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Barnsley

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  1. Brilliant Barnsley topple Chelsea

    Brilliant Barnsley topple Chelsea

    Barnsley produced another epic FA Cup giant-killing to beat Chelsea 1-0 at Oakwell and reach the semi-finals. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Barnsley
    • Chelsea
    • 90+4' IT'S OVER!!! AMAZING!!! Barnsley have done it again - first Liverpool, now Chelsea. Incredible.
    • 90+3' Some people are on the pitch, they think it's all over.... but it isn't!!
    • 90+2' They are queueing up to shoot in the Barnsley box but if anything the Chelsea players are blocking each other. Wright-Phillips volleys over!!! 60 seconds to go.
    • 90+1' Terrible tackle by Carvalho on Howard, and that is a clear yellow card. Three minutes of stoppage time to be played.
    • 90' Kalou and Ballack both have a crack at goal and it lands for TERRY!!! Blazes it high over!! A roar of relief courses around the ground!
    • 88' Kozluk produces the nerviest clearance of all time, nearly slicing the ball out for a corner but getting it away for a throw.
    • 86' Barnsley are getting everyone behind the ball and inviting pressure. Pizarro now has a shot blocked. it's so tense here.
    • 84' Oakwell is rocking but, as always, Joe Cole carries significant danger having a left-foot shot blocked at the edge of the box.
    • 82' Chelsea free-kick just outside the edge of the box on the right side... danger written all over this. Ballack smashes it in low but it is blocked.
    • 80' Barnsley hero Kayode Odejayi comes off to a standing ovation, replaced by Michael Coulson.
    • 79' Campebll-Ryce shoots low from the edge of the box but it goes a yard wide of the left-hand post.
    • 78' Twelve minutes to go plus stoooage time and Chelsea do not have much time to build a head of steam.
    • 76' Sensational turn by Wright-Phillips, controlling Cole's pass and getting into a shooting position but he blazes over!
    • 74' Chelsea bring on Claudio Pizarro for Juliano Belletti - they have no other decent attackers left on the bench. Maybe Mikel.
    • 73' Devaney goes off and is replaced by Togwell for Barnsley.
    • 70' Very clumsy tackle on Odejayi by John Terry, who is very lucky not to be booked.
    • 68' Wright-Phillips shoots from the edge of the box and the ball is blocked. It is played back into Cole who is wrongly flagged offside and Chelsea are furious. And losing.
    • 67' Excuse the lack of impartiality, but this is absolutely fantastic. Cudicini was certainly at fault for the goal, although he might have had a foul on another night.
    • 66' GOOOOOAAAAALLLLL!!!!!!! BARNSLEY!! INCREDIBLE!!! Devaney crosses deep to the far post from the right and Katode Odejayi nods in with Cudicini nowhere!!!
    • 63' Avram Grant has seen enough of this and makes a change - Salomon Kalou on for the utterly hopeless Florent Malouda.
    • 62' Kozluk kicks the bottom of Belletti's boot and stays down. That looked painful but hopefully he will be able to continue.
    • 60' Joe Cole is pretty much Chelsea's only player tonight. He plays a low ball across the face of goal but Anelka cannot turn it in.
    • 58' Crossed towards Odejayi from the Barnsley right... Cudicini stretches to bring it down with one hand and catches it with the other.
    • 55' Another offside against Anelka - his third - and that was trhe result of some fairly serious miscommunication between him and Cole.
    • 54' The first booking of the night goes the way of Robert Kozluk, who has been excellent so far.
    • 53' Anelka shoots low from the edge of the box but Steele makes a solid save.
    • 51' Chelsea look ever so slightly sharper than they did in the first half, although said sharpness is not in evidence when Florent Malouda strays yards offside.
    • 48' Wright-Phillips finds Anelka haring down the right channel and he pulls back for Cole, whose shot goes well wide thanks to a dodgy bounce as he prepared to strike.
    • 47' Steele fumbles a Joe Cole cross from the right - the England man still looks like Chelsea's most dangerous player - but Barnsley clear.
    • 46' The second half begins much as the first ended; with Michael Ballack spraying a wayward pass out for a throw.
    • 45' The half-time whistle blows a couple of seconds early and a huge cheer goes up. Barnsley have bossed this, although it remains goalless.
    • 43' Chelsea enjoy a decent spell of possession for just about the first time tonight.
    • 41' Cole comes away on the break for Chelsea but Barnsley are well organised and the tackle comes in, the ball squirting back to Steele in the Barnsley goal.
    • 38' Now Odejayi goes close!! Howard plays him through and he forces Cudicini to save with his feet from a tight angle.
    • 37' FERENCZI!!! A long free-kick clears Carvalho and lands for the Hungarian, who volleys against the outside of the post!
    • 35' The Barnsley fans are in full voice and understandably so. If anything, they have edged this game and they are certainly holding their own.
    • 32' Wright-Phillips tumbles at the edge of the box but Steve Bennett says play on. He's letting everything go here.
    • 29' Van Homoet is in very late on Michael Ballack but it's no booking. In fairness, Chelsea have got away with a few of those.
    • 27' Cole lobs a great ball for Wright-Phillips who plants his volley miles into the crowd. Rubbish.
    • 25' Joe Cole jinks past his man and crosses to the far post, but he is just about the only Chelsea player who seems up for it, and the move breaks down.
    • 23' Yet another Chelsea foul. Michael Essien with a late challenge on Howard and Barnsley can apply more pressure here.
    • 21' Cudicini chests down a backpass and attempts to clear but it is closed down by Odejayi and the ball squirts just wide!
    • 18' Joe Cole has really got the bit between his teeth here. he has another crack at goal which is blocked superbly by Kozluk.
    • 16' Odejayi is brought down yet again, this time by Essien, and he is really giving Chelsea the runaround here.
    • 15' Anelka releases Cole on the break and Chelsea have men over here. Cole's shot is blocked. Those were dangerous moments for the hosts.
    • 14' Carvalho gets a talking-to for a bodycheck on Odejayi. Lucky to escape a booking there.
    • 13' Nearly flicked into the path of Odejayi but Belletti manages to deflect it for a corner. Good stuff from Barnsley.
    • 10' Odejayi runs through the left channel but is forced wide and cannot get his shot away. It looked like the Barnsley striker might be in there.
    • 8' Chelsea corner on the right side, Belletti to take it. Headed out to Joe Cole at the edge of the box who volleys tamely over.
    • 5' Ballack actually manages to clear row Z with that left-foot volley. The home fans enjoyed that one.
    • 4' Danger here as Bridge crosses from the left. Ballack and Malouda are both in the middle but neither can direct the ball goalwards.
    • 3' Great move Barnsley! Jamal Campbell-Ryce is the instigator, finding Brian Howard with a brilliant reverse pass before Essien concedes a corner.
    • 1' After a minute's silence for Derek Dooley, we are under way! Oakwell not quite full for this one. Well, it's only Chelsea, isn't it?
    • - For Barnsley, Dennis Souza is fit to play at the back, while Danny Nardiello drops to the bench. They go for two up front: Kayode Odejayi and Istvan Ferenczi.
    • - Chelsea have opted to rest their two main attacking players, Frank Lampard and Didier Drogba. Even so, they boast a formidable line-up with Nicolas Anelka playing as a lone striker, and the likes of Michael Ballack, Michael Essien, Joe Cole and John Terry all starting.
    • - Barnsley have already knocked out Liverpool - can they repeat the trick against Chelsea? Follow all the action LIVE with us from Oakwell.

