Carling Cup final match report
For junalele :)
Now, my stream is being stupid, but I do have sound.
Teams:
Tottenham: Gomes, Corluka, Dawson, King, Assou-Ekotto, Modric, Zokora, Jenas, Lennon, Pavlyuchenko, Bent. Subs: O'Hara, Taarabt, Gunter, Huddlestone, Bentley, Bale, Alnwick.
United: Foster, O'Shea, Ferdinand, Evans, Evra, Ronaldo, Gibson, Scholes, Nani, Welbeck, Tevez. Subs: Kuszczak, Eckersley, Vidic, Possebon, Anderson, Giggs, Park.
I hear our fans are again holding up the 'BELIEVE' mosaic but alas, I've no picture, bet it's awesome. Alright, changed to a Russian stream because no picture is kind of redundant.
1st Half
I just want to say, if Pavlyuchenko actually did say that shit about Berba I will not feel bad if he's injured here.
Foster needs to get a touch in in the beginning, nothing majorly threatening.
Pats to Carlos... goal kick. Though it looked like it would be a corner. Tevez is brought down moments later and it's in the Cristiano free kick area. He fires slightly over. But at least it's not against the wall, it's been half like an epidemic.
Nani cuts inside, to Tevez, to Cristiano, but straight against Gomes.
Scholesy and Welbeck linking up well, Spurs defense to the rescue though.
I have to say in these ten minutes or so Nani's really good. Hope I didn't jinx it now. Btw Juna, have you seen the newest Special 1 TV episode yet? Poking fun at Cris, nothing new there.
Tevez doesn't get a chance to have a decent shot, ball bounces from the Spurs defense to Darron Gibson and he lets loose a cannon of a shot, it's close but not quite on target.
I see first determined Spurs attack, a bit of scrambling, Rio finally clears to Cris who flies up the wing, his cross doesn't quite reach Tevez.
Wembley looks so weird, and Russian sounds so weird. I love Old Trafford. I want to go again.
Nani cuts in again, shot saved by Gomes. It was a bit off target anyway.
Nani to Tevez in the Spurs penalty area, too many men there it's hard to say what's going on, Carlos gets the ball on the left and his shot hits the side netting.
Fucking hell. Spurs attack have Foster completely beaten but thankfully the final shot is way off. I can't tell who's who from Spurs at all btw. Their move started with Lennon up the right wing though, he's quite fast that lad.
Pats gives away a free kick, looks so pissed. Ends well, Cris and Sheasy playing the ball up, Gibson, Scholesy (oh he looks elegant).
Tevez fouled by Spurs no.20... Dawson. A moment and Carlos gets up fine.
Cristiano crosses to Tevez, Jenas gets a foot in and directs the ball way up high. We're so dominating this though.
Rio gets a chance and tries to cheekily lift the ball over the Spurs defense and goal keeper but it's slightly too long, landing on the roof of the goal. That would have been something, had that gone in.
Lennon seems the most threatening player for Spurs, he creates another chance for them, weaving past Nani, Evra and was that Scholesy? Someone third. I want a bigger screen.
Nani's cross flies over to Cris, his cross is better but nah.
I hear Viva Ronaldo with volume now :) Hopefully our fans will keep in good voice.
Danny almost breaks through Spurs defense but his touch on the ball is too heavy and it rolls to Gomes.
Back in our end, Darren Bent has a shot on target that Foster deals with.
Ouch, Tevez grimacing and holding his hand. I didn't see exactly how he clashed with that Spurs player, I wish I could write without looking at the keyboard.
Lennon offside, thankfully. Possibly wouldn't have been a bad situation even if he was onside but then again...
Robbie Keane is cup-tied, right? I daresay he'd be playing otherwise.
Ooh, fuck, get it off boys. Phew, Rio was there. Lennon is so the biggest nuisance.
We're going end to end most of the time here. Sheasy fouls Assou-Ekotto, free kick Spurs. Useless. Could we still maybe not gift them the ball like that? Rio gets his head to the end of the cross before Pavlyuchenko though. Ha.
