Chapter 448: Second Trophy: League Cup

The camera pans back to Smitchell, who is getting together with his teammates and hugging excitedly in celebration.

The Sky Sports commentator said of Smitchell: "The former Liverpool veteran, who is in the second spring of his career after joining Millwall, has been consistent and excellent, and was one of the contributors to Millwall's triumph last season. ”

"This season, Smitchell has played fewer games, but his performance is still very consistent, and what is even more rare is that he can also help the team turn the tide when it matters most!"

The outside media's evaluation of Smitchell is still relatively high, thanks to Smitchell's outstanding performance at Millwall.

After helping the team score a goal, Smitchell was also a little emotional.

Smitchell is a veteran, with a career of more than ten years, and has experienced a lot of things, but in fact, scoring goals is also very rare for him.

Smitchell is a midfielder, or a midfielder with strong comprehensive strength, dribbling, coordination, running, defense, overall view, etc., in every aspect, he can do well, but he is not the top, because of this, he is a versatile midfielder, but it is difficult to score a few goals.

Smitchell scored nine goals in the league last season, equalling his career record for goals scored in a single season.

That was back in the 1995-1996 season, when Smitchell played for the Slavs Prague in the Czech league and had a very good final season, scoring nine goals in 28 appearances.

Smitchell then joined Ligue 1 for Lens, where he scored seven goals in his third season, which is quite remarkable.

Smitchell's peak was spent in Liverpool, he is a veteran of Liverpool, but the Premier League is not comparable to the Czech league and Ligue 1, the Premier League pays more attention to defense, and the league level is much higher.

In 2001-2002, Smitchell played at his best, scoring four goals in the league that season, and the following season, Smitchell hit a low point in the goal, not scoring a league goal in a single season.

As you can see from the above data, the goal doesn't seem to have much to do with Smitchell.

It is precisely because it is not easy to score goals that it is even more commendable, and when Smitchell scored nine league goals, he was considered by the media to have ushered in a personal 'second spring'.

Smitchell has played fewer appearances this season and scored fewer goals, but so far, Smitchell has scored four goals, which is quite remarkable.

Smitchell is almost thirty-four years old.

Players at this age, whose form is declining very quickly, have begun to consider retirement, and Smitchell did not expect that he would be able to play so consistently.

Now in the Carabao Cup final, Smitchell also helped the team score a crucial goal, and the excitement in his heart can be imagined, and he feels that the least regrettable thing in his career is choosing to join Millwall.

"Millwall should rise sooner!"

"Zhang Yang became a head coach a few years ago, maybe his career will be even more brilliant!"

Smitchell thought regretfully.

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Little did Smitchell know that the goal had a lot to offer.

Zhang Yang used his supernatural ability to help Smitchell score, in fact, the goal was only incidental, he mainly prevented Lampard from scoring a goal, 'foresight' saw the scene of Lampard's goal, and changed Smitchell's shot in advance, regardless of whether the goal happened or not, as long as Cech could not save the ball into his arms, Chelsea could not launch a quick counterattack, and it prevented Lampard's opportunity from the source.

The use of this 'walk the talk' is really rewarding.

If it hadn't been for 'walk the talk', Frank Lampard would have set up Chelle to score and the score would have been 1-1 and now 2-0, tying and leading by two goals, completely reversing the two scenarios and giving both teams two mindsets.

Millwall was quite relaxed, they clutched the trophy with one hand.

Chelsea are very pessimistic.

Chelsea had the advantage but couldn't score a single goal, while Millwall had two goals and with more than 20 minutes remaining, could they still level the scores?

Looking back at past encounters with Millwall, the mentality of many players has been affected, and they believe that the chances of the team equalising are slim, or that Chelsea will definitely lose to Millwall.

That mentality has also affected Chelsea's performance.

Jose Mourinho went to the sidelines and shouted at the game, hoping to rely on that approach to give his players more motivation to fight, but Millwall scored the third goal.

In the 81st minute, Jamie Vardy rushed into the box, received a pass from Simpson, and was about to get up to finish something, when Carvalho tripped and fell to the ground.

Penalty kick!

Jamie Vardy made a small effort into the corner and Cech made the wrong save and had to watch the ball go into the net.

"Three to zero!"

'Jamie Dardy sealed the win for Millwall, Chelsea have little hope!'

“……”

Jose Mourinho must also admit that there is little hope for Chelsea.

Three to zero!

