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Chapter 1308 FA Cup Final
Rong Guang's hat-trick put an end to the game.

In the end, Manchester City beat Norwich City 6-0 away.

Not only won the game, but also scored six goal difference, which made them lead Manchester United even more in goal difference.

The theoretical possibility of Manchester United wanting to win the league title is very slim.

As long as Manchester City does not lose in the next game, they can win the Premier League championship trophy in advance.

But this is not what the media is most concerned about-Manchester City won the league championship for three consecutive times. Everyone has already prepared for this matter, and it is no longer news.

What everyone is most concerned about is something that is more suspenseful.

The competition between Rongguang and Messi is the hot topic of discussion now.

Messi scored twice against Rayo Vallecano to pass Gerd Müller.Then Rongguang surpassed Messi with a hat trick in his game.

The two people are really facing each other, and neither of them will be outdone.

Such a fierce duel is what everyone likes to watch.

Next, on May [-]th, Manchester City will usher in the FA Cup final, and their opponent is Chelsea.

On the same night, Barcelona welcomed the Spaniard at home, which was a Barcelona derby.

Rongguang has four games left, one more than Messi, which is his advantage.

The odds offered by the bookmaker for the competition between the two also showed that they were more optimistic about Rong Guang.

However, Rongguang's advantage over Messi is very weak, so Messi also has great hope of reversing.

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At [-]:[-]pm on May [-]th, with the whistle of the referee, the FA Cup final kicked off at Wembley Stadium.

Manchester City drew the home team lottery before the game, and they can use the home team dressing room at Wembley Stadium.

On the field, they also wore the sky blue home team jerseys.

Chelsea, on the other hand, wear a dark blue away jersey that is close to black.

This is the second time Benitez has faced Di Matteo.

The two sides played against each other for the first time in the league. At that time, Chelsea led by Di Matteo was refreshing, which made Benitez feel difficult.

If it was still the Chelsea team led by Villas-Boas, Benitez would have won easily.But Di Matteo's Chelsea made it very difficult for Manchester City. They conceded a goal at home, and finally won the game with a glorious brace.

Benitez was very impressed by the changes in Chelsea under Di Matteo's coaching. Therefore, he did not dare to neglect this FA Cup final. He made the most careful arrangements and dispatched all the main players.

Manchester City now has the league title in their hands, leaving only the FA Cup and the Champions League. If the FA Cup is lost, it will be an eternal regret.

He doesn't want to let his perfect season leave a little bit of imperfection.

Some people like to play regret beauty, but Benitez does not like it.

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For Chelsea, the only championship honor they can compete for this season is the FA Cup. Naturally, they went all out and bet all their possessions on the FA Cup final.

After Boas dismissed get out of class, Di Matteo performed the duties of the head coach as a temporary head coach.After he coached the team, Chelsea has undergone earth-shaking changes. The media and Chelsea fans also have a very high evaluation of him. They all think that Abramovich should give Di Matteo more time. Chelsea also needs a stable coaching environment. Otherwise, every season is a process of overturning and rebuilding for the team, which is really too hurt.

But how can Di Matteo completely impress Abramovich?
Leading the team to defeat the mighty Manchester City in the FA Cup final and winning the FA Cup may be the best stepping stone.

If Di Matteo can lead his team to defeat Manchester City, which no one can beat for two full seasons, it will fully illustrate Di Matteo's level.

Then he is eligible to stay and continue to coach Chelsea.

Di Matteo also hopes to be able to coach Chelsea for a longer period of time. He feels good now, and he also has ambitions. He hopes to help the team regain glory.

In order to be able to beat Manchester City in the FA Cup final, Di Matteo really worked hard.

In the FA Cup final, Di Matteo's Chelsea once again scored the first goal in the game, ahead of Manchester City!

"Ramirez—!" John Mortenson yelled. "An unexpected advance to grab a point! Manchester City's defenders are all focusing on offensive players like Drogba, Kalou, Mata, Lampard, but they ignore Ramirez!"

The Chelsea players were very excited after the goal.

The Chelsea fans in the stands were even more excited.

There was a huge cheer at Wembley Stadium, all from the Chelsea fans.

"Being able to score the first goal against Manchester City twice in a row cannot be simply attributed to luck! Di Matteo really has a skill!" John Mortensen said.

