Soccer Card System

Chapter 748 Double crown!
May [-]th, Wembley Stadium!

As night falls, the lights shine!
It's the FA Cup final!
Manchester City, against Wigan Athletic! !
The stands in the stadium are full of voices!
The fans of both sides are clearly divided, waving their respective flags and cheering for their respective teams.

However, from the perspective of momentum, it is obvious that Manchester City fans have the upper hand.

Although Wigan Athletic reached the FA Cup final, they were still relegated in the league. Just four days ago, Wigan Athletic lost to Liverpool and their relegation was confirmed two rounds in advance.

Therefore, the fans of Wigan Athletic are obviously not in a good mood. Even if Wigan Athletic wins the FA Cup, it will be difficult to heal the trauma of relegation.

For an English team, winning the FA Cup is just a matter of honor, and staying in the Premier League is a major matter related to the survival of the team.

Many relegated teams will face financial crisis immediately.

Because in the Premier League, the annual broadcast fee alone is close to [-] million yuan, which is unmatched in the English Championship.

Once relegated, the team's income will drop sharply. At this time, the average team will cut expenses and sell those high-paid star players, and their strength will be weakened a lot. After that, it will be much more difficult to re-upgrade to the Premier League. There are even some teams that do not recover after being relegated.

On the other side, Manchester City fans are at their happiest moment!
The league has won the championship, and next, there are two finals!

Compared with the Champions League final ten days later, this FA Cup final is like an appetizer. Even so, Manchester City fans are also very excited. Before the game started, they were cheering in the stands, as if they had already won the championship.

"This Man City man is so annoying!"

"Hey, who made them the league champions?"

Two Wigan Athletic fans discuss, then sigh at the same time.

Manchester City won the title and Wigan Athletic was relegated.

This gap made some Wigan Athletic fans look frustrated.

"Don't be depressed, so what if they are the league champions!! Even if we are relegated, we will win the FA Cup and then be relegated!!"

Said some diehard Wigan Athletic fans.

"That's right!!! What about Manchester City!!! Just fuck them!!!"

"What you do is a champion!!"

"Who said the relegated team can't beat Manchester City!!!"

Soon, the Wigan Athletic fans in the stands were unwilling to see the Manchester City fans being so arrogant, and they soon made their voices heard.

Before the game started, the stands seemed to have entered the first small climax.

"Friends from the audience, welcome to the 2012-2013 season, the FA Cup final, the match between Manchester City and Wigan Athletic, today's Wembley is full of seats!! The fans of both sides have already competed before the game started!!!"

The commentator Letkinson said that at this time, he was sitting in the commentary booth. When the fans were clamoring, he had to grab the headset with his hands and speak out loudly with all his strength so that his voice would not be overwhelmed by the clamor of the fans.

"That's right! The fans of the two teams can be said to be evenly matched. Each side occupies a section of the stands. In terms of the number of fans, the fans of the two teams for this game are almost the same. Moreover, to a certain extent, this game is still a Manchester derby!"

Right next to Letkinson, said his partner Redknapp.

Speaking of it, it is quite reluctant that this game is a Manchester derby-Wigan Athletic is a football club located in Wigan, Manchester County, and Manchester City can barely be regarded as a team from the same area.

But this will definitely not be a Manchester derby.

On the one hand, Manchester City will certainly not think that Wigan Athletic is qualified to be their derby opponents, and on the other hand, Wigan Athletic does not consider itself a Manchester team.

Therefore, this derby is just a gimmick for the media, and it is not counted.

"However, this FA Cup final is very clear. In the sixth round of No.30 in the league, the two teams can be said to be on ice and fire. Manchester City defeated West Bromwich Albion and won the championship two rounds ahead of schedule, while Wigan Athletic lost to Liverpool in an away game. They were relegated two rounds ahead of schedule and bid farewell to the Premier League. This FA Cup final may be one of the few opportunities for Wigan Athletic to appear in the mainstream media in the next season or several seasons."

