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2008 Football League Cup Final
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The 2008 Football League Cup Final was a

2007 Final at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium.[6] The final was contested by Tottenham Hotspur, who beat Arsenal 6–2 on aggregate in the semi-final,[7] and Chelsea, who beat Everton 3–1 on aggregate.[8]
Tottenham Hotspur defeated Chelsea 2–1, after extra time, winning their first trophy in nine years. Tottenham has not won a major trophy ever since.

Chelsea took the lead in the 39th minute through a Didier Drogba free kick. This goal made Drogba the first player to score in three League Cup Finals, having also done so in 2005 and 2007. A Wayne Bridge handball gave Tottenham a 68th-minute penalty, and Bulgarian Dimitar Berbatov converted from the spot. Three minutes into extra time, Jonathan Woodgate headed a Jermaine Jenas free kick onto Petr Čech, who in turn pushed it straight back onto Woodgate's head to score the winning goal.

The win was an important one for Tottenham as they secured UEFA Cup qualification for the following season, something they would not have achieved in the Premier League, as they finished 11th. For Chelsea, it was the second of four competitions in which they would finish as runners-up that season, after they lost to

UEFA Champions League
.

Road to Wembley

Chelsea Round Tottenham
Opponent Score Opponent Score
Hull City (A) 4–0 Round 3 Middlesbrough (H) 2–0
Leicester City (H) 4–3 Round 4 Blackpool (H) 2–0
Liverpool (H) 2–0 Round 5 Manchester City (A) 2–0
Everton (H) 2–1 Semi-finals Arsenal (A) 1–1
Everton (A) 1–0 Arsenal (H) 5–1
Chelsea won 3–1 on aggregate Tottenham Hotspur won 6–2 on aggregate

As Premier League teams involved in UEFA competitions, both Chelsea and Tottenham entered the League Cup in the third round. Tottenham received a home draw against Middlesbrough, while Chelsea were drawn away to Hull City.[9] Chelsea won their tie 4–0; Scott Sinclair opened the scoring with his first goal for the club in the first half, while a brace from Salomon Kalou either side of another from Steve Sidwell completed the win.[10] Meanwhile, second-half goals from Gareth Bale and Tom Huddlestone sent Tottenham through to the next round.[11] Both teams were drawn at home in the fourth round; Chelsea would face Leicester City, while Tottenham would take on Blackpool.[12] Chelsea had to come from behind twice to beat Leicester; Frank Lampard had given them a 2–1 half-time lead after Gareth McAuley's early goal for Leicester, but DJ Campbell and Carl Cort put the visitors in front with two goals in the space of five second-half minutes. Andriy Shevchenko equalised for Chelsea in the 87th minute, before Lampard completed his hat-trick – and the Chelsea victory – in the final minute of the match.[13] For Tottenham, Robbie Keane opened the scoring in the first half against Blackpool; Pascal Chimbonda doubled the lead in the second half, and the away side were unable to find a response.[14] Chelsea were drawn at home again for the quarter-finals, this time against Liverpool, while Tottenham faced an away tie against Manchester City.[15] Tottenham took an early lead through Jermain Defoe in their quarter-final at the City of Manchester Stadium, but a red card for Didier Zokora in the 20th minute allowed City back into the game; however, Spurs secured victory and a place in the quarter-finals when Steed Malbranque scored in the 82nd minute.[16] The next day, Chelsea had to wait almost an hour to open the scoring against Liverpool at Stamford Bridge, Frank Lampard scoring his fourth goal of the competition; Peter Crouch was sent off for the visitors a minute later, and Shevchenko confirmed the win in the final minute.[17]

In the semi-finals, which would be played over two legs, Tottenham were drawn against their

John Obi Mikel's red card thanks to an own goal by Joleon Lescott in second-half injury time; Shaun Wright-Phillips opened the scoring midway through the first half, but Yakubu equalised in the 64th minute, only for Lescott to head a cross from Wright-Phillips into his own net.[21] In the second leg at Goodison Park, Joe Cole scored the only goal of the game in the 69th minute, giving Chelsea a 3–1 aggregate victory and sending them to their third League Cup final in the last four seasons.[22]

Match

Details

15:00 GMT
a.e.t.)
Tottenham Hotspur
Drogba 39' Report Berbatov 70' (pen.)
Woodgate 94'
Attendance: 87,660[3]
Chelsea
Tottenham Hotspur
GK 1 Czech Republic Petr Čech Yellow card 120+4'
RB 35 Brazil Juliano Belletti
CB 26 England John Terry (c)
CB 6 Portugal Ricardo Carvalho Yellow card 104'
LB 18 England Wayne Bridge
DM 12 Nigeria Mikel John Obi Yellow card 96' downward-facing red arrow 98'
CM 8 England Frank Lampard
CM 5 Ghana Michael Essien downward-facing red arrow 88'
RW 24 England Shaun Wright-Phillips downward-facing red arrow 72'
LW 39 France Nicolas Anelka
CF 11 Ivory Coast Didier Drogba
Substitutes:
GK 23 Italy Carlo Cudicini
DF 33 Brazil Alex
MF 10 England Joe Cole upward-facing green arrow 98'
MF 13 Germany Michael Ballack upward-facing green arrow 88'
FW 21 Ivory Coast Salomon Kalou upward-facing green arrow 72'
Manager:
Israel Avram Grant
GK 1 England Paul Robinson
RB 28 Scotland Alan Hutton
CB 39 England Jonathan Woodgate
CB 26 England Ledley King (c)
LB 2 France Pascal Chimbonda downward-facing red arrow 61'
RM 25 England Aaron Lennon Yellow card 120+1'
CM 8 England Jermaine Jenas Yellow card 120+3'
CM 4 Ivory Coast Didier Zokora Yellow card 38'
LM 15 France Steed Malbranque downward-facing red arrow 75'
CF 10 Republic of Ireland Robbie Keane downward-facing red arrow 102'
CF 9 Bulgaria Dimitar Berbatov
Substitutes:
GK 12 Czech Republic Radek Černý
DF 5
Younès Kaboul
 upward-facing green arrow 102'
MF 6 Finland Teemu Tainio Yellow card 116' upward-facing green arrow 75'
MF 22 England Tom Huddlestone upward-facing green arrow 61'
FW 23 England Darren Bent
Manager:
Spain Juande Ramos

Assistant referees:
Andrew Garratt (West Midlands)[2]
Martin Yerby (Kent)[2]
Fourth official:
Peter Walton (Northamptonshire)[2]
Reserve assistant referee:
David Bryan (Lincolnshire)[2]

Man of the match
Jonathan Woodgate (Tottenham Hotspur)[1]

Match rules

  • 90 minutes.
  • 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Five named substitutes.
  • Maximum of three substitutions.

Statistics

The Tottenham players celebrate after having won their first trophy in nine years.
Chelsea Tottenham
Total shots 17 14
Shots on target 11 7
Ball possession 52% 48%
Corner kicks 10 5
Fouls committed 17 20
Offsides 3 2
Yellow cards 2 4
Red cards 0 0

Source: ESPN[23]

Notes

  • League Cup Finals with four. He also became the first player to score in three League Cup finals and the first to score in three consecutive English domestic cup finals.[citation needed
    ]

References

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  13. ^ "Chelsea 4-3 Leicester". BBC Sport. 31 October 2007. Retrieved 27 July 2023.
  14. ^ "Tottenham 2-0 Blackpool". BBC Sport. 31 October 2007. Retrieved 27 July 2023.
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