For Premier League fans of the season, their final game of the season will be the Champions League final on 24 May, where two Premier League sides, Chelsea and Manchester United, will battle to the death, while Manchester City fans will be more focused on the FA Cup final a week before this is their final game of the season.

This season, Manchester City have won their first league title in 40 years and their first League Cup in 32 years, and they hope to win the FA Cup for the first time in 39 years.

For this game, Manchester City fans have absolute confidence, after all, Manchester City's luck in the FA Cup this time is quite good, all the way to the fight has not encountered a real strong team, even in the final against a mid-table team like Portsmouth, Liverpool and Chelsea were eliminated by Barnsley, Manchester United lost to Portsmouth, this situation not only proves Dick's good luck, but also proves that this season, the whole Manchester City is favored by God......

Dick was dismissive of this statement, although the major clubs lost unexpectedly in the FA Cup, but if it wasn't for the Champions Cup involvement and Manchester City's enough pressure in the league, how could they have stumbled in the FA Cup? Such a situation seems to be accidental, but in fact it has its inevitable laws.

And this game, he also doesn't want to let go, Portsmouth's strength is not weak, but with Dick's character who will not take any opponent lightly, he still has a considerable degree of certainty to win this game.

Portsmouth is in the middle of the league just ended, it is a position that is not up or down, but this team has a lot of excellent players, otherwise they would not have had the last laugh in the FA Cup, their goalkeeper is the former England international James, the core of the defense is also the former England national team main central defender Saul Campbell, after leaving Arsenal, the veteran joined Portsmouth and performed quite well, on the right side there is a right attacking full-back Glenn Johnson, who has played for Chelsea, The full-back doesn't quite fit Mourinho's requirements and isn't the right full-back for Dick, but he's also a good player in the Premier League.

Their main striker in the front line is Nigeria's iconic striker Kanu, who has played for Inter Milan and Arsenal, this once heart diseased talent has never lived up to his expectations, but he is also a very good striker, although he has only scored four goals in 25 league appearances this season, but his performance in the FA Cup is quite eye-catching, the key goal that eliminated Manchester United was scored by him, and it was his goal in the last round that helped Portsmouth win, is a standard key gentleman, His experience will help Portsmouth very well.

The midfield is undoubtedly Portsmouth's strongest link, Las Diarra, who previously felt that he had few opportunities at Chelsea and wanted to transfer, still felt that he did not have enough opportunities after moving to Arsenal, and then he transferred to Portsmouth in the winter, where he finally got the main position, and there are many good players around him - Nigerian winger Utaka, Mendes, who once won the Champions Cup in Porto, Ghanaian midfielder Muntari, plus Croatian striker Kranica, These are very good players, and the five-man midfielder has also relied on running and pressing to gain the upper hand against Manchester United, and if they want to beat Portsmouth, they will have to put more pressure in midfield.

The division of labor between these five people is different, Utaka is a typical winger, and the breakthrough after receiving the ball on the side is his biggest threat, while Muntari is more comprehensive, in Portsmouth he is more of a left midfielder, with his own possession and passing to form a threat, plus running to support the midfield, Mendes defends in the back place, Las Diarra is in the back to organize the attack, Kranica takes on part of the organizational tasks, more behind Kanu support, with his own breakthrough and skills to help the team, The five have worked well together in different roles, and at least this season, some of their glaring shortcomings have not been exposed, such as Muntari's nerve knife for passing the ball, and Diarra's penchant for sticking the ball......

"Campbell is very strong in front defending, so in attack we have to play more flexibly, with the two full-backs boldly pressing up to increase our midfield. Scott, Toure, you boldly forced Diarra in the midfield and made him make mistakes, Mendes didn't have much help in attack, Cranica just handed it over to Barton, forced him, let him make mistakes, and we will have more opportunities for fast breaks, Richards, the same in the game, if Muntari gets the ball, then force him and make him pass wrong! Both of these guys prefer to keep the ball and that's our chance as well, to dominate enough in midfield and take them off, you know? ”

Dick's pre-match tactics were simple, there were no secrets to Portsmouth's tactics and style of play, as long as they focused on the characteristics of their core players, then the winning rate would be much higher.

The FA Cup final was still held at Wembley Stadium, and Manchester City arrived in London three days earlier at the same five-star hotel they had stayed in.

