FA Cup holders Chelsea moved
into the last eight and set-up a
clash with Manchester United
after a 2-0 win over
Middlesbrough at The Riverside. Rafa Benitez made a host of
changes with captian John Terry
returning, whilst the likes of Yossi
Benayoun, Victor Moses, Paulo
Ferreira and debutant Nathan
Ake also started for the European champions. Both goals arrived in the second-
half, as Chelsea ran out deserved
winners. The first came just after
the break when Fernando Torres
managed to get in the way of a
Ramires half-volley on the edge of the box and the deflection
took it past the helpless Jason
Steele. The win was sealed with 17-
minutes left as Moses poked the
ball home from close-range. Boro had huffed and puffed in
the latter stages, but they failed
to trouble Cech, as Chelsea, as
much as the win, got what they
wanted and that was to avoid an
extra game with a replay which would have been on Monday. Chelsea had started brightly with
Oscar seeing plenty of the ball -
and he created the first opening
seven minutes in with a lovely ball
into the six-yard box but neither
Ramires or Yossi Benayoun could react. Torres then flashed a similar ball
across goal with again nobody in
place to convert. Moses
impressed down the right - but
Steele did not have save to make
in the opening period. Indeed it was Boro on the
counter, who gave Petr Cech
more to think about. Just before
the half-hour Scott McDonald
flashed a header wide after an
excellent ball in from Nicky Bailey. Then the Slovak was a relieved
man just before the break as he
failed to deal with a Muzzy
Carayol drive which bounced up
in-front of him and off his chest
but fortunately for him it deflected to a blue shirt in the
shape of John Terry and Chelsea
cleared their lines. Into the second period and
Chelsea suddenly turned up the
pressure gauge and penned Boro
into their own half before
breaking the deadlock just
minutes in. Oscar broke on the right, worked
his way into the box and crossed
to the back post - the chance
looked to have gone with Yossi
Benayoun helping it to the edge
of the box, but Ramires was there to fire it at goal and it
beat Steele courtesy of a
deflection off Torres. Straight from kick-off and
Chelsea wasted another good
chance as Moses broke into the
box and fired a cross-come-shot
into the six-yard box but there
was nobody backing him up. Boro brought on Ishmael Miller for
the last 20-minutes, but with
Terry rarely looking troubled -
Chelsea continued to push and
claimed a second as Moses poked
the ball home from close-range as they sealed their place in the
quarter-finals.

With this outstanding result today (Whose commentary was covered live in Cokoye.com here) , Chelsea fans that are in process of loosing hope can reconnect with Chelsea again, I wish them best of luck.