Welbeck breaking fast there, we get a corner. Taken by Nani... nah. Nani attacking again, trying to cross but Corluka's right onto him. WHAT. Corluka obviously using his hand to push the ball off the pitch, nothing given. Hello?! It was centimeters outside the penalty area but a yellow card for deliberate handball and a free kick surely should have been in order.
Spurs fans are very vocal now, lots of flags waved too.
Nani's shot straight to Gomes.
It seems Spurs are growing in confidence as time goes by. Us managing a goal would help things, hmm boys?
Five minutes remaining of the first half.
Sheasy in the box, to Tevez, blah. Rio owns Pavlyuchenko, oh the ball doesn't quite go out though, but flies to the other side to Lennon, his cross it too long. Goal kick for us.
Another of our attacks comes to nothing and Spurs counterattack again. Lots of tousling around the center circle, it looks as though Cris and Tevez will break but no.
Rio is on his stride today, saving us again. From Lennon, too. What a surprise. Can we please do something about him?
End of 1st Half, 0-0.
2nd Half
I though I'd already stopped being confused about the switching of direction after halftime but apparently not xD much nicer this way though, as it means we're attacking.
LOLOL Fletch and Mikey munching on something as they watch, mouths full. Gaz and Wazza there too.
We have a free kick, Cris' shot is a bit over again. He has a fitting grimace for the situation.
OH Cristiano with a good pass in a great position but Spurs defense are faster to it. I thought Cris was going to have a shot himself. On hindsight, maybe he should have.
And now free kick Spurs, booh. But it was Lennon brought down and seriously, I'd rather that than him getting through. Pavlyuchenko and way, wayyyy high.
I would love to know what these commentators are saying, they've mentioned Giggsy's name about ten times now. Is he getting ready? Huh? idk.
Heh, I understood that. The commentator was calling Sheasy Neville and then he corrected himself. I'm learning Russian here.
Corner for us, long to Sheasy on the other side, Sheasy to Cris, he loses the ball and here come Spurs. Nani clearly fouls Modric so I'm feeling very thankful he wasn't carded there. Free kick for Spurs. in the kind of spot Cris last scored from fk. Nope, nope.
Pats getting forward, good passing between him, Welbeck, Scholesy, Nani. In the end the ball is harmlessly rolling to Gomes *sighs*
Anderson coming on! When have I last seen him? On for Danny Welbeck. He'd been really waiting for this match, there was a small article about that on United website. Now this would be a nice time to open scoring for Ando.
Sheasy gets a yellow card for a foul on Modric . Free kick curls into the box dangerously, Foster launches himself into the swarm of players and punches the ball away.
Really, these breaks from Spurs would be so much more dangerous if they could finish with a shot towards the goal. Though, who am I to talk, we haven't exactly looked like finishing experts. And we've had chances.
Cris gets us a corner. Cris first heads it, it bounces to Evans, to Tevez, goes past the goal. I so could have seen it in there.
Scholesy beautifully to Nani, now Sheasy looking for Cris but Spurs intercept.
Well, I'd have thought that a foul... oh it is. Modric pushing Cristiano off the ball. Anderson to take the free kick. A bit too high, goes past everyone.
Sheasy a bit late with another challenge on Modric, oh noes. Referee let's it slide, thankfully.
O'Hara coming on for Pavlyuchenko.
Can I just say, please no extra time? I'd like to get my history reading done.
Cris breaks promisingly on the right wing but his cross isn't very good. Heh, the guy on United match tracker: C'mon Ronny, BURY IT.
Cristiano advances very fast, getting ready to shoot... and he's fouled, what's more he gets yellow-carded for diving :P Slow motion leaves no room for speculation, there was contact.
Damnit Spurs, stop doing that. A good chance, though it amounts to nothing. Evans looks to be in some pain >.<
Foster saves Lennon's fierce shot brilliantly, next time he's beaten but thank goodness for our defense.
I don't like this right now. Spurs are staying on our end of the pitch now.
Vida getting ready to come on. Might be for Evans, if he was really injured earlier.
Tevez to Anderson and a powerful shot on goal, which Gomes saves. *growls*
It's Sheasy off, Vida on. Sheasy's straight to talking with our physio so I guess not all is right with him? :/
Fifteen minutes of second half left. Now would be the time...
Pats just drives on against two Spurs players, in the end it's goal kick for Spurs thanks to Lennon. He's pissing me off.
