Chapter 1059: The Impact of Manchester City's Victory
There is still one final round of the 2009-2010 Premier League season, but the biggest suspense has been revealed.
Manchester City won the league title!
The news became the focus of the whole of England and even the whole of Europe that night.
Countless people have set their eyes on Manchester City, and various media have been on the script of Manchester City's championship for the first time.
For those who stressed that football should resist capital involvement, the news was a bolt from the blue.
Because Manchester City proved that money has a very huge role in promoting football with this title, those football fundamentalists are worried that Manchester City's successful precedent will give birth to a lot of golden yuan football in European football, and capital from Russia, the Middle East, Southeast Asia, and even China will frantically pour into European football, spend money to buy clubs, and turn European football into a game of money, and eventually the rich clubs are getting better and better, while the small clubs that have no money are gradually dying out......
That's why so many people pay attention to Manchester City's title.
Manchester City is not just about winning the title, they won it one round earlier, which shows that Manchester City is already a dominant force in the Premier League.
In the past, the top five European leagues were the English Premier League, Serie A, La Liga, Bundesliga and Ligue 1. Later, Serie A gradually declined, and La Liga rose strongly, but the Premier League is still the boss.
Why is the Premier League the boss? There is a common belief that the Premier League is highly competitive, and that the traditional semi-finals of Manchester United, Arsenal, Chelsea and Liverpool are not necessarily winnable against many mid-table Premier League teams. So the Premier League is often a mess.
Only when the competitiveness is strong can the league have vitality.
Even if Ferguson's Manchester United is so powerful, it has been robbed of the league championship by Arsenal and Chelsea.
But now it seems that Manchester City have the position to dominate the Premier League.
There is one more game left this season, and Manchester City have lost just one.
37 rounds of league 32 wins, 4 draws and 1 loss, 100 points!
This is the highest single-season points in Premier League history.
It broke Jose Mourinho's Chelsea record of 95 points in the Premier League set in 2004/2005.
Manchester City also broke the record of 98 points set by Liverpool in the 1978-1979 season. This is the record for points in the entire English top flight.
And with one round of the league remaining, Manchester City still have a chance to break the Europa League points record.
This record was set by Portuguese giants Benfica in the 1990-1991 season, when they won 32, drew five and lost one of the 38 league games, picking up a staggering 1001 points.
This is an achievement that no one has been able to surpass so far.
The highest single-season points in Serie A was Roberto Mancini's 97 points in 2006-2007.
In La Liga, the current season points record is 92 points set by Fabio Capello's Real Madrid in the 1996-1997 season.
The Bundesliga record for the highest number of points is held by Bayern Munich, who once set a record of 79 points in two consecutive seasons in the 70s.
The Ligue 1 points record is shared by two teams, Reims in the 1959-1960 season and Nantes in the 1965-1966 season, both of which set a Ligue 1 points record with 26 wins, eight draws and four defeats, with 86 points.
In the Eredivisie, Ajax won 30 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss in the 1971-1972 season, led by Cruyff, and if converted into a three-point system, it should be 93 points.
Manchester City are now just a point away from the highest record in Europe......
With such a strong table, Manchester City's championship cannot be explained by such a simple "**** luck".
If you say that Manchester City's title was won by luck, it is not Manchester City who is insulting, but your own IQ.
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The whole of Europe is talking about Manchester City's title, and they're not just announcing a new winner, they're arguing.
Debating what impact Manchester City's triumph will have on European football.
Platini also made his voice heard about City's title win.
But he wasn't saying anything good.
He expressed concern about the impact of money on football.
He said he would go all out to promote football's fair financial plan in order to reduce the number of clubs like Manchester City.
“…… If a team is full of players bought from elsewhere at a high price, but there are no young people who have developed themselves, it must be abnormal. If this team is full of people from other countries, then even if this team wins the championship, I don't think their fans will have any pride...... When a team is particularly rich and can forcibly poach key players from other clubs, and in their eyes it affects the market order, then something must be wrong. This must be curbed for the sake of sustainable football......"
Although he didn't name Manchester City directly, the fool knows who he said it for.
The media, fearing that the world would not be chaotic, immediately reported Platini's words, and directly took Platini's inner subtext as the headline.
