Chapter 600 The Decisive Battle at the Top of England (Part 2) Please Subscribe for a Monthly Ticket
Only the last round of the Premier League is left.
The current top six in the Premier League standings:
Aston Villa, 83 points, first place;
Chelsea, 81 points, second;
Manchester United, 81 points, third;
Arsenal, 68 points, 4th;
Tottenham Hotspur, 68 points, fifth place;
Manchester City, 62 points, sixth;
In addition to the relegation battle in the relegation zone, the final battle between the top five in the last round of the league is particularly eye-catching.
The first is the competition for the fourth place in the league and the qualification for the UEFA Champions League.
Arsenal lost in the last round of the league, which gave Tottenham a chance.
Tottenham's points have tied Arsenal.
Of course, the most important thing is the competition for the Premier League title.
Aston Villa, Chelsea, Manchester United, three teams may eventually win the championship.
In the final game of the league, Aston Villa, Chelsea and Manchester United all played at home.
It is reported that the English Football Association will go to three stadiums with three championship trophies in the final round of the league.
The difference is that the trophy brought to Villa Park was the real thing, while the ones brought to Stamford Bridge and Old Trafford were replicas:
If Chelsea or Manchester United win the championship, the replica trophy will deal with the awards ceremony first, and then the real one will be replaced.
This is because it currently appears that Aston Villa, which leads the points, has the best hope of winning the championship:
As long as Aston Villa wins, they will definitely win the championship, and they don't need to care about the scores and results of other games.
Yes, a draw does not guarantee Aston Villa the title.
If Aston Villa draws with their opponents and both Chelsea and Manchester United win, Aston Villa's ranking will slip directly from first to third.
This is because Aston Villa's goal difference is less than Chelsea and Manchester United.
After the thirty-seventh round of the league, Chelsea had a goal difference of 63, Manchester United had a goal difference of 54, and Aston Villa had only a goal difference of 48.
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Blackburn currently ranks 11th in the Premier League with 47 points. They are in a state of no worries about relegation and hopeless European competition.
Such a result should be said to be very good for Blackburn.
The media began to hype the match between Aston Villa and Blackburn.
In the words of the "Guardian", now only Blackburn can prevent the final script of the "Villa Myth" from being staged in the Premier League.
Manchester United fans and Chelsea fans have left messages on Blackburn's official website.
"If you kill Vera, I won't be angry with you for what you did to us in the thirty-fourth round."
"Brothers of Blackburn, kill Aston Villa, I will not be angry again, and I will thank you."
The former was left by Manchester United fans. In the thirty-fourth round of the league, Manchester United was tied 0-0 by Blackburn away.
The latter was left by Chelsea fans. In the thirty-first round of the league, Chelsea was tied 1-1 away by Blackburn.
Looking at it now, whether it is Manchester United or Chelsea, how important the two points lost on Black itself are.
Originally, for the last round of the league against Aston Villa, it should be an attitude of wanting nothing.
What the Blackburn players wanted was for the game to be over and they could have a wonderful holiday.
However, this game suddenly became a key battle for the championship.
Blackburn, who was already planning how to be happy during the holiday, suddenly discovered:
It turns out that we are so important.
The media went to interview Blackburn head coach Sam Allardyce.
I want to hear what this big-mouthed old man will say.
Allardyce is a veteran coach of the Premier League. Although he has never coached a giant, he has achieved good results in leading small and medium teams, and has an "excellent reputation" in the Premier League circle.
Most importantly, as we all know, Sir Alex and Allardyce have a very good personal relationship.
When Manchester United competed with Arsenal and Chelsea, Bolton, coached by Allardyce, was the head coach who gave Wenger a headache.
As we all know, Arsenal has a delicate style of play and likes to play on the ground, but the team coached by Allardyce plays high and fierce, which happens to be Arsenal's nemesis.
During his time coaching Bolton, Allardyce turned this underdog into a very difficult team.
From 2001-2007, Allardyce's Bolton faced Arsenal with an impressive record of 3 wins, 5 draws and 4 losses.
Later, Allardyce also revealed that beating Arsenal would make him very happy, and he would still be on the phone with Ferguson, talking enthusiastically about how he made the losing Wenger furious.
The media mentioned these things with only one purpose, which is the size of Allardyce:
Old Sam, your old iron Alex (Ferguson) needs your help.
At the press conference before the game, Blackburn's head coach Sam Allardyce finally couldn't help but speak.
He said that they will try their best to treat the game away from home.
"I told the players that this game must go all out. We are not trying to prevent Aston Villa from winning the championship. We just want to make a sound. Villa wants to win the championship. We also want to end the season with a victory!"
"I told the players, if you don't want to see us as a bad backdrop in the Villa people's championship celebration documentary in the days to come, then play well and win the game."
"No no no, Blackburn don't win for Manchester United, we don't win for anyone else, we just fight for the glory, so that the fans can enjoy a victory as the end of the season."
Blackburn's defensive core Christopher Samba also made a high-profile statement: "We will beat Aston Villa, they will be very nervous, and we will prepare easily! We have a psychological advantage against Villa."
Samba refers to the fact that in the first round of the league, Aston Villa was tied 1-1 by Blackburn in an away game, and it was the tall central defender Samba who scored for Blackburn.
Fang Jue’s response to the pre-match press conference at Aston Villa was:
We will respect our opponents very, very, very much, and we will take this game very, very, very seriously!
Looking at his expression and tone when he said this, everyone could tell that the respect and seriousness he said was murderous.
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May 9, 2010.
All ten games in the thirty-eighth round of the Premier League and the final round of the league will kick off at 4:00 p.m. local time in London and 11:00 p.m. Beijing time.
