Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, Wales. Outside the Welsh National Stadium, which is mainly used for rugby matches, today it is a paradise for football fans!

At two o'clock in the afternoon, the first final of the year on the European continent will be played here. The two sides will be England's two best teams this year, Manchester United and Tottenham!

Red and white are the main colors of the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff today, although Manchester United drew away signs, but because the home team shirt of Tottenham Hotspur does not conflict with them, they can still wear the red shirt with their surname today!

Compared to Manchester United fans, who have already witnessed numerous accolades, Tottenham fans are clearly more motivated today!

A large number of Tottenham fans travelled from London to Cardiff just to witness Tottenham's first title of the season and their first in four years!

Tottenham Hotspur obviously gave them a huge surprise this year, reaching the final of the League Cup, the FA Cup also reached the semi-finals, and three days ago Hoddle relied on the substitute to get the second leg of the quarter-finals of the League Cup, leading the team to the semi-finals, plus the league is now ranked second, the team hopes to win the championship in all the competitions it participates in, and achieve the Grand Slam!

In their opinion, today's final is Tottenham's first step towards a Grand Slam!

Yang Xu and several die-hard international student fans also came to buy tickets for this final and came to Cardiff!

They clearly didn't want to miss out on Chen's first title. Yes, even if Tottenham's opponent is the mighty Manchester United, they believe that Chen Xi can lead Tottenham to the end!

With the capacity of more than 70,000 fans at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, the FA has set aside a number of tickets for neutral fans, in addition to Tottenham and Manchester United. And the local fans in Cardiff are naturally close to the water.

These local fans have all become supporters of Manchester United, as the Red Devils' star of the game, Ryan Giggs on the left, is the true Lady of Gardy.

Tottenham's Simon Davies is also a Welshman, but neither he can compare to Ryan Giggs in terms of fame or prestige.

Ryan Giggs turned down the invitation of the English FA and resolutely played for Wales made him a hero in the eyes of Welsh fans, and his outstanding achievements in Manchester United made him extremely prestigious in the eyes of Welsh fans!

Ryan Giggs returned from injury before the game and confirmed that he will participate in this game, which also stimulated the local fans to come and witness the game!

In faraway China, in bars, Internet cafes, squares, or in the homes of some fans, countless Chinese fans are also waiting to witness the first championship of Chinese players in the European arena!

The game was only 10 p.m. in China, not too late, and it was a weekend, so even some student fans were able to stay in front of the TV.

The only regret is that CCTV does not have the right to broadcast this game, and fans can only try their best to find some local stations with broadcasts.

Some fans who couldn't get the TV at home and those stations decided to go to the homes of friends who could watch the game together.

In short, the Chinese fans are no less enthusiastic about this game than the fans of Tottenham and Manchester United. There is no doubt that most of the enthusiasm of Chinese fans is directed at Chen Xi!

In the case of Chinese football as a whole, Chen Xi, a Chinese star who has suddenly created countless miracles, has become the spiritual sustenance of Chinese fans. Because he proved to Europeans with his actions that Chinese can also play football well!

Soon, 70,000 fans poured into the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff.

The fans of the two teams are cheering for their teams in a singing way, and despite the fact that the teams they support are different, coincidentally the team anthems of the two teams are strikingly similar. Because they are all adapted from the same song, the stands at this time seem very "harmonious".

The songs of "Glory to Tottenham" and "Glory to Manchester United" fluttered over the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff.

"Good afternoon, friends in front of the TV, and welcome to the 2002-2003 English League Cup final brought to you by Sky TV. I'm Paul Mortenson! ”

"Hello everyone, I'm everyone's old friend, Martin Taylor!"

Sky TV will not let go of the high-profile Carabao Cup final, and their golden partners Paul Mortensen and Martin Taylor have become the commentary partners of this game.

"The real two sides of today's final, Manchester United and Tottenham, are the top two in the league table, which also makes this game even more interesting!"

