Manchester City have one last trophy shot with FA Cup final vs. Crystal Palace; Serie A coming down to wire

Have a nice Friday! Trophies are again top of thoughts in Europe, where the FA Cup is on the line and the Serie A arrives its penultimate weekend with the title that is still in the balance. I am Pardeep Cattry with the last for another busy weekend.

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Saturday 17 May
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Crystal Palace vs. Manchester City, 10.30 am (ESPN)

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🏆 Manchester City, Crystal Palace Meet in FA Cup Final

A final trophy is Saturday before taking in England in the London Wembley Stadium, where a classic David vs. Goliath Matchup awaits in the FA Cup final.

Manchester City enters their third consecutive FA Cup final as the clear favorites and with a lot of stimulans. The shadow of the gloomy shape of last fall lingers, but the ship is steamy in the second half of the season in the second half of the season, so much so that they are still technically at a moving distance of second place in the Premier League table with two more games to go. However, winning the FA Cup would perhaps be the best way to save their season-they are currently trophy-free and have not ended no season since the 2016-17 campaign, the first of Guardiola.

City will benefit from the presence of Erling Haaland after the extraordinaire of the target scale returned from an ankle injury last week. He played 90 minutes in their 0-0 draw with Southampton and will probably be a central point in front of Guardiola, who may still look at their 5-2 victory over fellow finalists Crystal Palace in April as inspiration. Five different players scored that day, including Kevin De Bruyne, who comes at the end of his legendary spell of 10 years at City and could add a final title to the record. It can also be one of the last outings for De Bruyne next to Haaland, who so far combines 25 goals in 92 games. The final will be a kind of swan song for De Bruyne, with tribute that flows in slowly and steadily from many, including Haaland.

• Haaland: “It was a pleasure to play with him. Hopefully we will have a good time in the last few games. We immediately clicked from the first second and it will be emotional when a good friend leaves. Perhaps the best player ever to play for the city – one of the best to play in the Premier League. Many of my goals are helped by him.

Waiting for them in Wembley will be Crystal Palace, who are once in their third FA Cup final and focus their very first title as a top flight team. They are led by Jean-Philippe Mateta and Ebereechi Eze, who have scored a combined 29 goals this season and hope to note a really impressive performance for the history of the club, as well as the recent record of the competition. Only one team that is not a member of the traditional Big Six – Leicester City in 2021 – has won the FA Cup since Wigan Athletic in 2013, so a final cup set could be on its way on Saturday if things Swing Palace’s Way Swing Palace.

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🇮🇹 A series a weekend of epic proportions

Serie A promotion will resume on Sunday, and a dramatic day is in the store because the most exciting title race in Europe reaches its penultimate phase. Nine out of ten games will start at the same time, with all eyes at competitions in Milan and Parma while Inter and Napoli keep an eye on the title.

Napoli enters the penultimate week with a one point over Inter and a favorable match against 16th place Parma, but last week surprise 2-2 draw against Genoa asked questions about whether or not the side of Antonio Conte can draw this. They had demonstrably bad luck not to win that match after surpassing Genoa 22 to eight, but their own goal hinded their business and their 1.7 expected goals Tally is somewhat meager for as much attacking power as they showed. They get the chance to correct the course and retain their grip on the top position on Sunday, so that the pressure on Inter for Performing – and the pressure is powerful.

Inter has a competitive game on the schedule for Sunday against fifth place Lazio, who are bound on points with fourth place Juventus and set their sights on a top four berth that would guarantee their participation in the edition of the following season of the UEFA Champions League. They earned a happy break with Napoli’s draw last week, but stopped their end of the bargain with a 2-0 win at Torino, a development that makes it feel like the elusive and always volatile momentum is in Inter’s Side, especially after booking a place in the Champions League final. However, a match against Lazio will be a real test of their title -winning courage, even if they are the favorites in this matchup.

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💰 The back line

💵 Dear bets

• FA Cup Final-Bechi Eze to have 1+ shot on goal (-135): The final can be CAGY cases, but Eze has proven to be a big game player time and time again. Despite the defensive improvement of the city, he will find room to test Edererson with a few shots, because it cannot be closed outside the box. If Palace wants to win the FA Cup, they need a great achievement from the Englishman and he is ready for the pressure.

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