Entering May, the five major leagues have entered the final stage.

With the exception of La Liga, the title suspense of several other major leagues has ended.

Bayern, Manchester City, Grand Paris, Juventus, etc. all won the championship several rounds in advance.

The suspense of the La Liga championship was maintained until the last round.

In the 37th round of La Liga, Enrique's Celta beat Real Madrid 2:0 at home, completely crushing Real Madrid's hopes of winning the championship and letting Real Madrid take the lead in the championship battle.

In the same round of the game, Atletico Madrid was forced to draw at home by 10-man Malaga, which caused a huge upset.

Barcelona failed to catch up with Atletico Madrid's surprise draw as they were held to a 0-0 draw away by relegation side Elche.

Therefore, the suspense of winning La Liga is all left to the final round of Barcelona's home game against Atletico Madrid.

With just three points separating the two teams and Barca leading by 16 goals on goal difference, a win at home to Atletico would see them come back and defend their La Liga title.

But if they are beaten or held to a draw, they will miss out on the title and watch each other lift the trophy at Camp Nou.

For Barcelona coach Martino, it was a do-or-die battle for him.

If he can't keep the title at Camp Nou, then they will have no big four spots this season, and the Champions League, league and Copa del Rey have nothing to lose.

And this will inevitably cause Barcelona to completely lose patience with him.

He didn't resign immediately after losing the Champions League, that's because there is still a glimmer of hope in the league to win the title, but if the league is also messed up, I can't think of any reason why Barcelona will keep him.

On 17 May, the FA Cup final and the final round of La Liga kick off at the same time.

These two matches will determine the final two titles of the five major leagues except for the Champions League.

However, Manchester City's title prospects are much, much better than Barcelona's!

This is the third time City have set foot at Wembley this season, having lifted the Carabao Cup here two months ago.

Now, they will be aiming for their first treble.

Manchester City's opponents are Hull City, who are 16th in the Premier League, and this is not a traditional powerhouse, so almost all pre-match predictions that Manchester City will win the title.

But Hull City are clearly not going to give up their hard-earned title chance, and this is the first time in Hull City's history that they have reached the FA Cup final.

If they can win the title, they will claim one of the most prestigious trophies in the team's history.

They were lucky not to face any big teams along the way in the FA Cup, and they were even against a League One side in the semi-finals.

With great luck and the hard work of the whole team, they stood on this stage.

And they clearly hope to continue that good fortune in the final!

Facing the new champion Manchester City of the Premier League, Hull City chose the tactic of putting the bus very pragmatically.

Manchester City's attacking firepower is obvious to all, and if you don't put the bus, I'm afraid it will really be beaten into a sieve.

In the face of Hull City's bus tactics, Manchester City directly adopted pass-and-control tactics to respond.

The essence of the pass-and-possession strategy is to press, and City did a good job of implementing that in this game.

Rather than opt for Kroos, Pellegrini has partnered Fernandinho and Yaya Toure.

The duo's sweeping ability made Hull City's midfield almost completely unable to hold the ball.

Fifteen minutes into the game, Manchester City's possession rate reached 80 per cent!

Hull City were pressed by Manchester City in the 30-metre area of their own half, and the two sides were engaged in a half-time offensive and defensive drill.

At the same time, thousands of miles away in Barcelona, Barcelona is also using pass-and-control tactics against Simeone's Atletico Madrid.

However, their authentic pass-and-control tactics seem to have lost their power in front of Atletico.

Barcelona had the advantage in possession, but they were slow to threaten Atletico's goal.

After fifteen minutes, they had even fewer shots on goal than Atletico.

At Wembley Stadium, in the 17th minute, the numbers on the scoreboard finally changed.

After David Silva cut inside on the wing, Aguero in the box assisted to score the first goal to rewrite the score to 1:0.

The goal ignited the atmosphere at Wembley Stadium, and countless Manchester City fans cheered on the crowd.

It was a goal that made them feel like the FA Cup trophy was beckoning to them!

After Aguero scored, he came to celebrate with a slide, and his teammates who followed him did the same, and they all slid on the sidelines.

