Reece and Lauren James look to make FA Cup history with Chelsea

Reece and Lauren James look to make FA Cup history with Chelsea

by Joseph Anthony
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Lauren James with brother Reece and their father Nigel

Reece and Lauren James will trade childhood keep-ball battles for a crack at FA Cup history this weekend.

The Chelsea siblings can become the first brother and sister to win the menโ€™s and womenโ€™s FA Cup titles.
Thomas Tuchelโ€™s team will take on Liverpool in Saturdayโ€™s menโ€™s FA Cup final, before Emma Hayesโ€™ side will face Manchester City at Wembley in Sundayโ€™s womenโ€™s showdown.
From Blues fans to Chelsea and England stars, the James siblings continue to set the Stamford Bridge standard.
โ€œWhen we were young, if I was trying to get the ball off Reece, he wouldnโ€™t want to let me win the ball,โ€ said Lauren James.
โ€œAnd that would obviously get me frustrated. So itโ€™s little situations like that, that stand out looking back.โ€
Successful coach Nigel James has underpinned Reece and Laurenโ€™s rise to prominence, running his own academy and helping launch countless top-level careers.
While Nigel oversaw those extra training sessions in the younger years, Reece James was quick to hail his fatherโ€™s influence โ€“ but light-heartedly spurned the opportunity to open up on his younger-years sibling rivalry with Lauren.
โ€œEvery brother and sister or sibling would have that kind of competitive edge,โ€ said Reece James.
โ€œWe always just want to do the best for each other and the best for ourselves.
โ€œAnd that definitely drove us both to get to where we are today.
โ€œWell it definitely didnโ€™t make us worse, but thatโ€™s all I have to say about that!
โ€œOur dadโ€™s definitely had a big influence on where we are today, heโ€™s definitely proud of us both representing Chelsea, growing up both supporting Chelsea.
โ€œSo to support them now is a great feeling as well. Weโ€™ve both put in a lot of hard work in our football to get to where we are now.
โ€œWeโ€™re definitely very proud of what he has achieved in coaching, with his academy and helping a lot of young players.
โ€œProviding opportunity is one thing, but taking opportunity is another. Having it in front of you is a hard thing, but taking it with both hands and not letting it pass is probably the harder thing.
โ€œAnd itโ€™s just trying not to miss the opportunity.
โ€œThereโ€™s obviously a great piece of history there this weekend if we can both do it. But we can only take it one step at a time.
โ€œWeโ€™re both really looking forward to the weekend, and our aim is to win both trophies.โ€
Chelseaโ€™s women beat Manchester United over 4-2 at Kingsmeadow last weekend, to claim a third-straight league title.
Now boss Hayesโ€™ side will look to add another FA Cup crown to their ever-increasing trophy haul, with Lauren James hoping for her first Wembley outing.
โ€œItโ€™s a big occasion at Wembley, but I just have to look at it like any other game, although it is a special moment,โ€ she said.
โ€œThe aim is always to win trophies, and to do that youโ€™ve got to stay focused.
โ€œIf you let things distract you it can kind of show on the pitch.
โ€œWe have a good group to not allow those distractions and keep focused.โ€
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