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Bringing home a 3-0 win from the Mercedes Stadium, Liverpool can devote themselves to the Carabao Cup final!

After all, this is Liverpool's first final of the season. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info no matter how chicken the League Cup is, since they have reached the final, Benitez and his team have no reason to give up this championship!

In fact, Rafael Benitez is thrilled to have the chance to claim his first trophy since arriving at Liverpool so soon. Therefore, before this final, he was also unusual, and he took this game very seriously!

Middlesbrough are now 11th and are a mid-table side in the league. With little hope of making it to Europe through the league, they are clearly hoping to qualify for the UEFA Cup through the UEFA Cup.

In fact, if they just want to qualify for the UEFA Cup through the League Cup, then they have already achieved their goal. Because their opponent in the final, Liverpool, is undoubtedly going to enter next season's European Champions Cup, so even if Middlesbrough loses in the final, the League Cup champion will move to second place, that is, them.

Of course, no team made it to the final just to finish runners-up. Especially a team like Middlesbrough.

Middlesbrough have never won a major competition in their 128-year history, which will undoubtedly spur the desire for the title as the team is hoping to make history in the Carabao Cup final on Sunday.

When the outside world is generally not optimistic about them, their desire for a championship may be able to make them perform well in the final!

At the heart of Middlesbrough's midfield, Brazilian veteran Juninho is particularly hungry for the title. In his opinion, the League Cup title will mean as much to him as the World Cup.

"For me, this game is like a World Cup final. Middlesbrough have a lot of great players in place and together we will be working hard for the team to win their first title and reach next season's European competition. Juninho went on to explain why he values the Carabao Cup final so much: "Winning the title is not only important for me personally or for the club's president, Mr Gibson, but more importantly, we need a title to repay those loyal supporters who have stood firmly behind us over the years, which is why I think this game is the equivalent of the World Cup final." ”

Juninho must have been thinking of the team's situation seven years earlier in 1996/97, when he helped them reach back-to-back FA Cup and League Cup finals, only to finish runners-up, including a League Cup final defeat to Leicester. To Juninho's heartbreak, Middlesbrough were relegated from the Premier League that season, with 30,000 fans in the Lakeside Stadium in tears after their final home game that season, even though they knew their team would be leaving the Premier League.

Juninho was impressed by the scene and, despite the ups and downs in his career, the Brazilian midfielder opted to join Middlesbrough for the third time after winning the World Cup with Brazil in the summer of 2002. Reaching the Carabao Cup final again is a great opportunity for Juninho to make amends: "Maybe I shouldn't remember those regrets, but it reminds us of how painful it would feel to lose this final. Now the whole team is ready and I hope that my experience will help the team. ”

Chen Xi and his teammates are not in the mood to care about other people's thoughts. If they were a bystander, they might wish Juninho and his team the best they could make history, but as opponents, Liverpool's goal is to shatter their dreams once again. That's the cruelty of competitive sports!

Chen Xi said in an interview: "Although many people don't care much about the honor of the League Cup. But it's still a very attractive honor for me. I won this title last season and this year, I hope to continue! ”

Chen Xi's confident remarks were supported by many Liverpool fans. Liverpool is a long-established giant. But in the history of the Premier League, they have won a little less. Despite the 01 year, they won five championships in one go. But that's just an accident. This season, the team finally showed an invincible domineering. Naturally, the fans want the team to win a lot of titles.

League Cup? No matter how small the mosquito is, it is meat, and no matter how small the trophy is...... It's also a champion!

Chen Xi's confident remarks became contempt for them in the eyes of the Middlesbrough people.

In fact, Chen Xi did not mean to look down on his opponent. He has always had a lot of respect for his opponents. Except, of course, for some opponents who do not deserve his respect.

But that's the case, in the League Cup final, as a weakling, Middlesbrough will have some inferiority complex in front of a traditional giant like Liverpool. With such a mentality, it is easy to misinterpret the meaning of others. Then cover up your inner inferiority complex by fighting back.

No, as the star of the Middlesbrough team, former England national team right-back Mills stepped up at this time!

The former England international has never been a messy man in the Premier League, with a fierce defence and a fiery temper, he is a traditional England player.

As a senior, he naturally couldn't bear the "rudeness" of Chen Xi, a junior: "I know that the Liverpool team has performed very well this season. But I think in the final, everybody is equal. We have a lot of good players in the squad as well. Like Juninho, he won the World Cup. Cendon and Mendieta are also world-class stars. So I have confidence in our team. Edison may be one of the toughest players in the Premier League, but in the final, I'll let him enjoy my tackle! ”

Middlesbrough manager McLaren, as a former assistant to Ferguson, didn't learn much from Lord Ferguson, but his temper was quite arrogant. Never forgetting that he is a Red Devil, he clearly sees the Reds as Liverpool's mortal enemies: "When the opponent is Liverpool, my team and I always work hard. This final is no exception, if we can beat Arsenal, why can't we beat Liverpool? ”

For the counterattack of the handsome general of the Middlesbrough team, Chen Xi was also unceremoniously. For McLaren, he has always looked down on him, and he vaguely remembers that it seems that under the leadership of this guy, the superstar-studded England team did not even make it to the European Championship finals. At the beginning, Chen Xi did not pay attention to the qualifiers, but when he watched the European Cup with his friends and drank, he found that there was no England. After tracing back to the source, I found out that it was McLaren, the rice bucket, who brought the England team out of the European Cup. Therefore, in Chen Xi's mind, this guy should be regarded as the most failed England national team coach in history.

"Some people are born to be the protagonist, even in the position of assistant. But some people are born to be supporting roles, even if they are given the position of the protagonist, it will make people feel nondescript! Chen Xi's riposte, which did not name or say his surname, was to the point. Everyone obviously knew that he was sarcastically mocking McLaren.

McClaren is known to have played with Manchester United as an assistant coach with excellent results. Then he became the target of many teams, and even the England national team once issued an application for him. In the end, it was because Lord Fu refused to let him go that he cut off his path to the national team. Annoyed by Ferguson's approach, McLaren eventually decided to set his own foot on his own. But he hasn't had much of a run since leaving the Red Devils. Reaching the League Cup final this time is already his most brilliant record! Therefore, the outside world's evaluation of him is only suitable for being an assistant and has no ability to be a head coach!

For Mills, who openly provoked him, Chen Xi would not be polite to him: "You want me to enjoy tackles? Hopefully it's not his intimidation, I think the referee will protect me! Of course, if he sees this as a fair fight, I'll let him enjoy my pass! ”

Chen Xi's reply was very clever, he first kicked out Mirdy's threatening words again, and reminded the referee to beware of the famous villain player who would make dangerous moves in this game. Protect yourself in advance. Then, Chen Xi did not forget to give a direct response in words!

Chen Xi has always held the mentality that people don't offend me, I don't offend people. Whether on or off the football pitch, he will not take the initiative to provoke others. But if others bully him, Chen Xi is by no means a soft egg!

Subsequently, Chen Xi's teammates also stood up to support Chen Xi, and said that they wanted to give the Middlesbrough team a little color in this final.

In this way, the Middlesbrough team will naturally have to fight back!

In this way, before this League Cup started, the two teams were pinching off the field. This made the reporters and fans very happy, after all, this is a topic. At the same time, everyone's eyes are also drawn to this upcoming final!

(To be continued)