rpbooks Chapter 321 Premier League Champions (84100)
Chapter 321 Premier League Champions (84100)
Chapter 321 Premier League Champions (84100)
At the subsequent awards ceremony, under the leadership of captain Andriy Shevchenko, the team lifted the Premier League championship trophy for the second consecutive year.
Duncan was on the side, sending applause for his disciples.
During this year, each of them has accomplished their tasks excellently and made themselves a part of the championship puzzle.
Of course, there is a bigger trophy waiting for them behind them.
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Another stadium.
Manchester United defeated Hull City 1-0.
Although it was the final game of the season, Ferguson was a little bit downcast.
The team won No.2, but for Ferguson, No.2 is a ranking that makes him very painful.
Because this means that he is only one step away from the championship.
...But it can't be achieved, so it is No.2.
Ferguson only wants to win the championship, and other rankings are a complete humiliation to him.
In Ferguson's view, this Manchester United team with Ronaldo is almost the second peak of his coaching career.
Since the three consecutive championships and the Champions League title at the turn of the century were the first peaks of his coaching career, last season, Manchester United reversed Chelsea to win the Premier League title and the Champions League title last season, considered by Ferguson as the pinnacle of his coaching career. The second peak.
Then Duncan and his Manchester City suddenly came out of nowhere.
Even though Ferguson's team got off to a bad start, with its strong control, it helped the team surpass Arsenal, Chelsea and Liverpool step by step, and finally followed behind Manchester City.
But Manchester City has never given Manchester United a chance to catch up, and has never let the score approach.
Even throughout the season, they have lost to Manchester City five times.
Can't you win even one game?
Ferguson has never suffered anything like this.
"Am I really old?" Ferguson asked his assistant Phelan.
"There is still a Champions League final." Of course Ferguson knew why Ferguson said this, so he said: "We have lost enough under Manchester City, we should win once! As long as we win the Champions League final, then the previous few One game, all can be offset!"
"Yes, this is the last chance!" Ferguson suddenly cheered up and spit out such a sentence.
"Huh?" Phelan was puzzled.
"This summer, Ronaldo should leave." Ferguson said.
Cristiano Ronaldo is the winner of the Golden Globe Award and is currently the number one star of this Manchester United team. With him, Manchester United's offensive ability is very strong.Even if the tactics are not good, Ronaldo can rely on his strong personal ability to forcibly take away three points.
This Manchester United team feels a bit suffering from "C Ronaldo dependence".
If he leaves, Ferguson can't imagine what Manchester United will look like, maybe he will embark on the road of reorganizing the team for the third time?
He didn't know if he still had the strength and energy.
Recently, his heart has been expressing dissatisfaction to him...
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After a simple championship celebration, the Manchester City team assembled on the second day to prepare for the decisive battle at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome four days later.
Reality is always full of drama. At the beginning of this season, Manchester City encountered Manchester United in the UEFA Super Cup.
In that game, Manchester City scored four goals in a row after falling behind by two goals, achieving consecutive UEFA Cup and UEFA Super Cup championships.
In the final stage of the season, Manchester City and Manchester United met again in the final.
It's just that the stage has moved from the European Super Cup to the European Champions Cup.
Of course, this can also be seen as Manchester City is attacking Manchester United's territory step by step.From the league to the European war, Manchester City has been driving Manchester United's living space.
So in this game, Ferguson has invested unprecedentedly, and wants to give Manchester City a little color.
The European Super Cup has the nature of a warm-up match, but the Champions League is a game that really stands on top of Europe.
Ferguson has only had two or three chances to touch this trophy in his coaching career of more than 20 years, so this time, he decided to face it well.
The Manchester United team also felt Ferguson's belief in winning, so in the usual training, they worked hard.
Ferguson's character also represents the overall character of the team to some extent.
Of course, Ronaldo is the hardest one.
Perhaps it is to commemorate the farewell to Manchester United, or to prove that he is stronger than Shevchenko, the competitive Ronaldo, during this time of training, he showed a strong desire to compete and a very good competitive state .
This gave Ferguson confidence.
On the Manchester City side, the players are also looking forward to the Champions League final.
They have won all the championships they can win this season. Everyone is full of expectations and confidence for winning the championship, so for them, the Champions League championship is also inevitable.
Duncan is also full of expectations for the first Champions League final in his career.
For this reason, he devoted himself to the preparations for the game, and Duncan postponed Manchester City's contract renewal request after the league ended.
"Mr. Cook, I am very much looking forward to continuing to dedicate my time to Manchester City, but I want to win the European championship for Manchester City in the next game, and then consider other things."
In a phone call with Gary Cook, Duncan said so.
The competition is getting closer day by day.
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On May 5, the Olympic Stadium in Rome.
There was a lot of voices, all kinds of flags and jerseys fluttered in the wind, and the atmosphere on the court was about to boil before the game started.
In the stands, not only ordinary spectators, but the owners of the two clubs Woodward and Mansour appeared in the box, in addition, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, Prince William of England and UEFA Co-chairman Michel Platini also appeared on the rostrum.
Before the game, there was a brief but grand performance featuring Jupiter, the king of the Roman gods in a thunderbolt.Accompanied by the theme song of "Gladiator" sung by the Italian blind tenor Bocelli, models in costumes in gold came in step by step holding cups with big ears.Then Bocelli sang Handel's original Champions Cup theme music, setting off the pre-match atmosphere to the extreme.
This is not just a Champions League final, but also a Manchester derby. With the rise of Manchester City, the level of the Manchester derby is getting higher and higher.This time, it actually moved to the stage of the Champions League final.
In the stands, between the red and the blue, there have been sporadic quarrels.
Fortunately, England's football hooligans are already famous all over the world, so for this game, Rome sent a large number of anti-riot police troops, wearing helmets, shields in the left hand and batons in the right, watching the fans on both sides.
Although the two sides are only having a small quarrel now, who knows that once the score falls behind, these people will not have a hormone explosion and do something unexpected?
When the players of the two teams walked out of the player tunnel side by side under the leadership of the referee, the fans immediately cheered.
Duncan then came out with the coaching staff and substitute players.
When he walked out of the player tunnel, Duncan felt the tsunami-like atmosphere outside.
The Champions League final was indeed different from the usual matches!
This is the stage of the highest honor!
Duncan couldn't help standing there, breathing the air of the final.
In Italy in summer, there is already a trace of dryness and heat. The air slips from the nasal cavity into the lungs through the trachea, and then Duncan slowly spits it out.
His emotions were also infected by the warm atmosphere of the scene.
"Scared?"
A voice came from behind.
(End of this chapter)