Chapter 612 With 103 points, Manchester City breaks the record for the highest points in the five ma

In the penultimate round of the Premier League, Manchester City, who played as a substitute, drew 0:0 at home with the relegation team Hurstfield.

Although there was no victory, Manchester City relied on this draw to increase their season points to 100 points.

This is also the first time in the history of the Premier League that a team has reached three digits in points.

Harshfield also relied on this draw to successfully go ashore and successfully avoid relegation.

This is an achievement worth celebrating for a newly promoted team that ranked fifth in the English Championship last season and was promoted to the Premier League through the play-offs.

So after the game, players from both teams were celebrating.

Manchester City celebrated 100 points of the season, while Hurstfield celebrated their successful avoidance of relegation.

The Premier League's broadcast share is very high, so for many teams, whether they can avoid relegation is a matter of life and death for the team.

Once they are relegated and lose the Premier League's high broadcast revenue, their entire team will be unable to make ends meet, players will also choose to leave, and the entire team will immediately face a situation of collapse.

It is for this reason that many teams were severely damaged after being relegated to the English Championship, and have been unable to complete their promotion to the Premier League and return to the Premier League.

Along with Harshfield, who successfully avoided relegation, there was also Liverpool's younger brother Southampton.

It's interesting to say that Southampton's opponent in this round is Manchester United's younger brother Everton.

The grudges between the bosses of the two teams seem to have extended to their respective younger brothers.

So in this crucial game for Southampton, Everton had no intention of letting go and kicked Southampton to death.

A total of 9 yellow cards and 1 red card were issued in this game, 7 of which were from Southampton.

At the last moment of the game, after Southampton's center back Maya Yoshida was sent off with a red card, Everton launched a fierce attack and scored a goal in overtime, giving Southampton a victory that was about to come. Gone missing.

After this draw, although Southampton has a 3-point lead from the relegation zone, it cannot be said that it is 100% successful in relegation.

But considering that their goal difference is 9 more than Swansea, which is third from the bottom, as long as they don't suffer an epic defeat in the next game, it is basically impossible to be relegated.

But it was clear that landing was guaranteed, but there was such a turmoil at the last moment.

This has deepened the feud between Southampton and Everton.

Everton, their little brother, didn't win, and their boss, Manchester United, didn't win either.

Manchester United, playing away from home, suffered an upset loss to Liverpool's other younger brother Brighton, which was very humiliating.

Fortunately, Liverpool also lost to Chelsea, so the point difference between them did not narrow.

With only the final round of the league left, Manchester United is 4 points ahead of third-placed Tottenham, and has secured second place in the league in advance.

Of course, it makes no difference to Manchester United whether they are second in the league or third in the league. What they want more is the league championship.

But looking at the exaggerated point difference between them and Manchester City, Manchester United people feel desperate.

The gap is too big to catch up.

As for Liverpool, the situation is a bit dangerous for them after losing to direct rival Chelsea.

With only the final round of the league remaining, Liverpool is only 2 points ahead of Chelsea.

With Liverpool's current goal difference advantage, as long as they draw in the next round, they can lock in fourth place in the league.

But being able to qualify with a draw seems to be a curse in the entire football world.

Many teams have fallen in front of this curse.

But fortunately, Liverpool don't have to worry too much.

Because their opponent in the last round was Brighton, and Brighton is Liverpool's die-hard brother.

At a critical moment when their boss is competing for the top four in the league, Brighton will definitely cooperate actively.

For this reason, Chelsea is very dissatisfied and has been repeatedly emphasizing the fairness and justice of the league in front of the media. The purpose is to get the Football Association and Premier League officials to come forward to stop the possible tacit understanding between Liverpool and Brighton.

Chelsea's wishful thinking is to use the pressure of public opinion to force Liverpool and Brighton to have a real fight.

Since Brighton can defeat Manchester United, it shows that they are in good form recently.

If they can show up in such a state to play against Liverpool, they might really hope to snipe Liverpool.

Chelsea's next opponent is Newcastle United. This team actually has an ambiguous relationship with Chelsea and can be regarded as a team of his Blues faction.

