League Cup: Order & chaos to face each other in final
By:Saad Maan
Both semi finals offered very entertaining football in opposite games, Madrid v Zagreb being a goalfest whilst Vienna v Berlin was a methodological matchup where both teams prioritised defense first. Madrid 5 - 4 Zagreb It has been a lengthy, frustrating and painful wait for Jethro and his Madrid side to touch silverware, and they haven't been closer since they bottled the league title in the final matchday. As an exultantly noisy, energetically black-and-yellow-flag-waving, crowd celebrated all kinds of goals from Hoffman and Jethro which swept Madrid into the League Cup's final two. Jethro and Hoffman set the tone in the first leg, being involved in everything that happened in the final third of the pitch. They went into the second leg with a 3-1 victory and would extend that lead to 5-1. Clearly, Madrid belived it all to be over but Zagreb said otherwise. They kept clawing closer and closer but ultimately fell short, losing 5-4 on aggregate. Although Alex Alpha's missed chances in the first leg may have cost them a spot in the final, both sides believe it to be just that Madrid are the ones to do so. Zagreb lacked the intensity and composure in defense to have any real shot at advancing.