Firstly, both teams had 10 players on the field. Secondly, Southampton tenaciously reversed the score and created the Wembley miracle. Southampton was already invincible mentally, while Tottenham became very impatient.
Tottenham wanted to tie the game by defense and drag it to a penalty shootout, but Gu Ran's stunning scimitar shot ended Tottenham's hope of a penalty shootout! Now Tottenham can only start attacking again and try to score a goal in the last 10 minutes, so as to drag this final into a penalty shootout.
However, it was extremely difficult to score a goal when the team's physical strength was almost depleted and Southampton's morale was low.
Tottenham's first wave of attack resulted in the pass going out of bounds due to a lack of physical coordination between the midfield and frontcourt.
Southampton immediately took the opportunity to replace Chamberlain with defensive midfielder/left back Dixon to continue to strengthen the wing defense.
Chamberlain limped off the court, as if his leg was injured, but in fact he wasn't, it was just to delay time.
After all, there is no extra time in overtime.
The weak team must make reasonable use of all the rules.
Tottenham fans booed Chamberlain, while Southampton fans, Chelsea fans and Arsenal fans gave Chamberlain warm applause.
Chamberlain performed very well in today's game. Although he was always beaten by "Electric Mouse" Lennon in the early stage, in the second half, as Lennon's physical strength declined, Chamberlain was often able to rely on his body to beat Lennon and repeatedly rely on his speed to make crosses.
Seeing Chamberlain walking slowly off the court, Defoe couldn't help but rush up and push Chamberlain.
Chamberlain was stunned at first, then he fell to the ground with his face covered - he was only five steps away from leaving the field.
Now, time was delayed for at least another half minute.
Defoe was so confused that he wanted to bite Chamberlain.
The referee blew the whistle and ran over, giving Defoe a yellow card and another yellow card to Chamberlain.
Chamberlain immediately left the court obediently.
If he gets another yellow card, Dixon won't have to play.
The game resumed, but there was really not much time left for Tottenham.
Tottenham's physical fitness is a huge disadvantage. Under the influence of physical fitness, their error rate becomes extremely high, and they are always unable to get in place to receive the pass.
The second time the ball went out of bounds, Coach Adkins used his last substitution.
Young defender Martin came on the field, replacing veteran Jaidi.
Jaidi already had a yellow card and was afraid to take another one, so he slowly trotted off the field.
After this wave of substitutions, there were only 3 minutes left in the entire overtime.
Southampton fans cheered wildly with no intention of stopping.
Tottenham continued their crazy counterattack, even the back line pressed across the half court! Modric dribbled the ball in the middle, and after being intercepted by Lallana and Lambert, he immediately passed the ball to Van der Vaart who was running forward! However, before Van der Vaart could receive the ball, Gu Ran rushed out from the middle, made a death slide tackle, and shoveled the ball to his feet! Modric hurriedly stepped forward to counter-grab, but Lallana and Lambert stuck Modric tightly, and both sides tried their best!
After Gu Ran stopped the football, he immediately straightened his waist and abdomen and stood up gracefully.
This action also caused screams from women throughout Wembley Stadium.
Then, Gu Ran ran all the way from the backcourt with the ball! Bell slid over from the side, but Gu Ran was too fast, Bell didn't even touch Gu Ran!
Gu Ran dribbled the ball across the center line and looked up to see Gomez standing on the edge of the penalty area - it was obvious that he wanted to intercept one-on-one in the penalty area!
Gomez, you probably don’t know there is a Manchester City goalkeeper named Joe Hart!
Fifty meters away! A fairy from the sky!
Gomez was completely stunned! At the first moment, Gomez thought that the ball was just a plane shot, but in the next moment, Gomez realized that it was not a plane shot. By the third moment, Gomez was too late to turn around and defend! The football whizzed towards the goal!
Gomez leaped up and scooped up the ball with one hand! The ball...went in!!! With only 3 minutes left in the game, Gu Ran used a ruthless move to completely end the suspense!
The cheers of Southampton fans resounded throughout Wembley Stadium!
The jeers from Chelsea and Arsenal fans towards Tottenham fans also echoed throughout Wembley Stadium!
Tottenham fans were stunned and could not believe that they were beaten by a League One team.
And won fairly!
The Southampton team is so passionate and tenacious!
Let 5 catch up with 7!
This League Cup final also created the best League Cup record!
In this final, Gu Ran scored twice, a hat trick, four goals, five goals and six good lucks! This record is unprecedented and will never be surpassed! The only one who can surpass Gu Ran is Gu Ran himself! The Southampton players rushed towards Gu Ran frantically, pinning him down and stacking him up to celebrate!
Tottenham's change in mentality from leading by 4 goals to falling behind by 2 goals was enough to destroy any of them.
Head coach Lao Lei stood in the technical area and spread his hands in despair.
He might have thought that Southampton might be a bit tricky, but he never expected that Tottenham would be beaten so badly by Southampton despite having a good situation in the first half.
The game resumed, but there was less than 1 minute left.
Tottenham Hotspur had lost all morale and had no intention of fighting.
Southampton's physical strength has reached its limit, and both sides have fought to the point where they can no longer fight.
At this time, the referee finally blew the whistle to end the overtime!
Wembley Stadium exploded in an instant!
Southampton fans cheered wildly to celebrate their hard-earned first League Cup title in the club's history!
Tottenham fans covered their faces and cried, refusing to accept this reality.
Southampton's substitutes and staff all rushed into the field and celebrated with the players on the field! "We are the champions! We are the champions! Woohoo!"
Captain Davis and vice-captain Walton knelt on the ground, holding their heads and crying!
It is no exaggeration to say that in their lifetime, they never dared to think that they would be lucky enough to win the League Cup...
Mikel, who was on loan from Chelsea, was also very excited. He was just a substitute in Chelsea who had almost no chance to play. He thought he could win a league championship with Chelsea, but Chelsea was eliminated by Southampton. Now he is wearing the Southampton jersey and won the League Cup with his own hands! This feeling is really great!
Emenalo never lied to me!
...(End of this chapter)