Saturday was a busy football day. The fans had their full as there were in-numerous matches being played, speically some which included giants like Barcelona, Manchester City, Liverpool, Real Madrid, AC Milan and many more. And the worst defeat on Saturday was that of Norwich, which was simply routed and mauled at the hands of the Citizens 6-1.
Talking of the FA Cup, the first semi final was played between the Liverpool and the Everton. It was almost a 1-1 draw till in the 87th minute Carroll struck and shot the winning goal for the Liverpool to take his team to the final of the FA Cup, that gets played in May, next month.
In the second semi final, Spurs, who won the last of their eight FA Cups in 1991, face Chelsea on Sunday. For the Spurs, this match is very crucial as a win today can bring an end to Spurs' 21-year wait for FA Cup glory this season. Although, the Spurs have tried their best to regain the loss n the dry 22 years, they could only made it to the semis five times without reaching a final, losing to Arsenal twice (1993 and 2001), Everton (1995) Newcastle (1999) and Portsmouth (2010).
As for Chelsea, they have won the FA Cup five times and lost two finals. The resent FA Cup off a huge week for the Chelsea this season, with their Champions League match against hot-favorites Barcelona to come later in the week. A win here would surely have them in high spirits heading into that match.
The likely XIs from both sides may inlcude:
Tottenham: Friedel; Walker, Gallas, Nelsen, Assou-Ekotto; Lennon, Modric, Parker, Bale; Van Der Vaart; Adebayor.
Chelsea: Cech; Bosingwa, Terry, Cahill, Cole; Mikel, Lampard; Ramires, Mata, Sturridge; Drogba.
* Chelsea defender Branislav Ivanovic, who has scored four goals in his last seven games, is suspended having had a three-game ban, for an alleged punch on Wigan's Shaun Maloney, upheld by the Football Association.
And the winner of the second semi final is!! Well too early to say as it is the first time the Spurs and Chelsea are meeting in the FA Cup semi final. Of the other times eight they met has been a draw, both having won four matches each. Three of the last four timeshave ended in draws. But in two of the four occasions they have met, Spurs have taken the trophy. So make a guess who wighs heavily Sunday when the two meet for their first encounter of FA Cup semi.
The match is scheduled at Wembley Stadium on Sunday April 15 2012, kick-off Time 18:00 BST.
The links for the free live streaming of the second semi final of FA Cup 2012 between Spurs and Chelsea are given as herein under:
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