Listening to Cotterill reporting the scores of other games, Su Yun stood up excitedly./Opened his eyes wide, wanting to see if Cotterill was joking.
Cotterill nodded with a smile on his face.
Su Yun was so excited that he couldn't control himself and kept walking around. At this time, Su Yun had no time to care about things on the field. Because at this time, Sunderland was already leading Luton Club 3-0 on the field.
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The game will be over soon.
Three to zero, the victory of this game has been sealed.
This is already the fifth round of the English League Cup.
It’s also December.
Today is December 2nd.
The English League has already played its fifteenth round.
Sunderland, who was very strong at the beginning, also started to show some fatigue. It should be said that there were some bottlenecks. In the last three rounds of games, they only got one win, one draw and one loss. They were defeated by Manchester United and Arsenal one after another.
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Fortunately, the results of Chelsea, Liverpool, and Leeds United during this period were not very good.
Therefore, Sunderland can barely maintain their third position in the UK.
But no one was laughing at Sunderland.
Because Sunderland's results are already outstanding enough. Now that the first half of the English season is about to end, Sunderland is still in the top three in England. It is simply beyond reproach. In recent seasons, there has not been any success.
A newly promoted team can have such outstanding results as Sunderland.
In the past ten years, Jack Walker's Blackburn Rovers and Kevin Keegan's Newcastle have had such outstanding results as newly promoted teams.
Sunderland were lucky in the League Cup quarter-final draw.
We drew Luton, the weakest team among the League Cup quarter-finals.
Luton are currently struggling in the English League Two. Whether they can survive in the English League Two is a question. This is a very weak team, and it is a big upset to reach the quarter-finals of the League Cup. Although Su Yun even has one of the main players
None of the players were on the field, but Sunderland still had an absolute advantage on the field.
Sunderland did not put any effort into the game and already led Luton by three goals in the first half. In the second half, Sunderland had already relaxed, so they did not score any more goals. The game is almost over now.
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But what Su Yun is most happy about is not winning this game, but the news coming from other arenas.
Wimbledon defeated Chelsea 2-1 and Tottenham Hotspur defeated Manchester United 3-1.
There are only two truly strong teams in the League Cup quarter-finals.
That's Manchester United and Chelsea.
Manchester United is the dominant team in England, and Chelsea has also been an absolute strong team in England in recent years. Although the League Cup has only reached the quarter-finals, of course the two teams are the favorites to win the League Cup. But I didn't expect these two teams.
The team was actually eliminated.
Of course, the main reason is still the same.
That is because the value of the League Cup is too low.
All the energy of Manchester United and Chelsea is in the English League and European competitions. Sometimes they even look down on the FA Cup, let alone the League Cup. So in this game, they all came on the bench, and the main players were all
It's to recharge your batteries.
Therefore, facing Wimbledon and Tottenham Hotspur who fought hard, of course they lost the game.
The four teams currently remaining in the semi-finals of the League Cup are Tottenham Hotspur, Wimbledon, Sunderland and Leicester City.
Among these four teams, only Tottenham is an old and strong team. And the team's strength is good. In addition to Tottenham, Wimbledon and Leicester City are worse than the previous year.
Even Tottenham's results this season are quite poor.
The reason why Cotterill was smiling was the same as the reason why Su Yun was excited.
Because suddenly, Sunderland's path in the League Cup was bright. Before they knew it, Sunderland had reached the semi-finals of the League Cup. And suddenly the possibility of winning the League Cup greatly increased.
We are now just three games away from the League Cup title.
There are two games in the League Cup semi-finals and one game in the League Cup final. And there is no absolute strong team in the League Cup now.
Of course Su Yun and Cotterill are looking forward to the championship.
Manchester United and Chelsea can ignore the League Cup champions.
Because they are a powerful force in England, the League Cup is not in their eyes. Manchester United, as the English hegemon, has won many championships in recent years, and they do not care about small cup competitions such as the League Cup. Even Chelsea has won many championships in recent years.
.They just won the Cup Winners' Cup last season. In the eyes of these two clubs, the League Cup is really an insignificant thing.
If you take it, you will be happy at most.
If you can't get it, there's nothing.
But the meaning is different for Sunderland.
The last time Sunderland won a championship was the FA Cup championship in the 7273 season, which was twenty-six years ago. And the last championship was the FA Cup championship in the 3637 season, even more years ago.
It took sixty-two years.
As for Sunderland's six top-flight titles, it was earlier.
Therefore, for Sunderland, the League Cup championship, which others look down upon, is also an important honor.
