The Blues secured themselves a spot in the FA Cup final after knocking five goals past Harry Redknapp’s Spurs and are now favourites to lift the trophy on the 5th of May.
The second semi-final of the 2011/12 FA Cup saw http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Roberto-c31294 Di Matteo’s Chelsea take on Harry Redknapp’s Tottenham Hotspur in what was a mouth-watering prospect of a match.
Both clubs were based in London and the match had a slight derby touch to it and for Tottenham, it was the side’s last opportunity at winning silverware this season.
Di Matteo’s team selection caused quite a stir when he opted to start http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604 in mind as well.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ramires-c30523 getting the nod in place of them.
As for Tottenham, it seemed that Redknapp was adamant on securing a final berth for his side as the line-up was full of attack-minded players with both Rafael Van der Vaart and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Gareth-Bale-c14422 was always going to cause problems and one wondered whether Jose Bosingwa would be able to stand up to the pacey Welsh winger.
The match started with Tottenham piling on the early pressure. The Spurs side went close on a number of occasions but never capitalised on any of their chances. Van der Vaart came the closest when his curling shot-c*m-cross crashed off http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Emmanuel-Adebayor-c12526 needed only to apply the lightest of touches for his side to take a deserved lead, yet it was not to be.
Tottenham were made to pay for their inability to take their chances when http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Didier-Drogba-c11044 scored three minutes before half-time. Facing away from goal, Drogba brought the ball under control before unleashing a powerful volley which crashed into the back of the net.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Chelsea-c38786 went into the tunnel at the halfway mark with a crucial one goal lead, which to be fair, was completely against the run of play.
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