LONDON (AP) — As he did during his first season in charge, Thomas Tuchel will lead Chelsea to another final.
An Antonio Rüdiger header gave the Blues a 1-0 win in the second leg of Wednesday’s League Cup semi-final. The team thus completed a 3-0 aggregate victory over Tottenham, their London rival.
Chelsea’s display was again so prominent that it gave Tottenham little chance to create danger, save for a couple of suspected penalties and an apparent equalizer, which were correctly invalidated by VAR.
This must have bothered Antonio Conte, who began his tenure as Tottenham manager a couple of months ago with a squad that seemed to lack enough resources to aspire to what would be their first trophy since 2008, when they beat Chelsea themselves and won the Cup. of League.
Chelsea will contest their 15th final since then, including the FA Cup won by Conte in 2018, when he completed his two-year stay with the team.
In the next final on February 27, the team from west London will face Arsenal or Liverpool, who meet this Thursday in their first leg. Tuchel will seek to add a scepter to the European Champions League that he won in May with a more memorable day at Wembley.
Last year, the German strategist had lost in the FA Cup final.
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