Quarter-Final: Wigan Athletic v Southampton The FA Cup

COMMENTATOR:

What a goal!

Would you

believe it?

This is one of the great shocks of

the competition.

Is Gascoigne going to have a crack?

He is, you know. It's there!

He is, you know. It's there! Giggs

has gone past and he has scored a

sensational goal. Gerrard! Cantona!

Aaron Ramsey's scored!

The world's greatest cup.

Crackington, crackling atmosphere at

the DW Stadium. -- cracking. That

hurt. Under one. Good save. Mistake!

Bravo comes to the rescue. Here is

Grigg, side netting. Aguero, good

save by Walton. The red card is

coming out. He's sent off, here is

great. Greek. Is scored! I do not

believe it! -- Will Grigg. Wigan

Athletic have knocked out a

Manchester City. They have not had

days like these for years.

A month on from one of the great FA

Cup upsets we are back at the DW

Stadium as Wigan play for a place in

the semifinals and the fourth

Premier League scalp. Southampton

have any manager in Mark Hughes who

has replaced Mauricio Pellegrino

with one win in 17 league games

leaving the club battling

relegation. First up is the cup the

competition Hughes has won four

times as a player. Welcome to Wigan,

three very cold pundits alongside me

already and this is just the start

of the show. Kevin Kilbane, Francis

Benali and Dion Dublin. We will try

not to mention the weather too much

but there are snowstorms in the air

swirling.

Quite nice, typical

weather, we are a fine.

You need a

bit more hairspray!

Do you think the

win against City boosts Wigan, or

increase expectation for another

Premier League scalp? Probably

somewhere in between both. I

genuinely feel. Expectation he can

have another Premier League scalp.

It was a different performance

against Man City to the ones against

West Ham and Bournemouth, it was

very much sitting deep and trying to

contain the City but in the games

against Bournemouth and West Ham

they played really good football.

The Wigan manager, Paul Cox, who is

a man that you used to play with,

you get the feeling expectation

isn't a bad thing and he wants that

and what's Tidemand it from his

players.

And the belief which comes

from Paul Cook. We saw him during

the week and he is buoyant and the

players want to play for him and

shake his hand in the morning. The

feeling around the training ground

is very good. I think he will go for

this today, there will not be any

sitting back and waiting to see what

Southampton have got, I think he

will go for it and he will tell his

players you have got a chance.

And

therefore, is a slightly different

for Southampton in that if they had

come here with Mauricio Pellegrino

they might have come here with

trepidation but this is a new

manager, and a new start, so you

throw off the doom and gloom that

has been around the club, do you? Is

it not that simple?

Since Mark

Hughes's appointment there has been

a huge reaction from the supporters

and lots of positivity and he had

the impact he's managed to have with

the guys already. First and foremost

the squad must have a reaction and

have an impact. They have a great

opportunity, it will be a tough game

against Wigan, they have had some

great success against some Premier

League sides but going forward it

will be an impact on the Premier

League games they have left.

Marcuse

has been talking to Damian Johnson

pre-match.

Your first game in charge of

Southampton. -- Mark Hughes. How do

you feel about playing Wigan in the

FA Cup?

Looking forward to it, only

been here a few days but I have been

impressed by the application and

quality I have to work with. Today

is a difficult fixture, going up

against a lower league team that has

had good success against Premier

League teams, in this competition

this year, so we've got to be ready.

But I sensed that the group is ready

to go and we are looking forward to

it. It is a cup quarterfinal, great

competition, a competition that has

been very good to me during my

playing career so we would love to

progress.

Some of your big hitters

are on the bench. Is that a sign of

having to balance Premier League

survival is your priority and making

cup progress?

I picked a team that I

think will win the game first and

foremost. We have a good group and

lots of players not involved today

clearly will be involved as we move

through these games that we have

ahead of us that are going to test

as all. The fixtures are difficult

but we are at the business end of

the season and we have got to get it

done.

You went out in the FA Cup at

Coventry, with Stoke City, you can't

have imagined getting a second

crack, can you?

My record, apart

from maybe the latter stages of my

tenure at Stoke, I think my record

stands comparison to anybody's. I

understand the league. I mentioned

the FA Cup already, it is a

competition close to my heart, so

the disappointment I felt on that

day hopefully will be changed today.

He says he has some big hitters on

the bench, he's got some big hitters

in his starting XI as well, such is

the nature of Premier League squads

these days, so it's more about how

the starting XI gelled together.

It's interesting to see his line-up,

we might see a change of formation

to what Southampton played on the

Pellegrino, interesting to see he

has Gabbiadini and Carrillo in his

starting XI, so he may play them up

front. We will wait and see. His

experience as a player, he will have

the impact and knowledge and

experience to help them as an

attacking side.

When he got the job

he said he thinks he can improve

their forward play and their

creativity, which is quite

refreshing because most managers

when they take over a job say the

first thing they will do is improve

fitness. Whenever a new manager

takes over. Do you think is the kind

of coach that can improve their

creativity?

He will pass that mantle

onto his coaches, he will tell his

coaches, this is what I want to see

from my players. Mark Hughes is a

manager's man, he will manage the

players' personalities, make sure

everything is right mentally with

the players going into the games and

tell the coaches, get them ready to

stay in this league and move forward

in the FA Cup.

When you

in the FA Cup.

When you look at

their stats, everything indicates

that they are about mid-table,

whether it be goals scored, goals

conceded, chances created, whatever,

mid-table could be a relegation

battle in the Premier League this

season but it feels like they are

underperforming.

Yes, I think that's

the case, when I have watched

Southampton this season I think it

is a bit more up-tempo football,

maybe taking a few more chances in

the final third, getting crosses

into the penalty area. If he's going

to play two upfront with the likes

of Gabbiadini Unita crosses going

into the area because his movement

is as good as anyone you will see. I

don't feel they have been the

chances created from his point of

view coming his way, that is what

Mark Hughes will want to change.

There was lots of say football under

the previous manager Pellegrino, so

hopefully Mark Hughes will come in

and encourage them to take more

risks, they've got to be brave and

go at teams, to progress in the

competition there will have to go at

Wigan and two score the goals they

need for Premier League survival

this year.

Let's switch back to

Wigan and the man that score the

goal that knocked out Man City in

the last round, Dion Dublin has been

to visit Will Grigg.

Nice to meet you, will.

Nice to meet

you.

Yes, you're definitely still on

fire, are hot.

You've got to be sick of it now. Is

it getting on your nerves?

Definitely not, it's one of those

things again, it sort of shows if on

scoring goals and on form the fans

sing it and it's definitely a

positive for myself to hear them

singing the song. It was absolutely

incredible, the first time it hit is

we played Germany and we just came

out to warm up and I looked to the

left-hand side of the stadium and

the lyrics were on the screen, and I

thought, a few of the boys were

looking at me going, Giggy, quite

surreal and something I enjoyed.

Tell me about the City game.

COMMENTATOR:

Will Grigg has scored!

No celebration, what was that about?

I was probably too tired to

celebrate, it was more shocked I

have managed to touch it, and I had

lots of family there and for me it

was a special occasion and I wanted

to take in the moment, obviously a

great goal and put us in a strong

position, but like I said I just

wanted to take in the moment.

Can it

happen again?

