Chelsea, the European champion, had to wait until the final stretch of the match on Wednesday to get on track to reach the semifinals of the English League Cup, the Carabao Cup, but in the end they left Brentford out thanks to goals from Pontus Jansson on his own goal and Jorginho from a penalty (0-2). Chelsea’s rival in the semifinals will be Tottenham, who beat West Ham (2-1) and qualified.
Brentford created danger in the first half and forced Kepa Arrizabalaga to make good saves on occasions from Yoane Wissa, Mathias Jensen and Rico Henry. The team led by Thomas Frank resisted against Thomas Tuchel’s team until the 80th minute, which was when Jansson introduced the ball into his own goal by deflecting a cross from Reece James.
Only 5 ‘later came the second goal of the’ blues’: Álvaro Fernández committed a penalty on Christian Pulisic and Jorginho transformed it. It was a Chelsea with many youngsters from the academy that faced Brentford.
Meanwhile, Tottenham left West Ham out with goals from Steven Bergwijn (29 ‘) and Lucas Moura, assisted by Bergwijn
(3. 4′). For the hammers Bowen achieved a momentary equalization in the 32nd minute. In the other semi-final, Arsenal will face Liverpool.