Chelsea Tundukkan Tottenham 2-0 Raih Piala Liga
Chelsea Won the Capital One Cup with a Comfortable Win over London Rivals
Editor : Ismail Gani
Translator : Novita Cahyadi
London (B2B) - Chelsea meraih gelar pertama musim ini dengan menjuarai Piala Liga atau Capital One Cup setelah mengalahkan tim sekota London, Tottenham Hotspur, dengan skor 2-0 di Wembley, Senin dini hari WIB.
Chelsea kini telah lima kali menjuarai Piala Liga dan terakhir kali mereka meraih trofi tersebut pada musim 2007 silam.
Kala itu di musim terakhir periode pertama kepelatihan Jose Mourinho di Chelsea, yang selain menjuara Piala Liga mereka juga memenangi Piala FA.
Pada pertandingan final kali ini, kemenangan Chelsea disokong oleh gol yang dicetak oleh John Terry di pengujung babak pertama yang kemudian berhasil memperoleh keunggulan ganda setelah bek Tottenham Kyle Walker melakukan gol bunuh diri pada menit 56.
Tottenham yang sempat agresif di babak pertama justru menurun penampilannya di paruh kedua.
Puncaknya ketika pada menit 56 Cesc Fabregas menyodorkan umpan manis yang disambar oleh Diego Costa, sebelum bola membentur Walker dan malah mengarah ke gawang sendiri dan dianggap sebagai gol bunuh diri bek berusia 24 tahun itu, seperti dilansir Yahoo Sports.
London - Chelsea won their first trophy of the season with a 2-0 win over Tottenham in Sunday night’s League Cup final at Wembley. Goals from John Terry and an own goal forced by Diego Costa led a sluggish Blues side to a win in the wind and rain in a match that for long stretches boasted a lot of huff and puff but little fluency.
The result also continued a string of futility for Tottenham, who were eliminated from the Europa League by Fiorentina this week, and have slumped badly in the Premier League chase this season as well.
Spurs last raised a piece of silverware back in 2008, in this very tournament, and on the evidence will now wait at least another season before lifting a trophy again.
Jose Mourinho stirred the pot (as he is wont to do) before a ball was even kicked in London for this most uncommon derby, claiming that Spurs had approached him to be their manager.
One can see why after today’s result – and the gulf in experience and class on display here at Wembley. For good teams find ways to win even when they don’t play very well, and that was the case for the Blues today, winners despite not looking much like champions.
