Chapter 1058: Forty-two years of waiting is finally the champion
After leaving the locker room and closing the door, Benitez didn't go anywhere, just stood outside the door. He could clearly hear the Manchester City fans singing in the stands.
It's all singing, all sorts, some for the players, some for the team...... He even heard singing his own hymns.
The corners of Benitez's mouth hooked up when he heard the fans chanting "Rafa".
He came to the Premier League in 2004, first at Liverpool and then at Manchester City, and after six years, he is finally on the verge of winning his first Premier League title.
He was unable to win the league title at Liverpool for a long time, and he also lost to AC Milan in the final of the Champions League, which made him under great pressure all the time, and some media thought that he was not worthy of his name and was not suitable to coach a giant like Liverpool.
So when he finally left Liverpool, it was a gloomy resignation.
And now, he finally has the opportunity to raise his eyebrows and tell everyone that he Benitez is not a parallel import!
Benitez was in a trance, and the door next to him suddenly opened.
Glory walked out of it, and more players poured out after him.
"The second half is about to start?" Benitez was a little surprised.
Glory nodded.
Rafael Benitez looked up at his watch, with almost three minutes to go until the start of the second half, and looked at the Manchester City players who couldn't wait to get to the pitch, and he understood why they were in such a hurry.
Can't help but want to touch the league trophy sooner?
Thinking of this, he smiled, and then followed the players to the court.
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In the second half, Manchester City came on a little earlier than the Aston Villa players, and the fans in the stands let out loud cheers when they saw the City players come out.
The Manchester City players also greeted them with waves and other ways to interact with them.
They then stood on the pitch and waited for the Aston Villa players to come on.
When the Aston Villa players came out and found that the Manchester City players were already on the pitch, they were a little surprised, but they didn't expect Manchester City to be so active......
Commentators John Mortenson and Alan Hansen, who broadcast the game, also laughed when they saw the Manchester City players coming out so early: "It looks like the Manchester City players can't wait to lift the trophy!" They even wanted the second half to start early, ha! ”
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The second half ended up at the appointed time, and after the game began, Manchester City, who had equalised, launched a fierce attack on Aston Villa's goal.
There was no sign that they had been equalised before half-time......
It makes people feel that they will be ahead for a while, and they will have the advantage.
In the end, City's efforts paid off in the 67th minute.
At that time, it was Manchester City who were attacking around Aston Villa's goal, and Aston Villa defended with all their might from the second half, trying not to give Manchester City any chances.
Manchester City's attack couldn't get in, and the glory was withdrawn in front of the penalty area.
Then Sneijder passed the football to Glory.
At that time, Rongguang was facing away from the direction of the attack.
But just as the Aston Villa players came up to defend him, he wrapped the inside of his right foot around the football and turned sharply!
As if there were eyes behind him, he just wiped past the Aston Villa defenders who came up to defend!
The other party didn't expect the glory to turn so fast and so steadily, and he didn't react at all......
Glory just turned around and broke into the forbidden area. Then facing goalkeeper Friedel who came up to block his shot, Glory flicked the outside of his right foot, and the ball flew past Friedel.
Friedel didn't react to Glory's shot, because Glory shot was so hidden.
He was in the middle of running when he suddenly raised his foot to eject, and he was completely unprepared before, and there was no obvious sign of a leg shot.
So Friedel didn't make any saves for Glory's shot.
Just watched the ball fly into the goal behind him......
Manchester City Stadium exploded like a powder keg that had been ignited.
That huge cheer could have caused a storm that swept through the city!
Because Manchester City fans know that this season's league championship can't run!
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"Rong! Glory! Once again, the impasse was broken with perfect personal ability! Aston Villa's dense defence was simply vulnerable in front of his weightless turn! John Mortensen shouted.
Glories was also thrilled to score the goal, running towards the corner flag area and then waving his fist at the City fans in the stands.
The City fans responded with even louder cheers.
Until he was surrounded by excited teammates.
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At Anfield, Chelsea's opponents in this round of the league are Liverpool, and the scores so far are displayed on the big screen.
Chelsea are 2-0 up at Liverpool.
However, Chelsea manager Carlo Ancelotti, who was sitting in the dugout, was not happy at all.
He had just beaten the Manchester City side of the scoreline. They had a 2-1 lead over Aston Villa.
This means that whatever the outcome of Chelsea's side does not affect the final result......
With the final round of the league remaining, Chelsea are four points behind Manchester City, who already have the league title to them.
