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Chelsea devours Everton

Four different players scored for Chelsea to give the Blues a 4-1 victory over Everton on Wednesday and send it to the fifth round of the English FA Cup.

In the other FA Cup, fourth-round replay, Middlesbrough defeated Coventry 1-0. In the only Premier League game, Charlton defeated Liverpool 2-0.

Arjen Robben, Frank Lampard and Hernan Crespo gave Chelsea a first-half lead and John Terry added another goal to complete the victory.

Robben scored from 8m off a feed from Crespo in the 22nd minute and Lampard converted a penalty in the 36th after teammate Shaun Wright-Phillips was brought down in the area.

Crespo made it 3-0 on a header in the 39th, off a perfectly delivered pass from Lampard.

Everton made it 3-1 in the 72nd when Robert Huth was called for a handball, and Mikel Arteta converted. Two minutes later, Terry finished the scoring when Everton failed to clear a ball in the box.

Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink scored in the 20th, giving Boro its win over Coventry and a place in final 16 of England's top cup competition.

In the Premier League, Liverpool suffered a second loss in four days and third in four matches.

Darren Bent gave Chartlon the on a penalty in the 42nd, and Luke Young made it 2-0 just three minutes later.

Diego Milito scored four goals and Zaragoza overwhelmed Real Madrid 6-1 in a first-leg semifinal.

Ewerthon added Zaragoza's other goals at La Romareda Stadium, leaving Madrid looking almost certain to be eliminated in next week's second leg at its Santiago Bernabeu Stadium.

Julio Baptista netted a consolation goal for the visitors, who had hoped to win Spain's knockout competition this season and end a drought without a major trophy which stretches back to 2003.

Zaragoza's victory ended Madrid's seven-game winning streak in the league and Copa del Rey. It was Madrid's first defeat in 2006.

In the other semifinal, Espanyol hosts Deportivo La Coruna today.

The final is on April 12 at a venue yet to be decided.

Zaragoza, which eliminated FC Barcelona in the previous round, stunned Madrid by racing to a three-goal lead in the first 34 minutes.

Milito opened his account in the 15th minute by rifling a rising shot from a pass by fellow striker Ewerthon, who had beaten Madrid defender Ivan Helguera to the ball and raced clear down the right wing.

The goal was the first Madrid had conceded in this season's Copa del Rey.

Bayern Munich didn't suit up but it was still the big winner as Werder Bremen drew and Hamburg lost.

Bayern's draw a day earlier gave its rivals the chance to make up ground on the leader. Instead, Bremen remained eight points back with a 0-0 draw against Stuttgart, and Hamburg fell 10 behind after Hannover dealt it a 2-1 loss.

"The possibility was there, but we didn't take it," said Bremen coach Thomas Schaaf.

Bremen wasted numerous chances against Stuttgart, including a near-certain one by forward Nelson Valdez. He popped up unmarked in front of the goal, tried to switch feet on a cross, and missed the ball.

"We had huge chances today, but maybe they were too easy," Schaaf said.

Italian coach Giovanni Trapattoni was booed by the 30,000 in Stuttgart's stadium. Many blame him for a defensive style that has produced 12 draws in 20 matches.

Alessandro Del Piero hit the crossbar with a last-minute penalty kick and Juventus settled for a 1-1 draw with Parma, ending its 12-match home win streak but still stretching its lead atop the Serie A.

The draw was the first time Juventus was denied a victory at Stadio delle Alpi since April of last season, but the Turin club still moved nine points clear of Inter Milan heading into their weekend showdown at San Siro.

Inter lost 2-1 at Fiorentina to end its 14-match unbeaten streak. AC Milan overwhelmed Treviso 5-0 to remain in third place, 12 points behind Juventus and one ahead of Fiorentina.

Portuguese striker Pauleta scored a league-leading 16th goal on Wednesday and Paris Saint-Germain drew 1-1 at Strasbourg in lone rescheduled 24th-round first-division match.

PSG moved past Marseille on goal difference into fifth overall with 39 points -- 16 behind runaway league leader and defending champion Lyon.

Strasbourg is next-to-last with 16 points.

Ivory Coast striker Amara Diane put the home side ahead in the 13th minute, scoring with a sharp right-footed blast from four meters inside the left post. Pauleta equalized in the 31st minute, scoring on a free kick from about 20m.
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