Tottenham vs. Chelsea: Carabao Cup fourth round – live! | Soccer

These teams in full, in full textual form:

Tottenham Hotspur: Lloris, Alderweireld, Dier, Tanganga, Aurier, Fernandes, Ndombele, Sissoko, Reguilon, Bergwijn, Lamela. Subs: Doherty, Hojbjerg, Sanchez, Kane, Hart, Lucas Moura, Davies.
Chelsea: Mendy, Azpilicueta, Tomori, Zouma, Chilwell, Jorginho, Kovacic, Hudson-Odoi, Berg, Werner, Giroud. Subs:: Arrizabalaga, Edge, Barkley, Abraham, James, Havertz, Emerson Palmieri.
Referee: Lee Mason.

PA Media submitted A little update on the team news response:

Dele Alli was again excluded from Tottenham’s squad for the Carabao Cup against Chelsea. Alli has only appeared in two of Spurs’ six games so far this season as his future at the club looks bleak. Sergio Reguilon was made a debut when Jose Mourinho made nine changes from the side that drew with Newcastle. Chelsea called a strong line-up when goalkeeper Edouard Mendy made his debut while Ben Chilwell made his first start as a left-back.

And here is the Spurs line-up. It’s a stronger side than expected:

Squad messages should come in in a few minutes, but on the street it is said that Tottenham will actually put together a pretty strong team. We’ll find out how strong it is in a short time.

Well, here’s one more nice mess they got into. To recap, Spurs made it to the fourth round of the Carabao Cup after Leyton Orient was banned from the competition to test their players to see that some of them were Covid positive and will now kick themselves out of the competition . Really, regardless of the fairness of their punishment (not very for the record), Orient should be playing this game, one they could actually enjoy. Instead, Spurs are playing in a competition they can’t participate in, a game they don’t need, just 48 hours before Maccabi Haifa shows up in what is likely a more important Europa League play-off. Another more important league game against Manchester United will follow at the weekend.

“I would love to fight for the Carabao, but I don’t think I can,” Jose Mourinho frowned. “The group stage of the Europa League gives us a certain amount of money, which is very important for a club like us. I think the EFL made a decision for us. They didn’t even create a problem – they made a decision. So that is the decision. “

“I know they have a busy week this week, but when I analyze Tottenham and know the squad they have, they have a fantastic squad,” said Frank Lampard. “So every squad that Jose puts up can be very strong. I think we all know the Carabao Cup. For teams like us and Tottenham battling for the top 4 and the Champions League, the Carabao Cup has its place but we definitely respect it and every tournament we play we try to win. “

I’m afraid tonight will be one where neither side wins, but you don’t lose.