Chapter 274 Two championships, different fates for Manchester City and Barcelona!
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Xian Xue Niao
Chapter 274 Two champions, different fates of Manchester City and Barcelona!
Entering May, the five major leagues have entered the final stage.
Except for La Liga, the suspense of the championship in several other major leagues is over.
Bayern, Manchester City, Paris, Juventus, etc. all won the championship several rounds in advance.
The suspense of La Liga's championship was maintained until the final round.
In the 37th round of La Liga, Celta Vigo coached by Enrique defeated Real Madrid 2-0 at home, completely shattering Real Madrid's hopes of winning the championship, allowing Real Madrid to take the lead in being out of the championship.
In the same round of the game, Atletico Madrid was tied at home by 10-man Malaga, which was a huge upset.
In the case of Atletico Madrid's unexpected draw, Barcelona failed to seize the opportunity to catch up. They were tied 0:0 by the relegation team Elche in the away game.
Therefore, all the suspense of winning La Liga is reserved for the final round of Barcelona's home game against Atletico Madrid.
The current point difference between the two teams is only 3 points, and Barcelona's goal difference is 16 points ahead. As long as they can beat Atletico Madrid at home, they can reverse Atletico Madrid and successfully defend the La Liga title.
But if they are beaten or drawn then they will miss out on the title and have to watch each other lift the trophy at the Nou Camp.
For Barcelona coach Martino, this is his battle of life and death.
If he can't keep the championship in the Nou Camp, then they will lose all four this season, and the three fronts of the Champions League, the League and the Copa del Rey will get nothing.
And this is bound to cause Barcelona to completely lose patience with him.
He didn't resign immediately after losing the Champions League, because there is still a glimmer of hope in the league, but if the league also messes up, I can't think of any reason for Barcelona to keep him.
On May 5, the final of the FA Cup and the final round of La Liga will start at the same time.
These two games will determine the ownership of the last two championships of the five major leagues except for the Champions League.
However, Manchester City's prospects for winning the championship are much, much better than Barcelona's!
This is the third time Manchester City have stepped into Wembley Stadium this season. Two months ago, they won the League Cup here.
And now, they will launch an impact on the first Triple Crown in their team history.
Manchester City's opponent is Hull City, which ranks No.16 in the Premier League. This is not a traditional strong team, so almost all parties before the game predicted that Manchester City will win the championship.
But Hull City obviously will not give up this hard-won championship opportunity easily. This is the first time in Hull City's team history that it has entered the FA Cup final.
If they can win the championship, they will get the most gold-rich championship trophy in team history.
In this season's FA Cup, they were very lucky. They didn't encounter any strong teams along the way. In the semi-finals, their opponent was even a League One team.
With great luck and the hard work of the whole team, they stood on this stage.
And they obviously hope to continue this good luck in the final!
Facing the new champions of the Premier League, Manchester City, Hull City chose the tactic of placing the bus very pragmatically.
Manchester City's offensive firepower is obvious to all. If they don't put a bus, I'm afraid they will really be beaten into a sieve.
Facing Hull City's bus tactics, Manchester City directly adopted pass control tactics to deal with it.
The essence of pass control tactics lies in oppression, and Manchester City implemented this very well in this game.
Pellegrini did not choose Kroos, but arranged for Fernandinho and Yaya Toure to partner.
The strong sweeping ability of these two people made Hull City's midfielder almost unable to hold the ball at all.
15 minutes before the game, Manchester City's ball possession rate reached 80%!
Hull City was repeatedly rubbed in the 30-meter area of their own half by Manchester City. The two sides seemed to be conducting a half-court offensive and defensive drill.
At the same time, in Barcelona thousands of miles away, Barcelona is also using pass control tactics to deal with Simeone's Atletico Madrid.
However, their authentic pass and control tactics seem to have lost their power in front of Atletico Madrid.
Barcelona has an advantage in possession rate, but has been unable to pose a threat to Atletico Madrid's goal.
After playing for 15 minutes, their shots were even less than Atletico Madrid's.
Wembley Stadium, at 17 minutes, the numbers on the scoreboard finally changed.
After David Silva cut in from the wing, he assisted Aguero in the penalty area to complete the goal first, rewriting the score to 1:0.
