Chapter 197 Shaq who crushes everything! (19)

After playing the second leg of the Champions League semi-finals with Bayern, Leeds United advanced to the final with a total score of 8:4, which completely shocked the entire European football world by Leeds United's "youth storm".

One day later, another team that reached the Champions League final also emerged... "Blue Moon" Manchester City!

Manchester City first defeated Barcelona 2-1 away, and returned to home court and tied with the opponent 1-1, and narrowly passed the score with a total score of 3-2, which is also a recognition of Pellegrini's hard work this season and the strong lineup of "Blue Moon".

The "Cosmic Team" is currently only on the surface, and its real strength has declined a lot compared with previous years. After the pillars of Xavi, Puyol and other teams are getting older, the "little flea" Messi is already alone. This season they can still beat Real Madrid in Spain, but the record in the Champions League still proves that the team is in decline.

Before the FA Cup final came, the "Youth Guards" played two more league games, defeating Stoke City 5:1 at home and losing to the "Red Devils" Manchester United 1:3 away.

The game lost to Manchester United is also the first time Shaq missed the game without injury and the head coach allowed it, because... after accumulating enough yellow cards, the FA suspended him.

Although Leeds United has already won the championship and the remaining league games have no effect on them, people still see how important Shaq is to Leeds United. When he is with him, Leeds United can easily win Stoke City 5:1 at home with a substitute, while when there is no Shaq, they can only lose 1:3 to the "Red Devils" Manchester United.

On May 10, the FA Cup final ignited the war at Wembley Stadium...

English football attaches great importance to this game. After all, Leeds United and Manchester City are both teams that have reached the Champions League final this season. This FA Cup final is also a preview of the Champions League final two weeks later. The two teams with the strongest and best condition in Europe this season played, which naturally attracted countless fans to watch the game. This is an unprecedented highest level of the FA Cup final!

Both sides participating in the game also attach great importance to this game. Of course, Simon Grayson will not miss this opportunity to win the "triple-champion" in England, and Pellegrini does not want to be empty this season. If he can win the FA Cup and then defeat Leeds United in the Champions League final, this season will be a bumper season for Manchester City.

The two teams already know each other enough that in a game like the FA Cup final, they naturally did not say anything and did their best without leaving any effort.

Simon Grayson, who had been resting for ten days, sent all the main lineups on the court, and Pellegrini also lined up the strongest lineup of his team, but the team's number one star Aguero missed the game due to the suspension and could only watch the game in the stands.

The single striker is still Bosnia and Herzegovina center Dzeko, behind him are Milan Baderji, Yaya Toure and Nasri.

The two midfielders are Sandro, bought by Pellegrini from Tottenham Hotspur, and Jack Colinson from West Ham United. These two are typical examples of offense and defense balance and can complete the team's offense and defense transition well.

The back line is composed of Bochetti, Kompany, Richards and Isla. This defense line is considered the legacy left by Mancini to the "Blue Moon". Pellegrini is not confused and did not break it up, so the goalkeeper is naturally Johart.

Because there is no need to test each other, the FA Cup final entered a fierce confrontation from the beginning...

The "Blue Moon" who took the lead in kicking off the ball started as soon as they came up, and they also controlled the ball at their feet. However, when Colinson pushed the ball forward to Dzeko, Red rushed out from the side and kicked the ball at Jonny Hausen on the left.

When Leeds United attacked, they still launched the attack from the left first, but "Blue Moon" is really familiar with Leeds United's routine. It can even be said that all English teams have studied the left off of the "Young Guards" because of awe.

When Manchester City gathered six players including Isla, Colinson, Nasri, Kompany, Yaya Toure, Sandro on his right, Leeds United's only goal was cut.

The two teams are so familiar with each other. No one can get any advantage in the process of taking turns to attack. Often the ball is cut off just after the midfield. But when the game is 5 minutes old, the deadlock is broken...

When Ashley Hood competed with Yaya Toure in front of the right side of his penalty area, he was awarded a free kick by referee Weber because of a backward push on his elbow.

