This season's Premier League, Liverpool won the championship with 105 points, a new record in the five major leagues, shocking the entire European and even world football.
Chelsea is ranked second, Tottenham is ranked third, and will directly play in the Champions League next season; Manchester City is ranked fourth, and will play in the Champions League play-offs next season; Arsenal is only one point behind Manchester City, and can only go Playing in the Europa League.
Manchester United is ranked sixth. Because Liverpool and Arsenal, the English League Cup and FA Cup teams, have already obtained European qualification spots, Manchester United has a guaranteed spot in the Europa League.
Of course, they definitely hope to play in the Champions League, and their only hope is the Europa League final. As long as they can win the Europa League final, they can directly get a Champions League spot.
Hull City, Middlesbrough and Sunderland became the three unlucky ones who were relegated. Newcastle United, Brighton and Husfield in the English Championship became the three lucky ones who were promoted to the Premier League and will be able to do so next season. Experience Liverpool's devilish attacking power in the Premier League.
In La Liga, Real Madrid is the champion, Barcelona ranks second, and Atletico Madrid ranks third. Atletico Madrid and Barcelona are almost turning La Liga into a competition for the top three in the Spanish Super League. Sporting Gijon, Osasuna, and Granada became the three unlucky ones who were relegated.
In Serie A, the class leader Juventus continues to win the championship, while Roma ranks second with a gap of four points, which is a pity. The Milan duo failed to even qualify for the Europa League, and their decline was a bit surprising.
In the Bundesliga, the southern king Bayern Munich continued to win consecutive championships, and the dark horse RB Leipzig unexpectedly defeated Dortmund and won the Bundesliga runner-up.
In Ligue 1, Monaco unexpectedly defeated Paris Saint-Germain and won the championship. It is estimated that Paris will start another big purchase this summer.
The five major leagues have come to an end, leaving only some cup competitions and the Europa League and Champions League finals.
On May 24, the 2016/2017 Europa League final between Manchester United and Ajax officially started at the Friendship Stadium in Solna, Sweden.
The experienced Mourinho lived up to expectations, leading the Red Devils to a 2-0 victory over Ajax and winning the Europa League final. This helped Manchester United secure Champions League tickets for next season through this channel. It was also a successful season. .
In three days, it's the FA Cup final.
At 17:30 on the afternoon of May 27, 2017, with the whistle of referee Anthony Taylor, the 2016/2017 English FA Cup final between Liverpool and Arsenal officially started at Wembley Stadium in London.
Perhaps because they found that they could not beat Liverpool in the previous games, Arsenal sent out an unexpected 3421 formation in this game. There were only three center backs in the back line and four in the midfield.
Of course, the two wing-backs can go up or down, and can go back to participate in the defense of the back line. It just depends on whether their physical fitness can support it.
The strong lineup of six midfielders really caught Liverpool off guard. Coupled with the technical ball control advantage, Arsenal easily obtained more than 60% of the ball possession rate. Even if Liverpool used high-position pressing It's difficult to get the ball from Arsenal's feet with any tricks.
At the same time, Arsenal's ball control is not the same as Barcelona's. Barcelona has declined, but Arsenal's midfield control is good. Chamberlain, Ramsey, Bellerin, Sanchez, Eleanor, etc. are all at the same level. Not low. As long as you don't deliberately seek abuse in front of Velarde, and avoid Velarde to complete passes, cuts, runs and threatening attacks, there will be no problem.
The game lasted only 11 minutes, and Arsenal actually scored the first goal.
This was a quick teamwork by Chamberlain, Xhaka, Ramsey, Sanchez, Giroud and others. Although Willard participated in the defense, he was not touched by Arsenal's fast passing and cutting cooperation. After receiving the ball from Chamberlain, Giroud in the penalty area turned back with his heel, just in time to deceive the goalkeeper and defender.
Sanchez, who was following in the back row, received Giroud's heel pass from behind and volleyed the ball without stopping, successfully blasting the ball into Liverpool's goal.
The distance was too close, the power was too great, and the angle was too tricky. Goalkeeper Mignolet sighed in despair and could only watch the ball go into the net.
