"Although both teams are in a four-four-two formation, the tactics of the two teams are obviously different. Tottenham have a typically English style of play, with two wings being the focus of their attack. Porto, on the other hand, are more focused on penetrating the middle, and almost all four of their midfielders are central players, with only former Russian footballer Alenichev adept at playing on the wings. What kind of sparks will be created between two teams with very different styles? In the next races, let's witness the ......"

The two teams have already walked out of the players' tunnel at this time, and the League Cup championship trophy is placed at the entrance of the tunnel.

Chen Xi's eyes didn't pay attention to this trophy, his idea was very simple, he would win the championship later, and he could look at this trophy however he wanted!

When flipping a coin to guess the edge, Redknapp helped the team "go first" and won the right to pick the edge!

After picking the edges, Redknapp also gathered his teammates who were making final preparations.

"As the leader said, we made it to the final, but we didn't come to win the runner-up! This is the last game of the season, let's go and fight! The Triple Crown is waiting for us! After the players were all in a circle, Redknapp shouted.

"Boom!" Chen Xi and his teammates all made a neat call.

At this time, the coaches of the two teams also went to their respective positions.

Porto coach Jose Mourinho wore a gray suit with a bright light blue shirt, which made the Portuguese look energetic, and he seemed to be a little more handsome than Tottenham Hotspur manager Hoddle, who has always been known for his dashing!

Mourinho's expression was grim at this time, sitting in his position, it was the first time he led the team to play such an important final, it must be false to say that he was not nervous, but after all, he had seen a lot of big scenes with Robson, so he suppressed the tension in his heart very well!

There's nothing to be nervous about, my tactics are all in order, I just need them to implement them well! Mourinho comforted himself!

Toot ~~~ With the whistle of Slovakia referee Rubus Michel, this much-anticipated League Cup final has officially begun!

As soon as the opponent served, Chen Xi forced to grab it, as Redknapp said, this is the last game of the season, and it may also be his last game at Tottenham.

Chen Xi's pressing almost worked, he forced Maniche who was holding the ball to the sideline, and finally the Portuguese slyly kicked the ball to Chen Xi's feet and bounced out of bounds, getting a sideline ball!

Judging from Maniche's position, he is on the right side of the midfield, and today he will have a direct dialogue with Chen Xi.

Chen Xi also learned about the Portuguese before the game, and knew that this was a fierce guy, although his height was not outstanding, but his defensive sense of position selection was very good, and his speed was not slow.

After the throw-in was taken, the ball found its way to Deco in the middle, and the Brazilian, who had just opted for Portuguese citizenship, was the absolute heart of the Porto side, as evidenced by the number 10 shirt he wears.

The current Deco is not an iron gate that was later transformed into a midfielder by Rijkaard, but a midfield playmaker who is full of attacking power and is called "Super Deco" by fans.

His style of play is not as fancy as the average Brazilian player, and he and his teammates have just combined a few times before coming up front.

Just when everyone thought that he would continue to rush forward after receiving the ball, he suddenly sent an outside instep to the right side!

It turned out that Porto striker Kapushu had already been inserted on the right side, and Zieg had no choice but to put him before Capushu sued.

Referee Michel also decisively blew for a foul, but he did not show Zieger a card.

"Okay, early in the game, Porto got a free-kick on the right side and it was going to be a great attacking opportunity!"

Deco took the free-kick himself, and he sent it into the box.

It's a pity that in terms of headers, the Porto team is obviously not the opponent of the tall Tottenham team, and the ball was pushed out by Richards!

However, the attack did not end there, as Maniche appeared in the path of the ball after the ball was pushed out of the box.

Maniche is a famous Portuguese heavy gunner, the long shot outside the penalty area is his forte, in the face of the ball in the air, he did not stop the ball, but after adjusting, he directly picked up his right foot and slammed the ball towards the goal!

The ball went through the crowd in the box, but just wide of the goal!

Even so, it still made more than 30,000 Tottenham fans at the scene break out in a cold sweat.

In the next round of attack, Chen Xi got the ball for the first time in this final.

As soon as he got the ball, Maniche stuck to it. This Portuguese, who was more than ten centimeters shorter than Chen Xi, had no fear in the face of Chen Xi, a big guy, and the movements on his hands and feet were very unclean, which made Chen Xi not very comfortable!

However, Chen Xi still took advantage of his body and forcibly turned around, but when he continued to dribble the ball, Maniche stuck to his side like a dog skin plaster.

