Super Marshal

Manchester City defeated Arsenal 3-1 in the League Cup final, allowing Manchester City to once again win the League Cup from Wembley Stadium.

However, the Manchester City team has long been mentally prepared for this, because they discovered that under Gao Han's coaching, a qualified Manchester City fan should learn to adapt to victory, which is undoubtedly a very happy thing.

However, the outside media began to seize the League Cup final and hype it up. The topic was nothing more than the strength shown by Manchester City and Arsenal's weakness in front of Manchester City, especially Szczesny's foul in the opening game.

Sky Sports gave Szczesny, Djuru and Koscielny the lowest score of four points in the game. Among them, Djuru's score was the lowest score of 3.6 points in the game. The evaluation was based on his progress with Manchester City. The ball is inseparable, and Arsenal conceded another set kick in this game, which is undoubtedly a very bad thing.

"So far this season, the Gunners have conceded 52% of their total goals from set pieces, which is the highest in the Premier League. This is undoubtedly something the Gunners should be wary of."

"Judging from the course of the game, Arsenal had many problems on the defensive end. The three goalkeepers Almunia, Fabianski and Szczesny could not guarantee the safety of the Gunners' goal, while Djurou and Kosciel The three central defenders of Ni and Squillac cannot really solve Arsenal's defensive problems."

Sky Sports also reported on the program the Arsenal coach’s answers when interviewed by media reporters after the game.

Wenger said, "Now is not the time to discuss and hold people accountable. Mistakes are certainly unacceptable, but we should think about how to help them get out of this predicament."

"We are a unit, and this mistake is just part of the game. We cannot shift all the responsibility to the defensive players. In fact, on the offensive end, we also created many scoring opportunities, but we missed them all. ”

Regarding this game, Wenger concluded, “Our players are generally relatively young, and we suffered a disastrous defeat on the road before, so when we face Manchester City again, we may seem a little too nervous. This has been true from the beginning. It’s just obvious.”

"However, what I want to say is that this game did give us a blow, but the League Cup is already in the past tense. We still have ten or twenty games to play in the next season. It is impossible for us to Suffering from losing the League Cup final."

Gao Han, who finally won the championship, also defended Arsenal, saying that the outcome of the game does not mean everything.

"In fact, several young players in the Arsenal team performed very well, such as Szczesny. If it weren't for his many rescues, we could at least score a few more goals, and Koscielny. There's Wilshere and, of course, Nasri and Robin van Persie are the most threatening, they both caused us huge problems."

"Mistakes are inevitable in the game. As a head coach, from a professional standpoint, I will not erase all the performance of the players in the game because their mistakes lead to the loss of the game. This is unfair."

In the interview, Gao Han gave very high praise to several players in the Manchester City team.

"There is no doubt that Sturridge is very active, he is very good, in my mind he has always been very good, and he is constantly working hard to improve himself, I think this is not easy."

"Yes, if I were the head coach of the England national team, I would definitely choose him as the main player of the national team without hesitation. I think he has such strength and deserves such an opportunity. Maybe he is the same as Rooney and Volko. He can form a fearsome strike combination."

Vertonghen was also highly praised. Although he had some outstanding performances and mistakes in the game, Gao Han said that Vertonghen's overall performance was satisfactory. "He is still growing rapidly. He will definitely improve." He is an important part of Manchester City's future plans and, more importantly, he will give it his all every time."

However, Manchester City is not completely without problems, and that is young goalkeeper Joe Hart.

Since the main goalkeeper Petr Cech firmly controls the main position, Joe Hart, as a new England native, can only start in some dispensable cup matches, such as the League Cup, and the previous few games. He was playing, but after the semifinals, Gao Han began to arrange for Cech to start.

This made Joe Hart somewhat dissatisfied, because his performance in the England national team was not bad. Therefore, after the game, he publicly stated in an interview with the media that he hoped to get more performance opportunities.

"Yes, there is no doubt that I will stay at Manchester City, but only if I can get more game opportunities. I hope to represent England in more games, including the European Cup and World Cup."

Gao Han said in an interview with the media that he has heard Joe Hart's voice and will arrange for him to play as appropriate.

"We are a unit and can only arrange eleven players and one goalkeeper for each game, but I have two high-level goalkeepers, so I really have no choice. However, while stabilizing the team's performance, I will try to coordinate the playing time of the two goalkeepers."

Gao Han's reply was a bit overwhelming, but everyone understood his situation.

With his improvement in the past few years, Cech has now firmly occupied the position of the world's top goalkeeper. Especially with the gradual decline of Casillas and Buffon, he can almost be said to be the number one goalkeeper in the world. , the performance is very stable, and the technical characteristics are also perfect.

Joe Hart is considered to be outstanding among English goalkeepers, but compared with Peter Cech, he will definitely be at a disadvantage, so it is natural for Gao Han to choose to trust Peter Cech.

