Seven or eight fans came in groups and were blocked by Chinese reporters outside the stadium.
When the reporter heard about Graham, the fans immediately curled their lips. Even if you didn't look at the red and white jerseys they were wearing, you could tell they were Sunderland fans just by looking at their attitudes. Although Tottenham fans don't like Graham very much either
Ham, but no one behaves like this.
"Graham's time is in the past. He is old and now is the time of young coaches. Sue, we have Sue."
The Sunderland fan was obviously very dissatisfied with the reporter's praise of Graham.
"Graham's era?"
The fans next to him were even more disdainful.
"Graham had a bad grade? That was all so many years ago."
"Yeah. He's a traitor who took bribes and defected to Tottenham. His grades are shit."
These fans completely despise Graham.
However, these Sunderland fans saw that the person asking them questions was Su Yun's fellow countryman, so they did not say any harsher words to them.
So after showing disdain, he immediately turned around and left.
"Champion! Champion!"
"Hail! Sunderland!"
Looking at the backs of these fans, several Chinese reporters looked at each other in confusion.
In the eyes of Chinese reporters, a successful coach like Graham should be admired by the fans. Even if he cannot be admired by the fans, at least the fans should admire him.
But in the eyes of Sunderland fans, it's just bullshit.
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Wembley Stadium, which seats 90,000 people, is indeed huge.
But for the passionate Tottenham fans and Sunderland fans, this stadium is not big at all.
Sunderland's Stadium of Light, which seats 42,000 people, is almost full every time this season. This time it is the League Cup final. Don't say that Sunderland is only given 30,000 tickets, even if it is 50,000 or 60,000 tickets
, Sunderland fans will not be too much.
Half an hour before the game started, fans from both sides had already entered the stadium one after another.
Although the game has not started yet, nearly 80,000 fans have already entered Wembley Stadium. There are still many fans entering the stadium and starting to look for seats.
At this time, the players from both sides had finished their warm-up and each returned to their locker room.
Su Yun's face was still very serious.
Although Su Yun tried to relax himself several times, he couldn't do it.
This is the final. It is the first final in my coaching career.
Take a long breath of relief.
Su Yun began to lay out the tactics for this game.
In fact, there isn't much to arrange. After all, Sunderland have been practicing for this game for a long time.
"Actually, Graham is right. I am a complete rookie coach, and this is my first time to enter the finals. Whether it is in China or in England." After laying out the tactics, Su Yun stood
He said very seriously in front of the players: "Compared to Tottenham players, you are all a group of rookies who have never seen a championship."
Sunderland's players are all young.
Most of them have never won any significant championship trophy.
This is indeed the case compared to Tottenham players.
"But this world is where new things bury old things. Graham's championships were all many years ago, and he is outdated. His coaching philosophy can no longer keep up with the development of football. Let us use this game to tell
Graham, he is old. The future belongs to us."
Graham still put a lot of pressure on Su Yun.
After all, he is a championship coach.
It was because he valued Graham that Su Yun even belittled Graham like this. It was also to embolden himself.
"Yes, Graham is already old."
Michael Gray is a newborn calf who is not afraid of tigers.
"Graham is a piece of shit!"
Cotterill saw that the players were disdainful of Graham, so he smiled beside him. If Graham knew that Sunderland was insulting him like this in the locker room, he would definitely be surprised. But he knew that Su Yun was
Use this method to divert players' nervousness.
nervous?
Not only Su Yun was nervous, Cotterill was nervous too, the entire Sunderland players were nervous.
Except for a very small number of players.
"Go. The future is ours!"
"The future is ours!"
All the players followed Su Yun and shouted loudly.
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Because it is the League Cup final, there are some small activities before the game.
But at this time, Su Yun was not in the mood to see this at all.
"Su, don't be nervous."
Cotterill saw that Su Yun had been standing stiffly on the sidelines, so he came over and patted Su Yun on the shoulder.
Su Yun nodded, then shook his head again after a moment.
"George, how can you not be nervous? I have been a coach for so long, and this is the first time I am so close to a championship." Su Yun answered Cotterill with a smile. What else would he say after seeing Cotterill?
She shook her head at him. "Don't worry, George. Now that we're here, I won't let the champion go."
Cotterill just smiled.
After all, the small activities before the game are just spices and the time is very short.
Soon players from both sides began to line up to prepare for the League Cup final.
The referee has already started looking at his watch.
