After Mourinho's dismissal, Grant, who succeeded him, did not have a good time.

As the technical director who was placed in the locker room by Abu, Grant and Mourinho could be regarded as river water and not well water, although Mourinho was very unhappy with this, because he didn't feel that he had any need to be coached, but to a large extent, Mourinho was also very good at being a person, he didn't put his dissatisfaction on the bright side, and the two worked together quite well, but after the contradiction between Mourinho and Abu began to become prominent, and the locker room was divided into two factions, Grant's position was very embarrassing, After all, he is the boss's person, and after Mourinho's dismissal, he succeeded as the head coach, and the position is even more awkward - Drogba, Essing, Lampard and other descendants who stand on Mourinho's side will feel that he is the culprit of Mourinho's dismissal, and Terry and others, who were on the side of the boss Abouna, were obedient to the boss and would not take him seriously......

Fortunately, the professionalism of the Chelsea players is still very strong, and Grant also adopted the tactics used by Mourinho when he was in the past, so that Chelsea's results stabilized, but even so, when he usually arranges tactics in the dressing room, the players just listen with expressionless faces, go to the field after listening, and then win - want to use mouth cannons to boost the fighting spirit of the players? That wouldn't be as effective as Grant saying before the game, "I'll fucking quit if I win this game......

Such a head coach is really boring, not to mention that the income and technical guidance are not much higher, Grant is called a grievance in his heart.

With such emotions, Grant still has to play hard to make the players perform better, after all, this is also a chance to win the championship, although Chelsea has no shortage of such champions this year, Grant also hopes that he can lead the team to win a championship.

Dick arrived in London two days early, and Chelsea are based in London, which is a little more favourable to them.

"What do I think of this game? I'm excited to come to a new league and have a chance to win my first title...... Every time it happens, I get excited, really. Many people say that the League Cup is just a make-up game, but the level of competition with 92 teams in the English league system is still quite high, and the team that won the League Cup can still say that it is the first in England this season, and I am very interested in such a title. ”

Dick said in an interview before the game that his words made the whole football league happy - after all, this cup was established to fight against the FA Cup controlled by the FA, but after so many years, it is still not as important as the FA Cup, after all, the status and fame of the FA Cup are not so easy to shake, and this time Dick said this, which also added a bit of brilliance to their faces.

For Chelsea, they have a lot of expectations to defend the League Cup, this is their third League Cup final in the last four years, the first two they won - in fact, last season Chelsea's results were really not bad, they won the League Cup, the FA Cup also reached the final but unfortunately lost, plus the league runners-up, the Champions Cup was unfortunately eliminated by Inter Milan early, they are fully capable of breaking Manchester United's record and creating an unprecedented quadruple - The only pity is that in the end they only won one League Cup......

Grant is also very necessary to prove his quality and try to win in a game like this.

Historically, Manchester City and Chelsea have never played each other in a final – which of course has a lot to do with the fact that both teams have not had a good record in their history, and it will be difficult to meet a team with the same small number of finals in important competitions.

As two teams with local tycoons, Chelsea naturally look older, and Manchester City has only grown up this year, so it is inevitable that there will be some comedy when the two teams play each other, at least Chelsea fans will not chant "we are fucking rich" in the stands because they mock each other for only having money, and Manchester City fans will not hear each other's sarcasm about their nouveau riche status.

However, the two clubs really have the characteristics of nouveau riche, Manchester City came to London two days in advance, the club arranged a five-star hotel closest to Wembley for Manchester City's players to live in, Chelsea is not to be outdone, although Chelsea is located in London, but they still arranged another five-star hotel near Wembley to stay, the atmosphere of local tyrants is coming.

It was soon February 24th, and tens of thousands of fans from both sides poured into Wembley Stadium, and in this regard, Wembley Stadium should be rebuilt, and almost all the major cup matches in England will be played here, including the finals of the promotion play-offs at all levels, the League Cup and FA Cup finals, and the Community Shield.

Two hours before the start of the game, the media were given the starting line-up for the game.

Dick still sent his four-three-three formation, goalkeeper Hart, defenders Richards, Samuel, Kompany and Barnes, midfielders Barton, Parker, Yaya Toure, forwards Franck Ribery, Torres and Di Natale, while Grant also used a four-three-three formation - to say that Abobou is not bad for him, after the two strikers Shepchenko and Adriano have been in a bad form this season, Chelsea brought in Anelka in the winter to fill the void in Chelsea's forward line.

