Chapter 485: FA Cup Semifinals

In the 34th round of the Premier League, Chelsea challenged Southampton away, Southampton is a relegation club, and Manchester City, which is chasing closely, is eyeing the three points.

Although it is an away substitute game, this round still won 3 points, as long as the next round is won or drawn at home, you can defend the league title!

Most of the key players have also been revised, and Chelsea will take on Southampton in the FA Cup semi-finals five days later.

The FA Cup is the oldest football competition in the world, with no seeded teams and matches and home and away matches being decided entirely by draw.

The semi-finals and finals will be held at a neutral venue, and if the team is tied within 90 minutes, extra time will be required to decide the winner, and if there is no difference in extra time, the winner will be decided by penalty shootout.

The other semi-final was over as United came from behind to beat Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 to qualify for the FA Cup final for the 20th time.

In the 11th minute, Alli scored for Tottenham. Alexis Sanchez equalised in the 24th minute and Herrera scored in the 62nd minute to reach the FA Cup final for the 20th time and for the 20th time after beating Tottenham Hotspur. They have won the title 12 times before.

On the afternoon of April 22, the whole team gathered to go to Wembley Stadium, and Kodic said to his players before leaving: "The FA Cup is here, we can't give up, we must win Southampton, but for the Champions League match against Liverpool in three days, I will still stay." ”

Kodic continued to admonish his players with a grim face: "Although I will not be in the full squad, we have no problem winning Southampton.

However, Southampton were beaten three goals by our substitutes in the last game, mainly because they have run out of league demands.

But they're already in the semi-finals of the FA Cup, so they're going to have a lot of motivation to play this game, whether you go to the final or fall in the semi-finals, it's up to you!

As you must have known yesterday's match between Manchester United and Tottenham, Manchester United qualified for the final 2-1, and we will definitely meet Manchester City in the final! ”

No need for Kodic to explain, everyone knows it! After seeing Kodic's speech, captain Cahill turned around and waved and shouted: "Go, Wembley Stadium, to the final!" ”

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Kodic will naturally attack in this game, and Kodic laid out tactics in the dressing room: "Willian and Eden Hazard's attack is the focus of this game, and the combination between the two of you and Giroud will also determine the direction of this game.

Southampton's current strength is not enough to compete with us, they can only focus on defense, so we should attack with all our strength and tear down the opponent's defense. ”

Kodic is in a good mood right now, he's happy with the team he is now, he wasn't the manager of the team last season, he just won the preliminary league title.

At that time, he never imagined that next season, he would lead the first team to a big kill, and he was very satisfied with the Chelsea players, of course, he was most satisfied with the front field.

He has watched the attacking power of Jones Hazard and Costa combined this season, and he feels that with the presence of the three of them in the frontcourt, there will be basically no problem in the game.

The backfield is Chelsea's weakness this season, mainly because the gap between the strength of the main force and the substitute is too big, and it will not concede so many goals if it is a single line, but Chelsea, which is fighting on multiple fronts this season, has always won by scoring more goals than others.

At this time, he didn't have any good solutions, and the only thing he did every day was to try to ensure that the players didn't get injured, didn't get too tired, and controlled the amount of exercise.

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In the voice of the football commentator, the game began: "At 3pm on the 22nd, Chelsea welcomed the FA Cup semi-finals at Wembley Stadium with the strong momentum of the reigning Premier League champions.

They are against Southampton, bottom of the Premier League, with Kodic leaving half of his squad on the bench and they have a tough game to play in three days' time. ”

Jones, who finalized a new contract with the club the day before yesterday, was in a very good mood, even if he was sitting on the bench, he did not have the slightest dissatisfaction, and he is now a player with the club's top salary!

Eden Hazard started only the first part of Chelsea's trident this season, with the game starting with huge shouts from fans on both sides.

Chelsea launched a frantic attack on Southampton after the opening kick-off, with the grand goal of the Quadruple just around the corner, and now they are so ambitious that they naturally don't have Southampton in the relegation zone in mind!

Like a blue tide, the player pounced on Southampton's goal, and in the fifth minute after the opening, Hazard fired a long-range shot from outside the box that went over the crossbar!

Five minutes later, Chelsea continued to attack from the middle, Bakayoko crossed diagonally, Giroud leaned on the opposition defender and fired a powerful shot!

Football is off the line again!

In the 13th minute of the first half, Chelsea were awarded a corner, and Olivier Giroud rose up to head the ball over the crossbar again!

In the 16th minute of the first half, Chelsea won a free-kick in front of the goal, and Eden Hazard's free-kick flew around the wall and towards the top right corner of the goal!

Just as the Chelsea fans were about to cheer: "Bang ......" made a loud noise, the football hit the crossbar and popped off the bottom line, the Chelsea fans sighed regretfully, and then immediately applauded the players to encourage, after the opening has threatened the opponent's goal several times, the goal is sooner or later!

It wasn't until the 25th minute of the first half that Southampton completed their first shot of the game with a long-range shot, which shows how ferocious Chelsea's attack is!

In the 40th minute of the first half, Southampton's goal was finally broken by Chelsea, Chelsea were given a free kick in front, Bakayoko kicked the ball into the box, Giroud pressed the opposition defender, and hit the goal with a ferocious header!

Football hits the net! 1 to 0! Chelsea lead!

The Chelsea fans immediately stood up and cheered the goal!

Chelsea went into the second half with a one-goal lead and as the second half began, Chelsea continued to control the tempo of the game, with Southampton relying on sporadic counter-attacks to threaten the Chelsea goal.

But against Cahill's back line, they simply didn't get a good chance to find the back of the net.

In the 15th minute of the second half, Kodic began to make substitutions, replacing Jones and Cesc Fabregas in succession, replacing Pedro and Bakayoko, and Jones appeared in Pedro's place.

Chelsea's attack intensified with the introduction of Jones and Cesc Fabregas, and in the 21st minute of the second half, Jones picked up Cesc Fabregas's pass in the heart of the opposition.

He broke down the wing with the football, and when he just picked up, the opposition defender didn't hesitate to bring Jones down.

Referee Atkinson awarded Chelsea a direct free-kick, which was in a good position and Jones opted to shoot straight at goal.

Jones stood directly at the penalty spot!

"Tick! ……”

Atkinson blew the whistle, Jones began to run, and the next moment, Jones directly hit the goal with a heavy kick!

The football quickly passed through the right side of the human wall and flew towards the left side of the goal, and when Southampton's goalkeeper Alex saw the football, he only subconsciously moved a step, he knew that he had no way to pounce on the ball, and then the football drilled directly into the goal!

The Chelsea commentator cheered: 'The goal is in! 2 to 0! Chelsea extend their lead! "Can't find the latest chapter of the book you want to read? cough cough cough, it's not a thing, I recommend a public account, there is a young lady here to help you find the latest chapters, and chat with you!