FA Cup quarter-final draw confirmed
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Second-tier Wrexham pushed Premier League big boys Chelsea all the way through a 4-2 extra time loss in the FA Cup fifth round despite an 80th-minute red card at the Racecourse Ground on Saturday.
Goals in extra time from Alejandro Garnacho and Joao Padro saw Chelsea through to the FA Cup quarter-finals despite an incredible effort from the hosts at The Racecourse Ground
Next up for Wrexham is world champion Chelsea. While a place in the quarterfinals of the FA Cup is at stake when the teams face off at the Racecourse Ground on Saturday, for Wrexham it will be a timely gauge of just how “Premier League-ready” it is.
Three Chelsea players are all one caution away from a suspension in the FA Cup heading into the fifth-round tie against Wrexham on Saturday.
Striker Sam Smith says Wrexham must take their FA Cup performance against Chelsea into Tuesday's Championship game against promotion rivals Hull at the Stok Cae Ras (19:45 GMT). For a big chunk of Saturday's first half Smith would have dreamed he was going to be Wrexham's fifth-round giant-killing hero,
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