FA CUP SEMI-FINAL : CRYSTAL PALACE VS ASTON VILLA – 26/04/2025 (PHOTO – SARR AND CRYSTAL PALACE CELEBRATE)

WHAT AN UPSET FOR ASTON VILLA LAST NIGHT, BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH THEY MADE 547 PASSES, WITH AN 86% PASS ACCURACY (HAD 71% POSSESSION), AND HAD 16 SHOTS, WITH 6 ON TARGET, THEY JUST COULD NOT REACH THE BACK OF THE NET!  IT WAS A TOTALLY DIFFERENT STORY FOR CRYSTAL PALACE HOWEVER, WHO MADE A MORE MODEST 238 PASSES, WITH A 72% PASS ACCURACY AND HAD 9 SHOTS WITH 4 ON TARGET, WITH 3 OF THOSE TURNING OUT TO BE EXTREMELY MEMORABLE GOALS!  EBERECHI EZE PULLED OFF SOME “EZE MAGIC” AT 31 MINS., WITH A FANTASTIC GOAL, AND ISMAILA SARR SCORED A BRILLIANT BRACE AT 58 MINS. AND A CRACKING LATE FINISHER AT 90 + 4 MINS., MEANING THAT THIS EXCITING MATCH ENDED IN A 3 – 0 WIN TO CRYSTAL PALACE AND THEIR PROGRESSION INTO THE  FA CUP FINALS FOR JUST THE 3RD TIME IN THEIR HISTORY!

FA CUP SEMI-FINAL : CRYSTAL PALACE VS ASTON VILLA – 26/04/2025