finally saved the 1-0 victory. Crystal Palace won the FA Cup for the first time, and Manchester City, who lost, implemented the "four majors are empty" this season. After the game, Guardiola lost control of his emotions and had an argument with Henderson on the court, and the two of them quarreled. Henderson explained after the game: "I just wanted to shake hands with him (Guardiola), but I guess he was not satisfied with my delay, so I responded, "The referee has made up for you for 10 minutes." Regarding the controversial penalty, Guardiola refused to comment after the game, and only responded: "I don't have the final say on how to judge it."

According to the rules, the goalkeeper does not have to be punished with a red card when the handball outside the penalty area, but depends on whether the handball destroys the "obvious" goal opportunity. According to the official explanation of the penalty by the VAR video assistant referee, it was pointed out that according to the trend of the ball at that time, Haaland only "possible" goal opportunity, not a "obvious" goal opportunity, so there is no need to show a red card, but this penalty made most fans question it.

English football legend Rooney, who served as a live broadcast guest, said excitedly: "The VAR video assistant referee is directly abolished! After they made a mistake in their judgment, they tried to cover up that the ball must be a red card. People all over the world saw it as a red card. What is the possibility of not giving a red card to this ball? I know the referee cannot be questioned, but now this trash... ".