“Phil Foden’s Role in Manchester City’s FA Cup and Champions League Finals”

A lot has to change the situation so that Phil Foden be a starter in the FA Cup or Champions League final. That indicates the dynamics of the last weeks because the Englishman has lost his place in the starting lineup of the Manchester City and not by own demerits: Grealish is untouchable.

However, Foden claims his leadership. after having overcome an appendicitis in the month of April that he had four games away, the management of minutes that Guardiola is doing with him leads one to think that he will have an important role in the two finals that face the citizens in the next two weeks.

Although he only disputed six minutes between the round trip against Real Madrid (he came out in a testimonial way in the Etihad Stadium clash), Foden had played 90 in the last three days of the Premier League before winning the title.

Against Brighton, again, Foden returned to be a starter. He played an hour, and very well, changed in the second half, implying that he does not want to burn his legs ahead of the decisive games. Although he has hard to beat Grealishhis role will be more important than a mere substitution in the final stretch of the matches.

At the AMEX Stadium, the Englishman had time to score, the only one for City in the match (1-1). Foden appeared on the left wing, entering interior areas, combining with Haaland and generating dangerous occasions. In one, the Norwegian missed with his head. Afterwards, Haaland found him to score the first goal of the match. This season adds 15 goals and eight assists total.

World Cup memories

Foden already had to experience a similar situation in the last World Cup in Qatar. Southgate did not choose him in their starting line-up in the first two days of the group stage, but his performance in the third game (already at the start) allowed him to earn a place in both the round of 16 against Senegal as in the eighth against France.

distribution of minutes

Before the two finals that Manchester City will face, Guardiola decided to distribute minutes among the less usual. For example, Grealish, Ruben Dias, Laporte, Akanji and Aké did not travel to Brighton, while others like Ederson They were substitutes and an indisputable as De Bruyne he was substituted at 57′.

In addition, the bench was full of homegrown players citizens like Shea Charles, Alex Robertson, Nico O’Reilly or Ben Knight.

Álvaro de Grado is in charge of covering English football information. He was born in Madrid and was a correspondent in Manchester for nine years, where he collaborated with different media, both national

(MARCA, Diario AS, Cadena SER) and international (La Tercera, TUDN, TNT Sports). Currently, along with his work in Relevo, he also comments on Premier League matches on DAZN and covers the Champions League for TNT Sports México. In addition, he is the author of the book “Away Days” from the Panenka Publishing House, has worked as a football scout for StatsBomb and has been part of the communication team of representation agencies.


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