at long last the wait is over a warm welcome to wembley this is derek ray joined in the
commentary box by lee dixon and we're approaching kickoff time in what promises to be a spectacular
fa cup final it's leicester city versus arsenal hi derek well i'm biased because
i'm english through and through what a special place for a cup final this is
i absolutely love this place and those players are in for a real treat
what a chance to put your name up in lights really looking forward to this i really am
a striker who you can simply never write off jamie vardy of course
has so much know-how lee what do you expect we'll see from him well basically you've
got to keep him out the box because he's got such a brilliant finishing ability that you
give him half a yard he will score so keep him as far away from your goal as possible
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well here's how leicester city will line up caspar schmeichel is the keeper
wilfred indeedy plays with yuri tilemans in the center of midfield
and it's two strikers up front to look to provide the goal scoring threat
and this is the arsenal starting eleven gets the nord in goal granit xhaka plays with thomas
party in central midfield and the main threat in attack today should be pierre-emerick aubameyang
and they kick off here
chalarza you james madison
here's tilamans
madison with its
timothy castagna james madison here's tilamans mikanda
moving the ball effectively and given away martin erdogan now bayern
david luiz
it's with erdogan
thomas
kukai osaka
and they need to get tighter here just cutting off the supply
bayerine well beating his opponent and the cross not quite imaginative enough
using his strength to shield the ball
and he cuts inside aubameyang and now bayern good defending to prevent the chance
timothy castagna
coutinho and he takes us on but it can't get through
the ball with david luiz losing possession here
party and return to coutinho and david luiz gets in the way
martin erdogan
arsenal have given us away
thomas
thomas now
and taking it away
coutinho promising attack this and unable to keep the ball thomas
it's with gabrielle victor bayern
and fed back to the goalkeeper david luiz now bayern well the managers
will now deliver their half-time team talks we're at the end of 45 minutes in this game
plenty to consider based on what we've seen so far as the second half begins saka
it's with erdogan using space on the opposite flank now
i'm over promise on the flank
regain possession
coutinho madison with it an authoritative challenge
david luiz david luiz gabrielle thomas it's with erdogan
martin erdogan
and winning it back
goalkeeper's ball every day of the week
they've given it away
physically strong and secure on the ball space afforded him
an effective challenge
coutinho possession changes hands the interception there
sucker now bayern arsenal get the advantage from the referee and he did well to cut it out
and a fine tackle david luiz
and it's a matter of what occurs in the final 15 minutes
hector bayern advantage arsenal pierre-emerick aubameyang
thomas it's not lost on them what a goal could mean at this late stage
you'll be a bit annoyed to have lost the ball
good physical play granit xhaka
excellent defending
this looks threatening can he put it in a colossal goal and could it be the goal that will give them
the trophy well all have you got to do now derek is not concede and the cup is theirs
easier said than done though well here's the replay and it's a lovely quick counter attack
that sets up the chance and he had choices of what type of finish to apply and bang
he goes for the smash lovely goal well the manager knows the importance of that
goal he also knows that you're at your most vulnerable just after you've scored
substitution then let's see how it affects the match
what a big moment in the dying embers will it prove decisive here martin erdogan
and only two minutes remaining here
now they've lost it and the fourth official confirming that we'll have one additional minute
fail to keep hold of it
and the final whistle the cup issue is settled the story of one side celebrating and the other
distraught and lee memories are being made yeah absolutely it doesn't matter how much
money you've got in the bank players will always look back at moments like these these
moments where you pick trophies up and win medals absolutely brilliant for this group of players