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2000 FA Cup final
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<h2 id="road-to-wembley">Road to Wembley</h2> <table><tbody><tr><td>Chelsea<table><tbody><tr><td>Third Round</td><td><a href="/facts/Hull_City_A.F.C./Aa5tN4fk">Hull City</a></td><td>1–6</td><td>Chelsea</td></tr><tr><td>Fourth Round</td><td>Chelsea</td><td>2–0</td><td><a href="/facts/Nottingham_Forest_F.C./dhlMqGTE">Nottingham Forest</a></td></tr><tr><td>Fifth Round</td><td>Chelsea</td><td>2–1</td><td><a href="/facts/Leicester_City_F.C./IHuWtSof">Leicester City</a></td></tr><tr><td>Sixth Round</td><td>Chelsea</td><td>5–0</td><td><a href="/facts/Gillingham_F.C./AL1FjGHL">Gillingham</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2">Semi-Final</td><td><a href="/facts/Newcastle_United_F.C./Tc8XLUPH">Newcastle United</a></td><td>1–2</td><td>Chelsea</td></tr><tr><td colspan="4">(at <a href="/facts/Wembley_Stadium_(1923)/Rm4uUK6k">Wembley Stadium</a>)</td></tr></tbody></table></td><td>Aston Villa<table><tbody><tr><td>Third Round</td><td>Aston Villa</td><td>2–1</td><td><a href="/facts/Darlington_F.C./mBmTXMv1">Darlington</a></td></tr><tr><td>Fourth Round</td><td>Aston Villa</td><td>1–0</td><td><a href="/facts/Southampton_F.C./UJyRR4Ql">Southampton</a></td></tr><tr><td>Fifth Round</td><td>Aston Villa</td><td>3–2</td><td><a href="/facts/Leeds_United_A.F.C./NEBBYkBD">Leeds United</a></td></tr><tr><td>Sixth Round</td><td><a href="/facts/Everton_F.C./P6FV0mHL">Everton</a></td><td>1–2</td><td>Aston Villa</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2">Semi-Final</td><td><a href="/facts/Bolton_Wanderers_F.C./AT8pCXnj">Bolton Wanderers</a></td><td>0–0</td><td>Aston Villa</td></tr><tr><td colspan="4">(at <a href="/facts/Wembley_Stadium_(1923)/Rm4uUK6k">Wembley Stadium</a>) Aston Villa won 4–1 on <a href="/facts/Penalty_shootout_(association_football)/9kEox0Ny">penalties</a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="match">Match</h2> <h3>Summary</h3> <p>Following a poor quality first half in which few chances were created, the match was brighter in the second, with Chelsea generally having the better of the play. <a href="/facts/George_Weah/rjcSMU1n">George Weah</a> missed several chances and <a href="/facts/Dennis_Wise/ndBxSXQ6">Dennis Wise</a> had a goal disallowed for <a href="/facts/Offside_(association_football)/k0wscRcV">offside</a>, while Villa's <a href="/facts/Gareth_Southgate/SAaWPQFf">Gareth Southgate</a> headed wide. On 73 <a href="/facts/Minute/WTRsLrWy">minutes</a>, <a href="/facts/Roberto_Di_Matteo/kLrP07We">Roberto Di Matteo</a> scored what proved to be the winning goal, capitalising on an error from Villa <a href="/facts/Goalkeeper_(association_football)/p1tvfcQf">goalkeeper</a> <a href="/facts/David_James_(footballer%2c_born_1970)/DQ5xdkFL">David James</a> to put the ball in the net from close range. James came roaring off his line to deal with Zola's free-kick from the left, he fumbled the ball against Gareth Southgate's chest with Di Matteo blasting the rebound into the roof of the net. Villa could not get back in the match, their best chance falling to <a href="/facts/Benito_Carbone/rWJ7mWtu">Benito Carbone</a>, but his tame shot did not test Ed de Goey in goal. </p> <h3>Details</h3> 20 May 200015:00 <a href="/facts/Western_European_Summer_Time/k5faEyNF">BST</a><table><tbody><tr><th><a