champion light

Chapter 1191 Bonus Disturbance
The last round of La Liga was played on the afternoon of May 21, but it did not kick off at the same time.

Barcelona's game is the first, perhaps because they have successfully reached the Champions League final, so the Spanish Football Association specifically let them complete this season's league first, so that they can devote themselves to the preparations for the Champions League final.

Guardiola opted to use more substitutes for this game, but Messi started.

In the end, Barcelona defeated Malaga 4:1 away, and Messi scored the second goal for the team.

He was replaced in the No.707 minute. Guardiola was already preparing for the Champions League final, allowing an important player like Messi to rest early and avoiding the possibility of injury.

Messi's goal is also his No.30 three goals in the league this season. Of course, he still can't compare with Cristiano Ronaldo, who scored 41 goals, ranking second in the league scorer list.

The last round of the Premier League kicked off at the same time. On the afternoon of May 22, it ended one day later than La Liga.

Manchester City challenge Bolton away.

In this game, Benitez made some adjustments to the starting lineup. Like Guardiola, he did not have the strongest lineup, but Rongguang and Ibrahimovic still started.

With goals from both of them, Manchester City beat Bolton 2-0 away and really ended the league season unbeaten.

At the same time, this is also their five consecutive unbeaten league games!
But everyone didn't celebrate much, because the Champions League final is next.

In front of the UEFA Champions League final, undefeated league games and 55 unbeaten games are not so important now...

The goal that Rongguang scored in the game was also his No.30 seven league goals this season.

He is still the Premier League's Golden Boot, but in the competition for the European Golden Boot, he lost to Cristiano Ronaldo, who was desperately supported by the whole team.

But Rong Guang's mind is no longer on the European Golden Boot, he has won a lot of European Golden Boots, and now he cares more about the Champions League.

37 goals is already a new high for his career league goals.

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The Premier League and La Liga are all over. As the two teams prepare for the Champions League, the entire European football world has also entered the Champions League time.

The media are discussing the preparations of the two teams for the Champions League final, focusing on the status of the two leading stars Rong Guang and Messi, and worrying about the injuries in both teams.

Counting from the end of the Premier League, there are still six full days before the Champions League final, which is almost a week.

The Premier League ends one day later than La Liga, so Manchester City will also have one less day of preparation than Barcelona.

However, this season's Champions League final is held at Wembley Stadium in England. This stadium is in London. It is more convenient for Manchester City to go to London than for Barcelona to come to London, and it can also save some travel.

But Barcelona already had countermeasures. After the league just ended, they did not celebrate the league championship. They went north collectively and came to London a week in advance. They stayed in a local five-star hotel and borrowed Arsenal's training base for training. They did not borrow Chelsea's training base, because they knew that Chelsea would definitely not lend them the training base.Since Mourinho took office, Chelsea and Barcelona have met in the Champions League many times. Every time they played sparks, the hatred between the two sides has accumulated year by year.It finally reached its peak in the 2008-2009 season.

In the quarter-finals of the Champions League, Barcelona's away game against Chelsea was full of controversy. Chelsea are still very dissatisfied with Barcelona. How could they lend their training base to Barcelona to prepare for the Champions League final?
Although Arsenal's training base is a little far from the venue of the match, Wembley Stadium, it is already the best choice for Barcelona in London-the training bases of clubs such as Tottenham Hotspur, Fulham, and West Ham United are obviously not in the eye of European champions...

Speaking of which, Barcelona's training conditions are actually better than Manchester City's.

However, Manchester City did not come to London for training in advance. On the one hand, they are in the same country, so there is no need to go in advance.On the other hand, there are not too good conditions for Manchester City to train in London.Arsenal, Chelsea and Manchester City all have grudges and they will not be willing to help Manchester City.Similarly, the training bases of teams like Tottenham Hotspur, West Ham United, and Fulham are far inferior to those of Manchester City. Instead of going to a strange training base to adapt to the field, it is better to be in your own Carrington.

Manchester City just decided to leave for London two days before the final, and then stay in a hotel in London to adapt to the turf of Wembley Stadium, and that's it.

