Chapter 731: The Battle for the Most Powerful Family in England

Manchester United defeated Manchester City 4:2 and won the FA Cup, which became the focus of media attention and reports the next day.

Reuters: "At Wembley Stadium, Mourinho's Manchester United defeated the powerful Manchester City 4:2 and won the FA Cup for the 15th time in history. This is also the first time that a team has won the oldest football tournament for four consecutive years."

"Manchester Evening News": 2:4, Manchester City was completely defeated by Manchester United. Guardiola's team lost to Manchester United for the 10th time in the past three seasons.

"The Times": Mourinho ushered in his 16th championship trophy as Manchester United coach. His goal? Three consecutive crowns for two years?

Not only the British media, but other European mainstream media also paid close attention to Manchester United's winning of the FA Cup.

Xinhua News Agency: The FA Cup was founded in 1871. This year is the 148th anniversary of the FA Cup. This is the oldest event in modern football history, and the most successful one is Manchester United. They have won the championship 14 times before, ahead of Arsenal, which has won 12 times. Now they have expanded their lead. Coach Mourinho, who is good at leading the team to win the cup championship, has won another cup championship trophy.

German "Kicker": Sixteen championships in three years, Mourinho established the third empire of Manchester United.

Portuguese "Record" front page headline: Bruno, the God of Football!

French "L'Equipe": Kante helped Manchester United win the FA Cup.

Dutch "Telegraph": Van Dijk is the core of Manchester United's defense, and he is the absolute hero of Manchester United's FA Cup championship!

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After the entire Manchester United team returned to Manchester from London with the FA Cup championship trophy, they once again held a grand championship float parade.

This is the first time in a week that Manchester United has held a championship celebration again. A week ago, it was to celebrate the team's 16th Premier League championship in team history, and now it is to celebrate the team's 15th FA Cup championship in team history.

Although Manchester United has held too many championship celebrations in the past three years, Manchester United fans are still very happy.

After all, who would dislike their team winning too many championships?

After a night of crazy celebration, Mourinho did not give the team a holiday. Instead, he led the entire Manchester United team south to Spain at the beginning of the new week to prepare for the Champions League final on the evening of June 1.

In fact, Manchester United was late in preparing for the Champions League final. Their opponent Liverpool began to prepare for the Champions League final after the Premier League final a week ago.

But there was no other way. Liverpool had no other games after the end of the league, but Manchester United still had to play the FA Cup final, so preparations for the Champions League final could only be postponed.

However, there were a full two weeks to prepare, which was very sufficient time.

Manchester United rented Real Madrid's Valdebebas training base as the training ground for the Champions League final.

At this time, the La Liga had also ended, and the Galaxy Battleship, which had been empty-handed for a season, had disbanded, so it agreed to temporarily rent their training base to Manchester United.

The relationship between the two giants is very complicated. In many cases, they are direct competitors, but there are also many player transactions between them. However, when the team was disbanded and entered the off-season, Florentino still nodded his head to rent a training base for Manchester United.

At about the same time, Liverpool also came to Madrid, but they rented Atletico Madrid's training base as a training base for preparing for the Champions League final.

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The day before the game, that is, on the morning of May 31, Manchester United and Liverpool went to the Wanda Metropolitan Stadium to train to adapt to the venue.

Later, at the pre-match press conference of the two teams, Mourinho and Klopp both praised their opponents in the final and expressed their expectation for a wonderful game.

Everything seems to be harmonious.

However, the two teams are the biggest rivals after all, and the atmosphere before the game between the media and fans of the two teams is not very harmonious.

The last time Liverpool reached the Champions League final was in the 2006-2007 season, which has been 12 years since then. So the Liverpool club and Liverpool fans all over the world think that Liverpool should win the championship.

Especially if Liverpool loses this Champions League final, it means that Manchester United will be tied with Manchester United in the number of Champions League trophies, which is something that Liverpool people absolutely cannot tolerate.

As for Manchester United, the team only reached the top of Europe last year, and they naturally hope to relive the old dream. In that case, they will become the team that can defend the Champions League after the reform, just like Real Madrid.

Moreover, if Manchester United can beat Liverpool, they will tie Liverpool in the number of Champions League titles. And because they are far ahead of their rivals in the number of English top league titles, they will really step on Liverpool's corpse and ascend to the throne of the first giant in England.

