Tyrick Mitchell gave a glowing and honest review of the semi-final, under the Wembley arch which he saw daily growing up as a child.
“It's always different when you're playing at Wembley.” said Mitchell, whose grassroots club was AFC Wembley.
“This is the main stadium in England, so any time that you get the chance to come here, you know you're doing something well. Thankfully we've done well in the FA Cup and got to the final, so that the fans can enjoy it and we can too.
“It's always good to be in these types of competitions. The FA Cup's a big trophy, so to get to the final is a massive achievement.”
Mitchell leaves the game as an FA Cup finalist, with a clean sheet in another fantastic performance against Aston Villa.
“No match is comfortable, but sometimes the scoreline can lie. They had opportunities, but we knew what we were good at, I knew that we could catch them on the counter.
“You can see in every game, win, lose or draw, that we've got a good togetherness within the squad, and you can see that is emulated by the fans. It's just a positive place to be and we're all enjoying it.
“[The fans too,] you can see every game, home and away, they're amazing, and even here, it's a big occasion for us and them especially, so they always brought the energy, so we tried to win for them.
“[The manager is] also just happy for us, but he knows what we can achieve, and this is just one step closer to the trophy. We just have to train, train hard and eventually finish off the season strong in the Premier League, then when the final comes, we’ll try to win that as well.”
