Chapter 90 The Curse of the South Stand

Tottenham are currently in the middle of the Premier League and winning the Carabao Cup is their only way to qualify for the UEFA Cup next season.

The current coach Hoddle did not take it for granted because Notts County is in the lower league. If Notts County can pass the first and second rounds, perhaps luck is enough to support this result, but if it is to reach the final. , then it is by no means a matter of luck.

Winning Middlesbrough is luck;

Defeating Blackburn is luck;

Victory over Manchester City is luck;

Victory over Arsenal, yes....that's not luck!

If Hoddle thinks that Notts County's success against a string of Premier League teams to reach the final is a matter of luck, then he's out of his mind.

In his opinion, this Notts County team is far more difficult to deal with than the usual Premier League teams, and this game is not as easy to win as Tottenham is touted by the media.

As the former coach of the England national team, Hoddle is by no means a person without real materials to be able to achieve this position.

To prepare for the League Cup final, the importance of pre-match preparation has even exceeded that of the Premier League giants, which made Tottenham players feel the same.

At the press conference before the game, Hoddle was not unexpectedly the focus of questions from the media reporters. As for Loew, who would be interested in the coach of a low-level team!

No, no, this may be a close match. It's not that Tottenham can easily win just like eating breakfast! Hoddle shook his head and said helplessly when faced with the reporter's question. .

Notts County is a strong team, and you can't measure them by the normal strength of a League Two team, whether it's Middlesbrough or Blackburn, or even the giants Arsenal, it's this Notts County team. Tottenham will never repeat their responsibility, so our team, Notts County, attaches great importance to it!

The reporters didn't expect that Hodl actually turned from his arrogant normality and became humble. Could this be Hodl's psychological tactics?

Loew saw the clue from Hoddle's expression. It seems that Tottenham really did not underestimate Notts County!

If Tottenham is as determined to win as the Premier League teams that Notts County have encountered before, then Notts County may have a favorable advantage when it is not taken seriously, but even if Tottenham does not make such a low-level mistake, Leigh Husband will not be afraid to fight head-on with Tottenham. The stable strength of the team is the source of his confidence.

Looking at Hoddle and the reporters playing a soap opera, Loew was not resentful because he was left out. Football is a game of winners and losers. When Notts County won the championship, I believe that when the reporters face themselves, they will be reluctant. It will be another face.

However, Hoddle's conversation changed, but he brought up the famous curse of the South Stand.

It's not that I'm complaining about the decision of the Carabao Cup organising committee, but I'm still worried about the Tottenham fans being placed in the South Stand because it could well be a bad omen.

Hoddle's words are not without allusions, the odds of the curse of the South Stand at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium have been 100 per cent over the past year.

In all of the seven matches between England's domestic teams at the venue last year, the teams backed by fans sitting at the north end of the pitch won.

The seven matches include an FA Cup final, a League Cup final, a Charity Shield match and three league play-offs and the Championship final.

If replaced by an arrogant coach, he may not care about the so-called curse, but in the face of Notts County, Hoddle has no certainty of winning. If the curse really works at this time, then Tottenham will Become the next victim of the curse.

The reporters sneered in their hearts. Hoddle is a famous English legend after all. He led a strong Premier League team to play a League Two team, and he did not show the domineering of a strong team.

At this time, you actually talk about the so-called curse of the South Stand, how afraid of Notts County are you!

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On the evening of the final day, the entire Notts County team took the bus from the hotel to the stadium. At this time, the Cardiff Millennium Stadium was already full of fans. The fans of the two teams were very different. The game has not yet started, and the passionate confrontation has already begun. Opponents, unified response to opponents, this is their battlefield.

When the fans of the two teams appeared on the field to warm up, the fans burst out with enthusiasm like a comet hitting the earth, and the cheers were far more moving than the flood.

Although Tottenham is not a traditional giant of the Premier League, at least it has always been in the category of a strong team in the Premier League. Naturally, I have seen and experienced such a big scene. Although I am full of pride in my heart, it will not panic after all.

But here in Notts County, the inexperienced child soldiers were a little bit intimidated by the big scene, a little dazed and panicked.

I feel like my calf is going to cramp, Xavi, you played in La Liga before, have you experienced this big scene many times? Sneijder asked Alonso in a low voice.

Well, this scene is trivial, you won't have time to think about it after a game! Alonso pretended to be calm, but what no one noticed was that his feet seemed to be shaking. If anyone knows the Royal Family Society, then they will definitely complain about Alonso with disdain, because the Real Sociedad's home field is only 30,000 people, which is far from the Cardiff Millennium Stadium. He has experienced a big fart scene.

Today Loew's lineup is the main lineup of Notts County in the recent period. He did not choose to be extremely conservative like he did against Arsenal. On the contrary, if you often watch Notts County's games, you will know that this lineup is even more Mainly offensive.

Compared with the main lineup at the beginning of the season, Sneijder's recent outstanding performance has put Missy on the bench, which is the biggest change. However, considering the problems of experience and mentality, Loew still put Hubner on top. At the front, because of the single striker's formation arrangement, Villa could only sit on the bench.

Of course, there is also Italian striker Di Natale accompanying Villa, and this pair of brothers and sisters can only comfort each other in the competition.

In fact, Di Natale has a chance to start, because he can also play as a winger or even a winger, but considering the excellent physical fitness and fighting ability of the Dutch winger Kuyt, in the strong confrontation, Loew is more willing to be on the right Kuyt is arranged to start in the avant-garde position, so Di Natale can only be a tragedy.

Putting the two major strikers on the bench, it is estimated that only Notts County can make such an extravagant behavior.

For the two shooters, they can only look forward to the retirement of the old guy Hubernell as soon as possible, and then they can complete the work of grabbing the power!

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