This goal ignited the atmosphere at Wembley Stadium, and countless Manchester City fans present cheered.
This goal made them feel that the FA Cup championship trophy was beckoning to them!
After Aguero scored a goal, he came to celebrate with a slide track very passionately, and followed the example of the teammates who came up, and slide track on the sidelines one after another.
Even Lin Quan, when he was in a good mood, joined in the fun.
The reporters and photographers on the sidelines of the stadium quickly captured this precious moment, which will become a precious memory among the many highlights of Manchester City in the 13-14 season.
On the sidelines, Pellegrini applauded restrainedly, resisting the urge to celebrate excitedly.
It's just an FA Cup, so I can't be that excited.
If this is too exciting, what should we do until the Champions League final?
I am now a champion coach at any rate, so I still need to maintain my image.
The head coach of Hull City didn't think so much at all. After seeing the team lose the ball, he held his head in frustration, and leaned weakly on the back of the coach's bench.
The best way to win with the bus tactics is to steal a goal. After holding a goal, the opponent's mentality will become more and more anxious, and the loopholes in the attack will become bigger and bigger.
In that case, they will be able to hit one target in a counterattack.
But now, the expected situation has not happened, but the worst situation has appeared:
They are behind!
The score is behind, and it is useless to set up the bus at this time, because the opponent can choose not to attack and just control the ball in the backcourt.
As long as you run out of time, the opponent will win in the end, so don't worry!
Therefore, they can no longer stay in their backcourt and set the bus, they must take the initiative to attack.
However, the coach of Hull City still has some AC numbers for the strength of his team.
They put the bus on the defensive and have a chance to wrestle with Manchester City. Once they dare to take the initiative to attack, they are really looking for death.
If you don't attack, you are waiting for death, if you attack, you are looking for death.
Two dead ends, choose one!
No way, then you can only choose the latter one!
After falling behind, Hull City began to take the initiative to attack.
At the beginning they were very cautious and did not dare to invest too much force, but seeing Manchester City taking the ball in a leisurely manner, they gradually became more courageous and invested more and more forces in the attack up.
And this choice fell into the trap of Manchester City.
In the 23rd minute, Manchester City suddenly speeded up, changing the style of playing slowly as if they were walking.
The football was passed from Manchester City's central defender through two or three kicks by Yaya Toure and De Bruyne, and was quickly handed over to Lin Quan's feet.
After Lin Quan got the ball, he performed his best trick on the wing - breaking through!
After the attack, there were not enough defensive players in the backcourt of Hull City, and they seemed a little flustered in the face of Manchester City's fast offense.
When Lin Quan dribbled the ball from the wing and cut into the penalty area, the defensive players in the penalty area had not yet fully settled.
Hull City defender Chester rushed towards Lin Quan in a panic, but forgot what his coach told him before the game:
When facing Lin Quan, remember not to rush up rashly, because this is helping the opponent to pass you!
Without any suspense, Lin Quan took advantage of a change of rhythm to easily dunk Chester, and got a chance to one-on-one with the Hull City goalkeeper.
McGregor stared wide-eyed, staring at Lin Quan's every move, ready to make a save.
Lin Quan posed, aimed at the right side of the goal and made a shot.
McGregor didn't doubt that he was there, kicked the ground hard, and rushed to the right.
However, after he threw himself out, he realized that what Lin Quan had just done was just a fake move.
Now is the real shot!
However, at this time, Lin Quan was already empty-handed.
Without any suspense, Lin Quan helped Manchester City make another victory, leading Hull City 2:0.
McGregor hammered the lawn angrily, and he was actually cheated!
"Hehe, the opponent's goalkeeper is going to die of anger, so he was easily deceived!"
"Probably because the pressure was too great when facing Lin Huang, in order to make the first save, so I added some pre-judgments!"
"It makes sense, but this prediction is outrageously wrong!"
"This trick seems to be called continuous false action shooting. Lin Huang uses it less, but Messi uses it more!"
"Lin Huang has always been very decisive in his shots. He either hits the dead corner, or passes you and hits the empty goal. He is very pursuing the success rate!"
"Indeed, Lin Huang's one-handed ball misses very few times, and the success rate is very high!"
