It wasn’t just the England stars that Thomas Tuchel was critiquing when he attended the Carabao Cup Final in March, but the official matchday publication as well.
The England manager got his hands on the 116-page A4 title at the national stadium before witnessing Nico O’Reilly score twice in four second-half minutes to hand Manchester City the silverware at Arsenal’s expense.
The 52-year-old former Paris Saint-Germain, Chelsea and Bayern Munich boss surveyed proceedings from the Royal Box area and was impressed by the quality he saw… both on the pitch and off it!
The matchday programme provided the perfect premium accompaniment to the showpiece finale once again, adorning every hospitality seat under the Arch as well as selling to tens of thousands of supporters around Wembley desperate to get hold of an ‘I was there’ piece of memorabilia.
The £10 title was packed with exclusive interviews from both City and the Gunners. Interviews from Ballon d’Or winner Rodri, matchwinner O’Reilly and James Trafford providing plenty of insight out of the Etihad, while the North London contingent had interviews from Viktor Gyokeres, ‘Mr Arsenal’ himself Tony Adams and from multi award-winning comedian Romesh Ranganathan to get stuck into.
Ignition Sports Media’s Commercial Director Lee Berry was among the great and the good from across the wider footballing fraternity in attendance, and remarked: “The Carabao Cup Final is always a defining moment in the season, being the first chance of silverware for clubs. We’re delighted that our flagship publication did justice to the special occasion once again as Pep Guardiola became the first manager to win the EFL Cup five times… and we’ve printed them all.”
Despite being a staunch Arsenal supporter even Prime Minister Keir Starmer made sure he took a copy away with him for reading on the way home! If you didn’t get your edition, you can still obtain a copy from the following link for home delivery.
