"Today is February 26, the 2011-12 English League Cup final match is held at Wembley Stadium. Among the two teams, the one wearing gray jerseys is Notts County, coached by Chinese coach Zhou Xu. Their League Cup journey has been called a League One fairy tale, yes, you heard it right, they are a team from League One. The ones wearing the blue jerseys are the Toffees Everton from the Premier League. The League Cup eliminated strong teams including Newcastle United, Aston Villa, Wolves and entered the League Cup final stage at Wembley. This is not the first time they have had the opportunity to win the League Cup. The most recent time. He reached the League Cup final in 1984, but lost 0:1 to Liverpool, achieving Liverpool's fourth consecutive League Cup title."

Wembley, Zhou Xu was explaining tactics in the Notts County dressing room.

"Facing Everton, the first thing to pay attention to must be the threat of high headers. Maguire, your defensive target is Fellaini. During the set-piece, defend the Belgian closely and never let him head the ball comfortably. Cahill is suspended due to accumulated yellow cards. The Australian is also a header expert. The central defender Jagaiuka is also a header threat. Ilori, you have to keep an eye on him during free kicks.

The opponent's tactics are similar to ours, which means we will have a fierce exchange of fire with the opponent in the midfield.

B Silva, you and Kante, stop Everton's attack in the midfield.

Robertson and Niemann should also reduce forward insertions, especially Everton's right winger, Kalou from Côte d'Ivoire, who has a fast speed.

Robertson, you need to reduce insertions to ensure that he will not be broken through the wing.

Everton's full-backs are much less threatening in comparison.

Phil Neville, the left-back, is old and has no speed at all, but his defensive skills are still excellent.

Even in the Premier League, there are few players who can break through him.

Coleman on the other side is too young.

Although he has unlimited potential, he is still far from his peak.

According to the starting lineup obtained before the game, Everton's starting striker is Mamou Diouf. This strong striker from Senegal was signed by Everton in the winter window for 4.5 million euros. He has very strong physical fitness and extremely fast speed.

Diouf has mostly been a substitute this season. He comes on the field to attack the opponent's defense when the opponent is not physically strong enough. Postecoglou let Diouf start in this game, obviously wanting to suppress our defense through physical collision. This should be the method he thought of from our game with Rochdale.

If Diouf starts to press the defense at the beginning of the game, Maguire's task is to stick to him, but Diouf is also very fast. Ilori, if he passes Maguire by speed, you need to cover Maguire's position. We may not be able to defend the opponent one-on-one, then two or three people, Kante, you must also limit Diouf's touches at any time.

Everton's head coach definitely studied us. Moyes put Jack Rodwell and Johnny Heitinga in the midfield. These two defensive midfielders stopped our counterattack by strangling our midfield. We could only confront the opponent's arrangement head-on.

Another midfielder, the Belgian Fellaini, in addition to his super header ability, he is 1.

94 meters strong and has a certain ability to steal in the midfield, and he also has a good pass.

More importantly, his attitude, how many times have we seen him sprinting at full speed at the last moment of the game, fighting for every ball.

At the same time, Fellaini is also physically weird, Pogba, your task is to fight him, which is why I didn't put you with Kante and B Silva together.

You have only one goal, the opponent's core, the Belgian Fellaini.

What

I don't understand is that Moyes put Veroso in the central defender position, and Johnny Heitinga in the defensive midfielder position. I guess Veroso will move to the defensive midfielder position after the game starts, so that the midfield has a numerical advantage.

Everton's starting left winger is Russia's Bilyaledinov. He is not fast, although his pass is very beautiful, but he has no breakthrough ability. Therefore, Niemann, you should also participate more in the attack and defense of the middle lane. The gains and losses of the middle lane in this game are crucial."

"This is the first time Notts County has participated in the League Cup final. It is my final match and I believe it is also the first final match for most of your players. I know this will not be the last final stage, but I I don’t want my first time to end in regret. The opponent is a team two levels above us, and it is just a strong opponent.

Let me tell you a story, Pogba and Kante should know. There are still seven days left before the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. France has found a soft persimmon, hoping to find a good state with a big victory before the World Cup. That soft persimmon is my country, China. At that time, China was ranked 87th in the world and France was ranked 13th. There was a clear gap between the two teams.

But China is very tenacious, and they have struggled to hold off waves of French offensives. In the 68th minute of the game, China took a free kick from Deng Zhuoxiang. His free kick hit a precise arc, bypassed the wall, and passed French goalkeeper Lloris. The ball hit the goal hard. Yes, the Chinese team, ranked 87th in the world, defeated the French team, ranked 13th in the world, 1:0.

Football is round. Maybe our chances of winning are not great, but we definitely have a chance of winning. No matter what, everyone, try your best, leave no regrets, and leave the rest to God's will. Come on, everyone, give the fans who come to Wembley a hearty game."

After that, Zhou Xu led the players to Wembley. Witnessed by 100,000 fans, they stepped onto Wembley Stadium and onto the stage of the League Cup final.

"As referee Andrew Madley blew the whistle to start the game, the 2011-12 English League Cup final officially began at Wembley Stadium.

Wearing a black and white striped jersey, attacking from left to right is the biggest dark horse of this season and even this competition, Notts County from League One.

Wearing a blue jersey and attacking from right to left is the Premier League powerhouse Everton.

This is their third League Cup championship, but Everton has not won the League Cup championship trophy in two finals.

Neither team has ever won the League Cup trophy. Whoever wins will make history. However, as a commentator, I want to make my position clear. I support Notts County, not only because Zhou Xu and Wang Chu are in Notts County, but also because Notts County is a team from League One. They are the first team in the League Cup history. The biggest dark horse since then, no matter what, they have created a great record that has never been seen before or since."

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