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Chapter 122 The Premier League Years Wembley Stadium
On February 2008, 2, it was very foggy in London.

Chelsea's bus was about to leave. Xiang Nan noticed that even Ashley Cole, who was usually the most active in the team, had a dignified expression on his face. As for young players like Taylor, he had an excited expression on his face. the meaning of.

Is this atmosphere just because of a League Cup champion? ! !

Of course it’s not just that, it’s because——
The final venue of the 2007-2008 League Cup is Wembley Stadium! !
Wembley Stadium is the holy land of English football. Every boy in England has always had a 'Wembley dream' since he was a child!
For every teenager in England with a football dream, there is a dream from the first day they come into contact with football, and that dream is——
Play football at Wembley Stadium! !

The original name of this stadium was "Empire Stadium", and the "Empire on which the sun never sets" was used to name the newly built stadium at that time, which shows the status of this stadium in the hearts of the English people.

Although, later, the name became Wembley Stadium, but the English people's admiration and love for this stadium is growing day by day! !

Chelsea's bus is slowly approaching, and it can be seen from a distance that crowds of fans are gathering towards Wembley, shouting the team anthem and shouting slogans, and of course, there is an indispensable thing---carrying beer …

"Look at Bobby Moore!!" Taylor, who was sitting next to Xiang Nan, suddenly shouted excitedly, pointing his finger out of the car window.

Outside Wembley Stadium, the statue of England captain Bobby Moore is still showing off their glory of winning the World Cup in 1966.

Wembley Stadium is the main stadium of the England national team. It is not the first time that Terry, Lampard, Ashley Cole and others have come to this stadium. However, Xiangnan has no doubt that these England The eyes of the players of the national team reveal a look of worship, or a look of faith! !
Terry looked at this spectacular stadium, yelled at Taylor's excitement, smiled, and didn't blame him, perhaps thinking of the scene when he first came to Wembley Stadium.

Although Xiangnan is not clear about the Wembley plot in England, he was also shocked by the magnificence and magnificence of Wembley. This is not only the shock caused by the magnificence of the building, but also a collision of passion! !
There are more and more fans, blue flags and auspicious bird patterns are facing each other outside the stadium, but on the faces of the fans on both sides, there is the same thing, the nervousness and apprehension of the pilgrims about coming to the Holy Land, and that is--
Thirst for victory! !
*******
Before the game starts, Chelsea and Tottenham will draw lots to decide who will use Wembley's home dressing room. At Wembley Stadium, there is a superstition that the ball in the home team's dressing room will be used The team is more able to get the blessing of the Virgin Mary, and can often win the final victory. Everyone thinks that Wembley's home dressing room can bring good luck.

In the pre-match draw, Chelsea's luck was obviously not very good, and they were drawn to the visiting team's dressing room.

At this time, the sun came out and the fog had gradually dissipated.

The visiting team's dressing room at Wembley Stadium.

Grant paced back and forth in the locker room. There was no strategy to arrange for this game. There was almost no secret between the two London teams, not to mention that only three days ago, the two teams had just met in the league. played against each other.

"We got to the visiting team's locker room. This is really a bad situation." Grant looked at his players and said suddenly.

Terry was taken aback, the draw was a duel between the captain of Chelsea and the captain of Tottenham Hotspur, Terry's face changed when he heard the coach suddenly mentioning this.

"But to hell with the damn spell, what will the damn media say when the game is over?"

"They will say that the great Chelsea broke the curse of the away team's dressing room at Wembley Stadium, they are the well-deserved champions!!" Grant said here, turning his head, "John, the whole team should thank you for that The lottery is drawn, and now, lads, you have a chance to make history!!"

Terry was stunned and smiled, "Yes, coach, we are going to make history, aren't we!!"

"That's right, we're going to make history!!" Xiang Nan raised his right arm and roared loudly, he couldn't wait any longer.

Grant was obviously satisfied with the player's performance, and then said that the Israeli spoke very slowly, and Xiang Nan could even feel the coach gritted his teeth word by word, "Tell me, are you the champion? !!"

"Yes, we are the champions!!" Said someone yelled together! !
Xiang Nan felt like his lungs were about to explode, and the singing sound from outside the locker room came in. Xiang Nan felt that he couldn't wait to start the game——
Tottenham Hotspur? ! !

just wait! !