The cup means so much

to everyone, walking around the

training ground and stadium you can

see the photos and memories from it.

If we can replicate something like

that that would be the dream but we

will take every game as it comes and

concentrate on the big one on

Sunday.

Winning the FA Cup or going

up?

It's a tough one, the sole aim

at the start of the season was

promotion, we made no bones about

it, that's the big one, and the FA

Cup has been a bonus but when you

get this far you start to smell it

and started in.

I'm not sure Paul

Cook appreciated Dion Dublin

visiting Wigan earlier this week

because this is what he said to

Damian Johnson pre-match.

I heard you yesterday say you are a

bit conflicted from Dummett between

promotion from League 1 and the FA

Cup. Now the game is here and you

can smell the hotdogs, any clearer?

That was Dion Dublin winding me up,

talking about winning the FA Cup, we

must knock out Southampton, Man

United and Chelsea, even I can

dream. We want to be promoted,

that's for sure, thank you.

You have

been winding them up this week?

Just

a little bit, he's an old friend and

I'm allowed to. What I like about

him is he is positive, a likeable

bloke and he will get his team

trying to play the right way today.

Try and get past the massive hurdle

of Southampton today in the right

way, he has a bit of backbone to his

team, is got a few fighters, two

centre halves must take no

prisoners.

In his response after the

last game he said it killed him

setting aside up against Man City

and the manner in which they played

because he wants to play expansive

football and he has done throughout

his career and I think he will do

the same again today.

We were

chatting before the match about the

Will Grigg finish against Man City,

firstly in his head he will have

known he will not get many chances,

and secondly, he would have had a

bit of time to think about it

because he had to run towards it, it

wasn't instinctive, was it?

Correct

and Kyle Walker was chasing him down

so you haven't got that much time.

When you get into a situation like

that you've got to be a goal-scorer

mentally and know what you're going

to do before getting to the ball, he

knew what he wanted to do and a

great finish.

This is it, the third

FA Cup quarterfinal at the weekend.

Remember, later on the BBC we still

have Leicester against Chelsea. But

now it is Wigan against Southampton

and your commentators at the DW

Stadium, Martin Keown and Steve

Wilson.

COMMENTATOR: Good afternoon

everybody, what is it about Wigan

and the FA Cup? Since they won it

and were relegated in 2013 they

played nine matches against Premier

League teams in this competition and

they have won six of them. So, are

Southampton, who sprang their own

huge cup final shock way back in

1976, to be next on Wigan's hit

list? It is worth remembering that

when Lawrie McMenemy masterminded

that famous Saints win over

Manchester United all those years

ago, Wigan were still two years away

from playing their first game as a

football league club. 40 years only

in the Football League. But here

they are on another terrific FA Cup

run. But the opposition has changed

over the last few days because now

it is Mark Hughes in the other

dugout, and if that Southampton

squad needed a boost up their

backsides I would suggest that there

is no one better than Mark Hughes to

provide it. His first game in

charge. Let's look at the Wigan side

first. The goalkeeper Christian

Walton's parent creme Dai club

Brighton went out yesterday puts

paid to his nightmare scenario of

being ineligible for an FA Cup final

or semifinal. The Egyptian

International missed the win over

Man City was suspended. Nick Powell

is on the bench because of a

hamstring tweak. Gary Roberts starts

on his 34th birthday, and then there

is Will Grigg, the face that

launched a song, a pie, and who

knows what else? He is the club's

top scorer on seven. Mark Hughes

played in five FA Cup finals, won

four of them, managed Blackburn to

the semis in 2005, his first-team

selection is two changes to

Pellegrino's last, the same back

four, Manolo Gabbiadini called into

play behind career with Boufal

prevented Redmond on the left. It is

only Gabbiadini's second start with

the club since Christmas. --

Carrillo. One step from Wembley and

the FA Cup semifinal. Michael Oliver

in charge, worth saying today there

is no VAR for this FA Cup

quarterfinal. One step from Wembley.

And Wembley is a place where Wigan

Athletic have played in their

history in five different

competitions. Everything from the

final of the FA Trophy to the FA

Cup. Martin Keown, it is already a

wonderful story for this League 1

side but can they do it again?

If

you can beat Man City in the manner

they did, one of the finest teams we

have seen in the Premier League in

recent years, you can beat anyone.

Mark Hughes coming in

psychologically has changed things a

little bit, Southampton will surely

be much improved on their recent

performances.

Well, one of the

things that Paul Cook has been at

pains to try and get across this

week is the fact that Wigan are

still the underdogs. They are still

two leagues behind Southampton

because, as you say, Martin, having

beaten Manchester City there is a

little feeling abroad that they

might even be favourites for this.

Not the case, says Paul Cook. We

have a false start from the kick-off

but it's Wigan in the blue and white

striped shirts kicking from right to

left in the first half against

Southampton in their change kits,

the kind of turquoise and black

stripes and they are going from left

to right. The third of the four FA

Cup quarterfinals. A reminder that

at this stage of the competition

there are no replays, so if it's

required we would have extra time

and then a penalty shoot out. This

is Callum Elder with the throw in

for a Wigan.

Interesting Paul Cook

is out there already pushing on his

team. They sat back against City,

they will try and push on in this

game.

Here is Morsy. Probably will

go to the World Cup, Sam Morsy, with

Egypt. Elder here he is again. Nice

little touch from Morsy into Will

Grigg. Cut out comfortable for

Southampton by Boufal. Carrillo.

Daniel Burn got in a very good

challenge. That is a little marker

from the Wigan centre-half. You'd

have liked that, Martin.

I really

rate this boy, he should play at a

high level but he might get there

anyway with Wigan.

I do remember

when Fulham signed him as a very

young player there was a lot of

excitement about his prospects.

Daniel Burn, a big 6'7" centre-half

wearing 33 at the back for Wigan.

Here come Southampton. Carrillo.

Wilhelmina's pass unable to pick out

Boufal.

Sloppy, wasn't it? --

Lemina. The first things you do in

the game, the first tackle, the

first pass, get it right.

He had an

exceptional night against Manchester

City in the fifth round. Morsy.

Jacobs, scorer of an injury time

winner on Wednesday night at

Bradford for Wigan in League 1, one

of three teams trying to go up

automatically, but there are only

two places for automatic promotion

Colin Blackburne lead the table,

Shrewsbury second and Wigan third,

the Wigan have games in hand on

both. They have a very busy schedule

ahead, Paul Cook's side. Interesting

already that Wigan are very

comfortable in possession, move the

ball quickly, just a couple of

touches. Dunkley with the long ball

forward for Wigan.

Good partnership, they are, Dunkley

and Byrne. Worth saying that we have

Nathan Byrne, the right back for

Wigan wearing two, surname spelt

Byrne and Daniel Burn at centre-half

wearing 33, surname Burn.

wearing 33, surname Burn.

There is

only one Paul Cook, isn't there?

Certainly is.

He has a great

enthusiasm for the game. I spoke to

him before the match and he is

loving it.

Here is Jacobs for Wigan

with Cedric in front of him. Trying

to go outside the Portuguese. A

little bit of help from Elder.

Hojbjerg for Southampton. Well won

by Roberts.

by Roberts. They have got to expect

a scrap, Southampton, got to be up

for a scrap.