"Hello everyone, this is Wembley Stadium. This is the scene of the League Cup final of the 9899 season. I am John Mortensen."
The game is about to start. Mortensen also started his own commentary. "The opponents of the game are Tottenham Hotspur and Sunderland. These two teams have had their glory days. Tottenham's glory
It was in the 1960s and 1970s. Sunderland's glory was earlier, nearly a hundred years ago. Their honor book is full of championship trophies. But these are all past glories."
Both Tottenham and Sunderland had periods of glory.
"But both of their teams have been in decline for a long time. The last time Tottenham won the championship was the FA Cup eight years ago, while the last time Sunderland won the championship was the FA Cup 26 years ago.
champion."
Tottenham and Sunderland have been having a tough time in recent years.
Mentioning the past glory is nothing more than bragging and comforting the fans' lost hearts.
When Mortensen began to explain, the referee finally blew the whistle for the game.
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"Hello everyone, this is CCTV, CCTV. I am Han Qiaosheng, and my partner is Huang Jianxiang. We are currently broadcasting the English League Cup final. The two sides are the London club Tottenham Hotspur and the team from the north of England.
Sunderland FC in the City of Sunderland.”
This is the first time that CCTV broadcasts an England match live.
In order to prevent any accidents during this live broadcast, CCTV also invited two heavyweight commentators.
Han Qiaosheng and Huang Jianxiang are very popular among Chinese fans recently.
"Teacher Han, are you familiar with these two teams?"
Before the game started, Huang Jianxiang and Han Qiaosheng were also relaxing.
"Because English games entered China late, and the promotion was insufficient. I am still very unfamiliar with English football. If it weren't for coach Su Yun, I wouldn't pay attention to English football." Han Qiaosheng told the truth.
"Yes. Teacher Han."
Huang Jianxiang also nodded. "Those of us are the most familiar with Serie A, but English football is unfamiliar. In order to explain this game, I searched for all the information I could find."
After the two joked with each other for a few words, they began to enter the formal explanation stage.
Although the Chinese media these days introduce the history of Tottenham and Sunderland to fans in detail, and also introduce a lot about the results of this season. However, Han Qiaosheng and Huang Jianxiang still introduced the two in detail before the game.
A team.
Including Tottenham head coach Graham.
"The referee has already blown the whistle. Audience friends, the English League Cup final of the 9899 season has finally begun."
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"Dududu——"
"Champion! Champion!"
"Hail! Sunderland!"
"Tottenham! Tottenham! Tottenham!"
Fans from both sides have begun to cheer for their own teams.
It was Tottenham who took the first kick.
Les Ferdinand passed the ball to Sherwood behind. Sherwood passed the ball to the back again.
Tottenham are in no rush.
They didn't rush to attack after the game started.
Su Yun stood on the sidelines after the game started, paying attention to the situation on the court. There is nothing unexpected about Tottenham's style of play. Graham's style is to play defensive counterattacks, and this tactical style of play has been deeply rooted in Graham's style.
Ham's bone marrow.
This is true whether it was at Arsenal, Leeds United or Tottenham.
He's not going to suddenly become an offensive coach.
Graham is trying to draw out Sunderland and then counterattack.
After watching for nearly five minutes, Su Yun completely understood Graham's thoughts.
But Su Yun didn't have the slightest fear.
Step forward and make an offensive gesture towards the players.
Why Graham succeeded at Arsenal, but failed to achieve any good results at Leeds United and Tottenham. Because he constructed an excellent concrete defense line at Arsenal, including the famous five veterans of the defense.
But neither Leeds United nor Tottenham have such conditions.
Let’s talk about Tottenham today.
Tottenham's midfielder combination is Freund and Sherwood. Freund is a defensive midfielder, while Sherwood is a midfielder with good attacking power. Their combination wants to play defense, but their strength is not good enough.
It really doesn't work.
Among Tottenham's current defensive players, centre-back Campbell is the top player in the UK.
Their defensive holes are even worse than Sunderland's, especially their left back Tarico. He has just arrived in the English League and has not fully adapted to the English League.
There is no telling how many times the difference between the other midfielders and the Arsenal midfielder at their peak was.
With such a lineup, Su Yun doesn't believe that he can play a defensive counterattack like Arsenal's. Since he wants to play defense, Su Yun will take advantage of it. Su Yun wants to see how strong Tottenham's defense is.
Can it defend against Sunderland's attack?
Following Su Yun's gesture, Sunderland began a fierce attack on Tottenham's hinterland...)
