Chapter 430 FA Cup Final
The hat trick of glory brought the end of the game.
In the end, Manchester City beat Norwich 6-0 away.
Not only did they win the game, but they also won six goals, which allowed them to lead Manchester United more on goal difference.
The theoretical possibility of Manchester United wanting to win the league championship is already slim.
In the next game, as long as Manchester City does not lose, they can win the Premier League championship trophy in advance.
But this is not the most concerned thing for the media - Manchester City won three consecutive league championships, and everyone has prepared for this matter, and it is no longer a news.
What everyone is most concerned about is the suspense.
The competition between Glory and Messi is the hot topic that everyone is discussing now.
Messi scored twice against Vallecano, surpassing Ged Muller. Next, Glory completed his overtake with a hat-trick in his game.
The two of them are really against the top, and neither of them is to be outdone.
Such a fierce showdown is what everyone likes to watch.
Manchester City will usher in the FA Cup final on May 5th, with their opponent Chelsea.
On the same night, Barcelona welcomed Espanyol at home, which was a Barcelona city derby.
Glory has four games left, one more game than Messi, which is his advantage.
The odds that the bookmaker gave to the two people also show that they are more optimistic about glory.
However, Rongguang's advantage over Messi is very weak, so Messi also has great hope of reversing.
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At 7:15 p.m. on May 5, with the referee's whistle, the FA Cup final opened at Wembley Stadium.
Manchester City drew the home team draw before the game, and they could use the home team locker room at Wembley Stadium.
On the court, they also wore sky blue home team jerseys.
Chelsea wore a dark blue away jersey close to black.
This is Benitez's second time with Dimatio.
The first time the two sides met in the league, when Chelsea led by Dimateo was refreshing, making Benitez feel entangled.
If it were the Chelsea team led by Boas, Benitez would have easily won. However, Di Matteo's Chelsea made it difficult for Manchester City to play. They conceded a goal at their home court, and finally relied on the glory's double score to win the game.
Benitez was very impressed by the changes in Chelsea under Di Matteo's coaching, so he did not dare to neglect this FA Cup final. He made the most careful arrangements and sent all the main players, and paid no less attention than the Champions League final.
Manchester City's league championship is now in their hands, and only the FA Cup and the Champions League are left. If the FA Cup is lost, it will be an eternal regret.
He doesn't want to leave a slight imperfect flaw in this perfect season.
Some people like to play with regret beauty, but Benitez doesn't.
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For Chelsea, the only championship honor they can compete for this season is the FA Cup. They naturally went all out and bet on all their belongings in the FA Cup final.
After Boas was dismissed, Di Matteo performed his head coach as an interim head coach. After he coached the team, Chelsea had earth-shaking changes, and the media and Chelsea fans also had a very high evaluation of him. They all believed that Abramovich should give Di Matteo more time, and Chelsea also needed a stable coaching environment, otherwise every season would be a process of overturning and reconstruction for the team, which would be too hurt.
But how can Dimatio completely impress Abramovich?
Leading the team to defeat the arrogant Manchester City in the FA Cup final and winning the FA Cup is perhaps the best stepping stone.
If Dimateo can lead his team to defeat Manchester City, which no one can defeat for two seasons, it will fully demonstrate Dimateo's level.
Then he is qualified to stay and continue to coach Chelsea.
Di Matteo also hopes to coach at Chelsea for a longer time. He feels good now and has ambitions. He hopes to help the team move towards glory again.
In order to be able to beat City in the FA Cup final, Di Matteo really put in his efforts.
In the FA Cup final, Di Matteo's Chelsea once again scored the first goal in the game, leading Manchester City!
"Ramirez--!" John Motterson shouted. "An unexpected forward-snatch point! Manchester City defenders all focused on offensive players like Drogba, Karau, Mata, and Lampard, but ignored Ramirez!"
The Chelsea players were very excited after scoring the goal.
Chelsea fans in the stands were even more excited.
Huge cheers sounded at Wembley Stadium, all of which were sent by Chelsea fans.
