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  • English FA set to scrap third, fourth-round replays

    English FA set to scrap third, fourth-round replays

    The English FA is considering making major changes that will affect teams participating in the competition.

    According to the BBC, the Football Association are close to scrapping the replays of round three and round four in its entirety.

    Matches that ends in a draw at the end of regulation time will go into extra time and potentially penalty shootouts.

    The move is set to negatively impact lower league clubs as they always look towards hosting replays as a method to generate revenues.

    The report also claimed the two-legged Carabao Cup semi-finals would also be scrapped in favour of the single-leg match-up.

  • FA Cup Final: Chelsea boss gives update on Kante, Kovacic injury

    FA Cup Final: Chelsea boss gives update on Kante, Kovacic injury

    Ahead of Saturday’s FA CUP showdown between Liverpool and Chelsea coach, Thomas Tuchel, has provided update on the injury to key players Mateo Kovacic and N’Golo Kante.

    Kovacic was withdrawn from the Chelsea’s Premier League victory over Leeds United on Wednesday, while Kante missed the midweek tie.

     

    Speaking during his pre-match press conference ahead of Chelsea’s FA Cup tie with Liverpool at Wembley Stadium, Tuchel said Kovacic could still play a part in the final because the injury wasn’t serious

    “Mateo wants to try it and the medical department gave the green light to try it. The advantage is that the ligament was not torn from the last incident so there’s no new injury.

    “There is heavy pain and it is heavily swollen, we are hoping maybe time is enough that he makes it. We’ll try in training and then we will know more about it.”

    Speaking of Kante, Tuchel added, “He is also trying. He tried yesterday in training and trained more or less everything.

    “It was a reduced training session because of quite a long travel and fatigue so it wasn’t high intensity.

    “We will also try with him today, he’s keen to make it hundred percent that we can plan with him tomorrow would be crucial for us.”

  • Klopp reveals how Liverpool will celebrate if they win FA cup

    Klopp reveals how Liverpool will celebrate if they win FA cup

    Liverpool manager, the German tactician , coach Jurgen Klopp, has said they will not celebrate massively if they beat Chelsea in the FA Cup final, because of their bid to win a historic Quadruple this season.

    Recall that Liverpool defeated Chelsea 11-10 on penalties to win the first major trophy of the season at the Wembley stadium in February.

    Liverpool will be praying that Manchester City faulters in their two remaining matches for the hopes of winning the historic quadruple.

    Klopp’s men are still on the quest to win all four trophies, as they chase Manchester City in the Premier League title race and face Real Madrid in the Champions League final.

    “When you go for three or four trophies, it’s clear you get it or you don’t,” Klopp told a news conference on Friday.

  • De Bruyne, Walker set to miss Man city’s FA cup tie with Liverpool

    De Bruyne, Walker set to miss Man city’s FA cup tie with Liverpool

    Manchester city midfieder Kevin De Bruyne and defender Kyle Walker are major doubts for Saturday’s FA Cup clash with Liverpool on Saturday, coach Pep Guardiola has confirmed.

    The duo were both substituted after suffering injuries in Wednesday’s fractious Champions League clash with Atletico Madrid at the Wanda Metropolitano in the Spanish capital.

    It ended goalless but city progressed to the semi-final after going through on a 1-0 aggregate scoreline.

    Recall that City had defeated Atletico in the first leg of the encounter at the Etihad stadium in England.

    Both players were unable to participate as City held a training session at Millwall’s ground on Friday having travelled straight to London from Spain.

    Guardiola confirmed playmaker De Bruyne had required stitches in a foot wound while Walker had suffered a twisted ankle.

    Speaking at a press conference at the Championship club’s ground, Guardiola said: “They didn’t train today. We’ll see tomorrow but apparently it’d be so close after what happened on Wednesday.”

    Manchester City will face Real Madrid in the semi-finals of this season’s UEFA champions League.

  • Chelsea scale through to FA cup semi-final

    Chelsea scale through to FA cup semi-final

    Chelsea football club have qualified for the semi-finals of the FA cup after defeating Championship side Middlesborough 2-0 away from home.

    Romelu Lukaku and Hakim Ziyech’s goals were enough to send Chelsea to Wembley for the semi final games of the FA Cup

    The win ended the Championship club’s remarkable run in the competition.

    Middlesbrough had eliminated Manchester United on penalties in the fourth round and scored an extra-time winner to defeat Tottenham Hotspur in the fifth round.

    However, Chris Wilder’s side met a stiffer opposition in Chelsea on Saturday

    Thomas Tuchel’s men go into the international break on the back of a 13-game unbeaten run from January.

    Chelsea awaits the result of Liverpooland others still in the competition to know their next opponent.

  • FA Cup: We’re lacking confidence – Lampard

    FA Cup: We’re lacking confidence – Lampard

    Chelsea manager Frank Lampard admits he’s nervous facing FA Cup third round opponents Morecambe.

    As the pressure builds on Lampard, he called on his confidence-hit players to be “even more on guard” as they prepare to host League Two Morecambe in the third-round of the FA Cup on Sunday.

    He said: “No matter form, team, status, the FA Cup has a magic that’s been there forever which means underdogs will turn up and make it difficult. With our current form, we have to be even more on guard.

    “Confidence has been hit with the difficult patch we’ve had. But I’ll pick a team to try to win the game.

    “There’s only one way to move on from a lack of confidence and that’s to work hard. You’ve got to sprint out of a lack of confidence.”

    Lampard admitted that it has been hard to juggle his big squad, and said that some players are finding the lack of minutes tough.

    “When you have a squad as big as we do, there are probably more non-starters than starters. So it’s only human nature that players find that tough,” he added.

  • English FA Cup slated for August 8

    English FA Cup slated for August 8

    The FA Cup Final has been penciled in for Saturday, August 8, though a midweek date of August 5 is also under consideration, but it is still expected to be the final game of the season as part of the Premier League’s Project Restart.

    The Premier League is mindful of the FA’s acute financial situation, with the cancellation of Euro 2020 and all summer events at Wembley, which make finishing the FA Cup this season crucial if the governing body is to stem some of its huge financial losses due to the coronavirus shutdown.

    FA chief executive Mark Bullingham has already said that the national governing body will lose more than £100million due to coronavirus and cutbacks could be made to grass roots programmes.

    The FA will act in concert with the Premier League and only start competitions if the Government deem it safe with more talks expected with the deputy chief medical officer Jonathan Van-Tam this week.

    The Premier League required flexibility from the national federations and UEFA to cancel Euro 2020 to allow the possibility of finishing domestic leagues.