Terry: Victory is what we live for Following their 2-1 FA Cup final win over Liverpool, Chelsea captain John Terry commended the spirit the Stamford Bridge side have shown in the latter part of the season, and days like this at Wembley are what they live for. The England international centre-back also said the victory revealed that their key players are not too old - as some have said, having rallied spectacularly since the appointment of Roberto Di Matteo as caretaker manager. "It's fantastic, it's what we live for," a jubilant Terry told BBC Sport. "We spoke about winning yesterday and we've had a tough competition in the FA Cup this season and we've won, it was a great performance. At times people have slated us as too old, past it or not together but as a team we come together and unite when our backs are against the wall and we've done that superbly in the last 16 or 17 games." Since the sacking of former manager Andre Villas-Boas in early March, the Blues have won 12 of their last 18 games, losing just twice - with their 2-2 draw at the Camp Nou the only game they haven't won in cup competitions. That record culminated in today's victory, where goals from Ramires and Didier Drogba were enough to hand the Blues their fourth title in six years. It was a result that also saw Di Matteo become one of a select group to win the cup as both a player and manager of the same club. On achieving the feat, the Italian manager said: "It's quite a unique situation to be able to win the Cup as a player and then coach the team to win it. I feel honoured to have had this chance. "I'm very happy for players because we've been heavily criticised this season and we've got the trophy and have the chance for another one. It's been a difficult season but the players have made the club proud. It's been hard work but we came through it." It's quite a unique situation to be able to win the Cup as a player and then coach the team to win it. I feel honoured to have had this chance. Roberto Di Matteo, Chelsea caretaker manager Frank Lampard was a member of all four of Chelsea's FA Cup wins and he was full of pride to add today's medal to his other three, and is putting their Premier League match with Liverpool in three days time to the back of his mind for the time being. "It's a massive day, the FA Cup final is huge to this club and an amazing feeling. We can certainly celebrate tonight, we'll deal with the game on Tuesday when it comes. "Until they scored it was very comfortable," the England international said, before commending their Ivorian striker's record of four goals in four FA Cup finals. "It was hard to deal with but we deserved to win. Didier Drogba is my hero. No striker I've seen scores so many important goals in finals." Goalkeeper Petr Cech was on hand to prevent a late recovery from Liverpool, with an impressive point blank save from Andy Carroll, and is now looking towards their trip to Munich in a fortnight's time for the UEFA Champions League final. "It's fantastic what we've achieved and still have one more final to go and hopefully we can make it two," said Cech. "I've won it for the fourth time and it doesn't matter how many times you win it the atmosphere is always the same." Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish commended his side's fight-back after a lacklustre first-half, but admitted it was too little, too late. "We were excellent in the last half hour but a game of football lasts for 90 minutes," Dalglish said. "We left ourselves too much to do. You can't lose two goals in the fashion that we lost them and expect to win." Carroll was understandably disappointed to come up short, after coming on to score the Reds' goal and reinvigorate their attack during the second half. "I thought it was unlucky - I had a few chances and could have put them away but it wasn't to be," the former striker said. "We came here to win, it's been disappointing in the league, we got here and it was unlucky because it would have taken us into extra time. I did the best I could when I came on and we were unlucky."