At one o'clock at noon, two or three hours before the start of the game, Aston Villa fans were already queuing up to enter the stadium.
The official website of Aston Villa Club calls on fans to come to the Villa Park Stadium to cheer for the team, fill the stadium, and prepare to welcome the club's first English top league title after 29 years. This will be Aston Villa It is the eighth time to win England's top league title, which will also be the first Premier League title in the club's history.
This "calling order" on Aston Villa's official website was sourly accused by some media as a slapstick.
Because there is no need for clubs to call!
Tickets for this game were all sold out half a month ago.
Even the £39 ticket for the cheapest seat with a bad position and obstructed view has now been hyped to £200, but it is still priceless.
According to the prediction of "The Times", on the day of the game, if Aston Villa wins the championship, nearly half a million Aston Villa fans will flock to Villa Park Stadium and nearby blocks.
Although it has been lonely for many years, Aston Villa is considered to be one of the clubs with the most fans in England.
Another point is that Aston Villa enjoys the widest support among the British high society.
Not just because the royals are rumored to be backing Aston Villa, but besides:
The team was built as early as Aston Villa was founded in 1874, and it is one of the senior members of the English Football League.
The results were quite good at one time, especially in the early days. In the 19th century, the top league champions won five times and the FA Cup three times.
Although it fell for a while later, the history of "Villa ZTE" was staged again in the 1980s.
Especially in 1982 also won the Champions League, is one of the only four English teams.
This is an important reason why Villa can attract a large number of fans and make it a fan for generations.
In addition, the reasons why Aston Villa attracts the support of England's upper class are:
Manchester United and Manchester City were workers' clubs in the early days, while Liverpool was dominated by dock workers, and Liverpool native Wayne Rooney was the child of dock workers.
Needless to say, Arsenal's nickname is Arsenal.
As for Chelsea... before Abramovich took over, the top league champions had once won the League One in the 1950s, and they were still playing in the Second Division in the late 1980s. Basically, no one regarded it as a wealthy family.
The jazz with a bit of status in the UK didn't even look at the middle class back then, how could they support a team with them...
As a result, Aston Villa, which has good performance and historical background, has slowly accumulated such a group of "high-quality" fans in its history of more than 100 years.
Of course, this is the blessing of history, and now Aston Villa's new star fans are not as good as Manchester United, Arsenal, Chelsea, and Liverpool.
In addition, because of the former British colony, in terms of the number of fans, Villa is the British club with the largest number of fans in India, Pakistan and even the football kingdom Brazil, far exceeding other giants.
According to the "Sun" broke the news, that night in the VIP box at the Villa Park stadium, there will be celebrities gathering.
The "Sun" even broke a list of stars who are likely to appear in the stands:
David Cameron, the new British Prime Minister, just won the general election two days ago.
Prince William.
Judi Dench.
Oscar winner Tom Hanks and his wife.
Lewis Hamilton.
Tom Hiddleston.
Kelly Knightley.
Joanna Linley.
and many more.
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Evelyn Papa Karina is holding her baby son and wearing a small Aston Villa jersey.
She came to the VIP box with Leiberto, club CEO Bob Clark, club general manager Byron, club technical director and other high-level executives, and visited the celebrities and stars who came to the stadium.
This game, or in other words, if Aston Villa can win the championship, this will be the first step for Aston Villa to show its influence to the whole of the UK and the world after more than 20 years.
At this moment, Aston Villa's bus has arrived at the stadium.
They were warmly welcomed by fans outside the pitch.
Huge cheers resounded from the stadium.
The big screen inside the stadium also broadcast live the picture of the arrival of the team bus, which drew huge cheers from the audience in the stadium.
Team captains Petrov and Deisler got off the car first.
Subsequently, David Beckham, Ronaldo, Ruud van Nistelrooy, Gareth Bale, Abanglaho, Clement and other players got off one after another.
Fang Jue and the coaching staff got out of the car last.
He did not accept an interview with the media, but the young head coach made a 'V' gesture towards the camera, which immediately aroused excited shouts from the fans at the scene and in front of the TV.
Then, the screen changed one by one.
A police car cleared the way, followed by a vehicle with the logo of the Football Association of England, and slowly arrived at Villa Park.
Several FA staff got out of the car.
One of them pushed down a silver-gray travel safe from the car. Several staff members guarded the safe and sank into the depths of the stadium passage.
Subsequently, the staff arrived at a house.
One of them entered the password, opened the safe, and took out a guy wearing a black hood.
Remove the black hood.
Reveal the true face of Lushan Mountain inside.
Put it in the middle of the table.
This is the Premier League trophy has arrived at Villa Park.
Watching this scene, huge cheers resounded through the stadium.
This is twenty-nine years of waiting.
The children who were born on the day of winning the championship can now bring their children to the scene to witness the night of winning the championship.
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Fang Jue is not addicted to smoking.
He snuffed out the half-smoked cigarette.
Turn on the tap and wash your face.
Wiped it off with a towel.
I looked in the mirror.
Looking at the handsome man in the mirror, he nodded in satisfaction.
Go back to the locker room.
Fang Jue clapped his hands, motioning everyone to stop what they were doing and listen to him.
"Although the media is hyping, saying how critical and important this game is." He said.
"But." Fang Jue raised his voice and said loudly, "I still have to say, what they said is not entirely correct."
"This is our night of champions!" Fang Jue waved his right fist, "It's that simple!"
Ten minutes later, amid the huge cheers inside and outside Villa Park, the referee Anthony Taylor blew the whistle to start the game.
At this time, the camera also gave a close-up of the player's tunnel entrance, where a trophy was quietly placed:
Premier League championship trophy.
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