League Cup Final: Thomas Tuchel determined to fight for crumbs with Juergen Klopp

When Chelsea take on Liverpool in the League Cup final tonight, German coaches Thomas Tuchel and Juergen Klopp, who have already won major trophies, will find themselves competing for the bread crumbs that Man City have been greedily eating for the past four years.

It is strange to think that it took Chelsea and Liverpool 10 years to reach the League Cup final. That shows that these two giants do not attach much importance to this small title, which is not as glorious as the FA Cup, let alone the Premier League or Champions League.

Klopp even used the League Cup as a gift for the kids at Liverpool's academy when he used the entire U20 team to play. It's not that he despised his opponents, but because the League Cup wasn't worth his attention or the physical stress on the first team players.

It is easy to understand why Man City easily won the League Cup for 4 consecutive years, an unprecedented achievement in the history of English football but it is just a fun statistic. Eagles and falcons only care about big prey, not the bread crumbs of the League Cup. If you ask Pep Guardiola if he would exchange 100 League Cup trophies for one Champions League Silver Cup, he would not nod his head as quickly as chopping wood.

Only teams with a long title drought or those with a long title drought like Man United or Tottenham would value this achievement, but unfortunately, they could not enter the final.

So this year's League Cup final suddenly has a luxurious feel because Chelsea - the reigning Champions League champions - and Liverpool - also European champions three years ago - are in the ring.

After 10 years, both Chelsea and Liverpool appeared in the League Cup final.

This match took place on Sunday night, February 27, one week before the one-year anniversary of the Klopp and Tuchel brothers' first Premier League match. They are called brothers because the two coaches are both German, have both led Dortmund and are also reaping success in England.

This bread crumb suddenly becomes important because whoever wins will become the first German coach to win the League Cup. In the past, Thach Sung lost to Vuong Khai in terms of wealth only because his family did not have a pot of stew. Therefore, the 2021/22 League Cup is the pot of stew for Tuchel and Klopp, whoever has it will become more prestigious than the other.

Whenever there is a competition, there must be a test of strength. Chelsea, despite having a wooden Lukaku or a useless Timo Werner, are still in terrible form, winning every tournament they participate in, most recently the FIFA World Cup Clubs. So, judging by the odds, they will probably win the League Cup thanks to a midfielder or defender scoring.

Their opponents Liverpool are also in good form as they have won 8 consecutive victories in all competitions since the beginning of 2021. In particular, Liverpool's strength has been confirmed when they won 2-0 at Inter Milan in the Champions League and just beat Leeds United 6-0 in the Premier League.

Both abandoned by Chelsea, Lukaku still returned to harm The Blues while Salah became the king of Liverpool.

The most feared player at Liverpool right now is Mohamed Salah, who has scored 150 goals for Liverpool in all competitions. He also scored 2 goals in the defeat of Leeds. It should be noted that Salah was abandoned by Chelsea in 2014, only starting 6 times before being sent to AS Roma.

Now, Salah is the king of Egypt, the king of Africa and also the king of Liverpool, meeting Chelsea in a small championship match, he will definitely beat his old friend to a pulp. Not to mention, Salah is also assisted by Sadio Mane, who just won the African championship, so he is even more formidable. Looking at the personnel in the battle, it is clear that Liverpool will win the championship.

Looking at the head-to-head statistics, we see that these two teams are evenly matched and not at odds with each other. In the last 6 matches between the teams, the two teams have had an even score with 2 draws, 2 wins and 2 losses. In the Premier League this season, they drew 1-1 and 3-3.

So, now we can only judge based on the level of the Klopp - Tuchel brothers. People still think that Klopp is always Tuchel's senior. That's right if we look at the career timeline when Klopp led Mainz and Borussia Dortmund before Tuchel, as well as started his career in the Premier League first.

These are two coaches who have trained their coaching career at Mainz. This club has helped them gain valuable professional experience, and at the same time, it has been a springboard for them to rise to the top.clubhigher level like Dortmund and finally the overseas front Premier League.

Klopp, 54, and Tuchel, 48, are seen as the face of a generation of German coaches, but they have taken different paths to develop their style and knowledge. They are polar opposites, with Sport Bild calling the clash “a clash of two worlds”.

Klopp and Tuchel can be called brothers because they have so many points of intersection.

Unlike Klopp, Tuchel is more than just a tactical machine. His performance quickly picked up and he is known to join his players in 6v6 training sessions.

After impressing his superiors at both Stuttgart and Augsburg, Tuchel arrived at Mainz in 2008 to manage the Under-19s, shortly after Klopp left for Dortmund. Klopp was in charge of the first team for seven years before Mainz won promotion to the Bundesliga under Tuchel.

Having guided small rural club Mainz to the Europa League qualifying rounds in 2011/12, Tuchel became a leading candidate to succeed Klopp when he resigned at Dortmund in 2015.

Knowing this, Klopp took the time to carefully study his successor. He knew Tuchel was as good at tactics as he was but had a different leadership style.

Tuchel is keen to beat Klopp to win the League Cup

There is a sense that Tuchel has struggled to emerge from Klopp’s shadow. When he took over at Dortmund, Tuchel found himself a young artist stepping into the shoes of a veteran MC. Klopp won two Bundesliga titles with Dortmund and reached the 2013 Champions League final. Tuchel’s trophy cabinet in the Ruhr is hardly remarkable.

However, since Tuchel moved to Chelsea and quickly won the Champions League title ahead of Pep Guardiola - the formidable Man City, Klopp's shadow has disappeared. Now, the senior at Dortmund is only above him because of age, not titles.

When both have won the Champions League Silver Cup and are becoming strong rivals in the Premier League race, they need a pot of salt to determine who is better and who is richer. That is why the League Cup bread crumbs suddenly become luxurious and sparkling because of the rivalry between the two German coaches!

According to Bongdaplus