{"id":8249,"date":"2026-05-14T09:39:43","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T09:39:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=8249"},"modified":"2026-05-14T09:39:43","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T09:39:43","slug":"pep-guardiola-moaning-about-schedule-ahead-of-fa-cup-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=8249","title":{"rendered":"Pep Guardiola moaning about schedule ahead of FA Cup final"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola has been out there moaning about their busy schedule on the lead up to the FA Cup final this weekend.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Chelsea face City at Wembley in the most prestigious domestic competition in English football this Saturday, and the two will go toe-to-toe in an attempt to lift the trophy.<\/p>\n

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For Chelsea, it\u2019s the only chance they have of winning a trophy this season and probably still their most obvious route into Europe for next season. For City, they are still battling hard to beat Arsenal to the Premier League title, and a win last night against Crystal Palace helped them keep that heat up.<\/p>\n

But Guardiola was not happy about having to play a mid-week game last night, just three days before the Cup final. And he was quick to point all of that out at the end of the game last night.<\/p>\n

Guardiola moaning again<\/h2>\n<\/picture>\n

The City boss was quoted on X as saying:<\/p>\n

\u201cChelsea have been all week at home, training and preparing. We have to travel to London, they will be at home with their wife and kids. So that is fatigue, and fatigue, and fatigue, and I have full confidence in the whole squad.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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Como\u2019s Jacobo Ramon is being linked with a number of top clubs, and Chelsea offer him a chance to start pretty quickly, putting them ahead of other possible options.<\/p>\n

Mathis Eboue is a name we\u2019re going to hear more and more about as he gets closer to the first team at Chelsea. And there is some Neymar and Cristiano Ronaldo chatter.<\/p>\n

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