55 FA Cup starts
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As the oldest competition in football history, the FA Cup has always been a hotbed of underdogs, and in the fifth round of this season, there are two teams from the fifth tier in the round of 16, two teams from League One and four teams from the Championship, with non-Premier League teams accounting for half of them.
Lincoln City and Sutton United are the two non-professional teams to qualify for the fifth round of the FA Cup for the first time in their history, and interestingly, Saturday's FA Cup fixture was supposed to be the day they face each other in England's fifth tier of the National League.
The first five FA Cup games on Saturday resulted in three upsets, with Burnley's home defeat to fifth-tier Lincoln City shocking the entire British Isles.
With Lincoln City centre-back Sean Ragit scoring with a successful header in the 89th minute, Lincoln City became the first non-professional league team in 103 years to advance to the last eight of the FA Cup, and the first non-professional league team to advance to the top eight after the FA Cup was restructured.
Burnley, who have won seven and drawn one of their last eight home games, were beaten by Lincoln City to break their unbeaten home streak, and the shot on goal was the only shot from the woodwork of the whole game, and for Burnley, today is Black Saturday.
Also feel that this Saturday is very dark, Manchester City and Leicester City, the former was forced to draw 0-0 away by Huddersfield, the third place in the Championship, and the next FA Cup replay is simply unbearable pain for Manchester City, which is fighting on the third line. The latter was bitten hard at the last minute by the Lions Millwall from League One, and lost 0-1, which made Claudio Ranieri less and less optimistic about staying in office.
The score may not reflect much, but the home team was sent off in the 52nd minute of the second half, and in an 11-on-10 situation, the fox still fell at the feet of the lion, and perhaps, the king of beasts is not to be offended.
This year's FA Cup is very cold.
The weekend passed in a flash, with Chelsea, Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester United comfortably navigating the FA Cup to reach the quarter-finals. Since Arsenal's game is played on Monday night and Manchester City's FA Cup replay is scheduled for March 1, the FA will draw for the sixth round of the FA Cup during the day on Monday, and the last eight will finally have a heavyweight clash in the quarter-finals.
Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur, two London rivals, have had good luck, with the former drawing another fifth-tier team, Lincoln City, this time at home. The latter drew at home to defending champions Leicester City's Millwall, and if nothing else happens, the two teams have a good chance of progressing to the last four of the FA Cup.
If Manchester City can win in the replays, their next opponent will be Middlesbrough in the Premier League, and as long as Manchester City takes it seriously, reaching the last four is not a big problem.
For Chelsea and Manchester United, one red and one blue, this is an early final. Chelsea will be looking to win the Premier League and FA Cup double again, while Manchester United, who are hopeless of league titles, will not let go of the old trophy.
If Chelsea progresses and Manchester City, Arsenal and Tottenham all progress to the last four, the FA Cup will become one of the top four leagues in the Premier League, and it will be the first time in the history of the FA Cup and the Premier League that the top four of the cup and the top four of the league are the same team.
On 20 February 2017, at 7.30pm, the final match of the fifth round of the FA Cup was about to begin, with Arsenal visiting Sutton United for the first official meeting between the two clubs in their history.
Arsenal's youth team played Sutton United in a pre-season tie in July 2013 when they won 4-3, with Gunners Academy graduates Eisley Niles and Alexander Iwobi both participating.
This is the fourth time in Sutton's history that they have faced a top-flight side in the FA Cup, and the second time Arsenal have faced an amateur side under Arsène Wenger, with the last time Arsenal faced an amateur side back in 2003 when the Gunners beat Farnborough 5-1 in the FA Cup fourth round.
Compared with the Champions League starting lineup against Bayern Munich in midweek, Arsenal made a large rotation in the starting line-up in this game, the goalkeeper position is still in charge, on the back line, Schodland Mustafi and Rob Holding form a double central defender, Gabriel Paulista and Nacho Monreal are on the wings, the double back is Granit Xhaka and Mohamed Elneny, the offensive line Mesut Ozil is not in the squad, Alex Sanchez is on the bench, Teenager Rene Adelaide plays in midfield, with Theo Walcott captaining the side as the lone arrow, and Alex Iwobi and Lucas Perez on the left and right wings.
Arsenal's back-up goalkeeper, again Petr Cech, is said to have loaned former second goalkeeper David Ospina and third goalkeeper Damian Martinez to the Championship and League One because they had no ball to play.
In the starting line-up of the home team Sutton United, there are two former Arsenal academy players, No. 15 midfielder Craig Eastmond and left winger No. 21 Lore Deacon, and on the bench, No. 19 Jeffrey Monakana, also from Arsenal Academy.
As players from both sides waited in the narrow aisle, Walcott and Monreal hugged and greeted two old team-mates, and Alex Chamberlain laughed with Eastmond as he passed by.
Sutton United players are more focused on the Chinese with a pair of huge hands that are different from ordinary people, and their eyes are full of curiosity, envy and jealousy for this young goalkeeper who was born not long ago and shocked Europe.
Is this genius?
The distant and mysterious East, a country with a history of more than 5,000 years, accounting for one-fifth of the world's population, has not made any significant achievements in football, and now, is it finally going to produce a player with world-class potential?
Hopefully, when we fight, let's see if you live up to your name or if you're just what you seem.
Zhang Zhetian didn't know the thoughts of the Sutton United players, and even if he knew, he didn't care.
Someone who is destined to become a Ballon d'Or goalkeeper like his idol Lev Yashin doesn't care about the thoughts of a player who can't even play in the professional league.
Led by referee Michael Oliver, the two players led the young players onto the pitch, and Sutton United boss Paul Doswell and Arsene Wenger shook hands amicably, making the game feel less tense.
But after the start of the game, the fans who watched the game found that the pace and intensity of the game were not at all as clear as the strength and weakness, and the courage of the home team to dare to take the initiative when defending well was impressive.