Pats had to foul someone to stop them, judging from the speed and wing it was Lennon again. Gah.
Spurs' free kick flies straight into the hands of Foster, thank you sweetie.
I need to let Luna in, she's sounding miserable outside in the snowfall. I demand nothing bad happen while I'm away.
Back and huh, it's Anderson running down the left wing. Jenas looked to catch him in the face with his arm, but anyhow we lose it.
HE COMES FROM SERBIA.... Vida is awesome. But it's a corner, Foster catches it well again.
Pats fouled and holding his leg in a not good way. Free kick apparently to be taken by Cristiano but it's reaaaally far out. Guess what? He hits the wall. Actually, he hits O'Hara on the chest so hard the man goes down and looks to be in quite some pain.
A LOT of Spurs flags waving around and the blues making all the noise. United, we need to step up all of us.
Two minutes plus added time. Lads, if there was ever a time to score, surely right around now...?
Thank god Vida, I want to kiss him.
ANDO C'MON. DAMN. No >:P
Three added minutes.
Our only limit is the sky, 'cause through the triumph and the grief, it's all about, it's all about belief. xDD I wish we would sing something. Though it doesn't have to be that FA Cup song.
Cris, oh please, yes, go on, against two or three the camera's too close to Cris' legs to tell, amazing cross but Tevez doesn't manage.
FUCKITY FUCK. Cris crosses in and hits the effin' post. You can imagine he's absolutely pissed. And I'd find the reaction from our bench absolutely comical if it wasn't so frustrating. Nani got a foot on the rebound but it was wide.
90 mins are up and teams will soon come back for extra time.
Extra Time 1
Giggsy is on for Darron Gibson.
I'm writing minimum report now, I'm having a conversation on MSN too.
Blah. I can imagine so many better things we could do with half an hour, like maybe resting the players for the midweek match. Srsly, the numbers of matches we have...
Not looking very exciting, but it's mainly Spurs attacking.
Scholesyyy, to Nani, oh man. He doesn't get any force behind his shot and so the ball harmlessly rolls into Gomes' hands.
Aaand we're offside. btw, Spurs have only made one substitution so far. Let's not let them run us down when they bring new people on.
And speaking of, it's Jermaine Jenas off, Gareth Bale on.
Cris gets us a corner. C'mon! Gomes comfortably catches. Pfft.
Evans, another corner for us. We'll take it as soon as Lennon stops laying around on the pitch.I guess all that running around like crazy caught up with him, anyway he's coming off, after a very impressive game, on comes David Bentley, the last man to score a hat trick against us. Awesome.
Cristiano's shot is wide. Most parts of this sentence feel awfully familiar today.
So, how is Foster at penalties, do we know? It certainly seems at this rate we'll find out.
Vida stops Bentley, who's on a fierce run.
Nani and Pats play neat one-two for some time on the left wing, cross to Tevez who heads wide. That's first part of extra time over.
Extra Time 2
Yes, I would like not conceding now... thank you, Patrice.
This is pretty much unbearable. It feels both teams are mostly waiting for the penalties.
Foster stretching in our end as we have a corner. Why do they never work out?
FFS. Bentley's sneaky. But in the end, O'Hara's shot flies harmlessly over. Scholesy takes a yellow card, such a Scholes-like late tackle there. Free kick for Spurs, but it's a long way away. High and wide.
There. Giggsy at least has our supporters standing up when he takes the throw-in. Why not all the time, hmm?
Let's do this, plz. Tevez fires the ball over the goal. A Spurs player down... he went to tackle the ball away and though nobody touched him, I guess he stretched a bit too much? Spasms? Anyway, the crowd getting dismayed by how much time he's taking, and so am I. Surely he could get off the pitch as he's been standing for the last minute already.
Which way are we going again? Oh, right xD It's been changed too many times. Coudln't we just go straight to penalties? This feels so pointless.
Modric does craaaaazy run and dodges everyone until his final shot, which Rio handles, the rebound to Bent, but Foster saves. Also, according to the info on the web Bent's number is 23, but my eyes are telling me it's 10. I think it said Bent on the back though.
