This will be our biggest ever Cup Final ! This will be the chance to become the European Champions ! Still find it hard to believe we are in the Champions League Final ! We have never been this close to win the Champions League ! We rode our luck in the quarter final against Emirates Marketing Project and the semi final against Ajax to be in the Final. Now that we are in the Final, we must make sure we win it ! Not sure when or if we will be in another CL Final. All the players don't need the motivation to give their best in this match. We need all the players to lift their game. Let's hope we will make the most of the chance and win the Champions League !
I think our attack will be key to us winning this match. Not sure if Kane will be fully fit to start this match. Even if he is, not sure he should start this match. We have done well against Emirates Marketing Project and Ajax without Kane. I think we should not break the winning team. After all, our attack have been poor when Kane was playing before his injury. After his hattrick against Ajax, it will be harsh on Moura if he is dropped for Kane. If Kane does start, hope he will inspire us. I think Alli should be dropped for Kane instead of Moura. After all, Alli has been poor and is our only attacking player without any CL goal this season. Moura should start but if he starts on the bench, hope he will come on to inspire us again like against Ajax. Son has been poor since scoring 2 goals against Emirates Marketing Project. Hope he will be back on form again. We need big performance from Eriksen. He can really lift us if he is at his best. I think Lamela really should start as his work rate and creativity can help us. But hope he will come on later in the match as needed.
I think this match will be won or lost in midfield. Liverpool have a strong midfield. So, we need to stop their midfield from controlling this match. We should start with Wanyama and Sissoko to help us control the midfield. We need both Wanyama and Sissoko to work hard and stop their attacks. It will help us if our midfield can score or create goals for our attack. Dier or Winks can come on later in the match to help our midfield. Wish we still have Dembele who can really help us dominate the midfield.
Our defence conceded 8 goals against Emirates Marketing Project and Ajax. We really need to defend much better against Liverpool. We cannot afford to give away early goal in this match. We need Lloris, Alderweireld and Vertonghen to be alert all the time and avoid any silly mistakes. We also need Tripppier and Rose, if they start, to have an error-free match. Liverpool have players who can score long range goals. So, we should avoid giving away any freekicks near our goal. It is going to be tough but it will help us greatly if we can keep the clean sheet in this match.
It is going to be a tense match. We always seems to enjoy doing it the hard way in any Cup Finals. Hope we can win it comfortably this time. Want us to win in normal time but hope we will be prepared for penalties as well. After all, it is not every time we get a chance to be in the CL Final ! Let's hope we will turn up with the right team and mentality to beat Liverpool and become the new European Champions !