The Colchester United, League Two (fourth English division) team managed to eliminate Tottenham Hotspur for penalties in the 16th of the League Cup.
Two missed shots by Christian Eriksen and Lucas Moura allowed the Fourth team to give the bell and achieve in their stadium the surprise of this round of the League Cup, with field invasion included.
And that Tottenham came out with some renowned players such as Dele Alli, Lucas Moura, Davinson Sánchez and Eric Dier , but not with those could they punch the goal of the premises.
After resisting Colchester the siege of Mauricio Pochettino during the 90 minutes (0-0), the outcome was decided on penalties.
The thing could not start worse for Tottenham, since Christian Eriksen missed his pitch. The following two Colchester shooters failed, despite Frank Nouble's shot coming in crying, and Dele Alli and Erik Lamela also scored.
Then, Jevani Brown went smart and tried to fool Paulo Gazzaniga by throwing it to panenka. The Argentine goal hunted him and stopped him very easily.
Heung-min Son sent his own inside putting the 'Spurs' ahead, Paris Cowan-Hall was not nervous to match and Lucas Moura, hero of the Champions last year, threw his penalty to the crossbar.
The responsibility for completing the great feat of these sixteenth finals fell to Tom Lapslie , who scored and eliminated Tottenham, who loses a great opportunity to move on and qualify for his first trophy since 2008.
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