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| Victory is sweet for Barnsley |
This weekend saw a fantastic and dramatic round of quarter-final action in the FA Cup, with Championship teams being hailed 被稱贊為 as heroes by fans.
For the first time in 100 years, there is only one Premiership team left in the semi-finals after Manchester United, Chelsea and Middlesbrough were knocked out of the competition.
Now Barnsley face Cardiff, and West Bromwich Albion will play the Premier League team Portsmouth in the semi-finals at Wembley.
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I can't believe it. We beat Liverpool and they thought we couldn't do it again. The players were fantastic. Kayode came out tops again - I'm so pleased for him.
Simon Davy, Barnsley manager
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Barnsley dumped holders Chelsea out of the Cup 擊敗足總杯衛(wèi)冕冠軍切爾西 (dump … out of … 擊敗；搶奪過(guò)來(lái)）with a score of 1-0.
Striker Kayode Odejayi was the underdog's hero, heading in a second-half goal to take Barnsley to victory.
The word underdog is used very often in sport, to mean the team or the person who is less likely to win.
This was the second Premiership side they defeated in the FA Cup, having beaten Liverpool in the last round.
Simon Davy, Barnsley manager was shocked, he told BBC Sport, "I can't believe it. We beat Liverpool and they thought we couldn't do it again".
He praised his team, saying, "The players were fantastic again. Kayode came out tops again - I'm so pleased for him". To come out tops is a phrase which means to give the best performance.
The last time Barnsley reached the semi-finals was in 1912 when they went on to win their only FA cup. If they show the same kind of determination that has seen them beat Premier League giants 強(qiáng)隊(duì) Liverpool and now Chelsea, then a second title looks very possible for them.
There was a dramatic clash 沖突 between Manchester United and Portsmouth, after substitute keeper 替補(bǔ)守門(mén)員, Tomasz Kuszchak, was sent off and Rio Ferdinand took over in goal to defend the penalty. Muntari scored the winner from the penalty spot with 12 minutes left.
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 I didn't think it was a penalty, we worked our socks off and the lads were fantastic.
 Harry Redknapp, Portsmouth manager
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United were understandably furious earlier in the match when Cristiano Ronaldo was knocked out of the way by Distin, but referee Martin Atkinson ignored the appeals for a penalty, to the clear disgust 惱怒 of manager Sir Alex Ferguson.
Portsmouth boss, Harry Redknapp, agreed his team had had some luck, but denied there was a penalty. He saluted 稱贊 his players, saying, "I didn’t think it was a penalty, we worked our socks off and the lads were fantastic". To work your socks off is an idiom which means to work extremely hard.
The surprise win will take Portsmouth back to Wembley for the first time since 1942 for the semi-finals.
Cardiff's 0-2 win over Middlesbrough puts the Cup in the Welsh side's sights once again. (To put something in your sights 意思是將什么確立為自己的最終目標(biāo)). Premier League strugglers Boro were poor throughout and fans decided they’d had enough and started leaving the ground 球場(chǎng) with 20 minutes still to go.
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 We have to hold our hands up, Cardiff were better from start to finish.
 Gareth Southgate, Middlesbrough manager
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Gareth Southgate, Middlesbrough's boss, accepted that Cardiff deserved their win; "We have to hold our hands up, Cardiff were better from start to finish". If you hold your hands up, you admit responsibility for something – usually something you have done wrong.
Cardiff boss Dave Jones now hopes his team can repeat their famous FA Cup win in 1927 - the only time a non-English team has won the competition.
"I have 1927 rammed down my throat every day," said Jones. "All I can do is try to make my own history within the football club. It seems to be the year of the underdog somewhere along the line in this competition."
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 I have 1927 rammed down my throat every day. All I can do is try to make my own history within the football club. It seems to be the year of the underdog somewhere along the line in this competition.
 Dave Jones, Cardiff manager
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When Jones uses the phrase rammed down my throat, he means that he has been reminded of the 1927 victory constantly by people.
West Bromwich Albion booked their place in the semis with a convincing 1-5 win over Bristol Rovers, which was helped by Ishmael Miller's hat-trick. The defeat was hard on the Rovers who put up a valiant 勇敢的 defence.
West Brom goal-scorer Kevin Phillips was jubilant 興高采烈的, he said, "We’ll look forward to our day at Wembley, hopefully we can do the business there". When he says "do the business", he means he hopes they will win.
Football fans will now be looking forward to the semi-final matches. If anyone other than Portsmouth lifts the trophy 獎(jiǎng)杯, it will be the first time since West Ham beat Arsenal 1-0 in 1980 that a team outside the top flight 甲級(jí)隊(duì) gets their hands on the Cup.
