Chelsea beat Tottenham Hotspur 5-1 in the semi-final of the FA Cup on Sunday, and will now square off against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Liverpool-c39809 in the final.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Roberto-c31294 Di Matteo’s side went on a goal scoring spree in the second half, but were helped on their way by a poor refereeing decision. The match referee, Martin Atkinson wrongly adjudicated Juan Mata’s attempt in the second half to have crossed the goal line.
The Tottenham players were seen fuming with the match official over the decision, which doubled the Blues lead on the night.
Despite the incident, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Chelsea-c38786 assumed total control of the match, and went on to score three more goals in the last fifteen minutes.
Both the teams made a tentative start to the game. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Didier-Drogba-c11044 had an early opportunity to put the Blues ahead, but he failed to execute his volley.
Frank Lampard then came to the rescue of his team, as he slid-in to block a shot from Scott Parker inside the box.
Harry Redknapp’s side came close of going ahead in the 36th minute, after Van der Vaart comfortably beat http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/John-Terry-c18895.
However, the North London side should have grabbed the lead three minutes later, after http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Emmanuel-Adebayor-c12526 failed to get a touch on a cross from the Dutchman and the ball went away from danger, after hitting the post.
With the game seemingly being dominated by the Spurs, the Blues striker Drogba pulled off a moment of magic just at the stroke of halftime, to put his side in front.
The Ivorian footballer recieved a long ball from http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Carlo-Cudicini-c8340.
Four minutes after the break, Mata claimed a controversial goal for the Blues, after his shot struck http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ledley-King-c21859 on the goal-line. The ball was subsequently cleared by the Spurs defence, but the referee ruled the decision in favour of the Spaniard, as he
thought that the ball had crossed the line.
However, the Spurs shrugged aside the disappointment of the Mata goal, and hit-back immediately through http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Gareth-Bale-c14422. Scott Parker picked up a wonderful through pass for Adebayor, and the on-loan striker from Manchester City was brought down inside the box
by Cech, however, the ball managed to find its way to Bale. The Welsh footballer then tapped the ball into the back of the net for an easy finish, to bring his side back in the game.
However, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ramires-c30523 reclaimed the Blues two goal advantage in the 77th minute. Mata played the ball inside the box to the charging Brazilian, who chipped the ball over the advancing goalkeeper.
Lampard them blasted a 30 yards free-kick into the top right corner of the goal to put the game beyond all doubt, before http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Florent-Malouda-c13838 grabbed the fifth Chelsea goal in the stoppage time, to complete a 5-1 rout.
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