Summary

  • Leicester beat Southampton in second FA Cup semi-final

  • Iheanacho scores from close range

  • Foxes will face Chelsea in final on 15 May

  • 4,000 spectators present at Wembley

  1. Postpublished at 18:28 British Summer Time 18 April 2021

    Leicester v Southampton (16:30 BST)

    The players are out on the pitch and there's warm applause from the 4,000 in attendance.

    Seeing Wembley in the sunshine and hearing the fans is a much-missed joy. Hopefully it spurs the players on to put on a real show.

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  2. Chelsea await the winnerspublished at 18:24 British Summer Time 18 April 2021

    Leicester v Southampton (18:30 BST)

    The winner of this tie will face Chelsea at Wembley in the final on 15 May.

    The Blues put in a strong display to see off runaway Premier League leaders Manchester City.

    See how they did it below.

  3. Long overdue returnspublished at 18:21 British Summer Time 18 April 2021

    Leicester v Southampton (18:30 BST)

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    Leicester last reached the final in 1969, while Southampton won the trophy in 1976 and are trying to make the Wembley showpiece for the first time since 2003.

  4. Self-control very important - Rodgerspublished at 18:17 British Summer Time 18 April 2021

    Leicester v Southampton (18:30 BST)

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    A win today would see Leicester reach the FA Cup final for a fifth time.

    However, they have never won the competition and Brendan Rodgers has urged his side to keep their cool as they aim to keep that dream alive.

    "In these moments that ability to have that self-control is very important," he said.

    "When it counts most is when you are under pressure. We want to get into the final and we can only do that with performing well.

    "If you overthink it or get nervous it can immobilise you. You stay calm, give clarity to the team and then arrive and look to play your game."

  5. 'She is one of the reasons I want to make my family proud.'published at 18:13 British Summer Time 18 April 2021

    Leicester v Southampton (18:30 BST)

    Nathan Redmond was the star of the show as he scored twice and set up another to help Southampton see off Bournemouth and reach the semi-finals.

    My colleague Neil Johnston has done a really lovely interview with the Saints winger, who talks about the importance of his mum in shaping his career.

    Read it here.

  6. Postpublished at 18:11 British Summer Time 18 April 2021

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  7. Team newspublished at 18:07 British Summer Time 18 April 2021

    Leicester v Southampton (18:30 BST)

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    Leicester boss Brendan Rodgers makes two changes to the side that lost to West Ham in the Premier League last weekend.

    Caglar Soyuncu and Ayoze Perez both start as Dennis Praet and Daniel Amartey make way.

    Leicester XI: Schmeichel, Soyuncu, Evans, Fofana, Pereira, Tielemans, Ndidi, Castagne, Perez, Iheanacho, Vardy.

    Subs: Ward, Amartey, Thomas, Choudhury, Mendy, Praet, Albrighton, Maddison, Under.

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    Southampton boss Ralph Hasenhuttl makes one change to the side that lost to West Brom in the Premier League last Monday.

    Moussa Djenepo comes in to replace Theo Walcott who drops to the bench.

    Southampton XI: Forster, Walker-Peters, Bednarek, Vestergaard, Bertrand, Djenepo Ward-Prowse, Diallo, Armstrong, Ings, Redmond.

    Subs: McCarthy, Stephens Salisu, Tella, Walcott, Jankewitz, Ferry, Adams, Nlundulu

  8. Postpublished at 18:03 British Summer Time 18 April 2021

    Leicester v Southampton (18:30 BST)

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    Hello!

    Who will be joining Chelsea in this season's FA Cup final? That's what we'll be finding out over the course of the next couple of hours as Leicester take on Southampton at Wembley.

    For the first time in a while they'll be playing in front of something considerably more animated than cardboard cutouts, with 4,000 football fans allowed in today as part of a test scheme to get supporters back into grounds.

    Will they be witness to an FA Cup classic? Here's hoping.

  9. Up for the cuppublished at 17:59 British Summer Time 18 April 2021

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    The sun is shining, the pubs are open, there's FA Cup semi-final action coming up and fans on Wembley Way once again.

    We're not quite there yet, but this is a most welcome slice of normality.