It seems that Mourinho has arranged a difficult guy for himself! Chen Xi thought depressedly.

Indeed, although Maniche is not a world-class defensive player, his defense makes Chen Xi very uncomfortable. It's a feeling of "you're sick to death if you're too big"!

has been advancing with the ball for more than ten meters, and Chen Xi has not been able to completely get rid of Maniche, which shows this guy's sticky kung fu!

After dribbling deep into the pitch, Porto's right-back Paulo Ferreira came up again.

Although this guy is a fullback, his defensive ability is quite good, and he basically doesn't assist, so it's obviously better for him to defend Chen Xi.

Even Chen Xi had to admit that Uncle Magic Bird did have some skills!

However, Chen Xi will not admit defeat, even in the face of the two of them, Chen Xi still shook off an angle and forcibly passed the ball into the penalty area!

Facing Jorge Costa, who is taller than himself, Morientes still completed a header!

It's just that the top of the ball is a little positive, and it was directly confiscated by Porto goalkeeper Baia!

Side crosses are also the main tactics of the Tottenham team today, although the Porto defense has a big man like Jorge Costa, but he is already a veteran over 32 years old after all, and Carvalho is not an advantage in height, so Morientes' header ability will be an important weapon for Tottenham to rely on!

In the next game, the two teams were a little entangled in the midfield, and the scene seemed to be more than hot but not exciting.

Porto's four midfielders basically have some interception ability, so it is difficult for Tottenham to break through the midfield easily.

Similarly, in the face of Tottenham's English defense, Porto's midfield is also difficult to play.

Deco, the core of Porto's midfield, was also heavily defended by Tottenham, and in the opening ten minutes, he was already brought down twice!

However, in the fourteenth minute of the game, something suddenly changed on the field!

Porto's back-to-back Costina, who had just recently returned from injury, collapsed to the ground without physical contact.

"We see that Costinha has fallen to the ground, has his old injury recurred?"

The Tottenham players immediately kicked the ball off the touchline so that Costinha could be treated.

Mourinho on the sidelines frowned when he saw this scene, Costinha is the last barrier in his midfield, and if he is injured again, it will be a big loss for the Porto team!

During the time that Costinha was on the pitch for treatment, Tottenham were 11 or 10.

The Porto midfielder, who is missing one man, obviously lacks his previous interception ability, and the four Spurs midfielders can easily pass through the midfield after passing the ball!

In the fifteenth minute, Redknapp took advantage of a gap in the front of the Porto penalty area to form a very dangerous long-range shot!

His long-range shot went straight into the bottom left corner, but a brilliant side-saving save from Portugal's old goalkeeper was denied by the Tottenham captain!

'Bea made a brilliant side-saving save to keep out Redknapp's shot, but Tottenham also got a corner!'

When Tottenham's big men ran into the Porto penalty area, the Portuguese clearly felt a huge pressure!

The air defense alarm was also sounded in the penalty area of Porto. No way, apart from the two centre-backs, Porto don't have any big men.

Deco, Maniche, Alenichev in the midfield, and Delle in the midfield are only 1.7 meters, and the two fullbacks Ferreira and Valente are only in their early 1.8 meters!

On the Tottenham side, half of the big men above 185 account for it, such an advantage is not half a star!

Faced with this situation, Mourinho also decisively chose to make a substitution after determining that Costinha could not continue the game.

He replaced the 22-year-old Ricardo Costa, a young player who was originally a defender, but his ability is more comprehensive, so Mourinho put him in the position of the back midfield, and he can also reduce the burden of defense and control of the Porto team somewhat with a height of 1.83 meters!

After glancing at the situation in the penalty area, Chen Xi started his own run, and then kicked a corner kick with extremely high quality!

The ball flew at great speed towards the back post, where it was Ledley King, who was plugged in at high speed!

Defending him is Porto defender Carvalho, the Portuguese centre-back who is not very tall, but he is not completely at a disadvantage in the conversation with Ledley King!

When Ledley Kim jumped high, Carvalho also pulled Ledley King's jersey with his hand and jumped together with his strength!

Although Ledley King still got to the ball first, at the critical moment when he headed the ball, Carvalho gave him a very dishonest look behind him.

This made Ledley King's center of gravity a little unstable, the top of the ball was a little higher, and the ball flew directly out of the bottom line by grazing the crossbar!

"Oh~~~ Ledley King's header is slightly over the crossbar, just a little bit!"

There were also regretful sighs from Tottenham fans in the stands, when they saw Chen Xi's pass so well just now, they thought that the ball was there!

