"I'll just say to you, I haven't won a title in my life as a manager," Sammy Lee said to the Liverpool squad in the plush dressing room of the new Wembley.

Everyone looked up at him, not thinking that he was joking, nor laughing at him, but feeling a warm current in their hearts.

This coach, who was originally conscientious in the assistant coach's seat, had a good relationship with everyone, and this season he put out fires and stabilized Liverpool's dressing room, and many times before the game, he would say: "My coaching level is limited, you need to rely on yourself on the field"

Since he became the manager of Bolton, he has always thought that he is not suitable to be a manager, especially the manager of the giants, because he lacks on-the-spot adaptability, does not have many offensive ideas, only trains defense, and is a very serious coach.

This season, for the most part, he has followed the attacking routine of the Benitez era, or the front trident of his own combination, and the control of the field by the midfield duo.

His greatest strength is that he is very objective in his own level and then able to face it squarely, so he has gained a lot of respect in the dressing room.

This is a kind of personality charm, this old man with a British beer belly who usually smiles, stabilized Liverpool.

"Champion, for the leader," Makqin shouted as he stood up.

"To the chief," the crowd stood up and shouted.

Sammy Lee smiled and nodded, thanked him, and then walked back out of the locker room, he didn't need to stress about it, the defensive problem, they had practiced countless times in training, attacking, watching individual play, and then, to see if luck would be on their side tonight.

In the locker room on the other side, Redknapp did not tire of emphasizing, "Speed, speed, I want you to remember this word, the key to our victory in this game is, speed!" ”

Redknapp has been oscillating between 442 and 451 this season, due to the problem of Bale and the two-striker, they have Cameroon's strong Hector at left-back, Bale is more awkward at left-back, but he has been particularly good when he pushes to the left wing.

But the Magic Flute has taken a place in the middle, and against a normal team, Redknapp can only play as a defensive midfielder, but against Liverpool, he doesn't have the guts.

Then Liverpool's strong midfield and Gerrard's impact would have swept their midfield into pieces, so he abandoned the two-striker in this game and only used Keane Jr. as a single striker.

'I don't need to say much about how important Mark is to Liverpool's midfield, he has been on the pitch a lot this season when he's on the pitch with Marcos Alonso, Janas and Palacios, so I'll have to keep an eye on him,' added Redknapp.

"We're going to have to build a defensive line on this line," Redknapp drew a little behind the centre circle of the board, "don't go too far back, that will give them a chance to threaten the goal from a distance, and don't press too far forward, that will give Torres room to pick up."

"Lennon, Bale, the two wings must press their full-backs, once the ball is broken, hand it over to the wing to launch a quick attack immediately, and the front court must be interspersed with more runs"

The final is about to start, this is the last leg of the League Cup, whether there is a team that will get off early, it depends on the last 90 minutes.

The coaches of the two teams were making the final arrangements in the locker room, but there was already a lot of agitation outside the stadium, and the red fan area and the white fan area were clearly separated, and from the sky it looked like a disc was divided into two parts with different textures, which was extremely difficult to fuse.

Lineker and Wilson sat behind the commentary box today, analysing the line-ups of both teams, Lineker said: "Tottenham's right-back Joel Luka, 1.93 meters tall, is known as a giant defender, and he can play multiple positions, although he is tall, but his flexibility is not bad at all, and his speed is not slow"

"This is the star defender that Tottenham brought from Manchester City in the summer", Wilson said, "He will face Kuyt today, since the return of Fernando Torres, Liverpool's left winger Liela has faded out of the main line-up, the Spanish winger has some tradition, he has not yet adapted to the Premier League"

'Otherwise, the two teams have not changed much', Lineker continued, 'and it is worth noting that Tottenham have used a single striker formation that they have rarely used this season, and it seems that they are more afraid of Liverpool's midfield'

With the sound of the commentary and the roar of the whole field, the Liverpool and Tottenham players officially walked into the field from the passage, and Mackin was a little excited and eager to try.

Seriously, this is his first time participating in the final of an official cup competition, and he is not as calm as he said with the media on the sidelines.

Because it is the final, the opening ceremony of the two teams is a little long, and the championship trophy is placed under the rostrum of the channel, the shape is very orthodox, like a silver cup magnified many times, Mackin has seen the trophies of various countries on TV in his previous life, and thinks that this should be one of the best to see in the English League Cup.

The players of both teams involuntarily glanced at it silently, looking forward to becoming the team that picked it up after the game, and the battle for glory was about to start.

The starting line-ups for both teams are as follows:

Liverpool: Reina; Enrique, Ager, Skrtel, Cahill; Kuyt, Alonso, Mackqin, Mascherano, Gerrard; Torres.

Tottenham: Cudicini; Hector, Woodgate, Dawson, Joel Luca; Bale, Jenas, Modric, Palacios, Lennon; Keane.

Referee: Anthony Taylor

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With Kuyt kicking the ball back to Mackin outside the center circle, the temperature at the new Wembley Stadium rose sharply, and the final of the English League Cup in the 0809 season officially began.

Instead of receiving the ball, Macchano turned and ran forward, and Mascherano received the ball and gave it to defender Ager.

