Wigan Roberto Martinez won the FA Cup to Manchester City

Last update 12 May, 2013 by Julio Muñoz

Roberto Martínez's Wigan has won the FA Cup, the oldest and most prestigious football competition at club level by beating Manchester City at Wembley thanks to a goal from Watson in the minute 90 of party.

Brand new display cases can lead to 81 years. Wigan won the first major title in its history with the FA Cup this Saturday. Roberto Martínez's team beat Manchester City (1-0) in a final that had everything. A suitable scene at Wembley, an even battle and an unlikely hero in Ben Watson. The midfielder, who had entered only a few minutes before, scored with a header in stoppage time the goal that sealed the duel.
“we always believed. we always believed”, was all Paul Scharner could say once he won the title. The Austrian was the only survivor of that Wigan team that lost the –then– Carling Cup final against Manchester United seven years ago.. On that occasion he threw his medal to the public in a gesture of frustration, but he will finally have a trophy to hold on to. Los ‘latics’ They can also boast of having been fair winners.
Wigan took to the Wembley pitch without fear. Without qualms. Naivety or perhaps naivety. He forgot for a moment his critical situation in the Premier League to launch himself into a head-to-head fight in which he had an eternity to win.. For your part, Manchester City showed a lack of rhythm, when not of character.

Yaya Touré's bad moment infected the rest of the team. Ni Silva, nor Agüero, nor Tevez, This is Nasri… The list of players who performed well below their capabilities could be extended even further, although those mentioned are enough to record City's poor performance. Without magic ones, without mordant the others. The first half was in the hands of a Wigan in which nothing is magical, but yes laborious.
The kilometers and kilometers covered by Shaun Maloney and Callum McManaman provided a thrilling point to Wigan's attack. Every time the ball passed through the boots of their wingers, the game sped up and came back unexpected. They generated two very good chances, but in both cases they took too long to shoot.
That innocence caused the 'latics’ They headed to the locker room with the concern of dominating and having left the best opportunity in the hands of City. Carlos Tévez had it, but Joel Robles resolved with his foot. Great performance by the red and white youth squad, who grew a couple of centimeters in this final. He remained strong in the second half as well., when Roberto Mancini's men first assumed their role as favorites.
Zabaleta's expulsion
Wigan remained patient until Pablo Zabaleta's expulsion for a double yellow card changed the situation.. There were just over five minutes left and they spent them attacking. McManaman reappeared in one fell swoop, Maloney and danger. And so it was until the regulatory time had elapsed., already in the discount, Ben Watson got ahead of everyone at the near post to head a corner kick into the opponent's corner..
It had only been a few minutes since Ben Watson had entered the field of play and he could not find a better way to end a nightmare that has lasted six months since he broke his leg. “you have to dream. And the bigger the dream, greater achievements”, Roberto Martínez stressed. Achieved the first dream, the second is left, which is none other than permanence. The FA Cup will give Wigan a boost in their fight to continue in the Premier League for another year. The lack of two days, three points separate them from Sunderland, Norwich y Newcastle. But after the first title in its history, everything seems possible.