2012/2013 Capital One Cup

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Aston Villa's Loss to Bradford Is the Latest Act of Torture to Their Fans



Bradford City's Capital One Cup dream continued on Tuesday night with a fairy tale win over English Premier League side Aston Villa.

Nahki Wells, Roy McArdle and Carl McHugh did the damage for the Bantams, while Andi Weimann was able to pull one back for the visitors to give them some form of comfort heading into the second leg of the semifinal.

So what does yet another adverse result mean for Paul Lambert's side, and how do the fans feel after a particularly deflating evening in Yorkshire?

In truth, this game could be taken, bottled and displayed as a microcosm of the unfortunate season Villa have endured.

While Bradford deserve great credit for digging in and putting their chances away, a little less profligacy from Christian Benteke, Charles N'Zogbia and Gabby Agbonlahor could have seen the away side two or three goals up inside the first 15 minutes.

But Wells' fluke effort in the 19th minute, which nestled into the bottom-left corner of Shay Given's net to give Phil Parkinson's side the lead, brought up a whole host of feelings Villa fans were hoping to avoid in 2013.

For a good 10 minutes, Villa looked simply shell-shocked. Then, when coming out of their reduced state, continued to be thwarted by Matt Duke—who had a career-game—in the Bradford goal.

It was the story of frustration that's haunted the claret and blue side all season: good build-up play, positive in parts, but unable to find the killer instinct when it really, really matters.

It also marked another game where the 11 players of Aston Villa failed to have a good game collectively, as yet again one or two individuals struggled and brought down the side.

You're looking at players that were performing very well toward the start of the season, and in patches under Alex McLeish, but consecutive lashings have left the group utterly devoid of confidence, meaning the heads go down quicker than a parched camel in the desert.

Fabian Delph was an all-action presence in central midfield, but Darren Bent and Benteke were unable to take advantage. Matt Lowton had another stellar game at right-back, but Joe Bennett was particularly suspect on the opposite flank.

At some point you have to ask the question—when will they start reading from the same page?

It doesn't matter that Bradford were up for it, that Valley Parade was rocking or that Arsenal suffered a similar fate on that very turf.

It doesn't even matter that Villa played extremely well for 70 minutes and deserved to score more than one solitary goal.

Another abject performance has left even the biggest believers frightened, but there is a silver lining; It's halftime in this tie, and Villa Park is one of the widest pitches in the country.

Can Bradford do the unthinkable twice?

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1476279-aston-villas-loss-to-bradford-is-the-latest-act-of-torture-to-their-fans

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#uhuk ......

Chelsea 0 Swansea 2: Michu makes sloppy Blues pay before Graham's late second



Michu once again underlined exactly why he is being touted as signing of the summer as he plundered his 15th goal of the season to give Swansea the advantage at half-time in the Capital One Cup semi-final.

[zudomiriku]

setelah menang di kandang Arsenal dlm laga EPL, dinihari tadi menang dikandang Chelsea dlm laga Capital One. dan bintangnya tetap sama Michu, yg gantin Michu juga cetak gol.
udah berat dah di 2nd leg, UCl dah lepas. harapan tinggal di EPL walau berat juga. fokus ke Europa League aja #ehhh ..................

[rondwisan]

Aston Villa berhasil menang di semi final leg ke-2 CoC dengan skor 2-1 pagi tadi, tapi sayangnya kemenangan tsb tidak cukup mengantarkan mereka ke partai final di Wembley karena kalah aggregat dari penghuni divisi 2, Bradford City (agg Bradford 4-3 Villa)

Congrat for the final spot, but it's not over yet, masih ada 1 match yg harus dimenangkan untuk mengangkat trophy ...., semoga bisa mewujudkan mimpi yaa ...

Beberapa fakta menarik dari Opta:

RT @OptaJoe: 843 - James Hanson's goal was his first for Bradford City in 843 minutes of football (all comps). Crucial. » Nih pemain yg mencetak gol untuk Bradford pagi tadi, we're going to Wembley

RT @OptaJoe: 2 - Bradford City are only the second fourth-tier side to reach the League Cup final & the first since Rochdale in 1962. Congratulations. » Apakah mereka akan membuat sejarah dengan menjuarai League Cup tahun ini, let's wait and see

RT @OptaJoe: 3 – Bradford City have become the first fourth-tier side to knock out three top-flight teams in a single League Cup campaign. Giantkillers. » Team EPL yg dikalahin sejauh ini Aston Villa, Arsenal dan Wigan Athletic

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Ngebaca fakta-fakta seputar Bradford City, geleng-geleng sendiri nih, ini team dibangun cuman dengan £7,500, tuh harga si pencetak golnya, yg laennya beberapa pemain "berumur" dan FREE
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Things like this aren’t supposed to happen in modern football. Teams from the fourth tier aren’t supposed to reach major cup finals.

Bradford City, however, play by their own rules and another night of heroic football last night saw them through to a Wembley final at the expense of a truly dismal and demoralised Aston Villa.

Maybe we shouldn’t be surprised that Phil Parkinson’s team — assembled for just £7,500 — having already accounted for Wigan and Arsenal from the Barclays Premier League on this magical run towards dreamland, managed to leave another big club face down on the turf last night.

