champion light

Chapter 1187
After the first leg of the UEFA Champions League semi-final, Manchester City defeated Manchester United 3-0 at home. In another semi-final, Schalke 04 also lost to Barcelona 0-2 at home. Messi scored twice in the game.

Judging from the scores of these two games, there should be no suspense for Manchester City and Barcelona to reach the final of the Champions League.

So the entire European media began to pay attention to the peak match between Rongguang and Messi.

If the final Champions League final is Manchester City and Barcelona meeting at Wembley, then there will be too much to watch in this game.

First of all, it is naturally a contest between Rongguang and Messi.

These two are the best players in football right now, and every fight between them is enough to set off a storm.

And because the two of them belong to different leagues, it is not easy for them to meet each other. It is only possible in the Champions League.

Another point of view is that the final will be Barcelona's battle of revenge.

The two sides played against each other in the Champions League last season, and it was still in the quarter-finals.

As a result, Manchester City eliminated the defending champions, Barcelona, ​​​​under unfavorable circumstances.And it was a home and away double play in two rounds.Beat Barcelona 3:1 at home and 2:0 away.

Barcelona's road to defending the title was thus ended.At that time, Barcelona, ​​which won six championships, was called the "Dream Three Team" by the media. They also had a nickname called "Cosmic Team", which is enough to prove their strength.

But it was such a team that was determined to defend the title, but was eliminated by Manchester City led by Rong Guang...

So Barcelona wants to seek revenge from Manchester City, and this final will be the best chance.

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After the first round of the match, all the media were discussing the final match between Manchester City and Barcelona, ​​but Ferguson did not give up because of this. He announced that Manchester United would go all out at Old Trafford and create miracles.

"It's not time to draw conclusions. Being three goals behind is not the end of the world. Manchester United will fight until the last moment."

It's just that Ferguson's statement was quickly submerged in the big discussion about who is stronger, Rong Guang or Messi... It didn't even stir up a little ripple...

On May 30st, the last game of the fifth round of No.[-] in the league, Manchester City played against West Ham United at home.

Before this game, Manchester United, who had just lost in the semi-finals of the Champions League, lost 0:1 away to Arsenal in the league. The difference between them and Manchester City was widened to eleven points.

This means that as long as Manchester City beat West Ham United in this game, they will successfully defend the league title three rounds ahead of schedule!

Now the whole of England will focus on the Manchester City Stadium.

Will Manchester City fall before the finish line?

Will Lady Luck favor Manchester United?

However, Manchester City did not let this happen.

Just 10 minutes into the game, Zlatan Ibrahimovic opened the scoring for Manchester City.

The first leg of the Champions League semi-final was not played, and Ibrahimovic watched from the sidelines.

At first, he was worried that the team would not be able to enter the finals, but later found out that they had already entered the finals ahead of schedule... He was a little upset.Because it has nothing to do with him.

So he vented his anger on his league opponents.

Poor West Ham United...

Five minutes after Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored, Manchester City scored again.

The one who scored this time is an honor!
"Rong--! Rong--!!! He expanded the score for Manchester City with a header! Now Manchester City leads West Ham United 2-0 at home! The game is no suspense! Manchester City will win the second Premier League title in their club history! And the fourth English top league title! They successfully defended!"

John Mortensen yelled, waving his arms.

Manchester City Stadium has become a sea of ​​joy.

Although the game has only started 15 minutes, no one thinks that West Ham United will be able to comeback.

"This Manchester City team is simply unstoppable..." Alan Hansen also said with emotion. "I think Manchester City should indeed put more attention on the Champions League. They have no opponents in the Premier League. But if they can only dominate the Premier League but fail to achieve results in the Champions League, they will still find it difficult to get rid of the image of 'upstarts'..."

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After the glorious goal, Manchester City has been firmly in control of the scene.

West Ham didn't get much of a chance.

In the next game, although Manchester City did not score again, the score did not change.

From the No.605 minute, the Manchester City fans couldn't wait to celebrate in the stands.

Celebrate the win, celebrate their league title.

In the second half, Benitez also made frequent substitutions, allowing more players to get the chance to play.

So he gave all three substitutions to players who don't usually have many chances to play.

