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FA Cup | Barkley puts Chelsea in a gold semifinal

Arsenal, Chelsea, Manchester United y … ¿Manchester City? The semifinals of the FA Cup promise to give a lot of play and the last to sneak into it have been the blues thanks to a great goal from Barkley that sent Leicester to the canvas. The foxes, who have not yet returned to the pre-coronavirus level, had their opportunities, but those of Lampard, emboldened during the last dates, managed to storm the King Power Stadium.

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And is that Chelsea, who comes to certify the Premier for Liverpool after winning City, can not fail between now and the end of the season if he wants to maintain a fourth position that gives him access to the Champions League. The match, which was highly contested by the attacking football that they both practice, began to be decided, however, from the second half, moment in which the Londoners came out better and when an offside goal was annulled to Abraham.

His was just a warning of what was to come, Barkley, who had infiltrated the area, was able to finish off at the first touch a beautiful center hung by Willian, scoring the only goal of the tie. The foxes, chaining in this way three consecutive defeats, tried to go with everything forward, and even Söyüncü had a shot on goal that ended up hitting the head of Azpilicueta, savior once again the captain, but Caballero, who played today, was fine on the few occasions he had to intervene.

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