Goalkeeper Petr Cech, defenders Belletti, John Terry, Carvalho and Ashley Cole, the midfield trio of Essien, Ballack and Frank Lampard, Wright Phillips on the right, Anelka on the left, and Drogba in the centre.

In Chelsea's starting line-up, there are two old Manchester City players - Wright Phillips and Anelka are both important players after Manchester City returned to the Premier League, of course, they have left before Dick took charge, and now facing the old master in such a game, Grant certainly does not think about it because they are more familiar with Manchester City, after all, when they were in the Manchester City, no one is still in the main lineup, and Sun Jihai, who once formed the top right side with Phillips, has now been reduced to a substitute, Dunn, the main centre-back at the time, did not get a few appearances this season, and the rest of the players were all players who joined Manchester City after they left, and the only one who was a team-mate with them was Barton.

When the players from both sides came out, the fans in the stands immediately cheered for their teams.

Dick didn't shake hands with Grant, because he and Grant really didn't have anything to say, they were not familiar with each other, and they didn't have any friendship, and even Grant himself had nothing to taboo about Dick, although there were rumors that Abu would poach Dick next season, but Grant didn't plan to coach Chelsea next season, and whether he came or not had nothing to do with him.

He just wants some accolades before he leaves Chelsea and that's it.

It was Chelsea who kicked off first, and after Chelsea kicked off, Manchester City immediately launched a press in the front court - Chelsea's overall framework has not changed now, but without Mourinho's motivation and command, there is still a great weakening in some key places, especially in defense, Belletti and Cole are fullbacks with strong assist ability, but Belletti's defense is far from being as good as Cole, and when the two sides met in the first leg, Manchester City focused on attacking Belletti's side and grasped the initiative, Now Dick will not let go of such an opportunity.

Pressed hard from the start of the game, Belletti made a terrible return mistake and his pass was intercepted by Di Natale halfway through, and then immediately on the edge of the box he shot from distance and the ball deflected off John Terry's body and flew off the line.

Corners, when Ribery walked to the corner, the Manchester City defenders rushed up, except for Barnes who stayed behind, Kompany, Samuel and Richards, who had excellent headers, all rushed into the Chelsea penalty area, and only Barnes and Parker and Barton defended at the back.

"Manchester City showed a strong desire to attack from the start! Will this corner put any pressure on Chelsea? Oh! Fernando Torres grabbed the first header and was followed by Samuel...... What a pity! It was a little hasty when it came to shoot and Samuel fired over the crossbar from close range and Chelsea escaped! ”

The City fans let out a sigh and then applauded the stadium, with Samuel shaking his head and sighing as he ran back – Chelsea's comeback was on the horizon.

Cech took the goal-kick, Cole received the ball and dribbled forward, then passed to Anelka in front, who began to attack with the ball along the flanks - the Frenchman's talent is undeniable, and his individual ability is extremely strong, as he himself said, "What Thierry Henry did at Arsenal, I did when I was 18 years old", but unfortunately, his headstrong personality did not lead him to great results at every club.

But at Chelsea, it was still Anelka's honeymoon period, and every time he joined a club, he always did very well at first, but when he started to get tired or his brothers started to want more money, he started to make all kinds of noise.

Barton, who came to fill in the position, was beautifully shaken off by Anelka, Richards entangled, his physicality and reflexes were excellent, Anelka did not continue to break through with the ball, but after a quick stop, the ball was distributed to the middle, and the follow-up Lampard came directly to a long-range shot, the ball was slightly over the crossbar.

'Chelsea also hit back...... It seems that in this game, both sides have a strong desire to attack! The commentator said a nonsense, such a final, defense alone is definitely not enough, and the strength of both sides is about the same, the offensive ability is relatively strong, almost will not only want to use defense to withstand 90 minutes, Dick will not be like this, because in his opinion, against the current Chelsea, there is no need to use such humiliating tactics, as long as you play normally and seize the opponent's weaknesses, it is not a difficult thing to win.

Grant is definitely not to the point of commanding Chelsea, so Chelsea's tactical changes and on-the-spot adjustments will become very rigid, although they still have a lot of stars, but they can't play their true strength!