Keane Jr. pressed towards Ague at great speed, and his speed and agility were the guarantee of Tottenham's mobility up front.

Agger didn't pay much attention to it, turned around and passed the ball to Skrtel, who was dragging behind, and Enrique pressed into the midfield, and Liverpool quickly fell into the attacking position of 343.

Seeing that Tottenham did not press his own back line to press, Skrtel slowly advanced and passed to Alonso in front, who pushed the arch of his foot to Macin under the watch of Modric.

Since Liverpool became the core of Macklin, the rhythm of the whole team has slowly stabilized, and it is no longer as fast as it used to be.

Bale and Jenas quickly pressed towards the back of Mackin from both sides, he pushed back to Mascherano behind him, and he ran backwards, the horse did not stop the ball, and knocked back with one kick, as if he was a wall that needed to be erected at any time.

As Mack retreated, Jenas and Bale followed, but the pace and determination were completely different, Bale strode up from his left back to break the ball, Jenas glanced back, and halfway through the run did not press any further.

With two simple passes, Mackin tested the defensive attitude of the Tottenham midfielder today, and he probably had a spectrum in his heart.

Knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent can survive a hundred battles, and Makqin can be regarded as inheriting the great ideas of his ancestors and applying them to the football field.

He passed back to Cahill, this time not waiting for the ball, but ran straight forward, Bale was pulled by him, and Cahill simply pushed straight to Gerrard in front of him.

'Liverpool were unhurried with Mark organised, which is something we often see in the league, with Mark leading the first attacking push in the opening period,' Lineker said.

"On Gerrard's side, Héctor and Bale are both very good wings, you can go up and down," Wilson continued, "Gerrard needs to be a threat to keep them at bay"

Fernando Torres and Alonso both moved closer to Steven Gerrard's side and were ready to play an attacking link-up, with Jenas sticking to him as soon as Marc was half-time.

Gerrard received the ball with his back and knocked his left foot before turning towards the midfield, Janas looked at Mackin and Palacios had to come over to fill in the position.

He took a step, and the outside instep bounced the rolling ball towards the midfield, Mackin knew that it was not for himself, and did not move at all, the ball went directly behind him and ran towards Alonso, who was pressing.

'Liverpool's beautiful midfield transmission, I haven't seen any team that can press their midfield since Mark and Alonso formed the midfield, they are too strong', Wilson commented.

"Yes, look at the attack," Lineker said.

The defensive area of Modric who turned back was too small to contain Alonso at all, and Alonso flicked sideways, got rid of Modric, and shoveled directly at the bottom of the ball.

'Alonso, overhead pass, Kuyt diagonally into the box', Lineker shouted, 'Kuyt and Dawson were battling for speed, good ball, Kuyt flew from the bottom line to hook the ball back into the six-yard box'

Woodgate struggled to lean on Torres, who was about to go to the front post to grab the ball, Cudicini made a vertical pounce, and Torres took a step ahead of him to press the ball under him.

"This ball Cudicini came out in time, otherwise it would have been ......, Cudicini got up, threw the ball vigorously, Lennon got up ......", Tottenham's counterattack followed.

Just like a sword, Ah Fei's sword, Gu Long's Ah Fei's, sword, Ma Qin turned his head to look at the white that was dazzling because of its swiftness, so fast that he had no friends.

"My God, Lennon sent the ball directly to ten meters away, overtook directly from the outside, Mascherano didn't have time to come, he returned to the penalty area, Ag pressed out, turned around and fought with Lennon for speed", Lineker was also stunned by this speed.

Tottenham relied on these two swords to stab Manchester United alive at home, and he came out of the world as soon as he started today.

"Lennon, he waded through Agg, it doesn't make sense, it's just ......", Lineker shouted, "he's in the box, Mascherano is coming, dialing out, it's still speed"

Lineker was stimulated by the adrenaline of the speed, and he roared unconsciously, "He's on the bottom line, and he passes back to the big penalty area"

The ball slid past Mascherano's tackle, Skrtel, who had recovered to the front post, fell to the ground without touching the ball, and Keane picked up his thigh from outside the six-yard box and Cahill threw himself out.

Redknapten stood up and walked briskly to the sidelines, the goal was in sight.

"Keane, shoot ......, no, it's a cross, he hands it to Bale from the left, Bale, volley ......", Reyna turned in vain and watched the ball quickly cross his left hand side and lift the net.

Too close, a volley, and there was nothing he could do when he came.

In the opening four minutes, a quick sword, the sword came out, and the blood was seen!

"Goaaaaal ......", Lineker's tail note can drag out ten miles, "Gareth Bale, Liverpool have become another team that has been penetrated by Tottenham's two lightning wings, their speed is simply appalling, quite unreasonable"

"Roar ......", the white behind the net instantly boiled, and their start was extremely smooth, Redknapp clenched his fists and raised his arms, excited.

Unreasonable fast, the newborn Tottenham has already shown its edge, Mackin looked at the Tottenham players who ran to the sidelines to celebrate, and he didn't expect to fall behind at the beginning......