Roberts is up for it,

putting in two big tackles, he wants

to win this, huge fraud Wigan

players, for both sets of players,

but dreaming about the FA Cup, just

getting past Southampton is what

they want to do today.

Here is

Massey. And now Robertson and Will

Grigg inside the penalty area and

it's a corner. On the right-hand

side Nathan Byrne plays like a

winner, he was early in his career.

They started out at Spurs, Nathan

Byrne.

Good pedigree.

So, Wigan of

League 1 on the front foot. Max

Power will take this first corner

kick of the game, which the wind

definitely caught. Morsy. And then

Massey got underneath the half

volley.

It was worth a punt from

there, wasn't it? Decent ball in,

pulling away. He just can't get his

body over this one.

body over this one.

I thought he put

in a very disciplined display

against Manchester City playing in a

midfield three, not his natural

position, he is a wide attacking

player, which is where he is today.

That's the job he did and he did it

well. Roberts for Wigan who has

started really brightly. Smashed

away by Wesley Hoedt Gaya chased by

Gabbiadini, the offside flag is up.

That was quite close Gabbiadini, he

has always impressed me, he has

really good movement and will test

the two central defenders. He just

managed to running between them.

There is no disguising that

Southampton's main problem this

season has been the lack of goals.

Charlie Austin on six is still the

top scorer and has been injured

since December and only started six

matches this season. Got to get more

from Gabbiadini, from Redmond and

Shane Long and Carrillo, the record

signing who hasn't scored yet.

No,

it is alarming, you come to

Southampton and they don't really

score goals, except Charlie Austin

and he's never really available.

There he is, Guido Carrillo. He

played under the previous manager at

Estudiantes in Argentina. Will

Grigg. Cedric Thornton he was

fouled. The referee Michael Oliver

didn't agree. -- Cedric thought he

was fouled.

You cannot take

liberties in possession against

Wigan, I'm afraid.

Flag up on the

far side against Will Grigg. It's

going to be a free kick to

Southampton.

Southampton. What a campaign he is

having, Will Grigg. 18 goals in all

competitions and seven in the cup.

I

bet he's still living off that goal

against City. Remarkable goal.

Incredible performance that night.

Limmy net forward, Tadic are running

in behind but safely dealt with by

Callum Elder. Here is Gabbiadini --

Mario Lemina. Gabbiadini started his

Southampton career with a flurry of

goals but they dried up Fraley

quickly. Ryan Bertrand. -- fairly

quickly. Lemina. Boufal. He has

plenty of tricks in his book,

Sofiane Boufal. But he couldn't find

a team-mate and it's clear the only

as far as Lemina. That's Daniel

Burn's header. Tadic. Jacob was

fouled and it's a free kick to

Wigan.

Wigan.

Carrillo making a bit of

contact. He went into his back. It

is interesting how Gabbiadini,

although playing slightly deeper,

he's the one pulling on the last

shoulder of the defender. Just seen

if these two can become a

partnership. They need something to

happen for them quickly. No time to

lose in this season, Mark Hughes

coming in very late -- just seeing

if these two.

Just eight Premier

League games. Look at that bobble,

my goodness!

There is lots of sand

on the pitch. We know they play

rugby here. Southampton settling in

well, Wigan are well used to it but

not there.

There is a huge divot in

the 18-yard box and the ball caught

it. Almost Paul Robinsonesque in

Zagreb all those years ago against

Croatia.

Croatia. Here is Wigan with Dan Burn

into Sam Morsy.

into Sam Morsy. Looking for Jacobs.

Cedric allowed Jacobs to get onto

it, and then did he leave Jacobs to

the ground? Michael Oliver was in a

good position to judge and said he

was not -- did he leave the Jacobs.

Hojbjerg. Cedric.

Should have gone

and dealt with the initial ball.

It's going to be a Southampton throw

in. This is it here, isn't it? He

was backing away from it and it

looks like he leaned on him, that

was a foul on Jacobs. Paul Cook

thought so, you could hear him

shouting to Michael Oliver,

"Michael, it's a foul!" Hoedt. Byrne

for Wigan.

Almost ten minutes played, Mark

Hughes already prowling the

technical area.

Carrillo fouled by Dunkley and a

free kick to Southampton. But the

first ten minutes will have pleased

Paul Cook.

He would have, Dunkley

trying to win a ball that perhaps he

couldn't get to, sometimes you've

got to let the centre forward

received it and be patient. He likes

to attack things.

Hoedt Dan Stevens forward from the

back, as you'd probably expect.

Carrillo, Gabbiadini and Hojbjerg.

It is whipped in by Boufal, it is a

dangerous one, Walton lost it and

Carrillo put it back into his

gloves. That was half a chance.

That

is a difficult ball in and the

keeper was brave enough to come for

it. You can see it was a decent ball

and he came and he dropped it and in

the end he got a bit lucky. He

deserves that luck for being

positive.

Callum Elder is on loan at

Wigan from Leicester and faces the

possibility, if Wigan go through and

Leicester go through later, of being

ineligible for a cup semifinal and

final. What a nightmare that would

be. Here is Dunkley. Bertrand.

Hojbjerg. Risky. Massey couldn't get

there.

How much might it mattered today,

Martin, that one team, and that is

Wigan, are used to winning and the

other team Southampton are not.

Very

much so. You lose the art of winning

games of football, that winning

feeling, looking at Wigan and the

way they are knocking the ball

around, Morsy in midfield,

everything goes through him or

Power, and there is a nice rhythm to

the way they play, controlled

football, just waiting for their

chance.

Wigan have won 21 games this

season in all competitions,

Southampton just eight. Smart

goalkeeping from Alex McCarthy. He

replaced Fraser Forster in the side

and this is his 14th consecutive

start in goal for Southampton,

McCarthy.

That's Dan Burn.

Tadic is a player Mark Hughes will

be looking forward to get on the

ball and make things happen.

Carrillo's little flick on and

Gabbiadini trying to running behind

and Morsy made the block.

Southampton get the throw.

Cedric.

Hojbjerg.

Tadic.

Hojbjerg.

Bertrand getting forward from

left-back.

Tadic. Decent run, well watched by

Elder.

Just about being strong now, Wigan

doing the basics well, picking up in

the box. Byrne a little bit lucky

with the way to rebound it off him

into Massey's path and now back to

Nathan Byrne, having a run at

Bertrand.

Max Power is to his right,

decent ball into Grigg, and he has

turned Jack Stephens well,

deflected, corner kick, Wigan.

Excellent from Wigan on the

right-hand side again. Come out with

the ball so well.

the ball so well. Grigg is a willing

runner, he got his body between

himself and his opponent between the

ball and his opponent.

Wigan corner again. Max Power's

delivery. The keeper did really

well, McCarthy, took everybody out.

I love seeing that, goalkeepers

coming, taking charge.

Throw in a

quickly taken, here is Byrne. Power.

If you are a

-- if you are a young goalkeeper

there is a chance, it catches the

eye.

Perhaps the most difficult

selection problem Gareth Southgate

has at the moment.

It is a Wigan throat to be taken by

Callum Elder. Here he is again. Cut

out by Lemina. Lemina's run into

trouble. Morsy. Space for Massey.

It's going to be another corner. It

came off Hoedt.