Letkinson shook his head and said.

"You know what game this reminds me of, Wright," Redknapp asked.

"I know, you mean four years ago, in the 2008-2009 season, Luton vs Liverpool in the FA Cup final?"

"Yes! That's right!!"

The game was also commented by these two people, and they were naturally impressed by that game.

"Luton has created a miracle. This is by far the greatest dark horse in the FA Cup final! And today, will Wigan Athletic be a dark horse?"

"I think it's difficult. Because the head coach who led Luton to perform miracles is now the head coach of Manchester City. He knows how to deal with dark horses. It is not easy for Martinez to counterattack."

The two commentators said one sentence to another, but the meaning conveyed was very clear-they were not optimistic about Wigan Athletic.

They believe that the strength gap between the two sides is too great. Even if the FA Cup match is a hotbed of unpopularity, the probability of being unpopular is still very low, let alone in such a final.

The competition in the final is the hard power of the players on both sides.

Mentality, technology, team!
No matter from which point of view, it is difficult for Wigan Athletic to compare with Manchester City. Otherwise, how could they be relegated from the Premier League?

Even Wigan Athletic, there are some fans who have no confidence.

At this time, in the locker room.

In this game, Manchester City drew the visiting team's dressing room, so they could only fight in yellow away jerseys.Their opponents, Wigan Athletic, can wear their home blue and white striped shirt.

In the locker room of the visiting team, Gao Bo is making the final arrangements for the game, and he needs to emphasize some key things.

This game in history ended with Wigan Athletic lore Manchester City. Therefore, Wigan Athletic will definitely not be reconciled to just getting the runner-up of the FA Cup.

"The key is that we need to control the game and not give the opponent a chance to counterattack."

"Their only chance is to launch a counterattack when we are slack! Therefore, all starting members must take the game seriously, and there must be no slack!"

Gao Bo said it very solemnly, and the players also looked serious.

Everyone knows that when the head coach speaks in such a tone, it is best not to gag at this time.

On the other side, in the Wigan Athletic dressing room.

Spanish coach Javi Martinez is also making final arrangements.

"Unfortunately, we have been relegated from the Premier League this season."

Martinez said, spreading his hands.

Wigan Athletic players had mixed reactions to the remark.

Some are covering their faces in pain, some are depressed, and some are numb at the same time, it doesn't matter.

Such a reaction was expected by Martinez.

Failure will expose all the problems, and the relegation has made Martinez's prestige among the players drop a lot.

In particular, before this game, Martinez's almost flattering kneeling and licking towards Manchester City made many players dissatisfied.

The relegated Wigan Athletic is a broken ship with leaks everywhere, and many players are already thinking about how to escape from this ship.

After all, playing in the Premier League and playing in the British Championship is a completely different world.

"I know that many people are already thinking about next season, thinking about your future, your salary, many people don't want to play in the British Championship."

Martinez shot his eyes, his eyes were like torches.

Many players turned their heads with guilt, not daring to meet their eyes.

"It's the FA Cup final, it's about a trophy."

"I think it's also related to you!"

"No team wants a player who has no fighting spirit. If we throw up our hands, Manchester City will be the happiest. But...you?"

"McCarthy! Are you already looking for a new home? Think about it, if you perform poorly in this game, what team can you get favored by?"

Martinez stared at his midfielder McCarthy and asked.

McCarthy was silent, he was a little embarrassed and a little guilty.

He really didn't pay much attention to this game before, the strength gap between Wigan Athletic and Manchester City was too great, and after the team was relegated, the morale of the team plummeted.

Who else is caring about this game?
"Listen!" Martinez pointed out the window.

During this period, the Wigan Athletic fans seemed to have the upper hand, their singing came in, intermittently, but the players could hear it clearly.

This is the song they can hear every home game day.

They are singing the praises of the team, and at the same time singing the praises of every player.

