Chapter 722: A Moment Destined to Go Down in Football History

The unprecedented feat of four Premier League teams meeting in the European Cup final 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 on this event.

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

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

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

Under such circumstances, all three teams still have the possibility of winning the league championship this season.

Of course, Manchester United, who are ranked first, have the most obvious advantage. As long as they beat Cardiff City, which has already been relegated, at home in the final match, the championship will belong to Manchester United no matter what the result is between Liverpool and Manchester City and their opponents.

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 competition for the Premier League title is unprecedentedly fierce and even cruel, which is certainly one of the important reasons that shocked the whole world, but the high points of the three teams are the real key to making this season's Premier League title attract worldwide attention.

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

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

比如2009-2010赛季皇家马德里的96分亚军，2010-2011赛季皇家马德里再度以92分拿到亚军，而巴塞罗那则是在2011-2012赛季以91分的成绩拿到亚军。

With Simeone taking over Atletico Madrid, La Liga has entered a three-way battle, making the competition in La Liga more intense than ever. In addition to the increasingly fierce competition for the championship and runner-up, there have also been consecutive third-placed teams with extremely 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, winning 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 among 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 breaking the third place score limit.

With the fierce competition among the three teams, La Liga ushered in the most glorious period in its history and truly became the number one league in world football!

However, these two records pale in comparison to this season's Premier League.

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With one round of the league left, third-placed Manchester City has 1 points, 93 points ahead of Atletico Madrid's record of 88 points.

What's even 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 are currently ranked seventh, but it is not difficult for them to win 3 points as they are playing 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 second place in the top five leagues with the highest points last season, but Manchester City will also create a new record of third place in the top five leagues with the highest points, which is a terrifying 96 points!

You know, in the history of the five major leagues, 90 points is enough to win the championship in most of the time, not to mention 96 points.

在整个五大联赛历史上，积分达到96分的，仅有2006-2007赛季的国际米兰（97分），2009-2010赛季的巴塞罗那（99分）和皇家马德里（96分），2010-2011赛季的巴塞罗那（96分），2011-2012赛季的皇家马德里（100分），2013-2014赛季的尤文图斯（102分），2017-2018赛季的曼联（104分）和曼城（97分），总共是6个赛季，6支球队，8次。

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

However, even though Manchester City may get 96 points now, it may not only fail to win the championship, but may not even get second place!

This reality is really too cruel!

Countless fans have said 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 round of the league, Manchester United and Liverpool will play at home, while Manchester City will play away. It is reported that the English Football Association will bring three championship trophies to three stadiums in the last round of the league. The difference is that the championship trophy brought to the Millennium Stadium is the real one, while the ones brought to Anfield Stadium and the American Express 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 one will be replaced.

This is because it seems that Manchester United, who are leading in points, have the greatest hope of winning the championship: as long as Manchester United wins, they will definitely win the championship, and there is no need to worry about the scores and results of other games.

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

This is because although Manchester United's 66 goals are more than Liverpool's 64, it is the same as Manchester City.

If Manchester United draws in the last round, and Liverpool and Manchester City both win, then Liverpool's points will exceed Manchester United, and they will definitely rank higher than Manchester United without having to compare goal difference. Although Manchester City's points are the same as Manchester United's, both are 96, but their goal difference is definitely higher than Manchester United's 66.

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

However, as Manchester United's original home stadium, Old Trafford, entered a period of reconstruction, the temporary lease of the Millennium Stadium as the home stadium has made Manchester United and Cardiff City become teams from the same city in a sense, and the matches between the two teams can also become derbies in the same city.

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

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

Manchester City fans and Liverpool fans left messages on Cardiff City's official website.

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

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

With Cardiff City's sudden relegation, this means that most players will need to find other ways out unless they plan to play in the Championship with the team.

However, this game suddenly became a crucial battle in the championship race. Cardiff City players who were already planning which club to transfer to suddenly realized: this game is so important!

The media all went to interview Cardiff City's head coach Neil Warnock, wanting to hear what this big-mouthed old coach would say.

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Neil Warnock, 70, is a veteran Premier League coach with 39 years of coaching experience. Although he has never coached a top club, his results in leading small and medium-sized teams are quite good and he enjoys an excellent reputation in the Premier League circle.

It is well known that the old coach's biggest hobby in life is to argue with people, 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 2179 words, recording as many as 17 disputes between him and players, coaches of other teams, clubs, referees and even British actor Sean Bean.

It can be said that when will the headlines like "Neil Warnock stops making trouble" make the headlines.

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

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

"I told the players that if they didn't want to see us as a poor background in the Manchester United celebration documentary in the future, then they should play well and win the game."

"No, no, no, Cardiff City don't win for Liverpool and Manchester City, we don't win for anyone else, we just play for the glory, so that the fans can enjoy a victory as the end of this terrible season.

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

From the expression and tone of his voice when he said this, everyone could tell that the respect and seriousness he spoke of were filled with murderous intent.