"UEFA president Michel Platini doesn't congratulate Manchester City!"
"Platini: Manchester City's victory is a dangerous sign!"
"Platini: It's not a good thing for Manchester City to win the title!"
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For a time, the media completely pushed Platini to the opposite side of Manchester City.
It was a big deal and Manchester City had to stand up and express their views.
“…… We have heard some of the remarks about UEFA President Mr. Platini. It's a pity, but we'll prove it with real actions. The Abu Dhabi consortium invested in Manchester City because Manchester City is a very good team and we are more focused on football itself......"
In fact, Manchester City's response was quite polite, more official.
After all, as a club, they don't want to offend UEFA, so they hold back some words.
If you offend UEFA, you will be assigned to the group of death in the Champions League every year, so who can stand it.
Although UEFA said that there is no possibility of artificial manipulation of the Champions League draw, there have always been rumors in the media that UEFA manipulated the draw results......
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"There will definitely be reporters who will come and interview you and want to hear what you think of Platini's words......" Debora said to Rongguang. So you have to prepare in advance. ”
"I don't think Platini's words are right." Rongguang said. "It's hard to move an inch without money, how can you do football without money? Players can't afford to pay their salaries, is it healthy football? ”
Debora rolled her eyes, "Do you really want to say that?" ”
Rongguang scratched his head: "Of course not." ”
Debora nodded.
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Before the final round of the league, Glory was indeed blocked by the media, and it is necessary to hear what he thinks about Platini's words.
"What did Platini say?" Facing the microphones stretched out by the reporters, Rong Guang was at a loss.
Everyone didn't expect Glory to react like this, and they were all speechless - he didn't know what Platini said! This is the hottest topic in the last two days!
But if you think about it, it's not surprising that he has this appearance. Because his mind is always on training and competing, he doesn't care about anything else......
I have to say that the image that Rongguang inadvertently created saved him a lot of trouble, and it was not surprising that everyone took some of his expressions for granted.
So a reporter repeated Platini's words to Glory.
After listening to this, Rongguang nodded, and then said to the cameras of many reporters: "This topic is too big, the future of European football?" I don't care about that, I just care about tomorrow's game. ”
As soon as the reporters heard him say this, they thought that Rongguang was planning to avoid the problem.
So he asked: "But the league championship has been won, and it doesn't matter if the next game is won or lost......"
Glory interrupted him: "No, every victory counts. ”
"But the future of European football ......"
Journalists are still unrelenting.
'I don't know about that, but what I do know for sure is that if everybody doesn't care about winning every next game, then there will definitely be no future for European football. Thank you. ”
After speaking, the glory lined up the stunned heavy responsibility and walked away.
It took a long time for the reporters to react.
One by one, they shook their heads helplessly.
They don't know if Rong Guang really doesn't understand Platini's topic, or if he chooses to avoid it?
But if you think about it, Rongguang's sentence is actually quite reasonable, if everyone only cares about those ethereal theoretical battles, but ignores the current game, it is really not a good thing......
And as a player, he does not participate in politics and focuses on football itself, which is indeed beyond reproach......
Therefore, the media didn't know how to play in the face of Glory's answer. boasting of glory, they are a little unwilling. Criticism of Glory? It doesn't make sense at all.
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As a player in the limelight in today's football, Rongguang's words will naturally become the focus of the media.
As a footnote to this passage, in the next Manchester City away game against West Ham United, Glory scored twice to help Manchester City beat West Ham United 3-0.
Ended this memorable season with a victory.
Manchester City have surpassed Benfica's record of 101 points and become the team with the most league points in a single season in European football.
At the same time, Glory's thirty-six goals also allowed him to surpass Barcelona's Leo Messi and become the European Golden Boot!
Messi has scored 34 league goals for Barcelona this season, but is still two short of glory......
Messi was not only eliminated in the Champions League, but also lost in the competition for the European Golden Boot......
“…… In the face of controversy, Rong answered Mr. Platini with practical actions: what is really useful for football? Playing every game well, surpassing the opponent and surpassing oneself is the essence of football. It has nothing to do with having money or not, and having money does not mean that you will lose this characteristic......"
After this game, the Manchester Evening News responded to Platini in this way.