href="/facts/Chelsea_F.C./A3uY71YN">Chelsea</a></th><th>1–0</th><th><a href="/facts/Aston_Villa/4Vk15gbp">Aston Villa</a></th></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Roberto_Di_Matteo/kLrP07We">Di Matteo</a> 73'</td><td><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sport/football/fa_cup/756784.stm">Report</a></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table><a href="/facts/Wembley_Stadium_(1923)/Rm4uUK6k">Wembley Stadium</a>, <a href="/facts/London/KozCCsy9">London</a>Attendance: 78,217<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a>Referee: <a href="/facts/Graham_Poll/SAT1TR2I">Graham Poll</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a> (<a href="/facts/Hertfordshire_County_Football_Association/L09a72uN">Hertfordshire</a>) <table><tbody><tr><td>Chelsea</td><td>Aston Villa</td></tr></tbody></table> <table><tbody><tr><td><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"></td></tr><tr><th></th><th></th><th></th><th></th></tr><tr><td>GK</td><td>1</td><td><a href="/facts/Royal_Dutch_Football_Association/AgyWgoKl"></a> <a href="/facts/Ed_de_Goey/8bju4bTF">Ed de Goey</a></td></tr><tr><td>RB</td><td>15</td><td><a href="/facts/Royal_Dutch_Football_Association/AgyWgoKl"></a> <a href="/facts/Mario_Melchiot/ezxH1pXS">Mario Melchiot</a></td><td> 18'</td></tr><tr><td>CB</td><td>6</td><td><a href="/facts/French_Football_Federation/e8UqExBH"></a> <a href="/facts/Marcel_Desailly/HccXU5lw">Marcel Desailly</a></td></tr><tr><td>CB</td><td>5</td><td><a href="/facts/French_Football_Federation/e8UqExBH"></a> <a href="/facts/Frank_Leboeuf/Dah3e3hu">Frank Leboeuf</a></td></tr><tr><td>LB</td><td>3</td><td><a href="/facts/Nigeria_Football_Federation/LyCVkNP9"></a> <a href="/facts/Celestine_Babayaro/UkQPbbnB">Celestine Babayaro</a></td></tr><tr><td>DM</td><td>7</td><td><a href="/facts/French_Football_Federation/e8UqExBH"></a> <a href="/facts/Didier_Deschamps/7ws7L8DV">Didier Deschamps</a></td></tr><tr><td>CM</td><td>16</td><td><a href="/facts/Italian_Football_Federation/vlAHoaKP"></a> <a href="/facts/Roberto_Di_Matteo/kLrP07We">Roberto Di Matteo</a></td></tr><tr><td>CM</td><td>11</td><td><a href="/facts/The_Football_Association/9xGCEg03"></a> <a href="/facts/Dennis_Wise/ndBxSXQ6">Dennis Wise</a> (<a href="/facts/Captain_(association_football)/AjsKfxbJ">c</a>)</td><td> 28'</td></tr><tr><td>AM</td><td>8</td><td><a href="/facts/Uruguayan_Football_Association/C9lnKUYs"></a> <a href="/facts/Gus_Poyet/x11TvpUI">Gus Poyet</a></td><td> 90'</td></tr><tr><td>CF</td><td>25</td><td><a href="/facts/Italian_Football_Federation/vlAHoaKP"></a> <a href="/facts/Gianfranco_Zola/D7xr2dqy">Gianfranco Zola</a></td><td></td><td> 89'</td></tr><tr><td>CF</td><td>31</td><td><a href="/facts/Liberia_Football_Association/du2pAPzM"></a> <a href="/facts/George_Weah/rjcSMU1n">George Weah</a></td><td></td><td> 88'</td></tr><tr><td colspan="4">Substitutes:</td></tr><tr><td>GK</td><td>23</td><td><a href="/facts/Italian_Football_Federation/vlAHoaKP"></a> <a href="/facts/Carlo_Cudicini/BeXm6Ayp">Carlo Cudicini</a></td></tr><tr><td>CB</td><td>26</td><td><a href="/facts/The_Football_Association/9xGCEg03"></a> <a href="/facts/John_Terry/9vbMSAag">John Terry</a></td></tr><tr><td>LB</td><td>34</td><td><a href="/facts/The_Football_Association/9xGCEg03"></a> <a href="/facts/Jon_Harley/h8mp1aEA">Jon Harley</a></td></tr><tr><td>CM</td><td>20</td><td><a