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<\/p>\nPES Predicts is taking on the FA Cup! Monday night\u2019s clash between Chelsea and Man Utd is the showpiece fixture of the Quarter Finals and I\u2019ve taken to PES 2017 to try and find a winner.<\/p>\n
Trying to select the teams for this was difficult, though we do know Ibrahimovic is suspended. I\u2019ve put Rashford in up front, though it could just as easily be Martial or Rooney. So we\u2019ll just see what happens. I\u2019ve also left Chelsea full strength, I mean they\u2019ve pretty much won the league and they have no Europe. So why wouldn\u2019t they?<\/p>\n
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Chelsea kick us off. Beglin identifies Courtois as the key man, \u201che commands his box and rarely makes mistakes.\u201d He must be expecting a busy night for the Belgian. Fabregas plays one of his typical passes to get Costa in behind, he pulls it back to the arriving Fabregas who slashes it wide on his weaker left foot. That was all too easy though. Rashford is being eaten up by the three centre halves at the minute, and it\u2019s 0-0 after 15.<\/p>\n
Mkhitaryan has a half chance but he heads wide from about 15 yards. It was a long way out. Then Mata cuts back onto his left but his shot is straight at Courtois. Oooh but Chelsea should be ahead. Costa gets slipped in behind again, and from a tight angle De Gea saves with his feet. It drops invitingly for Pedro who steers a shot wide from the edge of the box with the goal gaping. A bad miss to complete a goalless half an hour.<\/p>\n
Man Utd\u2019s turn to have some pressure now and this is a great save from Courtois to deny Martial. Maybe Beglin was right? He gets played in down the inside left and his shot across the keeper is palmed away. There\u2019s no further action to finish the half though, and it\u2019s goalless at the break.<\/p>\n
Drury questions who is ready to go for it. Well, I\u2019d wager Man Utd don\u2019t want extra time. Whether their PES counterparts know this or not remains to be seen. Another top save! Hazard gets in and his powerful shot forces De Gea into a one handed parry away. Jones scrambles it clear. Down the other end, Mata flashes a shot just wide. It\u2019s been a good game this, just needs a goal. Moses is off for Willian. Mkhitaryan has another chance, but on his left he curls it wide. A good move though as the clock ticks past an hour.<\/p>\n
Costa thinks he has scored but there\u2019s a Chris Smalling on the line to clear! He dropped in behind De Gea when Costa got free, it\u2019s smart. Here comes Matic, for Alonso, which I don\u2019t really understand. Whatever it is, it hasn\u2019t worked! Rashford gives Man Utd the lead, and they probably deserve it on the balance of play. Martial plays a great ball and Rashford gets between Luiz and Cahill and smashes it home. Scenes in the away end, and only 9 minutes for Chelsea to find a response.<\/p>\n
Man Utd are keeping the ball really well, seeing it out. But Chelsea have one chance left. Pedro does really well to beat Shaw, he slides it across and Costa taps home. Chelsea are level! No they aren\u2019t, the offside flag is up. Costa looks incandescent. He always looks sort of mad but how he\u2019s really mad. Oh well. Stamford Bridge is angry but the time is running out. It has ran out! Man Utd advance to the Semi-finals!<\/p>\n
This was a pretty good game, I hope the match on Monday is as open as this but it rarely is. Both teams played some nice stuff but only one (legitimate) goal in the end. But don\u2019t worry Chelsea fans, it\u2019s only PES.<\/p>\n