- Arsenal FC and Manchester United are already in the 1/2 of the FA Cup final
- Manchester City and Newcastle United will also play in the last quarterfinal
- A year ago, Man City players reached for the trophy
The Leicester City team has been waiting for promotion to the FA Cup semi-finals since 1982. The showcase of London’s Chelsea, which reached the trophy in 2018, is much richer in recent years. In the previous round, The Blues defeated Liverpool FC, and in the last league match Manchester City. Guests were considered to be an insignificant favorite of the meeting.
In the first quarter the patient play of both teams dominated, the hosts could be the first to be paid for such a course of the match. Billy Gilmour took advantage of the bad play in the middle of the field by the speeding Youri Tielemans. Belgian defended his rivals and fired a dangerous shot into the bottom right corner of the goal, only Willy Caballero’s intervention saved Chelsea.
The team from London created the best and basically the only dangerous action in the 30th minute. Christian Pulisic just past the ball and passed Evansa and fought a lot of space to shoot. This time Kasper Schmeichel’s effort made the result goalless.
For the last ten catches, Lisa from Leicester scored only one goal, making as many as 65 shots at that time. Close to improving this statistics was still in the last moments of the first part of the match Jamie Vardy, but his dynamic entry into the penalty area ended with a minimally misfire attempt.
A good match on the right flank, Willian proved to be a key figure in Chelsea’s 1: 0 goal action. It was his throw to the eleventh meter to the unattended Ross Barkley, which ended with a shot of a speeding attacker. This player has a unique nose to goals in the FA Cup, it was his third hit in this competition (out of four this season in general).
The offensive performed by The Foxes was becoming more and more chaotic over the minutes, but nevertheless there was an opportunity to bring about a draw. Chelsea’s goalkeeper missed a cross from Mark Albrighton, and the football hit Caglar Soyuncu’s head, but he failed to send her into the goal mirror.
Leicester City – Chelsea FC 0:1 (0:0)
Goal: Ross Barkley (63)
Yellow cards: Caglar Soyuncu. Judged: Mike Dean
Chelsea FC: Willy Caballero; Reece James (46. Cesar Azpilicueta), Antonio Rudiger, Kurt Zouma, Emerson; Billy Gilmour (46. Mateo Kovacić), N’Golo Kante, Mason Mount (46. Ross Barkley); Willian (78. Pedro Rodriguez), Tammy Abraham, Christian Pulisic (72. Ruben Loftus-Cheek).
Leicester City: Kasper Schmeichel; James Justin, Jonny Evans, Caglar Soyuncu, Ben Chilwell; Wilfred Ndidi; Ayoze Perez (57. Hamza Choudhury), Youri Tielemans, Dennis Praet (57. Marc Albrighton), Harvey Barnes (76. Demarai Gray); Jamie Vardy.
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