Morsy does really

well and he threads the pass

through.

through. For Massey, who keeps

popping up on the right and

sometimes on the left and that time

he was central.

Power shot to Roberts. Manages to

wrestle it away. Burn might hit

this.

wrestle it away. Burn might hit

this. Deflected Oh!

wrestle it away. Burn might hit

this. Deflected Oh! Well, a touch

from Dunkley would have taken it in.

A corner has been given. Burn hit

it, it deflected, Dunkley couldn't

get a touch.

It was agonising,

wasn't it? Perhaps to the wrong

player, it bounces up, he throws a

foot at it, he just can't get it on

target.

What a chance! It is a

fourth Wigan corner. Curled in it

towards McCarthy. Kim off a

Southampton head. It's another one!

-- Kim off. A Premier League team

under all kinds of pressure here.

Yes, they have been asked questions.

Southampton fans, and there are over

4500 of them behind that goal being

defended by Alex McCarthy, must be a

little bit worried at the moment.

They are getting a bird's eye view

of a whole lot of trouble.

In it goes the corner kick again.

Bernat with it in the air. That's

McCarthy's. A path of the cheeks

from Southampton -- burn with it in

the air.

Trying to whip the penalty

box area.

Burn's had gone straight to Cedric.

-- header has gone. Tadic. A

Southampton throw. Flicked off

Elder.

Cedric.

That was awkward, a little bit

behind him, he had the turn and hit

it first time, but right underneath

it, by. Yellow he should be doing

better than that, that's for sure, a

Premier League player -- right

underneath it, so faint Boufal.

Dunkley will be disappointed when he

sees it back. It bounces up and he

tries to feather it on the outside

of his foot, just can't get it on

target. An opportunity. It's almost

like his but traced the

circumference of the ball but never

actually touched it!

Not an easy

thing to do!

This is what he's

better at, though, winning headers

at the back.

Lemina with a driving

run. A ditch, promising. -- cabbage.

Lemina's colour is wide, that's

better.

Not the greatest of

finishes. Dusan Tadic can ask

questions. He feeds it back to the

edge of the box, and puts it wide.

They are short of confidence, you

can feel it with these Southampton

players, particularly when they are

in front of goal stop by one win in

17 league games, you would be.

This has given them some welcome

relief from their toils in the

Premier League.

Boufal... Lemina ahead of him.

Boufal still, Callum Elder needs to

be careful. Albert did well not to

get a foot in there, actually. --

Elber did well.

He's a good runner

with the ball, asks questions.

Coming off that left-hand side. A

free role at times he's been given

by Southampton today.

After this

game, you can watch Southampton's

former manager Claude Puel and his

current club, Leicester City, taking

on Chelsea in the last of the Cup

quarterfinals. You can see why

Southampton fans didn't much enjoy

the dialler football under Claude

Puel last season, but they were

eighth in the Premier League and I'm

lucky not to win the Cup final.

Impaired -- compared to this season,

it was a brilliant game.

I don't

know why they got rid of him, to be

honest.

I think it is about the

style of play as much as anything.

Of course, maybe they didn't really

like him, but I think he's a decent

manager, he has proved that at last

a.

Massey looking for Grigg. A

chance for Robert! Couldn't take it.

Two big chances in the game now and

they have both gone Wigan's we.

It

is their approach play from Wigan.

It loops across, just can't get to

it. Again, hate that first time.

Can't control his shot. Massey's

bawling. Defended well, but put it

back into the danger area. He tries

to poke at it when he should have

gone for power, Roberts.

It's a

totally different kind of display

from Wigan so far today to the one

that they put in against Manchester

City when they were ultra-defensive,

as they needed to be. A really good

challenge by Burn to dispossess

Boufal.

Brilliant. He comes off all

right this FA Cup, absolutely.

Dropped by Tadic, burn's had. --

burn's header. We are almost halfway

through the first half and it's hard

to define who is the Premier League

team and who is League 1!

Mark

Hughes getting area did, wanting

more from his team. They are wounded

individuals when you look at the

form.

Morsy, the skipper.

Stopped by Tadic, who rather

ridiculously claims the throwing. --

Heathrow in. Elder.

Goalless at the DW, halfway through

the first half of this qualifier,

given away to Jacobs, Jacobs for

Wigan.

Wigan. Well, they look the better

side at the moment, Wigan.

They do.

As soon as Southampton start to

pass, they go and press and win it

back very well. Both flanks of Wigan

do exceptionally well, particularly

on the right-hand side, they need to

get the ball out there as much as

they can.

Dadic scrapping for it

with Roberts, Roberts won it. Jack

Stephens...

Anything will do from

Southampton's interview at the

moment. -- anything will do from

Southampton's point of view.

The

last lower league team to beat all

four upper ranks sides was West Ham

United in 1980, they went on to win

the Cup. That is what they are

hoping to emulate here. And they

have a sixth corner.

It shows

university Parisian the game so far.

Just a bit of quality in and around

the goals but it shows you their

supremacy in the game so far.

Goalless at the DW. At its

Southampton who are grateful for

that, and Wigan who are frustrated

by that.

This one looks like an inswinger.

Gary Roberts taking this one, rather

than Max Power. A little 1-2 with

Burn, deflected off the head of

Cedric. The corner count clicks over

27-0 in Wigan's favour.

I have a

feeling this one will come in with

of power on it.

No, it's given away

to Cedric intended for Max Power.

Southampton can counter. Sofiane

Boufal. Head up, assessing his

options, running at Morsy. Manolo

Gabbiadini.

Good tackle, brilliant, he's Koumba

hallway back to do that, let's not

forget.

-- he has Koumba hallway

back. The confidence to try and take

an Emile Pierre Hojbjerg.

That's who

he should have been passing to.

This

game is shaping up very nicely

indeed for the neutral. Gabbiadini

with Dunkley.

That is excellent

defending there. Abdi Dini looks

like he's going to get in, Dunkley

shuts the door on him -- Gabbiadini.

Gabbiadini will ask you those

questions.

He is a good player,

there's no doubt about that. But his

face didn't seem to fit under the

previous manager.

Sure.

Christian Walton clears downfield.

Good combination on that right-hand

side, Massey and Burn.

side, Massey and Burn. Keeping

Boufal and Bertrand occupied, that's

for sure.

They are stopping Bertrand

from going the other way. We

normally see him attacking, but he

can't get forward.

Dan Burn.

Space for Nathan Byrne.

Good all in, that! Out by Jack

Stephens, picked up by Callum Elder.

And McCarthy there. But it's Wigan

continuing to ask the questions.

Hojbjerg. Nice.

Very good.

Tadic looking for Gabbiadini, cut

out by Chey Dunkley. Here is burn.

-- cutout by Cheyenne Dunkley.

Dunkley reading it well. You have to

say, the central defenders looks

really solid, a good platform for

Wigan to build an.

Nice to have this

fella in front of them, too, Morsy.

Always willing to receive the ball

for you.

Mark Hughes, the former Southampton

player, of course, towards the back

end of his career. Not the very end.

He went on to play for Everton and

win the League Cup with Blackburn.

But he was already a manager when he

was playing. Hampton. He was in

charge of Wales whilst still playing

at the Dell, Southampton's old home,

of course -- when he was playing for

Southampton.

