Chapter 400 Trapeze
When Rongguang pushed the ball into the goal with his head, deafening cheers sounded at Wembley Stadium, all of which were from Manchester City fans.
"It's incredible! This is the third time that wembley has witnessed Rong's hat-trick!" John Motterson raised his voice and shouted loudly. "The first time was in the FA Cup final. Rong had just arrived at Manchester City for a season. In the FA Cup final, he completed the hat-trick with a free kick. All three goals were scored with free kicks. With this, he helped Manchester City defeat his city rival Manchester United and won the FA Cup championship. Then there was the Champions League final, and it was also in this stadium. His hat-trick helped Manchester City kill Barcelona. Manchester City club won the Champions League trophy for the first time in history! And now, the League Cup final, this is the third time! I think Rong must like to play in this stadium!"
"You said that, really..." Alan Hansen said from the side. "Rong has scored nine goals at Wembley Stadium, and he has played three games here..."
"Although there are 45 minutes left in the game, I think this game can be considered the end. Before the game, almost no one was optimistic about Stoke City's defeat of Manchester City. I think this is not a discrimination, this is a fact that everyone knows. It is absolutely impossible for Stoke City to win the score in the second half... Rong is about to win the first League Cup championship in his career!"
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Less than two minutes after Glory scored the goal, the first half ended.
The camera lens quickly locked the close-up on Glory.
He turned around and walked off the court with a smile on his face, and he could tell that he was in a good mood.
After the second half of the game began, Rongguang only played for fifteen minutes before being replaced by Benitez.
This may be the earliest time Rongguang was replaced without being injured.
But Glory did not show any dissatisfaction.
This was actually something Benitez had agreed with him to let him play and return to China to participate, but he could not play the entire league cup final, and it was up to Benitez to decide when he would be replaced.
Rongguang agreed.
That's why he scored three goals so desperately in the first half. He felt that Benitez could not replace himself in the first half, right?
He can score at least forty-five minutes.
Now he has completed a hat-trick and has made his own efforts to help Manchester City secure the League Cup championship. There is nothing to be reluctant to be replaced.
He happily accepted the decision.
Before leaving the court, he waved to the Manchester City fans in the stands, shook hands with Benitez after leaving the court, and then slapped the substitutes one by one on the bench to celebrate the championship one by one.
Rongguang's approach may cause dissatisfaction among some people, especially those who are unhappy with Manchester City or unhappy with Rongguang.
But Rongguang doesn't care about these people's thoughts.
After the glory came to an end, Manchester City did not relax.
In the 71st minute, Ibrahimovic scored his fourth goal for Manchester City with a long shot.
Stoke City no longer has the intention to resist.
Manchester City went crazy.
In the 76th minute, five minutes after Ibrahimovic scored, Kaka stopped the ball in the penalty area and then shot directly. The football flew into Stoke City's goal for the fifth time.
In the 88th minute of the game, Manchester City scored another goal, and the person who scored this time was Gareth Barry, who came on as a substitute.
In the end, Manchester City defeated Stoke City 6-0 and won the League Cup.
At this point, Benitez's Manchester City almost achieved honors in the Premier League, Community Shield, League Cup, FA Cup, European Super Cup, Champions League and Club World Cup championships.
The reason why they say "almost" is because they still haven't won the Europa League.
However, with Manchester City's current state and results, it is almost impossible for them to win the Europa League. They are not qualified to participate in the Europa League... They can only participate in the Champions League!
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At the League Cup award ceremony, he raised the League Cup high with the captain's armband, and he finally made up for this regret. In his first season when he transferred to Manchester City, he participated in the League Cup for the first time and was eliminated after only one game. Since then, the League Cup has been like a thorn, always stuck in the throat of the glory.
Although others think that the League Cup is useless, it is not worth pursuing.
But Rongguang doesn't think so. As long as he participates in a competition and has a championship, he will definitely strive to win it.
Because one of the most important goals of participating in the competition is to win the championship.
After all, there is only one champion. Although winning the championship cannot prove that you are the best player in the world, at least one of the best.
If, according to some people, championships are not important, then why should competitive sports set up championships, gold medals and trophys? Everyone is given silver medals, and the first place is always vacant?
So in fact, championships are very important, and they can even be said to be the foundation and soul of competitive sports. Without championships, competitive sports will not even have the foundation and cannot exist at all, let alone develop.
