Chapter 813
News about Gao Han and Manchester City were soon covered up by hot spots from the Champions League.
According to the schedule of the Champions League quarterfinals, eight games were staggered in two weeks. In the four games held last week, Chelsea was beaten by Inter Milan in two rounds, missed the Champions League quarterfinals and stopped in the quarterfinals again.
This put Scolari under heavy pressure, and even news that Chelsea management asked him to be dismissed early. However, just after Manchester City won the championship in advance, Chelsea officials quickly clarified, saying that Scolari will still be Chelsea's coach next season, and the Brazilian coach immediately accepted media interviews with enthusiasm, saying that the team will do its best to compete for the FA Cup.
Liverpool stopped in the group stage and Chelsea stopped in the quarterfinals. All Premier League fans have placed their hopes on the two traditional teams, Manchester United and Arsenal, but the fates of Arsenal and Manchester United are completely different.
Although Manchester United did not perform well in the Premier League, Ferguson's team played well in the Champions League. After winning AC Milan in the quarterfinals, Manchester United won three-two away in the first leg, and hoped to advance greatly increased.
After returning to Old Trafford Stadium in the middle of this week, Manchester United beat AC Milan 4-0 and won a hearty victory, which also made Gao Han and others who watched the game live sigh.
The decline of Serie A is an indisputable fact.
During Gao Han's coaching Inter Milan, Serie A was still competing with La Liga for the title of European No. 1 League, but in just a few years, the Apennines Professional League experienced a huge decline, and many people pointed their finger at Gao Han, believing that it was him who caused the phone gate time and caused the decline of the Serie A League.
But is this a fact?
Inter Milan President Facheti, Italian coach Lippi, Sachi and Ancelotti have repeatedly stated that the decline of Italian football has nothing to do with the high cold. The telephone gate incident is just the fuse, and the real death lies in the structure of the Italian league.
Everyone knows that most of the professional teams in Italy do not have their own stadiums, which leads to their poor income at home, because they have to pay a high stadium rent every year, and due to ownership issues, commercial development of the stadium is difficult to carry out.
However, after Inter Milan announced the construction of a new stadium, Juventus followed suit and prepared to build a new stadium, and other teams in the Serie A are also following up, and this situation is constantly improving.
But there is one problem that cannot be solved in a short period of time, that is youth training.
In the past few years, in addition to young players such as Bonucci, Hamsik, and Marchisio cultivated by Gao Han in Inter Milan, as well as players such as David Thornton and Balotelli trained by the Nerazzurri youth training, there are fewer dazzling stars in Italian football.
The failure to meet the green and yellow is the biggest crux of Italian football.
Saki even stated in his column that Gao Han had raised the potential problems of Italian football more than once during his coaching in Inter Milan, but he had never been valued. Later, he also talked about it many times in Covelciano. The facts now prove that Gao Han's original prediction was extremely accurate.
"The Telephone Gate Incident is just a fuse. Juventus is developing and rising in a healthier and more sustainable way, which is enough to prove that the Telephone Gate Incident is not the root cause of the decline of Italian football. The real problem lies in our youth training, but in ourselves."
But Saki also said that Italians are always good at shirking responsibilities, so Gao Han became the unlucky scapegoat.
However, although Gao Han has been away for many years, his reputation in the Italian professional football circle has become higher and higher, not only because he taught the new generation of Italian coaches in several classes in Covelciano, but also because of his various predictions back then.
In the Champions League this season, AC Milan lost to Manchester United by 0-4 away, and Fiorentina lost to Bayern Munich at home. Among the three teams in the Serie A who reached the Champions League quarterfinals, two teams were tragically washed away, only Inter Milan is still independently supporting the banner of the Serie A.
Everyone knows that even now, Plandelli is still enjoying the shade of the high cold.
Compared with Manchester United, Arsenal's knockout stage is much more thrilling.
The Gunners first lost to Porto in the Portuguese Super League 1-2 away, which surprised everyone. However, after returning to the Emirates Stadium, Wenger's team slaughtered Porto five-to-zero and successfully advanced to the quarterfinals with a total score of 6-2.
However, after a big victory over Porto in the Champions League, the Gunners soon encountered strong rivals in the Premier League.
In the 31st round of the Premier League, Arsenal played to maintain the top four seats in the league and welcomed the London Hammers West Ham United at home.
Just five minutes into the opening game, Denilson scored the first record for the Gunners, but before the first half was over, Vermullen's red card pushed Arsenal into the abyss, forcing the Gunners to be forced to fight one less person throughout the second half.
West Ham United organized a crazy counterattack in the second half, but Arsenal was forced to defend and counterattack, blocking West Ham United's continuous attacks. In the 83rd minute, Fabregas scored a penalty kick, which locked in the victory.
In the end, the Gunners defeated West Ham United 2-0.
