Chelsea were both lucky and good in the FA Cup Semifinal against Spurs as we powered our way into the fourth FA Cup final in just six years to play Liverpool. The game had a little bit of
everything. Goalpost hit, two brilliant goals, one controversial goal, a
worrying injury and even a small fight! But in the end the better team won.
The game started off kind of slow
and disjointed with both teams having chances early, however Spurs carried the
play for the most part in the first half as they had numerous chances but failed
to capitalize thanks to a brilliant John Terry goal line clearance and the post
being kind to Petr Cech. The game changed invariably with a brilliant goal from
Didier Drogba who owned his defender all game long. That goal gave Chelsea much
needed confidence and swagger and they never let it go for the rest of the
game.
The
second half is where all the craziness started. To be fair Chelsea was the team
that came out with a sense of purpose and immediately put Spurs on the defence with its aggressiveness. Four minutes into the second half, Juan Mata
scored a contentious goal. Replays from some angles seemed to show the ball
didn’t cross the line completely but later pictures show the ball did cross the
line. Either way with the score line being 5-1 it wasn’t the major cause of the
win. Next came the Spurs goal and believe it or not, fortune once again smiled on Chelsea. Petr Cech raced out and tripped Adebayor, who was on a breakaway,
now normally this would be a penalty along with a red card on Cech. However,
Gareth Bale scored, so that left the Chelsea keeper in the game with no
punishment other than the loss of his clean sheet. Chelsea did have a bigger
problem as David Luiz hurt his hamstring during the buildup and has a good
chance of missing the first leg of the Barcelona match at the very least.
The game was a tense affair until the 78th minute when it was completely taken over by Chelsea who scored 3 more goals to wrap up a memorable night. The third goal by Ramires exploited his speed when he raced out to convert a beautiful through ball by Mata. The fourth goal was an absolutely BRILLIANT free kick scored by Frank Lampard that sent Chelsea fans into delirium and the fifth and final goal was scored by Malouda. In between all of that Scott Parker took umbrage against Mikel kicking him in the back of the leg and had to be restrained by several players including John Terry. Of course the media will talk endlessly about “that” goal but all in all it was a great FA Cup semifinal by Chelsea filled with great drama, goals, controversy and joy for the blue side of London. It’s sure to be a cracking final against Liverpool on May 5th!
The game was a tense affair until the 78th minute when it was completely taken over by Chelsea who scored 3 more goals to wrap up a memorable night. The third goal by Ramires exploited his speed when he raced out to convert a beautiful through ball by Mata. The fourth goal was an absolutely BRILLIANT free kick scored by Frank Lampard that sent Chelsea fans into delirium and the fifth and final goal was scored by Malouda. In between all of that Scott Parker took umbrage against Mikel kicking him in the back of the leg and had to be restrained by several players including John Terry. Of course the media will talk endlessly about “that” goal but all in all it was a great FA Cup semifinal by Chelsea filled with great drama, goals, controversy and joy for the blue side of London. It’s sure to be a cracking final against Liverpool on May 5th!
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