When you get to a Cup final, as a fan you want all of your key players fit and firing to try and quash those nerves that come about for games of this magnitude.
It's the same for all clubs.
It even applies to Manchester United, who have gone off the boil in recent years but have always been synonymous with winning silverware.
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Manchester United are already without Henrikh Mkhitaryan for the big game at Wembley after he picked up a hamstring injury in the second leg Europa League last 32 win over Saint-Etienne.
And when there was no sight of Juan Mata in photos of the squad arriving in London today posted on United's twitter account, you could almost feel the butterflies in the stomach of many United fans.
A good chunk of the replies to the tweet were from those wondering where Mata was:
Of course, it could just be that Mata was elsewhere or not in shot but it seems like that pre-Cup final anxiety is kicking in for United fans.
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It speaks volumes of how important he has been for Jose Mourinho and United this season.
UPDATE: Fortunately for Manchester United fans, it appears that Mata has not been and injured and dropped and there is a good reason he is not currently with the squad.
Who do you think will come out on top in tomorrow's final?
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