Argentines Julián Álvarez and Alejandro Garnacho Set to Face Off in FA Cup Final Between Manchester City and United

Julián Álvarez and Alejandro Garnacho, face to face in the FA Cup final between Manchester City and United

After having recently won a new title in the Premier League, Manchester City will look for another star this Saturday in the FA Cup final, in which they will face Manchester United at Wembley Stadium for the second consecutive year. The match will begin at 11:00 a.m. (Argentine time) and will be televised by ESPN and Star+.

The Manchester derby, which will feature the Argentines Julián Álvarez (City) and Alejandro Garnacho and Lisandro Martínez (United), will once again put a cup at stake, as happened in the previous season, which ended with victory for the team by Pep Guardiola by 2 to 1.

Both sets present different realities. While City enjoys a victorious present with its recent consecration in the English league after the victory at the Etihad Stadium against West Ham and with its participation in the Champions League (it was eliminated in the quarterfinals with Real Madrid), the United arrives with a season of ups and downs in which they finished sixth in the table and their only hope to qualify for a European cup will be to beat the Citizens in the FA Cup and thus access the Europa League.

For this final, which can alter the qualification positions for third-party international cups, City has just eliminated Chelsea 1-0 in the semifinals, while United went on penalties against Coventry City after drawing 3-3.

Pep Guardiola, manager of Manchester City, gives instructions to Jeremy Doku (REUTERS/Molly Darlington)

If the celestial ones become champions, Chelsea will qualify for the Europa League and Newcastle for the Conference League. But if the Red Devils win the classic, not only will they enter the second UEFA competition, but Mauricio Pochettino’s former team will drop to the third most important European Cup.

It will not be just another game for Julián Álvarez, since the forward born in Calchín will be able to increase his number of personal titles to 17, being the third Argentine soccer player in activity with the most cups won. La Araña is behind Lionel Mesi (44 crowns), Ángel Di María (34, still active with Benfica), Carlos Tevez (31), Luis González (26) and Javier Mascherano (25). These last three, retired.

“It is an absolute privilege to be here with the opportunity to win this beautiful trophy once again. Last season we played United here in the first Manchester derby in a cup final. To come back less than 12 months later, facing United again, is incredible. We have studied the opponent and our training sessions have been really good. “My players seem focused and ready,” Guardiola said in statements to the official site of the FA Cup.

Regarding the history of the competition, Manchester City will seek their eighth FA Cup title, while United will try to stamp their 13th star. The top winner of this competition is Arsenal, with 14 cups.

Probable formations:

Manchester City: Stefan Ortega; Kyle Walker, Rúben Dias, Manuel Akanji o Nathan Aké and Joško Gvardiol; Rodri, Bernardo Silva, Kevin De Bruyne and Jack Grealish; Jeremy Doku and Erling Haaland. DT: Pep Guardiola.

Manchester United: Andrew Onana; Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Raphael Varane, Lysandro Martinez and Diogo Dalot; Christian Eriksen or Kobbie Maino, Casemiro, Marcus Rashford, Sofyan Amrabat; Alexander Garnacho, Scott McTominay and Bruno Fernandes. DT: Eric Ten Hag.

Referee: Andy Madley

Time: 11.00 (Argentina)

Stadium: Wembley

TV: ESPN y Star+

2024-05-25 10:08:00
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