Manchester City and Manchester United to Face off in Historic FA Cup Final

ABU DHABI, 2nd June, 2020 (WAM) — The curtain will fall tomorrow, Saturday, on the activities of the current football season in England, with the final match of the FA Cup, which brings together Manchester City and Manchester United at Wembley Stadium in the British capital, London.
In addition to the importance of the title in the FA Cup, the oldest football tournament in England; Tomorrow, the confrontation between the two teams will receive great interest on all technical, public and historical levels.
The two teams meet for the first time in the final of the tournament, and the confrontation between them represents one of the most prominent and important “derby” matches in the world of football, especially in recent years in which Manchester City crowned many championships, and achieved a huge boom in it at the local and European levels.
Young Norwegian striker Erling Haaland, Manchester City striker, said in statements on the FA website for the game: Everyone who follows football understands how special this tournament is and its historical importance, and when you play for a team like Manchester City, you must fight to win every tournament the team plays. Everyone has the enthusiasm and the desire to play this final tomorrow.
Portuguese player Bruno Fernandez, Manchester United player, explained: I know a lot about the FA Cup since I was a boy. Everyone knows the history of this tournament and its importance in England and around the world. The confrontation with Manchester City is always big and important. .
Both teams are seeking to win their second title in the 2022-2023 season. Where Manchester City won the English Premier League title for the third consecutive season and its fifth in the last 6 seasons, and Manchester United crowned the English Professional League Cup.
Both of them are also looking forward to a historic achievement through this title, which doubles the excitement of this match. As Manchester City hopes to win the title, it will be a new step on the road to achieving the historic treble (the FA League, Cup and Champions League), as it has never won this treble in one season before.
Manchester City will play the Champions League final on June 10 against Inter Milan in Istanbul, Turkey.
On the other hand, Manchester United aspires to win the FA Cup title tomorrow, to be the first time in the team’s history that it has won the “cup” double in England in one season.
The team won the League Cup by defeating Newcastle in the final.
Winning the cup title tomorrow is of great importance to Manchester United fans, who aspire to confirm that their team will return strongly to compete in major tournaments after a period of decline, and also wish to deprive Manchester City of the equation for the achievement of “United”, who scored the historic treble before in the 1998 season. – 1999.
The two Manchester poles exchanged wins at their stadiums in their two Premier League matches this season. Where Manchester City won 6-3 at the “Al-Ittihad” stadium, and “United” defeated its neighbor 2-1 in the second match at the “Old Trafford” stadium.
But tomorrow’s match takes on a different character, as it is the final match of the football season in England, in addition to the desire of each of them to win a new title.
The match also represents an important technical and moral preparation for Manchester City before the European final, while Manchester United seeks a successful conclusion in a season that witnessed the return of the team to provide good levels that it had missed in the past few seasons.
Spanish coach Josep Guardiola aspires to win the FA Cup for the second time with the team, and to be his 13th title with the team in various tournaments over the course of 7 years in which he took charge of the team.
On the other hand, Dutch coach Eric Ten Hag aspires to win his first title in the FA Cup and his second with United in various tournaments in his first season with the team.
Manchester City won the cup 6 times compared to 12 times for “United”, while Arsenal holds the record for the number of times winning the title with 14 titles.