man City advanced straight to the 2023/2024 FA Cup final after a 1-0 victory over Chelsea in the semi-finals at Wembley Stadium.
FORCE INFORmATION
– mAN CITY : Full of the best forces.
– CHELSEA : missing Wesley Fofana, Romeo Lavia, Lesley Ugochukwu, Reece James, Christopher Nkunku and Levi Colwill (injured); Raheem Sterling, Robert Sanchez, Enzo Fernandez and Axel Disasi’s ability to play is still open.
FORm AND CONFRONTATION
– Calculating the results in the official 90 minutes, man City is unbeaten in the last 28 matches in all competitions (win 22, draw 6).
– Chelsea are unbeaten in their last 12 matches in all competitions (7 wins, 5 draws).
– man City is unbeaten in the last 8 clashes with Chelsea in all competitions (won 6, drew 2). But in both encounters with the Blues in the Premier League this season, man City were held to a draw.
man City’s starting lineup. (Photo: Club)
Chelsea’s starting lineup. (Photo: Club)
1′: The match has started!!! man City took the field wearing blue shirts and white pants, winning the right to serve first in the first half, while Chelsea players wore blue shirts and blue pants.
7′: Opportunity!!! Palmer delicately poked a slot for Jackson to escape and shoot with his left foot in a face-to-face position but could not beat man City goalkeeper Ortega.
man City and Chelsea are playing fiercely right after the opening whistle (Photo: Reuters)
14′: No entry!!! Kevin de Bruyne delicately poked Foden through the offside trap to escape and pass the ball past goalkeeper Petrović but could not finish the shot into an empty net when a Chelsea defender, Cucurella, was able to retreat and clear the ball on the goal line.
27′: Danger!!! Grealish hung the ball uncomfortably from the left wing, Foden missed the ball with a header but Bernardo Silva got behind all the Chelsea defenders and touched the ball close to the goal but couldn’t finish into the empty net. The referee then also blew for offside against Foden earlier.
29′: Face to face!!! Jackson broke the offside trap and entered the man City penalty area, passed the ball past goalkeeper Ortega but did not dare to finish, then returned it to the second line but it was too light for his teammates and the opportunity passed by for Chelsea players. .
Jackson missed the opportunity to open the score for Chelsea (Photo: Reuters)
35′: Close-range finish!!! Gusto broke through on the right wing and crossed for Jackson to open up space in the penalty area, but the ball went too lightly. However, man City defenders cleared the ball to madueke’s right position, but this player’s shot hit Akanji’s foot.
37′: Opportunity!!! Palmer skillfully handled the ball in the penalty area before launching a delicate left-footed shot, but goalkeeper Ortega threw himself on the ball to save man City.
man City still controls the ball more, but Chelsea is superior in scoring opportunities (Photo: Reuters)
45’+3: End of first half!!! man City and Chelsea temporarily drew scoreless after the first half.
46′: Second half begins!!!
man City and Chelsea increased the pace immediately after the second half started (Photo: Reuters)
49′: Face to face!!! Jackson quickly escaped and entered the penalty area but could not defeat man City goalkeeper Ortega in a face-to-face position with his right foot shot sinking into the far corner.
53′: No entry!!! Grealish crossed from the left wing for Foden to catch a one-touch volley with his left foot in the penalty area, but goalkeeper Petrović flew as far as he could and punched the ball to save Chelsea.
Jackson is looking ungainly in front of man City’s goal (Photo: Reuters)
61′: NO PENALTY!!! In a quick counterattack by Chelsea players, Jackson sped into the penalty area and fell after colliding with Kyle Walker, but the referee said there was no fault on the part of the man City defender and there was no penalty.
61′: NO PENALTY!!! In a quick counterattack by Chelsea players, Jackson sped into the penalty area and fell after colliding with Kyle Walker, but the referee said there was no fault on the part of the man City defender and there was no penalty.
man City and Chelsea are facing many difficulties in converting opportunities into goals (Photo: Reuters)
68′: No entry!!! Palmer delicately poked the ball so that Caicedo could comfortably escape to face man City goalkeeper Ortega, but Caicedo finished with an incomprehensible half-pass, half-shot style.
70′: Finish !!! Foden returned the ball to the second line for Kevin de Bruyne to launch a delicate curling shot with his right foot, but the ball went wide of Chelsea goalkeeper Petrović’s goal.
Before that, Petrović had to use his foot to block Doku’s powerful left-foot shot.
Doku was very close to scoring (Photo: Reuters)
79′: Danger!!! The ball hung into the penalty area for Palmer to finish with one touch with his right foot, but the ball missed man City goalkeeper Ortega’s goal.
84′: GOOOOO!!! Doku delicately poked Kevin de Bruyne into the penalty area and crossed the ball. Goalkeeper Petrović was able to touch the ball but the ball went to Bernardo Silva’s correct position. The Portuguese midfielder easily scored into Chelsea’s empty net, opening the score for man City!!!
Bernardo Silva opened the scoring for man City (Photo: Reuters)
90’+9: TImE IS OVER!!! man City beat Chelsea 1-0 to advance to the 2023/2024 FA Cup final thanks to Bernardo Silva’s only goal in the 84th minute.
