But it's not so much that Newcastle burned high incense.
It is better to say that Lu Yang fully understands the thoughts of the American consortium.
The Premier League championship and the Champions League championship, in the eyes of extreme Premier League fans, the Premier League is more important, especially if it is fully combined with Liverpool's history.
Putting these aside, in the eyes of most Premier League fans, the latter is important, but the former is definitely not bad.
Even for non-Premier League fans, if the Champions League has eight points of weight, then the Premier League also has five points.
Four points in La Liga.
Three points in Serie A.
The Bundesliga and Ligue 1 are two and a half.
However, for the American consortium, the Champions League is ten.
There is only one point in the Premier League.
Because what the Americans want to build is not an English giant at all.
But the European giants.
This is an important step in forming the European Super League and occupying a huge say in the European Super League.
If you win a Champions League now, you might be able to earn two to three hundred million more every year in the European Super League.
Once the contract is signed, it lasts for ten or twenty years, which is several billion euros.
Definitely not the little bit that many people see now.
Therefore, it is impossible for Liverpool to give up the Champions League.
They have spent hundreds of millions on their lineup in recent years, definitely not for the Premier League championship.
From this level, the Americans clearly have an advantage over the Russians, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and other consortiums.
If consortiums from these countries want to enter European football, their starting point can only be an ordinary team.
In the first few years after winning the team, they had to spend all kinds of money, suffered all kinds of losses, and were deceived in all kinds of ways.
It's not that they are not smart enough, but this is the European world's bad attitude towards newcomers.
The Chinese capital behind Newcastle will be treated even worse than this.
But American capital is different.
Their starting point can be Manchester United, Arsenal, and Liverpool.
With wealthy families paving the way, they only need to spend money to reap immediate results.
You can get results even without spending any money, please contact Arsenal for details.
Therefore, Chelsea has squandered money for so many seasons and has only reached the Champions League final once. However, Liverpool only needs two or three years and Manchester United only needs a little effort to return to the Champions League final.
Europeans dare not refuse the American request.
…
May 16th, the 36th round of the Premier League.
The focus matches of this round are Liverpool VS Newcastle and Chelsea VS Tottenham.
The latter was played two hours earlier.
And the result is not unexpected.
Chelsea came out with all their strength and defeated Tottenham who had reservations.
Tottenham were clamoring to respect the Premier League before the game, but ended up resting most of their main players.
As a result, Chelsea scored three more points and continued to top the Premier League standings with 78 points.
They only have the last two games left to win the Premier League title!
Tottenham's rest is undoubtedly for the UEFA Cup final on May 24.
Basically, the next round of the Premier League before this will also be abandoned by them.
They're mainly trying to avoid injuries.
Soon, the game between Liverpool and Newcastle also started.
Facing Liverpool with half the main lineup, Newcastle played quite confidently.
In the first half, through Lu Yang's long shot and Chiesa's cut in from the wing, they easily gained a 2-0 advantage.
In the 70 minutes of the second half, Newcastle replaced Beckenham, Lucatu, and Mathias one after another, and called it a day.
Liverpool tried to fight back at this stage.
But instead, Newcastle seized the opportunity and launched a fierce counterattack.
Boyle completed a one-stop goal.
Newcastle defeated Liverpool 3-0 in an away game, completing a season double win against the Champions League final team!
If Newcastle's victory against Liverpool at the beginning of the season was a fluke.
Then their victory over Liverpool at the end of the season allowed people to see their true combat effectiveness.
Is the semi-main force Liverpool really weak?
not necessarily.
With such a lineup, playing against an ordinary Premier League team, the winning rate can reach 50:50.
After all, Liverpool is now in full swing, and it is easy for young players to perform exceptionally well in this environment.
In the end, he lost so easily.
Newcastle really didn't give Liverpool a chance.
After the game, Newcastle fans recorded a video celebrating the victory.
It contained a sentence that made headlines in major newspapers: "Liverpool, go play in the Champions League!"