Although Arsenal finally scored three points, the game was very dangerous and the game was very painful. In the end, it was only said that West Ham United performed too badly, and the Hammers also dropped the league ranking to 17th place, only one step away from the relegation zone.
Coincidentally, Manchester United's situation is also not ideal.
After just after a storm in the Champions League, Manchester United returned to home to welcome the Reds Liverpool. As a result, Liverpool scored first in the first five minutes of the game, but in the 12th minute, Rooney successfully equalized the score for Manchester United.
But it was not until the second half that Manchester United scored a goal to overtake.
In the end, Manchester United reversed Liverpool 2-1.
The Gunners and the Red Devils both went ashore one after another, but the Blues were not so lucky.
Scolari's team scored first in the sixth minute in the away game against Blackburn, but in the 70th minute, Blackburn's Diouf equalized the score.
Afterwards, no matter how Chelsea counterattacked, they failed to score in the end, and the two sides became a draw one-to-one game.
After the game, Scolari was also questioned by fans and media reporters, believing that Chelsea had a 60% possession rate, but he had no choice but to Blackburn. However, when the team was weak in scoring, Scolari did not replace Falcao until the 75th minute. The latter was very active, but instead made Scolari a little embarrassed.
In contrast, Manchester City, which was replenishing, defeated Fulham 4-0 away, especially scored three goals in ten minutes in the first half, allowing the Blue Moon to establish the victory in one fell swoop.
A week later, the 32nd round of the Premier League.
Manchester City took the lead in the game and welcomed Wigan Athletics, who fought for relegation.
Roberto Martinez's team has not performed well this season and is currently ranked 16th in the Premier League. It has a high risk of relegation and is not strong offensive, but its defense is relatively weak.
Just nine minutes into the game, Manchester City took the lead in breaking the goal of Wigan Athletics. Sanchez broke through the right and made a cross, Benzema made a push shot in front of the goal, opening the first record for Manchester City.
But after conceding the goal, Wigan Athletics did a good job in defense and pressing and pressing, and did not give Manchester City many opportunities.
But after the second half of the game, with the consumption of physical fitness, Wigan Athletic gradually showed signs of fatigue and could not keep up with Manchester City's pace. Especially since the 50th minute, Gao Han used his skill card to launch a fierce attack on Wigan Athletic.
In the 51st minute, Sanchez assisted from the right and Cristiano Ronaldo won another goal.
Just three minutes later, Kaka assisted and the Portuguese scored twice, with a score of three to zero.
In the 58th minute, Sanchez beat three players from the right and then crossed the ball. Cristiano Ronaldo pushed and scored again in front of the goal, scoring a hat-trick, expanding the score to four-to-zero.
But after losing three goals in a row, Wigan Athletics was defeated and his morale completely collapsed.
In the 64th minute, Sanchez received an assist from Benzema and scored a goal from the right, 5-0.
Five minutes later, Manchester City got a corner kick opportunity, Kompany headed the ball, Cristiano Ronaldo pulled up a scorch in the penalty area, and scored a goal, staged a big four-game, expanding the score to 6-0.
Continuous goals have made Manchester City completely crazy.
After Gao Han was sure to win, he used three substitutions in a row, but Manchester City still maintained an advantage on the court, and in the 87th, 88th and 90th minutes, three players, Cristiano Ronaldo, Kaka and Modric, scored goals one after another. In the end, he defeated Wigan Athletic at home nine to zero, and scored the craziest victory of the season.
Cristiano Ronaldo played the role of five sons becoming the leader in this game, increasing his individual goals in a single season to 42 goals, not only becoming the player with the most goals in a single season in history, but also winning a bet with Gao Han.
Sanchez and Kaka both scored a hat-trick to assist and scored one goal each, while Benzema made a pass and shot.
Manchester City scored the craziest victory this season, with a possession rate of 74% setting a new record in Manchester City's new season, and 38 shots in a single game were also shocking.
Wigan Athletics head coach Martinez had to say convincingly after the game, "We lost without any temper. The opponent has the best top superstar and also played a surprising offensive that we could not stop, especially in the second half."
In fact, when Martinez was drinking with Gao Han after the game, he had to admit that his team consumed too much physical fitness in the first half to curb Manchester City's pass control, so that he could not keep up with the rhythm after playing for ten minutes in the second half.
Gao Han also knew everything about this coach who was very interested in the way of passing and controlling play and humbly asked for advice.
Roberto Martinez also gained a lot from his experience exchange with Gao Han, especially the summary and lessons of this game, which at least made him clear about the gap between himself and the top coaches and the root cause of the crushing defeat in this game.
After Manchester City beat Wigan Athletics at home, Chelsea also defeated Aston Villa 2-1 at home, Manchester United defeated Bolton four-zero away, Arsenal drew Birmingham 1-1 away, and Liverpool defeated Sunderland 3-zero home.
Chapter completed!