Just when you thought we were going into extra time, crisatunity struck.
The home leg started well for the Hornets with Matej Vydra evening the aggregate fifteen minutes into the match. Credit Cristian Battocchio for the assist. The Foxes regained the lead four minutes later when David Nugent, owner of the lone goal from Thursday, went up unmarked from a corner kick and headed in a go-ahead.
The Hornets waited until the 65th minute to counter when Vydra got his second goal of the match. I levitated off the bed (in bed because this damn thing started at 6:30 am St. Louis time). There it stood until this:
Six minutes into injury time, on the verge of extra time and maybe a penalty shoot-out, and one of the lamest fouls I've seen called sets up the penalty kick. Anthony Knockaert dives like the Frenchman he is when Marco Cassetti blows on him, and Watford is now a penalty kick away from staying down.
All eyes on Manuel Almunia. Is he injury-prone? Yes. Is he ungraceful? Yes. Does he save the shot with his BOOT and the rebound with his FACE? YES!!! Watford counters - Fernando Forestierri to Jonathan Bond to Troy Deeney, who started the season in jail and the tie on suspension, and Watford is going to Wembly!!
After three days off and a training session in Spain, they'll be back to battle it out against Ian Holloway's Crystal Palace (2-0 over BHA) on Memorial Day for the last promotion spot to the Premiership. Kickoff is 9:00 am St. Louis time.
GO YOU 'ORNS!!!!
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