Leicester City win FA Cup for first time, sensational strike beat Chelsea 1-0
Leicester City win FA Cup for first time, sensational strike beat Chelsea 1-0
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Leicester City won FA Cup for the first time in their history. It broke the record of 137-years of history. The city won beating Chelsea 1-0 in a pulsating final at the Wembley on Saturday.

The FA Cup final was watched on by 22000 fans at the Wembley Stadium. It is the biggest crowd in England since the sporting activities were called off in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. The crowd being the amazing at Wembley brought back good memories with energy in the tough Covid-19 era. The roar after Youri Tielemans stunning long-range strike in the second half was unbelievable. Like a testament to the atmosphere in the iconic venue was occurred despite only a quarter of its capacity allowed for the FA Cup final. There was plenty of drama seen when Chelsea thought they had levelled through a Wes Morgan own goal. But the game wasn?t ended, within the while VAR ruled that Ben Chilwell had been offside.

 

 

The city, Leicester last reached the FA Cup final was in past in 1969. For Brendan Rodgers, this is the first major English trophy as Leicester ended their wait for FA Cup glory in their 4th final. Tielemans?s goal will count among the finest to win this 149-year old competition. While Thomas Tuchel?s Chelsea dominated the first half but struggled to create major openings, even after Leicester lost their centre half Jonny Evans to injury in the 34th minute.

Chelsea have lost 2 successive FA Cup final as they were beaten by Arsenal last year. Chelsea and Leicester City soon will also meet in a big Premier League match on Tuesday, May 18.

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