"I'm afraid there is no suspense in this game. 23:2 in 0 minutes, I can't imagine how exaggerated the score will be after 90 minutes!"
"How's the situation at Barcelona? Did you score? Who's leading?"
"Not yet, neither team has the ability to break the opponent's goal. If this continues, I'm afraid it will be a draw!"
"No way? If Barcelona is tied, they will give up the championship. Do Martino still want to do it? Isn't this a desperate attack?"
"Barcelona is already fighting for their lives, but Atletico Madrid's defense line is like copper and iron, it can't be penetrated!"
"It's easy to shake mountains, but hard to shake horses!"
……
Seeing Lin Quan scored the second goal, Pellegrini once again stood on the sidelines and applauded.
After the goal was scored, his spirit completely relaxed.
His mind was no longer on this game, and Pellegrini began to think about the team's tactics for next season.
Manchester City has been a great success this season and will inevitably be targeted by all Premier League teams next season.
The other five teams in the BIG6 of the Premier League will definitely take the task of sniping Manchester City next season.
Whether you encounter them in the league or in the cup, I am afraid it will be difficult to play.
And because there are too many strong teams and giants, after a season, the number of matches with these five teams can reach more than 10 times.
If this kind of game loses a few games or draws a few more games, the championship is likely to have nothing to do with Manchester City.
Although Manchester City is strong, there is no guarantee that they will win when they play against top teams.
Therefore, when encountering other weaker teams, they must steadily score points, and they cannot easily lose a single point.
And when it comes to the most stable tactics for scoring points in the league, Guardiola's pass and control tactics are the most suitable.
Judging from the situation of this game, Manchester City's pass and control tactics are not as strong as Barcelona, but with the strength of Manchester City's players, it is not difficult to play out the effect of this tactic.
If you use this kind of half-baked tactics to deal with those strong teams, you may be defeated by the opponent's weaknesses.
But if it is only used to deal with some middle and lower teams, it seems to be very suitable?
Moreover, the pass-and-control tactic is very good. It saves the physical strength of the players, allowing them to retain their physical strength to deal with multi-line battles in the Champions League and other cups.
This season, Manchester City has suffered too much due to multi-line battles. To solve this problem, in addition to buying more players during the transfer period and increasing the depth of the bench, the most important thing is to increase the players' physical reserves and reduce their physical consumption. .
And this will be the focus of next season.
In the Camp Nou stadium thousands of miles away, Barcelona coach Martino also stood on the sidelines.
He's far less laid-back than his fellow South American, though.
30 minutes have passed and the score is still 0:0.
This result is very unfavorable for Barcelona, because the opposite Atletico Madrid injured two generals in just 20 minutes of the opening.
Both Diego Costa and midfielder Turan were injured, and Atletico Madrid's striker suffered a devastating blow.
However, Simeone, the soul of Atletico Madrid, is still in danger despite the accidental loss of two absolute main players.
He quickly made adjustments and changed his pre-match tactical strategy, allowing Atletico Madrid to quickly stabilize from the unfavorable situation, making it difficult for Barcelona's offense to take advantage of it.
Atletico Madrid seems to have injured two absolute main players, but it seems that as long as Simeone, the soul of the team, exists, they will not be easily defeated.
On the other hand, on Barcelona's side, since losing to Manchester City, Messi seems to have developed a demon.
In this game, he was almost invisible in the frontcourt, completely submerged in Atletico Madrid's iron-walled defense.
It is even rare to see him take the initiative to take the ball, which makes people have to doubt Messi's state.
But in the few times he handles the ball, it can be seen that Messi's state and competitive level are online.
The problem seems to be in his mentality. Messi seems to have lost his desire for the championship. You must know that this is a key game related to the league championship, but his performance is so sluggish, it is unimaginable.
Seeing Messi's poor performance, Barcelona began to increase the attack on the wing.
Such adjustments took effect very quickly.
In the 31st minute, Sanchez's vigorous volley from the right side of the penalty area finally broke through Atletico Madrid's goal.
Barcelona leads Atletico Madrid 1:0!
The Camp Nou stadium boiled instantly, and countless Barcelona fans hugged together excitedly!
They are finally ahead!
As long as this score can be maintained until the end, then the championship still belongs to Barcelona!
