Carling Cup Final

  Tottenham 2 - 1 Chelsea 

                              

                              Woody Wins at Wembley!

While Jonathan Woodgate will go down in Spurs lore as the man who delivered the Cup to Tottenham this victory belongs to the team. The Spurs started out the match like the club that truly wanted the silverware as they sent wave after wave of attack at the Chelsea goal. They went down a goal in the 40th through a sublime Didier Drogba free kick that left recent returnee Paul Robinson rooted to his spot (there’s a shock). Didier Zokora had fouled Drogba to give him his second free kick at goal in just minutes and the Ivornian striker made good on the second try.

 Tottenham continued the push and had some chances created by Robbie Keane and Dimitar Berbatov. In the 69th minute their persistence paid off when Tom Huddlestone and Aaron Lennon put pressure on Wayne Bridge in the Chelsea box and caused the Blues defender to handle the ball. Berbatov cooly let Petr Cech go right and slotted his shot to the left to knot the score at 1-1.

   

The Spurs kept up the pressure up on the final minutes with Zakora and Berbatov both having clear opportunities to win it in regulation. When the final whistle sent the match the two sides were definitely headed in opposite directions. Four minutes into extra time the defender that joined the Spurs in January paid huge dividends. Woody got his head to a Jermaine Jenas free kick. Cech got a fist to the ball and it rebounded off of Woodgate’s £8 million face and into the net. It wasn’t pretty, but it was effective.

   

Chelsea put on a push at the end of extra time and Tottenham stood tall to seal the victory. Good job Tottenham a well deserved victory.