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And before the game, there was another news that excited the Manchester City players, that is, the Abu Dhabi Consortium, the behind-the-scenes consortium of the Manchester City club, announced that if Manchester City can finally win the Champions League, then every player in Manchester City will receive a bonus of at least 100 million pounds!
The news shocked the whole of Europe as soon as it came out, and then it was spread all over the world, scaring fans all over the world from ear to ear.

What is this concept?
A bonus of 100 million pounds, such a description is usually preceded by an attributive such as "shared by the whole team".

And not all giants can afford it.Most of them are hundreds of thousands of points. It can be regarded as rich and powerful, and the boss is generous.

After Rongguang helped Bayern Munich win the Champions League, Bayern Munich's winning bonus plan was 50 euros per person, which was half of Manchester City's.

Real Madrid, which has been pursuing the tenth crown, has set a Champions League bonus standard of 40 euros per person, which is worse than Bayern Munich.This may explain why Real Madrid has not won the tenth Champions League yet?

Perhaps only Messi can compare with Manchester City today. After Barcelona won the championship in 2009, Messi got the team's highest 110 million euros, which is close to 100 million pounds.But you must know that Messi is the well-deserved number one contributor to Barcelona's championship, and Manchester City's 100 million bonus is the minimum standard, which means that a substitute player in Manchester City will get a little more bonus than Messi... How embarrassing is Messi really?
Even the "Water Fountain Keeper" can have a prize of 100 million pounds, this money is simply too good to earn...

Some players ridiculed Manchester City's bonus plan on their personal social networks, saying that they don't know if Manchester City still needs people?They are willing to join for free...

However, Manchester City has received more criticism for doing so.

Many media believe that Manchester City's move is suspected of deliberately showing off their wealth, and where did they get the bonus that they took out alone?Did their approach violate Platini's forthcoming Financial Fair Play policy in European football?

Even some media who support Manchester City think that the Abu Dhabi consortium can be called "pig teammates".Because this huge bonus attracted everyone's attention, it weakened the gold content of the players' efforts.At that time, even if Manchester City wins the championship, it will be considered by public opinion that it was done with money, and it will be difficult to convince the public.

Originally, if this astonishing bonus was not given, or the amount of the bonus was set in line with the mainstream rules, then Manchester City won the championship, and no one would be able to fault it. Now doing so makes their victory look less convincing.

They didn't understand why the Abu Dhabi consortium wanted to make a move and come out to gain a sense of presence.

"...The Middle Easterners are showing off their oil wealth again... To be honest, every time they do this, my dislike for Manchester City deepens... Originally, Manchester City performed very well this season, which deserves everyone's respect and love, but now they do it like this, making people feel like eating a fly, and the fly is still alive!"

In a TV show, a guest vomited to the TV camera.

"If you have money, can you be willful? If you have money, can you trample on our dignity? I think this bonus decision by the Abu Dhabi consortium is completely to mock the poor, telling them that you are not as rich as I am! I can use it as I want, and the poor have nothing to do with it! But I want to say that money is not everything in the football world! Although I am an Englishman, now I want Barcelona to win the championship even more!"

On one radio show, an enthusiastic listener called the hotline, expressing his attitude with righteous indignation.

On social networks, the discussion about this bonus is even more raucous.

Countless people express their opinions in the online world, and because of the lack of supervision, most of these opinions are extreme and full of various swear words.

Basically, they curse Manchester City, and there are even those stars in it.

Cruyff also wrote an article criticizing Manchester City's approach in the media: "This is why I have always disliked Manchester City. No matter how good their results are, I will not like them. Because they are the enemy of the entire European football! If Manchester City wins the Champions League, it is tantamount to telling the world that this championship with the highest gold content in world football can also be customized with money! As long as you have money, you can insult and trample other teams that have worked hard to win this championship. As long as you have money, you can come to Europe Make waves in the crown! As long as you have money, there is nothing you can’t do... If Manchester City really wins the championship, then I would say it’s too unfortunate, this will be the darkest day of European football, because the success of Manchester City means the regression of European football!"

The writing was harsh and Cruyff was clearly emotional when he wrote it.

With his status in European football, this article has attracted widespread attention as soon as it came out.

Or "sensation" is more appropriate...

(End of this chapter)