After twenty-six years without a championship, Sunderland fans have a desire for a championship that those strong teams cannot feel. No matter what championship it is, even the League Cup championship, which has the lowest gold content, is an incredible championship in the eyes of Sunderland fans.
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If Su Yun can lead Sunderland to win a championship, then Su Yun's status in Sunderland and even on the Sunderland board of directors will definitely skyrocket.
Even the Sunderland board of directors don't believe that Sunderland can win a championship.
When negotiating Su Yun's contract, the rewards for the championship were very generous. The League Cup winner's bonus was half of Su Yun's annual salary. The FA Cup winner and the English champion's bonuses were staggering. Because the Sunderland board of directors simply
I never thought that Su Yun could help Sunderland win a championship.
How could Su Yun not be excited now?
"How come Manchester United's Chelsea were eliminated?"
Manchester United and Chelsea take Su Yun very seriously.
These two teams are stronger than Sunderland. If they were both in Suyun, they would not be so excited. Now both teams have left the League Cup.
Great. There's no better news than this.
At the beginning of the season, Su Yun didn't have any interest in the domestic cup competitions in England. Because it was his first time to come to the English League, Su Yun's first goal was to gain a foothold in England instead of playing in the so-called domestic cup competitions.
Although Su Yun has a special feeling for the League Cup, he will never make an irrational or blind decision.
This season Su Yun has sent out a substitute lineup in the League Cup. However, Sunderland has better luck and has only encountered one English team so far. That is Everton, who is on the verge of relegation.
So we successfully reached the semi-finals of the League Cup.
Now several strong teams among the top four are out. The biggest contributor is Tottenham. Tottenham first eliminated Liverpool 3-1 away from home, and then eliminated Manchester United 3-1 at home.
Su Yun didn't even think of it himself.
It was so easy to reach the semi-finals of the League Cup.
Then I looked up and saw that the road ahead was so bright. It was a bright road.
Su Yun seemed to have seen the League Cup champion waving to him.
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"Coach Su, Sunderland has already entered the semi-finals of the League Cup. Can you tell us what Sunderland's goal is in the League Cup this season?"
Now reporters have also obtained the results of other competitions.
The strongest among the current League Cup semi-finals are Tottenham and Sunderland.
Tottenham were able to eliminate Liverpool and Manchester United in succession. The biggest reason is that Manchester United and Liverpool do not attach importance to the League Cup. But Tottenham attaches great importance to the League Cup.
It’s not that Tottenham Hotspur are very fond of the League Cup.
Although Tottenham is not a giant in England, it is definitely a traditional powerhouse in England. In the history of their club, they have the Cup Winners' Cup, the League Cup, and eight FA Cups alone. How can their club value such a low-gold championship as the League Cup...
…It is Tottenham coach Graham who values the Carabao Cup now.
Graham earned a lot of notoriety when he entered Tottenham. Now his performance at Tottenham is not very good. They are already ranked 11th in the English League, and Graham's coaching position is also shaky.
Football is very realistic.
It doesn't matter whether you were a famous coach in England or the world, or what results you achieved in the past. As long as your current results are not good, no one will pay attention to you.
So Graham is under a lot of pressure now.
The League Cup is Graham's lifeline.
Therefore, Tottenham went all out in the League Cup and eliminated both Liverpool and Manchester United.
Apart from Tottenham, the strongest team is Sunderland.
Sunderland are still the third-placed team in the UK.
Just in the previous rounds, Sunderland also defeated Tottenham away from home.
Therefore, Sunderland's chances of winning the championship have also greatly increased.
"Goal? We have entered the semi-finals. I don't think anyone wants to leave empty-handed. So do I."
Su Yun was a little excited, so he also spoke wildly.
The reporters below were even more excited.
Su Yun didn't want to return empty-handed, so there was only one answer. That was to win the League Cup.
"Coach Su, do you mean that Sunderland is preparing to win the League Cup this season?"
Just after Su Yun spoke out his wild words, he felt a little regretful.
I really have some regrets.
Su Yun, who grew up in China, knows what it means to hit the first target. Sunderland's performance in England as a newly promoted team this season is already eye-catching. Now that they have so blatantly stated that they want to win the League Cup, it is really eye-catching.
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It's just that I was a little excited just now, so I didn't hesitate to talk.
So when the reporter continued to ask questions, I smiled.
"This is what you said, not what I said. I think every team desires a championship, but unfortunately there is only one championship. We at Sunderland also desire a championship, and I also desire a championship. But whether we can win the championship is not up to me.
That’s the final word.”
The reporter was very dissatisfied with Su Yun's ambiguous answer.
They wanted to continue asking, but Su Yun waved his hands and left the place.
