2008 Football League Cup final

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Template:EngvarB Template:Use dmy dates Template:Short descriptionScript error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". The 2008 Football League Cup Final was a football match played on 24 February 2008.[1] It was the first League Cup Final to be played at the new Wembley Stadium, and the first to be played in England since the old Wembley was demolished in 2000. The defending champions were Chelsea, who beat Arsenal in the 2007 Final at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium.[2] The final was contested by Tottenham Hotspur, who beat Arsenal 6–2 on aggregate in the semi-final,[3] and Chelsea, who beat Everton 3–1 on aggregate.[4] Tottenham Hotspur defeated Chelsea 2–1, after extra time, winning their first trophy in nine years.

Chelsea took the lead in the 39th minute through a free kick from Didier Drogba. This goal made Drogba the first player to score in three League Cup Finals, having scored in 2005 and 2007. In the 68th minute, Tottenham were awarded a penalty after Wayne Bridge handled the ball; Dimitar Berbatov converted the spot-kick and equalised. 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 important for Tottenham as not only did they end a 9-year trophy drought, but the win secured the club qualification for the following season's UEFA Cup, something they would not have achieved in the Premier League, as they finished 11th. This would be the last major trophy Tottenham would win for 17-years, until the club won the 2025 UEFA Europa League. For Chelsea, it was the second of four competitions in which they would finish as runners-up that season, after they lost to Manchester United in the Community Shield and ended up finishing as runners-up to the same team in the Premier League and the UEFA Champions League. The two teams would meet again in the 2015 League Cup final, in which Chelsea beat Tottenham 2-0.

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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.[5] 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.[6] Meanwhile, second-half goals from Gareth Bale and Tom Huddlestone sent Tottenham through to the next round.[7] Both teams were drawn at home in the fourth round; Chelsea would face Leicester City, while Tottenham would take on Blackpool.[8] 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.[9] 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.[10] Chelsea were drawn at home again for the quarter-finals, this time against Liverpool, while Tottenham faced an away tie against Manchester City.[11] 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.[12] 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.[13]

In the semi-finals, which would be played over two legs, Tottenham were drawn against their North London rivals Arsenal for the second season in a row, while Chelsea were paired with Everton, the city rivals of their opponents in the previous round.[14] Tottenham were held in their first leg at the Emirates Stadium, thanks to a deflected goal by Theo Walcott; after Jermaine Jenas opened the scoring for Spurs in the first half, Walcott equalised when the ball ricocheted back off him in the midst of a challenge by Lee Young-pyo before looping over Tottenham goalkeeper Radek Černý.[15] In the second leg at White Hart Lane, there was no doubt about the result, as Tottenham ran out 5–1 winners, their first victory over Arsenal in any competition since November 1999. Jenas was again on the scoresheet inside three minutes, before an own goal from Nicklas Bendtner gave Spurs a 2–0 half-time lead; Robbie Keane and Aaron Lennon doubled their advantage before Arsenal scored their first goal through Emmanuel Adebayor, but Malbranque scored in the final minute to secure a 6–2 aggregate victory.[16] Chelsea took the advantage in the first leg of their semi-final at Stamford Bridge despite 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.[17] 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.[18]

Match

Details

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Template:Preview warningTemplate:Preview warningTemplate:Preview warningTemplate:Preview warningTemplate:Preview warning Template:Preview warning
GK 1 Template:Flagicon Petr Čech Template:Yel
RB 35 Template:Flagicon Juliano Belletti
CB 26 Template:Flagicon John Terry (c)
CB 6 Template:Flagicon Ricardo Carvalho Template:Yel
LB 18 Template:Flagicon Wayne Bridge
DM 12 Template:Flagicon Mikel John Obi Template:Yel downward-facing red arrow 98'
CM 8 Template:Flagicon Frank Lampard
CM 5 Template:Flagicon Michael Essien downward-facing red arrow 88'
RW 24 Template:Flagicon Shaun Wright-Phillips downward-facing red arrow 72'
LW 39 Template:Flagicon Nicolas Anelka
CF 11 Template:Flagicon Didier Drogba
Substitutes:
GK 23 Template:Flagicon Carlo Cudicini
DF 33 Template:Flagicon Alex
MF 10 Template:Flagicon Joe Cole upward-facing green arrow 98'
MF 13 Template:Flagicon Michael Ballack upward-facing green arrow 88'
FW 21 Template:Flagicon Salomon Kalou upward-facing green arrow 72'
Manager:
Template:Flagicon Avram Grant
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GK 1 Template:Flagicon Paul Robinson
RB 28 Template:Flagicon Alan Hutton
CB 39 Template:Flagicon Jonathan Woodgate
CB 26 Template:Flagicon Ledley King (c)
LB 2 Template:Flagicon Pascal Chimbonda downward-facing red arrow 61'
RM 25 Template:Flagicon Aaron Lennon Template:Yel
CM 8 Template:Flagicon Jermaine Jenas Template:Yel
CM 4 Template:Flagicon Didier Zokora Template:Yel
LM 15 Template:Flagicon Steed Malbranque downward-facing red arrow 75'
CF 10 Template:Flagicon Robbie Keane downward-facing red arrow 102'
CF 9 Template:Flagicon Dimitar Berbatov
Substitutes:
GK 12 Template:Flagicon Radek Černý
DF 5 Template:Flagicon Younès Kaboul upward-facing green arrow 102'
MF 6 Template:Flagicon Teemu Tainio Template:Yel upward-facing green arrow 75'
MF 22 Template:Flagicon Tom Huddlestone upward-facing green arrow 61'
FW 23 Template:Flagicon Darren Bent
Manager:
Template:Flagicon Juande Ramos

Assistant referees:
Andrew Garratt (West Midlands)[19]
Martin Yerby (Kent)[19]
Fourth official:
Peter Walton (Northamptonshire)[19]
Reserve assistant referee:
David Bryan (Lincolnshire)[19]

Man of the match
Jonathan Woodgate (Tottenham Hotspur)[20]

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

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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[21]

Notes

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References

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