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Chapter 321 The last League Cup at the Millennium Stadium
The League Cup is the first championship cup game that is determined by the four major European leagues in the New Year every season. It may also be the cup game that has changed its name the most in the world.

With the change of sponsors over the years, the name of the League Cup has been changed to "Milk Cup", "Little Forest (British supermarket chain brand) Cup", "Rambero Cup", "Coca-Cola Cup", "Worthington Cup". Cup", etc., and the latest version is called "Karin Cup".

However, local fans prefer to call this event the "Mickey Mouse Cup" to vividly summarize the embarrassing status of this event.

The League Cup was founded in the 1960-61 season, and its birth was a mistake: the then powerful league secretary-general Haddock tried to persuade the top leagues to reduce participating teams. League Cup.

This proposal has also been supported by the lower league teams, because there was only the FA Cup before.The chances of being drawn to a strong team and making a lot of money at the box office are basically equal to lottery draws, and they also need one more chance to "lottery".

But in the end the top league refused to reduce the participating teams, and the League Cup proposal was "greedily" accepted by them.

But gradually, the League Cup, without the respect of the FA Cup and without the stimulation of the top league, became tasteless.

In order to increase the charm of the League Cup, the organization of the League Cup has resorted to various tricks: in 1966, England decided to allow the winners of the League Cup and the FA Cup to enjoy the right to participate in the European War; since 1967, the two-round final was changed to a single The final was held at Wembley Stadium like the FA Cup. The League Cup final held at Wembley for the first time in 1967 is still considered the most exciting one.

Even so, the League Cup is still not valued because most of the strong teams refuse to send a first-line lineup in the League Cup.

Beckham and Scholes made their debut in the League Cup in the 1994-1995 season, but judging from the fact that fans usually don't remember this, the status of the League Cup can be imagined.

Some media even said: "The League Cup final is just to add a little headline after the league reaches this stage! At the end of the season, who will still think of the League Cup?"

In detail, there have been many incidents in the League Cup finals in recent years: in 2001, Birmingham, who was still in the first division, once dragged Liverpool to a penalty shoot-out; Turnham; Last season, Middlesbrough, which had not had a championship for more than 2002 years, finally won the first trophy in club history at the Millennium Stadium.

If anyone had told Boro fans in Cardiff that day that the trophy was just a 'Mickey Mouse Cup' they would have been beaten up.

But the problem is indeed as the "Guardian" said: "It is much more difficult to remember the scene of the League Cup final than the FA Cup final. The FA Cup final is a milestone in English football."

However, the Chairman of the League Committee, Sir Murwini, revealed on the 27th that the attendance of the League Cup this season will be a record high in 28 years.

The reason is simple, this is a contest between the Premier League upstart (Chelsea) and the old giants (Liverpool)!

Some media predict that if Chelsea wins the League Cup, then this will be the beginning of the rise of the Blues, and the next champions will follow.And Mourini is said to have booked a hotel in Cardiff as early as four months ago, which is enough to show the Portuguese's determination to reach the final.

Judging from Beitu's performance this season, it seems that Liverpool also very much hope to win the championship in this competition.In this way, the two coaches from Spain and Portugal, who traditionally do not pay attention to domestic cup competitions, both hope to win their first trophy after landing in the Premier League and the first golden key to open the hearts of fans.

The competition between the two coaches of the Iberian Peninsula has attracted the attention of many people.Charismatic, elusive and supremely confident, Mourinho has been a breath of fresh air in English football this season.And the 42-year-old has ended, possibly permanently, the era of the Premier League dominated by Manchester United and Arsenal.

A victory for Chelsea on Sunday would deliver the first fruits of Russian owner Roman Abramovich's investment, with Premier League and Champions League hopes still alive.The Triple Crown seems to be waving at Chelsea.

This kind of good wish can only appear in Liverpool's dream.

This season Liverpool has been injured constantly, and disputes within the board of directors have also delayed the much-needed heavy investment. Even the new stadium has not yet started.

Bayu was elbowed by poor English, and it was much more difficult to adapt to English football than Mourinho.

Now Liverpool is [-] points away from the top Chelsea, and judging from the schedule, it is almost impossible to recover the gap.Therefore, the League Cup championship is undoubtedly a cup of thirst-quenching medicine for Liverpool.

The most important thing is that although Chelsea are in high spirits this season, the Red Army fans are not afraid of them!
With one draw and one win in the two rounds of the league, Liverpool is the biggest pain Chelsea have suffered this season!
"Chelsea? We are not afraid of Chelsea!"

"We have Tom! Tom who can catch mice! Do you think that with Tom's strength, he can't win a small 'Mickey Mouse' cup?"

When it comes to this game, Liverpool fans do have a honeyed confidence that other teams don't have!

"Do you know? Due to the construction of Wembley Stadium, the game has been moved to Cardiff's Millennium Stadium in the past five years, and it has also brought here at least 5 million to 800 million peripheral income for each final. The local hotel 1200% of the industry's turnover is driven by sports competitions." The tour guide of the "Tang Wu Fan Group" checked the time and finally gave a popular science to the group members.

"So everyone is very lucky to be here to watch the League Cup final!
"Because this game may be the last football event in Cardiff, the capital of Wales. If the new Wembley stadium can be completed in time next year, the FA Cup will definitely be moved back to Wembley. Whether the League Cup will be held is still undecided. Come down!"

"Hey, wife, son, did you hear that? Then we are quite lucky!" Old Wang supported his son's legs with excitement on his face.

"Yeah, next year it won't be held here, we will be the last one!"

"It's not the last session, it's the last session held by this stadium!" Lao Wang explained helplessly.

"That's about the same, anyway, you will definitely not come here to watch the finals next year, right?" The woman curled her lips.

"Hey, as long as Tang Wu can still enter the finals, I will come next year!" Old Wang pulled Xiao Wang's legs around his neck, "Son, do you think so?"

"Come again, come again!!!" Xiao Wang said happily, waving his arms.

(End of this chapter)