After the end of the 0910 season, there are still four teams in the Premier League that still have competition obligations. The first one to be staged is the Europa League final between Fulham and Atletico Madrid.
The 2009-10 Europa League final was held at the Nordbank Arena in Hamburg. Atletico Madrid defeated Fulham 2-1. Forlan took the lead. Simon Davis once equalized, but in overtime, Aguero assisted Fulham again.
Lan scored. Atletico Madrid won the European Cup for the first time since winning the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1962.
This was the first time the two sides met in the European war. Zamora and Duff recovered from injuries in time and appeared in the most important game in the club's 131-year history. Atletico Madrid put together the strongest lineup to eliminate Liverpool in the semi-finals.
Ifarussi replaces Varela.
Neither side was conservative after the start. In the 3rd minute, Guerra's shot in front of the penalty area was blocked. In the 7th minute, Raul Garcia's long shot was blocked by former Liverpool midfielder Murphy.
Atletico Madrid almost scored in the 12th minute. Fulham's midfielder made a mistake in passing the ball. Aguero broke through and passed the ball after intercepting the ball. Forlan's powerful shot from 12 yards in the left rib of the penalty area hit the far corner post. Atletico Madrid gradually gained the upper hand.
, In the 16th minute, Etuhu fouled Uyfalusi. Reyes took a free kick from 30 yards on the right and shot into the near corner but was saved by Schwarzer.[
In the 17th minute, Fulham's cross from the left was cleared, and Guerra's volley from the edge of the penalty area was high. Atletico Madrid broke the deadlock in the 32nd minute, Simao passed the ball, Aguero stopped the ball and volleyed the ball, but Fu
Lan shot from 10 yards into the lower left corner.
The tenacious Fulham tied the score in the 37th minute. Zamora cut into the left side of the penalty area, but missed the shooting angle. Duff passed the ball to Guerra, who made a pass from the right side of the penalty area. Assuncao barely cleared the ball to the back point with his header.
Simon Davis, who was being defended by the defender, volleyed from 8 yards and scored.
The score of 1:1 remained until the end of the 90-minute game, and the two sides had to play overtime!
Atletico Madrid staged a decisive victory in the 116th minute. Aguero passed away from Aaron Hughes on the left and passed. Forlan scored 8 yards ahead of Hangeland. The Uruguayan took off his clothes to celebrate in excitement and was also given a yellow card. Greening
Substitute Murphy. Aguero was also replaced by Barrera.
In the end, Atletico Madrid won 2-1 with a goal in overtime and won the Europa League title.
Atletico Madrid, who won the Europa League, returned to Madrid. They held a grand celebration ceremony. This was also the team's first official match in 14 years after winning the double crown of La Liga and Copa del Rey in the 1995-96 season.
Trophy. All Atletico Madrid players stood on an open-top bus and paraded through the city of Madrid to show off the Europa League trophy they had just received. The team celebrated in the Town Hall Square and the Almudena Church. The final location was chosen
At the famous Neptune Fountain, this is also the traditional place for Atletico Madrid celebrations.
Thousands of Atletico Madrid fans celebrated this historic moment with the team, and captain Antonio Lopez tied an Atletico scarf around the neck of the Neptune statue at the Neptune Fountain.
Fulham could only sadly return to England with the title of runner-up. Although they won the respect of the fans, there was no celebration scene in London, just because they brought back the runner-up, a runner-up that does not exist in the football world.
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London fans still have another chance to celebrate the championship, and that is the English FA Cup final to be held in 2 days. Chelsea will play in the final.
The 200910 English FA Cup final was held at Wembley Stadium. Chelsea defeated Portsmouth 1-0. Chelsea hit the goal frame 6 times. Cech saved Boateng's penalty kick, and then Drogba scored with a free kick.
, Lampard also missed a penalty kick opportunity. This is the sixth time Chelsea has won the FA Cup and the third time in the past four years.
The only pity is that Chelsea missed out on winning the Double for the first time in the club's history.
As the oldest football tournament in the history of modern football, the English FA Cup has created too many records that are astonishing to those who come after. The farther back the record book stretches, the harder it will be to break through. It would be an honor to have a place in it.
In today's final, the 29-year-old and 5-month-old Ashley Cole has become an important figure that must be described in detail: his sixth FA Cup winning record makes him the first player in this event.
The first person in 139 years.
In just 35 appearances in the FA Cup, Ashley Cole has repeated the lifelong dream of many English players over and over again like playing a game. Modern football is not the early start-up stage where strong and weak are clearly differentiated. It is difficult to guarantee that
He has won the FA Cup in his limited career, not to mention winning it 6 times as a main player before he was 30 years old.
In fact, it was God's will. A-Cole was impartial and broke into two specific areas of the FA Cup in the first decade of the 21st century. One was in Arsenal. In the first five years of this century, Arsenal FA
He has won three Cups and one Asia Cup, and A-Cole happened to be among them. In the second five years of this century, when Chelsea won three championships, A-Cole also happened to be among them. It was like winning a lottery jackpot.
A series of coincidences are coming towards you alone, and there is no way to avoid them.
