Tottenham v Chelsea - Carling Cup Final
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spurs was supposed to be title contender this season.
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Congratulations to Tottenham on their amazing 2 - 1 victory over favourite Chelsea in ET !
With the game in extra time, Petr Cech fails to deal with Jermaine Jenas's free-kick and Jonathan Woodgate scores the decisive goal.
It is the defender's first since returning to English football in 2006 and comes only weeks after his move to Tottenham
Juande Ramos's side hold on to win and claim their first piece of silverware since triumphing in the same cup in 1999
Tottenham: Robinson, Hutton, Woodgate, King, Chimbonda (Huddlestone 61), Lennon, Jenas, Zokora, Malbranque (Tainio 75), Berbatov, Keane (Kaboul 102).
Subs Not Used: Cerny, Bent.Booked: Zokora, Tainio, Lennon, Jenas.
Goals: Berbatov 70 pen, Woodgate 94.
Chelsea: Cech, Belletti, Carvalho, Terry, Bridge, Wright-Phillips (Kalou 72), Essien (Ballack 88), Lampard, Obi (Joe Cole 98), Anelka, Drogba.
Subs Not Used: Cudicini, Alex.Booked: Obi, Carvalho.
Goals: Drogba 39.
Att: 87,660.
Ref: Mark Halsey (Lancashire).
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Originally posted by www:
spurs has been the more adventurous side and they deserved the win.
i dont think robinson has improved despite making those saves. chelsea made it easy for him. but at least he didnt fumble with those shots coming at him.
good to see an unusual winner this time round.
I agree that Robinson didn't really improve. It was really a bad error on his part to position himself and leave Drogba unsighted when taking the free-kick. He should have trusted his wall to do the job and stood more to the left (where Drogba flighted the ball to).Its been sometime since a non-top 4 has won a cup. Very refreshing.
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Originally posted by JLennon:
I agree that Robinson didn't really improve. It was really a bad error on his part to position himself and leave Drogba unsighted when taking the free-kick. He should have trusted his wall to do the job and stood more to the left (where Drogba flighted the ball to).Its been sometime since a non-top 4 has won a cup. Very refreshing.
hey, he is also human. but I think he redeemed himself a couple of times..
all credit to spurs, I think they played more proactive football..
if they focus on all cups now, Liverpool will be out of business soon..
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Chelsea boss Grant: Players right to be angry with ref
tribalfooball.com - February 24, 2008
Chelsea boss Avram Grant says his players are right to be angry with ref Mark Halsey after yesterday's Carling Cup final defeat to Tottenham.
He was furious that a penalty was awarded for handball against Wayne Bridge on a linesman's advice after appeals by Spurs.ord=Math.random()*10000000000000000;document.write('<script language="JavaScript" src="http://ad.au.doubleclick.net/adj/prodigy.tribalfootball/generic;dcopt=ist;sz=300x250;ord=' + ord + '?" type="text/javascript"></scr' + 'ipt>'); <a href="http://ad.au.doubleclick.net/jump/prodigy.tribalfootball/generic;sz=300x250;ord=123456789?" target="-blank"><img src="http://ad.au.doubleclick.net/ad/prodigy.tribalfootball/generic;sz=300x250;ord=123456789?" width="300" height="250" border="0" alt=""></a> Boss Grant also rapped Halsey for blowing the final whistle with Salomon Kalou poised to shoot.
Even though Spurs were already celebrating and Kalou's shot hit a post, Grant moaned: "We're all upset because he stopped the match when Kalou was right in front of goal. How can he decide whether it's one or two seconds more?"
Petr Cech, Didier Drogba, Ricardo Carvalho and John Terry all confronted the officials after the final whistle.
Grant added: "The players were angry and I can understand that.
"The penalty was a rash decision and it wasn't even the referee's. When the ball hits a hand it doesn't mean a penalty if it's an accident."
well, I was quite surprised when the linesman flagged for penalty.
the ball hit bridge once, but the linesman did not flag, it was the 2nd time when bridge tried to push it away and that's the call.
do all agree?
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woot ^^
see i predict so correctly. WAHAHAHA.
DOWN WITH FUGGING GRANT. hope he tio sacked sia.
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Originally posted by iceFatboy:
Chelsea boss Grant: Players right to be angry with ref
tribalfooball.com - February 24, 2008
Chelsea boss Avram Grant says his players are right to be angry with ref Mark Halsey after yesterday's Carling Cup final defeat to Tottenham.<!-- begin ad tag --> <a href="http://ad.au.doubleclick.net/jump/prodigy.tribalfootball/generic;sz=300x250;ord=123456789?" target="-blank"><img src="http://ad.au.doubleclick.net/ad/prodigy.tribalfootball/generic;sz=300x250;ord=123456789?" width="300" height="250" border="0" alt=""></a><!-- End ad tag --> He was furious that a penalty was awarded for handball against Wayne Bridge on a linesman's advice after appeals by Spurs.
Boss Grant also rapped Halsey for blowing the final whistle with Salomon Kalou poised to shoot.
Even though Spurs were already celebrating and Kalou's shot hit a post, Grant moaned: "We're all upset because he stopped the match when Kalou was right in front of goal. How can he decide whether it's one or two seconds more?"
Petr Cech, Didier Drogba, Ricardo Carvalho and John Terry all confronted the officials after the final whistle.
Grant added: "The players were angry and I can understand that.
"The penalty was a rash decision and it wasn't even the referee's. When the ball hits a hand it doesn't mean a penalty if it's an accident."
well, I was quite surprised when the linesman flagged for penalty.
the ball hit bridge once, but the linesman did not flag, it was the 2nd time when bridge tried to push it away and that's the call.
do all agree?
Just watched some replays, about the bridge issue, honestly, very little in either contact to say it was deliberate or not. Bridge's arms were up more because he was trying to maintain body balance. Can say Chelsea were a bit unfortunate but it was a very close call.As for the match overall based on the highlights I watched, I think both sides had enough chances to put the game away in normal time. In fact, I think there was enough in the match to be settled without a free kick, penalty and a slightly lucky header. But that's football sometimes.
Tottenham seemed to be make more attempts, but during their attacks Chelsea had more people at the back as well. In terms of slightly more quality chances, my guess is that it was about even.
For the freekick leading to Drogba's goal, I only saw the foul from one camera angle and it did seem Zokora's studs did come into contact with Drogba's ankle (not shin). But I honestly don't think it was enough to cause that much pain. Also hard to say whether the contact was enough to put Drogba off but it might still have been a foul non-the-less. Drogba's reaction was just kinda exagerrated I guess. The freekick itself wasn't badly taken, they made use of the fact that keeper's view was obstructed.
Already commented on the penalty decision. Otherwise, penalty was well taken and Berbatov managed to get Cech to move in the wrong direction.
Woodgate got his goal in extra time after Cech knocked the ball back onto him for the goal. There was lots of chance the ball could have gone anywhere, but it fell nicely enough for Spurs, a valid goal and credit to Spurs for creating the chance.
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Btw, highlights are getting deleted on youtube even as I am watching them.
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spurs were definitely the better team. chelsea's attack really cmi.
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