Chapter 1044 Unexpected News

May 7, Carrow Road Stadium.

The camera captured the home fans in the stands covering their faces and crying. "Canary" Norwich City had been promoted and relegated continuously in the previous five years. At this time last year, they returned to the Premier League as the British Championship champions, but today they Demoted one round early.

Sun Wu, who had been sitting on the coaching bench and did not appear on the court, frowned and discussed something with the assistant coaches next to him.

Both the FA Cup and the Champions League are currently entering the final stage of preparation, but the first thing to solve is the league. Currently, Manchester United is only 5 points ahead of Manchester City, and Manchester United has a make-up match against Tottenham in the next round. The league championship is not a sure thing.

In this game, Sun Wu gave all the players who participated in the Double Red Club a rest. Alderweireld, Coleman, Phil Jones, and Rojo started, and the midfielders Fabinho, Fletcher, and Herre La, the frontcourt is Harry Kane, Bernardo Silva and Milner.

Although the Norwich players worked very hard, the strength gap between the two sides was too big, and the Manchester United players who had just beaten Liverpool 10-1 and did not get a chance to play were feeling suffocated.

Although Norwich set up a bus, Manchester United's offense never created any threat, but before the end of the first half, Manchester United still took the lead.

In the 44th minute, Herrera took a corner kick. Rojo made a strong header and hit the opponent's goalkeeper. The Norwich player made a huge clearance and kicked his teammate on the back and bounced into the door.

Two minutes later, Bernardo Silva assisted Harry Kane and scored the 22nd goal in the league. This number ranked third in the Premier League scorer list. The second place was Griezmann who scored 25 goals. The first is Diego Costa who scored 31 goals.

During the halftime break, Sun Wu replaced Harry Kane with Rashford. He currently does not have a medical insurance card. Although this guy is not a glass man, he has been injured a lot.

In the 64th minute of the second half, Bernardo Silva scored two assists. He cleverly crossed the baseline and assisted Herrera to seal the victory.

Sun Wu then focused his attention on the status and performance of Manchester United players. McFerran raised a key question in the meeting yesterday, how to choose Sun Wu's partner for the last two finals.

Although Milner will be selected into the squad due to his snake oil characteristics, his chances of starting are very small. In terms of ability, he is the relatively worst one among the candidates.

Selected by several other candidates, Fletcher is both offensive and defensive. Although he has no problem with his physical fitness, he can still maintain a wide range of running ability and cover a wide range of areas. However, his explosive power has declined greatly due to his age. When he encounters Eriksen and Modry, Qi was at a disadvantage.

Fabinho played very few games in the first half of the season, but Sun Wu likes to use this Brazilian midfielder in key games in the second half of the season. He is very defensive, has strong ability to compete for high points, has wide coverage, and has a good long pass. But he lacks the ability to plug in from the back.

Herrera is an ideal partner. He is responsible defensively, has the tenacity of the Basque, has organizational skills, can penetrate from the back row, and has a long shot. He has scored key goals against Bayern and Liverpool before.

But the problem with the Spaniard is that he is too mediocre, with no obvious shortcomings, but nothing particularly outstanding.

Sun Wu scratched his head and stared at these three people. They were all in good condition. Who should he use?

Just when Sun Wu was frowning and thinking hard, the game was over.

Manchester United easily swept Norwich 4-0 away from home and pushed them into the British Championship. The last goal came from Milner's long shot.

After attending the post-match press conference and returning to the hotel, Sun Wu received good news. After a detailed examination, Mane, who was injured in the Double Red Club a few days ago, found that there was basically no problem and he could return within a week.

The next day, the entire Manchester United team returned to Manchester, while Sun Wu and McFerran flew to London to closely inspect the status of Tottenham Hotspur players.

Sitting in the stands of White Hart Lane and watching for only ten minutes, Sun Wu pursed his lips and wrote in his notebook, "Formation change."

McFerran nodded, took the pen and wrote a name, "Dale."