Therefore, Chelsea people feel that they have a good chance of winning the next game. As long as Brighton works harder and successfully defeats Liverpool, they can squeeze Liverpool's position and win the Champions League seat next season.

But, this is just a thought!

In the final round of the league, Liverpool defeated Brighton 4-0 at home.

Liverpool had as much as 78% of the ball possession throughout the game and had more than ten times as many shots as their opponents.

The scene was completely one-sided. Brighton, who had just defeated Manchester United in the last round, had no power to fight back in front of Liverpool. There was not even a symbolic resistance and they surrendered directly.

On the other hand, Chelsea's score was 3:0.

But it was not Chelsea who scored three goals, but Newcastle United.

Since these two games started at the same time, Chelsea's morale collapsed immediately after learning that Liverpool had scored 2 goals in the first half.

The players messed up their position and were scored one after another by Newcastle.

At this time, the Chelsea talent reacted:

No, aren't you my little brother?

Why are you so hard when you kick me?

In fact, two or three years ago, Newcastle United could indeed be regarded as the younger brother of the Blues.

But in recent years, with the rise of Manchester City, the Blues have declined.

Newcastle United's thinking became vivid. They felt that Manchester City's thigh seemed to be thicker. If they wanted to hug the thigh, it would be better to hug Blue Moon's thigh tightly.

In particular, Manchester City has a lot of talents in the team. If these outstanding talents want to transfer in the future, Newcastle may be able to get them first-come-first-served by relying on the good relationship between the two clubs.

Therefore, after they recognized the reality, they decisively abandoned Chelsea.

Poor Chelsea, they thought there was a glimmer of hope, but from beginning to end, these hopes were all imagined by themselves.

In the last round of the league, Manchester City defeated Southampton 1:0 away from home, raising its total points this season to 103 points.

This is not only the highest score in the history of the Premier League, but also breaks the historical records of the five major leagues.

The previous record was 102 points set by Juventus in Serie A in the 2013-2014 season, and Manchester City surpassed them by one point.

Throughout the 2017-2018 season, Manchester City achieved an impressive record of 33 wins, 4 draws and 1 loss in the league.

Not only did they break the record for the highest points in the Premier League, they also set the record for the largest winning streak in the Premier League. Both of these records may be difficult to break in the foreseeable future.

After experiencing the trough of the previous year, Manchester City returned with a brand-new attitude and crushed all the princes with an absolute advantage, strongly ascending to the top of the Premier League.

Now, there is only one final championship trophy left before they declare their return as kings - the Big Ears Cup!

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After the final game of the Premier League, Guardiola gave the team three days off so that the players could have a good rest and relax.

Playing in the Premier League is a test for everyone, not only physical fitness, but also mental and willpower.

Because there is no winter break, Premier League players have played for one month longer than players in other leagues.

This year is another World Cup year, and most of Manchester City's players are the main players of their respective national teams.

This leaves them no time to rest, who could have had a good rest during the summer off-season.

Moreover, the competition intensity of the World Cup is much higher than that of the league and the Champions League. In such intense competition, players are easily injured. Players who have not been able to rest and relax for a long time and are always in a tight state are more likely to be injured.

He doesn't want his team to be full of injuries after the World Cup!

Of course, this kind of thing is not something that he, the head coach of a club, can decide.

Players all over the world, including Chinese players who have suffered repeated defeats, are extremely eager to participate in the World Cup and play for their country.

The Brazilian star Kaka even put his career behind him in order to play for the Brazilian team and forced himself to play in isolation, leaving himself with huge injury risks.

This shows how attractive the World Cup is and how deadly it is to the players.

Therefore, even if they know they are prone to injury, the players will not hesitate to go up and fight.

In this regard, Guardiola can only do his best to give them more rest, reduce their pressure, and help them avoid injuries as much as possible.

After the five major leagues came to an end, the 32 teams participating in the 2018 Russia World Cup began to announce the 23-man rosters of their respective national teams.

On May 21, as Manchester City was actively preparing for the Champions League final against Real Madrid six days later, the Spanish Football Federation held a press conference and announced the 23-man roster of the Spanish national team.

