VERY GOOD EVENING. Welcome to the quarterfinals of the oldest soccer tournament in the world. Today we have FA Cup on MARCA.com. The cup competition in England reaches its final stretch this weekend. Starting at 6:30 p.m., Manchester City and Newcastle will fight to be at Wembley in the semifinals next April.
The reigning FA Cup champions They host a decisive match in their stadium. City wants to repeat the title last year and continue the impeccable path so far in this edition. Guardiola’s men beat Huddersfield Town 5-0 in the first game. In the next round they beat Tottenham 0-1 with a goal from Aké in the 88th minute. That match broke the ‘curse’ of City in the new Spurs stadium, where they had not won or scored a goal in five games. In the round of 16, a 2-6 win over Luton with five goals from Haaland He put them among the eight best.
Newcastle’s journey in the competition it has been the following: ganaron 0-3 al Southampton, 0-2 al Fulham and in the round of 16 They eliminated Blackburn Rovers in the penalty shootout. They have played all their games away from home, including today’s. Eddie Howe’s They will seek to achieve the FA Cup semi-finalsto which they do not reach for 19 years, in the 2004-2005 season.
¡ARRANCAMOOSSSSS!