After seeing it, Liverpool fans had mixed feelings in their hearts.
Do you think I should be angry or not?
Soon, this round of competition is over.
At the critical moment, the teams that shouldn't have missed the mark didn't.
Manchester City beat their opponents resoundingly, and their form became increasingly hot at the end of the season. Their 77 points were only one point less than Chelsea.
Arsenal won a thrilling 3-2 victory. Moric's assist hat trick helped Arsenal rank third in the league with 76 points.
Manchester United won and were stuck in fourth place with 75 points.
Newcastle have 75 points, one position lower than Manchester United due to their goal difference advantage.
Liverpool lost and were sixth with 71 points.
Tottenham lost, seventh with 70 points.
Both teams have completely dropped out of the Premier League title race in this round.
Liverpool were kicked out directly by Newcastle.
Tottenham...were half kicked out by Newcastle.
The Newcastle native doesn't say much, and seems to be lagging behind in the ranks of the seven sisters, but when she really sprints, she kills the gods when she blocks them, and kills the Buddha when she blocks them!
On May 20, the 37th round of the Premier League begins.
Tottenham gave up the game directly and shook hands with their rival Leicester City, who had no desire for anything.
Liverpool also once again released a semi-main lineup, with key players such as Carlisle and Robery playing for no more than thirty minutes.
Zero to zero gave the American brothers Everton a point.
Chelsea, Arsenal and Manchester United all won.
The points are 81, 79, and 78 respectively!
The only key matches in this round are Manchester City and Newcastle.
Newcastle vs Manchester City at home!
After this round of games, only the last round of the league remains.
Chelsea has scored 81 points, and any team three points lower than it will exit the championship.
Newcastle must win to reach 78 points.
Manchester City can score 78 points without losing.
Therefore, one of the two teams will inevitably announce its withdrawal from the Premier League championship after ninety minutes, becoming the third laggard among the seven sisters.
But at the same time, this also means that even in the final round, there are still four teams that have the theoretical possibility of winning the championship.
This is an unprecedented scenario in the Premier League.
The Premier League Football Committee therefore rushed overnight to create a replica of the trophy, and they needed to prepare a total of three trophies.
Make sure that when any team wins the final round, there will be a trophy available.
Don’t let the joke that happened in La Liga two years ago happen again.
That year, Barcelona won the championship, but as an exception, the only championship trophy appeared at Real Madrid's home court.
As a result, not only did Barcelona not win the trophy on championship day, but second-placed Real Madrid held the trophy, seriously damaging La Liga's reputation.
Before the game, players and coaches from both sides were interviewed.
Gudiola: "Newcastle United is definitely a team worthy of respect. They have exploded with power this season that has surprised everyone."
"I don't believe anyone could have believed before the season that they could get to this point."
"I absolutely trust Lu Yang's ability. He will definitely bring the championship trophy to Newcastle. But I think it should be the UEFA Cup."
"There is a UEFA Cup match in three days. If I were at Newcastle, I would definitely set my goals more realistically."
"Our opponent in the next game is Swansea. And Newcastle's opponent in the next round is Chelsea. This West African team... If there is really a team that can overtake Chelsea's points at the last minute, then only us Manchester City's points are enough."
"At the same time, even if Newcastle wins this round, don't forget that Manchester United and Arsenal will also face off in the last round. There will definitely be a winner among them, and the winner's score will exceed 81 points!"
"Newcastle now have 75 points. Even if they win two games in a row, they will just hand the championship to Manchester United or Arsenal."
"Lu, based on our relationship, shouldn't you lose this game?"
"After all, we are all our own people."
Gudiola's pre-match speech shocked Manchester United, Chelsea and Arsenal.
Is this still possible?
As a result, when everyone calculated the scores and the final round of competition, it was really true.
Manchester City VS Swansea.
Newcastle vs Chelsea.
Manchester United vs Arsenal.
If Chelsea wins in the last round, their score will be 84 points. In the Premier League finale, no team can score higher than this.
