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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Sport
Miguel Delaney

Slick Chelsea shut down Leeds but super-clubs’ FA Cup final is symptom of wider game’s malaise

Enzo Fernandez (left) was the match winner for Chelsea in the FA Cup semi-final against Leeds - (The FA via Getty Images)

For an FA Cup semi-final that didn’t offer much to talk about beyond Enzo Fernández scoring the winner, Chelsea’s 1-0 win could provoke a lot of other discussion. Some of it served to quieten even this raucous Leeds United crowd by the end.

By that point, you wouldn’t have thought an FA Cup final appearance was at stake, given how quickly Wembley emptied. Another debate could, of course, be had about staging semi-finals here. Still, there’s something rather sorry about even the Leeds players saluting scores of empty seats.

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