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The Swans beat Chelsea in the semi-finals of the competition to book their chance of glory next Sunday, although the 30-year-old midfielder remembers when the Welsh side were going through more difficult times.

Britton reveals the players used to have to train on beaches and in gardens and was too embarrassed to tell manager Michael Laudrup he won the LDV Vans Trophy in 2006 - but said a win at Wembley would make it all worth it.

"The LDV Vans Trophy in 2006 was a massive, massive game for Swansea at the time," he told reporters.

The La Liga club are currently appealing a suspension handed down by Europe's governing body - which bans them from one year of continental competition - after they were accused of 'significant overdue payables', thought to be player wages, staff wages and transfer fees.

But the Malaga attacker believes the sanctions are too harsh, and claims his side are being used as 'scapegoats' as Financial Fair Play regulations begin to come in to effect across the game.

"UEFA have picked us out to be a scapegoat, to make an example of. We are paying for the mistakes of others," he told RNE.

After a goalless first half, Juan Mata broke the deadlock before Oscar and Frank Lampard hit a one-two punch midway through the second period and John Terry wrapped it up.

The skipper had been recalled to the starting XI after injury while Victor Moses returned to the fold following his Africa Cup of Nations triumph. Fernando Torres' replay-earning strike at Griffin Park did not stop him being dropped for Demba Ba while Harry Forrester was unexpectedly benched by Brentford.

Massimo Moratti has revealed his admiration for Stevan Jovetic and warned of his quality ahead of Inter's game with Fiorentina on Sunday.

Jovetic has scored only one league goal in 2013, in the same period which has seen the Viola win only one of their previous six games and slip to sixth in Serie A.

However, Moratti was quick to underline the ability of the Montenegrin forward and his team in an interview with Brivido Sportivo, a Fiorentina fans' magazine.

"I love him and, even if he is not going through a good time, he is very dangerous," the 67-year-old Italian said.

"Fiorentina is only in a relatively poor spell at the moment because they are actually not playing badly."

QPR are rooted to the bottom of the table with just two wins all season, and are seven points adrift of safety having taken just 17 from 26 games.

However, the former Tottenham boss thinks a good run of form is just around the corner for his team, and has set his sights on a target which he feels the club can battle towards to remain in the top flight.

Redknapp has set 20 points from their remaining 12 games as the target for the struggling west Londoners.

"If someone offered me 37 points now I'd probably take my chance and think that would be enough," he told the club's official website.

The former Barcelona boss was announced as the Bavarians' new coach in January and will succeed Jupp Heynckes at the end of the campaign.

A great deal of attention has rested on the surprise appointment, but Martinez has raised concerns that constantly talking about Guardiola could have a detrimental effect on performances. 

"Let's not talk about it much," the 24-year-old Spaniard told TZ when asked about the managerial change.

"For a week, when the agreement was made public, we talked about nothing else.