Although several giants dominate the Premier League, the nature of the FA Cup's hotbed of unpopularity remains unchanged. In the first decade of this century, even Millwall and Cardiff City could reach the final. Then Southampton, West Ham and Portsmouth can
Entering the finals as a Premier League team, and even Pompey winning the championship in 2008, are actually perfectly normal.
In this case, the giants that fight on multiple fronts are sometimes like rookies. They don’t know which round they can’t get tense, or the main players are not strong enough, so they immediately suffer big losses. So except for A-Cole himself, maybe
In addition to having the opportunity to improve his own record, it is even more difficult for other players to achieve six championships or even higher status. At least for now, no one is qualified. In addition, Gallas should be most grateful for A-Cole's achievements.
Feeling jealous, the choice of team is completely opposite to that of A-Cole, so the Frenchman has never won an FA Cup championship.
In today's final, it can be considered that A-Cole added a little more strength to his true performance. It is not particularly outstanding, but three threatening passes and two clearances are enough to ensure that his left wing always keeps opponents on tenterhooks.
Chione's threatening shot was also thanks to A-Cole's blocking, which made him feel uncomfortable. Otherwise, Picchione chose a good angle in the small penalty area and fired angrily, two Cechs.
They can't stop him. This season, Cole was absent for about 75 days from February to April. As the absolute main choice of England team Capello, A-Cole obviously sometimes should not go too far when he should spare his efforts.
Use strength to achieve the effect. Anyway, to defeat Pompeii, the strength in the midfield and frontcourt is enough.
This season, A-Cole was injured, so he played in a total of 33 games including cup matches. After becoming the main force of the team in the 2001-02 season, he played in more than 40 games in 7 seasons, and only played in 2005-06 due to serious injuries.
14 times, which is the second fewest this season. This is the second time he was injured in a World Cup year, and the impact on A-Cole cannot be ignored.[
When A-Cole was injured and Bridge quit emotionally, who to play as England's left back became a hot topic. Fortunately, after A-Cole came back in April, his form immediately returned to its peak state, which allowed Card.
Perrault's troubled heart immediately calmed down. Although A-Cole's own personal life is also full of troubles, on the court, he is still one of the top two left backs in the Premier League.
The first and second positions are vaguely mentioned here. The one who can obviously compete with him is Evra. Looking at the league data alone, the Frenchman has played more than 1,000 minutes more than Cord, and his defensive data is much higher. Here are
Incomparable factors. But one thing that may excite English fans is that Cole's offensive statistics are much higher than Evra, which somewhat shows his efficiency in this area.
A-Cole played 2155 minutes in the league, scored 4 goals, and assisted 3 times, while Evra played 3288 minutes in the league, scored no goals, and assisted 3 times. Evra was slightly ahead of the threatening pass 34 to 29, and the number of shots was 34 to 29.
The lead was 21 to 11. Looking at the final result, Cole was much higher.
Of course, the number of simple goals and assists cannot be the only indicator to measure the ability of a full-back. It can be concluded that Evra himself should not be able to find any place that is definitely better than A-Cole. Here is an assumption that does not exist. If
In the two games against Inter Milan in the Champions League, Acor, the player Mourinho exchanged for Gallas, was able to play. So can Mourinho make it to the final?
It's really not necessarily possible. In the two games against Inter Milan, Ancelotti first used Malouda and then Zhirkov. This is a full offensive concept, but players with average defense, especially Malouda, are just trying to catch up.
At first glance, it may seem that Malouda is playing well, but there are many details in playing full-back. How does a left winger have so many feelings? But the hypothesis is just a hypothesis, and A-Cole can only watch his team.
Being humiliated by his old coach.
During the period when A-Cole was recovering from his injury and the scandal was exposed, there were rumors that Real Madrid was trying to acquire him for 25 million pounds. There is no need to talk too much about Cole's ability. As long as the wealthy giants want to acquire him, they will do it quickly. After all, in the world
How many left-backs like him are there? Barcelona and Real Madrid in La Liga have weaknesses in this position.
Ashley Cole is one level below, and the same is true for almost all other non-English giants. He and Evra are said to be the top two choices in the world, and there is probably not much opposition. Of course, neither of them will choose to leave.
After the World Cup competition, the positional duel between the two in the Premier League next season will be a very attractive point of view on the back line.
Going back to the game that night, it was supposed to be a disparity between the league championship squad and the relegated squad. However, this FA Cup final turned into a close contest. In the first half, the Blues at least created
4 or 5 chances to score goals, but they were all wasted one by one.
Fei. With the heroic performance of goalkeeper James, Portsmouth kept the suspense at least until the 58th minute. In addition to Drogba who contributed the winning goal in this game, another member of Chelsea's front line, Anelka
, also won warm applause from the fans in the audience.
After being transferred from the familiar right wing to the left winger, the Frenchman Anelka's performance was not restricted, but became more courageous.
In just the 4th minute, after receiving a pass from Lampard, Anelka broke through to the edge of the penalty area and shot was blocked. This shot also sounded the clarion call for Chelsea's attack.
