It was a relatively slow-paced, but thrilling, intense game.

I believe that at this moment, all the fans who watched this game at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff were in the same mood as Roman Abramovich standing in the VIP box, with the process of the game rising and falling, and their hearts were beating from time to time.

This is something that the Russian could not have imagined before the game, because in his opinion, no matter how good Ye Qiu's Tottenham Hotspur is, there is no way to compete with the ruble army he has built with a lot of money, because his team is full of a group of top powerful stars, even superstars, how can such a team be defeated by a group of children?

The time passed quickly, and Abramovich did not notice at all when he left his seat and came to the front of the box, watching the game intently, and even his mood became very uneasy and uneasy.

He, like Jose Mourinho, sees this game as a game that cannot be lost

For a long time, even after Ye Qiu left Chelsea, he never denied Ye Qiu's outstanding contribution to Chelsea, and he never denied Ye Qiu's outstanding coaching ability, and even in his mind, Ye Qiu is synonymous with the perfect manager, and Mourinho will always be just a replacement.

Because of this, he became nervous, because he was not sure if his team would be able to beat Ye Qiu's Tottenham Hotspur, and he was even thinking that as long as he could beat his opponent, it didn't matter how ugly the game was.

The pace was a bit slow but intense, with the ball changing hands quickly and neither one creating a great chance to score, but Tottenham kept possession and Chelsea were tight.

"Why don't you Chelsea choose to press it out?"

Just now, a distinguished guest from Russia in the VIP box asked Abramovich a strange question, because the guest knew very well that Chelsea was known as the strongest team in the Premier League and even in Europe at the moment.

"I think it's stronger in white, you look at their passes, it's too fast and accurate."

In this game, Chelsea wore the standard blue home jersey, while Tottenham Hotspur also wore their own home white jersey, white and black pants, very simple, without complicated lines and decorations, after all, Tottenham Hotspur was looking for Adidas in a hurry, and the latter did not have time to design the jersey for Tottenham Hotspur.

But even so, but it is from Adidas, the workmanship and quality are not to be said, it looks handsome and elegant, there are only three logos on the chest, the big logo in the middle is Vodafone, the left chest is the Tottenham Hotspur logo, and the right is the Adidas logo.

With the rising tide of Tottenham Hotspur's results this season, coupled with the addition of David Beckham, and the rise of stars such as Messi, Cesc Fabregas, and Franck Franck Ribery, Adidas has significantly strengthened its focus on Tottenham Hotspur and has now begun to design a new shirt for Tottenham Hotspur next season.

At that time, Tottenham Hotspur's home stadium will still be in the traditional color of white and black pants, and the away shirt will also be in the traditional sky blue, not only Adidas will re-tailor the new shirt for Tottenham Hotspur, but also the club will also redesign the team's new team crest, these are some of Tottenham Hotspur's new measures to market the team.

Like every important game and final, Abramovich's League Cup final still invited hundreds of his family and friends from Russia to Cardiff Stadium to watch how his team won the championship again, but the game has been going on so far, the situation seems to be a bit stalemate, which has also led to the views of Abramovich's group of relatives and friends are somewhat polarized, some like Chelsea, some like Tottenham Hotspur, and there is a lot of discussion.

"Don't worry, passivity is only temporary," Israeli Pini Zahavi smiled as he walked over to Abramovich's side.

He knows the Russian too well and beating Tottenham Hotspur in this game is more important than winning the Carabao Cup.

Abramovich is a very possessive person, but at the same time he is also a very competitive person, for him, Ye Qiu refused to keep him and left Chelsea, he did not hesitate to invest in Chelsea to reorganize and strengthen, the purpose is not just to ensure the strength of the team, but to tell everyone one thing, Chelsea will be stronger without Ye Qiu

After Ye Qiu returned to the Premier League, acquired Tottenham Hotspur, and made the north London team a Premier League upstart, Abramovich didn't say anything, but he was secretly comparing himself in his heart, which can be seen from his requirements for Mourinho.

What I didn't expect was that Tottenham Hotspur led by Ye Qiu played the most offensive football in the Premier League this season, and was highly affirmed by the Premier League and even all walks of life in Europe, which made Abramovich, who has always hoped that Chelsea could pursue offensive football, even more awkward and depressed.

Therefore, only by beating Ye Qiu and his Tottenham Hotspur can the depression in Abramovich's heart be slightly relieved.

"Perhaps, we were really wrong" Abramovich looked at the field, Chelsea's players were forced to tighten their defense by Tottenham Hotspur, and they did not have the calmness and generosity that Premier League leaders should have, and even from the field of view, Tottenham Hotspur had to play more calmly and strongly than Chelsea.

"He will never be able to play a football like Ye Qiu," Abramovich said with a sigh.

He chose Mourinho because the Portuguese played a strong attack in the Portuguese Super League when he was in charge of Porto, and many people recommended Mourinho to Abramovich at that time, thinking that he would be a very good manager, but it was not until Mourinho came to Stamford Bridge that Abramovich found that his football was more conservative than Ye Qiu.