But if Chelsea don't win and Manchester City win two games in a row, they will get 83 points, which would be the second-highest score among all possibilities.
If Manchester City does not win this game, then their highest score is only 81 points, then either Chelsea will defeat Newcastle to win the championship.
Either Newcastle beat Chelsea, but at this time, Newcastle will not become the team with the most points in the Premier League in all possibilities.
Arsenal is ranked 82, and Manchester United, Chelsea and Manchester City are ranked 81.
The highest score Newcastle can theoretically get is only 81.
But don't forget, Newcastle have scored a lot of goals this season, but they have also lost a lot, and rarely have a clean sheet. This can also be confirmed by Amelucci's depressed expression this year.
Their goal difference has always been the lowest among the Seven Sisters.
Even if they had the same score, they would be ranked behind.
Gudiola settled an account for the Premier League.
There is no doubt that Chelsea has the highest probability of winning the Premier League. Their probability of winning the championship has reached 60%.
But Manchester City also has a 27% chance of winning the championship.
Arsenal had 6.9 percent.
Manchester United has 3.09 percent.
As the last team that still has a chance to win the championship, Newcastle has a chance of winning... 0.01%!
One in 10,000 chance of winning the Premier League.
This is the lowest probability prediction of winning the Premier League in recent years, except that there is no probability of winning.
Newcastle fans saw it and said I would really appreciate it!
As for whether Manchester City can advance to this round, Gudiola’s answer is absolutely certain.
My previous relationship with Nukara was just a joke.
Manchester City does not need to be afraid of any team this season.
In fact, if the management turmoil within Manchester City in the middle of the season had not affected the team's record, Manchester City should have put its first Premier League championship trophy in the honor display at this time.
"This season's Champions League actually has no gold content." In order to prevent Lu Yang from thinking that he looked down on Newcastle and thus affecting the friendship between the two of them, Gudiola said remedially, "Liverpool and Manchester United can enter the Champions League. The biggest reason for the final is not because they played well this year, but because we are not in the Champions League this year.”
He proved with facts that he didn't look down on Newcastle, he just looked down on everyone.
Don't tell me, what Manchester City said really makes sense.
Because this year, although Manchester City also lost to Newcastle, Arsenal, and Chelsea, but... they really double-killed Liverpool and Manchester United.
Just asking if you are angry.
Moreover, Manchester City only lost one game when they lost to the previous teams.
So far, they have never been killed by anyone.
Their stability is almost the best in the Premier League.
Lu Yang immediately followed suit: "I agree with Gudiola. This season's Champions League does lack some gold content. The same goes for the Europa League."
"Because the most competitive team in Europe can only play in the UEFA Cup this year."
"If we were playing in the Europa League this year, Manchester City would definitely focus on competing for the league title now and no longer have to be distracted by the Europa League and the FA Cup."
"Similarly, of the two teams in the Champions League this year, Liverpool and Manchester United, didn't Liverpool also get a double win by us?"
The two teams bickered, repeatedly offending the other five sisters.
Not to mention how miserable the other five sisters were.
Fortunately, one of these two talkative players will die after this round.
…
A whistle blew and the game between the two sides began.
Newcastle's side is still a regular lineup.
Manjujovic
Bridge, Lu Yang, Chiesa
Sasso, Tavares
Boyle, Gombani, Deas, Rees
Amelucci
If nothing else, Sasso will be in the midfielder position in the next games this season to stabilize Newcastle's defense.
Manchester City also has a regular lineup.
Lima
Moreira, Rumeo, Raheem
Orano, Carlomiro
Gerbert, Peterke, Kosciel, Kanyes
Couva
As soon as the game started, Manchester City was extremely clumsy and began to play tricks in the backcourt.
Manchester City's average ball possession rate in the Premier League this season is as high as 61%.
He even had a ball possession rate of 83% at the highest level, making him the number one loser in football.
But their game wasn't ugly.