Cris to Nani and no. Evans takes the throw-in, plays one-two with Cris, cross to the center of the box, Tevez is too short for it, to Pats who shoots but it's wide. Argh, Gomes would have been beaten for that.
Phew. Our defense has been very nice. So has theirs. Or both of our attacks suck.
Tevex gets us a corner, Giggsy running to take it... no, Rio gets his head to it a little and Gomes easily catches. All of our boys watching not very cheerfully. Gaz, Wayne, Fletch, Mikey, Tosic, Berba.
Ando blasts somewhere high up.
Aaaand end of extra time. Penalties. Blergh. GO BEN. Aww, Foster hugging Cristiano. He certainly had the most effort today, but no one came up with the end product.
Ed whispering with Ben, hopefully it's good advice. Oh, how cute are they.
Gomes has had a lot to do today, he's proved himself during the regular play, now let's see. Nice, some joking between Gomes and Foster.
It's not like I see the league cup as very important itself, but as a part of a quad? Yes I would.
Penalties
We're going to start, with Giggsy coming up first. IN!
Next O'Hara vs. Foster. SAVED!!! YES!
Tevez. IN!
Up against Foster next is Corluka. In. He lifts his shot well, but Foster was still very close to having his hand on it.
Cristiano. IN! (heh, they show Wazza's face when Cris gets it in and man, he shouts fiercely and then a lovely smile)
Foster vs. Bentley. WIDE! xDD Oh man.
Ando. IN!!!!!! IN THE BAG!!!! DUNNIT!!!!!!
Had to switch streams to see them lifting the trophy. I'll say, Tottenham weren't quite as shocking as Portsmouth in the Community Shield at least.
Spurs making their way up first and poor O'Hara looks so beaten. Hey, at least his shot was on target and it was even a pretty good shot, not in the middle. I'd blame Bentley more.
NOW RIO LEADS US UP, YAY.
Edwin and Berba and the rest watching with smiles on the pitch as today's squad get ready to lift the trophy. You know, I think Edwin looks dashing today.
LIFT IT! Foster, love. Good saves today. Ha, love how the youngsters lift the trophy so much more enthusiastically.
Coverage over. Hope this didn't end up being too long Juna xD
Now, my stream is being stupid, but I do have sound.
Teams:
Tottenham: Gomes, Corluka, Dawson, King, Assou-Ekotto, Modric, Zokora, Jenas, Lennon, Pavlyuchenko, Bent. Subs: O'Hara, Taarabt, Gunter, Huddlestone, Bentley, Bale, Alnwick.
United: Foster, O'Shea, Ferdinand, Evans, Evra, Ronaldo, Gibson, Scholes, Nani, Welbeck, Tevez. Subs: Kuszczak, Eckersley, Vidic, Possebon, Anderson, Giggs, Park.
I hear our fans are again holding up the 'BELIEVE' mosaic but alas, I've no picture, bet it's awesome. Alright, changed to a Russian stream because no picture is kind of redundant.
1st Half
I just want to say, if Pavlyuchenko actually did say that shit about Berba I will not feel bad if he's injured here.
Foster needs to get a touch in in the beginning, nothing majorly threatening.
Pats to Carlos... goal kick. Though it looked like it would be a corner. Tevez is brought down moments later and it's in the Cristiano free kick area. He fires slightly over. But at least it's not against the wall, it's been half like an epidemic.
Nani cuts inside, to Tevez, to Cristiano, but straight against Gomes.
Scholesy and Welbeck linking up well, Spurs defense to the rescue though.
I have to say in these ten minutes or so Nani's really good. Hope I didn't jinx it now. Btw Juna, have you seen the newest Special 1 TV episode yet? Poking fun at Cris, nothing new there.
Tevez doesn't get a chance to have a decent shot, ball bounces from the Spurs defense to Darron Gibson and he lets loose a cannon of a shot, it's close but not quite on target.
I see first determined Spurs attack, a bit of scrambling, Rio finally clears to Cris who flies up the wing, his cross doesn't quite reach Tevez.
Wembley looks so weird, and Russian sounds so weird. I love Old Trafford. I want to go again.
Nani cuts in again, shot saved by Gomes. It was a bit off target anyway.
Nani to Tevez in the Spurs penalty area, too many men there it's hard to say what's going on, Carlos gets the ball on the left and his shot hits the side netting.
