Look at Tottenham's 12 blank championship wall, and naturally understand this century-old London store's desire for the championship trophy. Therefore, even though Stoke City has been fighting for the championship, Mourinho has only rotated seven people, and several core players on the team's central axis, such as Lori, Dell, Huo Yier and Kane, have not stopped.
Under pressure, Mourinho did not dare to be careless. But for the long-term consideration of the team lineup, Ali, who has been abandoned this season, made his debut. Obviously, Mourinho hopes that Ali can find his own state in time and solve the problem of insufficient creativity in Tottenham's midfield.
King Ali has skill and talent, but he has a problem-playing football freely and casually, too casually. Mourinho gave him the chance to start, and obviously there are still expectations for him.
Bell's goal gave Tottenham the expected start. Ali, who started, has a correct attitude and is active in running. I think this is a positive signal for the generals. However, as a serial attacker, Ali did not make a convincing performance. Instead, I missed many opportunities and scored many goals.
Unable to score the second goal and get into the game as soon as possible, Tottenham can't relax, Kane, Huo Yier, Dell and other key players can't rest, and Mourinho's rotation is out of the question. This kind of consumption is undoubtedly a kind of harm to Tottenham, which has a thin lineup and a third-line operation.
In the second half, Stoke barely touched the ball in the first half, and the first shot of the game equalized the score. And this goal, thanks to Ali's charming heel pass.
A game that could have been won in the most economical and applicable way has become extremely difficult again. Seeing that Ali was so useless, Mourinho had to replace him with lamela who was back from injury. As a result, Ali kicked a water bottle under Mourinho's nose and kept swearing when he returned to the bench.
At this point, Mourinho's initial wishes for this game have all failed, and the plan to expect Ali to find his state and help the team can only be abandoned.
After Ali left, Tottenham continued to attack. In the 70th minute, Ben Davis took the lead for Tottenham once again with a long-range shot, and finally made up the hole dug by Ali.
Six minutes later, Sun Xingyu's single-pole volley was misjudged as offside. Unfortunately, there was no VAR in the Carling Cup and the penalty could not be changed. Fortunately, Kane scored a goal in the 8th1minute, and Tottenham finally won the game with 3- 1, and reached the semi-finals of the Carling Cup together with Manchester City, Manchester United and brentford.
The subsequent draw for the Carling Cup semi-final made Mourinho smile. Tottenham beat brentford, the weakest champion team, and almost got tickets for the final.
The Carling Cup may become Tottenham's first trophy since 12. Whether the final is against Manchester City or Manchester United, Tottenham are determined to win. And since Mourinho came to the Premier League, * * * led the team to reach the semi-finals of the League Cup four times, and finally all of them advanced! Similarly, Mourinho's winning percentage in the Carling Cup final is four, and the winning percentage is 100%!
If we can awaken Tottenham's recovery with a Carling Cup trophy, why not?