Louis van Gaal is aiming to win the FA Cup with "beautiful" football but will settle for anything that brings the trophy back to Manchester United.
United are favourites to see off Crystal Palace at Wembley on Saturday in a repeat of the 1990 final that ended after a replay with Sir Alex Ferguson claiming his first piece of major silverware for the club.
The Red Devils have not added to their honours since the Scot's retirement in 2013 and while Van Gaal is aware that United fans expect an aesthetically-pleasing brand of football, he sees success as the main priority.
"Of course the starting point is to perform well, to win beautiful...to score beautiful goals," said Van Gaal.
"But a 1-0 win, for me, is also enough because winning is the most important thing in a final.
"When you lose you have nothing."
The Dutchman also hinted that the match could only truly be a spectacle if Palace throw caution to the wind, something he does not anticipate will happen.
"You always need two attacking sides, then you always get a fantastic match," he explained.
"I think they shall defend very small spaces and then counter because they have a lot of speed in attack.
"It shall be very difficult, but you cannot always predict a final."
Van Gaal has insisted that his own future at the club, which continues to attract varied speculation in the media and on the terraces, is a minor concern compared to the final itself.
Rather than fretting about whether or not it will prove to be his last game as manager, the United boss is concerned about telling those who will not make his matchday 18 the bad news.
Marcos Rojo, Marouane Fellaini, Matteo Darmian and Morgan Schneiderlin are all back in the fray, meaning changes can be expected, at least on the bench, from the 3-1 win over Bournemouth.
"I have a lot of fit players now, and for me that is more difficult because I have to disappoint a lot of players," he said.
"I have worked a year with 27 players and all 27 try their utmost best.
"Then you have to say to some 'you are not invited for the squad' and he has to come to the stadium. That's not nice. I have to select a team and also I have to disappoint because some others are thinking they should play."