Southampton's defense was almost completely shrunk in its own half, and the three-line structure was flattened by Tottenham. The more this happened, the more they could not stop Tottenham's two wingers from chopping and slashing the defense.

In the 18th minute, right winger Lennon relied on his personal ability to easily turn Chamberlain and Hammond into a sieve, and without waiting for Gu Ran to return to defense, he directly kicked the ball into the middle.

Crouch jumped high at the left diagonal of the penalty area and headed the ball into the goal.

Unfortunately, Crouch's waist was very weak today, and his header still lacked power, so Southampton escaped.

Then, in the 25th minute, Modric and Van der Vaart made a two-on-two cooperation in the middle, breaking through the double defensive midfielder interception of Gu Ran and Mikel. Mikel reached out and dragged Van der Vaart, limiting Van der Vaart's off-ball sprint, while Gu Ran chased back Modric and used his body to block Modric's dribbling breakthrough.

Modric didn't dare to confront Gu Ran with his body, so he quickly passed the ball behind the right-back Richardson before Gu Ran hit him.

Richardson quickly turned around and chased the ball!

However, Bale was very fast. When Richardson turned around, Bale directly overtook Richardson and went straight to the empty space at the bottom line! Gu Ran immediately tried to intercept Bale's inside cut, but Modric grabbed Gu Ran's arm with his backhand to prevent Gu Ran from speeding up.

Bale took the opportunity to dribble the ball into the small penalty area. Facing Davis' defense, Bale kicked directly and shot at a small angle! Davis made a desperate save, but Bale shot too fast! The ball passed through Davis' armpit and shot into the net! Tottenham scored again! In 25 minutes, Tottenham scored three goals in a row and beat Southampton! Bale happily ran to the Tottenham fans' stand and made a heart shape with his hands to celebrate the goal! The whole Wembley Stadium was full of the cheers of the White Lilies!

The Southampton fans covered their heads with their hands, their faces full of bitterness.

Bale was supposed to be their player.

And now, Bale is helping Tottenham to break through them, and after scoring the goal, he celebrated with love without mercy.

Southampton fans certainly didn't dare to hope that their League One team could win the Carabao Cup final, but being defeated in 25 minutes of the first half was really too frustrating for them.

What’s even more painful is that Southampton fans couldn’t see any bloody counterattacks from Southampton.

The morale of the Southampton players has reached its lowest point.

Head coach Adkins in the technical area on the sidelines didn't know how to give on-the-spot commands and adjustments for a moment.

Tottenham's frontcourt configuration is really too strong.

Modric is the metronome, Van der Vaart is the commander, Bale and Lennon are the fastest wing duo in the Premier League, Crouch is the modern king of headers, Defoe is also extremely fast and can bite...

Although Southampton has Gu Ran and Mikel, this double defensive midfielder partnership can be used as three and a half people, but it still cannot stop Tottenham's aggressive attack.

Southampton's original strategy was to try to physically confront Tottenham, consume Tottenham's overall physical strength, and try not to let Tottenham take the lead. Even if they really took the lead, it should not exceed two goals. In this way, when the physical strength of Tottenham stars was almost exhausted in the second half, Southampton could change from an all-out defense to relying on Gu Ran to counterattack.

But now, in just 25 minutes, Southampton was scored three goals by Tottenham, and these three goals were completely multiple goals. Even if Southampton wanted to strengthen the defense in a targeted manner, it would be meaningless.

Such a score is really despairing.

Not to mention the other players of the Southampton team, even Gu Ran himself couldn't help feeling a little anxious.

The game continues.

Southampton's defense became rough and fouls occurred frequently.

This did disrupt Tottenham's offensive rhythm to a certain extent, but the price was that Southampton received three yellow cards in the next ten minutes.

37th minute.

Tottenham Hotspur got the sixth corner kick of the game after a series of attacks from both wings.

Van der Vaart kicked the ball to the center point and Crouch jumped high to meet the ball.

Gu Ran competes with Crouch for the header!

Although Crouch is over 2 meters tall, his waist strength is obviously not as good as Gu Ran's. As soon as their bodies touched, Crouch was pushed away by Gu Ran.

Mikel picked up the ball, pushed away Bale who was trying to steal the ball with his elbow, and then passed the ball straight to Lallana.

As soon as Lallana stopped the ball and waited for a breakthrough, Tottenham captain Ledley King rushed over to intercept and with an accurate kick, he knocked the ball away from Lallana.

Southampton's fast break was gone.

At this time, Modric retreated at high speed to support, and Gu Ran also stuck close to Modric.

Under the pressure of Lallana, Ledley King immediately passed the ball to Hector who came up to support. Hector dribbled the ball along the left and after being intercepted, he passed the ball to Van der Vaart who was moving flexibly.

Van der Vaart stopped and passed the ball, beautifully getting past Mikel who was rushing towards him fiercely.

Mikel chased back immediately! Van der Vaart was very fast, but Mikel reached out early and pulled Van der Vaart's jersey.

Van der Vaart was unable to accelerate, and immediately lost his balance and fell to the ground! The referee blew the whistle and decisively showed Mikel a yellow card! Mikel was furious, and he thought that under such a strong confrontation, Van der Vaart's fall was like diving.

But the referee insisted on the penalty and warned Mikel that if he did the same thing again, his two yellow cards would be turned into one red card.

Southampton has received four yellow cards, while Tottenham has only received one yellow card.

As a defensive midfielder, Mikel's yellow card is really a headache.

For this foul, the referee also awarded Tottenham a free kick in a good position in the frontcourt, only 30 meters away from the goal line.

Van der Vaart stood confidently on the penalty spot, facing Southampton's tightly packed wall, and then shot a powerful left-footed arc ball!

Davis is... helpless again!

The ball hit the target at an almost unbelievable angle, avoiding Davis' arm and going straight into the blind corner of the goal!

The ball went in! In the 39th minute of the game, the scores on the two big screens at Wembley Stadium were simultaneously changed to Tottenham Hotspur 4:0 Southampton! Tottenham's Lilywhite fans were extremely happy, and they already felt that the league trophy was within their grasp!

The Southampton team was completely defeated!

Unless a miracle can be created, Southampton will not only fail to win, but will also be beaten and create the most shameful match score in the League Cup! The more times come, the more we need top stars to stand up and turn the tide! ... (End of this chapter)