League Cup? It's not a big deal. Manchester City finally won the title, and that's the big thing.

Manchester City won the League Cup, and the family was happy and sad.

The joy of course is the Manchester City fans, no matter how insignificant the title, but it is still their first title in 33 years, some of the Manchester City fans who went to London to watch the game almost followed the Manchester City bus back to Manchester, while the Manchester City fans who stayed in Manchester spontaneously gathered at Manchester Town Square to wait for the return of the team bus.

If Linson is concerned, the celebration should have stopped in moderation, not because he also thinks the Carabao Cup is insignificant, but because City's journey this season is far from over, and the Carabao Cup is not the end, but just a small hurdle. Although the February Devils schedule has come to an end with the Carabao Cup final coming to an end, the ease of the March schedule is only relative.

Manchester City's next game is the second leg of the Europa League home against Twente, due to the first leg 1-3 down, now the FA Cup has been out, Manchester City is absolutely unwilling to give up the Europa League lightly, so this game Manchester City is bound to go all out, and after the Europa League, it is the league against Tottenham Hotspur, which is also a tough battle. Only after these two games can City be able to say that they can really take a breather.

In this case, Manchester City really don't make a big fuss about celebrating at this time, and it is important to take a breather. However, the club was clearly not willing to pass up this great promotional opportunity, and a parade for a League Cup was certainly not possible, but it was possible for the team to celebrate the title with the fans in Town Square. But you can.

In this regard, Lin Sen was helpless.

For a League Cup. Such a big move is in the eyes of Manchester United fans who have been celebrating the Premier League title for three consecutive years in the same city. Naturally, it's a big fuss, but Manchester City fans don't care about this, the sky over Manchester, red occupies too long, and tonight's Manchester belongs to the sky blue.

It is Manchester City who is happy, and it can only be a few other Premier League giants who are sad.

Manchester United, who lost to Manchester City, bore the brunt. After the game, Ferguson bombarded the referee Webber, he thought that Scholes's goal in the game was unquestionable, if it wasn't for the ball being blown off, then Manchester United would not have lost the game at all, and for Manchester City, the old man was even more unconvinced: From the score point of view, it was Manchester City who won, but I still don't think Manchester City can be compared with Manchester United, and it will be the same in another hundred years.

and sworn enemies in the same city. Ferguson has never been unceremonious. In the 0708 season, Manchester City defeated Manchester United twice in the league, which was regarded as a shame by Ferguson. In the 0809 season, Ferguson was really disgraced. Double against Manchester City. And this season, after two meetings, Manchester United has been planted in the hands of sworn enemies twice. This makes Ferguson how to swallow this breath, and there is still one more battle between the two sides this season. The battle will be at Old Trafford, then. In any case, Ferguson could not have accepted being beaten three times in a season.

In addition to Manchester United, clubs such as Arsenal and Liverpool are also wary of Manchester City's title. The rise of Chelsea has changed the landscape of the Premier League, and now Manchester City seem to be a strengthened version of Chelsea, and the trajectories of the two teams are becoming more and more similar. Chelsea have gone through Claudio Ranieri and Manchester City have gone through Mark Hughes, and before that, it was always said that City were missing a Jose Mourinho. When Linson took charge of Manchester City this summer, although the British media wishfully named him Jose Mourinho II, not many people really took it seriously. Who is Jose Mourinho? Before going to Chelsea, he was a Champions League-winning coach. And what about Lin Sen? What did he have before coming to Manchester City? Copa del Rey?

But now they have to face it, not just because City are consistently one of the top contenders for the title, but also because they have now shown that they are capable of delivering on their ambitions.

You must know that the traditional four giants of the Premier League that people are familiar with now, before the rise of Chelsea, were actually the three giants, namely Manchester United, Arsenal, and Liverpool. These three teams have monopolized almost all the league titles since the establishment of the Premier League, and then Mourinho's Chelsea changed the pattern and formed the big four, but if Manchester City also becomes one of the patterns next, then it will change, but it is no longer as simple as the big four to become the big five.

Because, there are only four Champions League qualifications for the Premier League. If Manchester City rises, then it means that one of the previous big four clubs will definitely be squeezed out of the Champions League. The unlucky one this season will be Liverpool, which is obviously almost worse for Liverpool, who are already financially strained, or rather, the big four, whoever is squeezed out of the Champions League, is a huge loss. Of course, this is not the most terrible thing, the terrible thing is that if the same team is unlucky for several years in a row, then this team may even be out of the ranks of giants, and the direct economic loss caused by the absence of the Champions League is one aspect, and more importantly, the decline in influence. If a team misses out of Europe for several years in a row, then the team is likely to be forgotten over time, not only by the fans, but also by the sponsors, so it's a ripple effect.

