Captain Newcastle Bruno Jaimaris admitted that his “dream” was to raise the first major cup in Newcastle in 75 years after helping to reach the Carabao Cup final.
The Magpies team beat Arsenal 2-0 at ST James' Park on Wednesday night to win a 4-0 victory in the semi-finals and reserve their place in Wembley.
The second final appearance of Newcastle will be in the competition three years ago, and after an abbreviation against Manchester United in 2023, Guimaraes is desperate to continue at this time.
“Incredible performance from everyone and we must thank the fans as well. Here we go, another final for the club and we hope we can win this,” said the Brazilian, who was appointed as a captain at the beginning of the season.
“I felt anxious before the match, Big Game, Arsenal A Top, Top Team, but when we play as if we became a great team.
“Play like this and we can dream of a big. It will be amazing to get the cup, it's my dream of doing this.
“ISak is the best striker these days for me. For me, the manager is amazing. It is worth credit.”
“Since I joined the club, my goal was to put my name in the club's history.”
Bruno Guimarães says it will be a dream to raise the cup with Newcastle 🏆 pic.twitter.com/vxbwpc9hxq
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Hao: We are wise than two years ago
Director Edi Hao says that Newcastle deserves his last place more than it was two years ago and feels that they are in a stronger position to improve.
“It is a huge (to return to Wembley). There was no first unexpected appearance, but the club where we want to be there must be regularly, so it is not a surprise.
“We are there on the basis of merit, our operation was not easy this year, we faced four teams in the Premier League, so we did the solid squares.
“We hope to learn from the last experience and improve our performance.”
Those who qualified in the Carabau Cup Finals 😍 pic.twitter.com/rcach4wtxh
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Howwe Tactics Gunners
While enjoying the least ball, Newcastle was controlling the match in St. James Park after the director Haw chose to switch back, instead of his usual back.
She succeeded in treating, with Newcastle's second goal of pressure on defender Fabian Sar, the intense on the edge of the Arsenal box, allowing Anthony Gordon to hike home.
“It was a great night for us. It was a difficult game but tactically we were good. The intention was to be aggressive and sometimes when you did not always work.
“Today I did. I thought he helped consolidate our plan. We had to retreat sometimes but we were always in the game.
“The work (in the game plan) started on Monday, which is fast. The Champions League helped us last year to work on this two -day shift.
“The players follow the message instructions, they deserve credit. Fabian (Shar) had significant distances to cover his job, and Rice Diklan followed, whether it decreased, gold on a large scale or central gold.
“Sometimes he went directly on the field. It is a good and very able athlete to do so.”
