Chapter 1254: Symbol of the Dynasty
In the second half, there were no goals as both sides slowed down and their minds were not on the game.
The fourth official stood up in the 89th minute and held up a sign to tell everyone that there were three minutes of stoppage time in the game.
By this time, the cheers in the Manchester City Stadium had become louder and louder, and the live commentators had to shout desperately so that their voices could be heard by the audience in front of the TV in a noisy environment.
Wigan Athletic have given up on resistance and Manchester City's victory is within reach.
At this time, everyone knew that Manchester City's overtaking of AC Milan was already irreversible.
The record that has been sealed for 20 years is about to be rewritten.
The Manchester City fans in the stands stood up from their actions, singing songs and expressing their inner joy. At the same time, they can't wait for the game to end quickly, and the last three minutes are given to Wigan Athletic, and they can't change the scoreline, rather than wasting it, it is better to just end the game and let Manchester City start celebrating the victory.
Manchester City fans can't wait and won't want to wait another three minutes.
The referee also seemed to feel the eagerness of the Manchester City fans.
So just as the game was about to reach the 90th minute, he blew the whistle for the end of the game.
As soon as the first whistle blew, the next whistle was drowned out by the huge cheers from the Manchester City Stadium, but despite this, the players on the pitch knew the game was over.
Manchester City centre-back Godin, who was in possession, kicked the ball into the air as if it were a fireworks.
The City substitutes, who had been waiting on the sidelines, rushed onto the pitch and hugged the City players on the pitch to celebrate the historic moment.
Benitez is still relatively calm as the manager of Manchester City.
He has to show his composure and not be as excited as the players.
He hadn't forgotten to shake hands with the head coach of Wigan Athletic first.
Although he shouted before the game that Manchester City would never be allowed to step on their corpse to set a record, the Wigan Athletic manager still graciously congratulated Benitez after the game.
Benitez reciprocated his kindness, shaking hands and patting each other's arms.
Benitez then turned to the pitch to celebrate the victory with his players.
On the pitch at this time, the Manchester City players were already celebrating wildly.
Manchester City fans in the stands sang collectively to cheer the players on the celebration.
"It's over! Congratulations Manchester City! They've done countless things that teams can't even think of, or even dare not think of. They are on a 59-game unbeaten run in the league, breaking AC Milan's previous record of 58 league games! â
John Mortensen said excitedly, with pride in his tone, after all, this is a record set by an English team, which is not only the glory of Manchester City, but also the glory of English football.
He Ping, who was commentating the game on the spot, also seemed very excited: "In the history of European football, AC Milan's unbeaten run in 58 league games is a symbol and landmark of the Milan dynasty. As long as people think of the 58-game unbeaten league run, they will think of the prosperous years of Serie A and AC Milan, and they will think of the Milan dynasty. And now, Manchester City have broken AC Milan's record with a 59-game unbeaten run in the league. So will this be a hallmark of the dynasty that Manchester City have built? I think we have plenty of reasons to look forward to this team. After all, there is glory in this team! He is the most dazzling diamond in the crown of the Manchester City dynasty! â
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The Manchester City players who celebrated on the pitch soon wore a special jersey, which looked like it was still City's home shirt on the front but was different behind the scenes.
Behind it is a large golden Arabic numeral: "59".
This is a record-breaking commemorative T-shirt that Manchester City FC has prepared for a long time.
Wearing the commemorative T-shirts, the Manchester City players circled the pitch and waved to the City fans in the stands for their support and dedication.
The Manchester City fans in the stands responded with applause and singing.
Wigan Athletic's players and fans have left the stadium and now Manchester City Stadium is entirely Manchester City's.
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Manchester City broke the record, which quickly became the focus of discussion across Europe after the game.
The official website of Sport was the first to publish the news, and in the comments the newspaper was a little sad, after all, it is the pride of AC Milan and their Italian football.