Terry: Victory is what we live for Following their 2-1 FA Cup final win over Liverpool, Chelsea captain John Terry commended the spirit the Stamford Bridge side have shown in the latter part of the season, and days like this at Wembley are what they live for. The England international centre-back also said the victory revealed that their key players are not too old - as some have said, having rallied spectacularly since the appointment of Roberto Di Matteo as caretaker manager. "It's fantastic, it's what we live for," a jubilant Terry told BBC Sport. "We spoke about winning yesterday and we've had a tough competition in the FA Cup this season and we've won, it was a great performance. At times people have slated us as too old, past it or not together but as a team we come together and unite when our backs are against the wall and we've done that superbly in the last 16 or 17 games." Since the sacking of former manager Andre Villas-Boas in early March, the Blues have won 12 of their last 18 games, losing just twice - with their 2-2 draw at the Camp Nou the only game they haven't won in cup competitions. That record culminated in today's victory, where goals from Ramires and Didier Drogba were enough to hand the Blues their fourth title in six years. It was a result that also saw Di Matteo become one of a select group to win the cup as both a player and manager of the same club. On achieving the feat, the Italian manager said: "It's quite a unique situation to be able to win the Cup as a player and then coach the team to win it. I feel honoured to have had this chance. "I'm very happy for players because we've been heavily criticised this season and we've got the trophy and have the chance for another one. It's been a difficult season but the players have made the club proud. It's been hard work but we came through it." It's quite a unique situation to be able to win the Cup as a player and then coach the team to win it. I feel honoured to have had this chance. Roberto Di Matteo, Chelsea caretaker manager Frank Lampard was a member of all four of Chelsea's FA Cup wins and he was full of pride to add today's medal to his other three, and is putting their Premier League match with Liverpool in three days time to the back of his mind for the time being. "It's a massive day, the FA Cup final is huge to this club and an amazing feeling. We can certainly celebrate tonight, we'll deal with the game on Tuesday when it comes. "Until they scored it was very comfortable," the England international said, before commending their Ivorian striker's record of four goals in four FA Cup finals. "It was hard to deal with but we deserved to win. Didier Drogba is my hero. No striker I've seen scores so many important goals in finals." Goalkeeper Petr Cech was on hand to prevent a late recovery from Liverpool, with an impressive point blank save from Andy Carroll, and is now looking towards their trip to Munich in a fortnight's time for the UEFA Champions League final. "It's fantastic what we've achieved and still have one more final to go and hopefully we can make it two," said Cech. "I've won it for the fourth time and it doesn't matter how many times you win it the atmosphere is always the same." Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish commended his side's fight-back after a lacklustre first-half, but admitted it was too little, too late. "We were excellent in the last half hour but a game of football lasts for 90 minutes," Dalglish said. "We left ourselves too much to do. You can't lose two goals in the fashion that we lost them and expect to win." Carroll was understandably disappointed to come up short, after coming on to score the Reds' goal and reinvigorate their attack during the second half. "I thought it was unlucky - I had a few chances and could have put them away but it wasn't to be," the former striker said. "We came here to win, it's been disappointing in the league, we got here and it was unlucky because it would have taken us into extra time. I did the best I could when I came on and we were unlucky."

PSG edge on top, Lyon slip up A thrilling Ligue 1 title race took another dramatic turn as Paris Saint-Germain won a seven-goal thriller at Valenciennes to tentatively take over at the top. Carlo Ancelotti's richly-assembled squad hung on for an invaluable 4-3 win, to go ahead of Montpellier on goals scored only, after they had been forced to battle back from 2-0 down. Vincent Aboubakar and Remi Gomis stunned the capital club inside the opening 11 minutes but PSG's reply was even more impressive as they roared into a 3-2 lead before half-time. Nene, Maxwell and Blaise Matuidi grabbed the goals and a defining win looked assured when Jeremy Menez added a fourth on 58 minutes. But there was further drama as Aboubakar grabbed his second with ten minutes left, but PSG just about managed to cling on for a win that puts the pressure back on Montpellier. Montpellier can take over at the top outright again tomorrow night, although they face a tricky trip to fifth-placed Rennes. Lyon's hopes of a top-three finish and UEFA Champions League football took a huge hit as drew 1-1 with relegation battlers Brest. Yoann Gourcuff gave Les Gones a first-half lead, but Brest snatched a point through Gregory Lorenzi's equaliser. The result leaves Lyon eight points behind third-placed Lille, who will assure themselves of a top-three finish if they beat Caen tomorrow. Brest's point moved them out of the drop zone for 24 hours at least. Ajaccio were plunged into relegation danger as they slipped to a 2-1 defeat at Evian and saw Carl Medjani red-carded late on. The visitors took the lead through Benjamin Andre, but Cedric Barbosa immediately equalised and Daniel Wass' second-half free-kick earned the three points for Evian, who are set for a top-half finish in their first season following promotion to the top flight. Ajaccio, by contrast, are just three points outside the relegation zone.