href="/facts/The_Football_Association/9xGCEg03"></a> <a href="/facts/Jody_Morris/3w6c67cp">Jody Morris</a></td><td></td><td> 89'</td></tr><tr><td>CF</td><td>19</td><td><a href="/facts/Norwegian_Football_Federation/VogFLzEL"></a> <a href="/facts/Tore_Andr%25C3%25A9_Flo/NEBl4WMp">Tore André Flo</a></td><td></td><td> 88'</td></tr><tr><td colspan="4">Manager:</td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><a href="/facts/Italian_Football_Federation/vlAHoaKP"></a> <a href="/facts/Gianluca_Vialli/DFBUCWDv">Gianluca Vialli</a></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"></td></tr><tr><th></th><th></th><th></th><th></th></tr><tr><td>GK</td><td>1</td><td><a href="/facts/The_Football_Association/9xGCEg03"></a> <a href="/facts/David_James_(footballer%2c_born_1970)/DQ5xdkFL">David James</a></td></tr><tr><td>DF</td><td>24</td><td><a href="/facts/Football_Association_of_Wales/1EQ9vVYk"></a> <a href="/facts/Mark_Delaney_(footballer)/4Clut8uo">Mark Delaney</a></td></tr><tr><td>DF</td><td>5</td><td><a href="/facts/The_Football_Association/9xGCEg03"></a> <a href="/facts/Ugo_Ehiogu/N98EMrRT">Ugo Ehiogu</a></td></tr><tr><td>DF</td><td>4</td><td><a href="/facts/The_Football_Association/9xGCEg03"></a> <a href="/facts/Gareth_Southgate/SAaWPQFf">Gareth Southgate</a> (<a href="/facts/Captain_(association_football)/AjsKfxbJ">c</a>)</td></tr><tr><td>DF</td><td>15</td><td><a href="/facts/The_Football_Association/9xGCEg03"></a> <a href="/facts/Gareth_Barry/B26FeVHc">Gareth Barry</a></td><td> 16'</td></tr><tr><td>DF</td><td>3</td><td><a href="/facts/The_Football_Association/9xGCEg03"></a> <a href="/facts/Alan_Wright/GBQ5HmsU">Alan Wright</a></td><td></td><td> 88'</td></tr><tr><td>MF</td><td>6</td><td><a href="/facts/Royal_Dutch_Football_Association/AgyWgoKl"></a> <a href="/facts/George_Boateng/cNpevhFq">George Boateng</a></td><td> 90'</td></tr><tr><td>MF</td><td>10</td><td><a href="/facts/The_Football_Association/9xGCEg03"></a> <a href="/facts/Paul_Merson/dv7PYtXo">Paul Merson</a></td></tr><tr><td>MF</td><td>7</td><td><a href="/facts/The_Football_Association/9xGCEg03"></a> <a href="/facts/Ian_Taylor_(footballer%2c_born_1968)/w3ha9mbS">Ian Taylor</a></td><td></td><td> 79'</td></tr><tr><td>MF</td><td>18</td><td><a href="/facts/Italian_Football_Federation/vlAHoaKP"></a> <a href="/facts/Benito_Carbone/rWJ7mWtu">Benito Carbone</a></td><td></td><td> 79'</td></tr><tr><td>FW</td><td>9</td><td><a href="/facts/The_Football_Association/9xGCEg03"></a> <a href="/facts/Dion_Dublin/rduKgobI">Dion Dublin</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4">Substitutes:</td></tr><tr><td>GK</td><td>39</td><td><a href="/facts/Football_Association_of_Finland/Fevdyc1c"></a> <a href="/facts/Peter_Enckelman/CedHfWup">Peter Enckelman</a></td></tr><tr><td>DF</td><td>31</td><td><a href="/facts/The_Football_Association/9xGCEg03"></a> <a href="/facts/Jlloyd_Samuel/X82d6xYV">Jlloyd Samuel</a></td></tr><tr><td>MF</td><td>26</td><td><a href="/facts/The_Football_Association/9xGCEg03"></a> <a href="/facts/Steve_Stone_(footballer)/NuIgDbVu">Steve Stone</a></td><td></td><td> 79'</td></tr><tr><td>MF</td><td>17</td><td><a href="/facts/The_Football_Association/9xGCEg03"></a> <a href="/facts/Lee_Hendrie/wFas2Q36">Lee Hendrie</a></td><td></td><td> 88'</td></tr><tr><td>FW</td><td>12</td><td><a href="/facts/The_Football_Association/9xGCEg03"></a> <a