"Being able to score first against Manchester City twice in a row cannot be simply attributed to luck! Di Matteo does have a good job!" said John Motterson.
"Actually, Di Matteo has no magical means. He just brought Chelsea back to the right track, and this is the path they have been walking before this. But after Boas came, he made the team deviate from the right track. Chelsea who is on the right track is still very powerful..." Alan Hansen analyzed. "Since Mourinho, the style of this Chelsea has basically been fixed. Mourinho can lead this team to success, but others cannot do it because most of them want to forcefully change Chelsea's tactical style..."
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After the team scored, Di Matteo did not celebrate excitedly, and he seemed calm.
Because he knew very well that this goal lead was not worth being so happy.
To win the game, we look at the final score, not the current one.
Even if Chelsea is leading by one goal now, if Manchester City equalizes, then this lead is meaningless.
Besides...Rongguang is now competing with Messi for who is the player with the most goals in all competitions in a single season.Rongguang is in very good shape now, and he can do anything now.
Think about the poor Norwich who played in the league.
The only thing I should be grateful for is that Barcelona's league is played after the FA Cup final. If it is played before the final, if Messi scores another goal, it will definitely stimulate the glory. At that time, he will be in trouble in the final.
Now it's the first to play in the finals, at least the glory has not been stimulated yet...
While his teammates were celebrating the lead wildly, Dimatio grabbed Terry and gave him a face-to-face opportunity, asking him to go up and remind the players to pay attention to defense.
Before the game, he also analyzed this with his players - Rongguang has many goals scored after the opponent scored, and he seemed to have a "face slap mechanism". As long as the opponent scored, he would automatically open up all firepower and immediately scored the goal and return it to the color.
Especially recently, such situations have frequently occurred, and Barcelona and Manchester United have become pitiful victims.
Many teams will have high morale after scoring goals, and then take this opportunity to attack in large quantities, striving to score another goal in a short period of time.
But there are not many goals in real time.
So before the game, Dimateo ordered his players to score goals in the game and take the lead, and what he had to do next is not to continue attacking, but to stabilize the defense.
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Sure enough, after the game started again, Rongguang dribbled the ball and rushed to Chelsea's goal.
Fortunately, Chelsea had prepared this time. After Manchester City kicked off, their forwards did not rush forward to Manchester City's half, but quickly retreated to their 30-meter area.
In the end, Rong Guang's dribbling attack stopped and could not find a suitable breakthrough, Rong Guang had to pass the football out.
Although possession is still at Manchester City's feet, the threat to Chelsea goal is no longer as great as before.
Rongguang finally didn't score the third kick-off in a short period of time.
In the following time, Chelsea continued to stabilize its defense and did not dare to neglect the slightest.
In terms of defense, this Chelsea is still very traditional.
Since Mourinho's era, many people have often formed the impression of "passive defense" of them with a score of 1:0. Although Mourinho has refuted this statement, Chelsea's good at defense has become a fine tradition of this team.
Chelsea at its peak did have a very good defense.
The central defender partner of Carvalho and John Terry, who was once the team with the least goals conceded in the Premier League for two consecutive seasons.
The season when Mourinho just coached Chelsea, they won the league championship. After 38 league games throughout the season, Chelsea conceded only fifteen goals!
This is incredible that the few goals conceded.
Manchester United lost the second most goals at that time, and they lost 26, eleven more than Chelsea.
In the second season, Chelsea defended the league champion, the team that conceded the least goals, conceded only twenty-two goals.
Although Chelsea's defensive stability throughout the season is far inferior to that of the past, they can still do it in a game to pursue the ultimate defense.
In this game, Di Matteo fully considered this issue, so he arranged two midfielders, Mikel and Ramirez, to strengthen the midfield defense.
In addition, Kalau and Mata also have to actively return to defense and be responsible for many defensive tasks.
Relying on targeted tactics and the concerted efforts of the players.
Chelsea really defended the advantage of one goal leading before the end of the first half.
Chapter completed!