Live Tottenham vs Chelsea today 30/9 League Cup 2020



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Attending the 2020/21 Europa League turned out to be a nightmare for Tottenham at this point as they had to play from the second qualifying round, including the showdown with Chelsea in the fourth round of the English League Cup. tonight, the Spurs have to play a total of 6 games in just … 16 days.

It’s lucky for Tottenham because the League Cup third round match at third-division team Leyton Orient, scheduled for June 22, has been canceled (and Spurs won) due to many Covid-positive opponents. -19.

Tottenham vs Chelsea
Tottenham vs Chelsea

Without stopping there, in two more days Tottenham will have to face Maccabi Haifa in the Europa League playoff round (hereafter the official group stage), and then this weekend it’s a trip to Old Trafford Stadium in MU in the Premier League. . Not only is the density of the game terrifyingly dense, but the distance of the Spurs’ movement terrifies everyone.

Specifically, 2 matches in the 2nd and 3rd qualification of the Europa League against Macedonia and Bulgaria made Mourinho’s army exceed a total of … 11,040km. It’s a really exhausting journey for Tottenham players.

The inevitable consequence, although the 2020/21 season has just started, many of the Spurs mainstays have suffered serious injuries. Son Heung-min only played the first half against Newcastle and was substituted. After that, it was confirmed that the Korean star had a tendon injury and is likely to have to play for a long time. This is definitely a huge loss for Tottenham.

The first match against Tottenham vs Chelsea
Tottenham vs Chelsea lineup match

In such circumstances, Mourinho, although very charming with the British League Cup (he had 4 championships in his career), but did not dare to “join”. Therefore, unsurprisingly, the most important Tottenham players at the moment like Kane, Winks, Lo Celso, Davinson, Davies, Moura, Doherty, Hojbjerg, … either sit on the bench or not named on the list. of game.

Exactly compared to the last game (drawing 1-1 last weekend in Newcastle), only goalkeepers Lloris and Eric Dier (fixed midfield) are still playing. Rookie Sergio Reguilon made his debut after moving from Real Madrid and of course he was willing to kick on the left side of the field in a 3-5-2 table and the opposite side was under the control of Serge Aurier – player There was no future after Mourinho brought Doherty.

Reguilon
Reguilon made his Tottenham debut

In the three-man defense system, in addition to Dier, there is Alderweireld, the Spurs’ key defender, but lately he is no longer a “class A player” and Tanganga, a 21-year-old French player who has been “punished” . for performing poorly on the field. The midfield of this Spurs battle is all about strength when all the “warriors” include Ndombele, Sissoko and Fernandes.

The Spurs’ tallest player in attack is the Lamela vs Bergwijn duo. On the other hand, Dele Alli, a midfielder who is said to be on Mourinho’s “blacklist” (but the parties flatly deny this), is completely absent from this match as proof that the public has not rumored. “evil”.

As for Chelsea, they had a disappointing 3-3 draw against newly promoted West Brom a few days ago despite having a 3-goal lead. The defense is really the headache of coach Frank Lampard when the defenders made a direct error in the 3 goals of the last game.

Thu my Mendy
Mendy’s goalkeeper was soon released by Chelsea

This is why coach Lampard “changed blood” to the entire defense when he faced Tottenham. The goalkeeper has just officially joined the team, Mendy was soon released. Two “national” midfielders (created by the club) Zouma vs Tomori had a chance.

In addition, rookie left-back Ben Chilwell also had his first major game after coming in from the bench and on the right wing, seasoned Cesar Azpilicueta returned to the squad. Since the beginning of the season, he mostly had to go to the bench for the juniors Reece James, although he never ran out of time.

This is powerful evidence of the desirable team depth the Blues possess when the gap between referee and substitute is very fragile. Coach Lampard continued to use 4-2-3-1, but the role of “number 10” did not belong to Kai Havertz (on the bench), but was assigned to his “favorite role”, Mason Mount.

Timo Werner
Timo Werner opened the scoring after Chelsea’s first goal

Another new face, Timo Werner no longer has a stopper, but he will play left in the attack, leaving the center position for Giroud. While Hudson-Odoi has the opportunity to show that the quality of “domestic goods” is not lower than that of “foreign goods”.

Despite having the advantage at home, but from the disposition of the squad, it is enough to understand what strategy Mourinho chooses. Tottenham actively joined in with a deep lineup, handing over control of the midfield area to the visitors. However, despite holding the dominant ball, Chelsea still could not find a hole in the defense of the white jersey team.

It wasn’t until the 17th that the Blues created the first clear situation when Tanganga made a very ungainly break through Mount’s “light” crossing made from the left flank and Hudson-Odoi inside moved to cut the crossing. He kicked the shot, but the ball went straight to Hugo Lloris’ position.

Tottenham vs Chelsea
Lamela (white shirt) was the one who played the most effort and actively in Tottenham’s attack in the first half

However, shortly after, Chelsea opened the scoring. In the 19th minute, Reguilón was won by Hudson-Odoi in the local field and the young English star opened the right wing for Azpilicueta. Next cross to Timo Werner’s position and with a decisive sink, the striker dropped Lloris.

Thus, the player of the German team scored the first goal with a new shirt in a game in which he was not willing to play in the center of the field. In the 23rd minute, Zouma made a mistake but quickly “atoned” with successive blocking attempts, determined to prevent Gedson Fernandes from intimidating Mendy’s goal.

Having led the table, the Spurs had to partially change their plan, they no longer worried about the locals but had to think about attacking the ball to equalize. In the 35th minute, Lamela drove very well into the Chelsea penalty area with a spin to eliminate Jorginho and launch a shot, but Mendy used his foot to save the new team.

At the end of the first half, the two teams played fiercely and fought, so there was no more remarkable situation.

Team

Tottenham (3-5-2): Hugo Lloris; Toby Alderweireld, Eric Dier, Japhet Tanganga; Serge Aurier, Gedson Fernandes, Tanguy Ndombele, Moussa Sissoko, Sergio Reguilon; Steven Bergwijn, Erik Lamela.

Chelsea (4-2-3-1): Edouard Mendy; Cesar Azpilicueta, Kurt Zouma, Fikayo Tomori, Ben Chilwell; Jorginho, Mateo Kovacic; Callum Hudson-Odoi, Mason Mount, Timo Werner; Olivier Giroud.



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