Chapter 1278
Chapter 1278
When Rong Guang headed the football into the goal, there was a deafening cheer at Wembley Stadium, all from Manchester City fans.
"It's unbelievable! It's the third Wembley stadium to witness Rong's hat-trick!" John Mortensen yelled, raising his voice. "The first time was in the FA Cup final, when Rong had just come to Manchester City for a season. In the FA Cup final, he completed a hat-trick with a free kick. All three goals were scored with free kicks. With this, he helped Manchester City beat Manchester United and won the FA Cup. Then came the Champions League final. It was also in this stadium. His hat-trick helped Manchester City beat Barcelona. Manchester City won the Champions League for the first time in the history of the club! Now, the League Cup final, this is the third time! I think Rong I really like playing on this stadium!"
"It's really true when you say that..." Alan Hansen said beside him. "Ron has scored nine goals at Wembley and he's only played three games here..."
"Although there are still 45 minutes left in the game, I think this game can be regarded as over. Before the game, almost no one was optimistic about Stoke City beating Manchester City. I don't think this is discrimination. This is a fact that everyone knows. It is absolutely impossible for Stoke City to regain the score in the second half...Rong is about to win the first League Cup in his career!"
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Less than 2 minutes after Rongguang's goal, the first half of the game was over.
The camera lens quickly locked the close-up on Rong Guang.
He turned and walked off the court with a smile on his face, and he could see that he was in a good mood.
After the start of the second half, Rongguang only played for 15 minutes before being replaced by Benitez.
This may be the earliest time Rongguang was replaced without injury.
But Rong Guang didn't show any dissatisfaction.
This is actually what Benitez discussed with him, let him start the game and let him return to China to play, but he can't play the whole game in this League Cup final, and it is up to Benitez to decide when he will be replaced.
Rong Guang agreed.
That's why he scored three goals so desperately in the first half-he thought it was impossible for Benitez to replace himself in the first half, right?
He has at least 45 minutes to score freely.
Now that he has completed a hat-trick, relying on his own efforts, he helped Manchester City secure the League Cup championship, and there is nothing reconciled to being replaced.
He happily accepted the decision.
Before leaving the field, he waved to the Manchester City fans in the stands, shook hands with Benitez after leaving the field, and then high-fived the substitute players on the bench - it seemed that he was celebrating the championship in advance.
This approach of Rongguang may cause dissatisfaction among some people, especially those who are not happy with Manchester City or Rongguang.
But Rong Guang doesn't care what these people think.
After the glorious end, Manchester City did not relax.
No.701 minutes, Ibrahimovic scored the fourth goal for Manchester City with a long shot.
Stoke City has no intention of resisting.
And Manchester City went crazy.
No.706 minutes, 5 minutes after Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored, Kaka stopped the ball in the chest in the penalty area and then volleyed directly. The football flew into Stoke City's goal for the fifth time.
In the No.808 minute at the end of the game, Manchester City scored another goal. This time the goal was scored by Gareth Barry, who came off the bench.
In the end, Manchester City defeated Stoke City 6-0 and won the League Cup.
So far, Benitez's Manchester City has almost achieved a grand slam of honor-the Premier League, the Community Shield Cup, the League Cup, the FA Cup, the European Super Cup, the Champions League and the Club World Cup.
The reason why I 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 eligible to participate in the Europa League...they can only participate in the Champions League!
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At the League Cup awards ceremony, he lifted the League Cup high with the glory of the captain's armband, and he finally made up for this regret.In the 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 stuck in Rongguang's throat like a thorn.
Although others think that the League Cup is tasteless and not worth pursuing because it does not have enough gold content.
But Rong Guang doesn't think so, as long as there is a championship in the competition he participates in, he will definitely fight for it.
Because one of the most important goals of participating in the competition is to win the championship.
After all, there are only champions. Although winning the championship does not prove that you are the best player in the world, it is at least one of the best.
If, according to some people, championships are not important, then why do competitive sports have championships, gold medals and trophies?Everyone will issue silver medals, wouldn't it be good if No.1 is always vacant?
