Chelsea ride on Poyet to enter final

London, April 10: A double strike by Uruguayan international Gustavo Poyet took Chelsea through to the FA Cup final as Chelsea beat Newcas...

London, April 10: A double strike by Uruguayan international Gustavo Poyet took Chelsea through to the FA Cup final as Chelsea beat Newcastle United 2-1 in their semifinal clash at Wembley.

Poyet, who had not played in the last two matches, put the Blues ahead after 17 minutes with a lob but former England international Robert Lee equalised for Newcastle midway through the second half, heading home Alan Shearer’s cross.

Poyet secured victory for the Champions League quarter-finalists 18 minutes from time with a header, this time from Jon Harley’s cross.

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“Gus is such a great player he was a little disappointed not to have played in the last couple of matches but this is the way that players should react to being dropped,” Chelsea coach Gianluca Vialli.

Vialli added that he had been disappointed by Chelsea’s performance after they took the lead in the first-half.

“We got away with it because we defended too deeply and allowed them to get back into the match. They were definitely the better side and deserved their equaliser,” the Italian said.

“However, once we got back into the lead I think we shaded it and were always dangerous on the break,” he added.

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Chelsea’s ebullient captain Dennis Wise, who first lifted the FA Cup with Wimbledon in 1988, admitted that Newcastle had been the better side.

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