Put behind by Boufal. 8-0 in

corners!

The combinations they've

got links really well, especially on

the right-hand side. I'm pretty

certain this corner is coming

straight on.

Keep saying it, Martin,

it'll happen in the end!

Penalty

box!

It's Max Power.

In it goes. Burn and Dunkley

underneath it, there's a push. I

think the ball might have culled out

of play, I'm not sure. I think it

has been given.

Yes, I think so. Picked up.

We weren't going to mention the

weather, where we?! We'll say it's

the wind! It is very windy.

Southampton's throw.

Bertrand finally getting down that

left-hand side.

That's what they

need to do, Southampton, get down

that left, try to attack, be

positive in their play.

They've got

a lot of quality in their squad,

Southampton. Wigan might be enjoying

getting at them and causing problems

at one end, that they have to be

very, very aware of the fact that

the other.

Sure.

-- aware of the

threat. It's a free kick. Which

Tadic is going to deliver. Everyone

back forward. Hojbjerg... Just

wouldn't come down for him. Jacobs

with the clearance. Tadic. Leaving

it for Bertrand. That's a throw in

to the home side.

A lack of

communication there.

Half an hour

played, and I don't think Paul Cook

can feel anything other than his

side have executed his run

perfectly. But he will be

disappointed they haven't converted

one of those two really good

opportunities.

Sure. That's the only

thing missing from their game at the

moment, just a little bit of quality

in front of goal.

Gabbiadini, not quite on the same

wave length as his team-mate there.

Wesley Hoedt for Southampton.

Hojbjerg was caught by the

retreating Jacobs.

I think we're

seeing a lot of Morsy on the ball.

But just delivering a bit quicker,

just thread things through,

unpredictable.

He's snarling, Marcuse, he wants to

get in there. He'd love to be able

to put his own boots on today --

Mark Hughes.

Bertrand... It's a good ball.

Offside! It wouldn't have counted.

It was Gabbiadini's front to the

near post that prompted the flag.

Gabbiadini, if you look at him, he's

the one who's moving. He's

definitely offside. Just a little

warning for Wigan. Gabbiadini, I

love his movement, he just attacks

everything. Weigl, tricky man to

pick up. -- difficult.

Hojbjerg forward.

Southampton haven't reached an FA

Cup semifinal since 2003, when they

went on to the final itself. It was

the third final in their history,

which they've lost. And won victory

of course in 1976. Shannon, Bobby

Stokes. As a second-tier side,

beating Manchester United.

This is

where I'd like to see one of the

midfield players, Roberts, coming a

little deeper, trying to pick up the

ball and threaded through the third

tier. There he is now. Just give it

him there.

Here is Roberts, Burn,

stabbed on towards Massey. Wigan's

throw.

Roberts. Flag up. It's going to be a

free kick to the home side. Mario

Lemina with the foul.

Roberts does

that well. He lends himself to both

sides of the team, getting across

and buying a free kick. It's silly,

diving in there after him.

Here they

are, Wigan having the better so far

of this FA Cup quarterfinal. Nearly

went out on the second round. Needed

a replay to beat them. They won that

3-2 here. Indigo is this free kick.

McCarthy with another good fist. --

Indigo is this free kick. Cedric

chasing it rather optimistically.

I think he realised that if he lost

it there to Boufal he would be in

real problems for Wigan.

He won't be

happy with the set pieces. He's had

plenty of corners, that was almost

another one, a wide free kick. Never

mind serving the goalkeeper, they've

got to get it away from him. Better

quality.

Morsy covering.

Cedric's header. Max Power did well.

It's one of those where you say,

play the weight you are facing,

don't let the ball run across your

body there, Power.

That's a decent

ball, Bertrand, Boufal. Taking an

earned surname, earned surname with

the block. -- taking on Burn.

Roberts for Wigan.

Good play, good ball by Burn.

Forward to Roberts and onto Jacobs.

Elder getting forward. To Jacobs'

left.

Oh, really well worked! Three in the

middle. Clipped up for Roberts!

Jacobs! Grigg! Roberts! Elder! Oh,

Cedric! Just couldn't find the angle

for a shot.

Fantastic play from Wigan. It's

really opening up, this game.

Lemina

getting away from mercy. -- from

Morsy. Tadic. It's really open now.

The last ten minutes of a

fascinating first half. Gabbiadini

got the last touch on that, but it

is a goal kick.

It's almost as if

Southampton have woken up there.

Biagini again trying to get across

the first offender. -- Gabbiadini

again trying to get across the first

defender. Little triangles, passing

it so well, beautifully. It would

have been goal of the season if he

could have finished it off. He just

can't get this cross in by for

Southampton break on them. He must

be delighted, Paul Cook, with his

players. Very proud of their

performance so far.

Jacobs... Look at Mafi to his right!

He ignored him and it wouldn't fall

for Roberts. Massey was open.

And Massey was ignored.

He has got

to pass that ball, hasn't he,

surely!

That's an enormous let of for

Southampton. -- let off. A run by

Burn, cutout by Bertrand.

You get the feeling from this Wigan

team, we're going to go out, where

going to go down fighting, where

going to take the fight to you. Burn

keeps running forward at every

opportunity.

Great run, but he's got

to pass this.

I think he sees the

bright lights and the chance to be a

hero. He's got the role that to

Massey. A great run, though, wasn't

it?

Brilliant. But, you know, it's

about decision-making sometimes.

Well might you might say that's why

they're playing in Division 1.

Boufal.

Morsy dispossessing Gabbiadini.

Grigg making a nuisance of himself.

Only just reached Tadic. Straight

out of play. He felt it came off

Morsy. He might have had a case, but

he hasn't got it. Mark Hughes

certainly think it came off the

Wigan man.

I think the referee's

made the right call there. It's

interesting how Wigan, they set up

by trap for you, don't they?

Stephens in possession there, just

taking them will stop -- just taking

off him.

Off ahead of Lemina another

Wigan throw in.

Whipped in by Roberts dangerously.

Jack Stephens. Cedric, Lemina.

Morsy did well.

Morsy is like Beckenbauer in there!

Such confidence that the Wigan

players are playing with. Jacobs...

They've been superb for 40 minutes,

Wigan. They haven't scored. They've

got a throw in.

Roberts is

everywhere, isn't he? Important

player for them.

Max Power forward. Looking close to

being offside. Massey's ball into

the box Jacobs underneath it,

Cedric's header. Jacobs is in there.

It's gone behind for a Wigan corner.

Cedric is inside the penalty area

screaming at those around him.

Them

is nobody pressing the ball from a

Southampton point of view, they are

inviting Wigan on, attack after

attack.

Four minutes to go until

half-time, it cannot come soon

enough. And. They are very fortunate

to be on level terms. The wind is

trying to take the corner from Max

Power. -- it cannot come soon enough

for Southampton.

Max Power's Corner. Oh! He tried to

use the wind in his favour there.

That will keep McCarthy honest. He's

been coming in for crosses, he might

want to adjust now. The keeper does

well there. This is Apple figures

now for Wigan in the corner cow --

double figures for Wigan in the

corner count. Southampton have not

had one.

Max Power. Deeper this

time. Missed by Hojbjerg, picked up

by Roberts. Morsy. Curled in towards

Jacobs. Dunkley's header. Grigg! No,

not quite. Well, sooner or later

they're going to get the vital

touch. Because they've been closed

now two war three times, Wigan.