So in fact, the championship is very important, and it can even be said to be the foundation and soul of competitive sports.Without champions, competitive sports do not even have a foundation, and cannot exist at all, let alone develop.
If you count 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.Manchester City also have hopes of competing for the championships of the remaining three competitions.
If they can all win the championship in the end, Manchester City will become an unprecedented "seven crowns", which is one more than the "six crowns" created by Barcelona!
The Manchester City team will return to Manchester from London with the League Cup the next day, and they will be greeted by the cheers and waving arms of countless Manchester City fans.
But there is no glory in this scene.
Being busy, he always misses various championship celebrations.For example, after the Chinese team won the Asian Cup in history, Rong Guang did not follow the team back to China to enjoy the cheers of the Chinese fans.
This time, he didn't hear the cheers from the Manchester City fans either.
After coming out of Wembley Stadium, he didn't even get on the same bus with his teammates, and didn't follow the team back to the hotel. Instead, he took a Mercedes-Benz commercial vehicle and went straight to Heathrow Airport.
There, the private jet that Mansour had prepared for him had parked on the tarmac, ready to take off whenever he arrived.
Rong Guang 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 Rong Guang will come back to participate in the last top [-] match has long been spread, and everyone is looking forward to it.
There is actually no suspense about the outcome of this game, and the Chinese team has already advanced to the top ten in advance.
But it is still the wish of many Chinese fans to be able to see Rongguang play football on the spot.
So although the game was held in Guangzhou, the fans came from all over the country.
Now the Chinese team's game has become a favorite, and all cities are vying to host it.There are not only commercial considerations, but also the wishes of local football associations and fan organizations.
The home venue for the Top Twenty has been decided long ago.
Kunming, Guangzhou, Changsha.
But now that the Chinese team has broken into the top ten, the home city of the top ten has become the target of everyone's scrambling.
At present, in addition to Kunming, Guangzhou and Changsha, the three cities that have already hosted the top [-] games, intend to continue to host the top [-] games, there are also BJ, Shanghai, Xi'an, Chengdu, Wuhan, Nanjing, Shenyang, SJZ, Chongqing, Hangzhou, etc. Many cities have submitted requests to the Chinese Football Association to host the top [-] games.
The football environment in China suddenly became hot.
Some things seem to be triggered in advance.
At first, everyone thought that the atmosphere of Chinese football would not improve until the next national leader took office at least. After all, it was rumored that the next leader would be a football fan...
But the current situation is actually a good thing.
Although the government has not yet intervened, and it is only the reaction of fans and the market, it has laid a certain foundation for future development.
When the government begins to fully intervene, the development of football in China may enter the fast lane.
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Now that the Chinese team has advanced from the top [-] to the top [-] in advance, it doesn't matter whether the Chinese team wins or loses in the last game.
Gao Hongbo is also very clear, so even though Rongguang traveled all the way back to China to participate in the competition, he didn't intend to let Rongguang play the whole game.
In this game, Rong Guang will still start, but will be replaced halfway.
This point, Gao Hongbo made it clear to Rong Guang before the game.
Rong Guang also expressed no objection, but he had one requirement, that is, he should not be replaced earlier than the No. 70 minutes of the game.
In other words, Gao Hongbo couldn't replace him before 10 minutes.
Gao Hongbo didn't object either, and the two sides reached a gentleman's agreement.
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For the match between the Chinese team and Jordan, the Tianhe Stadium in Guangzhou was packed.
At the very beginning, everyone was worried that after the Chinese team advanced ahead of schedule, Rong Guang would not come back to participate in the competition, so they were a little hesitant when buying tickets.Later, news came out that Rong Guang would definitely return to China to participate in this game. Even if he would not play the full game, it would definitely not be less than 45 minutes.
Next, the reporter went to interview Rongguang. Rongguang, who was still in Manchester at the time, also confirmed this rumor. 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's enough.
All the tickets for the game were sold out in a very short period of time. Even if some tickets with bad locations were sold at a higher price by the scalpers, there were dozens of people snatching up each ticket on average.
So when the game started, the entire Tianhe Stadium was filled with red crowds, making the Jordanians think they had come to the Red Sea...
(End of this chapter)