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18:58
Chelsea’s performance is that of a top team. The Blues put in as little effort as possible and coldly exploited the opponent’s first mistake.
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18:55
Tooor for Chelsea FC, 1-0 through Ruben Loftus-Cheek
Chelsea take advantage of Crystal Palace’s first mistake. Mitchell loses the ball under construction. Jorginho puts through to Havertz on the right, who brings the ball from the baseline to the middle. His cross is deflected and goes straight to Loftus-Cheek. The Englishman volleys the ball from twelve yards on the right. The beautiful shot is slightly deflected into the upper right corner.
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18:53
Azpilicueta swings in a cross from the right corner of the box. Crystal Palace clears with a header. Chelsea don’t have better “chances” at the moment.
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18:51
The corner comes from the left to the middle. Kouyaté climbs up seven meters centrally in front of the goal. His opponent ducks. Kouyaté heads the ball towards the goal. The conclusion is one meter to the left. This was a great opportunity.
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18:50
Zaha dances with Christensen on the right wing and then brings in a good cross in the middle. Azpilicueta clears the far post for a corner.
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18:49
James and Schlupp rush into each other in midfield. Schlupp stops for a moment. But he can go on.
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18:48
With the change, the Eagles switched to a 5-4-1 system. The poor chances of this game will probably not counteract that.
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18:44
Jordan Ayew comes on at Crystal Palace
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18:44
Jean-Philippe Mateta comes off the bench at Crystal Palace
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18:43
A Crystal Palace free-kick from the right half-field lands on Kouyaté’s head. But his finish is no problem for Mendy, who catches the ball.
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18:42
Rüdiger pulls away from a distance. His shot from 30 meters flies two meters to the left.
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18:41
Loftus-Cheek sticks well to Werner. The German gets stuck in the grass and therefore doesn’t quite reach the ball. Butland picks up the ball.
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18:39
Mount tries it from the second row. His hard right-footed shot from the left corner of the penalty area flies far over it.
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18:38
Chelsea start the second half with a lot of possession. However, the actions of the blues have not yet become much faster.
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18:35
Kick-off 2nd half
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18:22
mid-term conclusion
Chelsea and Crystal Palace go into the break with a goalless draw. The first half offered little entertainment. Chelsea didn’t make any pace at all, so a tired kick developed. Most of the time the ball was in midfield. There were no goal chances until the 36th minute. Kouyaté failed to volley to Mendy. Not much else happened. The second half can only get better.
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18:18
There are two minutes of stoppage time. Where Anthony Taylor gets these 120 seconds from and what he expects from them remains his secret. Almost nothing happened in the first half.
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18:17
Official injury time (minutes): 2
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18:15
The game has now calmed down again after the short high phase. The ball is usually in midfield. As soon as it goes into the last third, both teams become imprecise.
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18:13
Mateta lacks the pace with long balls behind the defense. The Eagles should rather play these passes to Zaha.
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18:10
Havertz goes into the penalty area on the left. He runs past Guehi and falls to the ground. Anthony Taylor whistles and gives the German yellow card for swallow. This is exactly the right decision. That was an embarrassing, unsportsmanlike action by Havertz. Guehi didn’t touch him.
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18:09
The game has awakened from its slumber. It’s going back and forth now.
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18:08
Crystal Palace have the best chance of the game. Eze brings a free kick from the left into the middle. Christensen clears his head to Kouyaté’s left foot, who volleys the ball from 12 yards out. Mendy dives into the right corner and parries the shot well. Then Andersen gets the ball and shoots against the post from close range. But he was offside anyway.
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18:06
Schlupp conquers the ball in Chelsea’s build-up. Then he plays a through ball to Zaha. But Christensen guessed exactly the pass and grabs the ball.
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18:05
Marcos Alonso brings in a cross from the right which is cleared. Mount volleys from the edge of the penalty area. The ball flies far over it because it doesn’t hit it cleanly.
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18:03
Thomas Tuchel’s words have obviously had an effect. The Blues are playing much faster now. That’s how they get into the dangerous zone.
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18:02
After a good start, Werner brings a cross into the middle from the left. Azpilicueta has a lot of space in the back. He volleys the mid-ball at full risk, but doesn’t actually hit it. So the ball goes out of the goal.