Dunkley gets his head on this. Just

comes into the path of Grigg. I

don't know whether he misreads it or

doesn't anticipate well enough, and

the chance goes begging.

Tadic is

bound for Southampton. -- is down.

I watched Match of the Day last

night, christening Mohamed Salah as

the Egyptian player... Morsy is like

Beckenbauer! Younger viewers might

not remember him, but he was an

outstanding talent for Germany.

Morsy is doing that today.

Seven

English -based Egyptians, actually,

in their squad for the upcoming

friendlies against Portugal and

Greece. Morsy is one of them.

Bertrand did well.

Into the last two minutes of normal

time in this half. Hojbjerg edging

forward.

Boufal, a sucker punch at the end of

this half, a decent ball in. The

header took it from Gabbiadini,

cleared away by Massey. Lemina.

Under pressure from Roberts.

At from

Southampton, musing the ball quicker

and more effective. -- moving the

ball.

Roberts, Jacobs. Grigg in the

middle!

Oh, it's a really good ball

in by Jacobs, really good area.

Wasn't it outstanding? Grigg doesn't

quite anticipate it but he's got the

legs to get there. He's a lone

striker. Really good play down the

left. He's got the ability just to

thread the ball in. He just can't

get there. Too much pace on it.

Southampton at times in this first

half have been under the cosh.

Jacobs. Hojbjerg got a good foot in.

Cedric.

Hojbjerg.

Lemina.

Wesley Hoedt. Looking for

Gabbiadini. A chance for Tadic. The

ball wouldn't sit down for him.

WHISTLE

Michael Oliver blows his whistle to

bring to an end a first 45 minutes

in which Mark Hughes has seen his

side dominated by League 1 Wigan,

who've created two or three

excellent opportunities. Dunkley so

close to one Andy Roberts to

another. Wigan have been the better

side. At half-time Wigan 0-0

Southampton.

Thank you to Steve and Martin. I

don't know how this is coming across

at home but certainly in the

stadium, Dion, it is a very good

game of football.

Yeah, I wouldn't

say it's even but Wigan might be

edging it with energy and

Southampton are having a go.

Southampton are trying to play the

Premier League way Wigan, their

energy, they are not allowing them

to, they have created some great

chances, Wigan, really good.

It

feels like the momentum is with

Wigan, doesn't it?

Most definitely,

they have been bombing forward,

brave, taking the game to

Southampton. Southampton feel like

they are getting used to be change

of formation which Mark Hughes

brought in, which is a 4-4-2 with

Carrillo and Gabbiadini upfront and

Nathan Byrne has been excellent

bombing forward for Wigan and

causing a threat for pro-trimmed. He

has a play in Sofiane Boufal in

front of him who doesn't like

tracking back particularly in during

the defensive side DAS causing a

threat for Bertrand.

On that point,

I'm sure some fans will be thinking,

should be that difficult for

professional football players to

adapt to different formation. You

tell me.

It is getting that

understanding, looking at the two

strikers for Southampton, getting

used to playing with one another

again because previously under

Pellegrino they had been playing

with a single striker and the three

players playing off him. It is down

to Southampton, Boufal, Tadic, to

try and have more of an impact on

the game for Southampton.

The best

players make those combinations,

right back and right side, they make

it look easy, but it takes time to

get that, it doesn't just happen.

You have to go left footed, right

footed, does he go or not? Takes

time to build it up.

The best

chances have fallen to Wigan.

Rob

Lee a bit braver in and around the

penalty area with the chances when

it came to it, getting across the

man in the penalty area, perhaps

throwing yourself at one or two

balls played into the penalty area,

I think Wigan would have been in

front. A bit of a switch off from

Southampton here. But they have done

this throughout, tried to take short

corners, and what that is doing,

white Paul Cook will want to do it

is to try to move them from their

positions, and as the ball comes

here Dunkley arrives on the end of

it and Dunkley is looking to take a

gamble across, I think he could head

it, throw yourself at it.

He's got

to get something on it, four yards

away from goal and he is thinking he

can score.

In the game against

Manchester City in the box he got on

any ball that came into him.

This is

Max Power... Sorry, Roberts. He will

not thank me for saying it but he

doesn't have a right foot, he is

like me in that respect and he just

wants to get it onto his left foot

and take the shot when perhaps it

would be better for him to take on

the right foot.

Southampton fans

behind the goal enjoy the miss

because Gary Roberts is a former

Portsmouth player. That got a

massive cheerful stopped when we

watch these Wigan chances, Steve

Wilson said in commentary, you kind

of think eventually they will get a

touch on one of them but I suppose

from a Southampton point of view you

are thinking they have had a lot and

at some point we might get one and

they haven't capitalised.

That's

right, you wonder if that's the best

we have seen from Wigan, they have

done really well, they just needed

maybe to have got with the chances

that they have had scored one of the

goals. You do wonder whether that

might come back because Southampton

might get into their rhythm a bit

more and start to click a bit better

going forward but they have

certainly been on top of the game at

the moment. So far.

Are you all

right?

I'm catching all of the

paperwork! I've got it, it's under

control. Tadic, Limini, Boufal, all

trying to get on the ball and play

triangles, but again it's the energy

-- Lemina. The way Paul Cook has

Wigan playing, close down, don't go

in singles, go together.

The

midfield trio, they have had the

better of the game, Roberts and

Massey like to interchange and

Jacobs is another one, they are

continuously doing crossovers over

the pitch and that's causing

problems for Lenin and Hojbjerg.

If

we follow Martin's lead in comparing

every Wigan player to a world great

football in years gone by -- Lemina.

At right back they have Wigan's

equivalent of Cafu, haven't they?

This lad is your favourite

footballer in league footballer. I

was commentating for the 5 live when

they beat Man City and he stood out.

As a full-back yourself you have

been impressed with how he has gone

about this game.

Definitely, in his

starting position, at the halfway

line, Boufal is not looking and

doesn't know where he is. A good

defensive position, we are showing

him now and his willingness to break

forward, get forward to support the

team. He doesn't just stop, he

continues and shows good composure

and cuts inside and gives Ryan

Bertrand a problem and a good ball

through to Will Grigg, still around

the edge of the 18-yard box, looking

for the ball for the return for a

shot. Good defending here, steps in

and wins the ball, and again driving

forward to pick out a nice simple

pass to a team-mate.

It's a natural

way to play the game but he has been

given a licence by the manager to

say go forward.

He has the

fundamentals right, he defends

brilliantly and from his starting

position he is able to get forward

into attacking positions.

That was a

big chance, two or three chances

bobbled away from which ever play it

was, I think Will Grigg had a chance

and didn't really commit. You said

to us, commit to the chance, commit

to the chance.

He was a kid at

Spurs, so he has, through a proper

academy.

Exactly and a club like

Wigan can pick him up and get the

benefits of what has been coached

into him from a young age. He's been

outstanding, he impressed me against

Man City and again today in this

half.

Were talked about a lack of is

Dummett understanding from the

Southampton players and getting used

to it but there is an tent in the

fact they have two upfront and both

wingers trying to stay high.

