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Sunday, May 31, 2009

Chelsea beat Everton 2-1 to win FA Cup

Chelsea have beaten Everton 2-1 to win the 2009 FA Cup Final at Wembley Stadium. Louis Saha scored the fastest-ever goal in an FA Cup final, in just 25 seconds.Chelsea manager Guus Hiddink admitted winning Saturday's FA Cup final against Everton was the perfect way to end his brief tenure at Stamford Bridge.Blues boss Hiddink will resume his role as Russia coach on a full-time basis in June and the Dutchman was granted a farewell to remember at Wembley thanks to Frank Lampard's second-half winner.Chelsea's players presented Hiddink with an engraved watch and a signed shirt as a thank-you for his revitalising four-month spell in charge, but the only gift both the manager and his players really wanted was the cup.After Louis Saha's stunning goal just 25 seconds into the match, Chelsea showed the calmness that Hiddink demands of his players and equalised through Didier Drogba before Lampard hit the long-range strike that sealed a 2-1 win.Although he has enjoyed European Cup-winning success with PSV Eindhoven, as well as impressive World Cup campaigns with Australia and South Korea, Hiddink hailed the victory as one of his finest."It was one of the biggest achievements of my career, winning in the Mecca of world football, the FA Cup is something you cannot believe," Hiddink said."We were very tough and the team has showed after a setback they react always, which is what I like."I loved it so much, I enjoyed it so much working with big stars but they knew what it's all about. They showed in the Premier League and Champions League and here, a lot of character."When Hiddink replaced Luiz Felipe Scolari in February, Chelsea were a squad in danger of stagnating, but he led them to the Champions League semi-finals, third place in the Premier League and now their first piece of silverware for two years.

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