Chelsea won their fourth FA cup in the last six years defeating Liverpool by a score of two to one. The FA cup is a huge knockout tournament in England that consists of every team in England, all 763 of them. The teams that play in it range from amateur to world class. It is also the oldest known soccer tournament, even before the world cup. Chelsea took the early lead in the 11th minute after coming out strong, quick, and ready to play while Liverpool came out slow, flat, and still sleeping. Didier Drogba made it two to zero early in the second half before Liverpool finally woke up. Shortly after substitute Andy Carroll came into the game and scored almost immediately by getting the ball to his feet in the box from a cross, faking out the defender with some step-overs and then beating goalkeeper Petr Cech high to the near post. However there was some late game drama when Andy Carroll again headed the ball on goal and the whole ball seemed to cross the line before the Chelsea players quickly knocked it out without the referees seeing it. It was ruled a no goal. If it had been ruled a goal then the game would have been sent into extra time and then it could have been anyone game to win. (pictured top Carroll heads the ball in the 84th minute to create late game controversy, bottom the entire ball appears to cross the line but ruled a no goal by the referees)
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