He led the team hard for a season, but he didn't expect to be able to pull Manchester City out of the top spot in the league.
Ancelotti was sorry and helpless.
In fact, there have been several chances for Chelsea to overtake Manchester City in the entire league. If it weren't for Manchester City's glory, Chelsea would have been league champions.
But who makes glory at Manchester City and not at Chelsea?
When he was in charge of AC Milan, he was an opponent with Rongguang. In this way, when he and Rongguang were opponents, he only won him once, and the rest of the time he won was Rongguang.
It's a speechless fact.
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After Glory's goal, the atmosphere of the game changed completely, and Aston Villa didn't seem to have much fighting spirit - no amount of fighting spirit against an opponent like Glory.
Especially after Manchester City's morale has been completely improved, Aston Villa, who are playing away, cannot be suppressed at all.
Now they can't even be a spoiler.
Of course, Manchester City have no intention of holding on to a one-goal advantage to the end, and they are now in a state of high morale, so how can they be satisfied with just winning one goal?
In the 80th minute, Rong Guang scored his third goal of the game with a header from a corner kick, and while completing a hat-trick, the score was also locked at 3:1.
The goal also sealed the win for the team.
"I think it's already possible to announce the result of this race and the winner of this season in advance! With ten minutes remaining, City are already two goals ahead of Aston Villa! Could Manchester City let their title fly away? No...... To be precise, is it possible for Rong to let the champion in his hand fly away? Apparently impossible! ”
"Rong scored his third goal of the game and his 34th league goal of the season! He has equalled last season's goal tally. With one round of league games to go, will he be able to score more? ”
With the league title out of the question, John Mortensen is already concerned about Glory's final goal tally this season.
But the Manchester City players on the pitch and the City fans in the stands are now off the game and thinking about how to celebrate the title.
Especially the Manchester City fans.
For some City players, it's just another title to their resumes.
But for those City fans, it may be the most memorable thing in their lives.
There were a lot of Manchester City fans in the stands, many of whom weren't even born when the team last won the top flight, and most of the people who last saw the team win the title are now gray-haired......
After nearly half a century of waiting, Manchester City finally waited for a league title.
At this time, many fans can't even sing loudly or jump around.
They just stood in front of their seats, quietly watching the game, as if remembering what had happened in their lives over the past forty-two years.
As Manchester City fans, their lives are naturally tied to the team.
The year he got married, Manchester City was relegated; The year they had their own children, Manchester City returned to the First Division......
There's a lot of stories in there.
Perhaps many of the people who cheered for Manchester City in the stands at Maine Road have gradually left and never returned.
There are fewer and fewer friends around them, and in the end, they are the only ones left......
Now, Manchester City have finally won the English top flight.
It's really embarrassing.
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Although the minds of the players on both sides were no longer on the game, the referee still insisted on making up three minutes.
He then blew the whistle for the end of the match.
This was accompanied by deafening cheers from the Manchester City fans!
"It's over! Manchester City won the 2009-2010 English Premier League! This is a historic moment! Manchester City's team has finally turned over! ”
Amid John Mortson's shouts, excited Manchester City fans poured down from the stands, flipping over the billboards and pouring onto the pitch to celebrate their title.
There are many people who go straight to Manchester City's players, who are the heroes of Manchester City's ability to win the title, and the excited fans want to hug them, take pictures with them, and tell their admiration.
Of course, Rongguang has the most fans gathered around him.
So much so that the security guards at the scene had to intervene to "rescue" Rongguang from the encirclement of the fans, for fear that the excited fans would make some dangerous moves when they lost their minds, thus hurting Rongguang.
But fortunately, the fans are quite reasonable, maybe they didn't think about hurting a single hair of glory in their hearts.
These people gathered around and didn't do any dangerous moves, this is ...... stripped of the glorious clothes.
If it weren't for the timely arrival of the security guards, Glory would have run completely naked. Even so, when the security guards fished him out of the crowd, all he had left was a pair of underwear.
Even the socks have been stripped naked!
The security guards hurriedly escorted Rongguang back to the locker room......
And then the glory never came out again.
The other players were escorted back to the locker room by the security guards. Something is more or less missing in everyone. There are also people who, like Glory, are left with only a set of underwear......
However, this did not affect the excitement of the players in the slightest, and they opened the pie directly in the dressing room. Some people don't even have clothes on......
If the photos of the scene were circulated, it would probably be a more sensational headline than Manchester City's league title......