THE INCREDIBLES - YOUR GUIDE TO THE £7,500 TEAM


Matt Duke (Age 35)
Well-travelled goalkeeper who became a penalty specialist. He made his name for Hull in the Premier League after he beat testicular cancer in 2008.
Cost: Free

Stephen Darby (Age 24)
A right back with Champions League experience from his time at Liverpool, Darby made his way to Bradford via Swindon, Notts County and Rochdale.
Cost: Free

Rory McArdle (Age 25)
A Sheffield-born Northern Ireland defender, McArdle started out with hometown club Wednesday then Rochdale. Played for Aberdeen before Bradford.
Cost: Free



Carl McHugh (Age 19)
From County Donegal, like his footballing hero, Villa keeper Shay Given. Irish defender McHugh joined Bradford from Reading last summer
Cost: Free

Curtis Good (Age 19)
Good is on loan from Newcastle. His FA Cup appearance while unregistered nearly saw Bradford kicked out of that competition.
Cost: Free

Zavon Hines (Age 24)
Jamaica-born player who joined Burnley from West Ham for £250,000 before joining Bradford. Once scored twice for England Under 21s.
Cost: Free

Nathan Doyle (Age 26)
Played in England agelevel sides to Under 19 and in Hull's Premier League days after starting at Derby. Joined Bradford from Barnsley.
Cost: Free

Gary Jones (Age 35)
Rochdale's all-time record appearance maker having spent 11 years with the club in two spells. Rejoined Bradford last summer.
Cost: Free



Will Atkinson (Age 24)
Another ex-Hull player, Atkinson had seven loan spells before joining Bradford last summer. Scored for Hull at Wigan in the Premier League.
Cost: Free

Nahki Wells (Age 22)
One of the League's hot properties, Carlisle were his first English club and he is friends with fellow Bermudan Shaun Goater.
Cost: Free

James Hanson (Age 25)
A Huddersfield youth player who fell into non-league ranks with Eccleshill and Guiseley while working for Co-Op before joining Bradford.
Cost: £7,500

From supermarket to superhero

Bradford-born James Hanson,* 25, made his name in non-League football at Eccleshill United and Guiseley having first been rejected by Huddersfield Town.

Hanson balanced his early football career with a job in a Bradford* Co-operative supermarket before signing for Bradford City from Guiseley in 2009 for the princely* sum of £7,500.

He was voted player of the year in his first season and was rewarded with an improved four-year contract.

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Swansea City bermain tanpa gol pada semifinal leg ke-2 melawan Chelsea, sehingga aggregat tetap 2-0 untuk Swansea dan berhak melaju ke final di Wembley melawan Bradford City

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selamat Swansea....
akhirnya final COC mempertemukan tim yg gak punya nama besar
dilihat dari sisi permainan dan motivasi tim, Swansea - Bradford emang layak yah
itu pemain Bradford masih muda2 juga, lagian gak terkenal tp sekarang nama mereka banyak dikenal

[waynehanks]

Yang patut diacungi jempol ya bradford ini.... Benar2 "the giants killer".. Gw yakin psti banyak yg kalah judi gara2 tim yg satu ini ... Hahahhaha

[Ucup Carrick]

ada insiden ini juga ya kmrn...

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Kapten Swansea Saksi Aksi Brutal Hazard

Williams sempat bersitegang dengan Hazard usai kejadian itu.



Bek sekaligus kapten Swansea City, Ashley Williams, mengatakan Eden Hazard tampak menendang anak gawang yang berbuah kartu merah pada semifinal Piala Liga, Rabu 23 Januari 2013, kemarin.

Hazard diusir wasit Chris Foy setelah tampak mencoba merebut bola dari anak gawang di Liberty City. Pemain Belgia itu seperti menendang bagian perut membuat sang bocah kesakitan di atas lapangan. Hal itu pun ditegaskan kapten The Swans.

"Demba Ba mengatakan pada saya anak gawang itu menahan bola. Saya melihat dia menendangnya di bagian iga. Anda tidak boleh melakukan hal seperti itu pada seorang anak kecil," ujar Williams, seperti dilansir Sky Sport.

Usai insiden itu, Williams sempat ingin menyerang Hazard namun berhasil dihalau pemain Chelsea yang lain. Kasus ini membuat posisi Hazard di Chelsea berbahaya. Pemuda 20 tahun itu terancam sanksi larangan bertanding sebanyak lima laga.

Bermain imbang 0-0 semalam memastikan langkah Swansea ke final menghadapi Bradford City, berkat kemenangan 2-0 pada leg pertama di Stamford Bridge. Hasil ini pun membuat Williams sangat senang.

"Ada saatnya (jalannya pertandingan) seperti pertarungan di bar terutama karena mereka terus menekan," lanjut Williams.

"Tim bertahan dengan brilian, itu yang membuat kami terus melangkah. Kami ingin membawa mereka kesini, membuat gol dan tidak kebobolan. Kami memang tidak mencetak gol tapi kita bisa clean sheet," tambahnya.