Fernandez: Dad's always helped me Paraguayan goalkeeper Roberto Junior Fernandez tells the story with such fervour that it could almost have happened yesterday. “I was 16 and had just finished secondary school,” he explained to FIFA.com. “One evening, my mother took me to one side and asked if I wanted to go to university or become a professional footballer. I didn’t hesitate because I knew what I wanted. She was worried because she knew all about the life of a footballer and the family sacrifices it entails.” Eight years on from that maternal chat and Fernandez is certainly not regretting his decision – his mother neither, and certainly not his father. A national hero between the posts at the 1986 FIFA World Cup Mexico™, Roberto Fernandez experienced an even more thrilling high less than two years later, on 29 March 1988, when his son was born in the Paraguayan capital, Asuncion. Now keeping goal for Dutch club Utrecht, Roberto Junior recalls first falling in love with the game aged eight, “without my father ever forcing me to. I even played as a forward when I first started out in football,” he added. “I enjoyed scoring, but one day I had to go in goal and I loved it so much I never left.” Paternal shadow Loaned by Argentinian side Racing Club to Utrecht last August, Paraguay’s back-up keeper at the 2011 Copa America has already fulfilled one dream by trying his luck in Europe. With 14 Eredivisie outings under his belt this term, he now hopes to have done enough to convince another club to keep him this side of the Atlantic Ocean next season. “I’ve always wanted to play in Europe and the reason I joined Estudiantes was because the Argentinian league is a better springboard,” he explained, before conceding that leaving his homeland also reduced the pressures of following in his father’s footsteps: “Yes, it’s true that in Paraguay the comparisons with my Dad are sometimes difficult to deal with.” I’ve always wanted to play in Europe and the reason I joined Estudiantes was because the Argentinian league is a better springboard. Roberto Junior Fernandez, Paraguay goalkeeper. Nicknamed El Gatito – his father was dubbed El Gato – Fernandez started out in the game at Cerro Porteno, the same club where his father had finally hung up his gloves ten years previously. It was there that the youngster won his sole title to date, clinching the Paraguayan Apertura crown in 2009, but he promptly decided it was time to follow his own course. The shadow cast by his father’s reputation was proving hard to live with, despite Fernandez having long grown used to their unconventional situation. “When I was small, I had friends coming to the house all the time to be with him and talk to him,” said the former U-20 international. “When we were out walking, people stopped him all the time. It was difficult to do things together as he was always in demand. But I accepted it and I’ve always got on well with him.” International ambition As a case in point, Roberto senior jetted over to the Netherlands to support his son when the latter found himself out of favour at Utrecht, who were unable to offer him a permanent deal and preferred fielding veteran shot-stopper Rob van Dijk between the sticks. “He’s always helped me, both with advice and analysis. He comes to training sessions and matches. Football is the basis of our relationship.” If Fernandez has his way, his father will be making many more trips to the Old Continent to see him in action. “My style is better suited over here,” he explained, his height (1.91m) and ball skills making him feel at home in Europe. “They play more with the ball at feet and distribution is very important. In South America, the ball never gets passed back and there’s very little play with the ball at your feet [for a goalkeeper]. Distribution over there is all about long balls forward – it’s a different football altogether.” Although he does not know where he will be next term, Fernandez hopes to be handed a role with La Albirroja in their upcoming 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil qualifiers. Called up for last year’s Copa America in Argentina, he is now fully on the radar of coach Francisco Arce. “He follows my progress and we speak to each other,” he said. “Before I ended up on the bench at Utrecht, he told me he wanted me for the games in June. I hope he hasn’t changed his mind! The Copa America was one of the best experiences of my career. I learnt so much in every game and every training session.” Fernandez’s thirst for learning should come as no surprise, of course. After all, he has been soaking up knowledge of the game since the age of eight, when he first began following in the paw prints of El Gato.

