“It is my most important game since I arrived and for the club, which has been chasing a title for many years, I would say that too.” José Mourinho could not be more sincere yesterday in the preview of the semi-final of the League Cup that tonight he will face Tottenham, whom he has managed since November 2019, in his stadium against Brentford, of the Championship.
Mañana, Manchester United-Manchester City
On Wednesday the other single-game tie will be played, a whole Manchester derby between Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s United and Pep Guardiola’s City at Old Trafford.
While Mourinho has won this competition four times (three with Chelsea in 2005, 2007 and 2015, and once with Manchester United in 2017), Tottenham have not lifted a title since the 2008 League Cup at the hands of Juande Ramos. . The ‘spurs’ lost in the 2019 Champions League final against Liverpool (0-2) with Mauricio Pochettino on his bench.
Brentford have eliminated four teams from the Premier
Today in London the fourth classified Premier and Championship meet. Despite being a clear favorite, Mourinho, who has beaten Leeds (3-0) on Saturday, does not trust a Brentford who, after beating Wycombe in the opening round on penalties, has eliminated four teams of the English elite before reaching the semifinals: first to Southampton (0-2) and West Brom (2-2 and penalties) away from home and then to Fulham (3-0) and Newcastle (1-0) at home. The Danish coach Thomas Frank counts for the first semifinal in the club’s history with the Barcelona goalkeeper David Raya and the Castellón winger Sergi Canós.
Five substitutions in semifinals and final
Tottenham, who beat Chelsea (1-1 and penalties and Stoke (0-3) in the two qualifiers they have played, have the casualties of Doherty (sent off against Leeds), Bale and Lo Celso, but Mourinho, like Frank , They will be able to make five changes, unlike the three in the Premier, after yesterday approving the English Football League both in the semifinals and in the final on April 25 at Wembley.
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