FA Cup Semi-Final

Chelsea vs Tottenham Hotspurs

Indeed it is a very special day for me as a Chelsea fan to see my team made it through to the Final of FA cup. It is a very tough match between a resilient side such as spurs and to make it 5-1 on the day is even magnificent. A touch of class for the ever present Didier Drogba, a controversial goal from Juan Mata, a superb through pass to the feet of Ramires for the third goal, a sublime free kick from the legend Frank Lampard and an icing to the cake, a goal from Malouda on extra time.

The final in the new Wembly is schedule in May is very indeed a perfect venue and against a team like Liverpool, this could be as difficult as Barcelona this coming Thursday morning. But with a renewed confident and the old guns fired regularly at the moment, I don't expect anything less from chelsea. We will give our 120% of commitment and football this coming May and also the Champion League Semi-final at stanford bridge.

Lets recap the match againts spurs

>Van Der Vaart

A 36minutes header beautifully headed by Van der Vaart but Terry with that important save on the line with Cech stumble hopelessly. Three minutes later he also have a venomous shot which just pass Adebayor over the side post. Any contact from Adebayor means a goal for spurs.

>Didier Drogba (1-0)

A visionary pass from Lampard from chelsea half finds Drogba with Gallas hot on his tail. The ivorian stricker chested the ball beautifully and turns to the left of Gallas making a yard for him self before scoring into the top left corner of the goal with Cudicini least expected the shot with Drogba's left foot.

>Juan Mata (2-0)

A very controversial goal in my opinion. For me the ball didn't pass the line. A corner from lampard meet David Luiz's head. as Cudicini palms the ball away, it didn't travel much. Instead, John Terry manage to head to ball back to the goal which saves by Cudicini again. Terry muscle his way into 3 spurs defenders which he is entitle to win the ball, and for me there's no foul on the challenge.

There we a crowd of bodies on the line of the goal and miraculously, the ball rolls back to Mata which he side footed back into the goal. The ball hits Terry but some says the ball didn't actually cross the line and so do i. But the referee gave the goal to chelsea and we leads 2-0.

> Gareth Bale (2-1)

A splitting through pass from Parker to Adebayor before he is tackled down by Cech in the box but the ball rolled into Bale on the left and needing a simple tapping to make it 2-1m he didn't disappoint himself . Cech should be sent off but he's lucky. Really2 lucky.

>Ramires (3-1)

Forward ball pass from Mata converted with a little chip beating Cudicini. Subtle as you like. we leading 3-1 at the moment.

>Lampard

The best freekick of the tournament in my point of view. Lampard struck it from 30 yards out of the goal. The ball swerve and moving on the air before beating Cudicini on the left side of the goal

> Malouda (5-1)

The substitute coming on for Ramires didn't take long for his goal of the game. The winger strike late in the injury time to make it 5 for chelsea. Another lob pass from mata which is chested by Malouda then slotted it home underneath Cudicini legs to make it icing on a cake.

VIVA LA CHELSEA!!!! CAME ON LADS HAVE THIS SPIRIT VS BARCELONA!!!

WestBrom 2- 3 Newcastle

Newcastle Beat West Brom To Hand Joe Kinnear A Welcome Tonic
Three first-half goals by Newcastle secured the visitors three points and ensured more misery for bottom side West Brom. West Bromwich Albion 2-3 Newcastle United

Struggling West Bromwich Albion and Newcastle United went head-to-head at the Hawthorns knowing that anything other than a win was of little use to either side.

Yet prior to kick off the visitors were rocked by the news that manager Joe Kinnear had been taken to hospital after complaining of feeling ill.
In Kinnear’s absence, Newcastle assistant Chris Hughton took charge of the team, yet the Magpies showed no ill-effects on the pitch, taking the lead within two minutes.
A Kevin Nolan ball should have been cleared by Leon Barnett but the defender missed his clearance, which allowed Damien Duff through and the Republic of Ireland international slotted home to hand the visitors the perfect start.
Yet their lead was short-lived and Albion were back on level terms almost immediately after more slack defending, this time from the visitors.
Albion new boy Marc-Antoine Fortune turned Steven Taylor far too easily, and left him on the floor, before beating Steve Harper for an instant response.
The goals didn’t stop there, however, and just shy of the 10 minute mark Newcastle were ahead once again, in a frenetic start at the Hawthorns.
Once again the Albion defence was to blame, a long range shot from Ryan Taylor was poorly cleared by the home side allowing Peter Lovenkrands to open his Newcastle account and put the visitors back in front.
With both defences struggling to find any sort of cohesion there always looked to be more goals and minutes before the break, the visitors managed to put some breathing space between themselves and Albion.
A Ryan Taylor corner found his namesake Steven at the far post, and the defender managed to head home, despite Meite being on the line, to hand the Magpies a two goal advantage at the break.
West Brom boss Tony Mowbray opted to change things at half-time as he searched for a way back into the game.
On came Felipe Teixeira and Roman Bednar with Do-heon Kim and Chris Brunt making way as Albion upped their attacking options.
Yet unlike the first half, the second period began slowly although Albion did carve out an excellent chance just shy of the hour mark.
A superb through-ball by Borja Valero sent James Morrison scurrying clear through but Steve Harper was alive to the chance and did well to block the effort.
However, with a little over 20 minutes to go Albion did make the breakthrough to set up a grandstand finish at the Hawthorns.
Some great work by Teixeria on the edge of the box eventually saw the Portugese player set up Fortune, who finished well to hand the Baggies some hope.
The goal inspired the hosts and Mowbray threw on Luke Moore as he sought desperately to grab a point that had looked so unlikely for the majority of the afternoon.
Yet aside from a half-chance by Morrison, the home side couldn’t find a third goal and Newcastle hung on for a vital away victory.

West Brom: Carson, Hoefkens, Barnett, Meite, Robinson, Kim (Teixeira, 46) Koren, Borja Valero (Moore, 81), Brunt (Bednar, 46), Morrison, Fortune.

Newcastle: Harper, Steven Taylor, Bassong, Coloccini, Jose Enrique, Ryan Taylor, Nolan, Butt, Duff, Ameobi (Viduka, 79), Lovenkrands (Xisco, 90).

GOALS
2-3 West Bromwich Albion (Mar-Antoine Fortune, 73)
1-3 Newcastle United (Taylor, 42)
1-2 Newcastle United (Lovenkrands, 9)
1-1 West Bromwich Albion (Fortune, 4)
0-1 Newcastle United (Duff, 2)