{"id":1033,"date":"2026-04-26T13:00:25","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T13:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=1033"},"modified":"2026-04-26T13:00:25","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T13:00:25","slug":"chelsea-vs-leeds-fa-cup-live-callum-mcfarlane-returns-to-dugout-as-crisis-hit-blues-face-daniel-farkes-men-in-fa-cup-semi-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=1033","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea vs Leeds &#8211; FA Cup LIVE: Callum McFarlane returns to dugout as crisis-hit Blues face Daniel Farke&#8217;s men in FA Cup semi-final"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"js-article-text\" wp_automatic_readability=\"57.746600741656\">\n<div data-channel-color=\"sport\" data-live-blog-header=\"true\" data-media=\"image\" data-platform=\"mol.web.desktop\" data-reactroot=\"\">\n<div class=\"container--aKUPT desktopMode--veTtW\">\n<div class=\"hero--Ge7u8\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.com\/1s\/2026\/04\/26\/13\/108172071-0-image-a-1_1777206738020.jpg\" fetchpriority=\"high\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"author-section byline-plain\">By HARRY BAMFORTH, LIVE SPORTS COVERAGE REPORTER and OLIVER HOLT, CHIEF SPORTS WRITER and KIERAN GILL, MAIL SPORT REPORTER and TOM COLLOMOSSE, FOOTBALL REPORTER <\/p>\n<p class=\"byline-section\"><span class=\"article-timestamp article-timestamp-updated\"> <span class=\"article-timestamp-label\">Updated:<\/span> <time datetime=\"2026-04-26T13:58:17+0100\">  13:58 BST, 26 April 2026 <\/time> <\/span> <\/p>\n<p> <!-- ad: https:\/\/mads.dailymail.co.uk\/v8\/de\/sport\/football\/article\/other\/leader_wide.html --> <!-- CWV --><!--(if !IE)><!--> <link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.com\/static\/mol-fe\/static\/mol-fe-async-bundle\/11.72.0\/articleDefer.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/> <!--<!(endif)--> <!--(if IE)>\n<link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.com\/static\/gunther\/1.17.0\/registration--.css\" media=\"screen\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/>\n<!(endif)--> <!--(if !IE)><!--> <link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.com\/static\/gunther\/18.4.3\/registration--.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/> <!--<!(endif)--><!--(if IE)>\n<link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.com\/static\/gunther\/1.17.0\/all-ie8-9--.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/>\n<link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.com\/static\/gunther\/1.17.0\/all1-ie8-9--.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/>\n<!(endif)--> <!--(if !IE)><!--> <link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.com\/static\/mol-fe\/static\/mol-fe-sync-bundle\/15.83.1\/desktop.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/> <link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.com\/static\/gunther\/18.5.0\/all--.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/><link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.com\/static\/gunther\/18.5.0\/all1--.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/> <!--<!(endif)--> <!--(if IE 8)>\n\n<!(endif)--> <!--(if IE 9)>\n\n<!(endif)--> <!--(if IE)>\n\n<!(endif)--> <!--(if !IE)> -->  <!--<!(endif)--><!-- SiteCatalyst code version: H.20.3.\n    Copyright 1997-2009 Omniture, Inc. 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