After the FA Cup hostilities of the weekend, Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur have been drawn to play the first semi-final, while Chelsea and Southampton will slug it out the following day.
This was the outcome of the draw conducted by, well, Chelsea legends – Gianfranco Zola, who won the Cup with Chelsea in 1997 and 2000, and Petr Cech, the present Arsenal goalkeeper with five winners’ medals to his name.Spurs were the first side into the last four following their 3-0 win at Swansea on Saturday afternoon, whileJose Mourinho’sUnitedbounced back from Champions League embarrassment by seeing off Brighton 2-0 at Old Trafford.
Pedro celebrates extra-time winner. Image: GuardianSouthampton ended Wigan’s fairytale Cup run on Sunday with a 2-0 win as new manager Mark Hughes assumes the reins at the club, while Chelsea needed extra-time to get past Leicester after substitute Pedro’s headed winner.
See the fixtures below…Manchester United v TottenhamChelsea v Southampton Ties to be played at Wembley on the weekend of April 21/22The winners will make it through to showpiece Final on Saturday 19 May and will pick up £900,000 for their troubles while each losing semi-finalist will pocket £450,000.
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