On the evening of June 3, football fans will turn their attention to Wembley Stadium, where Manchester City and Manchester United will compete in the 2022-2023 FA Cup final, the most traditional trophy of British football.
Although there have been hundreds of previous matches, this is the first time Man “blue” and Man “red” have faced each other in the FA Cup final. That promises to bring many interesting and dramatic things.
Man City came to Wembley with the goal of completing 2/3 of the journey of the "treble" after successfully defending the Premier League title.
Having won the Premier League early, Pep Guardiola and his team showed signs of "loose legs" in the last two domestic matches against Brighton and Brentford to save energy for this final. It will certainly be a completely different Man City in London, a Man City with the highest determination.
Ahead of Man City are the FA Cup and Champions League finals to aim for a historic treble. If successful, they will become the second English team to win the Premier League, Champions League and FA Cup in one season. The first club to do this was Sir Alex Ferguson's Red Devils in the 1998-1999 season. Man City are on the road to glory if they overcome Man Utd as an affirmation of the strength, pride and class of the current number 1 team in Europe.
The Citizens go into the FA Cup final with their best squad. The problems with Grealish, De Bruyne, Akanji and Dias are not too serious. This allows Pep Guardiola to be creative with his lineup at Wembley.
The Premier League champions currently possess both the “Top Scorer” and “Assist King” of the highest level of English football. Erling Haaland has scored 52 goals and 9 assists this season after 51 appearances. The striker also scored a hat-trick in Man City’s 6-3 victory over MU in the Premier League this season. Facing The Citizens with Erling Haaland is clearly a huge challenge for the Red Devils of Manchester at this time.
MU has won 12 FA Cup titles and become the second most successful team in the 151-year history of the tournament, behind only Arsenal with 14 titles.
This Manchester derby is a confrontation between two of today's top strategists, Pep Guardiola and Erik ten Hag. The head-to-head score between the two coaches is 1-1.
In the final match at Old Trafford, coach Erik ten Hag affirmed in front of more than 70,000 spectators that his team would bring the cup home. With 4 consecutive victories, the Red Devils are in very good form and dream of once again overthrowing the dominance of Man City.
Coach Erik ten Hag will likely have to use all four midfielders, Casemiro, Fred, Eriksen and Bruno, to avoid being overwhelmed by Man City's mobile midfield.
Man City's strength is indisputable, making all opponents afraid, but rivalry and pride do not allow MU to give up under any circumstances. Coach Erik ten Hag and his team have the responsibility to stop the neighbor's ambition to become the number 1 team in Manchester. If they can overcome The Citizens, this will be the first time MU has won the FA Cup and the English League Cup in the same season.
Facing the high-performance Man City, what will MU need to do to overcome the power of the reigning English champions? Remember, in the most recent confrontation, the Red Devils excellently defeated The Citizens. Can coach Erik ten Hag and his team repeat that in the 2022 - 2023 FA Cup final taking place at 9:00 p.m. on June 3? A fiery and unpredictable derby.
Expected starting lineup of the 2 teams:
Man City: Ederson, Ake, Dias, Akanji, Rodri, Stones; Grealish, Gundogan, De Bruyne, B.Silva, Haaland.
MU: De Gea, Shaw, Varane, Lindelof, Wan Bissaka, Casemiro, Fred; Bruno, Erkisen, Sancho, Rashford.
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