The cup's last amateur accolade Chelsea may be celebrating a triumphant day at Wembley and another piece of silverware in their trophy cabinet, but 130 years ago the FA Cup saw a significant final achievement in its history. Yesterday's game may have been between two teams of highly paid and professionally trained athletes, but in 1882 the last ever amateur champions were crowned. The Football Association Challenge Cup, to give its full name, had begun 11 years earlier and up to that point and only ever featured amateur sides in the final. However, when the much heralded Old Etonians side faced Blackburn Rovers, it was a sign that times were changing. These amateur sides were mostly made up of the wealthier upper-class players of the sport, usually from the more southern part of England, and received no payment for matches. These teams were often made up of players who had attended certain private schools or were part of the armed forces - known as 'Old Boy' teams - with Etonians from the famous college Eton. Legendary Victorian footballer and cricketer C. B. Fry, who won an England cap and reached an FA Cup final, recalled the most successful early amateur teams: "When I first remember football, the great teams were the Old Boy teams: Old Carthusians, Old Etonians, Old Westminster, Old Harrowvians and the Royal Engineers." The poorer working classes however couldn't afford to play for free. Professionalism – being paid to play – was still illegal at this point, and wasn't accepted by the FA for another three years, but it was still widely practised by many of the club sides. When Blackburn Rovers visited London's Kennington Oval, now known as The Oval cricket ground, they became the first provincial side to reach the final and challenge the dominance of the amateurs. At last Dunn effected a fine run down the ground and passed the ball over to Anderson, who kicked it between the posts. The Old Etonians winning goal scored by William Anderson, and assisted by Arthur Dunn, as told by The Times However in Etonians they faced a dominant side. They had reached four cup finals before this year, winning in 1979, and had arguably the best player in the game on their side. Arthur Kinnaird, later becoming Lord Kinnaird, already had four winners medals to his name before triumphing in 1882, and still holds the record for most FA Cup final appearances with nine. John Terry's victory yesterday matched Kinnaird's accolade of captaining a side to the title four times. He was a versatile player, appearing in every position on the field – from goalkeeper to forward – throughout his career, and was renowned as a tough tackler. He was also a veteran of the second ever international friendly, playing for Scotland in a 1-0 defeat to England, before going on to be president of the FA for more than 30 years. He was aided ably by the talents of players such as Arthur Dunn, who claimed four England caps – during a time when international games were few and far between, captaining them twice. The Blackburn side they were facing were no slouches though, having beaten the likes of Sheffield Wednesday and Bolton Wanderers to reach the final. Still relatively young, having only been in existence seven years, they were lauded for their cutthroat approach to team selection, replacing second-rate players with superior ones. Being professional, allowing them to play together regularly, it meant that their style of play "became practically irresistible" according to the Blackburn Standard, and were followed on the 250 mile trip by hundreds of fans. An estimated 4,500 fans were in attendance to watch a game that, according to The Times, was played on “an excellent piece of ground that had been staked off in front of the pavilion”. Certainly a far cry from the 90,000-seater colossus that is today’s Wembley stadium. The match kicked off at 3.15pm, with Etonians winning the coin toss, and got off to a high octane start – with Etonians in light blue and Blackburn in blue and white hoops. Although the Rovers completely penned their antagonists in the second half, they could not score, Rawlinson, in goal, playing with admirable coolness and skill. The Nottinghamshire Guardian recalls the efforts of Old Etonians goalkeeper John Rawlinson to deny Blackburn Rovers The London Standard described the match in its edition the following day, stating that Blackburn initially began the brighter. “After some very brilliant play among the forwards in the centre of the ground [John] Hargreaves, well supported by Avery, made an incursion into their rival’s territory,” the correspondent recalled, “but this attempt to score was frustrated by the cool play of [Percy de] Paracini.” A pattern of play emerged, though, as Etonians took hold of the game, making the break through eight minutes in. “Repeated efforts to score were made by the Light Blues,” The Times wrote, “and at last Dunn effected a fine run down the ground and passed the ball over to [William] Anderson, who kicked it between the posts.” The game continued at an “exceedingly fast” pace, according to the Blackburn Standard, but the game remained at 1-0 to the amateurs. The wind played its part in the game as the pendulum swung in the second half, with Blackburn taking hold of the game; however their pressure was to no avail, according to the report in the Nottinghamshire Guardian. “Although the Rovers completely penned their antagonists in the second half, they could not score, [John] Rawlinson, in goal, playing with admirable coolness and skill.” The Etonians dominated the aerial game, a vital component of the game in the early roots of football – because of the poor quality pitches, and rode out the final pressure exacted by Rovers to take the title. Kinnaird was said to have celebrated their triumph by performing a handstand in front of the pavilion. However their dominance was ended a year later, as Blackburn Olympic beat Etonians 2-1 after extra-time to begin the era of the professional, with the FA Cup never again returning to an amateur side.

