4 to 1.

Newcastle United led by three goals at half-time, and the game played to such a point that it can be said that there is basically no suspense, but Tottenham Hotspur did not admit defeat, and they are not willing to give up the League Cup, as long as there is a glimmer of hope, they will go for it.

They're doing a good job too.

Tottenham Hotspur opened the game on Newcastle United, playing to their midfield strengths, taking the initiative with a quicker pace and more fluid link-up, and scoring in the third wave.

Luka Modric!

Taking advantage of a set-piece opportunity on the edge of the box, Luka Modric sent the ball into the net of Given's goal with a superb set-piece.

4 to 2!

"Modric! Luka Modric! ”

"It was a brilliant free-kick! Luka Modric, he showed extraordinary footwork, a masterful ......"

Tottenham fans perked.

After trailing by three goals at half-time, the most optimistic Tottenham fans lost faith in the game and continued to watch with a glimmer of hope, but Modric's superb free-kick gave them a new lease of hope.

Hope, is the best.

If there is hope, you will have motivation, and you will have the fighting spirit to fight.

After the game resumed, Tottenham continued to launch a series of attacks in an attempt to win another goal in one go.

Of course, it's difficult.

Fighting spirit does not mean success.

Newcastle United's defence was not weak enough to allow Tottenham to score, not only did it struggle to score quickly, they also had to face Newcastle United's counter-attack, and after strengthening their attack, their backfield defense was not solid.

56th minute.

Zhen Shaolong was tightly defended by the opponent, not only Woodgate, when standing in front, midfielder Hoodstone also came to defend, he and Woodgate sandwiched Zhen Shaolong in the middle from left to right, and it was too difficult for Zhen Shaolong to receive a pass from his teammates.

Then he retreated.

Since it's hard to get a pass in front, try to take a few steps back and maybe have a chance at the back.

Although most of his personal skills have been used up, he still has the ability to temporarily head the ball, and Zhen Shaolong feels that as long as he has the opportunity, there is no problem in completing the breakthrough, otherwise he can use the header to assist his teammates.

These are all helpful for the game.

When Zhen Shaolong retreated to about ten meters outside the penalty area, the football was finally passed, and it was a pass that was close to the ground, from Coloccini, who was inserted in the back.

Zhen Shaolong greeted him.

Behind.

Woodgate has been following Zhen Shaolong, he still remembers the situation in the first half, the opponent can directly shake himself away with the ball with his head, and directly turn around to break through, not to mention his flexible feet.

"He's definitely going to break through!"

"Left or right...... If I get too close to him, I'm sure I'm going to be just shaken ......."

"This kind of ball must be predicted first!"

"It's easier for him to break through from the left, but Zhen Shaolong ...... He's always played with no regularity, so I can't believe in the experience......"

"So it's definitely the right side!"

Woodgate immediately stretched out his leg to the right.

Zhen Shaolong ran over to meet the ball, and at the same time paid attention to Woodgate behind him, he didn't want to break through directly at all, because "Attack" had already been used, and it was unlikely that he would break through directly, but he didn't expect the other party to stretch out his feet directly.

To one side?

What's going on?

Zhen Shaolong was a little nameless, so after stopping the ball, he still had time to take a look at Woodgate inexplicably, and then easily took the ball away from the left side.

Woodgate simply couldn't adjust his center of gravity.

Although he easily broke through Woodgate, it was not easy to continue to move forward, Zhen Shaolong finally chose the perimeter hanging door, but because it was too far away from the goal, the force of the kick was not great, and the dead corner was also saved by the opponent's goalkeeper.

Woodgate was directly shaken away and did not attract much attention, and most people felt that Woodgate was probably deceived by Zhen Shaolong's actions.

The next time it will be a little inexplicable.

After his teammates sent the sideline ball, Zhen Shaolong took the initiative to take the ball along the penalty line, followed by Woodgate and Balai, he didn't plan to do anything at all, he just wanted to catch the ball to see the situation, and when he had the opportunity, he would shoot at the goal, and pass the ball to his teammates if he didn't have a chance.

But......

The moment he received the pass, Zhen Shaolong was surprised to find Woodgate jumping.

Yes.

Woodgate jumped!

“——？”

Zhen Shaolong was stunned for a moment, Balai was also shaken by Woodgate's movements, and subconsciously felt that Zhen Shaolong had shot, and turned his head to look in the direction of the goal, and then Zhen Shaolong was very relaxed, rushed over with the ball, and threw the two of them at the goal at once.

And then there's the shot!

After rushing into the box, he was able to calmly get his feet up, and the result was predictable, and the ball rushed into the top of the near corner without any suspense.

"The ball went in ——!"

"Zhen Shaolong scored the fifth goal to help the team stretch the gap to three points, but this goal happened interestingly......"

"Let's look at the slow-motion ......"

"Why did Woodgate jump all of a sudden? His movements seem to be blocking the ball...... Right, should you block the ball with your body? Did he think Zhen Shaolong would shoot the first time? ”

The match commentator had questions.

Many others have the same question, such as full-back Balle complaining, "Jonathan, what were you doing? I've all been deceived by your actions! ”

"I thought he had a shot, but it didn't!"

Woodgate glared at Barley and ignored it, knowing it was his mistake, but what was in his mind was, "How could you be wrong?" He didn't even shoot ......"

"That's not right!"

"It shouldn't be......"

Regardless of what Woodgate thinks, Redknapp can't tolerate his poor performance anymore.

