Tottenham are currently mid-table in the Premier League and winning the Carabao Cup is their only way to qualify for next season's League Cup.

The current manager, Childe Hoddle, does not take Notts County for granted because they are in the lower leagues, and if Notts County can make it through the first and second rounds, it may be lucky enough to support this result, but if it is to reach the final, then it is not luck that can support it.

The victory over Middlesbrough was luck;

The victory over Blackburn Rovers was luck;

The victory over Manchester City was luck;

Victory over Arsenal, yes, then it is not luck!

If Hoddle thinks it was luck that Notts County had beaten a string of Premier League teams to reach the final, he was really brain-dead.

In his opinion, this Notts County side is far more difficult to play against than the usual Premier League side, and this game is not as easy for Tottenham as the media has touted.

As a former manager of the England national team, to be able to do this position, Hoddle is by no means a person without real materials.

Preparing for the Carabao Cup final, the pre-match preparation has been even more important than against the Premier League giants, which makes the Tottenham players feel the same way.

And at the pre-match press conference, Hoddle unsurprisingly became the focus of questions from media reporters, as for Loew, who would be interested in the manager of a low-level team!

'No, no, no, it's going to be a close game, it's not something that Tottenham can win as easily as having breakfast!' Hoddle shook his head, and said a little helplessly in the face of the reporter's question.

"Notts County is a strong team, they can't be measured by the normal strength of League Two teams, whether it's Middlesbrough or Blackburn, or even the giant Arsenal, they are the ghosts of this Notts County team, Tottenham will never repeat their responsibility, so our team Notts County attaches great importance to it!"

The reporters didn't expect that Hoddle would actually go against the norm of arrogance and become humble, is this Hodel's psychological tactic?

Loew saw the clue from Hoddle's expression, it seems that Tottenham really didn't underestimate Notts County!

If Tottenham are as determined to win the game as the Premier League teams they have met before, then Notts County may have a strong advantage if they are not taken seriously, but even if Tottenham do not make such a low-level mistake, Loew will not be afraid to fight Tottenham head-on, and the team's consistency is the source of his confidence.

Watching Hoddle and the reporters play a soap opera, Loew was not angry because he was left out, football is a game of winning and losing, and when Notts County lifted the championship trophy, I believe that the reporters will face themselves differently.

However, Hoddle turned around and mentioned the famous "curse of the South Stand".

'It's not like I'm complaining about the Carabao Cup organising committee's decision, but I'm still worried about Tottenham fans being placed in the South Stand because it's probably a bad omen.'

Hoddle's words are not without allusions, and the odds of the 'South Stand Curse' at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium in the past year have been 100 per cent.

Last year's seven domestic matches between English teams at the venue were won by the supporters seated at the north end of the pitch.

The seven fixtures include an FA Cup final, a League Cup final, a Charity Shield and three League play-offs and Championship finals.

If he is replaced by an arrogant manager, then maybe he will not care about the so-called curse, but in the face of Notts County, Hoddle is not sure of winning at all, and if the curse really works at this time, then Tottenham will become the next victim of the curse.

The reporters laughed in their hearts, Hoddle is a famous England player, and he took the Premier League team to play the League Two team, and he didn't show the domineering of the strong team, and at this time he actually talked about the so-called "South Stand Curse", how afraid of Notts County!

On the evening of the final, the whole team of Notts County rushed to the stadium from the hotel by bus, and at this time, the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff was already full of fans, the fans of the two teams were distinct, the game had not yet begun, the passionate confrontation had begun, the unified provocation of the opponent, the unified response to the opponent, this is their battlefield.

When the fans of the two teams showed up on the field to warm up, the fans burst out with enthusiasm like a comet hitting the earth, and the cheers were far more moving than the flood.

Although Tottenham is not a traditional giant in the Premier League, at least it has always been in the category of a Premier League powerhouse, and this kind of big scene has naturally been seen and experienced, although the heart is also full of pride, but after all, it will not panic.

But here in Notts County, this kind of inexperienced child soldiers are a little intimidated by the big scene, a little dazed and panicked.

"I feel like I'm going to have cramps in my legs, Xavi, you've played in La Liga before, have you been through this big scene many times?" Sneijder whispered about Alonso.

"Well, this face is trivial, you won't have to think about it when the game starts for a while!" Alonso pretended to be calm, but what no one noticed was that his feet seemed to be trembling, if anyone knew Real Sociedad, then they would definitely complain about Alonso with disdain, because Real Sociedad's home stadium is only 30,000 people, far from the Cardiff Millennium Stadium, he has experienced a big fart scene.

Loew's lineup today is the main squad of Notts County in recent times, and it did not choose to be extremely conservative like against Arsenal, on the contrary, if you often watch Notts County's games, you will know that this set of lineup is more attack-oriented.

Compared with the main lineup at the beginning of the season, Sneijder's recent excellent performance has put Missy on the bench is the biggest change, but considering the problem of experience and mentality, Loew still put Hubnel at the front, because of the formation arrangement of the single striker, so Villa can only sit on the bench.

Of course, Villa was accompanied by Italian striker Di Natale, and the two brothers could only comfort each other in the competition.

In fact, Di Natale has a chance to start, because he can also play as a winger or even a wingback, but considering the excellent physical fitness and fighting ability of Dutch winger Kuyt, in the strong confrontation, Loew prefers to arrange Kuyt to start in the right midfield position, so Di Natale can only be tragic.

With the two top scorers on the bench, it is estimated that only Notts County can do such extravagant behavior.

For the two shooters, they can only hope that the old guy Hubnell will retire as soon as possible, and then they can complete the job of grabbing power!