  • Summary

    • 68' Wright-Phillips shoots from the edge of the box and the ball is blocked. It is played back into Cole who is wrongly flagged offside and Chelsea are furious. And losing.
    • 67' Excuse the lack of impartiality, but this is absolutely fantastic. Cudicini was certainly at fault for the goal, although he might have had a foul on another night.
    • 66' GOOOOOAAAAALLLLL!!!!!!! BARNSLEY!! INCREDIBLE!!! Devaney crosses deep to the far post from the right and Katode Odejayi nods in with Cudicini nowhere!!!
    • 38' Now Odejayi goes close!! Howard plays him through and he forces Cudicini to save with his feet from a tight angle.
    • 37' FERENCZI!!! A long free-kick clears Carvalho and lands for the Hungarian, who volleys against the outside of the post!
    • 21' Cudicini chests down a backpass and attempts to clear but it is closed down by Odejayi and the ball squirts just wide!
    • 13' Nearly flicked into the path of Odejayi but Belletti manages to deflect it for a corner. Good stuff from Barnsley.
    • 3' Great move Barnsley! Jamal Campbell-Ryce is the instigator, finding Brian Howard with a brilliant reverse pass before Essien concedes a corner.
    • - Barnsley have already knocked out Liverpool - can they repeat the trick against Chelsea? Follow all the action LIVE with us from Oakwell.

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Stephen Graham Bennett

  • Barnsley

    Manager: Simon Davey

    Captain: Brian Howard

    Starting line-up

    • L. Steele
    • R. Kozluk Yellow Card
    • S. Foster
    • D. Souza
    • M. Van Homoet
    • M. Devaney Substitution Out (73′)
    • B. Hassell
    • B. Howard
    • J. Campbell-Ryce
    • I. Ferenczi
    • K. Odejayi Goal Substitution Out (80′)

    Subs

    • D. Butterfield
    • D. Nardiello
    • S. Togwell Substitution In73′
    • M. Coulson Substitution In80′
    • D. Leon

    Injured

    • A. Silva

    Suspended

    • L. Nyatanga

  • Chelsea

    Manager: Avram Grant

    Captain: John Terry

    Starting line-up

    • C. Cudicini
    • J. Belletti Substitution Out (74′)
    • R. Carvalho Yellow Card
    • J. Terry
    • W. Bridge
    • M. Essien
    • M. Ballack
    • J. Cole
    • S. Wright-Phillips
    • F. Malouda
    • N. Anelka

    Subs

    • C. Pizarro Substitution In74′
    • T. Ben Haim
    • S. Kalou
    • J. Mikel
    • H. Sampaio

    Injured

    • P. Cech

    Suspended

    None

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