Posts Tagged ‘FA Cup’

Gerrard To Come Quicklier Than He Thought

Tuesday, January 26th, 2010

Liverpool is supposed to have been boosted by the quicker and it has expected return from injury of the captain Steven Gerrard against Wolverhampton football team.

The England midfielder was almost being sidelined for around forteen days after he decided to pick up a hamstring problem as long as theReds’ FA Cup lasted, precisely the 3rd round.

Therefore, after the manager Rafael Benitez has decided to come back to full training in weekends, he has also confirmed that his skipper may be part of the squad that travels to Molineux.

In the official website, the manager Rafael Benitez also added that “He was training on Saturday and on Sunday and Monday was the same”. After that, he said that “Normally he’s someone who, if available, can play. ” Eventually, they will soon decide this, but they think he can be available.

The Reds will be for sure without Fernando Torres,Glen Johnson and midfielder Yossi Benayoun for the travel to the Midlands.

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ESPN To Make A New Deal

Tuesday, December 8th, 2009

ESPN has finally decided to sign a deal of 4 years which is worth around 35 million pounds. This deal is going to start only in the 2010/11 season meanwhile running in parallel with the agreement of FA. This agreement is related to the terrestrial broadcaster ITV which will also cover the international matches Of England and those of FA Cup.

ITV, as well as ESPN will have the chance to show the final of FA Cup live.

For those who don’t know, the FA Cup is the oldest knockout football competition for seniors and in the same time being in common with the English Premier League. This thing attracts lots of people around the Globe.

In the middle of the last year, ESPN was awarded with the rights to 46 live English Premier League games. This happened after being forfeited by Setanta.

Last week, the chief executive of FA, Ian Watmore said that they are very thrilled to have added ESPN to their list of broadcast partners.

Being a very powerful global broadcaster in United Kingdom, ESPN will give their football a great visibility and they are expecting to have a great partnership with them.

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FA Cup : Arsenal beats Hull City 2-1

Wednesday, March 18th, 2009

Arsenal beats Hull City 2-1 and go to the FA Cup semifinals on Tuesday.

Arsenal will meet Chelsea in a semifinal on 18.04.2009.

Hull scored first at Emirates Stadium in the 13th minute when defender Andy Dawson’s lofted pass found Nick Barmby in the area and his shot deflected off Arsenal defender Johan Djourou .

The equalizer arrive in the 75th, when Robin van Persie scored for an easy tap-in.

Then Gallas scored in the 84th minute, and help Arsenal to pass in the semifinals on FA Cup.

The last goal scored by Gallas has been challenged by those from Hull City who claim that has been marked in offsaid.

Arsene Wenger denied that Gallas was offside, he said: “The ball was deflected by the fist of the goalkeeper, consequently the ball comes from an opponent and it’s a normal goal,”, “Djourou first, the goalkeeper after, and then it was a foul on Gallas. Penalty. In fact, we should have got two goals.”

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FA Cup Results: 14-16.02.2009

Saturday, February 14th, 2009

Date Home Team Away Team Results
14.02.2009 Swansea Fulham 1:1 (0-1)
14.02.2009 Blackburn R. Coventry C. 2:2 (1-0)
14.02.2009 Sheffield U. Hull C. 1:1 (1-1)
14.02.2009 West Ham U. Middlesbrough 1:1 (0-1)
14.02.2009 Watford Chelsea 1-3 (0-0)
15.02.2009 Everton Aston Villa 3-1 (2-1)
15.02.2009 Derby County Manchester U. 1-4 (0-2)
16.02.2009 Arsenal Cardiff C. (2-0)

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FA Cup: Everton edges Liverpool at last

Thursday, February 5th, 2009

Dan Gosling scored with two minutes left in extra time to put Everton into the fifth round of the FA Cup at the expense of its bitter rival, Liverpool.

Liverpool was reduced to 10 men with 14 minutes remaining in regulation time when Lucas was shown a second yellow card.

Rafa Benitez, the Liverpool manager, said: “The turning point of the game was the second yellow card for Lucas, I was not happy, but I do not want to say anything about the referee.”

Liverpool’s plans were set back after 15 minutes when captain Steven Gerrard limped off with what was believed to be a hamstring injury.

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FA Cup Results: 03-04.02.2009

Wednesday, February 4th, 2009

Date Home Team Away Team Scores
03.02.2009 Burnley West Bromwich A. 3:1 (1-0)
04.02.2009 Aston Villa Doncaster R.
04.02.2009 Nottingham F. Derby County
04.02.2009 Blackburn R. Sunderland
04.02.2009 Everton Liverpool


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FA Cup: Man United 2-1 Tottenham

Sunday, January 25th, 2009

Manchester United went down a goal early but came back to earn a 2-1 victory over Tottenham Hotspur at Old Trafford stadium Saturday in FA Cup action.

Dimitar Berbatov and Paul Scholes scored for Manchester United in the fourth round match, overcoming the goal by Roman Pavlyuchencko.

Roman Pavlyuchencko scored for Tottenham up a goal in the fifth minute.

Paul Scholes scored first for Manchest United in the 34th minute, then score Berbatov.

Other results of FA Cup 24.01.2009 are:

Chelsea 3-1 Ipswich
Derby County 1-1 Nottingham Forest
Doncaster 0-0 Aston Villa
Hartlepool 0-2 West Ham United
Hull City 2-0 Millwall
Kettering 2-4 Fulham
Portsmouth 0-2 Swansea
Sheff United 2-1 Charlton
Sunderland 0-0 Blackburn
Torquay 0-1 Coventry
Watford 4-3 Crystal Palace
West Brom 2-2 Burnley
Wolves 1-2 Middlesbrough
Manchester United 2-1 Tottenham Hotspur

Today Matchs 25.01.2009:

Cardiff City – Arsenal
Liverpool – Everton

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