Everyone, Manchester United is broken like this Manchester United, which invested £200 million, lost to a fourth division team in the second round of the Carabao Cup. the loss of honor and profit

Aug 28, 2025

The expression 'I'm completely doomed' is not too much at all. Manchester United have come down disastrously. Even the opponent was a fourth division team. The aftermath of defeat is about to hit hard.

Manchester United, the flagship club of the English Premier League (EPL), suffered a disastrous defeat at the beginning of the season. Manchester United lost 11-12 in the penalty shootout after drawing 2-2 at Grimsby Town in the second round of the English Football League Cup (EFL Cup, also known as the Carabao Cup) in the 2025-2026 season at Blundell Park in Cleethorps, England, at 4 a.m. on the 28th (Korean time).

It was a result that was far beyond the general expectation. It's as if a child won the battle between the `adult' and the `child.' Grimsby, who knocked down Manchester United on the same day, was a small club in the English League 2 (fourth division). Manchester United, on the other hand, is the representative club of the EPL.

In particular, Manchester United had strengthened its power through huge investments to make up for the disgraceful results of last season's 15th place in the league and elimination from the European competition. In the summer transfer market, he invested a whopping 200 million pounds (about 376.3 billion won) in recruiting Matheus Cunha, Brian Mbomo, and Benjamin Seschko. It was almost a situation where he put his energy into strengthening the team's power with all his life and death.

Manchester United manager Hu Beng Amurim also did not rush to the game. Since he already had a sluggish start with two wins (one draw and one loss) since the opening of the EPL, he showed his will to win the game.

However, victory was not something that could be won by will alone.

Manchester United lost a point in the 22nd minute of the first half. Grimsby made good use of the counterattack situation to break through the Manchester United penalty box. Charles Burnham then scored the first goal. Then, in the 30th minute of the first half, Manchester United goalkeeper Andre Onana made a ridiculous positioning mistake and allowed additional runs.

In a hurry, Manchester United swung 'sincere punch' in the second half. Coach Amorim, who was in crisis, poured out his best efforts at the beginning of the second half, including Bruno Fernandes, Brian Mbommo and Matthijs de Ligt. However, as it didn't work much, Mason Mount was also put in in the 19th minute of the second half. In the 37th minute of the second half, Joshua Zirkji also entered. In other words, it has 100% activated its power against the fourth division team.

Only then did the comeback goal barely break out. In the 30th minute of the second half, Mbjömo scored his Manchester United debut goal to make it 1-2. Harry Maguire then scored a header equalizer in the 44th minute of the second half, barely bringing the game to square one. There was also a chance to win. In the second half of extra time, Seschuko got a chance to score a goal at the gate, and he hit it over the net.

In the end, the two teams, which tied 2–2, entered the penalty shootout. Again, there was a ridiculous 'Close match'. Grimsby won 12-11 after a whopping 26 kickers appeared. Mboumo, who came out as United's last kicker, couldn't lift his head after missing out.

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This defeat is likely to do quite a bit of damage to United. First of all, the financial loss is huge.

British media outlet TBR Football reported that `Manchester United suffered another humiliation after losing to Grimsby' and `In particular, owner Jim Ratcliffe, who has laid off more than 450 employees since taking over at Manchester United, has been working on cutting costs by reducing welfare spending, will be furious to learn how much money he lost due to the early elimination of the Carabao Cup.'

For now, Manchester United will not receive a victory allowance of 7,000 pounds (about 13.17 million won) in the second round due to the defeat. £7000 isn't really a big deal. However, this is just the tip of the iceberg.

TBR Football pointed out that if Manchester United had remained in the Carabao Cup like Erik ten Hach in 2023 and won, it would have added a total of 187,000 pounds (about 352 million won) to the club's finances. Of course, £187,000 is actually not a huge amount of money in terms of the club's financial size.

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The bigger damage than this is that Manchester United has shown to the world that despite its huge investment, it has played badly enough to lose to a fourth-division team. In the end, Manchester United's elimination from the Carabao Cup blocked their way to the European tournament this season. Winning the EPL or being in the top four is the only way left. If even this fails, it is difficult to avoid huge financial losses.

For this reason, there are even rumors of an early warning against coach Amorim. However, it is not easy to dismiss coach Amorim due to cost issues. In the end, Manchester United will have to go through a disastrous situation again this season.

This article was translated by Naver AI translator.