host must win

Chapter 329 The Suspense Ends
At Anfield Stadium, the game has just started. Liverpool coach Houllier just sat down on the coaching bench when he got a report from his assistant: Manchester United scored a goal!
Houllier couldn't believe it, did he score a goal?The game only started 4 minutes ago, right?The Manchester United people are in such a state today!

As the head coach of the sworn enemy, Houllier has mixed feelings.This season, Liverpool's performance is not good. In the 37 rounds of the league, they have 32 points less than Manchester United, which is basically 1 point less per game.

Of course, this is also the reason why Manchester United performed so well.Arsenal has remained unbeaten this season, but now they are facing a situation where they cannot win the league championship, which makes Houllier want to cry for the Gunners.

If Arsenal really missed the league championship in the end, I am afraid they will become the most tragic runner-up in football history.

Although before Arsenal, there was a team that had been unbeaten in the five major leagues but could not win the league championship. That was the Serie A team Perugia in the 1978-1979 season.At that time, the Perugia team scored 30 wins and 11 draws in 19 Serie A games and scored 41 points.But the Serie A champion of the season was AC Milan. The Rossoneri achieved 17 wins, 10 draws and 3 losses, and scored 44 points.

As a result, Perugia has become the first and only team in the history of the five major leagues to achieve an unbeaten record but fail to win the championship.

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If Perugia is undefeated but unable to win the championship, it is because of too many draws. Their winning rate is even less than 40%, while the winning rate of the five major league champions is generally around 60%-75%.A winning rate of more than 75%, that is, 29 or more victories (20 teams), is an extraordinary team.And if the winning rate is less than 60%, that is, if the number of victories is less than 23 games, it will appear that the championship won is relatively weak, which is the situation where all the teams performed poorly that season.

But for Arsenal this season, the winning percentage is actually okay.If they win the last round, they will have won 26 games, with a winning rate of over 68%, which is considered the winning rate of the normal champions of the five major leagues.

But they are just a relatively normal league championship winning percentage. Facing an equally good team, or even a better performing team, they will lose the championship.

This season, if Manchester United wins Villa in the last round, it will have won 28 games, with a winning rate close to 74%. This is a winning rate of the five major league champions with a high winning rate!
Relatively speaking, Arsenal's draws are still too many, nearly a third.The current five major leagues are a system where one victory equals three draws.

If it was the season when Perugia was unbeaten and won the championship, Arsenal would be able to suppress Manchester United and win the league championship.Because at that time, you still got 2 points for a win and 1 point for a tie.Under such circumstances, Arsenal's final points are 64 points, while Manchester United only has 63 points, which will be 1 point less than Arsenal.

For such a situation, Houllier is still willing to see.Although he will leave Liverpool's coaching position this summer, being able to lead the team into the Champions League can be regarded as the last consolation for him in Liverpool's coaching position.

The Liverpool fans in the stands were also cheering. This is a very strange situation. The Red Army fans were actually cheering for the goal of their arch-enemy.

But it is very realistic, because Manchester United is ahead of Villa, which means that even if Liverpool maintains the current draw, they can also enter the Champions League.

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Villa Park Stadium.

Manchester United took the lead early, breaking the dream of the Villars to participate in the Champions League again after 21 years, and also severely damaged the morale of the Villars and the will to resist.

Manchester United, on the other hand, took the opportunity to turn away from the guests, and once formed a siege against Villa.

At this time, Villa people no longer want to win the game, but to lose less, and not congratulate their opponent's enthronement with a disastrous defeat at home.

Under the command of Arsenal star David O'Reilly, Villa retreated across the board to resist Manchester United's attack.

And Manchester United, under the command of Yin Jun, launched a tidal offensive towards Villa's defense.The defensive shield of the Villars has withstood Manchester United's heavy blows again and again.

In the 24th minute of the game, Villa's shield was finally blasted open a crack.

Gary Neville assisted up the field, and he sent the ball diagonally.

Yin Jun was so fast that he jumped out from between the two defenders.In the horrified eyes of the [-] fans of the home team, the youngest European Ballon d'Or winner in history broke into the penalty area and scored with a low shot.

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When the game progressed to the 24th minute, Villa Park fell into dead silence again.

The Manchester United players on the field followed behind Yin Jun, rushed to the corner where the Manchester United fans were, and celebrated the goal wildly.

2:0, the champion is Manchester United!

Ferguson on the coaching bench of the visiting team also jumped up, and rushed to the sidelines to celebrate with his hands raised high: Well done, Chinese boy!

"After being scored by Manchester United early in the game, although Villa tried their best to prevent Manchester United from continuing to score, they still failed. Yin Jun's goal is really beautiful!"

"Yin Jun! He scored the second goal of the game for Manchester United, which is also his 32nd Premier League goal of the season!"

"This is a goal that sealed the victory! Although the game has only started 24 minutes, it can be said that the suspense of this game is over, and the suspense of this season's league championship is also over!"

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In an area of ​​the rostrum, the Manchester United executives and celebrities who came to Villa Park were all applauding Yin Jun's goal.

Although it was an away game, because they won the league championship, these Manchester United executives and celebrities came to the away game to cheer for Manchester United.

However, the top management and celebrities of the home team Villa, as well as celebrity fans, are not in a good mood at the moment.They came to the stadium with great hopes, hoping to see the team qualify for the Champions League again after 21 years.

Although they also know that the possibility of Villa wanting to beat Manchester United is extremely low, they believe that with Villa's performance and strength this season, it will take a hard battle for Manchester United to win.It is not impossible for Villa to draw or beat Manchester United at home.

They never expected that Villa would lose so quickly and so thoroughly at home.

In 24 minutes, they fell behind 0:2!
After Manchester United kicked off again, Ferguson happily returned to the coach's bench and took a seat.

"Arsenal's side, and Liverpool's side..." Mike Phelan leaned over and said.

"You don't need to pay attention to them." Ferguson waved his hand.

The leader is so confident. As long as he is himself, he can ignore the opponent's performance.

(End of this chapter)