Of course, many people are also looking for explanations for Mourinho, such as Ye Qiu's shadow, such as the performance pressure brought by Chelsea's investment, etc., but Abramovich doesn't believe that such a large investment can't be exchanged for beautiful offensive football.

"In today's football, there is only one Ye Qiu" Pini Zahavi doesn't feel that Ye Qiu is a threat at all, of course, they are still enemies, but now only Mourinho and Jorge Mendes can threaten Pini Zahavi.

Oh, and that Peter Kenyon who gets in the way, I heard that he has always maintained close contact with Ye Qiu.

Sometimes Pini Zahavi has to admit that Ye Qiu is indeed very powerful, at the very least, his ability to construct a team's smooth offensive system is indeed unparalleled in the world.

In the first half of this season, Tottenham Hotspur played very chaotically, was beaten badly by many teams, and even sometimes was beaten like a lost dog, but he survived, and persuaded Beckham to join the team during the winter break, which directly led to Tottenham Hotspur's transformation into the most beautiful and hearty team in the Premier League at the moment.

And sometimes, Pini Zahavi really felt as if Ye Qiu had the ability to predict.

In the summer of last year, he grabbed the transfer of Ribery four before the World Cup, which was definitely the most valuable addition of Tottenham Hotspur last summer

What's even more depressing is that Ridley King was introduced with a lot of money, but the England international, who performed very eye-catching last season, has been injured since coming to Chelsea, and has not played a good game for Chelsea so far, 30 million euros have introduced such a glass man, and many people have ridiculed Chelsea, thinking that they have lost more than Real Madrid to introduce Woodgate.

Alan Lennon is very powerful, but the problem is that he can't play the main force in the current Mourinho system, 25 million euros as a substitute, I am afraid that only Chelsea in the world can have such a luxurious move, if you add Shevchenko, who joined at a sky-high price, Chelsea's bench has more than 100 million euros in every game, which is really enough to cheat.

Sometimes when you think about it, it's no wonder that Abramovich is upset, especially when comparing the Ye Qiu period.

Chelsea's main team and bench lineup during the Ye Qiu period were very strong, but the problem is that he is obviously more cost-effective in terms of reinforcements and bench thickness to strengthen his strength, but Mourinho has only been in the team for less than two years, but he doesn't know how much money he squandered the team.

"How's Carlo Ancelotti doing?" Abramovich asked suddenly.

Pini Zahavi was stunned for a moment, and then it dawned on him that Carlo Ancelotti is one of the few managers in football today who can play hearty attacking football, but he is now at home at AC Milan, where is he willing to go

It seems that after asking, Abramovich thought of this layer and waved his hand, "Forget it, I'll ask casually." ”

But Pini Zahavi has a smile on the corner of his mouth

At this moment, a burst of incomparably enthusiastic cheers suddenly erupted in the stadium, attracting the attention of everyone in the box.

Joe Cole picked up the ball on the left and quickly tried to get down the middle, looking for an opportunity to hit Tottenham Hotspur in the ribs.

Mascherano came down quickly and waved at Alves and the Brazilian quickly returned to the right as Ashley Cole was the first to press forward into Tottenham's 30-metre zone.

Joe Cole is very smart, he took advantage of the time when Mascherano and Alves handed over, suddenly accelerated, and wanted to cut into the Tottenham Hotspur penalty area from the left rib, but Mascherano also guarded him with this move, the first time to get close to him, with his body to force him, before he entered the penalty area, out of the foot.

The ball was broken and the man fell into the box, but the referee did not blow the whistle as Joe Cole had expected.

The Chelsea fans in the stands were very upset, they obviously felt that it should have been a foul, and even should have given Chelsea a penalty, but the referee did not blow the whistle, no one could do anything, and Thiago Silva, after seeing the referee not blowing the whistle, immediately saw Drogba approaching, and immediately poked the ball forward.

Beckham retreated to the defence when Mascherano pulled to the right to help, turned after winning the ball, stared at Lampard with his left shoulder, and slotted his right foot directly into the ball.

The ball seemed to pop out of Beckham's feet, climbed quickly, crossed an arc, crossed the entire Chelsea midfield, and fell to the right, at which point the Chelsea defence was quickly returning to the defense, and Carvalho rushed to the front.

At this time, Ashley Cole did not have time to come back in front, and Tottenham Hotspur counter-attacked on the right, which was clearly aimed at this, while the Tottenham Hotspur fans in the stands were shouting frantically as they saw Messi rushing forward quickly along the right flank.

In fact, Messi is really fast at the moment of starting, but when he stops the ball and rushes forward with the ball, the speed is slow, because his long-distance sprint speed is not fast, while Carvalho's recovery speed is not slow at all.

But Messi is still very good with the ball, advancing quickly along the right side, Carvalho is very experienced, knowing that he must not be passed by Messi at this time, he can only choose to block his inward route, and then wait for his teammates to return to the penalty area to organize the defense.