Because their kicks mainly occur in the midfield, and sometimes even in the frontcourt.
Compared with Gudiola's Barcelona period, their possession of the ball has obviously moved forward.
They created significantly more offensive opportunities.
In a game, you just watch Manchester City attack, score, attack again...and then it's over.
"Manchester City is a typical non-English team! They disdain long passes, especially English-style long passes, which are almost never allowed in this team!" Luo Cheng began to tell the fans in detail Let us introduce the situation of Manchester City.
"According to statistics, the team with the most short passes in the Premier League this season is Manchester City. They average over a hundred more short passes per game than the second place!"
"Their number of long passes is also among the bottom five teams in the Premier League, and you must know that this also includes a lot of horizontal and wide-range ball transfers. Manchester City never uses long passes as a means of creating offensive opportunities."
"They are more willing to tear apart their opponents through their footwork and superb coordination, and so far, almost no one in the Premier League can stop their attack."
"If one day you see a long-pass attack from Manchester City, then I will tell you that it must be another team sneaking into the Manchester City jersey, not the real Manchester City."
boom!
Luo Cheng finished the introduction.
In the third minute of the game, Manchester City, which had continuous backcourt inversions, suddenly launched an attack.
Haronso Orano, the organizational midfielder they introduced from Liverpool at a high price, made a long pass, laser-guided!
Directly found Lima who was offside in the frontcourt!
After receiving the ball, Lima turned around and carried the ball, completely at ease.
Gombani was like a wooden stake, wiped away by Lima without any time to react.
Amelucci strikes!
Lima shot from the outside of his instep. He was on the left side and hit farther with his right foot.
Not only is the rhythm stuck, the outer instep is also extremely confusing.
Amelucci corrected himself in the wrong direction, slipped and fell in front of the goal.
But in fact, even if he didn't fall, he wouldn't have been able to save the goal.
This is the best archery on the planet!
One to zero!
Manchester City steals the chicken with a long pass and kills with one strike!
Get an early lead.
Luo Cheng was dumbfounded in front of the broadcasting station.
Next to him, Miao Jikun's face twitched, his shoulders twitched, and he suppressed his smile and said: "Uh... this... pfft... I'm sorry, everyone... I... can't, I can't help it, it's too humorous... "
After two full minutes, calm was restored in front of the broadcasting station.
Miao Jikun still smiled: "I'm sorry everyone, professionally trained commentators like us generally won't laugh unless we can't help it."
"Guide Luo Cheng to go to the toilet, and then I will give you the commentary of the game."
"It can be seen that Manchester City's long pass really surprised many people. Not only the coach Luo Cheng was dazzled by Gudiola, but also Newcastle United was dazzled by Manchester City."
"We fell behind in the first three minutes, and our opponent was Manchester City who are very good at holding the ball and turning back. Newcastle are very passive now."
"We just checked the data and there are only two games this season where Manchester City failed to win when they were leading!"
"And in most games this season, Manchester City has been the first to score."
Therefore, Newcastle this time... is in danger.
Soon, Miao Jikun's words became reality.
"Okay, the first half is over. The score between the two sides remains unchanged. Manchester City continues to lead Newcastle 1-0." Luo Cheng said, "In the first half, Manchester City's ball possession rate was as high as 76%. "
"Newcastle's players were being pushed around, which was very physically demanding."
"We saw that Manjujovic was covered in sweat. This is extremely difficult for a veteran like him..."
"Hey, Director Luo Cheng, when did you come back? Does your face still hurt?" Miao Jikun pretended to be innocent.
Finally, all the previous vengeance was avenged.
Luo Cheng was so angry that his teeth itched.
In the face of a crisis, you must take the lead in making changes before you can break through.
During the halftime break, Lu Yang and Flick discussed for a long time.
Then I found Manjujovic and Lukatu successively.
Lucatu is going to play early.
He has the impact and running ability that Manjujovic does not have.
Although in the center job, Manju Jovic is much better than Lukatu.
But now they want a full-court press.