Even Lin Quan, in a good mood, also joined in the fun.

Stadiumside reporters and photographers rushed to capture this precious moment, which will become a precious memory in many highlights of the 13-14 season for Manchester City.

On the sidelines, Pellegrini applauded with restraint, resisting the urge to celebrate.

It's just an FA Cup, you can't be so excited.

What if it's too exciting, waiting until the Champions League final?

I'm also a champion coach now, and I still have to maintain my image or something.

The Hull manager didn't have such thoughts at all, and after seeing his team concede the goal, he hugged his head in frustration and leaned on the back of the dugout.

The best way to win the game is to steal one, and after holding a goal, the opponent's mentality will become more and more anxious, and the flaws in the attack will become bigger and bigger.

In that case, they will be able to hit a counterattack with one hit.

But now, instead of what was expected, the worst has happened:

They are lagging behind!

The score is behind, and it is useless to put the bus at this time, because the opponent can choose not to attack, and control the ball in the backfield.

As long as the time is exhausted, the opponent will win in the end, and the opponent is not in a hurry!

Therefore, they can't continue to stay in their backcourt and set up buses, they have to take the initiative to attack.

However, Hull City's coach is still a bit AC for the strength of his team.

They put the bus on a strict defense and have a chance to wrestle with Manchester City, once they dare to take the initiative to attack, it is really looking for death.

If you don't attack, you're waiting for death, and if you attack, you're looking for death.

Choose one of the two dead ends!

There's no way, so you can only choose the latter one!

After falling behind, Hull City began to take the initiative.

At first, they were careful not to invest too many troops, but seeing Manchester City's unhurried possession of the ball, they gradually became bolder, and they invested more and more troops in the attack.

And this choice fell into the trap of Manchester City.

In the 23rd minute, Manchester City suddenly picked up speed, changing the previous slow and leisurely style of play, which seemed to be a walk.

The football was passed from the feet of Manchester City's central defenders, through Yaya Toure and De Bruyne, and was quickly handed to Lin Quan's feet.

After Lin Quan got the ball, he staged his best show on the side - breaking through!

After the attack, Hull City had insufficient defenders at the back and looked a little scrambling in the face of City's rapid attack.

By the time Lin Quan cut into the penalty area from the side with the ball, the defenders in the penalty area had not yet been fully settled.

Hull City's defender Chester rushed to Lin Quan in a panic, but forgot his coach's pre-game advice:

When facing Lin Quan, remember not to rush up, because this is helping the opponent to pass yourself!

Without any suspense, Lin Quan took advantage of a change of rhythm to easily deduct Chester and get the opportunity to go head-to-head with the Hull City goalkeeper.

McGregor's eyes widened, staring at Lin Quan's every move, ready to save.

Lin Quan took a good posture and aimed at the right side of the goal to shoot.

McGregor didn't doubt him, kicked the ground hard, and lunged to the right.

However, after he pounced, he found that Lin Quan was just a feint.

Now it's the real shot!

However, at this time, Lin Quanqian was already empty.

Without any suspense, Lin Quan helped Manchester City to another city, leading Hull City 2:0.

McGregor was very annoyed and hammered the lawn, he was actually deceived!

"Hehe, the other party's goalkeeper is about to die, so easily deceived!"

"Probably because the pressure was too great when facing Lin Huang, in order to be able to make a save in the first place, so I added some predictions!"

"Makes sense, but this prediction is outrageously wrong!"

"This trick seems to be called continuous feint shooting, Lin Huang uses it less, but Messi uses it more!"

"Lin Huang has always been very decisive in shooting, either hitting the dead corner, or passing you to hit the empty goal, very much in pursuit of success rate!"

"Indeed, the number of times Lin Huang's single knife ball misses is very small, and the success rate is very high!"

"I'm afraid there is no suspense in this game, 23 minutes 2:0, 90 minutes after the score will be exaggerated, I don't dare to think!"

"What's the situation on Barcelona? Did you score a goal? Who is ahead? ”

"Not yet, neither team is capable of breaking through each other's goals, if it continues like this, I'm afraid it's not going to be a draw!"

