Patrick Vieira and Crystal Palace will contest the semi-finals of the FA Cup. The club led by the Franco-Senegalese offered the scalp of Everton on Sunday (4-0). The South London club find themselves with three Premier League heavyweights: Manchester City, Chelsea and Liverpool.
After the capital victory in the fight for the maintenance against Newcastle (1-0), Everton was plunged into its doubts by the promising youth of Crystal Palace (4-0).
This match against the Toffees has, once again, demonstrated the progress over the season of the Londoners, led since this summer by the Franco-Senegalese Patrick Vieira. Without league pressure, they could be underdogs to watch in this cup.
In a raucous Selhurst Park, they weathered a tough first 20 minutes as their opponents got a determined start, before almost scoring on their first chance.
On a corner of Michael Olise, Marc Guehicalled up for England for the first time on Thursday, scored with a header, almost unopposed (1-0, 25th).
Olisecalled up with the French Espoirs, while he is also courted by England and Nigeria, signed a second lucky “decisive pass”, with a missed shot which hit the post before returning to Wilfried Zahawho resumed victoriously (3-0, 79th).
Meanwhile, a former French Espoirs, Jean-Philippe Matetahad doubled the bet shortly before the break (2-0, 41st) after good work from Eberechi Eze punctuated by a cross from Zaha.
Crystal Palace will find in the last four, Chelsea, qualified on Saturday by beating Middlesbrough (2-0).
Manchester City also joins the last four of this FA Cup. Pep Guardiola’s men easily beat Southampton on home soil.
Raheem Sterling opened the scoring before the Belgian Kevin de Bruyne does not take advantage of a foul by the Malian Moussa Djenepo to double the bet on penalty.
City finally win 4-0 on a final goal of the inevitable Riyad Mahrez.
The Citizens will be opposed in half to Liverpool. Without his duet Wrong-Mané but with Naby Keitathe Reds relied on the Portuguese Whom to snatch their qualification on the lawn of Nottingham Forest.
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