The British newspaper, Mirror, revealed the value of the financial prizes that the winning teams will receive in the English League Cup, which concluded yesterday, in which Liverpool won by penalty shootouts at the expense of Chelsea, 11-10.
The newspaper indicated, on its website, that the total prize money for the tournament amounts to 200,000 pounds for the top four teams, while Arsenal and Tottenham, who were eliminated from the tournament in the semi-finals, got 25,000 pounds each, explaining that Liverpool crowned the title. He will receive £100,000, while runner-up Chelsea will receive a £50,000 prize money.
It pointed out that the value of these prizes is much less than in the FA Cup, which offers financial prizes that increase in value round by round, as the winner this season guarantees at least 3.4 million pounds.
Yesterday, the Liverpool team was crowned the English Football League Cup “Carabao Cup” for the ninth time in its history, after its exciting victory over Chelsea in a penalty shootout, 11-10, in the final match that was held at the famous “Wembley” stadium in the English capital, London. The original and extra time of the match ended in a goalless draw, after a large number of easy opportunities were wasted by both teams; The penalty shootout, which finally smiled in favor of the Liverpool team, was decided by 11-10.
In the penalty shootout, the entire Liverpool team managed to score 11 kicks through James Milner, Fabinho, Van Dyck, Alexander-Arnold, Mohamed Salah, Diogo Jota, Divock Origi, Andrew Robertson, Elliot, Konate and goalkeeper Kelleher.
As for Chelsea, its players scored 10 strikes successfully through “Marcos Alonso, Romelu Lukaku, Kai Haveritz, Reiss James, Jorginho, Rudiger, N’Golo Kante, Timo Werner, Thiago Silva and Chaluba”, and goalkeeper Kepa missed the last kick, to crown Liverpool the title.
This is the ninth English League Cup title in Liverpool’s history, to be at the top of the club with the most titles, ahead of Manchester City, who won the tournament 8 times.