ââŠâŠ Today's AC Milan is declining, and the table is not as good as a year. Today's youngsters may only be able to learn from history how brilliant AC Milan used to be. But at the very least, we have something to talk about, and that's history, as evidenced by AC Milan's record of 58 unbeaten league games. The Milanese dynasty is in ruins, but the record still stands in the ruins. But now, even the last surviving symbol of the ruins has collapsed, and from now on, the longest unbeaten run in Europe's top five leagues will no longer be mentioned by the name of AC Milan, but by Manchester City. Manchester City overtook AC Milan with their excellent performance to accomplish an almost impossible task. We have to congratulate Manchester City, even though my heart is painful at this moment......"
In England, it was almost all about cheering for Manchester City.
After all, being unbeaten in 59 league games is a remarkable achievement, this is hard power, in front of such a table, any denigration is meaningless, and it can only attract infamy for slander.
In other European countries, they are also praising Manchester City's performance.
The French newspaper "Le Corpus" believes that Manchester City have completely dominated English football.
The German newspaper Bild said that Manchester City's performance was too shocking, and no one knew where their limits were......
Several of the world's major news agencies are also eyeing Manchester City's 59-game unbeaten run in the league.
Even China's Xinhua News Agency published a report the next day, highlighting Glory's place at the heart of Manchester City and its outstanding performance.
Probably the most popular thing for Manchester City fans to do these days is to collect newspapers and see what they have to say.
However, for Rong Guang, the morning after setting the zĂ o record was no different from the morning after the usual race, and he still woke up early to start his new day of morning training.
While the whole world was stunned by City's results, Glory had already warmed up on the training ground outside his villa.
Setting a record is already a common thing for Rong Guang, and he will not change his mentality because he has set a new record.
He knew very well that there was still a long way to go.
His goal this season is to defend the Champions League title, and he still has not played a Champions League group game...... How can you relax?
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Benitez and Rong Guang had the same idea, so on the first day of the team's resumption of training, he told his players not to be fooled by the results they had just obtained, which were only representative of the past. Although we have set a new record, the season has only just begun, and this record of 59 league games unbeaten is actually just a nice thing to say, but don't be blinded by the crazy hype in the media, this record will not help us to win the title this season.
If you really feel like you're going to get the record, the players will soon be able to feel what it's like to go from heaven to hell.
Therefore, we must take advantage of the momentum of setting a new record, rush forward with all our might, continue to win, and continue to win until we win the championship.
Next Manchester City will go to Porto away, this is the first game of Manchester City's road to defending the Champions League in the new season, this first step, must be steady.
Fearing that the players would slack off after setting a record, Benitez made this speech specifically for the players.
Subsequently, in the afternoon of the same day, the whole Manchester City team flew to Portugal by special plane to prepare for the match against Porto.
Manchester City may be the only team in Europe to play all the away games in the Champions League on a club plane, and the team controlled by the local tyrants is different, rich and capricious.
However, it is also for this reason that the Manchester City players can suffer less and spend less time in the back and forth.
It is good for the physical recovery of Manchester City's players.
In fact, after Manchester City won the Champions League last season, some media reported that Manchester City took a special plane to play away games, and believed that this move of not caring about money at all was also one of the important reasons why Manchester City was able to win the Champions League.
The strong logistics have given the City players no worries when playing away from home, and they play away from home as if they were playing in the garden behind their house.
That's why Cruyff is so unhappy with Manchester City, feeling that they have won the championship entirely by money, and this kind of championship has no gold content.
But in fact, money is also one of the hard power of a team, Cruyff is purely a bone picker, why not reflect on Barcelona is also a wealthy giant?
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As a team that has just broken AC Milan's record, Manchester City are bound to attract a lot of attention wherever they go, and they have attracted a lot of attention from the Portuguese media in Portugal.
The hotels they were staying in, their trainings, their press conferences, everywhere they were, were packed with reporters and fans.
Some of these people are simply looking to see what City are doing, while others are looking to spy on the city's military situation and hope to help Porto beat Manchester City at home.
Manchester City were generous, they didn't hide it, and the training was all open for the Portuguese journalists and fans to see.
Benitez is still confident in this.
As long as Manchester City play normally, it is impossible for them to lose to Porto.