Tottenham v Chelsea: Carabao Cup Fourth Round – Live! | Football

42 minutes: Bergwijn has a chance to hit Gedson, but he misses it and returns the ball to Chelsea.

41 minutes: Harry Kane seems to be rolling up his socks, in the literal sense. Could Mourinho be tempted to substitute before halftime?

40 minutes: Chelsea now pass the ball around their defense again.

37 minutes: The Spurs have shown much more attacking intent in the last 10 minutes or so, and have seen enough ball to now be credited with 32% of possession overall.

34 minutes: Save! An excellent spin from Lamela gives him room in the penalty area, but Mendy saves his slightly off-set left foot.

30 minutes: Hudson-Odoi is played, keeps the ball despite falling and then passes the ball to Werner, but the control of the German’s chest takes him away from the goal and he is forced to retreat.

28 minutes: No, he stayed, despite another pause as Kurt Zouma recovers from a heavy fall.

26 minutes: Eric Dier falls, shuts down, gets a short treatment, turns back on, and now it seems to go off again.

24 minutes: Reguilon sends an excellent cross from deep, but has a clear head. The left-back made two major mistakes in preparation for Chelsea’s goal, and could feel like he has to recover.

23 minutes: Opportunity for the Spurs! Gedson bites in front of Zouma and runs into the area, but when Mendy steps out of his line, Zouma does well to step back and block the shot, and when Gedson stumbles while trying to reach the rebound, the opportunity is lost!

That is superbly taken! Reguilon gives the ball away in the center of the field and Chelsea attack on the left wing. He runs back to close Azpilicueta and then comically slides to his side as the right-back controls his run, and his low center reaches Werner, who has moved closer to the edge of the area, and connects a charming low shot through a group of players and right inside the post!

17 minutes: Chelsea have had 80% possession so far, and now they’ve had a chance too! A cross from the left hits Hudson-Odoi, but her left-handed half volley is a bit weak, and almost totally straight at Lloris, so she stops.

15 minutes: Nathan Stroomberg is Lewes’ keeper, as you may have guessed. Meanwhile, at the Spurs, Lamela tackles Jorginho, who tackles him back, but is tackled again.

13 minutes: An update from Martin Brown! At the Dripping Pan, as Lewes Stadium is superbly called, the home team is down to 10 men!

11 minutes: Chelsea passes the ball for a while, mainly to Tomori. They’ve had about 30 passes so far and they still haven’t crossed the midline.

7 minutes: A bit messy start, from both teams. “I counted the letters and Alderweireld is an even bigger name than the impressive Azpilicueta,” writes Peter Oh. “Don’t believe José’s mind games. The Spurs are here to compete and win.

5 minutes: Hudson-Odoi significantly exceeds a cross, but Chilwell keeps it and returns Werner, who also exceeds his center, somewhat less significant. Goal kick.

4 minutes: Gareth Bale is on the ground, but he’s mostly texting instead of watching football. I guess he’s been sitting down lately and watching a lot of football.

1 minute: Peeeeep! Spurs start the game! But Lee Mason isn’t happy about it, so we all have to do it again. Peeeeeep! Spurs start the game!

Frank Lampard is not surprised to see some big names on the Spurs side:

Yesterday José never deceived me talking about how they would not compete, it is a team to compete. They have a very strong team here and they have joined that in this window. We knew they could pick a lot of players who may not have participated on the weekend or will not participate on Thursday. We expected a strong team and we got it.

Emails from Martin Brown from a real soccer stadium, where a real crowd is watching real soccer. It’s Lewes v Worthing. “450 sold out spectators for this Sussex derby,” he boasts. “Social distancing is fine!”

More from Jose Mourinho pre-match chat:

Let’s fight. We do not have the same conditions as the others, but we will fight for sure. I don’t like at all to go to the next round without playing. Unfortunately for us too, but especially for Leyton Orient, we don’t play that game, which makes me sad. But today we do not have the same conditions as our rival, not only the fact that we played on Sunday and they played on Saturday, we played the day after tomorrow a very important game for our season, both on the sporting and economic side. So we don’t have the same ammunition as them, but yes, we will fight.

José Mourinho says “nobody” He is going to play as a center forward – “today we don’t have nine” – and he refuses to talk about Dele Alli: “I’m not going to talk about players who are not here. Are you going to ask Frank, not Thiago Silva, is it because of the mistake he made or for another reason? “

A little pre-match news from another Premier League team:

Team news should be getting through in a couple of minutes, but the news on the street is that Tottenham is really going to present a pretty strong team. We will find out how strong in no time.

Well here’s another nice mess they’ve gotten themselves into. Bottom line: Spurs made it to the fourth round of the Carabao Cup after Leyton Orient was kicked out of the competition for testing their players and discovering some of them were Covid-positive, and will now proceed to throw themselves out of the competition. Really, regardless of the fairness of their punishment (for the record, not much), Orient should be playing this game, one that they will really like. Instead, here are Spurs, caught up in a competition they can’t compete in, playing a game they don’t need, just 48 hours before Maccabi Haifa shows up for a probably more important Europa League play-off in the balance. with a league game also more important in balance against Manchester United to follow the weekend.

“I would like to fight for Carabao but I don’t think I can,” José Mourinho frowned. “The group stage of the Europa League gives us a certain amount of money which for a club like us is very important. I think the EFL made a decision for us. They didn’t even create a problem, they made a decision. So that’s the decision. “

“I know they have a busy week this week, but when I look at Tottenham and know what team they have, they have a fantastic team,” says Frank Lampard. “So any team José puts in can be very strong. I think we all know the Carabao Cup, for teams like us and Tottenham who are fighting for the top four and the Champions League, the Carabao Cup has its place, but we certainly respect it and every tournament we participate we try to win.

I’m afraid tonight will be one where neither side wins, but one doesn’t lose.