85 Sword Finger League Cup Next

Different from the future League Cup finals held at the end of February, the 1990s League Cup was held at the end of March. Now there is a big problem with the schedule of the League One. The league, the League Cup and the FA Cup are all crowded together. In the past three months, Burnley has played double games almost every week.

But fortunately, Burnley is a League One club. There are no European games, and there are very few international players in the team.

Otherwise, if the European games and the national team games are added, it is impossible for Burnley's main players to last a season. George is very dissatisfied with the current schedule of the FA, which is still the drag of Burnley's lack of a national team.

George has seen the schedule of the Premier League, and now the national team's game is completely messy. FIFA and UEFA completely ignore the current situation of major clubs and do not take care of the league schedule, and arrange various national team games everywhere.

In this way, many clubs, especially those strong teams, are always affected by the national team's games. Now the schedule of the Premier League, League One and League Two is completely unscientific. Even Burnley is now in League One, and George feels this pressure.

I believe that clubs such as Manchester United, Arsenal and Liverpool will have a good experience. No wonder the G14 Club League appeared later, and George fully understood them.

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This is Wembley Stadium in London on March 30, 1998. Wembley Stadium, which can accommodate 90,000 people, is full today. Unlike some heavyweight finals, most of the fans in the League Cup final between Chelsea and Burnley are fans of Chelsea and Burnley. There are few neutral fans.

The most among them are Chelsea fans, almost twice as many as Burnley fans. Although Burnley fans are very enthusiastic, the number is only 30,000.

Before the game, George also said that the tickets to the League Cup final were too expensive. Although Chelsea is a traditional labor club, Chelsea fans are very rich compared to Burnley fans. The ticket price for a League Cup final is still too expensive for Burnley fans.

However, this still can't stop the enthusiasm of Burnley fans, and a full of 30,000 people came to Wembley Stadium. This is beyond George's imagination. Seeing the ticket price of the League Cup final, George thought it would be good to have one or two thousand people.

"Wembley Stadium, I didn't expect me to come here so soon." Looking at the sea of people at the Wembley Stadium, Evan Sawyer couldn't help admiring and looked at the Wembley Stadium with a longing expression.

Evan Sawyer's expression is not strange at all, because all the players, including George, Carl Pat and Burnley, are in this mood. For Wembley Stadium, everyone in Burnley just saw it in a dream.

Burnley, who has been in England's lower league for 22 years, has never had a chance to go to Wembley Stadium.

Wembley Stadium is a football stadium in London, England. It is the home of the England national team and also host the finals of various matches in England. Wembley was first built in 1923 and is recognized as one of the greatest stadiums in the world. King George V personally cut the first inch of the lawn for the court. Of course, the name of the Wembley Twin Towers at that time was not Wembley, but the official name was Empire Stadium, which was built for the British Empire Expo in 1924. It was called Wembley Stadium because it was located in Wembley District, northwest London.

Wembley Stadium has not only hosted the League Cup and FA Cup finals, but also hosted England's domestic World Cup and European Cup. The just-concluded opening game, semi-finals, finals and all the matches played by England were held at Wembley Stadium.

George is also quite excited now. He has only been able to come to the Wembley game after coaching Burnley for three years. However, George is not as exaggerated as Evan Sawyer, because Burnley players are basically hillbilly. After coming to Wembley Stadium, I was too excited.

From their warm-up on the field, George can find out how excited and nervous they are. Therefore, George, the head coach, can't faint together.

"The players on both sides have finished their warm-up and returned to their locker rooms. There are still 15 minutes before the start of the game. There are only cheers from fans on both sides on the court. Although the number is only half of Chelsea fans, the momentum of Burnley fans is no less than that of Chelsea fans.

"Since the recovery of Stamford Bridge, Chelsea's record has improved significantly. They have not only become a strong team in the Premier League, but also the champion of last year's FA Cup. Although Gullet left Chelsea at the beginning of the year because of the contract, Chelsea still performed well under the leadership of Viali. It is not affected by the change of coach.

"And Burnley is also leading all the way in League One this season, and there should be no problem with the promotion under the leadership of George. And it has already reached the League Cup final and the FA Cup final, and this year's results are also very good.

"However, compared with Chelsea's Mark Hughes, Robert Di Matteo, Gianfranco Zola and Ramox, most of the Burnley players are unknown. Only Neil Lennon is a national footballer.

"And the styles of the two teams are also the opposite. Since Glen Hodel began, Gulit and Viali are all beautiful. With smooth cooperation and fast attack, Chelsea's exciting technical style of play is unique in English football. Chelsea has played the most beautiful football team in England in recent years. But Burnley is different. They are solid defense + quick counterattack. Burnley rarely has dazzling short passes in the opponent's penalty area, and Burnley pays more attention to the space and speed of passing the ball. When fighting back, two or three feet can complete a shot. Simplicity and high speed are the biggest summary of Burnley's style.

When the two teams arranged tactics in the locker room, the commentator introduced the current situation of the two teams. Chelsea is relatively familiar to the audience, and their beautiful style of play attracts a lot of neutral fans. But Burnley is different. Burnley is just a team in the League One. The attention received is limited. In addition to Burnley fans, only the opponent's fans will know a little. Therefore, the commentator's introduction to Burnley is more than that of Chelsea.

Speaking of which, this game is between two young coaches. Viali, who coaches Chelsea, is only 33 years old, and he will be 34 years old by July. Viali is a player and head coach, and Chelsea has performed very well as a player and coach this year. Thirty-three years old, very young as a coach.

"But Burnley's head coach is younger, and he became Burnley's head coach at the age of 27. In less than three years, Burnley was brought from a League Two team to the League Cup and FA Cup finals. In October this year, I will become 30 years old. He is currently the head coach of the youngest professional league clubs in England at all levels.

"The age of these two people is different in the field of coaching. But they led their own teams to the final of the League Cup. Viali inherited Gullet's transformation of Chelsea, and Chelsea still continues the offensive style. And George, the coach, is quite different. In the past three years of coaching Burnley alone, it can be found that George is not the kind of coach who cares about the scene. According to internal news, George once said that even if you can't win a football match, don't lose.

"At present, the battle between two very young coaches in world football, I believe neither of them is willing to lose."

As the commentator said, Viali and George both belong to the young commander. At this time, not to mention coaches in their early thirties, even coaches in their early thirties also belong to the category of young commanders. Therefore, the commentator specifically pointed out the age of the two people.

Historically, neither team has been a regular in the League Cup final. Chelsea has only won the League Cup once in history, that is, the 64-65 season. Burnley has never reached the League Cup final. This is the first time Burnley has reached the League Cup final.

When the commentator introduced the two teams to the audience, George had already started his pre-match mobilization in the locker room.