Fa cup 2nd semi final

Manchester United 0-0 Everton
Everton won 4-2 on penalties

Everton had the blessing of a one-track mind as they persevered all the way through two hours of goalless football and a shoot-out to reach an FA cup final against Chelsea.

Tim Cahill sent the first kick high, but Phil Jagielka ended the contest by converting his team's fifth. In between, the substitute Dimitar Berbatov and the captain, Rio Ferdinand, failed for Sir Alex Ferguson's team as Tim Howard, the former United goalkeeper, saved.

The first half was so dreary that the gripping moments were those in which something interesting did not quite happen. The United goalkeeper, Ben Foster, for instance, dithered over clearing, but when he brushed the ball against Louis Saha it rolled back into his grasp. By the same token, Everton's centre-back Joleon Lescott put a cross uneasily close to his near post while conceding a corner.

Wembley was a place of listlessness then and perhaps, where Moyes's side were concerned, inhibitions. Before the interval they looked unsettled by the fact that their prospects were, in principle, better than United's. After all, they were much closer to a full-strength selection. There was little sign of conviction before Cahill called for a good save from Foster in the 54th minute and even then the attempt had been struck from distance.

United, all the same, did develop determination. With seven minutes to go, Welbeck again came in off the left to get himself inside the full-back Tony Hibbert before coming close with a bending drive that went slightly high.
Extra-time was inescapable. ¬Ferguson did at least try to force the issue. The 17-year-old striker Federico Macheda, having discovered in his third appearance what it is like not to hit the winner for the club, gave way to Dimitar Berbatov.
United loss that match on penalties.

Everton have final against Chelsea on May 30th.