Everton win 4-2 on penalties
The FA Cup sponsored by E.ON
The Semi-Final
4pm, Sunday 19 April 2009
Winning clubs will receive £1,000,000 from The FA
Losing clubs will receive £500,000 from The FA
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EVERTON PENALTY 5 - Phil Jagielka finds the corner of the net to send Everton into their first FA Cup Final for 14 years. The Blues win 4-2 on penalties.
MANCHESTER UNITED PENALTY 4 - Anderson scores for United. 3-2.
EVERTON PENALTY 4 - Vaughan puts Everton 3-1 up.
MANCHESTER UNITED PENALTY 3 - Vidic follows suit, sending Howard the wrong way. 2-1 Everton.
EVERTON PENALTY 3 - Former United man, Phil Neville puts Everton 2-0 up sending Foster the wrong way.
MANCHESTER UNITED PENALTY 2 - Ferdinand has his penalty saved by Howard. It's advantage Everton now.
EVERTON PENALTY 2 - Baines calmly puts his penalty into the roof of the net. 1-0 Everton.
MANCHESTER UNITED PENALTY 1 - Berbatov fails to capitalise as his penalty is saved by Howard's feet.
EVERTON PENALTY 1 - It's advantage United as Cahill blazes his penalty over the bar.
ET 30 mins - This Semi-Final will now be decided by penalty kicks after neither team scored in 120 minutes of play. United's Ben Foster will be hoping to reproduce his Wembley penalty heroics from the League Cup Final in March, against Tottenham.
ET 29 mins - After his clearance is blocked by Osman, Foster is penalised for a foul on Baines, but the free-kick comes to nothing.
ET 26 mins - A looping shot from Gibson is deflected for a corner, despite Howard's best attempts to keep the ball in play.
ET 20 mins - Cahill is booked for dissent following a foul on Vidic.
ET 17 mins - Arguably the best chance of the match falls to Everton substitute, Vaughan. Good work from Baines on the left allows him to pull the ball back to Vaughan in space, but his left foot shot is turned away for a corner by Vidic.
ET 16 mins - Berbatov and Tevez get the final 15 minutes up and running.
ET 15 mins - Howard holds on to a shot from Tevez before Riley brings the first half of extra-time to an end.
ET 13 mins - James Vaughan is brought on for Fellaini. It is Vaughan's first game back for Everton following a long-term injury.
ET 10 mins - Berbatov pulls the ball back to Welbeck, but Welbeck misses his kick and Everton can clear. Tevez has a long range shot which flies over the frame of the goal.
ET 6 mins - Cahill evades Ferdinand on the Everton left and finds Fellaini inside the 18-yard box but his shot is blocked by Nemanja Vidic.
ET 3 mins - Cahill has a shot saved by the legs of Foster.
ET 2 mins - Scholes is booked for a trip on Pienaar.
ET 1 min - Extra-time is underway. If neither side scores in the next half-an-hour, we will have penalties here at Wembley.
Extra-time - Dimitar Berbatov replaces Macheda in the United frontline.
90+3 mins - The full-time whistle is blown and there are to be an extra 30 minutes in this Semi-Final encounter.
89 mins - The fourth official indicates a minimum of three minutes added time.
84 mins - Fellaini is booked for an aerial challenge on Ferdinand.
83 mins - Welbeck cuts inside Hibbert and tries to bend the ball into the far corner, but it has got too much height on it and curls narrowly over.
79 mins - As we enter the last ten minutes, United are beginning to enjoy the majority of possession. A scramble inside the Everton box. involving Welbeck and Macheda, results in the latter requiring treatment after a collision with Tony Hibbert. The Everton right-back also needs attention, but both players are ok to continue.
75 mins - Tevez has a shot blocked by Lescott moments before Anderson shrugs off the challenge of Rodwell and unleashes a right foot shot which hits the side netting.
70 mins - Saha receives applause from all around the stadium as he is substituted for Everton youngster, Jack Rodwell.
68 mins - Riley dismisses United claims for a penalty after Phil Jagielka appears to bring down Welbeck inside the box.
66 mins - Gibson troubles Howard with a long-range effort, but the American stopper parries the ball away for a corner. Park is replaced by Paul Scholes.
63 mins - Tevez and Anderson create an opportunity for Ji-Sung Park, but the South Korean drags his effort narrowly wide of the post. Patrice Evra comes on for United, replacing Fabio Da Silva at left-back.
