Chapter 665: Defending the league title

On April 19, Manchester Main Road Stadium, countless Manchester City fans came here early, all the tickets for this game have already been sold out, or a large number of fans who did not buy tickets came here, wanting to buy a scalper ticket, even if they can't buy a ticket, they also want to find a fan bar outside the stadium, where they drink beer and watch the game. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Today's game is Manchester City's home game against Coventry, this is a match in the 34th round of the league, before this game, Manchester City led Manchester United by 14 points, this game is played, there are only four rounds left in the league, so as long as Manchester City beat Coventry, no matter what the outcome of Manchester United's game is, they will win the league title four rounds ahead of schedule.

How could Manchester City fans not want to be in the presence of such a game? In the more than 100-year history of Manchester City, they have never won the league title in two consecutive seasons, and with a win today, these fans will witness history.

Even if they can't buy tickets, these fans want to be able to accompany their team closest to the team and share the joy of winning the championship with them as soon as possible.

Coventry, a team with rich experience in relegation, are also facing relegation threats this season, they are only one point ahead of third-from-bottom Sunderland, and are on the verge of the relegation zone, so even if they face leaders Manchester City away from home, they have no reason to surrender, so their desperate resistance is inevitable, and in the last few rounds, it is sometimes much more difficult to meet such a relegation team than a mid-table team.

In the deafening singing of more than 80,000 Manchester City fans at Maine Road, the game began, Manchester City launched a fierce offensive to the half of the Coventry team as soon as it opened, the Coventry team is certainly not stupid enough to play against the Manchester City team at the Maine Road Stadium, they only played a striker in this game, played a nine-zero formation, trying to take away a point from here with an iron bucket formation, at this critical moment of relegation, even a point, is extremely important.

In the first half of the game, the Manchester City team blasted an astonishing fifteen shots on goal, but did not score a goal, and at this time, the news came from the home of the Liverpool team, Manchester United team, which has been cornered, burst out with huge energy, they led the strong rival Liverpool team 2-0 away from home into the halftime break, and it is basically not a problem to win this game, if Manchester City is forced to draw by the Coventry team, they want to win the championship, At least we have to wait until the next round, which will be very bad for Manchester City's line-up.

So, at halftime, Mu Shengli gave the players a must-kill order, saying that they must do their best in this game.

At the start of the second half, Manchester City's attack intensified, and they kept putting pressure on the Coventry team, making the Coventry players nervous all the time, almost unable to relax for a second.

In the twenty-fourth minute of the second half, Manchester City won a free kick 33 meters away from the goal, Ding Hongxing took the penalty, he blasted a kick with a speed of more than 150 kilometers per hour, the ball drew a strange S-shaped arc, bypassed the human wall, and accurately drilled into the upper right corner of the goal, the Coventry goalkeeper did not react to this shot, and was stunned until the ball entered the goal, He looked back at the ball that was still bouncing in the net with a blank gaze.

After a few seconds of silence at the entire Maine Road stadium, there was a loud cheer, the flags and banners in the hands of the fans began to wave, and when Ding Hongxing frantically rushed to the stands to celebrate, the fans sang the song "Red Star Shines on Maine Road" in unison, and many fans had tears in their eyes.

After Manchester City scored a goal, the game began to go smoothly, Coventry City was at a loss, and did not know whether to continue to defend or attack, they had a brief period of confusion on the field, taking advantage of this chaotic period, Manchester City next scored a goal each by Ding Hongxing and Quinn, and sealed the victory 3-0.

After 3-0, the Coventry City manager gave up his resistance and Manchester City didn't press too hard, starting to play with the ball and waiting for the game to end.

When the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game, the entire Maine Road stadium suddenly became a sea of joy, no, it should be said that the whole of Manchester City became a sea of joy, with huge cheers in almost every corner of the city.

Manchester City won the 1996-1997 Premier League title four rounds ahead of schedule!

Of course, there are also people in Manchester City who are sad and sad, and these are Manchester United fans, and although United did their best to win 3-1 away at old rivals Liverpool, it all became meaningless with the Manchester City victory.

In fact, this victory can not be said to be meaningless, this victory makes Manchester United's second ranking in the league more stable, starting next season, UEFA will expand the Champions League, and the number of teams participating in the Champions League next season will increase to twenty-four, according to the ranking, the second or third place in the top European leagues have the opportunity to participate in the Champions League, among them, the Premier League is the champion and runner-up can participate in the Champions League, although the Premier League runner-up needs to start from the qualifying round, but after all, it is also an opportunity to participate in the Champions League, isn't it? Manchester United have already missed the Champions League this season, which is a huge loss for Manchester United's image and income, and they must hold on to their runners-up position.

After the game, under the leadership of Ding Hongxing, all the Manchester City players expressed their gratitude to the fans in the stands for their support of the Manchester City team this season.

This season, Manchester City fans have spared no effort to support the Manchester City team, with more than 80,000 seats at Maine Road Stadium, almost every game is full, and the fans in the stands are sparing no effort to cheer for the Manchester City team, so that the atmosphere of the stadium at Maine Road Stadium has always been one of the best in the entire Premier League.

The City players then returned to the dressing room for a brief but lively celebration, taking off their shirts, opening pre-prepared champagne and firing each other with champagne until everyone was soaked.

But that could only end the festivities, as City will host Ajax in four days for a chance to reach the Champions League final.

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