FA Cup holders Chelsea took a giant step closet to a domestic double by beating Aston Villa 3-0 in the FA Cup semi-final. Their opponent in the final will be Portsmouth who shocked Tottenham 2-0 on extra time.
Chelsea were outplayed by Aston Villa in the first half of their semi-final but came on stronger in the second half and got the all important first goal when Didier Drogba turned in John Terry’s miscued shot.
As Villa pressed for an equalizer they left themselves open at the back and Chelsea took advantage as first Florent Malouda coolly finished Michael Ballack’s deep cross and then five minutes into added time Frank Lampard added Chelsea’s third.
Portsmouth’s incredible FA Cup run continued thanks to a pair of goals in extra time. Frederic Piquionne struck the first after Spurs defender Michael Dawson had slipped when attempting to deal with a free-kick lobbed into the area, and Kevin-Prince Boateng made sure of the result with a penalty following Wilson Palacios’s foul on Aruna Dindane.
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