It is matchday!
And nothing has changed about my opinion. The odds for Manchester United to win in regular time and to qualify both are attracting. I don't think we'll watch extra time. Tottenham have important players missing. Manchester United can finish the job in regular time.
The reason is simple. They didn't face very challenging clubs in general. The Europa League is more forgiving for them. If they were competing in the Champions League I claim that they wouldn't have been able to even get past the league phase.
And nothing has changed about my opinion. The odds for Manchester United to win in regular time and to qualify both are attracting. I don't think we'll watch extra time. Tottenham have important players missing. Manchester United can finish the job in regular time.
I don't know how Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur managed to beat the clubs they faced in the UEFA Europa League competition to become the UEFA Europa League finalists when they are struggling and they haven't won a match in the Premier League table for a very long time.
The reason is simple. They didn't face very challenging clubs in general. The Europa League is more forgiving for them. If they were competing in the Champions League I claim that they wouldn't have been able to even get past the league phase.
Even if the squads are incomplete in the finals, it is very difficult to predict the outcome. Everything can change depending on how the game starts and how the teams accept each other's strengths. Manchester United did not have a good season but they will try to play their best game to win the cup. I think Tottenham will try to score goals with counterattacks. Maybe the winner of this match can be shown by the positions in the dead ball because I think the priority of both teams is defense.
I think the match between the two clubs who want to finish the season with the cup will be very exciting. I want it to be a match with lots of goals because finals with lots of goals are always better.