Mancini accepts City are favourites ( Roberto Mancini has said that he knows his Manchester City team are favourites to lift the Premier League title after victory at Newcastle United. City will head into their final game of the campaign at home to relegation-haunted QPR sitting at the top of the table and knowing victory will deliver the prize they have craved for the last 44 years. Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson admitted in the wake of the win on Tyneside that his club's arch-rivals might have both hands on the trophy, and while Mancini is refusing to look any further ahead that next weekend's game, he knows their destiny remains in their own hands. Asked if City are now favourites, the Italian said: "Maybe, maybe yes because it depends on us. If we beat QPR, we will be the champions. But at this moment, we can't think about this. We need to prepare very well for the next game, only this. I am excited because we are on the top, but it's not enough. One week more and if we play like we did today, we have a lot of chance to win." Victory over Newcastle, whose own hopes of Champions League qualification were dealt a blow despite rivals Arsenal and Tottenham only drawing this weekend, will pitch Mancini into battle with Mark Hughes, his immediate predecessor at the Etihad Stadium, with the league title at stake. It was achieved courtesy of a double from Yaya Toure as a tense encounter came to a dramatic conclusion. I am excited because we are on the top, but it's not enough. One week more and if we play like we did today, we have a lot of chance to win. Roberto Mancini Mancini said of the Ivorian: "Yaya is an important player for us because he has experience. He won with Barcelona, he won trophies and he brought to us this experience for this reason. Yaya is a fantastic player, but I don't think you can win here because Yaya played well. We won here against Newcastle because all the team played really well and we deserved to win." The Magpies tasted defeat for just the second time in nine games - and they have won the other seven - and they will run out at Everton next weekend knowing a third-place finish is still a possibility. Manager Alan Pardew said: "If I was Arsenal, they only need a point to finish in a Champions League position, but actually they need to win because fourth place is not guaranteed, of course, with Chelsea. "They have got to win, really, in case Spurs finish above them, so that could be significant. For our part, there's a simple equation: we have to win at Everton, which might not be enough, but that's what we need to do." On a day when Newcastle honoured former manager Sir Bobby Robson by unveiling a new statue of him at St James' Park, they felt the full force of City. Pardew said: "Chelsea under Mourinho looked like they were going to roar forever, but they didn't. "It just sets a marker down for everybody else now to improve and try to match them. It will be very, very difficult for a club like us, but for the top clubs, it's a big challenge now if they win the title."

Juve win Scudetto after Milan suffer defeat ( Juventus tonight won their first Serie A crown since 2003 as a Diego Milito hat-trick sunk title rivals AC Milan. Juve beat Cagliari 2-0, while Milan went down 4-2 to city rivals Inter in a thrilling San Siro derby. The results left the Turin side four points ahead of i Rossoneri with one game of the season to go. It was Juve's first Scudetto since returning to the top flight of Italian football following the Calciopoli match-fixing scandal. The unbeaten leaders went into the penultimate round of fixtures with a one-point advantage over Milan and duly saw off Cagliari in Trieste. Mirko Vucinic opened the scoring with a neat finish in the sixth minute and the points were sealed when substitute Marco Borriello netted in the 71st minute, three minutes after coming on. Events at the San Siro were far more dramatic as Milan fought back from conceding an early goal to Milito to lead 2-1 early in the second half thanks to a brace from Zlatan Ibrahimovic. The Swede levelled with a penalty a minute before the break, which replays showed should not have been awarded, and netted again a minute after the restart. But Milito got his second from the spot in the 52nd minute and the referee gave a third penalty ten minutes from time which the Argentinian converted to complete his hat-trick. Needing to win to take the title race to the final day because of their inferior head-to-head record with Juve, Milan knew the game was up and Maicon compounded their misery when he lashed home a superb fourth in the 87th minute. Udinese steal Euro march Udinese moved into pole position for the third UEFA Champions League spot with a 2-0 home win over nine-man Genoa. Juraj Kucka was sent off first in the 29th minute when he gave away a free-kick, from which Antonio Di Natale put Udinese in front. Rodrigo Palacio saw red in the 38th minute and the home team controlled the rest of the game, adding a second through Antonio Floro Flores in the 66th minute. Udinese are now two points ahead of Lazio, while Genoa need a point from their final game of the season to be sure of survival. Lazio won 2-0 at Atalanta to move up to fourth. Libor Kozak fired home a first-half opener and Lorik Cana made the points safe in the 90th minute after the hosts had Guglielmo Stendardo sent off for dissent. Napoli, though, saw their Champions League hopes all but disappear as they dropped to fifth with a 2-0 loss at Bologna. Alessandro Diamanti opened the scoring in a first half otherwise dominated by the visitors, and Matteo Rubin made the game safe in the second. The match ended with red cards for Bologna's Archimede Morleo and Blerim Dzemaili for Napoli. Palermo and Chievo, both free of relegation worries, played out an entertaining 4-4 draw that saw Matias Silvestre rescue a last-gasp point for the home side. Palermo took the lead through Fabrizio Miccoli's tenth-minute penalty, before the same player doubled their advantage nine minutes later. Sergio Pellissier pulled one back (27) and Fernando Uribe levelled by striking within 60 seconds, before Sequeira Luciano and Pellissier made it four. But Palermo would not be denied and mounted a spirited fightback of their own, with Miccoli - with his hat-trick goal - and then Silvestre finding the target. Parma won 2-0 at Siena thanks to second-half goals from Sebastian Giovinco and Sergio Floccari, while Marco Rigoni scored a hat-trick, including two penalties, to give Novara a 3-0 win over fellow relegated side Cesena.