"Listen, this is the voice of our fans. They have not given up, they are still singing for you!"

"If nothing else, just for these fans."

"I beg you, don't give up! Never, don't give up!!"

Martinez said.

The Wigan Athletic players slowly looked up and looked at their manager.

"This is a regrettable season, but God has given us a chance to make amends for this regrettable season."

"In this final, if we can bring back a championship for the fans, even if the team is relegated, even if you go your separate ways, I think there will be more regrets this season."

"The last game! We fought against them!!" McCarthy stood up, waved his hand, and breathed heavily.

Every player here has come out of the youth training camp and grew up with football since childhood.

Are they willing to surrender directly and admit defeat?

After someone took the lead, the Wigan Athletic players all stood up and stated that they must go all out in the game.

A small smile played on Martinez's lips.

This is the effect he wants to achieve.

He doesn't know if his praise of Manchester City before the game can confuse the players of Manchester City, this is beyond his control.

The only thing he can do is to inspire the fighting spirit of Wigan Athletic players.

In this case, even if he loses this game, he has already tried his best.

"The game is about to start! Players from both sides are already waiting in line in the player channel!"

"Let's take a look at the starting lineups of the two teams. For Wigan Athletic, the starting goalkeeper is Robles, the central defenders are Alcarraz and Sarna, the left back is Espinosa, the right back is Boyce, and the midfielders are Gomez and McCarthy. McManaman and MacArthur. The forwards are a combination of Maloney and Kone!"

"As for Manchester City, it seems that coach Gao Bo has let Hart play to the end of the FA Cup. The starting goalkeeper is still Hart, and the central defender is Kompany and Maguire, the right back Sabaletta, the left back Kolarov, the double midfielders are still Casemiro and Fernandinho, the frontcourt, David Silva on the left, Kaka on the front, Griezmann on the right, Vardy as the striker, and Hazard sitting on the bench."

On the TV, Letkinson's voice reached the ears of all the fans watching the game in front of the TV.

At this time, on the screen of the TV broadcast, the two teams have already lined up in the player channel, waiting to play.

But at this time, the screen turned and appeared on the sidelines.

Two coaches shaking hands.

"Congratulations on winning the league championship, Gao!"

Martinez shook Gao Bo's hand and said, but he quickly added: "However, you don't want to win the FA Cup so easily!"

Before the game, Martinez no longer pretended to be a grandson.

He pretended to be a grandson to paralyze the other party, not to really like to be humble.

Of course Gao Bo knew this, soldiers never tire of cheating.

"Then let's wait and see!!"

Both coaches were smiling, but their eyes were as cold as a knife.

The game starts soon!
As everyone expected, the control of the game was quickly taken over by Manchester City, followed by continuous offensives!

In the second minute of the game, Kaka hit the post with a shot from the penalty area line, which seemed to announce the rhythm of the game.

In the 5th minute of the game, Manchester City attacked again. Vardy's shot in the penalty area was blocked by the goalkeeper with his toes out of the bottom line!
In the following period of time, the scene of Wigan Athletic was very passive.

In the 7th minute of the game, Wigan Athletic received their first yellow card.

Kaka forced a breakthrough at the front of the penalty area and caused a foul by Wigan Athletic's central defender Alcarraz!
The referee showed Alcaraz a yellow card!

In the opening minutes, Wigan Athletic's goal was put to the test, and the main central defender also received a yellow card!
Such a start made Wigan Athletic appear extremely passive.

"Manchester City's offensive wave after wave, Wigan Athletic is struggling to support on the field!!"

"The gap in strength is too great, it is difficult for Wigan Athletic to resist Manchester City's onslaught!"

"I can already smell the goal!"

In the commentary seat, the commentators said one after another.

At this time, in the stands, the cheers of Manchester City fans were also louder than louder.

At this time, Wigan Athletic fans began to sing collectively, they sang the team's team anthem.

This is the only way the fans can think of at the most passive time.

