Tottenham win the 2008 Carlin Cup trophy

Tottenham win the 2008 Carlin Cup trophy

Highlights: Tottenham Hotspur 2 – 1 Chelsea.

Tottenham 2 – 1 Chelsea Full Time
Tottenham Hotspur are the 2007-2008 Carling Cup winners! Congratulations!
120+4′ The referee ends the game and 1 second after the whistle, Chelsea hit the post. INCREDIBLE ending.
120+1′ Juliano Belletti shoots way over the crossbar from outside of the box.
120+1′ Joe Cole delivers…
120+1′ Frank Lampard from Chelsea takes a corner kick
119′ Frank Lampard sends a corner kick, ball cleared.
119′ Didier Zokora delivers and Cech retains.
118′ Joe Cole finds himself with the ball into the box, but his shot is weak and Robinson retains.
116′ Yellow Card: Teemu Tainio is booked for delaying the game.
114′ Drama at the Wembley, Chelsea is starting attack after attack and Tottenham’s defense is still holding.
114′ Michael Ballack crosses and Kalou’s shot is bounced by Robinson.
113′ Juliano Belletti delivers and Drogba is caught offside.
111′ Salomon Kalou is caught offside.
108′ Aaron Lennon is flagged offside.
108′ Aaron Lennon is flagged offside.
107′ Frank Lampard sends a corner kick and Cole shoots over the crossbar from long range.
107′ Wayne Bridge sends a free kick cross, corner kick for Chelsea.
106′ The last part of the extra time has started.
105+3′ The referee ends this first extra time half.
105+2′ Joe Cole shoots from long range, he is denied by Robinson.
104′ Didier Zokora needs his team’s doctor.
104′ Yellow Card: Ricardo Carvalhois booked for a foul.
103′ Michael Ballack crosses and a defender clears.
103′ Tottenham Substitution: Robbie Keane is replaced by Younes Kaboul.
101′ Frank Lampard sends a corner kick.
100′ Frank Lampard sends a free kick cross, no result on the scoreboard.
98′ Chelsea Substituion:John Obi Mikel is replaced by Joe Cole.
96′ Yellow Card: John Obi Mikel is booked.
95′ Wayne Bridge delivers and Robinson retains.
94′ GOOOOOOAL!!! 2 – 1 Jonathan Woodgate scores a lucky goal after, Cech bounced the ball in Tottenham’s defender and the ball went into the empty goal.
93′ Jermaine Jenas sends a free kick cross.
91′ Nicolas Anelka fouls Lennon.
91′ The extra time have started. Two halves of 15 minutes each will follow.

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90+4′ The referee ends the second half.
90+3′ Robbie Keane has a spectacular bicycle-kick way over the crossbar.
90+1′ Wayne Bridge crosses and King clears.
90′ Ball Possession: Tottenham 48%, Chelsea 52%.
89′ Kalou crosses and Lampard misses the target.
89′ Frank Lampard sends the corner kick.
89′ Michael Ballack shoots wide, the ball was deflected.
88′ Chelsea Substitution: Mickael Essien is replaced by Michael Ballack.
87′ Essien’s shot is blocked.
85′ Tottenham are over Chelsea in this minutes.
84′ Aaron Lennon passes and Berbatov hits the target but Cech bounces the ball.
82′ Petr Cech needs the team’s doctor.
81′ Zokora gets the rebound and shoots over the crossbar with the empty goal infront. HUGE miss!
81′ Didier Zokora finds himself alone with Cech and shoots the ball in the goalkeepers head.
77′ Aaron Lennon ha a corner kick.
75′ Tottenham Substitution: Steed Malbranque is replaced by Teemu Tainio/
73′ Frank Lampard has a the corner kick, no real scoring chance.
73′ Didier Drogba shoots wide, ball was deflected.
72′ Chelsea Substitution: Shaun Wright Phillips is replaced by Salomon Kalou.
72′ John Terry delivers and King clears the ball.
71′ Ball Possession: Tottenham 49%, Chelsea 51%.
70′ GOOOOOAL!!! 1 – 1 Dimitar Berbatov scores from the penalty spot with a calm shot.
69′ PENALTY: Wayne Bridge hand-balls into the box, questionable decision signalled by the linesman.
69′ Aaron Lennon crosses…
65′ Frank Lampard passes for Anelka and the French striker is blocked. The referee shows goal kick but it should have been a corner kick for the Blues.
62′ Tottenham Substitution: Pascal Chimbonda is replaced by Tom Huddlestone.
61′ Robbie Keane delivers and Berbatov’s header is retained by the keeper.
60′ Lennon sends a corner kick and Drogba clears.
60′ Aaron Lennon is blocked.
59′ Didier Drogba crosses and after a deflection Anelka heads, he is denied by the keeper.
58′ Mickael Essien commits a foul.
52′ Wayne Bridge crosses and Woodgate clears.
51‘ Pascal Chimbonda delivers and Zokora shoots wide.
49′ Lennon fouls Drogba.
46′ Ledley King delivers and Cech retains the ball.
46′ The second half has started.