Fucking hell. Spurs attack have Foster completely beaten but thankfully the final shot is way off. I can't tell who's who from Spurs at all btw. Their move started with Lennon up the right wing though, he's quite fast that lad.
Pats gives away a free kick, looks so pissed. Ends well, Cris and Sheasy playing the ball up, Gibson, Scholesy (oh he looks elegant).
Tevez fouled by Spurs no.20... Dawson. A moment and Carlos gets up fine.
Cristiano crosses to Tevez, Jenas gets a foot in and directs the ball way up high. We're so dominating this though.
Rio gets a chance and tries to cheekily lift the ball over the Spurs defense and goal keeper but it's slightly too long, landing on the roof of the goal. That would have been something, had that gone in.
Lennon seems the most threatening player for Spurs, he creates another chance for them, weaving past Nani, Evra and was that Scholesy? Someone third. I want a bigger screen.
Nani's cross flies over to Cris, his cross is better but nah.
I hear Viva Ronaldo with volume now :) Hopefully our fans will keep in good voice.
Danny almost breaks through Spurs defense but his touch on the ball is too heavy and it rolls to Gomes.
Back in our end, Darren Bent has a shot on target that Foster deals with.
Ouch, Tevez grimacing and holding his hand. I didn't see exactly how he clashed with that Spurs player, I wish I could write without looking at the keyboard.
Lennon offside, thankfully. Possibly wouldn't have been a bad situation even if he was onside but then again...
Robbie Keane is cup-tied, right? I daresay he'd be playing otherwise.
Ooh, fuck, get it off boys. Phew, Rio was there. Lennon is so the biggest nuisance.
We're going end to end most of the time here. Sheasy fouls Assou-Ekotto, free kick Spurs. Useless. Could we still maybe not gift them the ball like that? Rio gets his head to the end of the cross before Pavlyuchenko though. Ha.
Welbeck breaking fast there, we get a corner. Taken by Nani... nah. Nani attacking again, trying to cross but Corluka's right onto him. WHAT. Corluka obviously using his hand to push the ball off the pitch, nothing given. Hello?! It was centimeters outside the penalty area but a yellow card for deliberate handball and a free kick surely should have been in order.
Spurs fans are very vocal now, lots of flags waved too.
Nani's shot straight to Gomes.
It seems Spurs are growing in confidence as time goes by. Us managing a goal would help things, hmm boys?
Five minutes remaining of the first half.
Sheasy in the box, to Tevez, blah. Rio owns Pavlyuchenko, oh the ball doesn't quite go out though, but flies to the other side to Lennon, his cross it too long. Goal kick for us.
Another of our attacks comes to nothing and Spurs counterattack again. Lots of tousling around the center circle, it looks as though Cris and Tevez will break but no.
Rio is on his stride today, saving us again. From Lennon, too. What a surprise. Can we please do something about him?
End of 1st Half, 0-0.
2nd Half
I though I'd already stopped being confused about the switching of direction after halftime but apparently not xD much nicer this way though, as it means we're attacking.
LOLOL Fletch and Mikey munching on something as they watch, mouths full. Gaz and Wazza there too.
We have a free kick, Cris' shot is a bit over again. He has a fitting grimace for the situation.
OH Cristiano with a good pass in a great position but Spurs defense are faster to it. I thought Cris was going to have a shot himself. On hindsight, maybe he should have.
And now free kick Spurs, booh. But it was Lennon brought down and seriously, I'd rather that than him getting through. Pavlyuchenko and way, wayyyy high.
I would love to know what these commentators are saying, they've mentioned Giggsy's name about ten times now. Is he getting ready? Huh? idk.
Heh, I understood that. The commentator was calling Sheasy Neville and then he corrected himself. I'm learning Russian here.
Corner for us, long to Sheasy on the other side, Sheasy to Cris, he loses the ball and here come Spurs. Nani clearly fouls Modric so I'm feeling very thankful he wasn't carded there. Free kick for Spurs. in the kind of spot Cris last scored from fk. Nope, nope.
