Mark Ogden Apr 26, 2026, 12:10 PM ET

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Mark Ogden is a senior soccer writer for ESPN.com. Read his archive here and follow him on Twitter: @MarkOgden_ .

It just had to be Enzo Fernández . No player embodied Liam Rosenior's hapless three-month reign as Chelsea manager like the Argentina midfielder, so it should be no surprise that he turned match winner and inspiration to take the club to the FA Cup final.

A case of one manager's villain and another manager's hero, Fernández's first-half goal will take interim coach Calum McFarlane to the cup final.

"The most impressive thing about [Fernández] is that he's a fighter," McFarlane said.…