Hoddle on the sidelines had already stood up from his seat, but he could only sit back depressed!

Ledley King, who missed the opportunity, also hugged his head in annoyance, he didn't go to reason with Carvalho, because as a defender, he is very familiar with this little action!

"Ledley King's header was the most dangerous shot of the first half so far. Speaking of which, the game was a bit dull, which made us wonder if the 'silver ball system' would be useful. ”

Indeed, after Ricardo Costa came on, Porto's midfield interception ability was replenished, and the time for the two teams to entangle in midfield increased, which made the game look a little dull!

Even so, the fans on both sides in the stands still left no stone unturned to cheer for their teams.

Halfway through the first half, there was finally a great attack on the field!

A long pass from the back of the field found the Russian Alenichev accurately, Alenichev still grabbed the header despite Redknapp's interference, and he headed the ball back to Deco behind him!

The unpretentious-looking Brazilian leaned on Zieg behind him, turned his back to the goal, and stopped the ball with his chest to the left, as if to break through to the wing, but just as Flender and Ziegy were running towards the side, Deco suddenly and cleverly picked the ball behind him, followed by a quick turn, and passed the two tall Germans!

"Beautiful! Deco's light pick has changed two people! ”

After picking the ball and turning around, Deco rushed before Richards came over to make up for it, and directly stopped and drove towards the penalty area!

Seeing this scene, many Porto fans stood up excitedly, and Mourinho on the sidelines also left their seats!

After entering the penalty area, Deco dribbled the ball to the right corner of the small penalty area and shot directly into the near corner!

The ball was extremely fast, but Keller in front of goal made a brilliant save and finally blocked the ball with his arm!

"Brilliant save! Keller saves Tottenham! ”

Oh~~~ There was a sigh of regret from the Porto fans from the stands. Mourinho on the sidelines also waved his hand depressedly!

Tottenham fans gasped, and when it seemed that there was no chance, the Porto team created a killing chance, which obviously surprised them!

Hoddle, who was on the sidelines, also came to the sidelines to express his dissatisfaction with the three defenders of the Tottenham team being easily broken through by Deco!

Deco himself was depressed, and he regretted why he didn't knock the ball into the middle and chose to shoot himself!

From the ensuing corner, Porto didn't cause much trouble for Tottenham.

Watching Deco play with his teammates, Chen Xi couldn't stand it anymore, so in a subsequent attack by Tottenham, he also staged a wonderful breakthrough!

In the front court, he leaned on Maniche with his back, and in the face of Redknapp's pass, he tried to stop the ball, but when the ball reached between his legs, he suddenly slammed his right heel into the middle, and then quickly completed the turn!

Maniche didn't have a chance to show his "sticky surname" as a dog skin plaster this time, and was directly thrown off by Chen Xi!

"Wonderful back-heel knock pass, Edison didn't give Maniche a chance to react!"

After catching up with the ball again, Chen Xi took advantage of the situation to kill the middle!

Facing Deco who came back from the defense, Chen Xi did not relax his vigilance, he had witnessed several steals from this guy before, which was by no means luck, but proved that he did have defensive skills!

When Chen Xi went to the left front and wanted to force a breakthrough, Deco really reacted immediately. Although his body is not dominant, he still decisively made the action of stuck!

However, Chen Xi didn't give him a chance to get in the position, and the ball he just kicked was pulled back by him with his left foot, and then he stepped on the ball to complete a 360-degree turn, and the ball was pulled in front of him again.

"It's a Marseille slalom! Edison behaved like an artist! ”

Chen Xi's wonderful performance also won him a round of warm applause!

Chen Xi didn't stop there, because Ricardo Costa was already defending towards him again.

In the face of the Portuguese who had just come on the field, Chen Xi made a pass to Redknapp who was inserted on his side.

Ricardo Costa was really fooled, he subconsciously stretched his legs to block Chen Xi's pass, but Chen Xi took advantage of the situation to erase it from another time!

After passing Ricardo Costa, Chen Xi did not give the Porto people a chance to make up for the defense, he adjusted his pace and directly got up with his right foot to frustrate the ball to the far corner of the goal!

The ball arced in the air and flew towards the far post!

Just as the Tottenham fans were getting up from their seats to cheer, a big hand appeared on the path of the ball, and his fingers pounced on the ball and fished it out of the bottom line!

"Unbelievable save! Baia actually saved Edison's tricky shot! It seems that the goalkeepers of the two teams are now more energetic! ”

Oh~~~ The sky above the Olympic Stadium in Seville floated with the regretful sighs of Tottenham fans. Hoddle on the sidelines also waved his hand depressedly!

