x In the early morning of January 13, Beijing time, the second leg of the English League Cup semi-final between Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur continued, and Tottenham Hotspur, who lost the first leg, returned to home white Hart Lane.
In terms of the total value of players in both teams, Chelsea reached 878 million and Tottenham Hotspur reached 643 million, which is also worth a lot.
In the first leg of the match between the two teams, Chelsea won easily 2-0 at home, the score could not reflect the gap between the two teams, Conte was helpless on the sidelines.
Spurs have won 4 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss in their last 6 games, which seems to have a good record, but Son Heung-min's absence has still brought some trouble to the team's attack.
Chelsea ended their hot start and have recently braked frequently. Although unbeaten in the past 10 matches, there are only 5 wins and 5 draws, and in the Premier League table, it has not only fallen from the top of the table, but also been pulled apart by Manchester City.
The last 10 meetings between the two teams, Tottenham Hotspur 3 draws and 7 defeats are quite dismal. The last time Spurs beat Chelsea was on January 9 three years ago, when Spurs won 1-0 in the first leg of the Same League Cup.
After the opening, the two teams fought fiercely, interrupting the game by fouling many times.
Chelsea's attack was more threatening, and in the 10th minute, Chelsea's long pass from the back directly found Lukaku, taking advantage of the physical advantage, Lukaku was given the space to shoot, posing a threat to Tottenham's goal.
In the 18th minute, Chelsea won a corner kick from the left, Mount passed the ball to the goal and Rudiger turned his back to goal and hit the ball in with his back.
Chelsea took a 1-0 lead, which also meant Spurs needed to score four goals if they wanted to advance to the final!
In the 31st minute, Tottenham almost equalized, taking advantage of the opportunity of a corner, Spurs grabbed the point, Kane struggled to make up for it at the back point, and almost touched the ball.
Kane, who missed the opportunity, was rather frustrated and hid his regrets.
In the 39th minute, Hoybel's breakthrough forced Rudiger to cut a foul, and Hoybel fell into the box.
Looking back through the VAR, the referee determined that the foul was outside the box, Spurs were awarded a free kick and Lo Celso's shot hit the wall and over the goal.
At the end of the half, the two teams were 1-0, with Chelsea still leading the way.
In the 56th minute, Lucas Jr. broke into the box, Kepa came out to save, Lucas Jr. whipped long, did not touch the ball, fell into the box.
The referee awarded a penalty at the first time, and Kepa waved and shouted injustice.
Through VAR, the referee canceled the penalty award and snatched the ball back from Kane's hand.
In the 64th minute, there was a rare scene on the field. Chelsea defended a low-level mistake, Lucas Jr. had a clear mind after breaking the ball, and passed obliquely to Kane.
At this point, Kepa had abandoned the goal, farther away from the goal than Kane, and Kane seized the opportunity to score.
However, the referee ruled the goal invalid through VAR because Kane was in an offside position! It turned out that Kepa's attack was not a mistake, and the goalkeeper created offside, which was quite rare.
In fact, before Kane shot, Kepa had raised his hand to signal offside, which also fully demonstrated his intelligence and wisdom. The camera gave Kane, and Shen Feng, who was worth 100 million euros, also kept scratching his head, quite helpless.
In the 84th minute, there was an accident in the stands, the medical staff ran quickly, and the game was forced to pause for 6 minutes.
In the end, Spurs lost 1-0 at home to Chelsea again, and the last 11 games have been difficult to win. There is a shortage of manpower, there is a gap in strength, and in the face of the powerful Chelsea, Conte is also helpless and helpless.
Tottenham were eliminated 3-0 on aggregate over two legs as Chelsea rushed to the final of the League Cup, awaiting the winners of Liverpool and Arsenal.