LONDON – David De Gea’s appearance under the crossbar of Manchester United is back in the spotlight at the moment. Yes, De Gea is said to be the culprit for the defeat suffered by Man United in the FA Cup semi finals in the 2019-2020 season against Chelsea with a final score of 1-3.
In the match that took place at Wembley Stadium, in the early hours of the morning, De Gea appeared very fragile under Man United’s crossbar. De Gea is even responsible for two of the three goals Chelsea scored against Man United.
Yes, on Chelsea’s first goal in a match against Man United, De Gea blundered imperfectly against Olivier Giroud’s first time strike. While Chelsea’s second goal, De Gea also failed to hold a Mason Mount shot which is actually not too dangerous.
De Gea’s poor performance in the match against Chelsea put him under even more pressure at the moment. Moreover, De Gea himself has so far been the goalkeeper with the most number of blunders in the 2019-2020 English League with a record of seven errors to lead to goals.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s decision to install De Gea in the starting XI Man United counter Chelsea itself is indeed quite surprising. Because in previous rounds, Man United put confidence in Sergio Romero who appeared quite impressive.
Jose Mourinho, who once felt that he was De Gea’s coach when he directed Man United, gave his response. Mourinho said he was worried about the future of De Gea with Man United.
Because Mourinho has great doubts if De Gea’s opportunity to continue his career as a professional footballer is still there. Moreover, almost all of Europe’s top clubs now have the best goalkeeper figure in their respective squad.
“One or two years ago, he was pursued by the whole world. At this time, most large doors have closed. The door of Real Madrid has been closed, they no longer need a goalkeeper after the arrival of (Thibaut) Courtois, “Mourinho said as quoted by The Telegraph on Monday (7/20/2020).
“Barcelona is already closed with (Marc-Andre]) Ter Stegen who is young and fantastic and the doors of Paris Saint-Germain have also been closed after they recruited Keylor Navas, a very good goalkeeper,” finished the Portuguese national coach.
The defeat of Chelsea also makes Man United’s hopes to appear in the FA Cup final this season foundered. Even so, true Man United still has a great chance to close this season because they are still performing in the 2019-2020 European League.