However, Simeone's team does not seem to admit defeat so easily!
(End of this chapter)
Entering May, the five major leagues have entered the final stage.
Except for La Liga, the suspense of the championship in several other major leagues is over.
Bayern, Manchester City, Paris, Juventus, etc. all won the championship several rounds in advance.
The suspense of La Liga's championship was maintained until the final round.
In the 37th round of La Liga, Celta Vigo coached by Enrique defeated Real Madrid 2-0 at home, completely shattering Real Madrid's hopes of winning the championship, allowing Real Madrid to take the lead in being out of the championship.
In the same round of the game, Atletico Madrid was tied at home by 10-man Malaga, which was a huge upset.
In the case of Atletico Madrid's unexpected draw, Barcelona failed to seize the opportunity to catch up. They were tied 0:0 by the relegation team Elche in the away game.
Therefore, all the suspense of winning La Liga is reserved for the final round of Barcelona's home game against Atletico Madrid.
The current point difference between the two teams is only 3 points, and Barcelona's goal difference is 16 points ahead. As long as they can beat Atletico Madrid at home, they can reverse Atletico Madrid and successfully defend the La Liga title.
But if they are beaten or drawn then they will miss out on the title and have to watch each other lift the trophy at the Nou Camp.
For Barcelona coach Martino, this is his battle of life and death.
If he can't keep the championship in the Nou Camp, then they will lose all four this season, and the three fronts of the Champions League, the League and the Copa del Rey will get nothing.
And this is bound to cause Barcelona to completely lose patience with him.
He didn't resign immediately after losing the Champions League, because there is still a glimmer of hope in the league, but if the league also messes up, I can't think of any reason for Barcelona to keep him.
On May 5, the final of the FA Cup and the final round of La Liga will start at the same time.
These two games will determine the ownership of the last two championships of the five major leagues except for the Champions League.
However, Manchester City's prospects for winning the championship are much, much better than Barcelona's!
This is the third time Manchester City have stepped into Wembley Stadium this season. Two months ago, they won the League Cup here.
And now, they will launch an impact on the first Triple Crown in their team history.
Manchester City's opponent is Hull City, which ranks No.16 in the Premier League. This is not a traditional strong team, so almost all parties before the game predicted that Manchester City will win the championship.
But Hull City obviously will not give up this hard-won championship opportunity easily. This is the first time in Hull City's team history that it has entered the FA Cup final.
If they can win the championship, they will get the most gold-rich championship trophy in team history.
In this season's FA Cup, they were very lucky. They didn't encounter any strong teams along the way. In the semi-finals, their opponent was even a League One team.
With great luck and the hard work of the whole team, they stood on this stage.
And they obviously hope to continue this good luck in the final!
Facing the new champions of the Premier League, Manchester City, Hull City chose the tactic of placing the bus very pragmatically.
Manchester City's offensive firepower is obvious to all. If they don't put a bus, I'm afraid they will really be beaten into a sieve.
Facing Hull City's bus tactics, Manchester City directly adopted pass control tactics to deal with it.
The essence of pass control tactics lies in oppression, and Manchester City implemented this very well in this game.
Pellegrini did not choose Kroos, but arranged for Fernandinho and Yaya Toure to partner.
The strong sweeping ability of these two people made Hull City's midfielder almost unable to hold the ball at all.
15 minutes before the game, Manchester City's ball possession rate reached 80%!
Hull City was repeatedly rubbed in the 30-meter area of their own half by Manchester City. The two sides seemed to be conducting a half-court offensive and defensive drill.
At the same time, in Barcelona thousands of miles away, Barcelona is also using pass control tactics to deal with Simeone's Atletico Madrid.
However, their authentic pass and control tactics seem to have lost their power in front of Atletico Madrid.
Barcelona has an advantage in possession rate, but has been unable to pose a threat to Atletico Madrid's goal.
After playing for 15 minutes, their shots were even less than Atletico Madrid's.
Wembley Stadium, at 17 minutes, the numbers on the scoreboard finally changed.
After David Silva cut in from the wing, he assisted Aguero in the penalty area to complete the goal first, rewriting the score to 1:0.
This goal ignited the atmosphere at Wembley Stadium, and countless Manchester City fans present cheered.
