After 13 years of estrangement ... Mourinho puts Tottenham one step away from being crowned champions

Tottenham reached the final match of the English Football League Cup to become one victory away from embracing the first title in 13 years, by winning on Tuesday at home to Brentford in the first division with a score of 2-0 in the semi-final.

Speer owes wins to Frenchman Musa Sissoko (12) and South Korean Son Heung-min (70).

Tottenham won their last title in 2008, when they won the League Cup by beating other London neighbors Chelsea 2-1 in the final.

The team of Portuguese coach Jose Mourinho is waiting for a difficult confrontation in the final, which it will play for the ninth time in its history (winning four and losing the same, the last of which was in 2015 against Chelsea), as it will face one of the two poles Manchester, City or United, who meet Wednesday.

"We played a good game against a strong team, but we deserved to win. Now we will go to Wembley and face Manchester United or Manchester City," Sissoko said.

"We will be ready regardless of who we face, let's be ready for that match with the hope of winning the title," he said.

It was noteworthy that Mourinho had a complete starting lineup in the second most important Cup after the England Cup, especially in light of the busy schedule of matches, as he kept the brilliant duo Harry Kane and Sun Heung-min.

Brazilian Lucas Moura and Sissoko took part instead of Harry Winx and Dutchman Stephen Bergfen, who started during the 3-0 victory over Leeds United in the league on Saturday, while he made three substitutions in the back line, where Argentine Sergio Reguilon participated for the first time after violating the health protocol.

On Saturday, Spurs condemned Argentine players Eric Lamela, Giovanni Le Celso and Rigilon for violating health protocols.

The three players were photographed at a gathering over the Christmas period.

Another Argentine West Ham United player, Manuel Lancini, was also present at the party, in violation of government guidelines stipulated on December 19 that do not allow those who live in areas of level four of risk, including London, to mix with anyone outside their home during the Christmas period.

Lamela was absent from the London club's squad in the match against Leeds, while Reguilon sat on the bench, and Lou Celso missed due to injury.

Mourinho confirmed that Lamela will also miss the Brentford match without disclosing if the player is infected with the virus or is in self-isolation.

The London club opened the scoring when Rigilon lifted a cross on the left side, followed by Sissoko unmarked, with a beautiful header in the upper left corner, difficult for Spanish goalkeeper David Raya (12).

The first half did not witness many dangerous opportunities, as the best was a header for Mora, which was brilliantly confronted by Raya (40).

Brentford started the second half strongly, and a ball reached Evan Toni inside the area, which was removed by the defense at the last minute (48), before Ivory Coast's ball, Serge Aurier, reached the crossbar in the other side (50).

Tottenham had a real opportunity to double its lead when Sissoko passed the ball to the right of the area to the other side, when Son followed it in a wonderful way "on the bird", as it passed by the post (60).

Brentford thought that he had leveled the score and imposed an exciting half hour when the ball reached Ethan Pinnock after a corner, followed by a header that was blocked by French goalkeeper Hugo Lloris to prepare for Tony, who followed her header into the net, but the goal was canceled due to an infiltration by a centimeter on the latter after referring to the video assistant referee. VAR (64).

Spears did not delay to double the score when his players grabbed the ball from the opponent and launched a rebound attack, and the ball reached the Frenchman Tangi Ndombele and then to the South Korean in the rear, a powerful shot into the net (70).

Joshua da Silva was sent off from the visitors' side in the 84th minute with a direct red card for a foul on Dane Pierre-Emil Hoyberg.

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