11 minutes: Now it is City’s turn to win a corner, Sterling panicked Van Dyke in one piece. Fontaine hits the first man with a bad tradition. Meanwhile, red smoke from a flare is rolling in the Liverpool box. Before 2 p.m. 15.41
TARGET! Manchester City 0-1 Liverpool (Konate 9)
Mane skips to the left and takes the corner. It was sent to the mixer by Robertson. Konate climbs higher to the edge of the six-yard square, miles above Ake, and heads to the left! Three in three for the great defender. man is a goal machine. before 3 p.m. 15.39 8 min: Sterling takes Konate in a left-footed fight. He does not win it, but only because the defender gives him a slight push in the back. No free kicks, but that could turn into an interesting duel. before 4 p.m. 15.38 7 minutes: Stones floats another bad ball on the edge of his own box and almost lets Keita in. Liverpool pressing causes one or two problems for City in these first exchanges. before 6 p.m.15.37 6 minutes: Stones sends possession cheaply, allowing Mane to get a pass in the big area for Salah, who can not get the ball under control. Keita tries to keep things to the right, but Zinchenko and Fontaine work together to ensure that there is no shooting towards the goal. Before 8 p.m. 15.34 4 minutes: The first angry shot was fired by Grealish. Fernandinho makes a cross towards Cancelo on the right. Cancello cuts Grialis, who hesitates before making a blocked shot. He should have taken it for the first time. Before 10 p.m. 15.32 2 minutes: Start of high octane. Allison makes a pass in the right wing. Steffen takes the ball off. Alexander-Arnold pushes the ball to the right for Salah, who is offside. Lots more time for everyone to find their feet. Before 12 p.m. 15.31 Liverpool get the ball rolling … but only after the players are on their knees. There is no room for racism. Before 13 pm 15.30 Before the start, a minute’s silence in memory of the 97 fans who lost their lives in the 1989 FA Cup semi-final between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest. JFT97. Before 15 m. 15.28 The teams are out! Wembley is full of beams, the sun is shining on the sanctified lawn and the place bounces. Both groups of supporters are definitely ready for the cup. Manchester City is wearing its blue, while Liverpool is all in red. The two best teams in the country are going to compete for a place in the 141st final of the English Cup. We will leave in a few minutes! Before 32 meters 15.11 Pep Guardiola speaks to the BBC … “The team we choose is fantastic. We had no alternative. We have incredibly demanding mental and physical games. There is no other way to do it. Fresh legs, fresh mentality. This is important. Exciting. We do not choose games, we try to do our best in every game “. … like Jürgen Klopp. “This is my seventh season in England and I have said everything in meetings one, two, three, four times, but I never said ‘Welcome to the FA Cup semi-final’. [giggles] so let me say it today. It’s great for us. It is our first opportunity and we hope to take advantage of it “. 36m before 15.07 There is already a carnival atmosphere in sunny Wembley. Thousands of fans flock to the stadium adorned with blue or bright red, in honor of their heroes. This gentleman has nailed his colors to the web with an old-fashioned hat … He is ready for the cup. Photo: Tom Jenkins / The Guardian … a nod to the days when Wembley visitors regularly marked the occasion by making a fancy costume out of chance. Yes, Gordon came to mind. It’s 1939, and John Portsmouth Football Club Westwood has nothing to do with it. Photo: Stephenson / Getty Images Updated at 15.40 BST Before 53 m. 14.50 It was already a good day for Manchester City. Lauren Hemp scored twice, with Ellen White and Chloe Kelly finding the net as City WFC reached the West Ham United 4-1 FA Cup final. Maryam Naz tells the story. 1 hour before 14.43 Both teams make seven changes to the teams named in the Champions League during the week. Manchester City replaces Anderson in goal with cup specialist Jacques Stephen. Also on board: Nathan Ake, Oleksandr Zinchenko, Fernandinho, Jack Grealish, Gabriel Jesus and Raheem Sterling. Anderson, Aymeric Laporte, Ilkay Gudogan, Riyad Mahrez, Rodrigo and Kevin De Bruyne fall to the bench. De Bruyne, a fitness skeptic who needed stitches on his leg, has at least made the bench. Kyle Walker is completely absent. Liverpool is recalling its big weapons. Mohamed Salah, Sadio Mane, Thiago, Virgil van Dijk, Andy Robertson, Fabinho and Trent Alexander-Arnold are back. Falling on the bench: Joe Gomez, Costas Tsimikas, Joel Matip, James Milner, Diogo Jota, Roberto Firmino and captain Jordan Henderson. 1 hour before 14.31
The teams
Manchester City: Stephen, Joao Cancello, Stones, Ake, Zinchenko, Bernardo Silva, Fernandinho, Grialis, Fontaine, Gabriel Jesούςs, Sterling. Under: Dias, Gudogan, Laporte, Rodri, De Bruyne, Mahrez, Anderson, Delap, Lavia. Liverpool: Allison, Alexander-Arnold, Conate, Van Dyke, Robertson, Keita, Fambino, Thiago, Salah, Diaz, Mane Mandatory: Milner, Firmino, Gomez, Henderson, Jersey, Henderson, Joe. Referee: Michael Oliver (Northumberland). Updated at 14.45 BST 2 hours before 14.00
Preamble
There is just a cigarette butt between them in the Premier League, there is a fair chance they will meet in the Champions League final and now Manchester City and Liverpool are facing each other in the FA Cup semi-final. If this is half the performance from last weekend’s match in the Premier League, we will do well and no one would mind too much if we have an extra time and a penalty. Well, maybe both coaches and all the players, with both clubs facing a hectic schedule at the end of the season, but you can not thank everyone. The start at Wembley is at 15:30. It is in operation!
