FA Cup QF success, Super Tommy Tuchel - and True Blues
Straight Outta Cobham: The Athletic FC's Chelsea show
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🗓️ 21 March 2022
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
Well, the Blues quite like an FA Cup run...
The Athletic's Chelsea experts Simon Johnson and Liam Twomey join Matt Davies-Adams to reflect on another busy weekend in the life of CFC.
We begin with the latest on the takeover after bids were formally submitted on Friday - with a word on the 'True Blues' consortium which has backing from a certain John Terry...
On the pitch it was triumph on Teesside as Thomas Tuchel's men comfortably cruised through to the semi-finals of the FA Cup after 2-0 win over Middlesbrough, setting up a date at Wembley with Crystal Palace.
Chelsea Women also booked their place in the final four after an emphatic 5-0 win over Birmingham.
There's a round-up of all the Blues news, a look ahead to the Champions League showdown with Real Madrid following Friday's draw, plus a special nod to a former player who's quickly becoming a cult hero over in Italy...
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