0-0 in 90 minutes and 1-1 after extra time and we won 4-3 at penalties. Sinama-Pongolle is the hero by scoring the penalty in 117 minute and then the last one in the penalty shootout. The young guns are playing quite well, so Rafa will probably stick with the same squad for the League Cup (and FA Cup as well?)
Next we will face Watford, on paper this seems the best draw, but I think they will be more up to win this game than Manchester and Chelsea. We'll see how we go. But looks like we are winning the League Cup once every 2 years, so this year we will win it.
Player Rating:
Dudek: 8 Made some godod saves in normal time and also won at the penalty shootout.
Raven: 7 A good debut display for the young guy.
Henchoz: 7 Scored his first ever goal for us in the shootout, but it may be the last as well...
Whitbread: 7 Another good display. He gave us a reason to sell Henchoz and raise some money.
Warnock: 6.5 Another solid display
Nunez: 6 He's picking up and will get there.
Biscan: 7 Good display especially 2nd half to inspire the team to up a gear.
Diao: 7 Not bad, but this may be the last for him.
Potter: 6 Although he missed a penalty in the shootout, in general his performance is OK.
Sinama-Pongolle: 8 Scored 2 penalties. What a display! Let's keep it up!
Mellor: 6 Substituted early as Rafa need to save him for the Saturday game.
Substitutions:
Welsh: 7 A good display and scored in the shootout. Well done!
Smyth: 6.5 A nice debut for this young guy. Made an impact almost immediately.
Partridge: Played only a few minutes, but scored in the shootout as well.
Rafa: 7 The team display shows that he knows how to rotate. And the young guys didn't let him down.
Spurs: 6 They probably blown away their biggest chance of winning a trophy.
Men of the Match: Dudek and Sinama-Pongolle, one prevent us from falling behind even more and one scored 2 goals to keep us forward.
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