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“Tottenham eliminated Chelsea from the League Cup in a dramatic duel (1: 1, 5: 4-pin). Eric Lamela answered Werner’s goal in the first half late in the game. …
For Mourinho, this victory was the first in 4 games with Frank Lampard’s teams. Spurs will not have much time to celebrate this result as they will play Maccabi Haifa on Thursday for the right to participate in the Europa League group stage.
Mourinho’s strategy for today’s game was clear even before the match started. From Tuesday to Sunday, they will have to play three times: after Chelsea, they will play the Europa League with Maccabi, and after all a trip to Old Trafford to Manchester United in the Premier League. In such conditions, the team tried to play in economy mode. Jose put on a defensive 5-3-2, trying to saturate the defensive line as much as possible. Tanganga joined Alderweireld and Dyer in center defense, while wingers Aurier and Regilon played fairly low.
Chelsea took the ball from the start of the game and at minute 19 managed to open the scoring with the effort of Timo Werner. After cutting Sergio Regilón, Aspicuete managed to shoot Timo, who scored his debut goal for the new club. As the three “Spurs” center-backs reacted to Giroud’s pull in the goalkeeper’s room, Werner opened up to the support zone in his classic style and calmly realized his opportunity. Until the end of the half, Chelsea kept trying to reveal a deeply rooted opponent in their own field, but failed to increase the lead over the “Spurs”.
“Tottenham” gradually found itself with the increasingly aggressive opponent, but in reality the pattern of play changed only with the release of Harry Kane in the 70th minute of the match, who replaced center-back Tanganga. Thus, the “Spurs” finally had a full-fledged forward on the field, and the game took color. The teams traded several half chances, but Tottenham turned out to be luckier. The result was brought by the connection of Sergio Regilon, who sought to justify the error in the first half. The Spanish moved away from Werner, replaced Lamela, who equalized the score in the game.
On the penalty shoot-out, Tottenham took advantage of Mendy’s misunderstanding on Chelsea’s debut by sending the ball and goalkeeper to different corners all five times. For Chelsea, at the decisive moment, Mason Mount did not cope with nerves, giving an opponent a ticket to the quarter-finals.
Tottenham – Chelsea 1: 1, 5: 4
Goals: Lamela (83) – Werner (19)
“Tottenham“: Lloris – Tanganga (Kane, 70), Dyer, Alderweireld – Regilon, Sissoko, Ndombele, Fernandes (Heiberg, 63), Orie – Lamela, Bergwein (Moura, 76)
“Chelsea“: Mandy – Chillwell (Emerson, 66), Zuma, Tomori, Aspilicueta – Kovacic (Kante, 70), Georgino – Werner, Mount, Hudson-Odoi – Giroud (Abraham, 76)
Failed Penalty: 1: 0 – Dyer, 1: 1 – Abraham, 2: 1 – Lamela, 2: 2 – Azpilicueta, 3: 2 – Huiberg, 3: 3 – Jorginho, 4: 3 – Moura, 4: 4 – Emerson, 5: 4 – Kane, 5: 4 – Mount (bar).
