{"id":423006,"date":"2011-05-12T20:14:00","date_gmt":"2011-05-12T20:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/05\/12\/stoke-city-will-be-tougher-opponents-in-fa-cup-final-than-manchester-united-manchester-city-boss-roberto-mancini\/"},"modified":"2011-05-12T20:14:00","modified_gmt":"2011-05-12T20:14:00","slug":"stoke-city-will-be-tougher-opponents-in-fa-cup-final-than-manchester-united-manchester-city-boss-roberto-mancini","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/12\/stoke-city-will-be-tougher-opponents-in-fa-cup-final-than-manchester-united-manchester-city-boss-roberto-mancini\/","title":{"rendered":"Stoke City will be tougher opponents in FA Cup final than Manchester United &#8211; Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Nathan Lowe<\/h3>\n<h4>12 May 2011 21:14:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"63.3341902314\">\n<div readability=\"14.24\">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Roberto Mancini - Manchester City (Getty Images)\" src=\"http:\/\/u.goal.com\/129900\/129948_news.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Roberto Mancini &#8211; Manchester City (Getty Images)<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p><span readability=\"28.6040816327\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/109\/manchester-city\">Manchester City<\/a> boss <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/italy\/170\/roberto-mancini\">Roberto Mancini<\/a> believes that facing <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/717\/stoke-city\">Stoke City<\/a> in the FA Cup final on Saturday will prove a tougher proposition than taking on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/97\/manchester-united\">Manchester United<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>City beat local rivals United at the semi-final stage of the competition courtesy of Yaya Toure&#8217;s winner and Mancini admits that his team would be foolish to underestimate the Potters.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Saturday will be harder than United,&#8221; the former Inter boss said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Stoke are a strong team and a very difficult team. To think they are an easy team would be a mistake.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If we want to win we need to play very well. We should pay attention in every situation. We cannot concede anything.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have achieved one piece of history by going into the Champions League, now it is time we won a title.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>When asked about possible summer transfer activity, the Italian spoke of more potential big-name signings arriving now that City have qualified for the Champions League.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This year we will play in the Champions League so it will probably be different,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Now, maybe it will be easier to take good players because all the good players want to play in the Champions League.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Manchester City and Stoke City go at it Saturday at Wembley Stadium with the FA Cup trophy up for grabs.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Read more from the original source:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2900\/fa-cup\/2011\/05\/12\/2483740\/stoke-city-will-be-tougher-opponents-in-fa-cup-final-than\" title=\"Stoke City will be tougher opponents in FA Cup final than Manchester United - Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Stoke City will be tougher opponents in FA Cup final than Manchester United &#8211; Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Nathan Lowe 12 May 2011 21:14:00 Roberto Mancini &#8211; Manchester City (Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini believes that facing Stoke City in the FA Cup final on Saturday will prove a tougher proposition than taking on Manchester United . <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-423006","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Stoke City will be tougher opponents in FA Cup final than Manchester United - Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/12\/stoke-city-will-be-tougher-opponents-in-fa-cup-final-than-manchester-united-manchester-city-boss-roberto-mancini\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Stoke City will be tougher opponents in FA Cup final than Manchester United - Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"By Nathan Lowe 12 May 2011 21:14:00 Roberto Mancini - Manchester City (Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini believes that facing Stoke City in the FA Cup final on Saturday will prove a tougher proposition than taking on Manchester United .\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"http:\/\/u.goal.com\/129900\/129948_news.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ghanamma\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@ghanamma\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/12\/stoke-city-will-be-tougher-opponents-in-fa-cup-final-than-manchester-united-manchester-city-boss-roberto-mancini\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/12\/stoke-city-will-be-tougher-opponents-in-fa-cup-final-than-manchester-united-manchester-city-boss-roberto-mancini\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"\",\"@id\":\"\"},\"headline\":\"Stoke City will be tougher opponents in FA Cup final than Manchester United &#8211; 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