href="/facts/Julian_Joachim/rzencGW8">Julian Joachim</a></td><td></td><td> 79'</td></tr><tr><td colspan="4">Manager:</td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><a href="/facts/The_Football_Association/9xGCEg03"></a> <a href="/facts/John_Gregory_(footballer)/8vyz5z45">John Gregory</a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <table><tbody><tr><td><p>Man of the match</p><ul><li><a href="/facts/Dennis_Wise/ndBxSXQ6">Dennis Wise</a> (Chelsea)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a></li></ul></td><td><p>Match rules</p><ul><li>90 minutes.</li><li>30 minutes of extra-time if necessary.</li><li>Penalty shootout if scores still level.</li><li>Five named substitutes</li><li>Maximum of 3 substitutions.</li></ul></td></tr></tbody></table> <h3>Statistics</h3> <table><tbody><tr><th></th><th>Chelsea</th><th>Aston Villa</th></tr><tr><td>Goal attempts</td><td>5</td><td>11</td></tr><tr><td>Corner kicks</td><td>2</td><td>3</td></tr><tr><td>Fouls committed</td><td>17</td><td>14</td></tr><tr><td>Offsides</td><td>5</td><td>2</td></tr><tr><td>Yellow cards</td><td>3</td><td>2</td></tr><tr><td>Red cards</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Source: The People<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/756778.stm">BBC Match Report</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080330081852/http://www.soccerbase.com/results3.sd?gameid=283617">Game facts</a> at soccerbase.com</li> <li><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sport/football/fa_cup/756784.stm">BBC FA Cup Final 2000 Section</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Malam, Colin (21 May 2000). "Chelsea 1 Aston Villa 0". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 24 October 2007. Retrieved 10 May 2012. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071024025807/http://www.fa-cupfinals.co.uk/2000.htm" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20071024025807/http://www.fa-cupfinals.co.uk/2000.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Malam, Colin (21 May 2000). "Chelsea 1 Aston Villa 0". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 24 October 2007. Retrieved 10 May 2012. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071024025807/http://www.fa-cupfinals.co.uk/2000.htm" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20071024025807/http://www.fa-cupfinals.co.uk/2000.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Bates, Steve (21 May 2000). "VIALLI'S SO DI-LIGHTED; Chelsea 1 Aston Villa 0". The People. Retrieved 10 May 2012. <a href="http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Football%3A+FA+Cup+Final+-+VIALLI'S+SO+DI-LIGHTED%3B+Chelsea+1+Aston...-a062229206" target="_blank">http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Football%3A+FA+Cup+Final+-+VIALLI'S+SO+DI-LIGHTED%3B+Chelsea+1+Aston...-a062229206</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Bates, Steve (21 May 2000). "VIALLI'S SO DI-LIGHTED; Chelsea 1 Aston Villa 0". The People. Retrieved 10 May 2012. <a href="http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Football%3A+FA+Cup+Final+-+VIALLI'S+SO+DI-LIGHTED%3B+Chelsea+1+Aston...-a062229206" target="_blank">http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Football%3A+FA+Cup+Final+-+VIALLI'S+SO+DI-LIGHTED%3B+Chelsea+1+Aston...-a062229206</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>