A beautiful final ending with scars everywhere..

It was supposed to be a fairy tale story rather than anybody's nightmare as i would like to say it. The Carling cup..viewed by many clubs as the "not important" tournament. Well, it wasn't for Chelsea or Arsenal. As they turned up as the finalist this time around. Well, abit of build up to the game. Chelsea with their multi-million dollar expensively assembled superstars were expected to qualify for the final if not tournaments champions. Meanwhile, Arsenal who brooded their youngsters from the 1st game all the way to the final, and those bunch of kids ( i can say that cause there are some of them younger than me) really earned their place to be there. What a magical night for some of them.

As we know, Chelsea won the match in the end...2-1 was the final score. Sad ending for those youngsters but also sad ending to what would have been the beautiful game at it's utmost best. Arsenal took the lead from the 17 year-old wonderkid Theo Walcott, he started the move...then chased the ball down in the Chelsea half...before ending the move by placing the past Petr Cech with accuarcy. Chelsea current defending Champions of England ..showed why they were crowned Champions by equalizing ...Didier Drogba rode his luck for an offside appeal from a slicing through past from German skipper Michael Ballack. It was 1-1 and heading for the interval. Chelsea skipper John Terry had played after miraculous healing from an ankle injury to make the starting XI.

Chelsea were gaining control of the game and what looked like a dream soon turned it's ugly head into a nightmare especially for Terry. A Chelsea corner, and John being himself always going for every loose ball...dived to head the ball only to be accidently kicked in the face by Abou Diaby of Arsenal. It was totally unintentional, and it was a horrorfiying scene for everyone , from stadium spectators to television viewers at home. He seemed to swallow his tongue and some said he actually stopped breathing for awhile. Arsenal and England physio Gary Lewin was 1st to arrive to the scene and i think because of him....Terry is still alive. Trying to describe it to you isn't really enough till you see the actual incident yourself.

The game continued and Chelsea got their winner through yes, you guessed him, Didier Drogba. It was the 2nd on the night, and it was the Ivorian hitman's 28th of the season, sounds like a contender for the golden boot if you ask me. Arsenal pressed on for a equalizer and Chelsea defended strongly with Essien shifting into Center-back for the knocked out Cold Terry. As Kolo Toure charged forward he was mauled down to the ground by John Obi Mikel , Terry's sub. That was it, the whole game which was probably hiding it's boiling point just spilled out and it turned into a massive brawl with both sides players going for each other's neck and that pulled Arsene Wenger and Jose Mourinho in to attempt at calming their players down. It was rather sad to see, a beautiful ending scarred in such an ugly way.

So yeah, Chelsea celebrated their win. Arsenal shouldn't be too disappointed, those kids played awesome football and will one day be champions for sure. But the real attention stealer was John Terry, Captain Marvel , Mr.Ironman and yes Mr.Chelsea. Returning to the stadium 2 hours after being knocked out cold, came to congratulate the team still in his jersey. He said he couldn't remember anything from the incident and also added that he felt alittle groggy. Simply Amazing. After playing as a defender in my own football experience, i realize that defensive players don't really get any credit for good blocks and saves unlike our striking counter parts who place the ball in the opposing net. So John Terry deserves for than he's getting. Since Mr. Terry can't remember the incident..i'll put the video here...not like he'll see it here anyway.

Signing Off,

Kevin