Football is forgetful, especially English football.

The 100-year history of the English league is that there are many teams that used to be high and now unknown, who can be sure that history will not repeat itself?

Lin Sen didn't expect that a small League Cup would allow Manchester City to cause a sense of crisis among several major Premier League giants.

On the way back to Manchester from London, he received a number of congratulatory texts, including from Spain, such as Tapia and Pellegrini. There are those from Italy, such as Jose Mourinho. There are also those from Portugal, such as Mendes. Of course, the earliest congratulations came from Boya, who watched the game on the spot, and Boya's text message couldn't be simpler, with only one word: congratulations.

Back in Manchester, Lin Sen didn't stay in the city square for long, just showed up, and soon got to Tang Hua, he couldn't stop the club's arrangement, but on the bus back to Manchester, he, who had never interfered with the players' private habits, had to interfere once: the celebration, which must end at ten o'clock in the evening. Because the team will resume training tomorrow, he doesn't want to see any of the players arrive late, let alone see anyone come to the training ground with black circles.

As soon as Lin Sen's decision was announced, the team members suddenly sighed. Lin Sen turned a blind eye to this, of course, this was also because he saw everyone's feelings in his eyes.

The taste of winning the championship is better than a qiē, what is a one-day holiday? ――

The Carabao Cup final wasn't the only game played in England that day, with the rest of the 28th round of the league going on this day, and of course, no one wanted to steal the headlines from Manchester City the following day.

"Champions Manchester City, it's official." Of course, the only thing that gave such a headline was the local Manchester media, a photo of Dunn lifting the League Cup, a photo of the whole Manchester City team wearing medals, and it didn't need too much descriptive text, just a few words of praise, and this newspaper was enough to make it a collector's item for local Manchester City fans.

Of course, things are never perfect. There are those who sing praises, and naturally there are those who sing declines.

While most of the English media praised Manchester City's championship, some media focused on the controversial threshold case, although even they couldn't say whether the goal was scored or not, but there is no doubt that since it was not scored, it means that Manchester City took advantage, that is, they believe that Manchester City's championship has an element of luck.

The Daily Mail commented that if Manchester City want to prove that they are truly competitive, a Carabao Cup with an element of luck is not enough.

"Thirty-three years later, somewhat fortunately, Manchester City have finally ended their titleless streak with the Carabao Cup. Ironically, the Carabao Cup has always been described as a poor man's game, but Manchester City are not poor at all. Since joining Manchester City in the summer, Chinese coach Lin has spent close to £200 million on Manchester City's transfer fee, and if Lin's side want to prove that their investment is worth it with just such a trophy, it is obviously far from enough, otherwise, the League Cup should probably be renamed the rich man's game.

And now the fact is that this could quite well be the only title that Manchester City can win this season. Because they had already been out of the FA Cup before that, and they are currently in a very disadvantageous situation in Europe, if Manchester City are out of the Europa League in a few days' time, then the only thing Manchester City fans can count on is the league.

However, after falling behind Chelsea in the league, can they really turn Carlo Ancelotti's side around? ”

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Lin Sen didn't have the habit of reading newspapers, but that didn't mean he didn't read them. The League Cup won the championship, which made him rarely interested in seeing the reaction of the media, coincidentally, he saw this report, and then, he asked Tang Hua to buy dozens of copies and sent them to all the players in the training the next day.

Although the other party's starting point is not to remind Manchester City, this does not prevent Linsen from using it to make his players realize the reality: a League Cup cannot change people's perception of Manchester City.

Maybe people will remember Manchester City as the League Cup champion today, maybe tomorrow they will remember, but if after the league is over, Manchester City still has only such a League Cup in their hands, then this League Cup is not a consolation prize, but a more embarrassing final fig leaf.

Because, Manchester City spent 200 million!

Not two million, not twenty million, but twenty million!

Even if Lin Sen knows that his 200 million will be worth several times in the future, if he can't get the honor commensurate with these 200 million after the season, then, at that time, it will not only be the Daily Mail that will decline. (To be continued......)