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“Favourable” draw suits St. David's

St. David’s player-president Aaron Lugo admits he is relieved to have avoided Premier Division powerhouses PHC and Devonshire Cougars in yesterday’s FA Cup semi-final draw.The East Enders, who beat Wolves 5-3 in Sunday’s quarterfinals, will take on Southampton Rangers in the semis on March 20.In the other tie, the winner of tonight’s replay between Devonshire Cougars and St. George’s, who drew 1-1 at the weekend, will meet PHC Zebras on February 27. The semi-final venues are yet to be determined.Although Lugo was satisfied with his team’s “favourable” draw he said Southampton Rangers, who caused an upset by beating Dandy Town 1-0 on Sunday, would be no pushovers.“It’s a favourable draw for us in the sense we avoided PHC and Cougars but Rangers are a good team that have beaten us this year so it will be an interesting encounter with a spot in a FA Cup final at stake,” said Lugo, whose side have never reached an FA Cup final.“When you look at all the teams left, all have earned the right to be where they are at the moment and none of the teams would have been easy opponents for us.“We will look to make it to the final, it will be our first FA Cup final should we get there and I think this is the furthest we have been, so we definitely aren’t done just yet.”With St. David’s’ bitter rivals St. George’s still in the competition, Luggo said he would dearly love to see an all East End FA Cup final.However Lugo stressed that securing Premier Division survival was still St. David’s’ top priority.“Obviously, the prospect of facing St. George’s in the final is a great incentive for us as well as them but we must not look past our next opponents and focus on what is at hand,” he said.“I am delighted with the crowds that have come to our games and we will need them the rest of the way.“This is a good thing for us but our priority is still survival, we have made it the furthest we have in the cup as well as having 12 points at the moment which is also one of our highest totals, but it will all be for nothing if we don’t stay up.”Also taking place yesterday was the draw to see who will be the fourth and final team in the Women’s FA Cup semi-final, which will see Panthers host United Stars on February 11 at the BFA Field.St. George’s coach Richard Todd is not looking any further than tonight’s replay against Cougars at BAA Field at 9 pm.He said: “My focus is squarely on the task at hand which is Cougars tonight because we have to beat them first. I haven't looked any further then tonight's match and what it will take to get the result.“This is the second game in three days for both teams and it will be interesting to see how many tired legs there are.”Todd admits he is delighted to have a second bite at the cherry as he believes Cougars should have “buried” Colts in Sunday’s quarterfinal.“It is hard to say how the game will go because they could have buried us and it may be a little disheartening for them as they haven't beat us and they are the champions,” he said.“By not getting the second goal they enabled us to get stronger and grab the equaliser.”