Messi was forced to the right side of the penalty area by Carvalho, and the Portuguese did not give Messi the slightest chance to cut into the middle line from beginning to end, and after reaching the right side of the penalty area, the opportunity to cut inside has been completely lost, Messi can only choose to control the ball, a quick stop, and push the ball back, deduct Carvalho, and knock back to Fabregas, who is inserted in the back.

Cesc Fabregas received the ball on the right side of the edge of the penalty area, facing Makelele, the Spaniard looked at Makelele, stopped the ball with his right foot and made a gesture to rush forward, forcing Makelele to take a step back, but he suddenly stepped on the ball, pulled it back, and then picked it up.

The whole process of the ball was like sticking to his feet, and this pick, the ball directly past Makelele, from the right side of the Chelsea penalty area, diagonally fell to the left side of the penalty area, and Ribery quickly cut into the penalty area from the left rib at this time, but Fabregas's pick in order to avoid the defender, picked a little big, and the landing point was a little out.

Ribery grabbed the ball before Terry and stopped it, but by this time he was already facing away from the goal, but the French big scarface made a feint to make a low cross, and after tricking Terry to follow and shift the center of gravity, he pulled the ball back, and took advantage of his small man's flexibility to deceive Terry into a little gap.

Ribery smashed the ball and pulled Terry half a body apart, and then hit a low cross with his right foot on Terry's left side.

This is the only option that Ribery can make, because if he barely gets his feet, this shot is impossible to hit, because his angle is completely blocked, so he can only choose to cross, hoping that someone in the box will follow up and kick it directly, then the goal will be there.

Of course, if they are cleared by Chelsea early, there is no way to do it.

As David Beckham said in a tactical meeting with his experience, every decision and action a player makes on the pitch cannot guarantee the result he wants, just as he can't guarantee that his every pass can fall to his teammates accurately, and what he can do is to try to pass the ball to the most suitable space for his teammates to pick up.

Ribery is doing the same now

This cross ball was near the penalty spot, Hilario did not dare to attack easily, and behind Terry, Makelele and Carvalho rushed forward to clear the siege as soon as possible, but when the two of them were close to the ball, they suddenly stretched out a thick and powerful thigh from nowhere, grabbed ahead of them, stopped the ball, just out of the reach of Makelele and Carvalho, and then landed on the ground with his right foot, and calmly picked up his left foot to draw at the stopped ball.

Hilario stood on the left side of the goal, and this shot was very tricky, after stopping the ball, he made a left-footed force, and hit the right side of the goal, aimed at Hilario who was standing on the left, which was a very calm, but at the same time very tricky shot.

The Portuguese goalkeeper had no way of reacting, and by the time he realised that someone was kicking, he had already seen the ball go into the net because it was too close, and the shot was very powerful

“GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL

With the cheers of the on-site commentators, all the Tottenham Hotspur fans in the stadium rushed out of their seats, shouting wildly, and the momentum was shocking, and at this time, everyone noticed that it was the powerful center forward who had performed very well this season, Luther van Nistelrooy

'Wow, a shot from Ruud van Nistelrooy in the first minute found the Chelsea goal'

"Oh my God, this is the reward of Tottenham's non-stop attack, do you know? Tottenham Hotspur had 71 possession in the minutes ahead and Chelsea were almost passively on the defensive, is this still the mighty Chelsea team that wants to compete for the Premier League title and the European Cup? ”

'It's too conservative, Mourinho's tactics are too conservative, he should have chosen a more daring and brave tactic instead of shrinking the defence and playing long balls on the counter-attack, which is not Chelsea's strong point, and Drogba barely created the slightest threat up front for almost half an hour in the front.

The game screen and the big screen on the scene kept replaying the whole process of Tottenham Hotspur's attack just now, from Beckham's long pass counterattack, to Messi's insertion of the ball on the right side, and then to the knockback to Cesc Fabregas, who even faced Makelele and gently picked up the pass, and passed the ball directly to the left to Ribery.

"Too confident, Fabregas's pick and pass is too confident, even if he is facing Makelele, but he is still very confident to pick up the pass to the left, and Ribery used his flexible body to shake off Terry's cross, Tottenham Hotspur's attack from the right to the left and back to the middle, and soon very skillful passing and receiving cooperation."

The Tottenham Hotspur players rushed to the sidelines and celebrated vigorously, and saw them all standing in a row one by one and making a pacifier sucking motion, which appeared on the big screen and was cheered by all Tottenham Hotspur fans in the stadium, because they were using this celebration to dedicate this goal to Ye Qiu's newborn child.

"What a harmonious and touching scene, the Tottenham Hotspur players were obviously premeditated, and they celebrated with this action after the goal, and let us congratulate Ye Qiu again, I heard that it was a boy, congratulations to him"

When the camera was on the sidelines, Ye Qiu smiled and applauded the players to show his gratitude, but he quickly issued a request to the players, signaling them to continue to maintain the pressure on Chelsea and not relax in the slightest.

After all, 0 is the least safe score