45+3′ The referee ends the first half.
45+2′ Petr Cech retains a cross.
45′ Ball Possession: Tottenham 50%, Chelsea 50%.
44′ Robbie Keane passes to Berbatov who falls in the box, no penalty for this.
43′ Wayne Bridge delivers and Tottenham’s defense clears the ball.
40′ Robbie Keane shoots and the keeper denies him.
39′ GOOOOOAL!!! 0 – 1 Didier Drogba opens the score with a clever placed shot from the direct free kick. Tottenham’s keeper had no reaction at all.
38′ Yellow Card: Didier Zokora is booked for a foul on Drogba, another dangerous free kick for Chelsea.
36′ Jermaine Jenas delivers and Lampard clears the danger.
34′ Didier Drogba shoots from the free kick and the ball just misses the target.
33′ Chelsea obtain another free kick from around 22 meters.
32′ Frank Lampard sends the corner kick.
32′ Frank Lampard shoots from a direct free kick and the ball is deflected by Woodgate into a corner kick.
29′ Frank Lampard misses the target.
28′ Robbie Keane has a good delivery and Malbranque’s shot is bounced by the keeper.
27′ Didier Drogba collapses during the cross and needs the team’s doctor.
26′ Frank Lampard sends a corner kick.
26′ Shaun Wright Phillips delivers and Woodgate clears the danger.
24′ Dimitar Berbatov is caught offside.
22′ Robbie Keane delivers and Essien clears.
20′ Ball Possession: Tottenham 57%, Chelsea 43%
20′ Didier Drogba is caught offside.
19′ Jermaine Jenas sends a free kick cross and Woodgate heads way over the crossbar from a favourable postition.
18′ Frank Lampard delivers and Robson retains.
15′ Mickael Essien commits a foul.
13′ Shaun Wright Phillips delivers and Woodgate clears.
13′ Juliano Belletti tries to score but he is blocked.
12′ Shaun Wright Phillips fouls Zokora.
9′ Chimbonda sends the ball into the crossbar.
9′ Aaron Lennon sends a corner kick.
8′ Tottenham crosses and Carvalho clears.
7′ Juliano Belletti delivers and Robinson retains the ball.
6′ Chelsea have a throw-in.
6′ Malbranque delivers, and the ball ends into a goal kick.
3′ Aaron Lennon delivers and Chelsea’s defence clear the ball.
3′ Tottenham have another attack.
2′ Ledley King misses the target with a volley shot.
1′ Aaron Lennon sends a corner kick.
1′ Robbie Keane shoots wide, ball was deflected.
1′ Chelsea have the first touch of the game.
0′ Today’s referee is Mark Clattenburg.
0′ The match should start soon here at the New Wembley.

Tottenham vs Chelsea is the 2007-2008 Carling Cup Final. Welcome at the FCFootballBlog for this highly interesting game. This encounter will be covered live online by us. You will benefit for free from extended live text commentary, live streams, live scores. Video highlights of the most important events at the New Wembley will be also updated as soon as available.
The Carling Cup final starts at 16.00 CET or 4pm as some might want to hear it. Both Tottenham and Chelsea are in a good shape at the moment and it’s really hard to predict who will win. I will offer you an extended preview within the next lines.
Once, again don’t miss the live online coverage, it’s starts with the kick-off!

Tottenham vs Chelsea – Live Streams
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Sopcast: Live Sport TV, Eurosport 2, Guandong, SHTV, Adthe 1.
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PPMate: Guandong.
TVU Player: Adthe 1, Shangai.
Pcast: not available.
VGO Player: Guandong.
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Tottenham vs Chelsea – Betting Tips and Odds
It’s really hard to predict the winner of this Carling Cup Final. Both teams have played this week in the European Cup so I can’t say that one is more tired as the other. It’s true that Tottenham played only on Thursday, but we should also take in consideration that they played at home while Chelsea played in the UCL in Greece.
Both teams have a good shape at the moment. They obtained draws in their European Cups this week. Chelsea is much higher placed in the Premier League, but Tottenham has Juande Ramos who is expert of the Cup games. Considering Chelsea’s experience though over the last few seasons I will place them as favorites for this event.
A betting tip would be that, we will have extra-time.
Let’s check the odds:

Tottenham vs Chelsea – Head to Head
I have selected a series of head to head encounters between the 2 clubs from all the competitions they meet during the last few years. AS you see Tottenham was victorious in 2002 in the Carling Cup, Chelsea Edged in front last season in the FA Cup and also won this years home Premier League game.
12.01.08 Chelsea 2-0 Tottenham EPL
07.04.07 Chelsea 1-0 Tottenham EPL
19.03.07 Tottenham 1-2 Chelsea FA Cup
11.03.07 Chelsea 3-3 Tottenham FA Cup
23.01.02 Tottenham 5-1 Chelsea Carling Cup
09.01.02 Chelsea 2-1 Tottenham Carling Cup

Tottenham vs Chelsea – Line-ups
The probable starting line-ups for the 2007-2008 Carling Cup final are:
Tottenham
1 P. Robinson
28 A. Hutton
26 L. King
39 J. Woodgate
2 P. Chimbonda
25 A. Lennon
4 D. Zokora
8 J. Jenas
15 S. Malbranque
9 D. Berbatov
10 R. Keane

Chelsea
1 P. Cech
35 J. Belletti
26 J. Terry
6 R. Carvalho
18 W. Bridge
12 J. Mikel
8 F. Lampard
5 M. Essien
24 S. Wright Phillips
11 D. Drogba
39 N. Anelka