This goal caught Liverpool off guard and made many commentators exclaim:
"Oh my God, Liverpool lost the ball."
"Arsenal scored first in the FA Cup final."
"It's so unexpected."
"Wenger sent an unexpected starting lineup of 3421, and the result was unexpected."
"With the numerical and technical advantages in the midfield, Arsenal took advantage of the ball possession rate, and then turned the ball possession rate into a threatening attack. Finally, center Giroud made a wonderful backheel pass in the penalty area to assist Sanchez in volleying the goal."
"Arsenal leads Liverpool 1-0."
"Liverpool, which had just set a record for winning the championship with the most points in the five major leagues, was stubbornly blocked by Arsenal in the FA Cup final."
"If Liverpool cannot win this final and this championship, then all the four crowns, seven crowns, etc. will be in vain, and they will have to wait for next season to fight again."
Seeing that the defense was easily broken by Arsenal, Klopp flew into a rage on the sidelines and cursed at his disciples. He was obviously furious.
Because he could see that this ball was not actually a big threat. It was just that the Liverpool players might have been inflated and arrogant. Some people's running and replacement were not timely, which gave Arsenal the chance to strike a fatal blow.
The record-setting 105 points to win the championship and the prospect of four crowns gave some Liverpool players a feeling of invincibility. Facing Arsenal, who had repeatedly lost to them, they did have the thought of underestimating the enemy. As a result, Arsenal unexpectedly changed their formation. And his extraordinary on-the-spot status dealt a fatal blow.
Klopp's scolding and the reality of falling behind 0-1 woke up the Liverpool players, and they began to run and fight desperately in the next game. Although Arsenal still had the advantage in ball possession, this advantage finally No longer easily converted into threatening offense or even goals.
After stabilizing the defense, Liverpool will of course have to strive to win the ball and launch a counterattack.
Once the defense is stabilized, Velarde can devote more of his energy to the offense. Coupled with the cooperation of Coutinho, Firmino, Mane and others in the frontcourt, Liverpool's offensive power has been proven through various games that it is indeed the best in football.
Especially Willard's shooting ability, as long as he is given a chance, he can shoot anytime, anywhere, regardless of distance and angle.
Perhaps due to age, Wenger did not start Cech in this game, but No. 13 Ospina appeared in this final as the starting goalkeeper.
Perhaps because he didn’t realize the power of Velarde, or perhaps because he lacked experience and lack of vigilance, Ospina still did not retreat to a safe distance enough when he saw Velarde getting the ball in the midfield in the 34th minute. Instead, he stood on the line of the small penalty area and watched from a position to the right.
So what else can Willard do to be polite?
After taking a glance at goalkeeper Ospina's position, Willard moved the ball to the wing, dodged the Arsenal midfielder Xhaka who was rushing towards him, and then hit the ball more than 40 meters away from the goal. , suddenly took a long-range lob and lobbed the ball to the upper left corner of the goal.
Seeing Willard suddenly taking a shot, Ospina woke up, quickly retreated, and adjusted his retreat route while observing the direction of the ball's flight.
But where does he have the ball flying fast?
In addition, Velarde can hit a far corner, and before Ospina can retreat to a sufficient position to save, the ball will fly diagonally above him.
Ospina could only barely take off and reach out to save the ball. However, the height and angle of the ball deviated from his position. The ball flew diagonally above his palm, and then fell into the goal against the lower edge of the crossbar.
Ospina lost his center of gravity and fell into the goal.
"Goooooooooooooooooooooooooal..."
"The ball went in!!!"
"Midfield lob from Willard."
"Goalkeeper Ospina had a problem with his positioning, and Velarde discovered and took advantage of it. He lobbed the ball directly in the midfield more than 40 meters away from the goal."
"Villade's perfect shooting skills allowed him to easily hang the ball within the goal frame."
"But Ospina couldn't fight back and could only watch the ball go into the net."
"Villad helped Liverpool equalize the score 1-1, but Ospina, because of a positioning error, wiped out the score advantage they had gained by finally breaking through Liverpool."
"Now it will be more difficult for Arsenal to break through Liverpool's goal and gain an advantage."