Goalkeepers: De Gea (Manchester United), Reina (Naples), Kopa (Athletic Bilbao)

Defenders: Alba (Barcelona), Nacho (Real Madrid), Carvajal (Real Madrid), Azpilicueta (Chelsea), Odriozola (Real Sociedad), Pique (Barcelona), Ramo Thomas (Real Madrid), Monreal (Arsenal)

Midfielder: Thiago (Bayern), David Silva (Manchester City), Iniesta (Barcelona), Saul (Atletico Madrid), Busquets (Barcelona), Koke (Atletico Madrid), Lucas Vazquez (Real Madrid)

Forwards: Lin Quan (Manchester City), Isco (Real Madrid), Asensio (Real Madrid), Rodrygo (Valencia), Diego Costa (Atletico Madrid)

Compared with the previous World Cup, there are fewer familiar faces in this World Cup roster.

Needless to say, Xavi, Alonso, Villa, Torres and others have already withdrawn from the national team.

Casillas, a veteran of three dynasties and the former goalkeeper of the Bulldogs, was ultimately defeated and missed his fifth World Cup.

After the news came out, countless Spanish fans felt sorry for him, and some fans even went to the Spanish Football Association to protest, hoping that they could take Casillas away.

But the final roster has been announced. With less than a month before the opening of the World Cup, it is impossible for the Spanish team to make any further adjustments to the roster unless the selected players suffer major injuries during the preparation stage.

Apart from Casillas, the most surprising thing is Morata at the forward position.

Morata was highly favored as early as four years ago, and Del Bosque gave him enough opportunities to take him with him in every major game.

But after Morata left Real Madrid last year, he moved to Chelsea. His performance at Chelsea declined very seriously, and even his playing time was significantly reduced.

This made Del Bosque very disappointed with him, and after weighing the pros and cons, he finally gave up on him.

In addition to Morata, Callejon, who performed well in Serie A and even won the Serie A assists title, and Javi Martinez, who performed well in the Bundesliga, were also eliminated.

Although Hama performed well at Bayern, considering his condition and injuries, Del Bosque ultimately did not put him in the national team's roster.

This is also for the protection of players. Of course, for Hama, this may not be fair.

Lin Quan had no opinion on the national team's roster.

If I have to say, these people are really far behind his teammates during the last World Cup.

If we talk about the last World Cup, the Spanish team can still be regarded as a luxurious team.

In this World Cup, the Bullfighting Legion is at best an old shabby car.

It seems that there are still many stars in the team, but these people are older and their strength is no longer what it used to be.

As for the newcomers, they have not experienced enough training in major competitions. It is difficult to say whether they can perform well on the World Cup stage.

But even so, this Spanish team is still the favorite to win this year in the predictions of all parties before the game.

The reason is simple, they have Lin Quan in their team.

However, football is a team game. If you rely on one person, such a team will not go far.

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After Guardiola learned about Spain's 23-man roster, he breathed a sigh of relief, and then began to sigh again.

Lin Quan found Lin Quan very puzzled by his extremely contrasting behavior.

"Alas, Rodri lost the election!"

Under Lin Quan's questioning, Guardiola finally told the reason.

"who?"

When Lin Quan heard the name, he didn't react immediately.

"Well, it's the one we inspected before, the midfielder Rodri who plays for Villarreal."

"Oh, it's him!"

Lin Quan suddenly realized that Rodri was 22 years old and had been briefly selected for the national team's squad in the World Cup in March.

At that time, many media speculated that the roster announced in March was likely to be the final World Cup roster.

Therefore, many people thought that Rodri might represent the Spanish team in this year's World Cup, but in the end he was not selected as expected.

Although Rodri performed very well, otherwise he would not have been favored by Del Bosque.

But in a major event like the World Cup, Bosque didn't dare to trust a young defensive midfielder. He was worried that the opponent would make mistakes due to lack of experience.

As for the defensive midfielder position, once a mistake is made, there is no chance to make amends.

So he still chooses to believe in those experienced veterans or those players who have proven themselves in competitions.

Rodri did not participate in the European Cup two years ago and naturally does not belong to this category of players, so his failure can only be said to be normal.

Of course, judging from his current performance, he has a very high probability of being selected for the national team in the European Cup two years later. (End of chapter)