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Inside Wembley Stadium, the seats were already full, and the fans sang the team anthem, waiting for their heroes to appear.

At this time, on the big screen at Wembley Stadium, the starting lineups of both sides have already been played——
Chelsea lineup (4-3-1-2):

Goalkeeper: 1-Peter Cech (PETR-CECH)

Defense: 35-Juliano Belletti (JULIANO-BELLETTI), 6-Ricardo Carvalho, 26-John Terry, 3-Ashley Cole

Midfielders: 5-Michael Essien Ballack, 13-Michael Ballack, 8-Frank Lampard, 24-Wright-Phillips
Forwards: 9-Xiang Nan, 11-Didier Drogba

Tottenham lineup (4-4-2):

Goalkeeper: 1-Robinson

Defense: 2-Zimbonda, 26-Ledley-King, 39-Woodgate, 28-Hutton
Midfielder: 15-Malblanc, 8-Jenas, 4-Zokola, 25-Lennon
Forwards: 9-Berbatov, 10-Kean
"Players from both sides are about to enter the field. We have noticed that the starting lineups of the two teams have hardly changed from the London derby three days ago." Lineker looked at the starting lineups of both sides in his hand.

Uh...Malouda was replaced by Wright Phillips in this game, for some reason, Lineker didn't say it...

Ignored...

"Yes, they are too familiar with each other, just like knowing your wife's body when you turn off the light."

Uh...God bears witness, Mr. Wilson's metaphor is really not very good, it's not healthy. Well, there are quite a few small fans at the scene.

"Chelsea have won the League Cup for two consecutive seasons. If they can win this game, they will achieve an unprecedented three consecutive championships."

"I think it's hard!! You must know that Terry lost to Keane in the draw and was drawn to the visiting team's dressing room. You must know that in the Carabao Cup and FA Cup finals, at Wembley, this is nothing. Good omen!" Old man Wilson shook his head, recounting these old things, and he knew very well that there was a mouse in a certain corner of Wembley.

Enen, but, according to what the old man said, there is no need to play the game. Before the game, the captains of both sides will draw lots to decide the outcome of the game! !

I have to say that superstitious thinking is a bad idea! !

Standing in the player tunnel to the south, his eyes fell on the turf of Wembley Stadium, that is where he will fight for a while, to compete for his first championship silver plate! !

The atmosphere at Wembley Stadium reached a small climax when players from both sides entered the field. Every time the announcer on the spot read a player's name, it must be accompanied by huge boos and deafening cheers , Between the fans of both sides, if you cheer your player, I will boo him, no one is in the way! !

The Chelsea captain put all his players together--
"We are the champions!! Come on!! Chelsea!!" Everyone gathered in a circle and shouted three times! !

*******
The referee blew his whistle, and the final of the 2007-2008 English League Cup began! !
Tottenham Hotspur kicked off first.

After receiving a pass from Robbie Keane, Berbatov knocked back directly and handed it to Lennon.

Lennon, the England talent who has the same name as John Winston Lennon, the soul of the famous British rock band 'The Beatles', received the Bulgarian's pass and did not return it , but pushed forward with the ball, Lennon has absolute confidence in his technique and speed! !

After taking two steps, Lennon immediately found himself caught in the defense of Chelsea. In front of him were 'big buffalo' Essien and Lampard. Looking over from the stands, it seemed that two big men were blocking a sun Boy, it's like preparing to do something bad.

Amen! !
'Damn, so tight! ! '

Lennon cursed, but his feet were unambiguous. He stepped on his right foot, pulled it along the way, and then gently rubbed the middle of the net, trying to hand the ball to Jenas who was plugging in.

The moment the ball was kicked, it was rubbed by Essien with the instep, changed direction, and the ball was passed directly to Wright-Phillips! !
"Thank you!!" Little Wright's next action didn't seem to be an act of thanking him. He suddenly accelerated, and when Jenas' tackle came over, the ball was secretly given to Ashley on the left. Cole.

Ashley Cole didn't stop the ball, and directly passed a ground ball to Ballack's feet. At this moment, Ballack raised his head and looked at the frontcourt, and a big ball directly spun towards the frontcourt— —
And at the moment when Ballack hit the ball, a blue shadow rushed out like an arrow off the string...

(End of this chapter)