The FA Cup semi-finals had brought both teams from London and Manchester. In fact, the two representatives of the latter were the favorites to qualify for the final of "Wembley", which is expected to be held on August 1.
However, Arsenal and Chelsea had other plans and, after beating City (2-0) and United (3-1) respectively, they will tell each other in the historic stadium. For the "gunners", this will be an opportunity to definitely go out in the Europa League. For the "blues", an opportunity to ideally end a season that otherwise had several ups and downs…
The two Londoners will meet for the third time in the final of the oldest institution in the world. The first was in the 2001/02 season, when Arsene Wenger's Arsenal prevailed over Claudio Ranieri's Chelsea 2-0 thanks to goals from Parlor and Ljungberg. It was still the time when the "gunners" were in the middle, while the "blues" did not yet know who Roman Abramovich was and what his parliaments were. They were, therefore, limited to the role of comparsos.
The second time was in 2017, when Arsenal had already become a poor relative in London. The veteran, Wenger, was still sitting on the club's bench, while another Italian, Antonio Conte, was sitting on Chelsea's bench. In fact, that year too, the "gunners" had eliminated Manchester City in the semifinals.
The final score, 2-1 in favor of the typical home team, who saw the goals of Sanchez and Ramsey canceled there by Costa. This Cup was the 13th in the history of the club, which is also the polynomial of the institution. It is followed, with 12, by Manchester United, while Chelsea and Tottenham have eight από
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