"Manchester United have been the dominant team in the Premier League since its inception, but they haven't won the Carabao Cup for 11 years! Only managers Alex Ferguson and Ryan Giggs were the only players in their starting line-up who had won the title, so the rest of the players were hungry for this final! ”

'Tottenham have been doing well in the Carabao Cup, they won the trophy once four years ago. However, only Stephen Carr and Ledley King have ever won that championship on the team! Although their captain Redknapp has lifted the trophy twice, it was for Liverpool. Neither the players nor the coach Hoddle have won the Carabao Cup, so they are eager to win the trophy as well! ”

In terms of the squad, Manchester United's previous injuries Paul Scholes, Ryan Giggs and Brown have all returned from injury and are available, while Roy Keane and David Beckham, who have been at odds with manager Alex Ferguson, are also likely to be in the starting line-up. As for Tottenham, left-back Zieg has also returned from injury, which is a strong addition to Tottenham's defense! ”

"Judging by the head-to-head record in recent years, Manchester United have an absolute advantage. At White Hart Lane last season, Manchester United even went from 3-0 down to win 5-3. However, Tottenham have clearly changed a lot this season from last season, and in the first meeting between the two sides in the league this year, Tottenham drew away from Manchester United. Therefore, between the two teams, there is no one team that has a psychological advantage. If I had to find an advantage, it would be the home draw for Tottenham today. Eight wins in the North dressing room of the home side in nine major competitions at the Cardiff Millennium Stadium may be able to add some confidence to Tottenham......

While the two commentators were analyzing the situation of the two teams as usual, the two teams had already finished warming up and returned to their respective locker rooms.

The north locker room used by the home team is obviously much more luxurious than the men's locker room. In fact, this phenomenon exists on most courses. Therefore, if you draw the home draw, you still have some psychological advantages before the game!

Chen Xi and his teammates were making final preparations at this time.

This is the first final that Chen Xi has participated in, but his psychology is not the slightest nervous. has experienced a crossing on the edge of life and death, if you even have stage fright in this kind of scene, it is obviously a little unreasonable. What's more, playing football was originally Chen Xi's most confident thing, so he naturally didn't have anything to worry about.

Chen Xi's teammates are also mostly like this, after all, except for Chen Xi, everyone can be called battle-hardened, even Ridley King and Robbie Keane, who are in their early twenties, have been playing in the professional league for several years, so naturally there is no nervous problem.

"Well, what a beautiful dressing room. It's no wonder that every time there is an important final, the team that uses this dressing room wins. ”

Everyone watched Hoddle stand up, thinking that he was going to mobilize before the war, and all eyes were on him, but he said such a sentence, which immediately caused a burst of laughter in the locker room.

"In the previous nine major tournament finals, the team that used the home dressing room only lost once, do you think we will be the second team?" Hoddle still talked about the dressing room.

"No kidding, boss, we're sure to be the ninth team to win!" Captain Redknapp was the first to speak.

Due to the construction of the new Wembley Stadium, since '01, the FA Cup and League Cup finals have been played at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff. Redknapp, who had gone through Liverpool's glorious "Treble" in '01, had lifted the League Cup and FA Cup at the Cardiff Millennium Stadium, so he looked confident.

"yes, it's hard to go back to Wales and play a game, I don't want to lose!" As the only Welsh player in Tottenham's squad, Simon Davies followed up on Redknapp's words.

"Yes, we must win the championship, it is God's will!" Ridley King, a devout Christian, said with a cross on his chest.

"We have a saying in China that God's will cannot be violated, and if you don't win the championship today, you can't say it!" Chen Xi also echoed. Although he crossed over and became a Chinese who grew up in England, he is still an authentic Chinese in his mind.

In fact, Chen Xi's favorite thing to do is to break fate. But today fate is on his side, and he naturally has to defend it.

"Haha, it seems that you are all very confident! Then I won't have to go to great lengths to mobilize you! In a word, let it go and play and use your attacks to break Manchester United! Hoddle laughed.

"Break down Manchester United with an attack!" Chen Xi and his teammates shouted in unison.

…… At this time, the atmosphere in the away team's dressing room is more casual, and the players are busy with their own business. This group of players in the Manchester United team has basically won the championship at club level. The finals of the league at this level are almost like ordinary leagues to them.

Ferguson looked at his watch and was about to enter the pitch, but he decided to say a few words: "The game is about to start, I only have one request, and that is to defeat Tottenham and break the so-called 'North dressing room myth'!" ”

Manchester United's stars were smiling as they won the title...... It's what they do best!

(To be continued)