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In the early morning of January 6, Beijing time, a first leg of the English League Cup semi-final was contested, with Chelsea playing against Tottenham Hotspur. Chelsea have been in average form lately, winning just one of their five league games but not losing. The Lukaku affair was successfully resolved, leaving Chelsea with one less element of uncertainty. The two sides have met in the last seven meetings, and Chelsea's record is absolutely dominant. In the third round of the league, both sides also played, when Chelsea completely played Tottenham Hotspur and won 3-0. This time, it was still Chelsea who beat Tottenham, but the score became 2-0.
In this game, Tuchel discharged a 4231 formation. Kepa served as the starting goalkeeper. Azpilicueta, Rudiger, Sal and Alonso are paired at 4 defenders. Saul and Jorginho form a double back. Ziyech, Mount and Havertz joined forces. Lukaku is at the top. Tottenham's side is in a 343 formation, with the attacking combination of Son Heung-min, Harry Kane and Lucas Jr. starting the game.
Chelsea went into attacking mode after the game began, with Havertz breaking through the goal guarded by Lowry in the 5th minute. Mount, Ziyech and Rudiger then won successive shots on goal, but none of them seized them. Spurs were also busy making mistakes, with Ben Davis' oolong ball making Chelsea laugh. Chelsea ended the half with a two-goal lead. Tottenham Hotspur was so humiliated by this half that they actually shot 0 on goal, and Conte saw the team perform so badly and covered his face in pain. And Tuchel on the sidelines was excited.
In order to change the team's poor performance, Conte made substitutions in the second half, Ndombele first replaced Doherty, then credible, Lo Celso and Hill came on the field, the team's attack has improved somewhat, but it has never scored. And Chelsea's chances in the second half are also many, especially Werner's one-handed chance, which he also wasted, which is a pity. The final score was set at 2-0!
Chelsea had 64% of the ball in this game. 6 of the 19 shots on goal and 2 goals. Tottenham only had five shots on goal, 2 on target, no goals, all five shots on goal in the second half. It was one of the most humiliating games conte has played to date in charge of Tottenham and there is nothing to appreciate. The combined attacking pairs of Harry Kane and Son Heung-min are worth a whopping €180 million, but in this game they were all completely dumbfounded. Harry Kane had one shot on goal, and Son didn't even have a shot on goal.