"I'll go! All the balls saved? The Porto goalkeeper is too awesome, right? ”

"It's so unreasonable, this is a theoretical dead end!"

"The Porto goalkeeper is on drugs, right? So fierce? ”

…… Yang Xu and David Marvin also used their own words to vent their frustration about this ball.

Chen Xi was also very depressed, he played the ball very well just now, and originally thought that the ball was nine out of ten, but the opponent's goalkeeper was furious!

After being a little depressed, Chen Xi also ran to the corner flag area to prepare to serve a corner kick!

This time, Chen Xi's corner kick found another tall central defender of the team, Richards, this guy's header was quite strong, but he only cared about the force, and ignored the angle, and directly put the ball in Baiya's arms!

Before you know it, the first half of the game has entered the last ten minutes.

After a back-kick from Redknapp was cleared off the line by Valente, Baia drove a goalball straight up front.

Although the Porto team does not have an advantage in height, they will not completely shy away from passing high-altitude balls, in fact, Baia's direct long pass to launch a fast attack is also a trick of the Porto team's attack!

Deco couldn't get his hands on the ball in the aerial duel, but Friend behind him was interfered with and missed the ball!

The ball flew directly to Richards in the penalty area, and in the face of Dellai's pressing, Richards chose to clear the siege directly, but he couldn't lift it this time, and the ball flew to Friend with a ghost, hit his leg and bounced back!

Dellay got the ball first this time, he leaned on Richards and turned unsuccessfully before passing the ball back to Deco!

Deco did not stop the ball, but directly took the opportunity to transfer the ball to the left rib of the penalty area!

Russian midfielder Alenichev was in that position, and there was no one around him!

"This is an opportunity! Alenichev ......"

In the face of Deco's well-proportioned pass, Alenichev did not adjust, but directly picked up his left foot to meet the ball and volleyed!

As a right-footed player, Alenichev's left-footed shot was already of very good quality, but his shot was slightly angled and blocked by Keller with his body. But the ball rolled to the back post!

"Keller blocked Alenichev's shot, the unit and the ...... have not yet touched"

Ledley King and Capsuo in the middle failed to grab the ball, the ball came to the back post, at this time, a blue and white figure appeared on the path of the ball, and he kicked the ball directly into the goal!

"Del Lai ...... Shoot! The ball went in!! Entered! Entered! Entered!! Dellai! Dellai! Del Lai !! As Porto's top scorer, the Brazilian was in the right place at the most crucial moment, and his follow-up shot gave Porto the lead in the final!! It was also Delley's twelfth goal of the tournament, and although there are still three goals behind Edison, if they win the title, then Edison's previous fifteen goals will be meaningless! ”

Boom~~~ More than 10,000 Porto fans at the scene erupted in huge cheers. Although the number is not dominant, their enthusiasm is not lost to the Tottenham fans!

Mourinho also rushed to the sidelines excitedly, waving his fists excitedly. His celebration is not far behind the players on the field, he is such a coach with a full surname!

However, at this time, no one paid attention to Mourinho's performance on the sidelines, because the goal-scorer Delle was already excited to cross the billboard and rush to the sideline track to celebrate!

Soon, his teammates rushed over the billboard and towards them!

At this time, the Seville Olympic Stadium became an occasion for the Portuguese to celebrate.

Looking at the celebrating Porto, Chen Xi, who was standing in the midfield with his waist crossed, had helplessness written on his face, and he looked at the big screen on the field, which showed that there were only a few minutes left in the first half of the game, and it was not a happy thing to lose a goal at this time!

The Porto celebrations lasted for more than a minute before the referee urged them to return to their positions.

Once the game restarted, Tottenham launched an onslaught, clearly hoping to get back on the scoresheet before half-time.

At this time, the players of the Porto team also received instructions from coach Jose Mourinho to shrink the squad slightly and prepare to hold on to the last few minutes.

This Porto team has a deep Mourinho brand, that is, when attacking, it can attack, and when it defends, it can retreat, and it is typical of being able to bend and stretch...... In the face of Porto's close to the iron bucket defense, Tottenham Hotspur could not think of a good way for a while, so they could only frequently play the ball on both flanks and use Morientes' header to form a threat.

It's just that when the Porto penalty area was crowded, Morientes also looked a little isolated.

Tottenham fans in the stands booed disgruntled Porto for the sudden retreat.