We can

see here with Boufal and Tadic,

Gabbiadini and Carrillo in the four

almost in a lined up against the

back four of Wigan trying to push

high and wide and relying on the

quality coming in from Lenin and

Hojbjerg, maybe just need the final

pass. Boufal playing in between the

lines and picking up the ball and

driving forward. Boufal and Tadic

have creativity in the Southampton

side but they must step up the

quality better than they have shown

so far.

Is it just the final ball

Ben?

I think so, look at the numbers

here, five players in the Wigan

half, Tadic needs to be direct here,

a bit like Wigan have been,

positive, go at players, try and

pick some body out, not a bad ball

in the end.

You continuously get the

movement from Gabbiadini and

Carrillo looking to stretch Dunkley

and Byrne which is what you need and

hopefully you can get the likes of

Tadic and Boufal to come into the

game bit more and off the back of

that movement.

Thank you for the

moment. It is nearly 42 since

Southampton won there are only FA

Cup, when they were still a second

division side beating Manchester

United 1-0. Mick Channon was a key

part of their team.

Southampton was a great place to

play football.

And it's there!

Shannon!

It was a lot of fun,

football was fun. I was lucky that

from 15 years of age, I left home

and went to Southampton and we

played a system 1-9- one and I was

the one. I was usually left at the

front because I had a bit of pace

and I was never frightened of having

a go and running at somebody and

trying to beat somebody because that

was my job, I wasn't a prolific

goal-scorer but scored a lot of

match-winning goals.

Shannon!

We

were a second division club at

Lawrie McMenemy kept all of the good

players together, and on our day we

were capable of beating anyone. It

was a roasting hot day and a great

atmosphere. The Man United and was

mobbed, it was important to them as

well, the FA Cup. Man United had

been relegated and they had just

come back up and passed as going

down. But they were very good young

side. Peter Osgood said he couldn't

believe it, the bookies have been on

for 7-1 and we said to Lawrie

McMenemy this is crazy and we backed

ourselves, we had 20 quid apiece on,

a lot of the players. The start of

the game took off at 100 miles

proud, you couldn't play football at

that speed, they were at us and we

were at them and I thought I needed

and are in run.

Turner earned his

money there!

I should have scored

just before half-time, I was clean

through, he came out and stuck out a

toe, it could have gone either way

but the first goal was going to be

very important.

Holmes. Stokes.

Bobby Stokes was a good player and

he was due to get a goal. Stokes was

on the move after I tapped it down

and he was on the move and that was

it.

1-0!

Can I claim that as an

assist?

And Stokes, by scoring the

first goal in this final, Windsor

Castle.

He wasn't able to drive, he

never drove in his life -- wins a

car.

The whistle has gone and Lawrie

McMenemy and Southampton take the

club.

I remember putting my arm

around him, absolutely chuffed. It

was a very special competition. It

was the last time the Queen went.

She's going to go back for the next

Southampton cup final, which I think

will be this year, I hope.

Thank you

to Mick Channon for doing that. You

remember that clear as day, don't

you?

Watching the footage back

always brings a smile to the face. I

sat and watched it in my living room

as a seven-year-old young boy and

the roof lifted off the house when

the goal went in from Bobby Stokes.

It's just a shame that we haven't

been able to replicate it. We came

close in 2003 when Martin's Arsenal

side beat us but hopefully we will

progress today to another semifinal.

The problem seven years old when

your team win the cup and it's one

of the first things you remember you

think every year will be like that.

He still punching the air watching

the video, enjoying it, great goal!

Let's join our team for the 4:30pm

kick-off, Leicester against Chelsea.

To say it is Baltic in the East

Midlands is a bit of an

understatement and you can tell by

the headgear worn by my guests, Alan

Shearer and Ian Wright, on punditry

duty for Match of the Day later.

Chelsea against Leicester City at

the King Power Stadium. Who is the

favourite, Alan?

I think it will be

a very tight game. Can Leicester

take advantage of the unrest that is

at Chelsea? I think they can. I

think there will be goals, I think

it will be an exciting game and I'm

going to go for Leicester, I think

they have a lot to play for, I think

it will be a brilliant atmosphere.

You can see all of the flags they've

got out and I'm really looking

forward to the game.

Chelsea go into

this out of the Champions League and

five points away from the top four,

has this taken on a whole new

meaning for them?

I think so, like

Al is saying with the unrest going

on and the manager and players, is

he going to start with three guys up

front with Hazard, Willian and

Pedro, maybe? There is a bit of

something that needs to be salvaged

from the season, because whether it

is Conte or the players, it hasn't

happened for the champions this

season and I think this is their

last chance. Al has gone for

Leicester, I think it will be a

brilliant atmosphere but I'm going

for Chelsea seem to because it might

be their last chance to do something

and with Willian in great form,

Hazard can turn it on and we know

that, but Leicester have Vardy and

Mahrez but I'm going for Chelsea.

Award for the hosts, the way Riyad

Mahrez has been reintegrated into

the squad, it is certainly giving

Claude Puel his best as is Jamie

Vardy.

Yeah, you can understand his

anger and disappointment when his

move didn't happen to Manchester

City. But you have to say he has

knuckled down well, he's been a very

good professional since then and his

form has been excellent, goals and

assists, and they will be looking

for him again to produce to get

through to the semifinal.

Would you

wear gloves on a day like this if

you were playing?

No.

Short sleeves

as well.

Hard as nails these two, it

is all coming up at the King Power

Stadium at 4:30pm.

Alan Wardle wear gloves but he would

wear that hat! Strange! He thinks

he's in picky blinders. The build up

from 4:05pm, the game gets

he's in picky blinders. The build up

from 4:05pm, the game gets under

he's in picky blinders. The build up

from 4:05pm, the game gets under way

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Friday evening.

That's a little marker from the

Wigan centre-half. Deflected. Oh!

Roberts! Absolutely superb for 40

minutes, Wigan.

The teams are back out, Kevin

Kilbane, we just said Furk as an

League 1 side coming up against the

Premier League side you have more

time than you would in a normal

league game.

That's fair to say, I

found when stepping up in the

leagues in the cup competitions you

get more time on the ball and Wigan

are expressing themselves with the

time.

Perversely is the premier

Leesider gives the League 1 side,

they are right in your face.

They

have been pressing and pushing

forward and you've got to deal with

it. The quality of players,

hopefully they will stand up to it.

The big thing for Wigan is

concentration now. When playing

against the Premier League side,

concentrate.

Back to Martin Keown

and Steve Wilson. COMMENTATOR: Thank

you, Mark. No half-time

substitutions. The litter of many a

lunch is blowing its way across the

DW pitch and it's Southampton who

will get the second half under way.

The Premier League side. A little

fortunate to still be on level terms

against their League 1 opponent.

Southampton from right-to-left in

their change strips against Wigan in

the blue and white stripes. Goalless

but all the best chances were Wigan

chances. Here is Ryan Bertrand for

Southampton finding Sofiane Boufal.

A long way through to Gabbiadini on

the turn, well blocked by Dan Burn.

Here is Nathan Byrne. Finding

Jacobs.

Would have been interesting

the team talks at half-time. Mark

Hughes would have wanted more from

his Premier League outfit. Paul

Cook, I'm sure, asking those players

to dare to dream. Looking at the

fixture lists at half-time and what

could be available for them with

play-offs and all sorts, they almost

halfway through their season, Wigan.

