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FA Cup final preview: More than bragging rights on the line as Manchester City and Manchester United face off

It's Saturday, 22 May 1999 and Roy Keane is leading Manchester United out at the old Wembley.

On the line, not just potential FA Cup glory, but the second leg in what the red half of Manchester hope will be a historic treble with Bayern Munich looming in the Champions League final on the Wednesday.

Everyone remembers how both those finals turned out.

Meanwhile, the blue half of town had more modest ambitions.

Manchester City's FA Cup journey had ended in the third round after a 1-0 defeat to the original Wimbledon.

Not a surprise really considering the nadir they had found themselves in. Four days after United's fairytale Champions League triumph, City had a crucial play-off final that could lift them back to the second tier of English football.

And that showpiece had some parallels with United's late show at the Nou Camp, with two stoppage-time goals by Kevin Horlock and Paul Dickov snatching a 2-2 draw against Gillingham that would force extra-time and an eventual penalty shootout win.

Twenty-four years on and it's Man City who are in the position United occupied, two final wins away from a treble of their own.

And while Inter Milan will stand in the Sky Blues' way next Saturday in a Champions League final that will be live on RTÉ2 and the RTÉ Player, Man United will be motivated to deny their neighbours when the FA Cup final kicks off at 3pm.

Paul Corry and David McMillan preview the #FACupFinal between Manchester City and Manchester United #RTESoccerPodcast #MUFC #MCFC

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