Tuesday, April 19, 2022

They're not elite

 


Crystal Palace played Chelsea in the FA Cup semifinal match on Sunday.  It was a credit to Palace that they got this far;  they seem to do well in the FA Cup.  They actually took Manchester United to extra time in the FA Cup final a few years ago.  (I hadn't realized that one of the big FA Cup surprises was Wigan Athletic defeating Manchester City 1-0 about a decade ago.  So it can happen. Doesn't happen very often, though. I checked on the history of this;  Wigan won the FA Cup and got relegated out of the Premier League during the same season.  Ouch.  And they've been on a downhill slide since. )

Not this time.  They were well outplayed by Chelsea, and it seemed that they were playing to get to the shootout.  That didn't work, and they lost 2-0.   So the final will be between two Premier League elites, Chelsea and Liverpool.

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