If we include the Community Shield Cup at the beginning of this season, the European Super Cup and the Club World Cup won in the middle of the season, Manchester City has won four championships this season. And Manchester City also has hope to compete for the championships in the remaining three events.
If they all win the championship in the end, Manchester City will become an unprecedented "seven crown", which is one more championship than the "six crown" that Barcelona once created!
The entire Manchester City team will return to Manchester from London on the second day with the League Cup, and they will be greeted by countless Manchester City fans' cheers and waving arms.
But there will be no glory in this scene.
He is busy and always misses all kinds of championship celebrations. For example, after the Chinese team won the Asian Cup championship historic, Rongguang did not follow the team back to China to enjoy the cheers of Chinese fans.
This time, he didn't hear the cheers from Manchester City fans.
After leaving Wembley Stadium, he did not even get on the same bus with his teammates, nor followed the team back to the hotel, but took a Mercedes-Benz business car and headed straight to Heathrow Airport.
There, the private plane prepared by Mansour for him had been parked on the apron and could take off at any time as long as he arrived.
Rongguang will sleep on the plane, and when he opens his eyes, he will have arrived in Guangzhou, China.
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In China, the news that Rongguang is about to come back to participate in the last top 20 match has long been spread, and everyone is looking forward to it.
There is actually no suspense in the outcome of this game, and the Chinese team has advanced to the top ten games ahead of schedule.
But it is still the wish of many Chinese fans to be able to see Glory playing football with their own eyes on the spot.
So although this game was played in Guangzhou, the fans are from all over the country.
Now the Chinese team's game has become a hot commodity, and various cities are competing to hold it. Not only commercial considerations, but also the wishes of local football associations and fans are also important reasons.
The home court in the top 20 matches has been decided long ago.
Kunming, Guangzhou, Changsha.
But now the Chinese team has entered the top ten, and the number of places in the home court in these top ten games has become the target of everyone's scrambling to compete for.
At present, in addition to Kunming, Guangzhou and Changsha, three cities that have hosted the top 20 competitions, are interested in continuing to host the top 10 competitions, including Beijing, Shanghai, Xi'an, Chengdu, Wuhan, Nanjing, Chenyang, Shijiazhuang, Chongqing, Hangzhou... and other cities, have requested to the Chinese Football Association to apply for the top 10 competitions.
The football environment in China suddenly became hot.
Some things seem to be triggered in advance.
Originally, everyone thought that at least they had to wait for the next national leader to take office, and the Chinese football atmosphere would improve. After all, it is said that the next leader is a football fan...
But in this situation now, it is actually a good thing.
Although the government's behavior has not been intervened and is now just a reaction from fans and the market, it has laid a certain foundation for future development.
When government actions begin to truly intervene in full, China's football development may enter the fast lane.
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Since the Chinese team has advanced to the top ten from the top 20 in advance, the final game is not important for the Chinese team to win or lose.
Gao Hongbo also knew very well, so even though Rong Guang returned home from all over the country to participate in the competition, he did not intend to let Rong Guang play the whole audience.
In this game, the glory is still there, but it will be replaced halfway.
Gao Hongbo made this clear to Rongguang before the competition.
Rongguang did not express his objection, but he had a request, that is, he could not be replaced earlier than the 70th minute of the game.
In other words, Gao Hongbo could not replace him seventy minutes ago.
Gao Hongbo did not express his objection, and the two sides reached a gentleman agreement.
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In this match between the Chinese team and Jordan, Guangzhou's Tianhe Stadium was full.
At the beginning, everyone was worried that after the Chinese team advanced early, Rongguang would not come back to participate in the game, so they were a little hesitant when buying tickets. Later, news came out that Rongguang would definitely return to China to participate in this game. Even if they would not play the whole game, it would definitely not be less than forty-five minutes.
Next, the reporter went to interview Rongguang. Rongguang, who was still in Manchester, also confirmed the rumor that he would indeed return to China to participate in the competition, but he didn't know how long he would play.
But that's enough.
For Chinese fans, as long as Rong Guang can come back to participate in the game, that is enough.
All the tickets for the competition were sold out in a very short time. Even if some tickets with bad locations were sold at a premium by scalpers, dozens of people would grab a ticket on average.
So when the game started, the entire Tianhe Stadium was filled with red people, making the Jordanians think they were coming to the Red Sea...
Chapter completed!