Martinez frowned, although he exhausted all his efforts, but it seems that Wigan Athletic is still difficult to resist such a fierce opponent's offensive.

The singing of Wigan Athletic fans gradually overshadowed the cheers of Manchester City fans.

"The Wigan Athletic fans are singing, can they inspire the team's fighting spirit?!"

Martinez looked up to the stands, then down to the pitch.

The team captain, Alcaraz, clapped his hands.

"Come on everyone!! Listen to this voice! These are our fans!!"

"They didn't give up!! We won't give up either!!!"

"Don't be intimidated by the damn Manchester City!!"

Several core players of the team also stood up to encourage the team's fighting spirit.

This scene was naturally noticed by Gao Bo.

The trapped beast is still fighting, and the courage is commendable.

Standing against the wall can indeed inspire infinite fighting spirit
Gao Bo looked at the field. What he most wanted to see was for the team to score early. If so, Wigan Athletic's fighting spirit would be extinguished soon.

If the team does not score goals for a long time, Wigan Athletic's fighting spirit will become more and more vigorous.

Griezmann's free-kick went around the wall, but just missed the post.

Next, Manchester City's offense continued.

But until the No.15 minute of the game, Manchester City still failed to score.

The fans of Wigan Athletic were very excited and withstood Manchester City's 15-minute mad attack. Wigan Athletic's fighting spirit on the court made them very happy.

But Gao Bo saw the danger.

Wigan Athletic is like a spring that is constantly being compressed, the more flattened they are, the stronger they bounce back.

Their players now seem to have the hearts of "sufferers". The stronger Manchester City's offensive, the stronger their fighting spirit.

After 15 minutes without a goal, Gao Bo immediately gave up his plan to continue the mad attack.

He handed over David Silva and set it up.

People soon discovered that Manchester City's offensive was no longer violent, and they began to seek control in the midfield.

Manchester City poured the ball slowly in the backcourt, no longer rushing to attack.

Wigan Athletic didn't dare to push out either. After all, they were already passive by shrinking their defense. If they took the initiative to push out, wouldn't they be courting death?

Gao Bo sat back on the coach's bench.

The so-called one blast, then decay, and exhaustion.

Now is the most powerful time for Wigan Athletic. Manchester City can't afford to take the risk of attacking now and continue to inspire Wigan Athletic.

The strength of Manchester City is far above Wigan Athletic. As long as the players of Wigan Athletic lose their strength, if they want to be round or flat, why not let Manchester City squeeze them?
Gao Bo looked at Martinez who was not far away. He has already made a move, so it depends on how Martinez responds.

To be honest, Martinez doesn't have many choices.

The gap in his team's hard power made Martinez's tactical changes stretched.

Let Wigan Athletic press up. Martinez really doesn't have the confidence.

So, he put his hands down on the sidelines and signaled to Wigan Athletic players to be patient.

"Wait!! Wait for them to press up!!"

Martinez pulled the team's midfielder McCarthy and said.

"What if they don't come up?" McCarthy was stunned for a moment and asked back.

Martinez smiled: "Isn't that better, zero to zero, and then kick a penalty, we still have a 50.00% chance of winning the championship!"

McCarthy nodded, yes, if Wigan Athletic can really defend a zero to zero, this is indeed a very good result!

McCarthy returned to the field and passed Martinez's instructions to the players on the field.

The scene of the game changed dramatically within 1 minute!

Manchester City recovered and controlled the ball, but Wigan Athletic did not attack.

The scene calmed down instantly.

"Martinez is a good coach." Gao Bo, who was sitting on the coach's bench, said to Moya.

Moya rolled his eyes, the opponent is a good coach, but Wigan Athletic is difficult to deal with, they are determined not to press them out, what will Manchester City do?
Do you really want to make a zero-to-zero match with the other party?

"Grind! Keep grinding with them!!" Gao Bo said, "Wigan Athletic is now united as one, and when the fighting spirit is at its peak, we have to slow down the pace of the game, and it is best to have a hypnotic effect."

