Last night we saw United and Arsenal ease their way past their opponents finding their way straight into the Semifinal of the UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE against Granada and Slavia Prague respectively.
Arsenal will be facing their former Boss's side; Villarreal while United will be edging out with Italian Capital Club; A.S. ROMA.
A LITTLE REWIND
You rarely get to see an All-English final in Europe like the way the Spaniards face themselves oftentime in the final. We had an All-English final 2 years ago with Liverpool and Tottenham and in the Europa League we had Chelsea Vs Arsenal were Liverpool and Chelsea emerged as winners. Before then famous thrilling Moscow final, 2008, saw United and Chelsea battle it out with the god of soccer leading United to a stunning and emotional Victory.
POSSIBILITIES OF AN ALL-ENGLISH EUROPEAN FINAL
To witness only English sides in this prestigious competitions imply that:
Man. City will have to defeat P.S.G on both legs.
Chelsea will have to break Zizou's team to qualify.
Arsenal will have to bear former Boss; Unai Emery
United will have to clear of Roma Experience-stocked side to Qualify.
THREAT TO POSSIBILITIES
Tradition and Experience
It's a Tradition for the Citizens not to go past the Quarter-finals which they broke this season after beating Dortmund to arrive at this stage of the Competition but in the history of the Champions "When it gets tougher only the tough gets going" and the Parisans team do have experience on them with previous winners like Angel Di Maria, Navas and Neymar which the Citizens lack.
OWNERSHIP + ZIZOU'S MAGIC
Zidane can't be said to Special domestically yet had managed to be a force to reckon with in the Champions league after winning 3-times in a row. Some players will also be recovering ahead of the game. Ramos Should possibly be back. This masteries are serious threat to the Blues qualifying.
UNAI EMERY MASTERY
The most experienced and honoured coach on the history of the Europa League is Emery and he knows what needs to be done. He was sacked after the team struggled on 8th spot by the Arsenal board which the team is far behind right now. Emery has managed majority of the Gunner's squad and may know how to tie them down.
EXPERIENCE STUDDED ROMA
The Roma squad is filled with Experienced and old players that has won several accolades, been to top and tough competitions and knows what needs to be done at the right time. Solskjaer's won't find this to be easy at all.
ADVANTAGE OF THE ENGLISH SIDES
The Citizens have loads of options of players that can perform the magic from Foden to De Bruyne, Sterling, Jesus, Aguero etc unlike PSG that depend on Mbappe and Neymar magic.
The Real Madrid side aren't clinical upfront and the defensive Blues will definitely not still permit them to have numerous opportunities upfront though need to be careful of Counter-attacks.
United historically knows how to be Roma and just defeated A.C. Milan before qualifying to this level and can perform the magic again.
MAGICAL ALL-ENGLISH EUROPEAN FINAL COMPETITION
UCL FINAL: Man. City Vs Chelsea
UEL FINAL: Arsenal Vs Man. United.
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