What else can Chelsea do? To score three goals in 10 minutes is absolutely unthinkable.

Jose Mourinho sat back in his position and looked at the field in a daze, looking at Drogba in the front line, looking at Ballack and Essien in the midfield, these are all players he trusts, but they have not been able to perform well to help the team beat Millwall.

Does this Chelsea side have a chance to beat Millwall?

Mourinho thinks back to his past games and thinks about it, believing in his coaching ability and in the quality of Chelsea who have been put together to beat Millwall.

But why do you still lose the game again and again?

Mourinho couldn't think of an answer to his question, so he could only turn his head to look at the Millwall dugout on the other side. The young man sat relaxed, not at all able to see the slightest worry about the game, perhaps from the beginning of the game, every fight.

"What the hell was he thinking?"

"Is it really because he is more tactically promising? Or is it his luck that every time he plays against Chelsea, the opposing players are in better shape? Mourinho thought about it carefully, and he couldn't answer one question after another.

Eventually, Mourinho shook his head.

He knew he couldn't think of a result, and there was no point in thinking about it.

After losing this game, unless they can lead the team to a league comeback and help Chelsea win the first Champions League trophy in their history, the end of the season will be the day of departure from Chelsea.

But...... Is that possible?

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After the game restarted, the Chelsea players were still fighting, but only for the sake of face, and they had already accepted the result in their hearts.

Millwall didn't pay much attention to the goal, and by the end of the day, they didn't have much desire to attack, just waiting for the time to pass and everyone was expecting the title.

"Champion! Champion! ”

"Millwall!"

The Millwall fans in the stands also began to chant, and the Sky Sports commentator recounted Millwall's achievement, "Millwall won both the league and the FA Cup last season. Millwall won the Community Shield in August and now the League Cup, with the same number of titles as last season. ”

'Don't forget that Millwall are still top of the league table, they have been at the top of the table since the start of the season, so it's no surprise that they continue to win the league title.

'Millwall also had a good run in the Champions League, beating Real Madrid 2-1 in the first round and playing at home in the second round, so they had a good chance of knocking out Real Madrid......

'Millwall's results so far this season have been perfect, they have won good results in all three tiers, this title is probably just the icing on the cake and we expect Millwall to continue their excellent performances......

“……”

Under the expectation of the media, fans and players, the minutes passed.

Finally, at the end of two minutes of stoppage time, the referee blew the final whistle, and the stadium radio announced at the same time -

"Congratulations Millwall! They beat Chelsea and became the winners of the 2006-2007 English League Cup! ”

"Hula-"

A tsunami of shouts erupted from the stadium.

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Millwall began their championship celebrations.

Every player is full of joy to win the championship, it's just a League Cup, but the championship is a championship after all, it represents the honor of being the first and the result of their hard work.

Many people on the court surrounded the city and did cheers and celebrations together, and Zhang Yang also participated in it, feeling the enthusiasm brought by the championship.

After a brief celebration, all the Millwall players bowed and thanked the fans in attendance.

After that, it was the award ceremony.

Darren Ward represented the team and received the trophy, which symbolizes the championship, and the atmosphere on the pitch reached a climax at the moment when the trophy was raised.

This moment belongs to Millwall--

'It's Millwall's second trophy and at the start of the season they already had the Community Shield and now the League Cup. Interestingly, when it comes to two trophies, you have to mention Chelsea. Whether it's the Community Shield or the League Cup, it's against Chelsea. ”

'Maybe the Chelsea fans hate Millwall, every time they reach the final, they meet Millwall, they are beaten by Millwall, and since Millwall's rise they seem to be the second ...... in 10,000 years'

"I don't know what Mourinho thinks, but what is certain is that Mourinho and Chelsea lost to Zhang Yang and Millwall."

"Before the season, Millwall coach Zhang Yang once talked about the team's goal, he said that he would try to fight for a place in Europe, that is, the top six, and the highest is only the top four, but now it has been proved that it is only Chinese modest words, and it is very modest...... Millwall will certainly have their sights set on the league title as their advantage in the league is clear. They can even be placed in the Champions League, and after beating Real Madrid in the first round, it doesn't seem difficult to get into the quarter-finals......"

'But either way, this season could be a season for Millwall.'

"Next, Millwall will have to work hard for the championships!"

In the narrator's broadcast, the TV picture is fixed on the image of Zhang Yang sticking the trophy to his cheek.