Pats getting forward, good passing between him, Welbeck, Scholesy, Nani. In the end the ball is harmlessly rolling to Gomes *sighs*
Anderson coming on! When have I last seen him? On for Danny Welbeck. He'd been really waiting for this match, there was a small article about that on United website. Now this would be a nice time to open scoring for Ando.
Sheasy gets a yellow card for a foul on Modric . Free kick curls into the box dangerously, Foster launches himself into the swarm of players and punches the ball away.
Really, these breaks from Spurs would be so much more dangerous if they could finish with a shot towards the goal. Though, who am I to talk, we haven't exactly looked like finishing experts. And we've had chances.
Cris gets us a corner. Cris first heads it, it bounces to Evans, to Tevez, goes past the goal. I so could have seen it in there.
Scholesy beautifully to Nani, now Sheasy looking for Cris but Spurs intercept.
Well, I'd have thought that a foul... oh it is. Modric pushing Cristiano off the ball. Anderson to take the free kick. A bit too high, goes past everyone.
Sheasy a bit late with another challenge on Modric, oh noes. Referee let's it slide, thankfully.
O'Hara coming on for Pavlyuchenko.
Can I just say, please no extra time? I'd like to get my history reading done.
Cris breaks promisingly on the right wing but his cross isn't very good. Heh, the guy on United match tracker: C'mon Ronny, BURY IT.
Cristiano advances very fast, getting ready to shoot... and he's fouled, what's more he gets yellow-carded for diving :P Slow motion leaves no room for speculation, there was contact.
Damnit Spurs, stop doing that. A good chance, though it amounts to nothing. Evans looks to be in some pain >.<
Foster saves Lennon's fierce shot brilliantly, next time he's beaten but thank goodness for our defense.
I don't like this right now. Spurs are staying on our end of the pitch now.
Vida getting ready to come on. Might be for Evans, if he was really injured earlier.
Tevez to Anderson and a powerful shot on goal, which Gomes saves. *growls*
It's Sheasy off, Vida on. Sheasy's straight to talking with our physio so I guess not all is right with him? :/
Fifteen minutes of second half left. Now would be the time...
Pats just drives on against two Spurs players, in the end it's goal kick for Spurs thanks to Lennon. He's pissing me off.
Pats had to foul someone to stop them, judging from the speed and wing it was Lennon again. Gah.
Spurs' free kick flies straight into the hands of Foster, thank you sweetie.
I need to let Luna in, she's sounding miserable outside in the snowfall. I demand nothing bad happen while I'm away.
Back and huh, it's Anderson running down the left wing. Jenas looked to catch him in the face with his arm, but anyhow we lose it.
HE COMES FROM SERBIA.... Vida is awesome. But it's a corner, Foster catches it well again.
Pats fouled and holding his leg in a not good way. Free kick apparently to be taken by Cristiano but it's reaaaally far out. Guess what? He hits the wall. Actually, he hits O'Hara on the chest so hard the man goes down and looks to be in quite some pain.
A LOT of Spurs flags waving around and the blues making all the noise. United, we need to step up all of us.
Two minutes plus added time. Lads, if there was ever a time to score, surely right around now...?
Thank god Vida, I want to kiss him.
ANDO C'MON. DAMN. No >:P
Three added minutes.
Our only limit is the sky, 'cause through the triumph and the grief, it's all about, it's all about belief. xDD I wish we would sing something. Though it doesn't have to be that FA Cup song.
Cris, oh please, yes, go on, against two or three the camera's too close to Cris' legs to tell, amazing cross but Tevez doesn't manage.
FUCKITY FUCK. Cris crosses in and hits the effin' post. You can imagine he's absolutely pissed. And I'd find the reaction from our bench absolutely comical if it wasn't so frustrating. Nani got a foot on the rebound but it was wide.
90 mins are up and teams will soon come back for extra time.
Extra Time 1
Giggsy is on for Darron Gibson.
I'm writing minimum report now, I'm having a conversation on MSN too.
Blah. I can imagine so many better things we could do with half an hour, like maybe resting the players for the midweek match. Srsly, the numbers of matches we have...
Not looking very exciting, but it's mainly Spurs attacking.
Scholesyyy, to Nani, oh man. He doesn't get any force behind his shot and so the ball harmlessly rolls into Gomes' hands.
