The strikes continue on Man United .. Elimination from the cup and Ronaldo is frustrated

Manchester United failed to maintain their chances of winning their first domestic title since 2017, by exiting the fourth round of the FA Cup in football by losing at home to Middlesbrough from the second level "Championship" on penalties 7-8 after a draw in the original and extra time 1- 1.

The Portuguese star of Manchester, Cristiano Ronaldo, was frustrated as a result of missing the last chance to achieve a title, in light of the team's almost impossible task in the Champions League, especially in light of the team's modest level, as well as the difficult situation to finish the season in fourth place in the English Premier League.

And after his exit from the third round of the League Cup competition at the hands of West Ham (0-1) and behind him in the league by 19 points behind his neighbor, Manchester City, leaders after 23 games for each, the cup competition, which he has not crowned since 2016, was the only hope for United with a first local title Since 2017, when he won the League Cup in the same season, during which he was crowned with the last "Europe League" title, he also has a continental.

But he failed to invest his advantage, opportunities and even progress in a match during which he also missed a penalty kick through his Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo, and bid farewell to the competition.

With the participation of all its stars, including the attacking trio Ronaldo, Jadon Sancho and Marcus Rashford, and behind them Portuguese Bruno Fernandes and French Paul Pogba, who played his first match since November 2 due to a thigh injury he suffered with the French national team, United failed to resolve its first confrontation with Middlesbrough since March 19, 2017, when He beat the latter 3-1 in the league away from home.

The German coach of United, Ralf Rangnick, also included Tunisian international young Joumbaal Al-Majbri in the bench squad, after the 19-year-old, who was part of the Tunisian team in the African Nations Cup currently held in Cameroon, was raised from the under-23 team.

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