Redknapp knows Zhen Shaolong and knows that Woodgate can't prevent him, but there is a limit to not being able to prevent him, Zhen Shaolong scored three goals in the first half, not to mention, in the second half, he still continued to score goals.

Woodgate's defence was not only ineffective, but rather 'negative'.

"It's going to be hard for the opposition to score so many goals without a lone marker......," Redknapp thought frustratedly, feeling it would be a mistake to trust Woodgate.

Huge mistake!

Look at Woodgate's performance just now, is it completely to help Zhen Shaolong shake off his teammates? What could be worse than that?

Substitution!

Substitutions must be made!

Taking advantage of Newcastle United's celebrations, Redknapp immediately signalled for a substitution, with Woodgate coming off and young Joel Luka coming on.

This substitution adjustment has attracted a lot of attention.

When Zhen Shaolong saw Woodgate go down, he felt a little regretful, "Why was he replaced?" I think this guy is pretty good. ”

"Nice? Just ......"

Owen's mouth opened wide and he didn't know how to describe it.

"That's why it's good!" Zhen Shaolong said as a matter of course, "With him, I can score a few more goals, and he is ...... off"

“……”

Owen was a little upset for Woodgate, "By the way, why isn't this guy defending me?" Otherwise I can get a few ......"

It's a pity.

Woodgate didn't feel sorry at all, he was a little indignant when he was substituted, but Redknapde was highly respected, and he certainly wouldn't be angry with the coach, so he could only sit on the bench and sulk, watching the game and thinking about his summary.

"It should be fine!"

"I'm definitely doing the right thing, and it's going to work!" Woodgate felt that the valid argument was, "This is realized in defending Zhen Shaolong!" Zhen Shaolong! The world's number one shooter, recognized as the most efficient, no one dares to say that they can guard against him! ”

"In the first half, it was both times!"

"But...... That's right, too! The defensive method learned from a very powerful striker may not be effective for that striker, but for other ordinary strikers, it may have a very good effect! Woodgate suddenly diverged his thinking, "Predict in advance, the average player has to stop the ball first, I assume that the ball will stop, maybe it will stop a little bigger, for example, one meter ahead, I will go directly to the predicted place to think, it is possible to grab it directly." ”

"Of course, there is a possibility of misjudgment, so I can't move too much, and I have to be able to adjust my center of gravity at any time......"

Woodgate thought deeply and found that the method he understood was actually a very ordinary anticipatory defense, the only thing was to be more aggressive, but it probably would help, right?

He pondered it.

————

Zhen Shaolong didn't know about Woodgate, because he fell into an epiphany because of his defense, and carefully used his brain to figure out the defensive method.

Will this presumably improve Woodgate's defensive ability?

Probably.

Zhen Shaolong and other teammates focused on the game, and Newcastle United once again led Tottenham Hotspur by three goals, and the game became bright.

Head coach Keegan also stood on the sidelines.

If it had been at the beginning of the season, Keegan would have done it to get the team to attack, but now it's becoming, "Pull back!" Drawdown! ”

"Defend! Defend! ”

"Keep defending and run! Watch defensive! Watch out for the back! ”

When the clock came to an end, with a three-goal lead and defence becoming more important than attacking, Newcastle strengthened their defence and made it more difficult for Tottenham to score.

In the end, Tottenham scored anyway.

In the 85th minute, Darren Bent headed to Bayer, who fired a powerful shot back to Tottenham.

5 to 3!

The goal came too late!

In anticipation of many fans, the referee blew the final whistle and finally Newcastle United beat Tottenham Hotspur to win the Carabao Cup.

"Congratulations Newcastle!"

"Congratulations to them for winning the 2008-2009 English League Cup, it's a very meaningful title, Newcastle United have never won the League Cup in their history, and now they have broken the record of zero!"

This is one of the reasons why Keegan wants to pursue the League Cup.

Newcastle United's history is not illustrious, but it can also be regarded as a 'domestic aristocrat', with five top-flight titles, seven FA Cup wins, but not a League Cup.

In the 1975-1976 season, Newcastle United came closest to winning the League Cup, but they also only reached the final, losing 2-1 to Manchester City, missing out on the Carabao Cup trophy.

Now Newcastle United have finally won the Carabao Cup.

The cheers of the Newcastle United fans in the stands around the stadium were non-stop, and the players in the stadium were also cheering and celebrating.

Champions are something to be excited about.

Every championship is an affirmation of the efforts of all the players, Zhen Shaolong and his teammates gathered together on the grass and kept shouting, and ran to the bottom of the fan stands, constantly waving to the fans, and kicking the game ball directly to the stands, causing chaos in the stands.

After the excitement of the celebration, Owen made an interesting suggestion, "Why don't we all wear Zhen Shaolong's shirt, the red one, and then take a group photo ......"

Zhen Shaolong's face darkened.

This suggestion was echoed by a group of teammates.

After receiving the championship trophy, all the players gathered in the locker room, everyone put on red shirts on board, lined up in two teams to take pictures, and several teammates posted the photos, which caused a crazy reprint by the media.

And then.

This photo has become the front page of many media outlets in the League Cup.

Zhen Shaolong also received consoling news - in view of Zhen Shaolong's great contribution to the promotion of the clothing brand, the British company M&S decided to add an additional 1 million euros in sponsorship funds and decided to design a Chinese character style 'Zhen Shaolong' brand trench coat.

"A windbreaker with the words 'Zhen Shaolong' written on it?" Zhen Shaolong was a little afraid to think about that picture.

It's horrible!

He felt that he should not renew his contract with M&S in the future, because the aesthetic of M&S's designers was really problematic.