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Mido wants Chelsea final showdown
Published in Daily News Egypt on 21 - 12 - 2006

LONDON: Egyptian striker Mido insists Tottenham would not fear a League Cup final showdown with English champions Chelsea.
Mido helped Tottenham book their place in the semi-finals as he set up Jermain Defoe s extra-time winner against Southend on Wednesday.
Chelsea joined their London rivals in the last four with a win at Newcastle and Jose Mourinho s sides are favorites to win the trophy.
But Tottenham are one of just two teams to have beaten Chelsea in the Premiership this season and Mido is confident Martin Jol s men could repeat their 2-1 November success if they meet again in the final.
That victory was Tottenham s first over Chelsea in the league since 1990 but Mido told the London Evening Standard: I want Chelsea in the final. They are a great team with a lot of quality, but we have beaten them this season and we are not scared of anyone.
We were very disappointed last year with the results in the cup competitions at Grimsby and Leicester. Now we are in the semi-final and we are waiting eagerly for the draw. Hopefully we will go through and win this cup.
Tottenham were made to work hard before finally seeing off Championship strugglers Southend 1-0 at White Hart Lane when Defoe converted Mido s cross with just five minutes remaining in extra-time.
Mido admitted he was already thinking about a potential penalty shoot-out and he said: It was tough work against Southend. All the credit has to go to them. To come to our ground and play against Spurs like that shows they have a lot of character.
I was relieved when the goal went in because I was thinking I might have to take a penalty soon.
Thank God we haven t lost the game because in the cup you never know what will happen. A lot of big teams have been beaten by smaller teams.


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