Football. ua presents the announcement of the match between Manchester United and Tottenham in the FA Cup semi-final.
Manchester United - Tottenham Saturday, 19:15, London, Wembley. Live broadcast on the channel Football 1.
Approximate compositions:.
Manchester United: De Hea - Valencia, Smalling, Bayi, Yang - Herrera, Matic, Pogba - Lingard, Lukaku, Rushford.
Tottenham: Worm - Trippier, Sanchez, Vertonghen, Davis - Dyer, Dembele - Eriksen, Allie, Sone - Kane.
Do not play: Romero - Walker-Peters, Winks, Rose.
And for Manchester United, and for Tottenham, the FA Cup is the only opportunity to win the trophy this season. The rest of the English trophies was taken by Man City.
Mauricio Pochettino can tell you as much as you like that the victory in the Cup will not change anything for "spurs" by and large, but his actions indicate that the tournament for the club is important. So, in the middle of the week, four players of the main lineup - Dela Alli, Moussa Dembele, Eric Dyer and Davinson Sanchez,. Plus Kieran Trippier, which alternates outlets at the base with Serj Arya.
Without them, the "spurs" tied 1: 1 with Brighton and allowed Chelsea to reduce the gap to five points.
United in the middle of the week, too, was enough for holidaymakers who should return to the basis of this match - Ashley Young, Antonio Valencia, Nemanja Matic and Romelo Lukaku. However, this did not prevent the "red devils" from defeating Bournemouth 2: 0. Note that Paul Pogba after criticism for the losing match against West Brom (0: 1) in the game with "cherries" was again good.
Interesting Facts:.
- Manchester United in the 29th time will play in the semi-final of the FA Cup and repeat the Arsenal's record set last season.
- Tottenham lost all seven last semi-finals. This is the longest such series in the history of the tournament.
- Man won three last meetings in the FA Cup against Tottenham (in 1997, 2008 and 2009), and the last time he lost the "spurs" in the cup back in January 1980.
- Tottenham have won three of the last five matches against Manchester United in all tournaments (lost two) - the same as for 36 previous matches.
forecast 1: 2 Eugene Music, Football. ua Author: Евгений Music.