Unlike the League Cup finals held in the end of February, the League Cup in the 1990s was held in the end of March. Now the schedule of the League One is very problematic. The league, League Cup and FA Cup are all crowded together. In the past three months, Burnley has double matches almost every week.

Fortunately, Burnley is an English League One club, without European competitions, and there are very few international players in the team.

Otherwise, if the European competitions and national team games were added, Burnley's main players would not be able to last a season. George was very dissatisfied with the current schedule of Football Club, and this was due to Burnley's lack of national team games.

George has seen the schedule of the Premier League, and the national team competitions are completely messy at this time. FIFA and UEFA completely ignore the current situation of major clubs and have no care about the schedule of the league. They arrange various national team competitions everywhere.

Since this way, many clubs, especially those strong teams, are always affected by national team competitions. Now, the schedules of both the Premier League, the League One, and the League Two are completely unscientific. Even Burnley is now in the League One, George feels this pressure.

I believe that clubs such as Manchester United, Arsenal and Liverpool will have a personal experience. No wonder the G14 Club League appeared later, and George fully understood them.

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This is the Wembley Stadium in London on March 30, 1998. The Wembley Stadium, which can accommodate 90,000 people, is packed today. Unlike some heavyweight finals, most of the fans of Chelsea and Burnley were fans of Chelsea and Burnley. There are few neutral fans.

The most are Chelsea fans, almost twice that of Burnley fans. Although Burnley fans are very enthusiastic, the number of them is only 30,000.

Before the game, George also said that the tickets for the League Cup final were too expensive. Although Chelsea is a traditional labor club, Chelsea fans are very richer than Burnley fans. The ticket price for a League Cup final is still too expensive for Burnley fans.

However, this still failed to stop the enthusiasm of Burnley fans. A total of 30,000 people came to Wembley Stadium. This was beyond George's imagination. Seeing the ticket price for the League Cup final, George thought it would be good to have 10,000 or 20,000 people.

"Wembley Stadium, I didn't expect that I could come here so soon to see it." Looking at the crowded Wembley Stadium, Evan Sawyer couldn't help but exclaim and looked at Wembley Stadium with a longing expression.

Evan Sawyer's expression is not surprising at all, because all players including George, Carl Pat and Burnley are in this mood. For Wembley Stadium, Burnley everyone has just seen it in their dreams.

Burnley, who has been in the England low-level league for 22 years, has no chance to go to Wembley Stadium.

Wembley Stadium is a football stadium located in London, England. It is the home stadium of the England national team and also hosts the finals of various domestic competitions in England. Wembley was first built in 1923 and is recognized as one of the greatest stadiums in the world. King George V personally cut the first inch of lawn for the stadium. Of course, the name of the Wembley Twin Towers at that time was not called Wembley. It was officially named Empirestadium. It was built for the British Empire Expo in 1924. It is called Wembley Stadium because it is located in the Wembley District in northwest London.

Wembley Stadium not only hosted the League Cup and FA Cup finals, but also hosted the English Domestic World Cup and European Cup. The opening match, semi-finals, finals and all the games that England participated in were held at Wembley Stadium.

George is also very excited now. He has been able to play at Wembley Stadium in just three years. However, George is not as exaggerated as Evan Sawyer, because Burnley players are basically rural. After coming to Wembley Stadium, he was too excited.

From their warm-up on the court, George can see how excited and nervous they are. Therefore, George, the head coach, cannot be fainted with him.

"The players on both sides have finished their warm-ups and have returned to their locker rooms. There are fifteen minutes left before the game starts. There are only cheers from fans on both sides. Although the number of fans is only half of that of Chelsea fans, Burnley fans are no less powerful than Chelsea fans."

"Since the retraction of Stamford Bridge, Chelsea's record has improved significantly. Not only have they become a strong team in the Premier League, but they are also the champions of the FA Cup last year. Although Gulite left Chelsea due to contract issues at the beginning of the year, Chelsea still performed well under the leadership of Viali. It was not affected by the change of coaches."

"Burnley has also led the league in the first league this season, and there should be no problem in upgrading under George's leadership. And he has reached the League Cup final and the FA Cup final, and his results this year are also very good."

"But compared with Chelsea's big names such as Mark Hughes, Robert Dimatho, Gianfranco Zora and Lexx, Burnley players are mostly unknown. Only Neil Lunon is the international player."

"And the styles of the two teams are also opposite. Since Glenn Hodel to Gulit, Viali has played beautifully. With smooth cooperation and fast attack, Chelsea has used exciting technical styles to be unique in English football. In recent years, Chelsea has been the most beautiful team in English football. But Burnley is different. They are solid defense + quick counterattack. Burnley rarely has dazzling short pass cooperation in the opponent's penalty area. Burnley pays more attention to the space and speed of passing. When counterattacking, you can complete a shot with two or three kicks. It is concise and high speed is the biggest summary of Burnley's style of playing."

When the two teams were setting up tactics in the locker room, the commentator introduced the current situation of the two teams. Chelsea is more familiar to the audience, and their beautiful style of play has attracted many neutral fans. But Burnley is different. Burnley is just a team in the League One. The attention received is limited. Except for Burnley fans, only the opponent's fans will understand a little. Therefore, the commentator's introduction to Burnley is more than Chelsea.

"Speaking of this game, this game is a game between two young coaches. Viali, who coaches Chelsea, is only 33 years old, and is only 34 years old in July. Viali is a player and head coach. Chelsea performed very well this year, both as a player and as a coach. At the age of 33, he is very young as a coach."

"But Burnley's head coach is younger, and he became Burnley's head coach at the age of 27. In less than three years, Burnley was brought from a League Two team to the League Cup and FA Cup finals. He will only become thirty in October this year. He is currently the youngest club head coach among professional league clubs of all levels in England."

"These two are both different in the coaching field, but they each led their teams to the League Cup final. Viali inherited Gullit's transformation for Chelsea, and Chelsea still continues its offensive style. But George, the coach, is quite different. In the past three years of coaching Burnley, it can be found that George is not the kind of coach who cares about the scene. According to internal news, George once said that even if he can't win a football game, he should not lose."

"I believe neither of them is willing to lose the match between two very young coaches in the world football world."

As the commentator said, Viali and George both belong to the Young Marshal. At this time, let alone coaches in their early thirties, even coaches in their early 40s also belong to the Young Marshal. Therefore, the commentator specifically pointed out the age of the two.

"In history, neither team is a regular visitor to the League Cup final. Chelsea has only won the League Cup championship once in history, which is the League Cup championship in the 64-65 season. Burnley has never reached the League Cup final. This is the first time Burnley has entered the League Cup final."

When the commentator introduced the two teams to the audience, George had already started his pre-match mobilization in the locker room.
Chapter completed!