2007 Football League Cup Final

The 2007 Carling Cup Final was played on Sunday, 25 February 2007 at the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff. It was contested between Arsenal and Chelsea, making it the first all-London final in the competition's history; the two sides had previously met in Cardiff for the 2002 FA Cup Final. The game ended 2-1, with Chelsea winning. Theo Walcott scored the opening goal, his first for Arsenal, while Didier Drogba scored both of Chelsea's goals to seal his side's victory. Drogba's goals were his 27th and 28th of that season, a record for him in English football.
==Match details==
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GK 	1 	Petr Čech 	 	
RB 	19 	Lassana Diarra 	 	
CB 	26 	John Terry (c) 	 	
CB 	6 	Ricardo Carvalho 	 	
LB 	18 	Wayne Bridge 	 	
DM 	4 	Claude Makélélé 	 	
CM 	8 	Frank Lampard 	 	
CM 	13 	Michael Ballack 	 	
CM 	5 	Michael Essien 	 	
CF 	7 	Andriy Shevchenko	 	
CF 	11 	Didier Drogba 	 	
Substitutes: 	Substitutes: 	Substitutes: 	 	
GK 	40 	Henrique Hilário 	 	
DF 	3 	Ashley Cole 	 	
MF 	12 	Mikel John Obi 	 	
MF 	16 	Arjen Robben 	 	
FW 	21 	Salomon Kalou 	 	
Manager: 	Manager: 	Manager: 	 	
José Mourinho	José Mourinho	José Mourinho 	José Mourinho	
MATCH RULES 
*90 minutes. 
*30 minutes of extra-time if necessary. 
*Penalty shootout if scores still level.
*Five named substitutes
*Maximum of 3 substitutions.
MAN OF THE MATCH
*Didier Drogba (Chelsea)
==Road to Cardiff==
===Chelsea===
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Round 3 	Blackburn Rovers 	0–2 	Chelsea 	
Round 4 	Chelsea 	4–0 	Aston Villa 	
Quarter-final 	Newcastle United 	0–1 	Chelsea 	
Semi-final (1st leg)	Wycombe Wanderers 	1–1 	Chelsea 	
Semi-final (2nd leg)	Chelsea 	4–0 	Wycombe Wanderers 	
  	(Chelsea won 5–1 on aggregate)	(Chelsea won 5–1 on aggregate)	(Chelsea won 5–1 on aggregate)	(Chelsea won 5–1 on aggregate)
===Arsenal===
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Round 3 	West Bromwich Albion 	0–2 	Arsenal 	
Round 4 	Everton 	0–1 	Arsenal 	
Quarter-final 	Liverpool 	3–6 	Arsenal 	
Semi-final (1st leg)	Tottenham Hotspur 	2–2 	Arsenal 	
Semi-final (2nd leg)	Arsenal 	3–1 	Tottenham Hotspur (A.E.T.) 	
  	(Arsenal won 5–3 on aggregate)	(Arsenal won 5–3 on aggregate)	(Arsenal won 5–3 on aggregate)	(Arsenal won 5–3 on aggregate)
==References==
League Cup Final
Category:Football League Cup Finals