This goal made them feel that the FA Cup championship trophy was beckoning to them!
After Aguero scored a goal, he came to celebrate with a slide track very passionately, and followed the example of the teammates who came up, and slide track on the sidelines one after another.
Even Lin Quan, when he was in a good mood, joined in the fun.
The reporters and photographers on the sidelines of the stadium quickly captured this precious moment, which will become a precious memory among the many highlights of Manchester City in the 13-14 season.
On the sidelines, Pellegrini applauded restrainedly, resisting the urge to celebrate excitedly.
It's just an FA Cup, so I can't be that excited.
If this is too exciting, what should we do until the Champions League final?
I am now a champion coach at any rate, so I still need to maintain my image.
The head coach of Hull City didn't think so much at all. After seeing the team lose the ball, he held his head in frustration, and leaned weakly on the back of the coach's bench.
The best way to win with the bus tactics is to steal a goal. After holding a goal, the opponent's mentality will become more and more anxious, and the loopholes in the attack will become bigger and bigger.
In that case, they will be able to hit one target in a counterattack.
But now, the expected situation has not happened, but the worst situation has appeared:
They are behind!
The score is behind, and it is useless to set up the bus at this time, because the opponent can choose not to attack and just control the ball in the backcourt.
As long as you run out of time, the opponent will win in the end, so don't worry!
Therefore, they can no longer stay in their backcourt and set the bus, they must take the initiative to attack.
However, the coach of Hull City still has some AC numbers for the strength of his team.
They put the bus on the defensive and have a chance to wrestle with Manchester City. Once they dare to take the initiative to attack, they are really looking for death.
If you don't attack, you are waiting for death, if you attack, you are looking for death.
Two dead ends, choose one!
No way, then you can only choose the latter one!
After falling behind, Hull City began to take the initiative to attack.
At the beginning they were very cautious and did not dare to invest too much force, but seeing Manchester City taking the ball in a leisurely manner, they gradually became more courageous and invested more and more forces in the attack up.
And this choice fell into the trap of Manchester City.
In the 23rd minute, Manchester City suddenly speeded up, changing the style of playing slowly as if they were walking.
The football was passed from Manchester City's central defender through two or three kicks by Yaya Toure and De Bruyne, and was quickly handed over to Lin Quan's feet.
After Lin Quan got the ball, he performed his best trick on the wing - breaking through!
After the attack, there were not enough defensive players in the backcourt of Hull City, and they seemed a little flustered in the face of Manchester City's fast offense.
When Lin Quan dribbled the ball from the wing and cut into the penalty area, the defensive players in the penalty area had not yet fully settled.
Hull City defender Chester rushed towards Lin Quan in a panic, but forgot what his coach told him before the game:
When facing Lin Quan, remember not to rush up rashly, because this is helping the opponent to pass you!
Without any suspense, Lin Quan took advantage of a change of rhythm to easily dunk Chester, and got a chance to one-on-one with the Hull City goalkeeper.
McGregor stared wide-eyed, staring at Lin Quan's every move, ready to make a save.
Lin Quan posed, aimed at the right side of the goal and made a shot.
McGregor didn't doubt that he was there, kicked the ground hard, and rushed to the right.
However, after he threw himself out, he realized that what Lin Quan had just done was just a fake move.
Now is the real shot!
However, at this time, Lin Quan was already empty-handed.
Without any suspense, Lin Quan helped Manchester City make another victory, leading Hull City 2:0.
McGregor hammered the lawn angrily, and he was actually cheated!
"Hehe, the opponent's goalkeeper is going to die of anger, so he was easily deceived!"
"Probably because the pressure was too great when facing Lin Huang, in order to make the first save, so I added some pre-judgments!"
"It makes sense, but this prediction is outrageously wrong!"
"This trick seems to be called continuous false action shooting. Lin Huang uses it less, but Messi uses it more!"
"Lin Huang has always been very decisive in his shots. He either hits the dead corner, or passes you and hits the empty goal. He is very pursuing the success rate!"
"Indeed, Lin Huang's one-handed ball misses very few times, and the success rate is very high!"
"I'm afraid there is no suspense in this game. 23:2 in 0 minutes, I can't imagine how exaggerated the score will be after 90 minutes!"