Aaand we're offside. btw, Spurs have only made one substitution so far. Let's not let them run us down when they bring new people on.
And speaking of, it's Jermaine Jenas off, Gareth Bale on.
Cris gets us a corner. C'mon! Gomes comfortably catches. Pfft.
Evans, another corner for us. We'll take it as soon as Lennon stops laying around on the pitch.I guess all that running around like crazy caught up with him, anyway he's coming off, after a very impressive game, on comes David Bentley, the last man to score a hat trick against us. Awesome.
Cristiano's shot is wide. Most parts of this sentence feel awfully familiar today.
So, how is Foster at penalties, do we know? It certainly seems at this rate we'll find out.
Vida stops Bentley, who's on a fierce run.
Nani and Pats play neat one-two for some time on the left wing, cross to Tevez who heads wide. That's first part of extra time over.
Extra Time 2
Yes, I would like not conceding now... thank you, Patrice.
This is pretty much unbearable. It feels both teams are mostly waiting for the penalties.
Foster stretching in our end as we have a corner. Why do they never work out?
FFS. Bentley's sneaky. But in the end, O'Hara's shot flies harmlessly over. Scholesy takes a yellow card, such a Scholes-like late tackle there. Free kick for Spurs, but it's a long way away. High and wide.
There. Giggsy at least has our supporters standing up when he takes the throw-in. Why not all the time, hmm?
Let's do this, plz. Tevez fires the ball over the goal. A Spurs player down... he went to tackle the ball away and though nobody touched him, I guess he stretched a bit too much? Spasms? Anyway, the crowd getting dismayed by how much time he's taking, and so am I. Surely he could get off the pitch as he's been standing for the last minute already.
Which way are we going again? Oh, right xD It's been changed too many times. Coudln't we just go straight to penalties? This feels so pointless.
Modric does craaaaazy run and dodges everyone until his final shot, which Rio handles, the rebound to Bent, but Foster saves. Also, according to the info on the web Bent's number is 23, but my eyes are telling me it's 10. I think it said Bent on the back though.
Cris to Nani and no. Evans takes the throw-in, plays one-two with Cris, cross to the center of the box, Tevez is too short for it, to Pats who shoots but it's wide. Argh, Gomes would have been beaten for that.
Phew. Our defense has been very nice. So has theirs. Or both of our attacks suck.
Tevex gets us a corner, Giggsy running to take it... no, Rio gets his head to it a little and Gomes easily catches. All of our boys watching not very cheerfully. Gaz, Wayne, Fletch, Mikey, Tosic, Berba.
Ando blasts somewhere high up.
Aaaand end of extra time. Penalties. Blergh. GO BEN. Aww, Foster hugging Cristiano. He certainly had the most effort today, but no one came up with the end product.
Ed whispering with Ben, hopefully it's good advice. Oh, how cute are they.
Gomes has had a lot to do today, he's proved himself during the regular play, now let's see. Nice, some joking between Gomes and Foster.
It's not like I see the league cup as very important itself, but as a part of a quad? Yes I would.
Penalties
We're going to start, with Giggsy coming up first. IN!
Next O'Hara vs. Foster. SAVED!!! YES!
Tevez. IN!
Up against Foster next is Corluka. In. He lifts his shot well, but Foster was still very close to having his hand on it.
Cristiano. IN! (heh, they show Wazza's face when Cris gets it in and man, he shouts fiercely and then a lovely smile)
Foster vs. Bentley. WIDE! xDD Oh man.
Ando. IN!!!!!! IN THE BAG!!!! DUNNIT!!!!!!
Had to switch streams to see them lifting the trophy. I'll say, Tottenham weren't quite as shocking as Portsmouth in the Community Shield at least.
Spurs making their way up first and poor O'Hara looks so beaten. Hey, at least his shot was on target and it was even a pretty good shot, not in the middle. I'd blame Bentley more.
NOW RIO LEADS US UP, YAY.
Edwin and Berba and the rest watching with smiles on the pitch as today's squad get ready to lift the trophy. You know, I think Edwin looks dashing today.
LIFT IT! Foster, love. Good saves today. Ha, love how the youngsters lift the trophy so much more enthusiastically.
Coverage over. Hope this didn't end up being too long Juna xD