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Chapter 78 Double Crown King

That night, Manchester must have been another sleepless night. As the birthplace of modern football, England is naturally very fanatical about football.

Therefore, this night in Manchester will definitely stimulate a lot of consumption.

The 2002-2003 season is all over.

In addition to Manchester City winning the championship, Manchester United, Arsenal and Newcastle United are ranked 2-4. They will participate in the UEFA Champions League next season, but Arsenal and Newcastle United will start from the qualifiers.

The relegation zone is West Ham United, West Bromwich Albion and Sunderland. The three teams are very unfortunate to be relegated.

The three teams upgraded from League One are Portsmouth, Leicester City and Wolves.

However, Manchester City's season is not over yet, and they will have another match against Southampton in the FA Cup final on May 5 to decide the championship.

The team is also flying to the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, preparing for the FA Cup final here.

On the day of the game, Jia Yi and Mourinho sat in the box in the stands to watch the game.

Mourinho also came to have a sneak peek to see how strong the team he will coach next is.

Because the two teams met once in the last round of the league before, and this time they met again after 6 days.

However, Southampton's fight was obviously more ferocious than last time.

In less than 10 minutes, Manchester City, Ronaldinho, Sun Jihai and Crouch have been brought down by the opponent many times.

This also made the Manchester City players a little scruples, and Ronaldinho's breakthroughs began to become less active.

However, in 11 minutes, Sun Ji Haihai Road's routine was uploaded, and when Norwegian defender Lundkovan made a header clearance, he slid into his own gate. 1:0, Manchester City led the score with the opponent's own goal!

In the stands of the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Manchester City fans were singing and dancing, very happy.

The fans of the Saints had a bitter look on their faces. It seemed that the scene was very good before, and the momentum also overwhelmed the opponent. Who would have thought that now they scored an own goal?
The Manchester City players were also quite surprised. Sun Jihai raised his hands high with a humorous expression on his face.

His crosses from the wing this season have caused danger in the opponent's penalty area many times. In the position of right midfielder, he played really well.

In the stands, Mourinho was also quite satisfied with Sun Jihai's performance.

"Old Jia, Sun's cross is very characteristic. In the new season, he will still be the starting player in this position."

Mourinho said.

Jia Yi said with a smile: "A very down-to-earth player with a balanced offense and defense. He is indeed a good pawn on the right."

The game continues.

After taking the lead, Manchester City played more calmly, and now they are not in a hurry.

Anyway, now that the Southampton team is behind, they will naturally find a way to equalize the score.

Manchester City dominated the offense before, now it is time for the opponent to come, and Manchester City's counterattack can teach the opponent a lesson.

Southampton suddenly launched an attack with a long pass, Beatty jumped high and swung the header, Ormerod shot a low shot from the penalty area, and the ball was saved by Petr Cech.

The cooperation of the saint's foot is still very good.

The only star of the team, Beatty, was very accurate in making the ball. Fortunately, Cech made a wonderful save.

Cech also immediately yelled at his teammates, signaling them to pay more attention.

Then the Saints took a corner kick, and Ferreira headed the ball directly to Arteta at the top of the arc in the penalty area.

Arteta received the ball and passed it to Sun Jihai on the wing. Sun Jihai leaned against the opponent's A Svensson, and then knocked the ball to Arteta who was plugging in.

Arteta took the ball and stabbed it, the ball was passed, and Marsden was thrown away.

Arteta then made a strong pass, and the ball penetrated the opponent's defense.

Van Persie forcibly speeding, throwing away M Svensson, dribbled the ball into the penalty area, faced the opponent's goalkeeper Niemi, and volleyed vigorously from the far corner!
Niemi gave a quick poke on the ground, and the ball changed direction and slowed down.

Van Persie rushed up again quickly, and kicked the ball into the goal before the opposing defender Baird, 2:0!

"This Dutch striker is too fast and deserves to be cultivated vigorously. Next season, let him play more of the main force!"

Mourinho jumped up, clapped his hands, sat back and said.

Jia Yi smiled and said, "It's indeed a top striker, as long as you like it."

"You're so young, Lao Jia, you're pretty quick with your shots. If you let him play two more seasons in Feyenoord, I'm afraid there will be nothing wrong with Manchester City."

Mourinho said.

Jia nodded. His shots last season were really fast.

Moreover, most of these players bought are not too well-known players.

Otherwise, with Manchester City's reputation, it would be really not easy to deal with these geniuses.

"This Spaniard is also very good. His speed and strength are very good. With such a midfielder, we can still look forward to his performance next season."

Mourinho said with satisfaction that he also likes Arteta very much. The offense and defense are very balanced, similar to Vieira's type of midfielder, and he is still young, only 21 years old, and the future is very bright.

Jia nodded, Arteta's level is of course no problem.

The game on the field became more and more fierce, and Southampton, who was behind by two goals, began to counterattack frantically, which also inspired fighting spirit at the moment.

This is a typical way of playing English football. They showed simple and rude, just trying to get the score back in a storm.

Manchester City's defense is more capable of dealing with this style of team.

Vidic and Ferreira controlled the upper three lanes in the middle, and Del Horno and Bridge on both sides surrounded them to support, coupled with Arteta's running back and forth, Manchester City's defense line was simply indestructible for the Saints .

Before the end of halftime, Del Horno successfully knocked the ball to Arteta with a steal and quickly advanced. Arteta took two steps and passed the ball to Del Horno.

Del Horno pushed forward quickly, and suddenly saw Sun Jihai plugging in at high speed on the other side, and immediately passed it with a big kick.

Sun Jihai rushed over, stretched his foot to unload the ball, and then cut it across, volleyed vigorously, and the ball quickly fell into the upper left corner of the goal, 3:0!

"Wow, Sun's cut-in shot is really good. I watched his game video before, and I felt that he was very threatening. This trick is very effective. Many teams have to defend against him. One step is not easy to defend, he can get away with it very well, he is really a good player."

Mourinho stood up and applauded, talking non-stop.

Jia Yi couldn't stop laughing. After being transformed by himself, Sun Jihai is indeed outstanding in terms of ability. This kind of shooting after cutting inside is his usual trick.

Playing like this, he will become a world-class star sooner or later.

There is still a system. If he is given a diamond-level item card in the future, it will probably be against the sky.

This kind of player, the coach likes it.

Now that they are leading by three goals, the opponent should be out of the game.

Not to mention Southampton, even Manchester United and Arsenal would have to kneel down. With the stability of Manchester City, leading by three, it is impossible to be equalized.

The game continues.

The subsequent process was indeed led by Manchester City. Although Southampton refused to give up, they really couldn't attack in terms of offense. Just relying on some crosses was of no avail.

Beatty also worked hard. He collided with Vidic in the 70th minute, both heads were bloody, and then both were replaced.

In the 78th minute, Heinze, who had just come up, circled to the back point in the corner kick tactics and headed Ronaldinho's corner kick into the empty goal, 4:0!

This is also the final score.

Manchester City easily defeated Southampton in this FA Cup final and won the double crown of the season.

The defeated Southampton has no regrets, because Manchester City will participate in the Champions League next season, so, as the FA Cup runners-up, they can participate in the UEFA Cup next season.

Being able to play European games, what regrets does Southampton have?

(End of this chapter)