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18:01
James brings two corners into the penalty area from the right, which are unsuccessful. Crystal Palace has a lot of space on the counterattack. But a bad pass comes in the foot of a defender.
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18:01
Thomas Tuchel looks anything but satisfied on the outside line. The coach yells at his boys to show more commitment. As a neutral viewer, you can only approve of that.
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17:59
Eze brings a free kick from the center into the penalty area. Andersen runs freely towards the goal. But he doesn’t reach the ball. Mendy catches the cross.
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17:57
Kovačić limps off. The Croatian has a left leg injury. He is replaced by Loftus-Cheek.
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17:57
Ruben Loftus-Cheek comes on as a substitute at Chelsea FC
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17:57
Mateo Kovačić comes off the bench at Chelsea FC
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17:56
The ball flies towards the goal again. After a long ball, Havertz loses the header duel. An Eagles defenseman heads back to his goalie.
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17:55
The game is still boring. Nothing worth mentioning happens. If it continues like this, we’ll go to penalties without a shot on goal.
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17:51
Jorginho puts a high ball past the defense into Mount’s run. But Mount doesn’t reach the ball. There is repulsion.
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17:48
So far, neither team has taken the slightest risk. This is a midfield banter, as it says in the textbook.
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17:46
James’ corner leads to a header from Christensen, which goes out on goal.
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17:45
Havertz puts Werner through on the left, who brings the ball from the baseline to the middle. A defender clears for a corner.
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17:43
Kovačić approaches the penalty area and then falls to the ground. It looked like a foul by Mateta, but the Croatian just got stuck in the grass. Anthony Taylor saw it well and let it continue.
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17:42
Mount has the first completion of the game. He pulls from 22 meters half-left position with the right inside. The shot goes in the middle of the goal. Butland has no trouble catching the ball.
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17:41
At Crystal Palace, the idea is clearly recognizable. Long balls down Zaha’s barrel. So far none has arrived, but the rooms are there.
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17:39
It’s 19 degrees in London today. The game speed so far suggests that it’s closer to 40 degrees. The two teams are very slow to get going.
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17:35
Chelsea haven’t really had the ball yet. The Blues, who are playing in bright yellow today, are taking their time to take a look.
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17:34
Azpilicueta plays on the right wing. James sorts himself into the back three.
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17:33
The game starts slowly. Anthony Taylor pauses again to destroy the remaining balloons. Then possession continues Crystal Palace.
17:13
Liverpool beat Manchester City 3-2 in the first semi-final yesterday. So today’s winner can look forward to a final against the Reds on May 14.
16:59
Crystal Palace lost 2-1 to Leicester City in the league last Sunday. Compared to this game, Patrick Vieira changes four positions. Butland starts in goal today. Goalkeeper Guaita takes a seat on the bench in the cup. Ward starts in the back right instead of Clyne. In central midfield, the more defensive McArthur starts for Gallagher. Also, Eze replaces Ayew on the offensive line.
16:51
In contrast to the game against Real, Thomas Tuchel changes three positions. Azpilicueta and Christensen will start in the back three today. For this, James moves to the right-back position. Thiago Silva and Loftus-Cheek are initially on the bench. Also, Jorginho starts on the six instead of Kanté.
16:40
But the Eagles should not be underestimated. The team from south London have proved to be a favorite scare over the past few weeks. Two weeks ago they beat Arsenal 3-0. In mid-March, Patrick Vieira’s team took a point from Manchester City when they were 0-0. On February 19, Crystal Palace and Chelsea met in the league. Back then, the Blues won 1-0. But this victory was also a hard piece of work and only came with a goal in the 89th minute. Thomas Tuchel certainly doesn’t want to wait for a goal that long today.
16:35
Chelsea don’t have time to digest the bitter elimination from the Champions League. On Tuesday, the Londoners said goodbye to the premier class after a strong performance and a 3-2 win at the Bernabéu. The interim 3-0 lead was wiped out by a stroke of genius from Luka Modrić. It went into overtime. There Karim Benzema scored the decisive goal in the 96th minute. In order to forget this disappointment, they have to make it into the FA Cup final against outsiders Crystal Palace today.
16:29
Hello and welcome to the second FA Cup semi-final. Today at 17:30 CET Chelsea and Crystal Palace meet at Wembley Stadium.