Today we have yet another football event from the category “You can’t make this up” for you.
Between the current FA Cup winner Crystal Palace and Macclesfield, it was basically clear even before the kickoff how things would turn out: The millionaire team travels to the amateur club and casually advances to the fourth round of the cup on Saturday afternoon. At least, that was the plan.
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What happened then? You can probably already guess.
The sixth-tier team defeated the Eagles 2-1, creating one of the greatest FA Cup upsets of all time. For comparison: The team from the National League North isn’t even listed with a market value on transfermarkt.de. In contrast, the squad value of Oliver Glasner’s team is 523.10 million euros.
However, the guests couldn’t buy much with that on this afternoon.
This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇩🇪 here.
📸 DARREN STAPLES – AFP or licensors
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