'It's a lucky place for us, and so is Wembley Stadium, and we're going to win our third title of the season.'

Dick replied with a smile at the press conference before the game.

'It seems that Dick has a lot of confidence in this game...... Of course, they are also the favourites for the FA Cup right now, and it is widely believed that Portsmouth will not be able to compete with them, after all, Manchester City are much better than them overall...... Coupled with the fact that Manchester City are in good fitness right now, Portsmouth has little chance of it. ”

"Dick seems a little too optimistic, yes, Manchester City is really good, the overall strength is much better than Portsmouth, but the FA Cup has always been a hotbed of upsets, there are countless examples of weak beating strong, Dick is so optimistic, I'm afraid it will be a huge blow, which will not be a good thing for him."

"Well, you can't think that Dick is underestimated because of his words, everyone knows that Dick is a very arrogant manager, but he is always calm in the game, arrogance is just his appearance, just like Mourinho, they are also very capable of deceiving opponents, so Portsmouth thinks that Manchester City is underestimated, maybe it is when they are fooled......"

The media began to discuss this FA Cup final, although the Champions League final is played by two English teams, but the status of the FA Cup is different after all, and there is still a week before the Champions League final starts, so now all the English media focus on the FA Cup......

But apart from that press conference, Dick went silent and it became customary for him to only attend the required press conferences before the big final.

Although the reporters in England are quite pervasive, it is difficult to find any news out, Dick eats and lives with the players these days, and the training is only open to ordinary physical training, and the specific tactical training is not seen at all, so the reporters can only helplessly write news about Charlotte.

"Princess Charlotte was shopping in London today and smiling happily."

"According to the information revealed by the hotel waiter, Princess Charlotte and Dick live in the same room, and I wonder if Dick has more time to arrange tactics."

Dick abstained the players, but he couldn't help himself...... Well, I always felt that was a little wrong, even though he didn't need to play, but it was an attitude after all......

Readers like to read reports on this aspect, after all, Dick is still a little relatively unfamiliar to England fans, and watching more of this kind of stuff can also make them understand Dick better.

Time, finally came to May 17, for Manchester City, the last game of the season is coming, and with the outstanding performance in Manchester City this season, many Manchester City players have been selected for the national team, the most obvious is Di Natale, this time he was selected for the Italian national team to participate in the European Cup, at such an age to be selected for the national team, it is also a very rare thing, not to mention that the current Italian national team coach Donadoni is advocating to change the blood of the national team......

Parker and Barnes were unlucky, although they were also selected for the new England national team, but the England national team missed the European Championship, so they could not participate in the European Championship.

For this, Dick can't help it, although he laughed at the head coach of the England national team McLaren in the qualifiers before, but the England national team missed the European Cup, and he couldn't let the England national team enter the European Cup, Parker and Barnes were unlucky, but the next national team should have their share, after all, their performance is really good.

There was a huge cheer from the stands as the players from both sides started to play, and the City fans took up half of Wembley Stadium, shouting loudly and waving their homemade FA Cup trophies in their hands, hoping to become the first team in England to win the league, League Cup and FA Cup at the same time!

"Now the players from both sides are playing! Manchester City's starting lineup is four, three, three! And Portsmouth's starting lineup is four or five, which is the formation they are better at, Manchester City won two titles with attack, Portsmouth can enter the FA Cup final, relying on their solid defense and excellent counterattack, their counterattack is not fast, but it is steadily advancing, not giving the other side any chance in defense, they did this in the game of beating Manchester United, now facing another team in Manchester, what kind of performance can they have? Let's wait and see! ”

"Judging from the resumes of both teams, Manchester City and Portsmouth can be regarded as the kind of civilian teams, but since the beginning of this season, Manchester City has not been extraordinary, with the financial support of the Abu Dhabi Group, and the training of a world-famous coach like Dick, they have quickly become one of the top teams in England! Portsmouth are still an ordinary team, can they complete the comeback of the mid-table teams and carry forward the FA Cup tradition? Or will Manchester City maintain their dignity and attack the unprecedented domestic treble in England? ”

Dick sat in his place, looking at the court very calmly, such a game was not enough to make him too excited, he had already arranged everything, and then, just waiting for the players to fight for this championship on the field!