With his girlfriend's promise, Wang Xiaodong suddenly became energetic again.
The depression of losing was gone. On the contrary, there was new hope.
"Is the League Cup okay?" Wang Xiaodong asked impatiently.
"You already have a League Cup championship, what do you think?" Emma raised the corner of her mouth. The League Cup championship is obviously not important enough in her heart.
"Okay, that's what you said." Wang Xiaodong nodded, "Then let's win the League Cup first. Then I will use at least a double champion to declare my real girlfriend to the fans!"
Seeing Wang Xiaodong's enthusiasm, the little witch's face instantly turned red.
A breakup is better than a wedding. For the past six months, she has been thinking about her boyfriend all the time.
After the unexpected loss to Manchester United, the entire Tottenham team tightened their nerves again.
In the league on February 10, they defeated Sheffield United 3-1 away from home; in the FA Cup on February 17, they defeated Fulham with a 4-0 victory.
A week later, Bolton, who had a chance to earn four points, also fell to Tottenham's youth storm. In this game, Wang Xiaodong scored twice again and won the man of the match.
After this round of league games, Tottenham once again entered a state of intense preparation.
After two consecutive intense North London derbies with Arsenal, Tottenham faced two consecutive London City derbies that were as intense as the former.
I have to say, Tottenham’s schedule this season is simply too exciting!
Since Wang Xiaodong still has one game remaining in his suspension, Wang Xiaodong will not appear on the squad for the next FA Cup quarter-finals. For Tottenham, the League Cup final is the top priority.
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In the afternoon before the final, Martin Joel took captain Robbie Keane and team midfielder Wang Xiaodong to attend the pre-match press conference.
Before a few people could sit down, there was a sound of flashing lights from the audience.
In this League Cup final, more than 70 countries and regions sent reporters to the front line. There were at least 300 reporters with work IDs hanging around their necks in the entire venue, craning their necks, waiting for the protagonist to speak.
Looking at the "long-barreled cannon" in the back row, Wang Xiaodong thought of the German tanks from World War II.
"There are quite a few people here today!" Wang Xiaodong chuckled, showing no intention of restraining his voice.
Robbie Keane touched his young teammate with his hand in the audience. The big game was coming, so it was better to keep a low profile before the game.
"Captain, why are you holding my hand?" Wang Xiaodong muttered, "I'm not gay!"
Robbie Keane rolled his eyes, "Me neither, Farke!"
"Mr. Martin Joel, what are your expectations for tomorrow's game?" a reporter from West Asia asked first.
"Of course we won the championship." Martin Joel showed a relaxed smile. "Didn't you see that I brought last year's League Cup MVP to the scene? With DONG here, we have full confidence."
"Kakaka!"
The flashlights in the audience were pointed at Wang Xiaodong again.
"Champion, I just want the championship!" Martin Joel said seriously, "Tottenham will not accept any other result!"
At this moment, the magic bird on the other side sneered.
When the camera turned on the Blues coach, Magic Bird shrugged, "If you can win the League Cup with a player who has won the League Cup, then there are more than ten players on the Chelsea team who have won this honor!"
Magic Bird is right, the League Cup champion in the 2004-05 season was Chelsea.
The League Cup has turned into a London City Derby, and the media in London City are already very excited.
Seeing that the game is already full of excitement even before it starts, these guys who make a living from the news are even more excited.
Although Martin Joel bluntly stated that he was bound to win the championship, the Portuguese madman did not disappoint. In view of Martin Joel's weakness of never getting involved in this championship, he ruthlessly ridiculed his opponents.
The Tottenham boss later hit back on the remark, saying whether he had won championships was not a measure of a coach's greatness.
"Yes, I completely agree with him on this issue. Although he has not won the championship in this event, he is still a great coach." Although Martin Joel was sitting next to him, everyone looked at Clearly understand the sarcastic face of the magic bird.
"Although I haven't been in the Premier League for a long time, I was fortunate to have won the championship once, so this makes me feel very embarrassed." Magic Bird continued to mock.
"Perhaps the experience of winning a championship will make me slack off. Of course, I am not making excuses for failure. For Chelsea, since they have reached the final, there is a result more worthy of pursuit than winning the championship. What?"
Less than two weeks after the League Cup final, the two teams will compete in the FA Cup.
So at this time, you won't save face at all for the other party, and you can tear off the face that needs to be broken, and you will fight to the death anyway.
Magic Bird's mocking face immediately angered Wang Xiaodong. Every time the Blues coach spoke, Wang Xiaodong deliberately clenched his fists loudly.
"DONG, what do you think of tomorrow's game?" a reporter from "The Sun" asked proudly.
"My opinion? Of course it's a blow..." Before he could finish speaking, Robbie Keane kicked Wang Xiaodong's right leg hard with his left foot.
Sensing the hint from the captain, Wang Xiaodong quickly changed his words.
"Chelsea is a strong team and there will definitely be many difficulties against them. But this is not the key. The key is how we as players can flexibly use the tactical plan formulated by the coach to defeat our opponents in the game. ..”
Wang Xiaodong's two-state speech made the Chinese reporters in the audience dumbfounded, but some local reporters in London smiled. Obviously, this was not the first time Wang Xiaodong had done this.
Journalists working in the City of London know that asking questions to Wang Xiaodong at a press conference will always lead to some unexpected results.
As Wang Xiaodong's status in Tottenham became more and more important, Martin Joel had to bring Wang Xiaodong to the press conference before and after many important games.
For this reason, the Dutch coach suffered a huge headache and even gave Wang Xiaodong private "speaking" lessons, just because he didn't want Wang Xiaodong to talk nonsense.
"So Dong, it seems you are confident of winning the game?" Another reporter asked.
"Of course!" Regarding this question, Wang Xiaodong answered without hesitation, "This is the final, of course I will try my best to win."
But this time, the magic bird just smiled and did not answer.
Seeing that the Chelsea coach did not accept the call, the reporters in the audience were disappointed and asked another question.
"Who will be Chelsea's starting goalkeeper in this final?"
Hearing this question, Mourinho straightened up and replied seriously: "A few days ago, UEFA announced in a statement that it had approved Peter to wear a special helmet to compete."
"The FA have taken the same decision."
"Getting such approval is not difficult, as long as Cech's helmet does not pose a risk to other players and does not bear the obvious logo of the helmet manufacturer or sponsor."
"Now Peter is recovering well and has performed normally in the previous rehabilitation games."
"So, Peter will start in this game."
Regarding the main choice of goalkeeper, Magic Bird is not hiding anything.
On the contrary, he supported Cech so strongly just to give the Czechs confidence.
"Playing with a helmet on?" Wang Xiaodong muttered disdainfully after hearing this, "I hope this kind of thing can protect him."