Such remarks and statements made Liverpool fans quite unhappy. The players of both sides had many conflicts before the game, which also made the police in Madrid very busy these days.

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On the first day of June, at around five o'clock in the afternoon, Liverpool's bus drove out of the hotel where they stayed.

Then, Manchester United's bus also set off from the hotel where they stayed, preparing to go to Wanda Metropolitano Stadium.

At the same time, countless Manchester United fans from all over the world followed the bus and joined the fans outside the Wanda Metropolitano Stadium to welcome and escort the team.

The bus window was opened, and the team captain Bruno stuck his head out, showing a Manchester United flag and waving it, which caused even greater cheers from the fans on the scene.

"Long live Manchester United!"

"Manchester United is the champion!"

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A few minutes after Manchester United's bus passed, Liverpool's bus also arrived.

Although Liverpool started from the hotel where they were staying first, they were a little further away from the Wanda Metropolitano Stadium, so they arrived late.

The Liverpool fans who greeted Liverpool's bus also cheered, but their momentum was much smaller than that of Manchester United fans.

The Wanda Metropolitano Stadium can accommodate 68,000 fans. Although only a pitiful 16,000 tickets were sold to the two clubs, the remaining 35,000 tickets were allocated by UEFA to sponsors and other partners, but these tickets basically fell into the hands of fans of both sides in the end.

In the end, of the 68,000 tickets, Manchester United fans received about 38,000 tickets, and Liverpool fans received 30,000 tickets.

Not only did the fans who bought tickets come to Madrid, but a large number of fans from both teams who could not buy tickets also came to the outside of the stadium to cheer for their respective teams.

On the TV screen, the players of both teams had not yet appeared, and the stands of the Wanda Metropolitano Stadium, which can accommodate 68,000 people, were almost full.

Looking at the fans of both teams in the stands, this also caused complaints and envy from the fans of both teams in the bar. They were also eager to watch the game live, but it was a pity that the tickets for the final were almost sold out as soon as they were released.

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The players have finished warming up and have returned to their respective lounges.

The head coaches of both teams will make final preparations for the most important game of this season.

Now is not the time to talk about tactics again. In fact, the tactics that should be explained have been explained countless times.

This is the final of the Champions League. In order to prepare for such a game, the coaching staff and the players have held many meetings. In training, they have been striving for excellence and practicing tactics to the extreme.

Before such a major final, some coaches will not say much, and are more willing to leave time for the players, so that the players can face the important final in a more relaxed attitude and mentality.

Some coaches like to talk endlessly and hope that their final pre-war mobilization can work.

In fact, many coaches like to do the final chicken blood before the game. When the team's strength can basically not be suddenly improved, raising the team's fighting spirit and crazy chicken blood is the best way.

Klopp's coaching style is known for its positivity, passion and motivation. He can accurately see the situation of the game on the sidelines and pass on tactics and fighting spirit to the players in a superb way.

It can be said that in the current world football, when it comes to chicken blood, no coach can surpass Klopp.

"This is my fourth final as Liverpool coach, but we didn't win any trophies. Many people outside say that I, Klopp, am the runner-up for a thousand years, and that Liverpool is not destined to win the championship." Klopp said, "This is the game I have always dreamed of. After losing the past three finals and the Premier League championship three weeks ago, I dreamed of being able to do it again with you." Klopp looked at his disciples and said affectionately: "Because I have a very urgent feeling. In my eyes, you are so good that you deserve the praise of a Champions League championship." "...It has always been my dream to stand at the top of Europe with such outstanding you." Klopp said, "After the 90-minute game, I hope to be able to hold the championship trophy with you." ……………… On the other side, in the Manchester United locker room. Mourinho looked at his players, and he was also giving his final pre-war training. "We have won the Premier League and the FA Cup."

"Double crown is not enough, I hope it is a treble!" Mourinho said, "I believe everyone thinks the same as me."

"No team in international football has ever won the treble for two consecutive seasons!" Mourinho smiled and looked at his players, "Let us, the strongest, create this history!"

"Defend the treble!"

"Defend the treble!"

"Defend the treble!"

The players shouted loudly, their faces flushed with emotion.

The coach was right, such history should be created by the strongest!