Chelsea 1- Portsmouth 0
Two missed penalties and a magnificant freekick. Chelsea with the cup double and Portsmouth leave the top flight with some pride,
Drogba- Chelsea (59')
A missed penalty from Portsmouth striker Boateng, then 4 minutes later a stunning free kick from Drogba ultimately decided the FA Cup winner.

FA Cup Final Upsets

From soccernet.espn.go.com

By John Carter

With relegated Portsmouth set to take on Premier League winners Chelsea in one of the seemingly most one-sided FA Cup finals in history, we take a look back over the history of the competition to see if they have any hope at all.

FA Cup Preview: Chelsea v PortsmouthAs Chelsea aim for the domestic treble, Portsmouth want to take something worthy out of a year they would rather forget.




With both Portsmouth and Chelsea having been the FA Cup winners for the past 3 years (Chelsea in 2007 and 2009, and Portsmouth in 2008), it seems valid that these two teams should face each other in a final.

Atletico Madrid 2- Fulham 1
The giant killers of this years Europa League just couldn't pull it off on the day that counts. An extra time goal sees Atletico Madrid defeat Fulham and taste European success for the first time in 48 years.
Forlan- Atletic Madrid (32)
Davis- Fulham (37)
Forlan- Atletico Madrid (116)
Both Atletico Madrid and Fulham live in the shadows of their neighbouring clubs, and at the start of the season, you would be hard pressed to pick these two teams as the finalists of a European title.

Today Everton made it's first signing for the 2011 campaign through 19 year old Portugese striker João Silva. Silva, who currently plays for Portugese second division side Desportivo Aves, has scored 14 goals in his debut season and has been hailed as the new Pauleta.
It's reported that Everton agreed to a deal worth around £500,000 for the Portugese sensation, and Silva is obviously excited about the move.

Group A

Can France be toppled? And can South Africa do a nation proud?

Current FIFA Rankings

South Africa- 88

Mexico- 17

Uruguay- 18

France- 8

Keep your eyes open for them

Steve Pienar (South Africa)

Franck Ribéry (France)

Javier Hernández (Mexico)

Edinson Cavani (Uruguay)

Looking at Group A on paper, it would seem that France will be the group's top qualifier, with the battle for second spot, and a place in the last 16, being fought out between Mexico and Uruguay, while South Africa will most likely finish fourth.

So the Premier League table as it stands is like this
Pos
Name P W D L F A W D L F A GD PTS 1 Chelsea 33 14 1 1 52 14 9 4 4 32 16 +54 74 2 Man Utd 34 14 1 2 45 11 9 3 5 32 16 +50 73 3 Arsenal 33 14 1 2 44 15 8 4 4 31 19 +41 71 4 Manchester City 33 11 4 1 38 17 6 7 4 31 24 +28 62 5 Tottenham 32 11 2 3 35 10 6 5 5 23 22 +26 58 6 Liverpool 34 12 3 2 40 13 4 5 8 14 20 +21 56 7 Aston Villa 32 7 7 2 26 13 7 5 4 18 19 +12 54 8 Everton 33 9 6 2 32 20 4 5 7 20 24 +8 50
While Chelsea, Manchester United and Arsenal fight it out for the glory of the title, it's the teams that follow at their heels in their own race for European qualification that make these final weeks so exciting.

After what was a very successful 2002 World Cup campaign for Turkey, finishing third overall (oddly enough, beating their new coaches team to get that place), then finding the same result in the 2003 Confederations Cup, the Turkish national team has found themselves lacking in world football. Missing the 2006 World Cup and then not qualifying for this year's tournament in South Africa, something had to be done to solve the problem.

Barcelona has gained a massive psychological advantage with a fantastic 2-0 away win over Real Madrid overnight. Goals on either side of half time from Messi and Pedro secured Barca's 25th win of the season and pulled them one game clear of Real with only seven games remaining. It would seem that now Barca will continue on to the title as their run in looks on paper to be a little easier.

Lionel Messi looks to have single handedly knocked Arseanal out of the UEFA Champions League. In a 20 minute first half burst, the Argentine striker netted the ball 3 times and was looking dangerous with every touch he had. Arsenal were lucky to hit the break with even one goal to their name. As Barcelona had total dominance of the half, a quick counter attack gave Nicklas Bendtner an 18th minute goal, and Arsenal the lead, which they only held onto for 3 minutes.

With the structure the way it is, I just don't understand how a team such as New Zealand, whose squad is made up of too many players who can't even get a spot in an A-League team, can compete against the worlds best footballing nations, all the while a team like Croatia who are ranked 10th in the world, 69 places above New Zealand, miss out.

With West Ham sitting in relative relegation trouble, and traveling to Merseyside today to face a very confident Everton team, it would seem that Gianfranco Zola's future at the London club could be decided before theend of the season. Zola took reign at the club in September 2008, leading West Ham to ninth in the 2008/09 season, just 2 points off European qualification.