Arsenal Reaffirm the King status of the FA Cup

DBasia.news – Arsenal won the 2020 FA Cup and this has confirmed the Gunners’ status as the team with the most titles in the competition. Arsenal won the 2020 FA Cup and this confirmed the Gunners’ status as the team with the most titles in the competition.

With that result the Gunners have won the FA Cup title 14 times, the most among the other teams. It also became the first title under the direction of Mikel Arteta.

Chelsea and Arsenal both played 3-4-3 tactics. Frank Lampard played a trio of Mason Mount, Olivier Giroud, Christian Pulisic up front, while Mikel Arteta at Arsenal played Nicolas Pepe, Alexandre Lacazette, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang as attackers on the front lines.

Just five minutes into the games, Chelsea have excelled. Their trio of players on the front line worked together from Mount to Giroud who then provided Pulisic with a back-heel assist. After tricking one Arsenal player, Pulisic scored. Chelsea won 1-0.

Arsenal tried to respond directly through Pepe’s long-distance strike in the sixth minute. The kick forced Willy Caballero to save. Arsenal goalkeeper, Emiliano Martinez also saved nine minutes when Pulisic created chances.

Entering the 26th minute Pepe scored against Caballero, but the goal was disallowed as he was offside. The game progressed even more exciting ahead of the last minute of the match until Arsenal’s equalizer was scored on the 28th minute.

The penalty was awarded to Arsenal after Aubameyang was brought down by Cesar Azpilicueta in the restricted area. Aubameyang took the penalty and did a great job. Their position was equally strong 1-1 and the game became increasingly exciting.

Unfortunately for Azpilicueta not only did he give Arsenal a penalty but also a hamstring injury in the 35th minute. Lampard had no other choice but to replace him with Andreas Christensen.

Arsenal had the momentum that continued to exert pressure. However, until the extra time is over there were no more goals created at Wembley. The score is still as strong as 1-1 until halftime.

The inevitable fatigue at the end of the season was felt by Chelsea in this fight. After Azpilicueta who was injured by a hamstring, it was Pulisic’s turn to be on fire. Pulisic was injured in the 49th minute and was replaced by Pedro.

Arsenal took advantage of the momentum they achieved in the first half and turned ahead in the 67th minutes. Again, Aubameyang scored his second goal in this match after passing through Andreas Christensen when receiving a pass from Pepe. Arsenal turned 2-1 ahead.

The misfortune was increasing for Chelsea. Not only being held back, two of their players were injured, Mateo Kovacic also received a second yellow card in the 73rd minute. Chelsea is playing with 10 players.

Playing with 10 players made it difficult for Chelsea to score, but Lampard remained ‘determined’ to make a substitute by entering Ross Barkley, Callum Hudson-Odoi, and Tammy Abraham in the last 15 minutes of the match. Whereas Arteta played Eddie Nketiah and Sokratis.

Chelsea have tried to score goals but playing with 10 players has made it difficult for them. Until the extra time ended in the second half no more goals were created. Arsenal won 2-1 after being left behind 0-1 from Chelsea and won the FA Cup.

Line-up:

Chelsea (3-4-3): Willy Caballero, Cesar Azpilicueta (c) (Andreas Christensen 35), Kurt Zouma, Antonio Rudiger (Callum Hudson-Odoi 78), Reece James, Jorginho, Mateo Kovacic, Marcos Alonso, Mason Mount (Ross Barkley 78), Olivier Giroud (Tammy Abraham 78), Christian Pulisic (Pedro 49).

Substitute Players: Tammy Abraham, Callum Hudson-Odoi, N’Golo Kante, Fikayo Tomori, Emerson Palmieri, Kepa Arrizabalaga, Ross Barkley, Pedro, Andreas Christensen.

Manager: Frank Lampard

Arsenal (3-4-3): Emiliano Martinez, Rob Holding, David Luiz (Sokratis 88 ‘), Kieran Tierney (Sead Kolasinac 90 + 13’); Hector Bellerin, Dani Ceballos, Granite Xhaka, Ainsley Maitland-Niles; Nicolas Pepe, Alexandre Lacazette (Eddie Nketiah 82 ‘), Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (c).

Substitute Player: Bukayo Saka, Matt Macey, Eddie Nketiah, Sokratis, Joseph Willock, Sead Kolasinac, Matthew Smith, Lucas Torreira, Reiss Nelson.

Manager: Mikel Arteta