Oh dear. A rare trip to the Millennium Stadium for Blackburn, in fact a rare appearance in a Semi Final, 2 games away from European football, and they cannot even get close to selling all their tickets. So, welcome to the Millennium stadium, with over 10,000 empty seats!
Arsenal on the other hand, who have had to endure the journey down to Cardiff at least once every season since they started using the Millennium, managed to pretty much sell out, so all the empty seats were at the Blackburn end.
This was a game of 2 sides, one side called Blackburn, this side tried to kick the other out of the game, using rough tactics that their manager perfected in his playing days. This side got away with murder.
The other side, called Arsenal, tried to play football, ride the rough challenges, and eventually succeeded and got their reward, with a goal just before half time, a fight for most of the second half, then 2 more goals in the final 10 minutes once Van Persie had been introduced as a sub.
So, 4th Cup Final in 5 years for Arsenal, deserved on the day, and continuing our remarkable recent record in the FA Cup. Lets hope we can repeat the trick next year, when the first game at new Wembley will be the reward.
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