Chapter 0188: The Week of the Decisive Battle (The First Request for Support)
A new week has begun, and as the title of this chapter suggests, it is the week of decisive battles. This week, "British Emperor Star" is a rare sports channel to push, the opportunity is rare, everyone supports the Red Devils, and I will work hard to code words to repay everyone. Now let's send a new one.
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When Rashford noticed the standings before the final round of the Premier League, he couldn't help but laugh. Because he found that the current standings are very interesting.
After Leicester City and Manchester United, Arsenal are in third place, with 68 points. Tottenham Hotspur are fourth in the league behind Arsenal, with just 67 points and a goal difference of just 34 after the defeat to Manchester United.
Further on, Manchester City and Liverpool are also fifth and sixth with 65 points. Manchester City are fifth with 30 goal differences, while Liverpool are sixth with 20 goal differences.
In the last few rounds, Liverpool, who fought on a single line, was so powerful that they caught up with Manchester City.
And today's Premier League standings, compared with Rashford's memory, can be described as unrecognizable.
Marcus Rashford has found it possible for Pep Guardiola to lead his side to the Europa League when he arrives at Manchester City next season.
Of course, if Tottenham still lose 5-1 to the Magpies in the final round, City will still have hope of turning the tables around, and as long as they win away at Swan Häswansea, they will definitely kick Tottenham into fifth place.
The real tragedy is the scum Liverpool, although after the Europa League exit, they are soaring in the league, after 37 rounds of league play, chased to the sixth place in the league, and the fifth Manchester City is the same point, and may even overtake Tottenham in the final round, but it is not an egg, because as long as Manchester City wins, the top four still do not have their share.
This is similar to Manchester United in another time and space, the hole dug in the early stage is too big, the goal difference disadvantage is too big, and it can't be filled in the back.
Speaking of which, the less conspicuous Crystal Palace could be the winner. Regardless of their FA Cup final against Manchester United, they will be guaranteed a place in the Europa League. Because their opponents in the FA Cup final, Manchester United, have already confirmed a Champions League place, so the Europa League quota decided by the FA Cup will definitely fall to Crystal Palace.
Southampton and West Ham United, who were supposed to qualify for the Europa League, were directly out of the tournament in tragedy.
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Manchester United have a tough schedule in the final week of the season, starting with the 38th round of the league at noon on 15 May.
It's a showdown that will decide who wins the league. Although United are on the back foot, there is hope after all, so it is destined to be a game that will have to go all out.
The same can be said for Marcus Rashford, as he now has to try to score goals in the game and compete for the European Golden Boot against Suya as well as helping United win games and win the title.
Just three days after the game, on May 18, they will face La Liga's Sevilla in Basel, Switzerland, for this year's Europa League title.
Although United have now secured a Champions League place, it is impossible to give up the game, as the club has never won the Europa League and its predecessor, the UEFA Cup, in its more than 100-year history.
Not only that, but once they win this game, Manchester United will become the fifth Grand Slam team in European football, an achievement that even the Galactic Real Madrid and the Cosmos Barcelona have not achieved.
So, again, it's a game that you have to go all out to win.
On the night of 21 May, Manchester United will travel to Wembley Stadium to play the FA Cup final against Crystal Palace.
The FA Cup may not be significant, but because of its history, English teams have a special affection for the competition.
Manchester United were the team with the most titles in the competition, but with Arsenal winning the competition in the last two years, they have surpassed United in the total number of titles.
However, only Manchester United win this year's trophy and they will tie Arsenal for the most titles.
Of course, the reason for the increased emphasis on the FA Cup is that it has been 12 years since United won the competition in 2004.
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It can be said that this last week of the season will determine the final success or failure of Manchester United in this year, whether it is a dragon or a worm, will be decided in just over six days.
In fact, Manchester United have lobbied the FA to postpone the final round of Premier League fixtures by 10 days, i.e. until 25 May.
However, the FA called the request back without discussion, because Manchester United's last game will be in the race for the league title, and the FA cannot postpone it alone, unless Manchester United voluntarily give up the title race. But this is something that Manchester United will never agree to.
So in the end, United had to agree to start at 3pm on May 15 alongside nine other Premier League matches.
In this way, the devil's schedule for the last week is also doomed.
After the completion of the 35th round of the Premier League between Manchester United and West Ham United, the attention of the whole United Kingdom was drawn to this last round of Premier League matches.
There are only three real protagonists, one is Manchester United, and the other two are Leicester City and Chelsea.
Originally, Chelsea, who had no chance of winning the title, should not have been the protagonists, but who would have called their final game against Leicester City?
Before the game even began, Manchester United kicked off a powerful publicity machine to draw the attention of the crowd to the game.
There are reports in the media that Chelsea have decided to give up this game and play on the bench to help Leicester City win the title, and there are also reports that Chelsea will fight Leicester City in this game to prevent this civilian team from winning the championship and maintain the dignity of the giants.
And Van Gaal also called on his Dutch fellow Guus Hiddink in an interview with the media to give up their prejudices against each other and take the game against Leicester City seriously, so that Manchester United and Leicester City can compete more fairly.
Of course, there have been plenty of reports that Marcus Rashford could win the European Golden Boot, as on 14 May, Barcelona's game was over, with Barcelona securing the league title with a win, while Suarez, who scored a hat-trick, has maintained his league goal tally for the season at more than 40.
In this way, Rashford only needs to score 2 goals in the final round of games, and he will be in this year's European Golden Boot with Suarez; And once he scores more than three goals, he will reverse Suarez and monopolize this year's European Golden Boot.
In this regard, some media interviewed Rashford about this, but Rashford said that he would not share any honor with his opponents except for sharing the honor with his teammates, and the intention of wanting to dominate the European Golden Boot is obvious. I want to talk about "The British Emperor" with more like-minded people, pay attention to "excellent reading literature" on WeChat, talk about life, and find confidants~