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Chapter 1317 League Cup Final

The away victory over Manchester City almost made the whole of England shut their mouths. This time, no one thought that Chelsea had any problems. The Times even published a headline "Now we can compete for No.2 with peace of mind." This has also become a fact that everyone agrees to.

Sir Alex, who has always been unwilling to convince people with his words, also expressed regret after this game that no one can stop Chelsea from moving forward, because in the next league, what they are about to encounter are some ordinary players. The team, from now on, these teams have no way to control Chelsea, so we are ready to line up to welcome Chelsea.

However, Chelsea did not start to celebrate internally. After all, this is just a league game, and Manchester United also won the game. The gap between the two sides is still nine points. He was pulled down, so the whole team still went about their own affairs step by step.

And the game Chelsea is about to face is the League Cup, which is also the first championship this season, so Mourinho also attaches great importance to it. You must know that he promised Abramovich to win all the championships in order to adjust Chelsea, otherwise he will take the blame Resigned, and now comes the first challenge.

The League Cup used to be very important in England. As the only event that all professional clubs participated in, it included Manchester United, Arsenal, Newcastle, Chelsea, Liverpool and other world-class clubs, as well as Nottingham Forest and Tottenham. Old clubs such as Spurs, Sheffield Wednesday, Blackburn Rovers, West Ham United and other old clubs helped out. All time is higher than the FA Cup.

The standard name of the English League Cup should be called the English Football League Cup, which is a competition between all 92 clubs in England regardless of level.This cup was established by the Football League in 1962 to allow clubs to have a knockout-based competition outside the league to challenge the FA Cup, which was run by the Football Association of England, because at the time the FA Cup was in The position in the hearts of fans is much higher than that of the league.

The English League Cup is the highest-level competition hosted by a professional league composed of 24 clubs from the Champions League, the First Division, and the Second Division.Founded in 1886, the Football League was originally in charge of all 92 professional clubs at all levels. However, after the reform of the Super League, 72 teams in the First Division established a parallel Super League, and the clubs under the Football Association became Became the current [-].This is why the FA Cup was stepped on as soon as the League Cup appeared.

But when the three major European cups appeared, the status of the League Cup plummeted. The reason is that the champion of the FA Cup can participate in the Cup Winners' Cup, while the champion of the League Cup is more like a chicken rib or a consolation champion, so This championship quickly went into decline, and even the strong teams often gave up on their own.

However, in recent years, as the level of the Premier League has risen as a whole, some classic games will also be played, especially in recent years, the Manchester derby has been staged successively, that is, in the cold winter of 2010, Manchester United eliminated Manchester City; in the autumn of 2011, Arsenal eliminated Tottenham The London Derby, as well as classic battles such as Arsenal's vicious battle against Liverpool in the same year, the League Cup also began to become a world-renowned event through the strong atmosphere of foreign investment in football in the UK.

Of course, this is also because the amount of sponsorship given by the sponsors is getting higher and higher. The sponsorship of big brands such as Ruby Wise, Carlin, Coca-Cola, Capital One, etc. has also gradually brought about a second spring for this event.But even if this is the case, special events can only be like this. Unless the strong teams meet, it is hard to say that there will be any classic games. After all, everyone does not pay much attention to such games, and this event is still concentrated in the first half of the season. At that time, it happened to be the most important climbing period for each team, so strategic abandonment has always become the first choice of some clubs.

However, Chelsea will always achieve good results in this competition. From its establishment to now, it has been voted by the fans as the top ten most exciting League Cup finals. Chelsea has monopolized four games, of which two wins and two losses can be regarded as mixed. Bar.

The race against time between Chelsea and Liverpool at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff in 2005 was one of them.Riise's goal in the first minute gave Liverpool the lead, but Gerrard's own goal in the 1th minute pulled the two teams back to the same starting line.Then Drogba and Kezhiman showed their strength and scored two consecutive goals for the Blues in overtime. Although Antonio Nunez then pulled one back for the Reds, it still couldn't stop Mourinho from winning the Blues. After the first heavyweight title.

It was still Chelsea in 2007, but this time they beat the young Gunners to win the League Cup with Drogba's performance.Walcott took the lead for the Gunners shortly after the start, and then Drogba scored twice to reverse the opponent. However, the referee showed a total of three red cards in this game, and the two teams even had a large-scale fight on the field before being selected. Big Ten Classic Finals.

Going forward, Stoke City completed the great victory over Chelsea in front of nearly 1972 fans at Wembley in 35. Stoke City midfielder Conroy took the lead for the team, and Stamford Bridge legend Osgood The score was equalized for the Blues before half-time, and the 607-year-old George Eastham secured the League Cup title for Stoke City in the No. [-] minute.

In the 2008 League Cup final, the London duo brought a thrilling League Cup final to Europe. Drogba scored a free kick in the 37th minute to give the Blues a half-time lead. The White Hart Lane team had a penalty kick, and Berbatov won it overnight.Just when everyone thought the game would enter overtime, Tottenham beat the Blues in the 904th minute. Jenas passed a free kick from the left into the penalty area, and the unguarded Woodgate scored with a header. Cech saved the ball, but the ball bounced over Woodgate's head and into the empty goal, and Tottenham finally won the championship.

Except for 1972, Lampard, Terry, Cech and others all participated in these four games, so before the game they all told their teammates about the original game situation vividly, of course the main It's still about a game they won.

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