This is one serious competition
in the league of England, celebrating its 136th edition and with two
London Town rivals staging it, as the Chelsea Blues looking forward to a double
after winning the league.
On the other side, the
Arsenal Gunners looking forward to salvage their troubled campaign that many of
its legions of followers have demanded for its longtime Boss Arsene Wegner to
step down.
Playing the league
champions Chelsea is not a walk in the park or a picnic after displaying a one
of a kind campaign and lifting the coveted and disputed of trophies.
After winning the
league shield, the Pensioners had the odds heavily in their favor to take it
all, with a Gunners squad coming from a see saw of a campaign better translated
into a troubled one.
Still there were
ninety minutes to be played and with the stage ready in the cathedral of football
Wembley Stadium showing off red and blue colors all over this colossus, the
game was on.
Controversial and disputed
was the way this match played in its entirety.
As the ugly ducklings,
the Gunner squad came labeled, but all of a sudden, the best they saved for
this occasion after coming short of finishing among the top four for the first
time in twenty years.
Today this was to be
Arsenals afternoon, since the start of the match the dominance seen by Wegner initial
eleven dominating the actions when the opportunity came knocking on their
favor.
Let us start with
Arsenal first score, when a filtered pass by Alexis Sanchez to beat the Blues
keeper and after a debatable play that the flagmen showed his flag up for
offside at the end the match referee awarded the goal to the Gunners.
With just four
minutes in the game, the Chilean put his underdog squad up and despite the
heated protests from the Blues Boss; the play stood and to the joyous frenzied of
the Gunners followers seeing their squad up on the score.
This did not stop the
Blues to start a comeback and with a brilliant play executed by their lead man
in the front, Diego Costa, he tied the score in the 76 minute to a raucous
celebration by the Chelsea faithful gathered.
Not even that goal
prevented the debacle for the league champions to see things not going their
way when they were down one man after Moses took a dive in the area and the referee
did not hesitated to give him a direct red card.
However, this was to
be Gunners of a day.
Not even two minutes
passed by when the play in midfield from Arsenal started with a long pass from
Alexis Sanchez to Oliver Giroud inside the area and the Frenchman little he
knew he could do.
He passed the ball in
the middle to who became the hero of the match Aaron Ramsey pushing the ball
and to the delirium of the Gunners faithful celebrating loudly their squad feat
and bring home to Emirates their seventh FA Cup.
For Arsene Wegner
despite the heroics, his future is still in limbo although his all-around feat
of delivering his seventh FA shield as manager of this historic London club,
well done Mon ami!
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