"I didn't expect it, really! The leader now is Burnley from the League One, which is a result that many people didn't expect before the game. We briefly counted the data from the bookmakers and had a very intuitive impression. More than 90% of bettors were invested in Chelsea, and the bets for Burnley only accounted for a fraction of the money."

"Before the game, people were very unpopular with Burnley, who had a smooth journey. No one believed that Burnley could defeat the powerful Chelsea, but in just thirteen minutes of the game, Burnley broke through Chelsea's goal."

When Lungberg took the ball, George was already nervously watching the situation on the field. The moment Kevin Phillips scored, George couldn't help but jump up on the spot and then waved his fist hard.

George and everyone next to him celebrated with embrace. This ball gave Burnley more room for adjustment in the next game.

Not only George, but the entire Burnley bench stood up. Burnley fans were even more surprised. Although they kept shouting "George, we want the championship." In fact, they were also very unhappy about defeating Chelsea.

But Burnley was already one goal ahead in the first half with thirteen minutes of kick-off. How could Burnley fans not be excited?

Chelsea fans and players are very frustrated, but Chelsea are all strong teams in the Premier League. Although they are led by Burnley, they are not panic.

Most Chelsea players have experienced strong storms and many of them have championship experience. They will not panic because of a goal behind. Now it is only thirteen minutes of the first half, and there are nearly eighty minutes left in the game. Some have time to equalize the score and overtake the score.

From the loss of the first ball, Viali also discovered that Chelsea had just disconnected from the third line. So he just made a simple adjustment.

Although Viali, the head coach, was on the court, Dennis Wise still blamed his captain. He first comforted a few people in the defense and then loudly encouraged his players. The Chelsea players who conceded too quickly became calmer.

After re-trial, Chelsea missed the initial temptation and adopted a strong attack. When Chelsea really strengthened the attack, Burnley's defense immediately became in panic.

George saw Burnley's difficulty in defense, and with a wave of his hand, everyone returned to halftime defense except Kloze, who was at the forefront. Zola and Dimatteo were excellent in their skills, but their health was not very good.

After entering full defense, Burnley players began to frequently foul with their bodies according to George's deployment. Even Camoranesi, Neil Lunon and others frequently used some small movements to interrupt Chelsea's rhythm.

Like other technical teams, once Chelsea plays its own rhythm, Burnley will find it difficult to defend. It is just a intensive defense and it may not necessarily be able to stop Chelsea. So when facing such a Chelsea, the most important thing is that they cannot play their own rhythm.

Burnley's frequent fouls made the whole game go on intermittently. The referee's whistle sounded frequently, but Burnley's players were very sensible in fouls. The referee cannot play cards because of this foul move, and today's referee's penalty standard is relatively loose.

Therefore, although there are frequent fouls, there has not been a yellow card so far.

Viali watched Chelsea's offense being interrupted from the front and frowned deeply. As Burnley's entire staff defended, the gap between the midfield and the frontcourt had disappeared. Moreover, Burnley's defense was more layered.

Moreover, the interruption of Chelsea's offense again and again made Chelsea's smooth cooperation unable to play.

When encountering Burnley's iron barrel defense, Chelsea's offense is always a slash.

George stood by the side of the court, the smile in the corner of his mouth became more and more intense. Looking at Viali, George shook his head.

Viali is a very good player. When he was a player, he was one of the best strikers of this era. When he transferred to Sampdoria, Viali created the highest transfer price for young players. But Viali was very calm and said, "My value cannot be measured by money." This is Viali's confidence.

Viali's performance in coaching Chelsea is also very good, and she is one of Chelsea's very successful head coaches.

But Viali now has a fatal disadvantage. That is, Viali is now a player serving as the head coach. Players are good at being the head coach. They can understand the player's mentality anytime and anywhere on the court and convey their intentions.

But there are also very big disadvantages. That is because in the game, many things on the court cannot be understood in time. Just like Chelsea’s disconnection between the backcourt and the midfield just now, if Viali commands on the court, he will definitely see it as soon as possible and then make adjustments. However, Viali is on the court at this time, so he did not see such a big loophole.

It was this loophole that gave Burnley one goal ahead.

If players really want to serve as coaches, George thinks it is good for a defender to be a coach. Especially in the backcourt, you can observe the situation on the court, but Viali, the forward, will have many problems as a coach.

Time passed by minute by minute, and soon 35 minutes of the first half had passed. Since Burnley scored a goal, the whole game has been drowsy. The fouls that cannot be counted made the whole game intermittent. Apart from fouls or fouls, it is not smooth at all.

Because there are Chelsea in this game, many neutral fans are also paying attention to it. However, many neutral fans have lost interest in the current game.

Because the game was too boring, the broadcast camera began to search on the court to see if it could capture some important shots.

"Oh, who is this? Isn't this Fogtz?" Mortson was also bored and the commentator was not excited. However, when he saw the person who came out of the broadcast camera, he screamed loudly. "How could Fogtz come here? Shouldn't he be worried about the French World Cup now?"

"He should have come to inspect the players, right?" Alan Hansen was also quite surprised.

"There are only two German players on the field now. Barack and Klose are both Burnley players. Fogtz doesn't want to take them to the World Cup."

"It's definitely not Klose, I think it should be Barack. Barack performed well at Burnley this season and has scored 19 goals for Burnley. As the core of Burnley's midfield, his performance is obvious to all. In two years, I believe Barack will become the main midfielder of the German national team." Alan Hansen did not hide his admiration for Barack.

Bertie Fogtz looked at the game on the court with a serious expression. Fogtz did come to inspect Barack. Barack made a great reputation in English football. Although Burnley has not yet entered the Premier League. However, as a midfielder, he has scored 19 goals in Burnley this season, which is enough to attract many strong teams to pay attention to Barack.

"But so far in this game, Barack has only been a defensive midfielder and has not shown his offensive strength, especially his goal ability. However, the goal just passed to Lungberg still shows his outstanding vision."

Fogtz's appearance was just a small episode, but this small episode was the only scene in the first half that apart from scoring goals.

With the referee's whistle, the first half, which was broken by Burnley's foul, finally ended.

Burnley players are all smiling. After all, no matter what the first half process is, Burnley leads Chelsea 1-0. This is ahead of Chelsea, not those teams that Burnley has won in the Premier League that do not pay attention to the Cup in order to relegation.

And this is the final. As long as the score remains until the end, Burnley will win the first League Cup championship in history.

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Chapter completed!