Two minutes later, Anelka acted as a ferryman again, heading the ball to Drogba, who shot wide of the near corner. In the 10th minute, the Frenchman broke through to the vicinity of the penalty area and was then brought down. In the 14th minute
, Anelka made a comeback. He entered the penalty area from the left and shook away two defenders one after another. Then his shot was saved by James at the near corner. In the 32nd minute, the Frenchman, who had been unable to attack for a long time, tried a long shot. He scored from 25 yards.
The powerful shot was blocked by the opponent's defender.
In the 46th minute, Ashley Cole passed the ball from the left to Anelka on the penalty area line. The latter's long shot was blocked by the defender. In the 50th minute, Anelka once again wandered into the penalty area.
Near the left wing, his breakthrough with the ball on the left wing put a lot of pressure on the opponent's defender, but was subsequently destroyed. In the 75th minute, Anelka suddenly took a cold shot while moving laterally while controlling the ball on the left wing, and the ball deflected.
Out of the goal. In the 78th minute, Anelka forced his way into the penalty area from the left and passed it across to Lampard, who volleyed over the crossbar.
After the game, "Sky Sports" gave him a high score of 7 points, only lower than Drogba, who decided the game with one kick. Anelka, who appeared on the left wing in this game, showed excellent standards and creativity.
The chances are even much higher than when he played as a right winger, and he is worthy of being described as a fish in water. If Anelka had placed the Frenchman on the left, then Anelka would have achieved the best results in the league this season.
Alone, I'm afraid it won't be as simple as just 11 goals and 7 assists.
Anelka is like an enraged "lion". He is using his performance on the court to fight back against the coach on the sidelines. Of course, he is not targeting Ancelotti at this time, but the opponent's coaching bench.
Grant. In the 2007-08 season, when Grant succeeded Mourinho in charge of Chelsea, although the Israeli led the Blues to the Champions League final, it was a truly dismal half-season for Anelka.
"In the Champions League final that year, Grant left me on the bench without even giving any explanation." Although Grant personally brought the French forward to Stamford Bridge during the winter transfer period in 2008, he did not
He did not entrust him with important tasks. "Grant looks down on me." In an interview with "The Sun" before the game, Anelka said: "Maybe he thinks I should be grateful to him because he bought me from Bolton.
of."
Perhaps, the stimulation of the new contract is another reason for Anelka's outburst. After several months of stalemate, the Frenchman's contract renewal negotiations have reopened. According to the "Daily Telegraph", France
He will sign a new three-year contract with the club before the start of the World Cup, worth a total of 15 million pounds. This means that the 31-year-old Anelka is likely to end his career at Stamford Bridge. The
The "bad boy" who has traveled to many football giants such as Arsenal, Real Madrid, Manchester City and Fenerbahce, described Chelsea as "warmth like home" when he first joined the Blues, and now he has received this certificate
A lifetime contract, being able to play at home until he hangs up his boots, is undoubtedly a happy ending for Anelka.
"I hope to sign a new contract as soon as possible," Anelka said: "I am very happy at Chelsea, I feel like I have found a home. Since I left Real Madrid, I have always wanted to play for a big club again, and now I
Playing for Chelsea. This is a big club with many first-class players. I feel that I am playing the best football of my career and I want to continue to spend my green years at Chelsea." "Daily Telegraph"
” revealed that after renewing the contract, the Frenchman will receive a weekly salary of 100,000 pounds from the club.
After a thrilling 1-0 victory over the Pompeii Legion, Chelsea, who won the championship, can now enjoy the joy of victory. After the game, head coach Carlo Ancelotti believed that this was a victory of extraordinary significance.
"Chelsea has never won the European Cup and that will be our goal next season. Of course, the League and the FA Cup are equally important." When talking about the outlook for next season, Ancelotti began: "
We want to win the Champions League trophy. In fact, our team has the strength to win the championship this season, but unfortunately it falls short. Of course, today's victory is equally important, and we need to enjoy it to the fullest."
Amidst the pressure and doubts this season, Ancelotti has achieved success at Stamford Bridge: "It's normal to have pressure. The pressure next season will be even greater, but we just need to be ourselves. We will make a comeback next year and
Do your best to win every honor."
Although it is only an FA Cup championship, for Chelsea people, it is more timely and effective than any other championship. Obviously the game is difficult, but if there is no championship, there is no such thing as a successful season and continued glory.
In other words, the FA Cup champion is a fig leaf for Chelsea people, so what can it do?
In the league, Chelsea is second, but everyone knows that if they had not had some problems in key games, the championship would not have been changed to Manchester United. Chelsea's FA Cup championship came just in time.
Everything is good. Anyway, with this championship in hand, Chelsea will definitely take a closer look at other championships next season.[
As of now, there is only one Premier League team that still has competitions, and that is Manchester United. They are about to compete in the final of the European Champions League. Whether Manchester United can win three consecutive Champions League championships depends on this battle!
Who would have thought that the Champions League still has the concept of three consecutive championships. Now Manchester United is on the road to great victory, and the final will be staged soon!