Nasri, the "Duck" who took the free kick, perfectly showed his football talent and skills. He first used a curve ball to bypass the wall of Leeds United's penalty area, and the ball flew very fast and the line was very low. When he arrived at the small penalty area on the right side of Leeds United, there was a rebound, and then... the ball entered.

"goal!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Nasri! Manchester City's French midfielder Nasri scored first! Leeds United have pushed all the teams up this season. They defeated Manchester City with two encounters in the league with a score of 3:1 and 2:0, but this time... Manchester City has gained an advantage! Simon Grayson and his team may have a loss! They are likely to miss their third championship trophy this season!"

The commentator who was supposed to be neutral at this time was a bit gloating. It was because Leeds United was too strong this season. They were full of desire for victory like hungry beasts. They advanced all the way with an unbeaten record and then lost the ball. They also passed the league cup and finally easily swept away Tottenham Hotspurs and won the trophy. Now in the final of the FA Cup, Leeds United is already a bit of an enemy of the whole nation.

People are often like this. They have both awe and hope to see them unlucky for those unattainable beings.

Seeing Leeds United being the first to score, at least 80% of England people were cheering!

But these people... weren't really happy for long!

Just five minutes later, when the game reached 10 minutes, the "Youth Guards" who lost the ball, received a reward without any panic.

Shaq sent a straight pass to Jonny Hausen in the middle, and Captain Leeds dribbled the ball into Manchester City's penalty area under the chasing and blocking of three Manchester City players. When everyone's attention was on him, Captain Leeds pushed the ball horizontally into the penalty area on the right with his left foot.

Pivkovsky, who followed up on the right, swung his right foot and shot. The ball flew into Manchester City's right goal. Johart was unable to save because of his position. Pivkovsky was completely shooting an empty goal!

1:1 square meter!

After scoring the goal, Pivkowski and Leeds United players both seemed calm. They just smiled and slapped each other to celebrate. It seemed that the team was really mature, or it should be said... they already had the championship temperament!

"The ball is scored! Pivkowski scored, but he must thank Leeds captain Jonny Hausen for his wonderful pass. Shaq, the initiator of this attack, also made contributions. It seems that everyone is saying that the final result of our England team in the World Cup this summer is mainly based on the performance of the 'Leeds Three Musketeers'. This statement still makes sense."

The commentator's mood is also a bit complicated, and most neutral fans are also very conflicted. They want to see Leeds United taste the taste of failure, and they are also willing to see Shaq, Jonny Hausen, Ben Parker perform well, and even want to see young players Ashley Hood perform well, because these four players basically have to compete with Hodgson's "Three Lions" in the summer Brazil World Cup. The better they are in form... the better.

"Blue Moon" Manchester City obviously made sufficient preparations for this game. After the score was equalized, they were still calmly entangled with the "Young Guards", and they would do their best in every fight and rush up without leaving any effort in every attack.

When the game was 27 minutes old, Manchester City's chance came...

Left-back Bochetti dribbled the ball and assisted the frontcourt. This Italian defensive player, who was introduced by Mancini as a central defender, never played at the central defender after coming to England. His performance has always been average. However, after Pellegrini took over the team, Bochetti changed to the left-back. Now he played very well, and even squeezed the full-time French left-back Gale Krish to the bench.

"Bang!"

After seeing the opportunity, Bochetti sent the ball to Yaya in the penalty area on the left side!

After the tall Ivory Coast midfielder protected the ball with his body, he calmly turned around in front of Red and pushed the ball to the middle of the penalty area with a horizontal push!

"Bang!"

A figure in a light blue jersey appeared, and Welsh midfielder Jack Colinson directly shot a long shot!

"Swish!"

After the ball flew up, it passed through the crowd in front of the small penalty area with an arc, and finally got directly into the dead corner of the upper left corner of the Leeds United goal!

Ronegan turned his head in shock, and he could no longer do any other moves except watching the ball fly into his own goal!

This ball... is fast, has a sharp angle, and is very sudden, it is really powerless!

"goal!goal!goal!goal!goal!!! Jack Colinson! Beautiful shot! Wonderful goal! 2:1! 27 minutes, Manchester City led again!"
Chapter completed!