Chapter 722 A Moment Destined to Go Down in Football History

Four Premier League teams gathered in the European Cup final. This unprecedented feat has had a huge impact on European football and even world football. The world's attention was attracted by this topic, and major media in various countries reported this event.

However, the world's sports media soon attracted the attention of another topic related to the Premier League, that is, the final battle of the Premier League this season!

Although the final battle of the Premier League every season will attract the attention of the world, this season's Premier League final battle is particularly special, because the competition for the Premier League championship this season is unprecedentedly fierce and even cruel!

After 37 rounds of the Premier League, Manchester United got 95 points, Liverpool got 94 points, and Manchester City got 3 points. And the goal difference of the three teams is not much different, Manchester United is 66, Liverpool is 64, and Manchester City is also 66.

Under such circumstances, the three teams are still likely to win the league championship this season.

Of course, Manchester United, which is ranked first, has the most obvious advantage. As long as they beat Cardiff City, which has been relegated in advance, at home in the final game, no matter what the result of Liverpool and Manchester City's match with their opponents, the championship will belong to Manchester United.

In comparison, if Liverpool and Manchester City want to win the championship, they need to get all three points in the final round and their competitors need to make mistakes.

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The unprecedentedly fierce and even cruel competition for the Premier League championship is certainly one of the important reasons that shocked the world, but the high points of the three teams are the key to the Premier League championship this season.

In the five major leagues, or even the mainstream leagues in the world, it is very difficult for a team to score more than 90 points in a single season, and basically they can lock in the league championship of that season.

In La Liga, due to the long-term coexistence of Barcelona and Real Madrid, the two top giants, La Liga has repeatedly seen high-scoring runners-up.

For example, Real Madrid finished second with 96 points in the 2009-2010 season, and Real Madrid finished second again with 92 points in the 2010-2011 season, while Barcelona finished second with 91 points in the 2011-2012 season.

With Simeone taking over Atletico Madrid, La Liga entered a situation of three strong teams competing for supremacy, making the competition in La Liga unprecedentedly fierce. In addition to the increasingly fierce competition for the championship and runner-up, there have also been consecutive third-place teams with super high points.

In the 2013-2014 season, Simeone led Atletico Madrid to break the long-term monopoly of Real Madrid and Barcelona on the La Liga, and won the La Liga championship with 90 points, while the runner-up Barcelona and the third-place Real Madrid both scored 87 points, creating the third place with the highest points in the five major leagues.

Two years later in the 2015-2016 season, Barcelona won the La Liga championship with 91 points, beating the two Madrid giants, the runner-up Real Madrid got 90 points, and Atletico Madrid ranked third with 88 points, once again refreshing the upper limit of the third place.

With the fierce competition among the three teams, La Liga has ushered in the most glorious period in history and truly become the first league in world football!

However, these two records are a bit dwarfed by the Premier League this season.

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With one round left in the league, Manchester City, the third place, has scored 93 points, which is 5 points more than the record of 88 points held by Atletico Madrid.

What's more terrifying is that the opponents of the three teams in the final round are not too strong. Manchester United's opponent is Cardiff City, which is currently ranked 18th in the standings and has been relegated in advance; Manchester City's opponent is Brighton, which is currently ranked 17th in the standings, but has successfully retained its position in advance; and Liverpool's opponent is the strongest of the three teams, the Wolves, which is currently ranked seventh, but it is not difficult for them to win 3 points at home.

If all three teams win in the final round, the final points of Manchester United, Liverpool and Manchester City will be: 98 points, 97 points and 96 points!

In this way, Liverpool will not only tie Manchester City's record of the highest runner-up in the top five leagues last season, but Manchester City will also create a new record of the highest third place in the top five leagues, with a terrifying 96 points!

You should know that in the history of the top five leagues, 90 points can win the championship in most cases, not to mention 96 points.

In the history of the entire top five leagues, the only teams with 96 points are Inter Milan (97 points) in the 2006-2007 season, Barcelona (99 points) and Real Madrid (96 points) in the 2009-2010 season, Barcelona (96 points) in the 2010-2011 season, Real Madrid (100 points) in the 2011-2012 season, Juventus (102 points) in the 2013-2014 season, Manchester United (104 points) and Manchester City (97 points) in the 2017-2018 season, a total of 6 seasons, 6 teams, 8 times.