He didn't let the main players who were scheduled to rotate in this game play to find their status. He doesn't need to make any preparations for the second round of the Champions League semi-finals now.

Finally, when the referee blew three whistles to announce the end of the game, the Manchester City substitute players who had been on the sidelines rushed onto the pitch, and the Manchester City fans jumped up in the stands, cheering for the victory.

"The game is over! Manchester City defeated West Ham United 2-0 at home! They successfully defended their title! And this is their second unbeaten league game! Manchester City's state is really hot..."

After Manchester City won their first league championship in 42 years last season, excited Manchester City fans rushed into the stadium, and then stripped off the jerseys of many players, and the glory was not spared.

But this time, Manchester City fans will be much more sensible.

At least they just stood in the stands and cheered, and didn't rush off the field to strip the players' jerseys again.

After experiencing a league championship, it is true that they are happy to win the league championship again, but it still can't make them lose their minds with excitement.

Manchester City's fans are gradually evolving from bumpkins who have never seen anything in the world to those who are used to strong winds and waves and are calm.

Perhaps only the Champions League champions can make them lose their minds again...

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At the press conference after the game, Benitez thanked the whole team. He said that the league championship belongs to everyone, and there is no distinction between the main players and the substitutes at this time.

At the same time, he also said that after winning the league championship, the team's performance will not slack.

"We still have the Champions League semi-final second leg to play. And we have to try to finish the season unbeaten."

Everyone regarded the first sentence as just Benitez's polite words.

It's the second sentence that really grabs everyone's attention.

Because everyone has only heard the saying of being undefeated in the previous season from Leighton Barnes, and no one else has said it.So much so that some people suspect that this is nonsense after Leighton Barnes is too excited.

But now, they have heard Benitez admit that one of Manchester City's goals is to be unbeaten this season!
The head coach of the team made such a statement, which shows that this is indeed the goal of the whole team, and it is not the nonsense of Leighton Barnes who is too excited.

However, there are still three rounds left in the league. Manchester City's opponents in these three rounds are No.30 away to Everton in six rounds, No.30 at home to Stoke City in seven rounds, and No.30 away to Bolton in eight rounds.

Except for one Everton, the other two teams can't pose any threat to Manchester City...

It now appears that Manchester City's unbeaten season is very hopeful.

After breaking Arsenal's unbeaten league record, Manchester City will also share Arsenal's season unbeaten record.

The North London Horn and George Allen must be very upset right now...

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After the game against West Ham United, Manchester City has already won the league title ahead of schedule.

But that will soon be a thing of the past and the focus will not be on the league title.

The focus of the Manchester City team has now shifted to the Champions League-not the Champions League semi-finals, but the Champions League final.

For the second round of the Champions League semi-final against Manchester United, everyone feels that it is unlikely that Manchester City will be reversed by Manchester United.

Let's not talk about their total score leading by three goals.

Just for this game, Zlatan Ibrahimovic will end his red card suspension and return to Manchester City's starting line-up.

When the time comes, the competition between him and Rong Guang will be enough to give Manchester United's defense a headache...

Most people feel that before the game starts, the suspense has been lost in this game.

Manchester City will surely advance to the final.

In fact, this is also the case. In the second round of the UEFA Champions League semi-finals in midweek, Manchester City, who played away, did not relax because they had a three-goal lead. Benitez still sent the strongest lineup.

After the start of the game, although Manchester United worked very hard and once took the lead.

But before the end of the first half, Ibrahimovic, who was suspended for two games by a red card, used a long shot 38 meters from the goal to equalize the score for Manchester City.

After the goal, Ibrahimovic was so excited that he even took off his shirt. As a result, such a celebration earned him a yellow card.

This action also made Benitez very worried, for fear that Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who had a yellow card on his back, would do something outrageous and get a yellow card again and be sent off...

So during the intermission, Benitez reminded Ibrahimovic.

"Do you still want to play in the Champions League final, Geratan?" Benitez made Ibrahimovic calm down with such a simple sentence.

The Swede also doesn't want to be sent off with a red card after finally lifting the ban, and then miss the final... Then this season will be a failure for him!

"Don't worry, boss, I will never miss the final!" He said confidently.

(End of this chapter)