Can Man United Stop Man City's Treble Quest At Wembley?
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The Times
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🗓️ 1 June 2023
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
Hugh Woozencroft is joined by Gregor Robertson, Tom Roddy and Molly Hudson to discuss the week's biggest football stories.
Jose Mourinho misses the chance to win the Europa League after a penalty shoot-out defeat to Sevilla in Budapest, but will he stay in Serie A next season, or will he make the perfect International manager? (00:00)
The Times' Manchester Correspondent Paul Hirst joins the show to preview the weekend's FA Cup final as Man United face Man City at Wembley, how motivated will United be to stop City winning the treble? How important a day is it for Manchester United? (09:25)
Gregor, Tom and Molly continue building up to the FA Cup final. What type of game will we expect to see? Will City's complacency cost them with their eyes on the Champions League final? What do United need to do in the summer to strengthen? (24:30)
Manchester United have reportedly agreed terms with Chelsea midfielder Mason Mount - how disappointed should Chelsea be to lose another homegrown player? What can Mount add to the Manchester United midfield? Will Declan Rice be a good signing for Bayern Munich? (34:45)
Molly looks ahead to the start of the Women's World Cup, as Sarina Weigman names England's squad for the tournament this summer. Will their injuries catch up with them? When will the off-the-field problems such as broadcasting rights etc be solved? (46:55)
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| 0:53.9 | Welcome to the game football podcast from the Times. Today we react to Jose |
| 1:01.7 | Moreno's anger as Roma, a beaten by Sevilla, who make it a magnificent |
| 1:06.4 | seven in the Europa League final last night. We'll look ahead to a massive |
| 1:11.0 | game at Wembley this weekend, the first Manchester Derby in an FA Cup final |
| 1:15.9 | in history. Can Manchester United upset the formbook? We'll talk about their |
| 1:20.9 | links to buy Mason Mount from Chelsea and his teammate Mateo Kovacic is |
| 1:25.2 | likely moved to Manchester City as well as our reaction to Serena |
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