As for Joe Hart, teams that are in urgent need of goalkeepers, including Chelsea, Manchester United and Arsenal, are very interested. After all, he is the current main goalkeeper of the England national team and will definitely be in demand.

At the same time as Joe Hart, news broke that Arsenal was tracking Colombian international James Rodriguez from Chinatown. According to a report from Arsenal’s mouthpiece The Independent, Wenger was very optimistic about this attacking midfielder. , does not rule out introducing him to the Emirates Stadium this summer.

As soon as the news came out, it immediately attracted the attention of European media.

Arsenal is obviously not the only team that covets James Rodriguez. Real Madrid, Barcelona and Liverpool are all particularly interested in the Colombian midfielder, but this time Chinatown didn't even bother to refute the rumors.

Within a few days, the news completely faded away.

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As we move into March, the Premier League has reignited the flames of war.

After playing 28 rounds of the league, Manchester City has led the way with 28 consecutive victories and accumulated 84 points, leading Manchester United in second place by 24 points. The Red Devils are 28 points ahead. Got sixty points in the round.

This huge disparity also makes the ownership of the Premier League championship completely lost.

In the twenty-ninth round, the first focus game was held, with Liverpool facing Manchester United at Anfield Stadium.

Ferguson's team had obviously given up on competing for the league title and focused on the Champions League, so they lost 3-1 in the away game. Liverpool's Dutch forward Kuyt scored a hat-trick.

This game shocked the whole of England.

In contrast, Arsenal was held to a 0-0 draw by Sunderland at home, and Chelsea beat Blackpool 3-1 away, but no one paid attention, because everyone knows that after the Red Devils lost at Anfield, Manchester City only needs to win Victoria at home. Athletic Club will win the championship ahead of schedule.

The Blue Moon game was played one day later than Manchester City. Gao Han was also very concerned about this game. The more critical the moment, the more he needed to be calm and composed, so he played with the entire main lineup. There was no surprise at home, and the score was 3-0. Defeated Wigan Athletic.

After the game, the entire city stadium was thrown into carnival.

All the Manchester City fans who came to the scene were dancing in the stands to celebrate the team's successful defense of the Premier League championship.

In the stands of the City Stadium, Manchester City fans hung up a huge portrait of Gao Han. They used miracles to describe all the changes Gao Han had brought to Manchester City in the past two years.

Having won the Premier League title and the League Cup for two consecutive seasons, Manchester City is almost invincible in the Premier League, and now the team is continuing to attack the FA Cup and the more important Champions League title.

The club also arranged a brief celebration on site. Gao Han also walked into the center of the stadium and shouted to all Manchester City fans that this is just the beginning. The team will make every effort to continue to compete in the FA Cup and Champions League. Endeavor, hoping to give all Manchester City fans a perfect answer at the end of this season.

Gao Han's words plunged the entire city stadium into carnival again.

Three days later, with the aura of defending Premier League champions, Manchester City sat at the City Stadium and welcomed Copenhagen.

In the first round match between the two sides, Manchester City was limited by the away weather and failed to win early in Copenhagen. After returning to the City Stadium, Gao Han played with half the main team and half the substitute lineup. As a result, Cristiano Ronaldo performed a hat trick. Helped the team beat Copenhagen 5-0, and advanced to the next round with a total score of 7-0.

But Arsenal were not so lucky.

Facing Barcelona in second place in the group, Wenger's team defeated Barcelona 2-1 at home in the first round, winning recognition and appreciation from fans around the world. However, Wenger failed to win the second round at Camp Nou. Another miracle was performed, losing 1-3 in the away game, and were eventually eliminated by Barcelona with a total score of 3-4.

In another focus match, Chelsea drew 1-1 at home with Real Madrid in the first leg, but lost 0-1 away. In the end, they were eliminated by Mourinho's Real Madrid with a total score of 1-2.

Mourinho finally led Real Madrid to successfully break through the Champions League knockout round of 16, and entered the Champions League quarter-finals for the first time after many years. This made all Real Madrid fans appreciate it.

While Arsenal and Chelsea both lost successively, Manchester United drew 0-0 with Marseille in the away game and defeated their opponents 2-1 at home, and finally advanced successfully with a total score of 2-1.

Four Premier League teams reached the top 16, but in the end only the Manchester duo successfully advanced, and the two London teams failed.

In the end, the eight teams that successfully broke through to the quarterfinals were also announced, namely Manchester City and Manchester United in the Premier League, Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid and Barcelona in La Liga, Juventus in Serie A, Bayern Munich in the Bundesliga, and Donne Donne in Ukraine. Tsk miners.

The day after the Champions League quarter-finals were released, the draw for the Champions League quarter-finals was also held in Nyon, Switzerland.