"How's the situation at Barcelona? Did you score? Who's leading?"
"Not yet, neither team has the ability to break the opponent's goal. If this continues, I'm afraid it will be a draw!"
"No way? If Barcelona is tied, they will give up the championship. Do Martino still want to do it? Isn't this a desperate attack?"
"Barcelona is already fighting for their lives, but Atletico Madrid's defense line is like copper and iron, it can't be penetrated!"
"It's easy to shake mountains, but hard to shake horses!"
……
Seeing Lin Quan scored the second goal, Pellegrini once again stood on the sidelines and applauded.
After the goal was scored, his spirit completely relaxed.
His mind was no longer on this game, and Pellegrini began to think about the team's tactics for next season.
Manchester City has been a great success this season and will inevitably be targeted by all Premier League teams next season.
The other five teams in the BIG6 of the Premier League will definitely take the task of sniping Manchester City next season.
Whether you encounter them in the league or in the cup, I am afraid it will be difficult to play.
And because there are too many strong teams and giants, after a season, the number of matches with these five teams can reach more than 10 times.
If this kind of game loses a few games or draws a few more games, the championship is likely to have nothing to do with Manchester City.
Although Manchester City is strong, there is no guarantee that they will win when they play against top teams.
Therefore, when encountering other weaker teams, they must steadily score points, and they cannot easily lose a single point.
And when it comes to the most stable tactics for scoring points in the league, Guardiola's pass and control tactics are the most suitable.
Judging from the situation of this game, Manchester City's pass and control tactics are not as strong as Barcelona, but with the strength of Manchester City's players, it is not difficult to play out the effect of this tactic.
If you use this kind of half-baked tactics to deal with those strong teams, you may be defeated by the opponent's weaknesses.
But if it is only used to deal with some middle and lower teams, it seems to be very suitable?
Moreover, the pass-and-control tactic is very good. It saves the physical strength of the players, allowing them to retain their physical strength to deal with multi-line battles in the Champions League and other cups.
This season, Manchester City has suffered too much due to multi-line battles. To solve this problem, in addition to buying more players during the transfer period and increasing the depth of the bench, the most important thing is to increase the players' physical reserves and reduce their physical consumption. .
And this will be the focus of next season.
In the Camp Nou stadium thousands of miles away, Barcelona coach Martino also stood on the sidelines.
He's far less laid-back than his fellow South American, though.
30 minutes have passed and the score is still 0:0.
This result is very unfavorable for Barcelona, because the opposite Atletico Madrid injured two generals in just 20 minutes of the opening.
Both Diego Costa and midfielder Turan were injured, and Atletico Madrid's striker suffered a devastating blow.
However, Simeone, the soul of Atletico Madrid, is still in danger despite the accidental loss of two absolute main players.
He quickly made adjustments and changed his pre-match tactical strategy, allowing Atletico Madrid to quickly stabilize from the unfavorable situation, making it difficult for Barcelona's offense to take advantage of it.
Atletico Madrid seems to have injured two absolute main players, but it seems that as long as Simeone, the soul of the team, exists, they will not be easily defeated.
On the other hand, on Barcelona's side, since losing to Manchester City, Messi seems to have developed a demon.
In this game, he was almost invisible in the frontcourt, completely submerged in Atletico Madrid's iron-walled defense.
It is even rare to see him take the initiative to take the ball, which makes people have to doubt Messi's state.
But in the few times he handles the ball, it can be seen that Messi's state and competitive level are online.
The problem seems to be in his mentality. Messi seems to have lost his desire for the championship. You must know that this is a key game related to the league championship, but his performance is so sluggish, it is unimaginable.
Seeing Messi's poor performance, Barcelona began to increase the attack on the wing.
Such adjustments took effect very quickly.
In the 31st minute, Sanchez's vigorous volley from the right side of the penalty area finally broke through Atletico Madrid's goal.
Barcelona leads Atletico Madrid 1:0!
The Camp Nou stadium boiled instantly, and countless Barcelona fans hugged together excitedly!
They are finally ahead!
As long as this score can be maintained until the end, then the championship still belongs to Barcelona!
However, Simeone's team does not seem to admit defeat so easily!
(End of this chapter)
