Blackburn Rovers News 24/7Writer: Mikey Delap 
Date:Wednesday December 2 2009
Time: 11:11PM
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Rovers earn Semi-Final spot in NAIL BITER
After one of the most nail biting evenings of my entire life, underdogs Blackburn Rovers made it through to the semi finals of the Carling Cup after a nervous, torrid 4-3 penalty shoot out victory.
A full report from the Sas will follow at some point.
A few immediate points to make though -
- I never knew so many of the Rovers players could take penalties! well done the Aussies in particular!
- We deserved it on the whole after nearly winning in normal time but a mistake by Robbo left us at 3-3.
- We nearly paid the price for missing so many good chances as you normally do when good teams like Chelsea play you.
- Nikola Kalinic, Brett Emerton, Steven N'Zonzi and Benni McCarthy were all outstanding.
- Nights like this make you proud to be a Rover.
- Every dog has its day and Rovers wanted it more tonight.
- I am not normally one to antagonise or gloat but a certain member of the normally very friendly and articulate Chelsea site deserves this after his super arrogant comment earlier this morning so here we go...
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Your Comments
What a night, it prob wont mean a great deal to a lot of people but that was the best Rovers performance of the season so far...
Mikey Delap
I will get Sas to do a full match report when he gets a chance, failing that i will do one!!!
Mikey Delap
Absolutely brilliant. My nerves havn't been like that since the world cup final (Italy fan in peace :P). I'm still shaking......but get in what a game!!! Also I know it will still be a super tough game against a very tough Villa side but out of the three left I'll say we had an altogether brilliant night :D
Also I know its only a semi-final but the way in which the match was won and we havn't had the best few seasons I totally made up after that! (Put that before someone comes along and says its only a carling cup semi final haha)
fransavarese
tough games not game*
fransavarese
looking forward to the double-legger & FA cup & our place with you boys! were absolute class tonight and it seemed a shame for you not to have won it in extra time. still, robinson redeemed, and it was a justified victory. great performance, although my brother's chelsea and the banter there would have been nice, this'll be a slightly more achievable fixture for villa (no disrespect) UTV
benji_starsky_avfc
fair comment that benji, I think we both agree that each other would have been the preference out of the remaining participants! Game on! What a night!
Mikey Delap
yeah, definitely! such a shame that our semi will be totally in the shadow of the manchester derby, but i'm very excited about it nonetheless. should be great stuff. all the best.
benji_starsky_avfc
mate i got no coverage of the game! il see if adrian headed to the game, if so he would lvoe to do a report...
sasman
failing that I will do me one, I am off to bed now though, send me an email if Ads wont do one! Look at us - passing the buck!
Mikey Delap
Kalinic is going to be a great player for you I hope you can go on and win it.
Uskok
Brilliant game..... gutted that we somehow got back on level terms and then lost it on penalties..... ah well, hope you guys or Villa go and hammer the mancs in the final. Good luck.
Saf 91
i really think you guys should keep playing kalinic who is your player for the next 4-5 or whatever instead of getting di santo ready for chelsea.congrats on the win.
dwight schrute
i only had a radio feed. hoilett sounded like he was a bundle of energy (and nerves!)
the shire
what a great game i missed...it's finally rovers' turn to shine. it's been a long time coming. night to be proud of as a rovers
dominator2800
So upset this game wasn't on in the States. I followed the match blog and damn near *****ed myself three or four times. I can't remember the last time Rovers fought as hard as that for a full game. Great performance all around!
kidslumber
Congrats guys. Sounds like you deserved. Look forward to seeing you in January... and again... and again! Obviously both fans feel the same about a kind draw but you watch the Manc Derby be a bore draw and this be a corker. Altough, I think we'll edge it :)
JayVFC
5 times in one season. It's not likely we will beat you 4 times this season. I can't pick which games I want to win most!
los_angeles_villan
I have to give credit where it is due. First half, you outplayed us with ease. Second half I thought things were looking up, up till the point where Kalou went off. Extra time, again, we couldn't get near the ball. And, though one goal came from a high ball into the box, it certainly wasn't a case of just the long ball from you. You played some very good football. You deserved it in the end and good luck in the next round!
The_Legend_Of_Zola
How about a draw in the Prem. They can have the first leg 1-0, we'll take the second leg 2-0 and the FA Cup third round. That's fair enough... two wins each and a draw?
JayVFC
I watched it by the way and for those asking how Hoillett performed - he looked full of energy and was a handful for the defence. His finishing on a couple of occasions could perhaps have used some polishing but it's not unfair to say that the defence he was up against wasn't giving him much in the way of time or space so it's understandable.
The_Legend_Of_Zola
Brilliant result guys, good to hear praise coming for junior and Kalinic. I hate Chelsea! We won!
retroflair31
cheers for that Mr Legend of Zola. Good to see some good sportsmanship. Cheers for leaving the League Cup for us....you can enjoy the Premier League and Champions League, we will leave that for you :D
sasman
Good to see smaller teams beating bigger ones, regardless of who.
centrelink1
i guess mr blue world has gone into hiding
sasman
Spot on with the report - Rovers could have made it a decisive win - they had the chances and the Chelsea keeper looked shaky. Kallanic looks ready to me - and don't forget JR who did well to hold the ball in the Chelsea defence leading upto the Kallanic goal. Hard to fault too many players last night - they clearly wanted the win and well done to NZonzi for battling on with his head bandaged after a clash of heads! Is BSA OK after last night???
YORK ROVER
surprised if Big sam actually got through the night the poor bugger lol
sasman
I gotta feeling... that tonights gonna be a good night!!!!
Mikey Delap
I nearly had a heartattack several times - so God knows how Big Sam got on! Believe it or not, as soon as I heard the semi draw was with Villa, I knew that we'd win! Well done the lads, we played a good Chelsea team with some of our squad players and without our top scorer - great result!
FreidelNo.1
Maybe Mr Blue will come back to say hello to us in his own article that he has lol!! Yes Mr Mikey I think it's fair to say that you were "super pumped", both here and in the e-mails :)
Walker
lol yeah sorry about that you three! that email was a heat of the moment thing!!! ;)
Mikey Delap
CONGRATS TO YOU ALL!
AS A CHELSEA FAN I GOTTA SAY IM GUTTED TO HAVE GONE OUT! BUT THATS LIFE!! WE PLAYED THE WRONG TEAM! AND YOU FULLY TOOK ADVANTAGE OF IT!
BEST LUCK FOR THE SEMI!
A DESERVED WIN!
NOW YOU BETTER GO WIN THE THING!!
SMOKIEJACK
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