Romelu Lukaku celebrates his goal with Mason Mount
Romelu Lukaku celebrates Chelsea's opening goal in their FA Cup quarter-final win with Mason Mount

The FA Cup semi-final against Crystal Palace will be attended by full support.

The FA says there are talks with the government about amendments to the operating licence of the club.

The game is due to be played on the weekend of April 17 and 18.

The sanctions against Roman Abramovich have banned the sale of new tickets at the club.

His assets were frozen by the government because of his strong ties to Putin. These links have not been denied byAbramovich.

The club was put up for sale five days after Russia invaded Ukraine.

The club were unable to sell their entire allocation of tickets for the FA Cup quarter-final at Middlesbrough, which meant they were supported by around 700 fans who got their tickets before the sanctions were imposed.

The FA hopes to have sell-out crowds at both semi-finals.

The tickets for the match against Crystal Palace are included.

The chair of the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport committee called for changes to the special licence imposed on the club.

It is more than just its owner, it is a living organism with huge importance to its fans and community.

It was understandable that last week's game against Middlesbrough went ahead without fans of the other team.

The FA have no excuse for not including them. The FA must be allowed to sell tickets to fans of other teams if the money goes to the people of Ukraine.

There will be no trains from either city to or from London from 15 to 18 April because of engineering works, but the other semi-finals will go ahead at Wembley.

The FA is working with both clubs and Network Rail and National Express to find a solution so that supporters of both teams can travel to and from the fixture with as little disruption as possible.

The timing of the works has been criticized by the chair of the Football Supporters Association.

He said it would make sense to avoid the FA Cup semi-final weekend given the number of people travelling.

The semi-finals have featured at least one team from the north-west every year since 2011.

The FA, clubs and rail authorities need to work together to make sure there is no disruption to supporter journeys at the semi-finals.

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