"It's best. Grind them until they lose their vigilance!"

Gao Bo said this to Moya while covering his mouth.

"The tempo of the game has slowed down, Manchester City is no longer eager to attack, and Wigan Athletic does not dare to press out, they are still shrinking in the penalty area!"

"Manchester City's slow passing in the midfield seems to be trying to attract Wigan Athletic, but Martinez's team is also very patient!"

In the first half of the game, such a tepid rhythm continued until the end of the first half.

When the whistle sounded for the end of the first half, there was a deafening cheer at Wembley Stadium.

It was made by the Wigan Athletic fans.

Regardless of the process of the first half, the result is there, that is, Wigan Athletic did not concede a goal!

Although the first half of the game was flat, the fans of Wigan Athletic saw their chances of winning the championship from here!

Since no goals were conceded in the first half, what about the second half?
What about overtime?

Maybe Wigan Athletic really has a chance to win the championship!

"The first half of the game is over!! A result that we didn't expect before the game!"

"Nil to zero!! Wigan Athletic did not concede a goal in the first half!!"

"In the first half, zero to zero!!!"

While the commentators were discussing, the players of the two teams left the stadium.

In the dressing room, Martinez praised the Wigan Athletic player.

"Zero to zero!!! We successfully defended the first half!! They have nothing to do against our defense!!"

Martinez said loudly.

The Wigan Athletic players are also quite excited.

From the first half of the game, they seemed to see a chance of winning.

"They may replace Hazard in the second half. After Hazard plays, they will start their onslaught. We must be prepared!"

Martinez said.

This is what the vast majority of people think.

In their view, Hazard sitting on the bench is Manchester City's backhand in this game. Now that Manchester City has not scored, it is reasonable to replace Hazard.

At the same time, in another locker room.

"I think our opponent will be very open now." Gao Bo didn't care about the zero-to-zero first half.

His team can attack at any time, zero to zero is nothing.

As long as one goal, Manchester City can take away the game.

"In the second half, we need a little change of rhythm to catch them off guard!"

As long as there is a goal in hand, the game is stable!
The second half of the game started quickly. In the initial stage, Manchester City did not attack as aggressively as Martinez expected.

After a few minutes, Wigan Athletic, who was waiting for the battle, also relaxed a little.

At this time, David Silva, who was holding the ball in the midfield, was keenly aware of the opponent's change. He quickly turned around with the ball, and then suddenly moved the ball with a long diagonal pass!
"David Silva takes the long ball! Griezmann!!!!"

When David Silva's unusual handling of this kick accurately found Griezmann, the originally calm commentator Letkinson suddenly realized the change in the situation!His tone immediately became agitated.

Martinez bounced straight off the bench and rushed to the sidelines.

At this time, Griezmann made a dunk after taking the ball, passed Wigan Athletic's midfielder MacArthur, and made a cross after entering the penalty area! !

Vardy grabbed the forward point and hit the ball towards the goal with the outside of his left foot!
Goalkeeper Robles is beyond reach!

The football hit the net!
"GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL!!!!!! Vardy scored!!! City broke the deadlock!!!"

"One to zero!!! No.60 minutes of the game!! One to zero!!! Manchester City scored a goal!!!"

"A sudden attack, Manchester City's sudden attack made Wigan Athletic unable to react in time. After a long time of taking advantage of the opportunity, Manchester City's sudden attack helped them take the lead!!!"

After the goal, Vardy laughed and pointed at Griezmann and rushed over, and the two ran shoulder to shoulder in the corner flag area.

Other Manchester City players also rushed up.

This was a goal that broke the deadlock. This goal basically meant that Manchester City won the game.

Gao Bo waved his fist twice in front of his chest, then turned around and gave his assistants a high-five.

It's just beating Wigan Athletic, and it's not worthy of Gao Bo's celebration too crazy.