57 mins - With little action happening on the pitch, both sets of fans really turn up the volume at Wembley.
54 mins - Tim Cahill tries his luck from distance and forces Foster into a decent save, diving down to his right to parry the ball to safety.
50 mins - Neither side has seized the initiative in this second period, with some wayward passing and lack of chances typifying the first five minutes.
46 mins - Tevez and Macheda get the second half underway. There are no changes from either side at half-time.
45+1 - Riley blows his whistle for half-time and it remains goalless between Manchester United and Everton at Wembley Stadium.
45 mins - There is to be one added minute before half-time.
40 mins - With half-time approaching, Welbeck, Macheda and Tevez combine to present a chance for the England Under-21 international, but he slices his effort wide of the target.
38 mins - Saha's cross-cum-shot is blocked by young Irish midfielder Darron Gibson.
37 mins - Everton appeals for a penalty are dismissed after a coming together between Rafael Da Silva and Pienaar.
34 mins - Tevez is the second United player to have his name taken by Mike Riley after fouling Pienaar on the halfway line.
27 mins - Rafael Da Silva receives the first caution of the afternoon after bringing down Leighton Baines on the edge of the United box. Pienaar's subsequent free-kick is cleared for a corner by Anderson.
23 mins - A near post cross from Rafael Da Silva is directed goalwards by Welbeck, but Joleon Lescott blocks it behind for a corner.
21 mins - Foster ponders on a back pass from Rio Ferdinand, presenting an opportunity for Louis Saha, but the young goalkeeper atones for his error and blocks Saha's attempt at goal.
13 mins - Good work from Danny Welbeck allows him to feed Carlos Tevez on the edge of the Everton area. A poor first touch takes him marginly too wide and, tracking back, Steven Pienaar helps to avert the danger.
11 mins - Fellaini plays a through ball which finds Toffees' skipper, Phil Neville venturing forward. Advancing into the box, Neville is put under pressure by Fabio Da Silva and the former Red shoots over.
4 mins - United youngster, Federico Macheda attempts to add to his recent tally of goals with a shot from 20 yards out, but it fails to trouble former United 'keeper, Tim Howard.
1 min - Leon Osman registers the first half-chance of the afternoon, latching on to Marouane Fellaini's knock-down. His effort from the edge of the area bends just wide of Ben Foster's goal.
Kick-off Everton get this season's second FA Cup Semi-Final underway at a noisy Wembley Stadium. Chelsea await the winners in The Final on Saturday 30 May.
The Teams
Manchester United
12 Ben Foster, 5 Rio Ferdinand (c), 8 Anderson, 13 Ji-Sung Park (18 Paul Scholes, 66), 15 Nemanja Vidic, 19 Danny Welbeck, 20 Fabio Da Silva (3 Patrice Evra, 63), 21 Rafael Da Silva, 28 Darron Gibson, 32 Carlos Tevez, 41 Federico Macheda (9 Dimitar Berbatov, 91)
Subs 2 Gary Neville, 17 Nani, 23 Jonny Evans, 29 Tomasz Kuszczak
Manager Sir Alex Ferguson
Everton
24 Tim Howard, 2 Tony Hibbert, 3 Leighton Baines, 5 Joleon Lescott, 6 Phil Jagielka, 9 Louis Saha (26 Jack Rodwell, 70), 17 Tim Cahill, 18 Phil Neville (c), 20 Steven Pienaar, 21 Leon Osman, 25 Marouane Fellaini (14 James Vaughan, 103)
Subs 1 Carlo Nash, 4 Joseph Yobo, 8 Segundo Castillo, 15 Lars Jacobsen, 32 Dan Gosling
Manager David Moyes
Kit Colours
Manchester United Red shirts, white shorts, black socks
Everton Blue shirts, blue shorts, blue socks
Referee Mike Riley
Assistant Referees Peter J Kirkup & Shaun R M Procter-Green
Fourth Official Alan G Wiley
Attendance 88,141
The Official Match Programme
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Exclusive interviews with Sir Alex Ferguson • David Moyes • Michael Carrick • Phil Neville • Wayne Rooney • Jack Rodwell, plus Edwin van der Sar and Phil Jagielka introduce their team-mates.
Also The Road to Wembley • Semi-Final Classics and Kids Section
(From Website : http://www.thefa.com/TheFACup/FACompetitions/TheFACup/NewsAndFeatures/2009/FACSF_ManUvEverton_minbymin.aspx)
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