http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Roberto-c31294 Di Matteo’s Blues will be hoping to ensure that, come the final whistle at Wembley, his side will be lifting the FA Cup instead of Liverpool.
Chelsea will kick off in their first of two finals this season on the 5th of May, when they travel to Wembley to face off against Liverpool in the 2011/12 FA Cup Final.
The two clubs garnered quite a rivalry against each other during the days of Jose Mourinho and Rafael Benitez, when http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Liverpool-c39809 and Chelsea would find themselves face-to-face in nearly every cup competition.
This time around it will be http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Chelsea-c38786’s interim manager, Roberto DI Matteo, against Kop Legend, Kenny Dalglish, with the FA Cup on the line.
The Blues go into the match as favourites following their 5-1 demolition of Tottenham Hotspur in the semi-final stage of the competition. The Blues go into the match with a number of their key players in fine form, including a certain http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Fernando-Torres-c13707.
The match will have special meaning for the Spaniard who has only recently found the kind of devastating form that made him such an icon at his former club, which incidentally was Liverpool.
One can expect the player to put in a determined performance against his former employers as he will try to prove that he made the right move by moving to the London side.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604 as well.
Di Matteo will be hoping for more of the same come the final and will be looking to take advantage of the favourite’s tag that has been given to the side after their impressive runs in the cup competitions so far this season.
However, it must be noted that Liverpool are the only side to have beaten Chelsea in any cup competition this season when they dumped the Blues out of the Carling Cup.
Chelsea will be looking to make amends for that defeat and are set to field a much stronger side against the Reds this time around.
Both Liverpool and Chelsea lost their mid-week Barclays Premier League matches against Fulham and Newcastle United respectively and in terms of form coming into the match are pretty much level.
However, past achievements take a back seat on finals and Liverpool have shown they are more than capable of causing an upset on the biggest of occasions, however, Chelsea have the players to deal with any side on their day and that makes the FA Cup Final a match that no one should miss.
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