Chapter 088: League Cup Final!

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After knocking Manchester United out of the FA Cup, George finally breathed a sigh of relief. After all www.biquge.info the psychological pressure brought to the players by the consecutive league winless games during this period is too great. If it weren't for a win to boost the team's morale in time, George was worried that the players would not be able to withstand the pressure and suddenly collapse, and then Tottenham would be in bad luck.

So, immediately after attending the post-match press conference, George gave the team a one-day break to give the players time to adjust their mental state and take the opportunity to rest well in order to be fully prepared for the upcoming tough game.

As for George himself, after having the players disband on the spot and rejecting Ferguson's invitation, he ran to meet Elizabeth, who had secretly arrived in Manchester, to enjoy time with his lover. After all, February 14 is Valentine's Day in the traditional sense of the West, and George, who has not been in a romantic relationship with Elizabeth for a long time, will not forget such an important holiday, prepare a Valentine's Day gift for his lover, and prepare a romantic candlelight dinner at the hotel where he stays.

Elizabeth was overjoyed by George's performance. After all, Elizabeth, who is George's childhood sweetheart, is naturally very clear about the other party's emotional attributes. Therefore, when she basically didn't have much expectations for Valentine's Day, she found that George had not forgotten this important holiday after work, and also arranged such a romantic candlelight dinner, Elizabeth was deeply moved by George's heart!

If Adele hadn't "accidentally" broken into this room, interrupted the ambiguous atmosphere between the two who had a faint tendency to go off the rails, and forcibly took Elizabeth to another room on the pretext of "exchanging feelings with her future sister-in-law", I am afraid that George would have to bear the wrath of the daughter of the old Viscount Stanley Hood tomorrow.

Although I regret that there were no accidents with Elizabeth on Valentine's Day, to be honest, George is quite glad that he has calmed down. After all, if this kind of thing really happened, although Elizabeth would not say anything and would understand George's behavior, she would definitely have some regrets in her heart. George didn't want to leave such regrets in Elizabeth's heart for the sake of his own momentary refreshment.

Talking nonsense, now to get down to business, despite beating Manchester United in the quarter-finals and successfully advancing to the quarterfinals of the FA Cup, Tottenham still failed to get out of the cycle of consecutive draws in the league. No, a week after beating Manchester United, Tottenham Hotspur drew 1-1 with visiting Leicester City in the 26th round of the Premier League, and suffered three consecutive draws in the league!

To be honest, Leicester were a fluke to be able to draw with Tottenham in this game. Although the Leicester boss intends to follow the example of the likes of Portsmouth and Charlton Athletic in this game to steal a point from White Hart Lane at the expense of attack, Didier Drogba set up Robbie Keane to open the scoring just eight minutes into the game to give Tottenham a one-goal lead!

Robbie Keane's goal disrupted the Leicester side's full disarray. After all, the restraint effect of the iron bucket formation on the strong team is only reflected in the situation when the score of the two sides is equal or the opponent is behind, if the own side is in a backward situation in the score, then the iron bucket formation will naturally lose its meaning of existence.

The pre-match setup was completely disrupted, and the score on the field was in a behind-the-way situation...... Under this double pressure, the Leicester players had no choice but to take the initiative and attack the Tottenham goal. However, since Leicester City has chosen to take the initiative, the investment in defense will definitely be cut a lot. In this way, Tottenham has the opportunity to further extend the advantage of the scoreline.

The ideal is very plump, and the reality is very skinny. Although Tottenham players seized the opportunity of Leicester City's initiative to create a lot of scoring opportunities, Leicester City goalkeeper Ian Walker showed a strange competitive form in this game against his old club (Note: Ian Walker played for Tottenham for 11 seasons, was Tottenham's main goalkeeper before Neil Sullivan joined, and was known for his quick reaction in the Premier League), high and low blocking to keep the visitors open!

However, despite Ian Walker's brilliant performance, Tottenham did not take the opportunity to extend the lead further, but Tottenham also suppressed Leicester's attack at the defensive end, so that the visitors could not find a chance to score, and maintained a one-goal lead until injury time!

However, just when the Tottenham players thought they were finally about to have a long-awaited victory, veteran Rice Ferdinand equalized Leicester City with a half-turning volley that hung straight into the corner of the goal after the game entered injury time, leaving Tottenham stunned!

"It's definitely blind, it's definitely blind, right?!" Seeing that he had maintained the lead for most of the half and was so beaten by Les Ferdinand's kick from the world, Rao is George couldn't help but feel a little depressed. After all, such a result is really depressing: "I can guarantee that if I let that old guy Rice kick a hundred times, he will definitely not be able to replicate that shot just now!"