"Wouldn't it? If Barcelona is forced to draw, it will give up the championship, Martino still wants to do it, is this not a desperate attack? ”

"Barcelona is already playing with its life, but Atletico Madrid's defense is like copper and iron, and it can't be penetrated!"

"It's easy to shake the mountain, but it's hard to shake Atletico Madrid!"

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Seeing Lin Quan score the second goal, Pellegrini stood on the sidelines again and applauded.

After the goal was scored, his whole spirit was completely relaxed.

With his mind out of this game, Manuel Pellegrini began to think about his team's tactics for next season.

Manchester City have been a hugely successful season and will inevitably be targeted by all Premier League teams next season.

The other five teams in the Premier League's BIG6 will surely make it their mission to snipe Manchester City next season.

Whether you face them in the league or in the cup, I'm afraid it's going to be difficult to play.

And because there are too many strong teams and giants, the number of times you can play against these five teams can reach more than 10 times in a season.

If you lose a few games or draw a few more games in this kind of game, the title is likely to have nothing to do with Manchester City.

Manchester City is strong, but there is no guarantee that they will win against the top teams.

Therefore, when encountering other weaker teams, they must take the points steadily, and not lose a single point easily.

When it comes to the most consistent tactics for scoring points in the league, Pep Guardiola's passing tactics are the most suitable.

Judging from the situation of this game, Manchester City's passing and control tactics are not as strong as Barcelona's, but with the strength of Manchester City's players, it is not difficult to play the effect of tactics.

Using this half-tactics to deal with those strong teams, I am afraid that the opponent will seize the weakness and defeat the army.

But if it's just used to deal with some mid-to-lower teams, it seems to be very suitable?

Moreover, the passing tactics are one of the good things, which saves the players' stamina and allows them to retain their stamina for the multi-front battles of the Champions League and other cup competitions.

This season, Manchester City has suffered too much because of multi-front battles, and to solve this problem, in addition to buying more people in the transfer period and increasing the depth of the bench, the most important thing is to improve the physical reserves of players and reduce their physical consumption.

And that's going to be the focus next season.

Thousands of miles away at the Camp Nou, Barcelona coach Martino was also standing on the sidelines.

However, he is nowhere near as laid-back as his South American folks.

30 minutes have passed since the game, and the score on the field is still 0:0.

The result was not good for Barcelona, as Atletico Madrid, on the other side, injured two big players in just 20 minutes.

Diego Costa and midfield stalwart Turan both went off injured and Atletico's forward line suffered a devastating blow.

However, Simeone, the soul of Atletico Madrid, is still in danger despite the unexpected loss of two absolute main players.

He quickly made adjustments and changed the tactical strategy he had formulated before the game, allowing Atletico to quickly stabilize from the disadvantage, making it difficult for Barcelona's attack to take advantage of anything.

Atletico Madrid seem to have injured two absolute main players, but it seems that as long as Simeone, the soul of the team, exists, they will not be easily defeated.

On the other hand, on Barcelona's side, since the loss to Manchester City, Messi seems to have a demon.

In this game, he was almost invisible up front, completely submerged in Atletico's impregnable defence.

It's even rare to see him take the initiative to get the ball, which makes one have to doubt Messi's form.

But in the few times he handled the ball, he could see that Messi's state and competitive level were online.

The problem seems to be in the mentality, Messi seems to have lost the desire for the title, you must know that this is a key game about the league title, and his performance is so sluggish, it is unimaginable.

Seeing Messi's poor performance, Barcelona began to increase their attacks on the wings.

Such adjustments quickly paid off.

In the 31st minute, Sanchez's powerful volley from the right side of the penalty area finally broke through Atletico's goal.

Barcelona leads Atletico 1-0!

The Camp Nou stadium was boiling instantly, and countless Barcelona fans hugged each other excitedly!

They're finally ahead!

As long as this score can be maintained until the end, then the championship still belongs to Barcelona!

However, Simeone's side don't seem to be going to throw in the towel so easily!

(End of chapter)