They have a lot of games in hand.

The two sides above them, because of

this cup run. Here is Nathan Byrne.

Gabbiadini to Boufal.

Gabbiadini to Boufal. Boufal's

little trick resulted in him being

clattered to the ground. Not sure

the Wigan man could have got out of

his way but a free kick has been

awarded.

He tried to drag him back.

It was good skill, he turned his

back on him. I think it is Massey

getting in there. Right in front of

Mark Hughes.

Scored three times,

Mark Hughes, in FA Cup finals.

Mark Hughes, in FA Cup finals. Here

is Ryan Bertrand.

is Ryan Bertrand. Whipped forward by

Hoedt.

He is not given any time at

all, Hoedt. Interesting to hear the

chaps talking about playing against

lower league teams and the time you

have on the ball. Hoedt didn't use

his time well there.

His first game

in English football came in the

fifth round in their victory over

West Bromwich Albion. They have

beaten Fulham, Watford and West Brom

to get this far, Southampton. No

need of any replays on their way.

Three games, three wins.

Three games, three wins. Elder's

head. Power. Morsy. Roberts.

Well played again.

Sam Morsy here.

Elder.

Roberts.

Just interesting, the points from

half-time, the combinations, the

rhythms, everything seems to sink

well with Wigan. They just made a

mistake as I say that, but they have

these little triangles in wide

positions, Wigan, very effective.

They need a bit more from Will Grigg

at the top of the team. Is he on

fire today?

He hasn't really had

sight of goal yet, a super ball in

from Jacobs which he didn't quite

get onto.

get onto. Here is Bertrand. Power

couldn't get their foot on it.

Lemina.

Hojbjerg.

Tadic is coming very central now

suddenly for Southampton.

Lemina. Boufal. Bertrand. Danger

here. Blocked by Byrne and it's a

throw in to Southampton. They had

plenty of bodies in the box,

Southampton.

Nathan Byrne proving he

can defend as well. Another

outstanding game at right back.

Ryan

Bertrand to take this throwing for

Mark Hughes's side. Boufal. It's a

good ball in, Carrillo tried to get

onto the end of it, played into a

good area.

You just feel that Southampton have

started the second half a little

better.

Definitely. The ball has

been moved much quicker. Stevens

forward, looking for Tadic, Elder's

head, Morsy, Tadic for Southampton.

Spread away to Boufal.

Gabbiadini. It's going to come to

Ryan Bertrand.

Ryan Bertrand. Lemina. This is

probably Southampton's best spell of

the game so far.

This is what we

would have expected at the start of

the game.

Hojbjerg. It came off

Morsy's head. Carrillo. Cedric.

Tadic. Cedric. Stabbed away to

Roberts. Who will be quite happy to

take the free kick.

He will.

take the free kick.

He will. Better

start, isn't it? Mark Hughes

obviously had an impact on his team,

stitching in information.

He's only

had a couple of training sessions

really. Behind him, Mark Bowen and

Eddie Niedzwiecki, his tried and

tested backroom staff. Matt Bowen is

a former Wigan player, played ten

games for the club, never finished

on the losing side and played for

them in the very first competitive

game in the stadium.

Both excellent

coaches, by the way they love their

football. Like a firewall for Mark

Hughes.

Now, Will Grigg. The

challenge came in taking it behind

for the Wigan corner, yet another

from Cedric. He had to time that

challenge correctly.

We are going to

be hoping these corners are an

improvement, keep it away from the

goalkeeper.

Max Power's immediate problem is

trying to get the ball to sit still.

Power's corner, headed firmly away

by Wesley Hoedt. Morsy. Good ball.

Roberts. Morsy. Loss of blue and

white shirts in there. Taken away

from Dunkley. Hit by Massey and it

hit Hoedt. Now Jacobs! Worth a go.

Hayes found the net nine times this

season and wasn't too far away here.

Good balls in. A couple of shots hit

at goal, just looking at the angle

to see how close it was. He didn't

quite get the bend on it that he

wants. He needs a bit of whip to get

that in. That's the only thing

missing from their game, the

approach play is there, just the

quality. We keep saying it but they

will have to find it if they are

going to win this.

There will not be

a replay. There are no longer

replays at this stage of

competition. Extra and penalties if

required. A long way to go yet

before we need to start thinking

about that. Here is Morsy. Elder.

Dunkley.

Dunkley.

Interesting they are

sitting on Morsy now, Gabbiadini

trying to pick him up.

Stevens.

trying to pick him up.

Stevens. --

Stephens. Tadic. Carrillo giving

chase but he must have known he was

never going to reach it. Here is

Massey. Roberts and Greg ahead of

him, Byrne to his right.

him, Byrne to his right. McCarthy in

the Southampton goal expected a pass

from Massey and the shot was a yard

wide in the end.

I think his right

to take that on, Byrne making the

overlapping run for him helps to

create the space. He just can't get

it on target. He got the power but

not the direction.

Only nine teams from the third tier

of English football had ever reached

the FA Cup semifinals. Can Wigan

make it ten? Hojbjerg.

make it ten? Hojbjerg. Lemina.

Boufal. Boufal, that was a good ball

in, well dealt with by Dunkley too.

Lemina. Bertrand. Boufal. Lemina.

Lemina seems to have gone up a gear

in the second half, summary must

have been in his ear.

Seems like the

whole team has. Stephens. Gabbiadini

leaving it for Boufal.

WHISTLE

He saw Nathan Byrne's foot.

That bit

of trickery, gone past Byrne on a

couple of occasions. He saw the foot

and dived over it.

Free kick to

Southampton.

Both very capable of putting this on

a sixpence, Tadic and Boufal. Walton

in the Wigan goal. 22 games in this

loan spell from Brighton, Christian

Walton in the Wigan goal, and 14

clean sheets. That how good they

have been defensively. Boufal goes

for gold but lifts it onto the roof

of the net. -- goes for goal. Well,

it's an attempt.

It had plenty of

power on it, just can't get it

up-and-down quick enough. Way over,

awful from that angle.

Walton's clearance. Grigg's header

on. Stephens.

Carrillo.

on. Stephens.

Carrillo. Cedric.

Gabbiadini in the middle. That was a

really important touch from Dan

Burn, I think. Here is Nathan Byrne.

Oh! Straight back to Gabbiadini.

Walton to the rescue.

What a save!

Look how fired up he is. That must

be the only mistake Byrne has made,

he put it into the path of

Gabbiadini. Look at him, he didn't

want to go forward and he played it

backwards. Gabbiadini can't believe

it and he should be putting that

away. Fantastic save from the

keeper.

Chances don't come any

better. Walton to the rescue for

Wigan. Southampton corner, it's

their first of the game.

Played to Hojbjerg. Cleared away by

Dan Burn. Bertrand. Boufal. Philip

Gomm from Carrillo. Walton. -- flick

on. What a great save.

Walton needs

to hold onto it and Wigan need to

steady down for a moment. They got

away with one fair. You start

wondering if your name is on the

cup. A fantastic chance for

Gabbiadini. He's got to be putting

that away.

Can you imagine when

Nathan Byrne saw where there was

heading, his heart falling into the

heel of his boots.

Sure.

What a let