Sportsbook favorite Chelsea dominated Aston Villa on Saturday to advance to the final of the FA Cup. Chelsea scored three second half goals to shut out Aston Villa 3-0. Chelsea will now be favored at the online sportsbook to win the FA Cup final on May 15th against Portsmouth.
Sportsbook odds favored Chelsea in the semifinals against Aston Villa and they did not disappoint. Didier Drogba scored in the 68th minute and Florent Malouda scored in the 89th minute. Frank Lampard added the third goal in injury time. Chelsea routed Aston Villa a couple of weeks ago in Premier League sportsbook action 7-1 but this match was not as easy. “We are happy to be in the final of the FA Cup,” said manager Carlos Ancelotti, “We have five games in the Premier League. We have to look at it game by game and prepare well. We have to pay attention to every game. I don’t like to speak of ’ifs.’ If is not really true. We are very close to winning but we haven’t won anything yet.”
The match against Aston Villa could have gone the other way in online sportsbook odds if a penalty had been called early in the match. After James Milner just missed, Villa could have gotten a penalty but the referee did not give them the call. “I thought we fought very strongly and I’m incredibly disappointed for the players,” Aston Villa manager Martin O’Neill said, “We should have had a penalty. The Chelsea players – we knew by their reaction it was a penalty. The referee was a few yards from it but chose to ignore it. John Terry’s horrendous challenge on an England teammate – James Milner is tremendously lucky that his career is intact. It’s a straight red card; the referee’s straight in front of him and he’s given him a yellow card. These are incontestable decisions.”
Chelsea is the favorite at the sportsbook to win the Premier League and they are now favored to win the FA Cup. Chelsea will try and regain their focus for Tuesday’s sportsbook match against Bolton. “We’ve got our eyes on the Double now. We are back at the top of the Premier League with five games to go and we are in the FA Cup final now so that’s what our sights are on. We know we’ve got some tough games coming up but as long as we keep winning and working hard for each other it is possible.”