"Actually, Di Matteo didn't have any magical tricks. He just brought Chelsea back to the right track, which was the way they had been going before. But after Villas-Boas came, he made the team deviate from the right track. Chelsea, which is on the right track, is still very strong..." Alan Hansen analyzed. "Since Mourinho, the style of this Chelsea team has basically been fixed. Mourinho can lead this team to success, and others can't, because most of them want to forcibly change Chelsea's tactical style..."

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After the team scored a goal, Di Matteo did not celebrate very excitedly, he seemed relatively calm.

Because he knows very well that this goal lead is not worthy of such joy.

To win the game, look at the final score, not the current one.

Even if Chelsea are now leading by one goal, if Manchester City equalize, then this lead is meaningless.

Besides... Now Rongguang is competing with Messi for who is the player with the most goals in all competitions in a single season.Rongguang's current state is very good, and now he can do anything.

Think of poor Norwich in the last league game.

The only thing I should be thankful for is that Barcelona's league game will be played after the FA Cup final. If it is played before the final, if Messi scores again, it will definitely stimulate glory.When the time comes for him to kill in the finals, won't he be unlucky?

Now it's the finals, at least Glory hasn't been stimulated yet...

While his teammates were frantically celebrating the lead, Di Matteo held Terry and taught him the opportunity to go up and remind the players to pay attention to defense.

He also analyzed this with his players before the game-many of Rongguang's goals were scored after the opponent just scored, and he seemed to have the same "face-slapping mechanism".As long as the opponent scores a goal, he will automatically fire with full firepower, and then immediately score a goal and return the color.

Especially recently, such situations have appeared frequently, and both Barcelona and Manchester United have become poor victims.

Many teams will have high morale after scoring a goal, and then take this opportunity to attack aggressively, trying to score another goal in a short time.

But there are not many times when the real goal is scored.

So Di Matteo told his players before the game that if they score a goal in the game and take the lead, the next thing to do is not to continue to attack, but to stabilize the defense.

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Sure enough, after the game restarted, Rong Guang directly dribbled the ball towards Chelsea's goal.

Fortunately, Chelsea was well prepared this time. After Manchester City kicked off, their striker did not rush forward to Manchester City's half, but quickly retreated to their own 30-meter area.

In the end, Rongguang's dribbling attack was forced to stop, unable to find a suitable breakthrough, Rongguang had to pass the football.

Although possession is still at the feet of Manchester City, the threat to Chelsea's goal is not as great as before.

Rong Guang finally did not score a goal at the third kick-off in a short period of time.

In the following time, Chelsea continued to defend solidly and did not dare to neglect in the slightest.

In terms of defense, this Chelsea team is still very traditional.

Since the Mourinho era, many people have often given them the impression of "passive defense" with a score of 1:0.Although Mourinho once refuted this statement, Chelsea's good defense has become a fine tradition of this team.

Chelsea at their peak were indeed very good defensively.

The central defender partnership formed by Carvalho and John Terry has become the team with the fewest goals conceded in the Premier League for two consecutive seasons.

In the season when Mourinho just coached Chelsea, they won the league championship. After 38 league games throughout the season, Chelsea only conceded [-] goals!
The number of goals conceded is unbelievable.

The team that conceded the second fewest goals at the time was Manchester United, who conceded 26 goals, eleven more than Chelsea.

In the second season, Chelsea defended the league title and was also the team with the fewest goals conceded, conceding only 22 goals.

Although Chelsea's defensive stability throughout the season is far worse than before, they can still pursue the ultimate defense in a game.

In this game, Di Matteo fully considered this problem, so he deployed two midfielders, Mikel and Ramirez, in the midfield to strengthen the defense of the midfield.

In addition, Kalou and Mata must also actively return to defense and be responsible for many defensive tasks.

Relying on targeted tactics and the concerted efforts of the players.

Chelsea really held on to a one-goal lead before the end of the first half.

When the first half ended, John Mortensen said: "This first half reminds us of the confrontation between the two teams in the league. It was Chelsea who scored the first goal and kept the lead until the end of the first half... I just wonder if Chelsea will reverse Manchester City in the second half?"

(End of this chapter)