Joe Cole lashed home a second-half winner as Chelsea saw off Everton to book their place in the Carling Cup final.The holders, already leading 2-1 from the first leg at Stamford Bridge, broke the deadlock in the 69th minute with a rare moment of quality in an otherwise disappointing clash at Goodison Park.Florent Malouda's stunning cross-field pass from just inside the Everton half cut out Joleon Lescott and Nuno Valente, before Cole controlled with his first touch and fired beyond Tim Howard.The home side rarely looked likely to break down a resilient Chelsea defence, and their best spell came in the 10 minutes before the visitors struck, with Petr Cech denying Phil Neville and Phil Jagielka.Nicolas Anelka rattled the Everton bar at the start of the second period as his search for his first Chelsea goal goes on, and it was left to Cole to set up a Wembley meeting with London rivals Tottenham next month.
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