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FA Cup Final Result: Tight win lands Chelsea double
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Joe Dyer /
15 May 2010 /
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The 2010 FA Cup champions are Chelsea
"Though light on goals, the game was high on drama with Chelsea striking the woodwork a handful of times and Frank Lampard missing a penalty."
Cup win brings a first double for west Londoners in a game short on goals, but high on drama
The 2009-10 English season will go down as Chelsea's after the Blues landed a league and cup double at Wembley today. It's the first time the Londoners have ever achieved the feat.
Top scorer Didier Drogba broke the Pompey rearguard midway through the second half with what turned out to be the only goal of the game. But it should only have been an equaliser, and Kevin Prince Boateng will rue a missed penalty for a very long time.
Though light on goals, the game was high on drama with Chelsea striking the woodwork a handful of times and Frank Lampard missing a penalty.
But the tight final scoreline caught many punters unaware - under 1.5 goals was backed at a high of [7.0] while Carlo Ancelotti's Premier League champions traded at a low of [1.13] to score on more than one occasion.
The win will have been celebrated by some punters regardless of how it was achieved - Chelsea were backed at the chunky price of [15.5] to win the domestic double.
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saurabh | 17 May 2010
chelsea is the best and deserve to be there where he is .there struggle a lot for last there season to win some thing but the didnt geet the glory but they this time did it style .............but in the next season i m definetly sure dat chelsea r going to win they uefa champions league and frank lampard fifa player of the year................