That is to say, except for these 6 seasons, Manchester City can easily win the championship of any of the five major leagues at any time.

However, now Manchester City may not be able to win the championship even if it can get 96 points!

Such a reality is really too cruel!

Countless fans have expressed on the Internet that when this situation really happens at the end of the season, Manchester City fans will really faint in the toilet.

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In the final game of the league, Manchester United and Liverpool both played at home, while only Manchester City played away from home. There is news 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 championship trophy brought to the Millennium Stadium is the real thing, while the ones brought to Anfield and Amex Community Stadium are replicas.

If Liverpool or Manchester City win the championship, the replica trophy will be used for the awards ceremony first, and then the real thing will be replaced.

This is because currently, it seems that Manchester United, which leads in points, has the greatest hope of winning: as long as Manchester United wins, it will definitely win the championship, and there is no need to care about the scores and results of other games.

Yes, a draw does not guarantee Manchester United the title. If Manchester United draws their opponents and both Liverpool and Manchester City win, Manchester United's ranking will fall directly from first to third.

This is because although Manchester United's 66 goal difference is greater than Liverpool's 64, it is the same as Manchester City.

If Manchester United draws in the last round, and both Liverpool and Manchester City win, then Liverpool will have more points than Manchester United. There is no need to compare the goal difference, and it will definitely be ranked higher than Manchester United. Although Manchester City's points are the same as Manchester United's 96 points, their goal difference is definitely higher than Manchester United's 66 points.

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Cardiff City is currently ranked 18th in the Premier League, with 31 points, 5 points less than 17th-placed Brighton, and has been relegated early. Therefore, this final game has no practical significance for Cardiff City. At most, they are fighting for face.

However, as Old Trafford, Manchester United's original home stadium, enters a period of reconstruction, the temporary lease of the Millennium Stadium as the home stadium allows Manchester United and Cardiff City to become teams in the same city in a sense, and the games between the two teams can also become City derby.

The media began to hype the match between Manchester United and Cardiff City.

In the words of the "Echo", only Cardiff City can now prevent Manchester United from achieving three consecutive Premier League titles for the third time in history.

Manchester City fans and Liverpool fans went to Cardiff City's official website to leave messages.

"You must kill Manchester United and leave a good memory for Cardiff City fans."

"Brothers from Cardiff City, kill Manchester United. I believe the fans will not only not be angry anymore, but they will also thank you."

With Cardiff City's sudden relegation, this means that most players need to find another way out, unless they plan to follow the team to play in the English Championship.

However, this game suddenly became a key battle for the championship. Cardiff City players, who were already planning which club to transfer to, suddenly discovered: It turns out that this game is so important!

The media rushed to interview Cardiff City head coach Neil Warnock, wanting to hear what the big-mouthed coach would say.

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The 70-year-old Neil Warnock is a veteran Premier League coach with 39 years of coaching experience. Although he has never coached a wealthy club, he has achieved pretty good results in leading small and medium-sized teams and has an excellent reputation in the Premier League circle.

As we all know, this old coach's biggest hobby in his life is to quarrel with others, so he is nicknamed "The Roaring Emperor". On Warnock's Wikipedia page, there is a special section called "Controversy", which contains an article with a total of 2,179 words, describing his interactions with players, coaches of other teams, clubs, referees and even British actor Sean · Bin, as many as 17 disputes.

It can be said that when will headlines like "Neil Warnock stop causing trouble" make headlines.

At the press conference before the start of the game, Cardiff City coach Neil Warnock finally couldn't help but speak. He said that they would treat the game with their best in the away game.

"I told the players that we must go all out in this game. We are not trying to prevent Manchester United from winning the championship. We just want to make a sound. If Manchester United wants to win the championship, we also need to end this terrible season with a victory!"

"I told the players that if they don't want to see us as a bad background in the documentary of Manchester United's championship celebrations in the future, then play well and win the game."

“No, no, no, Cardiff City are not here to win for Liverpool and Manchester City, we are not here to win for anyone else, we are only playing for honor and for the fans to appreciate a win to end this terrible season. "

Mourinho's response to this at Manchester United's pre-match press conference was: "We will respect our opponents very, very, very much, and we will take this game very, very, very seriously!"

Judging from his expression and tone when he spoke these words, everyone could tell that the respect and seriousness he spoke of were murderous.