And the next words of Charlie Sr. made George's depression even more frustrated: "And George, I remember that Les Ferdinand and Ian Walker both played for Tottenham. So, if this game is held to a draw by Leicester, I think the good news media will definitely make a big fuss about it. ”

"Huh?!" Hearing old Charlie's words, George was dumbfounded. Because he had anticipated what a heavy bombardment he would face from the media at the post-match press conference!

In this way, thanks to Rice Ferdinand's brilliant strike in second-half stoppage time and Ian Walker's brilliant play in front of goal, Tottenham Hotspur finally drew 1-1 at home to Leicester City, and watched with great depression as the three points that were about to arrive flew away from their eyes!

However, although Leicester's draw contained many unexpected elements, no matter how you find a reason, a loss is a loss, and it is impossible to lose because Tottenham have the advantage and lead longer, Leicester City's goal is just lucky enough to change the outcome of the game and declare Tottenham win. So, despite feeling unconvinced by the draw, the Tottenham players eventually put up with it and waited until a later date.

After Tottenham Hotspur was held to a draw at home by Leicester City, the situation in the table became clearer: after 26 rounds of league games, Arsenal led the table with an unbeaten record of 18 wins, 8 draws and 62 points, Manchester United followed the Gunners with 17 wins, 4 draws and 5 defeats with 55 points, while Chelsea, who had spent heavily on the oil ruble, finished third in the table with a three-point difference. As for Tottenham, after suffering three consecutive draws in the league and four consecutive rounds of winlessness, they are currently in fourth place in the league with 51 points, and have basically announced their withdrawal from the Premier League title race this season!

By this time, almost everyone could see that the Premier League title in the 03-04 season would be in Arsenal's pocket. Although there are still 12 rounds to go before the end of the league, Arsenal have performed so well in the Premier League this season that even if they were carelessly overtaken by their old rivals in the standings, the Gunners used tenacious perseverance to survive the most difficult period and finally managed to regain the leader's throne!

The only fly in the ointment is that Tottenham Hotspur knocked the all-main Arsenal to the ground with a substitute lineup in the Carabao Cup semi-finals, which overshadowed the glorious image of the Gunners a lot.

It is precisely for this reason that during this time, Arsenal fans have made many sarcastic remarks about this sworn enemy in the same city, and fiercely vented the resentment accumulated by being eliminated from the League Cup by Tottenham this season.

However, Tottenham fans are in no mood to fight back against the cynicism of Arsenal fans. Now, they are looking forward to an upcoming match, which is scheduled for the English League Cup final on February 29!

At this juncture, an English League Cup trophy is more than enough to make up for the recent frustration of Tottenham fans as the team has slipped down the league table and fallen behind in the league title race. After all, unlike the other three teams in the first group, before this season, Tottenham Hotspur had been playing the role of accompanying the prince in all competitions for more than a decade. Although many big names such as Jurgen Klinsmann and David Ginola have been brought in during this period, Tottenham's results have always been good. Even in the 98-99 season, when they won the League Cup, Tottenham were outside the top 10 in the league and could barely be considered a mid-table team.

Therefore, Tottenham fans are naturally very satisfied with the team's performance in reaching the final of the League Cup this season while also finishing in the top four in the league table. Even though the team has been on a draw streak in the league in recent times, they have not complained about the team's performance - what are they not satisfied with if Tottenham have been able to play to this point with less than a season of rebuilding?

Looking at the Tottenham players, although they are very depressed by the current situation of three consecutive draws in the league field, it has not had much negative impact on their confidence in winning the upcoming Carabao Cup final. After all, Tottenham have beaten Arsenal and Manchester United in the League Cup and FA Cup this season, and with such a record, how can they be afraid of a mere Bolton?

Although Tottenham were confident of winning the Carabao Cup final, when they followed George out of the players' tunnel, they were taken aback by the excitement in the stands at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff!

Thinking about it, the Tottenham players thought that it would be good if this League Cup final could attract 30,000 or 40,000 fans to watch the game, but it turned out that the stadium, which can accommodate nearly 75,000 fans, was actually full today, and the atmosphere inside the stadium was extremely enthusiastic, how could they not be surprised?

It's no wonder the fans are so enthusiastic. In the seven years since Brian Little led Aston Villa to victory in the English League Cup in 1996, no English manager has managed to lead his team to the top of any of England's major football competitions (i.e. the Premier League, FA Cup and League Cup)!

Therefore, when the fans noticed that it was George Nelson and Allardyce, the two English managers, who were competing for the League Cup this time, the enthusiasm of the fans was greatly stimulated!