Dier has a high tactical status in the Tottenham team. He can deliver the ball forward to the frontcourt, transfer the ball, and become a barrier in front of the central defender. The most important thing is that he can retreat during formation changes. Playing as a central defender, the formation changed from four defenders to three central defenders, with Trippier and Rose on both wings moving forward to support the midfielder.

Sun Wu silently pondered in his mind, but Pochettino may not dare to play like this in the FA Cup final, because although Eriksen is responsible for the defensive task, his defensive quality is relatively average, and the defense of another midfielder Dembele The ability is not very strong either.

Sun Wu estimates that Pochettino will use a double defensive midfielder formation with Dier and Wanyama. However, this will greatly affect the high-position press in the frontcourt and the organization and attack of positional battles. Wanyama is a purely defensive player after all. Lower back.

Today's Tottenham opponent is Southampton. Tottenham has no intention of holding back in order to grab the fourth place. The Saints are ranked 11th and have no desire for anything.

In the 25th minute, Tottenham launched a high-quality counterattack. Eriksen dribbled the ball through the midfield at high speed and then distributed the ball. Ali took the ball from the left rib and cut it diagonally into the penalty area on the other side. Sun Xing pushed into the small penalty area immediately. Lukaku opened the scoring with a block shot with his right foot. This was his 21st league goal this season.

The 1-0 score continued into the second half, and Pochettino began to adjust his troops. He replaced Alli with Mata.

Three minutes later, the Southampton defender headed the ball out of the penalty area. Eriksen passed the ball from the outside. Mata, who received the ball on the right side of the penalty area, unexpectedly spiked the ball and knocked his heel. Trippier stepped in from the outside. A cross was made at the first opportunity, and Sun Xing from behind easily pushed and scored.

McFerran took the notebook and wrote Mata's name. Sun Wu nodded in agreement. Now Tottenham has a group of good frontcourt attackers. Eriksen will definitely occupy the central position, and Lukaku will definitely be the starting center. , but it is difficult to say about the left and right positions. Sun Xing, Ali, Januzaj, and Mata are all likely to start.

Ali is more versatile. He likes to insert himself into the penalty area to grab points and attack the goal. Sun Xing and Januzaj are more capable of breakthroughs. Whether Mata plays or not determines Pochettino's frontcourt tactics. The Spanish attacking midfielder is slow, which is okay. Breakthrough ability, but a master passer.

With five or six minutes left before the end of the game, the two left White Hart Lane early.

Seeing that Sun Wu was still frowning, McFerran comforted: "After all, we are 5 points ahead, we can accept a draw."

Sun Wu shook his head slightly, leading by 5 points and tying with Tottenham and leading by 3 points. Who knows what will happen in the last round. Bournemouth is not a soft persimmon. Eddie Howe may be the most thoughtful among the young coaches in England. , also won the Coach of the Month this season.

Besides, Tottenham are now ranked fifth, 1 point behind fourth-placed Chelsea. In order to grab fourth place, Pochettino will do his best.

However, soon, an unexpected news came.

While Tottenham easily defeated Southampton 3-0, Chelsea unexpectedly lost to Sunderland 2-3 away from home.

This means that Tottenham overtook Chelsea by 2 points and successfully entered the Champions League. However, Chelsea has no make-up games. Only the last round of games is left, and Tottenham still has a make-up game against Manchester United.

As long as they get a draw in the make-up, Tottenham can firmly lead Chelsea by 3 points and occupy fourth place, because Tottenham's goal difference is much higher than Chelsea.

Just when Sun Wu was slightly relieved, another unexpected news came.

Another game that was played at the same time also ended. Mark Hughes led Stoke City to a 1-1 draw with Manchester City at home. In the 85th minute, substitute Crouch scored the key goal to equalize the score. .

Sun Wu and McFerran looked at each other in astonishment. Neither of them expected that they had thought so much. As a result, at the most critical moment, their direct competitor Manchester City fell behind.

what does that mean?

This means that there is still one round of league games and one round of make-up games left. Manchester United leads Manchester City by 7 points and has already won the league championship in advance.