{"id":567091,"date":"2026-04-06T02:48:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T02:48:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/567091\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T02:48:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T02:48:10","slug":"fa-cup-semi-final-leeds-delight-fans-by-securing-wembley-trip-with-dramatic-win-at-west-ham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/567091\/","title":{"rendered":"FA Cup semi-final: Leeds delight fans by securing Wembley trip with dramatic win at West Ham"},"content":{"rendered":"

Before they head to north London, those present at the former Olympic Stadium will have fond tales to tell about Sunday’s experience.<\/p>\n

Leeds<\/a> sold out their entire 9,000 allocation, taking up all the space behind one of the goals and contributing to a fantastic atmosphere.<\/p>\n

For most of the game, the Whites looked in complete control. Japan’s Ao Tanaka gave them a first-half lead, with England striker Dominic Calvert-Lewin doubling their advantage with a 75th-minute penalty that looked to have killed the game off.<\/p>\n

But in the 11 minutes of injury time, Mateus Fernandes and Axel Disasi scored to take the tie into extra time.<\/p>\n

Taty Castellanos and Pablo both had goals ruled out for offside by the video assistant referee (VAR) in a breathless extra-time period, where Leeds<\/a> also had two shots cleared off the line.<\/p>\n

There was added drama as Areola suffered a leg injury, meaning Herrick – who was on loan at fifth-tier Boreham Wood as recently as January – was handed a first Hammers appearance in the 120th minute and just before the shootout.<\/p>\n

He saved from Piroe, but Perri ensured it was he who would be the goalkeeping hero with his two saves.<\/p>\n

“This is the magic of the cup, anything can happen and today was a crazy and memorable game. Happy that we won the match and we are into the semi-finals now,” said Perri.<\/p>\n

“For this fanbase it shows the magic of them, the love they have for this team. It is a pleasure to play for this team.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Before they head to north London, those present at the former Olympic Stadium will have fond tales to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":567092,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[403,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-567091","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-soccer","8":"tag-soccer","9":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/567091","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=567091"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/567091\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/567092"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=567091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=567091"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=567091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}