The football has always been with Manchester City, and Newcastle have no chance to play.
Manjujovic fully understands the team's arrangements, and he even appreciates the organization's understanding.
Because he really couldn't hold on if he continued to press like this in the second half.
I wonder if anyone has watched the quarter-finals of the 2021 European Cup between Croatia and Spain.
In a fierce overtime battle in Croatia, Modric exhausted his last strength and was finally replaced at the 114th minute.
At that time, Modric felt that if he took one more step, he might die suddenly.
Replacing him was definitely the most correct decision made by the Croatian national team.
Otherwise, Moric would not have been able to team up with Benzema to lead Real Madrid to the top of Europe again the next year, nor would he have led Croatia to the quarterfinals of the World Cup again in the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. If he had not met Portugal, the champion of that World Cup , they might have gone one step further (God predicted)!
Back to the game.
At the beginning of the second half, Newcastle replaced Manjujovic with Lucatu.
At the same time, Boyle and Rees also frequently participated in pressing in the midfield and frontcourt.
Sasso returned to the central defender position most of the time, forming a three-center defender system with Deas and Gombani.
Although there are areas for Manchester City to attack, the defense in the core area is still solid.
Newcastle thus began to have more possession of the ball.
As a result, Manchester City has more opportunities to attack.
This is a calling.
Give you the opportunity to threaten the offense in exchange for the opportunity and time for me to control the ball.
In the 51st minute, Rumeo took a long shot from the top of the arc.
Deas stretched out his foot to block.
In the 53rd minute, Moreira passed the ball into Lima in the penalty area.
Gombani overwhelmed Lima and pushed the football to the bottom line in advance.
Manchester City received a corner kick.
In the 54th minute, Sasso saw through the trick of national team teammate Moreira, made a clearance and pushed the football outside the penalty area.
In the fifty-sixth minute, Newcastle brought football to the Manchester City half.
Lu Yang suddenly took a long shot from 32 meters away from the goal.
However, Levon Cueva was very focused and successfully saved the football.
But the crisis has not been resolved.
Chiesa grabbed a shot in the penalty area.
Unfortunately, the football was blocked by Peterke's body in front of the goal.
As one of the best central defenders in the Premier League this season, Peterke's defense is quite general-like and has a very high ceiling.
But the football was still in the penalty area and bounced towards Bridge.
Bridge met the football and volleyed it.
boom!
Levine Couva, who had just stood up, made a divine double save to deny this extremely high-quality volley.
Flick on the sidelines kept clenching his fists with both hands, except for the last shiver, not to mention how angry he was.
"The signings in the Premier League this season are of very high quality. After Levine Couva arrived at Manchester City, he hardly needed to adapt and he was in the best condition directly!"
"His static talent is very good, which makes his defensive coverage unprecedentedly large, and his ultimate saves are even more extreme than those of ordinary goalkeepers!"
"Of course, this goalkeeper also has shortcomings, that is, because he is too tall and has long legs, he is a little slower on the ground and can easily be penetrated."
In the 66th minute, Manchester City got a chance to kill the game.
Lima retreated to respond and cooperated with Moreira in a small area, attracting most of Newcastle's defensive power.
In a fancy dribbling move, Moreira suddenly made a pass from the left wing that was making the fuss, penetrated Newcastle's defense and sent the football to the right side of the small penalty area.
Manchester City's Prince Rahim pushed the shot into the empty goal.
Unguarded, Amelucci was completely out of position.
This is a goal with a goal coefficient infinitely close to one.
Theoretically there is no possibility of not scoring a goal.
but……
Bang!
The lucky Newcastle spectators in the stands received a match ball.
Raheem missed an empty goal!
How many people are flying within one meter of the door!
Gudiola pulled out the last hair on his head in despair on the sidelines.
Why is the British Emperor's footwork so stinky?
No wonder Manchester City's Aoki is said to be among the top five shooters in the world.
This is compared with Rahim, who comes in the top five!
Protruding!
