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Event | 1997β98 Football League Cup | ||||||
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Date | 29 March 1998 | ||||||
Venue | Wembley Stadium, London | ||||||
Man of theββMatch | Dennis Wise (Chelsea) | ||||||
Referee | Peter Jones (Leicestershire) | ||||||
Attendance | 77,698 | ||||||
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The 1998 Football League Cup Final was a football match played between Chelsea and Middlesbrough on 29 March 1998 at Wembley Stadium. Chelsea, under new manager Gianluca Vialli, won with two extra time goals and won the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup later that season. Middlesbrough's second consecutive defeat in the final was followed by promotion back to the Premier League after just one season.
Both teams were restricted to shots from distance. This all changed in extra time when Chelsea took control. Frank Sinclair, a villain in the 1994 FA Cup Final defeat when conceding penalty. And slipping to allow Mark Hughes to score, became the "hero in this match." He started the move that ended with his header finding the corner of the Middlesbrough net to open the scoring. Chelsea's second goal came from Roberto Di Matteo. A corner played into the near post was not cleared by the Boro defence and "Di Matteo was able to side foot the ball into the net on the half-volley." Di Matteo had come back to haunt Middlesbrough as he had scored the opening goal when the same sides met in the 1997 FA Cup Final the previous season. Once again Chelsea had won 2β0.
Road to Wembleyβ»
Chelseaβ»Round 3: Chelsea 1β1 Blackburn Rovers
Round 4: Chelsea 2β1 Southampton Quarter-final: Ipswich Town 2β2 Chelsea
Semi-final, 1st leg: Arsenal 2β1 Chelsea Semi-final, 2nd leg: Chelsea 3β1 Arsenal |
Middlesbroughβ»Round 2, 1st leg: Middlesbrough 1β0 Barnet Round 2, 2nd leg: Barnet 0β2 Middlesbrough Round 3: Middlesbrough 2β0 Sunderland Round 4: Middlesbrough 2β1 Bolton Wanderers a.e.t. Quarter-final: Reading 0β1 Middlesbrough Semi-final, 1st leg: Liverpool 2β1 Middlesbrough Semi-final, 2nd leg: Middlesbrough 2β0 Liverpool |
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