A glorious night for all Spurs fan around the world (myself included) a 9 year long wait was over in swaggering style.
The Carling Cup 2 - 1 win against the might of Chelsea is a befitting result which epitomize the astute tactical strength of Juande Ramos and the new winning mentality that this new Spurs regime seems to be fed day in day out since Ramos took over the manager's seat 5 month ago.
It took Ramos a shorter time to win his first silverware with Spurs then he was the boss of Sevilla where he won two straight EUFA Cup titles. Now, Spurs players have the belief that they too can achieve anything under the guidance of Senor Ramos.
The night of the Final, Ramos played his best 11 and it paid off well
Paul Robinson had a good outing after been left out of the team for 10 match before the 1-1 draw with Slavia Prague. Drogba's goal was unstoppable, I believe Paul had his wall in place perfectly but Keano move slightly to the right just after Drogba took the kick which pass him and into the bottom left corner. If Keano hadn't move it would not have been a goal.
The back for f Hutton, Woodgate,King and Chimbonda was solid. The partnership of Woodgate and King is the best Spurs have had since a long time. Hutton subdued Anelka well while Chimbonda had Wright-Phillips in his pocket all the way untill he was subsituted by Huddlestone.
In the middle Zokora was immense, he was in my opinion the fittest in terms of stamina that we have it just that I hope he will train harder towards his finishing, he could have killed the game off twice if he had the finishing touch that off Berbatov. JJ had a quiter but assured night, his overall performance stamp the approval to being selected into the Englad squad, held the ball well toward the end as Spurs hold n for the win. Lennon had a game of two halves, he was surprisingly non involve during the majority of the first half but in the second he was the live wire of the team and a thorn for the Chelsea defense, especially Belleti and Carvalho who had a torrid time against the quickest winger in the EPL. Malbranque deserver a call up to the French national team after this, a winners attitude every moment of the game.
Keano, there is only one Keano, his desire and passion to win the cup was felt by fans all around the world, for King to raise the cup together with him showed how much he have conributed to the team, he was absolutely immense during the game. Spurs is of course very very lucky to have Berbatov as its Striker in chief, Berba strikes fear in the hearts of any defender, his cool headedness when he took the spot kick was a classy and he I believe believe that Spurs can achieve more and he wants to win more with Spurs.
The substitute that came in , Huddlestone (he force the error by Bridge for the penalty), Tainio ( did very well even though off position playing at left back ) and Kaboul (added aerial strength to the back after waves of attack by Chelsea in seeking to force a draw) all contributed immensely to the win.
Overall, deserving winners, deserving Carling Cup Champions..My Spurs..Glory Glory Tottenham Hotspur
