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Balotelli confident of Man City FA Cup triumph

Manchester City striker Mario Balotelli is confident that the club can break a 35-year trophy drought next weekend.

The Eastlands club meet Stoke City in the FA Cup final at Wembley Stadium on May 14 and are slight favourites to take out the famous competition.

20-year old Balotelli said that although the Potters are a tough opponent, he feels that City has the quality to triumph.

"I have never come up against a team like Stoke before," said the former Inter Milan striker.

"They have a certain way to play and it is really difficult to play against them.

"But the quality of our team is almost the same as Inter Milan and before games at Inter, we always said we only needed to think about us.

"It is the same here. We don't have to think about Stoke, United or Chelsea. We should just stay calm and do our job."

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