The absolute protagonist Momo Salah, who first serves the assist to Gakpo, then doubles on penalty. Of Szoboszlai and Van Dijk the other networks. On March 16th at Wembley it will be the Italian derby between church and tonals
Too strong. Liverpool pieces to pieces Tottenham and earns the 15th Carabao Cup final in its history, on March 16 in Wembley against Newcastle. Anfield’s 4-0, never in question, is yet another demonstration of superiority of a team that plays at a higher level for everyone, certainly in England and probably also in Europe. Arne Slot, acclaimed by his fans, will go with merit in just over a month to play the first trophy of his Liverpool coaching career, in a cup whose Reds are holders and who have won more than all, 10 times. The spurs dreamed of their first final of Carabao Cup since 2021, deluded from 1-0 of the first leg: they soon understood that there would be no history, because the Reds put them on the strings and continued to beat until the opponents they went ko. The Wembley final will also be an Italian derby: Federico Chiesa, who remained on the bench for the Reds in the return semifinal but which in the League Cup has played 103 of his 283 ‘minutes with Liverpool so far, against Sandro Tonali, absolute protagonist with Newcastle.
The keys
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Liverpool too strong, too determined, too higher. The best was Mo Salah: in his resumé the penalty of the 2-0 at the beginning of the second half (procured by Nuñez launched in front of Kinsky by an illuminating passage from the Egyptian), the splendid assist for 1-0 to 34 ‘in Cody Gakpo (another Reds player in amazing form), the crossbar in the 44th minute and the clear sensation that every time he touches the ball is able to make something happen. Salah is the strongest player of the strongest team, but Liverpool is unreachable precisely because it is a team with many who turn a thousand. Like Dominik Szoboszlai, author of the 3-0 and finally master as number 10. As Virgil Van Dijk, who puts the 4-0 icing on the cake of another game of defense. If Liverpool has the sureness that give the victories, Tottenham has the doubts of a team that, decimated by injuries, is trying to maintain an identity. Anfield made a disturbing mutant scene, put below and never capable of reacting, leaving 26 shots against just 5 to the opponents, never succeeding in framing the door even when Postecoglou breaks the delay and everything is played for everything. The pole that I am struck in the game already compromised is too little to think of coming to Anfield and getting out unscathed against the strongest team in England. Carabao Cup could be that trophy that Tottenham dreams of finally climbing the big six level: for the umpteenth time, the Spurs will look at someone else to raise that trophy to Wembley
The game
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Liverpool immediately checks the game and finds the goal that rebalances the 1-0 spurs of the first leg at 34 ‘with Gakpo, who converts a splendid assistance of Salah’s exterior. Tottenham goes to rest under a single goal because at 44 ‘Kinsky touches a great shot of Salah on the crossbar, just before he walks up raises the white flag for a right ankle problem, replaced by the new purchase tel. The 1-0 from which begins the recovery does not last long: at 51 ‘Salah doubles by converting a penalty procuring by Nuñez, spread in the area by Kinsky launched by an illuminating passage of the Egyptian. Tottenham hasn’t been there for some time: Szoboszlai’s goals and Van Dijk, in the space of 6 ‘, only serve to make Liverpool’s clear superiority more evident. In the final to GicoArsi the cup goes the team that he deserved it more.
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