{"id":1511,"date":"2026-03-21T00:08:03","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T00:08:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/osport.com.ng\/?p=1511"},"modified":"2026-03-21T00:08:03","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T00:08:03","slug":"cup-final-preview-how-big-would-a-city-win-be","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/osport.com.ng\/?p=1511","title":{"rendered":"CUP FINAL PREVIEW | HOW BIG WOULD A CITY WIN BE?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<p><strong>The Arsenal Opinion | Before the Whistle \u2014 Carabao Cup Final<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Pete, Johnny and Jacob are on the eve of Arsenal\u2019s first cup final in a very long time \u2014 and the nerves, the arguments, the copium and the genuine belief are all present and correct. It\u2019s Arsenal vs Man City at Wembley, and everything is on the line.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s what\u2019s inside:<\/p>\n<p><span>&#x1f525; <\/span><strong>Hottest of Takes<\/strong><span>  \u2014 one of the lads comes in with the ultimate insurance policy if Sunday goes wrong, another thinks this game could mean far more than just a cup, and Pete has a proper moment about Mikel Arteta that every Arsenal fan needs to hear<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#x1f3c6; <\/span><strong>Does The League Cup Even Matter?<\/strong><span>  \u2014 Jacob comes clean: he doesn\u2019t care about this competition. But he absolutely cares about beating Pep. Pete and Johnny make the case that winning this could be the blow that sends City into total freefall<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#x1f91d; <\/span><strong>The Andrea Berta Debate<\/strong><span>  \u2014 is Arsenal\u2019s sporting director fishing for a new contract? And were his big-money signings actually the right call? A genuinely heated three-way argument with no clean resolution<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#x1f476; <\/span><strong>Jacob\u2019s Secret Weapon<\/strong><span>  \u2014 he\u2019s turned down Wembley, turned down the pub, and is staying home with his newborn. She\u2019s won every game she\u2019s watched. No pressure.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#x1f3af; <\/span><strong>Predictions<\/strong><span>  \u2014 all three have their say on how Sunday plays out. Tune in to find out who\u2019s backing what<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Arsenal Opinion | Before the Whistle \u2014 Carabao Cup Final Pete, Johnny and Jacob<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1512,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1511","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arsenal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/osport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1511","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/osport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/osport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/osport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/osport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1511"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/osport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1511\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/osport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1512"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/osport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/osport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/osport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}