However, the Porto players were unmoved, they continued to do what their manager told, and the tactical execution of this Porto team was quite good. Mourinho's tactics can basically be executed by the players quite well!

Mourinho also had a satisfied smile on his face after seeing the team's defense, and he calmly sat back in his place and waited for the end of the first half.

However, just as the first half was coming to an end, Tottenham created a chance!

Chen Xi on the left faced the defense of Maniche and Ferreira, and pretended to break through, but in fact knocked the ball horizontally to Redknapp, who was inserted behind.

Unable to find the gap in the opponent's defense, Redknapp could only choose to cross again and cut in Friend when receiving the ball.

As several of the opposing midfielders retreated to the back, Flender, a midfielder, also got the opportunity to plug in.

As soon as Friend got the ball, Deco posted it, and Friend could only pass the ball out, and the ball went to the feet of Simon Davis on the right!

Facing Porto's left-back, former Portugal international Valente, Simon Davies still failed to break through after several consecutive feints!

In the end, he could only accelerate towards the bottom line and then dunk the ball back, and then directly hoisted the ball to the penalty area at a 45-degree angle!

The ball went past Robbie Keane in front of the post, and Morientes in the middle couldn't get the ball!

In the eyes of the Porto players, the quality of the cross was obviously very low and there was no threat to them!

Just as Ricardo Costa, who returned to the penalty area to participate in the air defense, was about to push the ball out at the back post, a white figure came out of the slanted stab!

After a sprint, he jumped high and grabbed the ball before Ricardo Costa!

"It's Edison! Edison showed up inside and grabbed the header! ”

It turned out that after passing the ball horizontally just now, Chen Xi quietly slipped near the penalty area, and when Simon Davis crossed, he judged the landing point and rushed directly into the penalty area!

Mourinho has carefully studied Chen Xi's characteristics before, in his opinion, although Chen Xi is tall, his header is not threatening, so even though he formulated detailed defensive tactics for Chen Xi, he did not mention the problem of preventing Chen Xi's header!

Therefore, Chen Xi rushed into the penalty area of the Porto team almost without resistance.

At this time, it is impossible for Ricardo Costa to stop Chen Xi, who has already jumped high!

Chen Xi showed his excellent bounce power, he was at least nearly a meter above the ground at this time, and the ball fell right above his head.

Chen Xi, who was in the air, was like a tense bow, and suddenly his waist and abdomen exerted force, and his forehead slammed on the ball!

The ball was like a cannonball, and it went to the far corner of the goal!

Baia in front of the goal, in the face of such a close head, didn't even have time to make a symbolic save, and could only watch the ball fly towards the goal behind him!

“it`s~a~gooooooooooooooooal！！！ Edison! Edison! Edison!!! It was a wonderful header! Edison was like a god descending from the sky, appeared in the penalty area of the Porto team, he jumped high and occupied the commanding heights of the Porto penalty area, at that moment everyone on the field could only look up at this young man, and his header did not give Baia any chance! Once upon a time, there were many people who doubted that this big man who was 6 feet 1 inch tall would not be able to head the ball, but Edison made a name for himself in this crucial UEFA Cup final, not only can he head the ball, but he can also top such a wonderful header! ”

It was Edison's sixteenth goal in the UEFA Cup this season, breaking the record held by Jurgen Klinsmann for goals in a single season in the UEFA Cup, and becoming the top scorer in a single season in all three European cups! Edison has become the most terrifying goal machine in European football! ”

Boom~~~ The stands of the Sevilla Olympic Stadium also erupted in a tsunami of cheers from Tottenham fans! Hoddle on the sidelines also celebrated wildly with his assistants!

Chen Xi rushed to the sidelines at this time, took off his jersey, revealing the conspicuous number "16" on the white vest inside and the line of words "Salute to Klinsmann" below!

Oh~~~ This is still Edison's unique way of celebrating, and every time he breaks a record, he pays tribute to the predecessors who hold the record. But he can always be confident that he can break the record! What a humble and arrogant fellow! ”

"Edison! Edison! Edison! ”

"Goal machine! Goal Machine! Goal Machine! ”

"European Goalscorer King! European Goalscorer King! European Goalscorer King! ”

Tottenham fans also cheered for Chen Xi with their cheers!

"Edison, your header is amazing!"

"Hey, Edison, you might want to consider being a center!"

"You just looked like a super bomber!"

Soon Chen Xi was surrounded by excited teammates in the center, and everyone applauded Chen Xi's goal!

(To be continued)