摘要：
在本赛季英超联赛中曾经一度扮演"黑马"角色的维冈竞技队，在在1月0日晚进行的英格兰联赛杯半决赛中，凭借后卫保罗·沙尔纳的入球，主场1：0小胜阿森纳队，取得半决赛第一回合胜利。
A debut goal from Austrian defender Paul Scharner gave Wigan Athletic a 1-0 victory over twice former winners Arsenal in a League Cup semi-final first leg interrupted by a power failure on Tuesday.

在本赛季英超联赛中曾经一度扮演"黑马"角色的维冈竞技队，在在1月0日晚进行的英格兰联赛杯半决赛中，凭借后卫保罗·沙尔纳的入球，主场1：0小胜阿森纳队，取得半决赛第一回合胜利。

据路透社1月10日报道，上周刚刚以250万英镑从挪威布兰队转会而来的奥地利后卫沙尔纳在比赛第33分钟替补受伤的麦库洛奇登场。在比赛临结束前12分钟，沙尔纳接队友传球，头球攻门成功，完成自己在加盟维冈队后的"处子秀"。

本场比赛结束后，维冈竞技队主教练杰维尔接受英国天空体育电视台的采访，他说："我对上半场球队的表现非常失望，但在下半场我们做出了应有的反应，胜利应归功于球员们的努力。队员们在比赛中竭尽所能，理应取得最后的胜利，下半场我们的表现大有改观，发挥出了我们应有的水平，对此我很满意。"

本场比赛是维冈竞技队第一次参加此类大型比赛的半决赛。首发阵容中，该队对7名队员作了调整。而在阿森纳队首发阵容中，主教练温格也在1月7日足总杯第3轮2：1击败卡迪夫队的主力阵容基础上，作了一些调整，包括队长亨利在内的4名主力队员并没有出现在首发阵容。

由于两队在阵容上都做了比较大的调整，因此双方在开赛以后似乎都受到一些影响，在开局阶段双方射中门框的次数仅有一次。另外，在下半场比赛开始后，照明设施一度出现故障，场内一片黑暗，比赛被迫停止了15分钟。

本场比赛的主裁判韦伯赛后表示："这种事对我来说也是头一次。我当时和大家一样非常吃惊，只能听从工作人员的安排。"

在照明系统故障排除后，比赛重新开始。曾经在1987 和1993年两度夺取联赛杯冠军的阿森纳队此后曾经有将比分改写的绝佳机会，可惜永贝利将球顶出了界外。

本场比赛中维冈竞技队获胜的功臣、后卫沙尔纳赛后承认自己曾经是阿森纳队的球迷。对于"绝杀"阿森纳队，今年25岁的沙尔纳在表示歉意的同时，也按捺不住心中的喜悦，他说："我很高兴，祝贺全队取得胜利，下半场我们打得太棒了。"

阿森纳队主教练温格赛后对于这样的结果表示了失望，他说："最令人失望的是，我们没有进球，也没有创造出多少进球机会。在下半场，比赛变得越发困难。对手也利用体力上的优势压制住了我们。"双方第二回合的比赛将在1月24日海布里球场举行。

（国际在线独家资讯 张海山）

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A debut goal from Austrian defender Paul Scharner gave Wigan Athletic a 1-0 victory over twice former winners Arsenal in a League Cup semi-final first leg interrupted by a power failure on Tuesday.

Scharner, who came on as a 33rd-minute substitute for the injured Lee McCulloch, rose at the far post to powerfully head in a deep cross from Gary Teale with 12 minutes remaining.

"I was really disappointed with our first-half performance but we responded in the second half and all credit to the players," Wigan manager Paul Jewell told Sky Sports.

"They gave it everything they had and deserved to win. In the second half we were so much better and I was pleased we showed what we are all about."

Promoted Wigan, riding high in sixth place in their first season in the Premier League, made seven changes for their maiden appearance in the semi-finals of a major cup competition.

Arsenal, who rested captain Thierry Henry, also made four alterations to the team which beat Cardiff City 2-1 in the FA Cup third round on Saturday.

Both sides seemed affected by the wholesale changes with only one shot on target in the opening period.

Teale's low free kick forced a diving side from visiting goalkeeper Manuel Almunia while Freddie Ljungberg missed a good chance at the other end, spooning a 12-metre shot over the crossbar.

A floodlight failure plunged the stadium into darkness and interrupted the match for 15 minutes early in the second half.

"It's a new one for me. I was as surprised as anyone when the lights went out but you have to be guided by the experts," said referee Howard Webb. Goalmouth incidents were few and far between when the players returned to the field.

Arsenal, who won the trophy in 1987 and 1993, struggled to get in the game and had a narrow escape midway through the second half when Ljungberg nodded a header from Andreas Johansson off the line.

Former Arsenal fan Scharner then struck the only goal to help Wigan take a narrow lead into the second leg at Highbury on Jan. 24.

"Sorry Arsenal," said the 25-year-old defender, who joined Wigan last week from Norway's Brann Bergen for a fee of 2.5 million pounds ($4.42 million).

"I'm really happy. Congratulations to the team, the second half was brilliant."

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger said: "The most disappointing thing was that we didn't score and didn't create a lot of chances.

"In the second half it became more difficult to play and when it became more physical they got on top of us."

The first leg of the other semi-final between Blackburn Rovers and Manchester United is on Wednesday.

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