On the other side, Martinez's head slammed, and his whole body felt cold.

After all calculations, after all, they are still far behind in strength.
Martinez is a little helpless. All his tactics are based on not being able to lose the ball.

Now Wigan Athletic conceded the ball, what to do?
Press it out?
Even if Manchester City is willing to attack Wigan Athletic, Wigan Athletic can't stand it.

Without pressing it out, the opponent can easily win the championship trophy by boiling the frog in warm water.

The huge gap in strength left Wigan Athletic with little choice.

After conceding a goal, Wigan Athletic fell into chaos.

In the 608th minute of the game, David Silva made a pass from the left rib, and Vardy shot when he won the ball!

The football is lifted off the crossbar by the goalkeeper.

Then Manchester City's corner kick!
David Silva took a corner kick, Maguire followed up in the middle, a powerful header!
Knocked on Wigan Athletic's goal again! !

"Two to zero!!!!!!!"

"GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Another victory!!! Manchester City has completely sealed the victory!!!"

"Man City won the FA Cup!!!"

"Maguire!! Beautiful header!! Maguire has improved a lot this season, maybe Hodgson should consider recruiting Maguire into the England team!!"

After scoring the goal, Maguire was also very excited.

On the pitch, the players of Wigan Athletic had low faces, and everyone knew that the general situation was over.

Martinez sat on the coach's bench, leaning limply on the back of the chair. Even Martinez knew that Wigan Athletic lost.

The FA Cup champion is a dream after all.

When the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game, the whole Wembley was boiling!
On the electronic scoreboard at Wembley Stadium, it was impressively displayed: Wigan Athletic 1:4 Manchester City! !
With the goals of Vardy, Maguire, Kaka and Adam White who came off the bench, Manchester City defeated Wigan Athletic [-]-[-] in this game!

They defeated their opponents and won the FA Cup in the 2012-2013 season!
"Congratulations to Manchester City! Congratulations to Gao Bo!! Congratulations to them!! They are the FA Cup champions this season, and they are also the league champions this season! They won the double crown!! This is a great season!! And now, they still need to play a Champions League final. If they finally win the Champions League, they will create a great treble season!!!"

The commentator Letkinson said excitedly.

Manchester City fans are screaming!
At this moment, everyone was staring at the shiny trophy on the court! !

This season, Manchester City won the championship trophy for the second time! !

"I hope we can see Manchester City win the trophy again this season, in this stadium!!"

This season's Champions League final is also in this stadium, and it is also here! !

After a simple but grand awards ceremony, the team did not stay long at Wembley.

Manchester City returned to Manchester overnight.

After that, Gao Bo announced a holiday, and he gave the team two days off! !
Even after four days, there is still a league game.

Anyway, now that the team has won the championship ahead of schedule, Manchester City will not waste the physical energy of their main players in the next two rounds of the league.

On May 5, the team faced Reading away.

Despite the extensive rotation, Manchester City won again with a [-]-[-] away win against Reading.

Four days later, League No. 30 has eight rounds!

The last game of the Premier League this season, the team played against Norwich at home.

The content of the game was not the focus of attention of the fans. Before the game, Norwich lined up at the stadium to welcome and pay tribute to this season's champion.

The team captain then entered the pitch with the FA Cup trophy to show off to the home fans.

The atmosphere of the team reached its climax/tide! !

The singing began to sound from the first second of the game and continued until the end of the game.

Even if Manchester City lost [-]-[-] at home to Norwich, who needed relegation, the cheers and singing of the fans continued.

Gao Bo didn't pay too much attention to this defeat.

Now the league games are not important, what is important is the Champions League final a week later!

After the whistle sounded for the end of this game, the game is over!
And the 2012-2013 Premier League season is over! !
The cheers at the scene were loud.

For Manchester City fans, this is truly a fantastic season.

　8000-word chapter, coded in the morning, the fingers may not be my own.
　　
　
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