2008 Football League Cup Final

2008 Football League Cup Final
Event 2007–08 Football League Cup
Chelsea Tottenham Hotspur
1 2
After extra time
Date 24 February 2008
Venue Wembley Stadium, London
Man of the Match Jonathan Woodgate (Tottenham)[1]
Referee Mark Halsey (Lancashire)[2]
Attendance 87,660[3]
Weather Partly cloudy
13 °C (55 °F)[4]

The 2008 Football League Cup Final was a football match played on 24 February 2008.[5] 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.[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.

Chelsea took the lead in the 37th 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 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.

Road to Wembley

Match

Details

Chelsea 1–2 (a.e.t.) Tottenham Hotspur
Drogba  39' Report Berbatov  70' (pen.)
Woodgate  94'
Attendance: 87,660[3]
Chelsea
Tottenham Hotspur
GK1Czech Republic Petr ČechYellow card 120+4'
RB35Brazil Juliano Belletti
CB26England John Terry (c)
CB6Portugal Ricardo CarvalhoYellow card 104'
LB18England Wayne Bridge
DM12Nigeria John Obi MikelYellow card 96' 98'
CM8England Frank Lampard
CM5Ghana Michael Essien 88'
RW24England Shaun Wright-Phillips 72'
LW39France Nicolas Anelka
CF11Ivory Coast Didier Drogba
Substitutes:
GK23Italy Carlo Cudicini
DF33Brazil Alex
MF10England Joe Cole 98'
MF13Germany Michael Ballack 88'
FW21Ivory Coast Salomon Kalou 72'
Manager:
Israel Avram Grant
GK1England Paul Robinson
RB28Scotland Alan Hutton
CB39England Jonathan Woodgate
CB26England Ledley King (c)
LB2France Pascal Chimbonda 61'
RM25England Aaron LennonYellow card 120+1'
CM8England Jermaine JenasYellow card 120+3'
CM4Ivory Coast Didier ZokoraYellow card 38'
LM15France Steed Malbranque 75'
CF10Republic of Ireland Robbie Keane 102'
CF9Bulgaria Dimitar Berbatov
Substitutes:
GK12Czech Republic Radek Černý
DF5France Younès Kaboul 102'
MF6Finland Teemu TainioYellow card 116' 75'
MF22England Tom Huddlestone 61'
FW23England 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 1714
Shots on target 117
Ball possession 52%48%
Corner kicks 105
Fouls committed 1720
Offsides 32
Yellow cards 24
Red cards 00

Source: ESPN[10]

Notes

  • Didier Drogba's goal made him the all-time leading scorer in 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.

References

  1. 1 2 "Alan Hardaker Trophy Winners". The Football League. 26 February 2012. Archived from the original on 21 April 2012. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Carling Cup officials announced". football-league.co.uk. The Football League. 29 January 2008. Archived from the original on 6 March 2009. Retrieved 30 January 2009.
  3. 1 2 Stevenson, Jonathan (24 February 2008). "Tottenham 2-1 Chelsea". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 20 February 2014.
  4. ↑ http://www.wunderground.com/history/airport/EGLL/2008/2/24/DailyHistory.html?req_city=NA&req_state=NA&req_statename=NA
  5. ↑ "League Cup Fixtures". BBC Sport. 17 December 2009. Retrieved 22 January 2008.
  6. ↑ "Chelsea 2–1 Arsenal". BBC Sport. 25 February 2007. Retrieved 23 January 2008.
  7. ↑ Sanghera, Mandeep (22 January 2008). "Tottenham 5–1 Arsenal". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 27 January 2008. Retrieved 23 January 2008.
  8. ↑ Chowdhury, Saj (23 January 2008). "Everton 0–1 Chelsea". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 27 January 2008. Retrieved 23 January 2008.
  9. 1 2 Clubs in the Premier League receive a bye to the second or third round
  10. ↑ "Tottenham 2-1 Chelsea: Woody nods winner". ESPNsoccernet. ESPN Inc. 24 February 2008. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
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