2007 FA Cup Final

The 2007 FA Cup Final was played on Saturday, 19 May 2007 between Chelsea and Manchester United, who had come up against Premier League opposition in every round. It was the 126th FA Cup Final and the first to be played at the new Wembley Stadium. Chelsea won the match 1–0 through Didier Drogba's extra time goal, completing a domestic cup double for the Blues in the 2006–07 season, as they had already won the Carling Cup Final in February. United were playing for a double of their own as they had recently beaten Chelsea to the Premier League title two weeks earlier. The game was widely considered to be a disappointment by pundits and fans alike. As a result of Manchester United and Chelsea were having already guaranteed qualification for the UEFA Champions League, the UEFA Cup entry for the FA Cup winner/runner-up went instead to the highest positioned Premier League team who hadn't already qualified for Europe; Bolton Wanderers.
===Match details===
{| style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"	CHELSEA: 	CHELSEA: 	CHELSEA: 	CHELSEA:	
 	 	 	 	 	
GK 	1 	Petr Čech 	 	 	
RB 	20 	Paulo Ferreira 	 	 	
CB 	5 	Michael Essien 	 	 	
CB 	26 	John Terry (c) 	 	 	
LB 	18 	Wayne Bridge 	 	 	
DM 	4 	Claude Makélélé 	 	 	
CM 	8 	Frank Lampard 	 	 	
CM 	12 	John Obi Mikel 	 	 	
RW 	24 	Shaun Wright-Phillips	 	 	
LW 	10 	Joe Cole 	 	 	
CF 	11 	Didier Drogba 	 	 	
Substitutes: 	Substitutes: 	Substitutes: 	Substitutes: 	 	
GK 	23 	Carlo Cudicini 	 	 	
DF 	3 	Ashley Cole 	 	 	
MF 	16 	Arjen Robben 	 	 	
MF 	19 	Lassana Diarra 	 	 	
FW 	21 	Salomon Kalou 	 	 	
Manager: 	Manager: 	Manager: 	Manager: 	 	
José Mourinho	José Mourinho	José Mourinho 	José Mourinho	 	
MATCH OFFICIALS
*Assistant referees:
**Peter Kirkup (Northamptonshire)
**Dave Bryan (Lincolnshire)
*Fourth official: Howard Webb (Sheffield & Hallamshire)	
MATCH RULES
*90 minutes.
*30 minutes of extra-time if necessary.
*Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
*Five named substitutes
*Maximum of 3 substitutions.
===Statistics===
 	Chelsea	Manchester United
Total shots 	16 	11
Shots on target	4 	4
Ball possession	50% 	50%
Corner kicks 	1 	6
Fouls committed	18 	18
Offsides 	0 	5
Yellow cards 	4 	3
Red cards 	0 	0
==Road to Wembley==
Chelsea 	Chelsea 	Chelsea 	Round 	Manchester United 	Manchester United 	Manchester United
Macclesfield Town [L2]H6–1 	Lampard 16', 41', 51' (pen.)Wright-Phillips 68' Mikel 82'Carvalho 86'	Round Three	Round Three	Aston Villa [P]H2–1 	Larsson 55'Solskjær 90' 	
Nottingham Forest [L1]H3–0 	Shevchenko 9' Drogba 18'Mikel 45' 	Round Four 	Round Four 	Portsmouth [P]H2–1 	Rooney 77', 83' 	
Norwich City [C]H4–0 	Wright-Phillips 39'Drogba 51'Essien 90'Shevchenko 90' 	Round Five 	Round Five 	Reading [P]H1–1 	Carrick 45' 	
Norwich City [C]H4–0 	Wright-Phillips 39'Drogba 51'Essien 90'Shevchenko 90' 	Replay 	Replay 	Reading [P]A3–2 	Heinze 2'Saha 4'Solskjær 6' 	
Tottenham Hotspur [P]H3–3 	Lampard 22', 71'Kalou 86' 	Round 6 	Round 6 	Middlesbrough [P]A2–2 	Rooney 23'Ronaldo 68' (pen.) 	
Tottenham Hotspur [P]A2–1 	Shevchenko 55'Wright-Phillips 61' 	Replays 	Replays 	Middlesbrough [P]H1–0 	Ronaldo 76' (pen.) 	
Blackburn Rovers [P]Old Trafford, Manchester2–1 (a.e.t.)	Lampard 16'Ballack 109' 	Semi-finals	Semi-finals	Watford [P]Villa Park, Birmingham4–1	Rooney 7', 66'Ronaldo 28'Richardson 82'	
* Both clubs received a bye to round three.
* In square brackets is a letter that represents the opposition's division
** [C] = Championship
** [L1] = Football League One
** [L2] = Football League Two
** [P] = Premier League
==See also==
*FA Cup 2006-07
==External links==
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