The second leg of the English League Cup semi-finals has come to an end, with tottenham's new home game ending in Tottenham's 1-0 defeat to Chelsea. And the two-legged match under Tuchel's team won 3-0 against Conte through a perfect performance, in the defensive master's piece he has won too much, they will also be the first to enter the final waiting for the winner between Liverpool and Arsenal, let's take a look at the highlights of this game.
Pre-match
Spurs also faced a curse before this game, they lost 1-0 to Chelsea in the first leg, and according to the historical statistics of the English League Cup, the team that fell behind in the first leg has never been able to pull back the score in the second leg! Another very excessive reason is that their opponents Chelsea have never been overtaken in the second leg after taking the lead in the first leg, which is what they need to break today.
Tottenham coach Conte's set of starts in this game is enough to explain the problem, and his 5-3-2 lineup in this game is obviously to strengthen the team's defense. Emerson, Tanganga, Sanchez, Ben Davis and Doherty are lined up in the defensive line, with Locelso, Winks and the team's core Heybel in the midfield, Harry Kane and Lucas Mora in the defensive line, and Gollini in the goalkeeper position.
Chelsea's side of Tuchel has also changed somewhat, he did not continue to use the first leg of the 4-2-3-1, this game may be learning from Lonnick sent a 4-2-2-2 lineup, four defenders are Maran Sal, Rudiger, Christensen and Azpilicueta, the two backs in front of the defender are Kovacic and Porzhyho double insurance, in front of them is Hudoi and Mount, in front of the double forward is the "golden reconnaissance machine" Werner plus "professional winger" Lukaku.
Race conditions
The opening Spurs side sat at home but was suppressed by Chelsea for a while, but then both sides also had their own offensive and defensive positions to implement their own tactical arrangements very well, Spurs this side is the possession rate to give you and me to fight back, while Chelsea is in control of the ball to carry out a small range of surprise attacks.
Then in the 10th minute Lukaku showed his impact, he was well aware of the long pass intention of the center back Rudiger immediately started, and then faced Ben Davis's defense with his body directly to shake off the opponent, followed by the goal was directly saved by Tottenham goalkeeper Gollini, I have to say that it was a beautiful attempt.
Chelsea's attack was also more simple and practical, in the 17th minute, Mount's corner kick was sent into the box, and then Gollini made a mistake to give Rudiger a gift to lurk in the box! The score became 0-1. Tottenham Hotspur, playing at home, did not expect to be breached by their opponents so quickly.
The tottenham side's counter-attack was not particularly smooth, probably because of the lack of striker Son Heung-min, but they still played some effect in the last few minutes of the first half, Heybel was shoveled by Rudiger when he broke through to the box, the referee first awarded a penalty directly, but then they watched VAR and then changed it to a free kick outside the box, and with the free kick missed, the first half ended.
Tottenham's bad luck today was fully displayed in the second half, and in the 55th minute, Spurs counter-attacked Lucas broke into the box and was directly put down by Kepa, followed by VAR canceling the penalty.
In the 66th minute, Kane took advantage of the opponent's mistake to directly push the empty goal, but VAR came to mix a kick, this time showing that Kane was offside so cancelled this goal again! Chelsea then directly replaced N'Golo Kante to improve the team's midfield defense again, and Spurs were unable to return after scoring a series of goals and penalties, and finally until the end of the game whistled Tottenham Still failed to rewrite the score of the game from 0-1.
After the game
After the game, Chelsea manager Tuchel also led the team to the final of the League Cup, after he had successfully reached the FA Cup final and the Champions League final last season in less than a year in office, plus this League Cup final he was already a three-time final, maybe he is the special person at Chelsea.
And Tottenham's side not only experienced defeats, but more importantly, they were also ridiculed by a team from England's fifth division after they were out! They were Chesterfield United, who fought Chelsea to 5-1 in the FA Cup in the last round, and they posted after the match: Not everyone can score goals in the Champions League! This wave of ridicule is also directly full.