Chapter 391 Defending the Premier League Champion, First Meeting James (Transitional Chapter)

On May 24, the final round of the Premier League begins.

In this round, Manchester City faces the challenge of Southampton at home.

Due to Chelsea's unexpected loss to West Bromwich Albion in the last round, Manchester City won the championship one round ahead of schedule.

So before the game started, officials from the Football Association came to the Etihad Stadium with the league championship trophy, preparing to award Manchester City after the game.

In other words, no matter how Manchester City plays in this game, it will not affect the outcome of their championship.

Therefore, Guardiola continued to rotate the main players and still arranged a large number of substitutes and rotation players to play.

Yaya Toure, Lampard, and Demichelis, several veterans who are about to leave the team, are still eligible to start in this game.

Lampard continued his outstanding performance in the previous game and opened the scoring in the 38th minute of the first half to help Manchester City take the lead.

Aguero, who came on as a substitute in the second half, scored Manchester City's second goal in the 88th minute. In the end, Manchester City defeated their opponent 2:0 at home, bringing a perfect end to the season.

After the competition, the on-site staff quickly began to get busy, preparing to build the award podium for the subsequent award ceremony.

When the Manchester City players put on new jerseys and reappeared on the court, the podium was almost ready.

Officials from the Football Association were waiting around the podium with the trophy, smiling and shaking hands with the Manchester City players who were queuing up to present the award.

This is Manchester City's third Premier League title. Since the miraculous first league title win in the 2011-2012 season, Manchester City has unknowingly won three Premier League titles in the past four years.

Even in the year they didn't win the championship, their final result was runner-up.

Such outstanding results have made the world realize that a new giant is rising.

And this giant is likely to dominate the Premier League just like Manchester United did back then.

However, what outsiders don't know is that Manchester City's vision is not just satisfied with a league championship.

Their ambition is to become one of the top teams in Europe like Real Madrid, Barcelona and Bayern.

To achieve this goal, it is obviously not enough to just rely on a few league titles. They also need to win more Champions League titles!

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Just as Manchester City won the league championship at home, several traditional giants in the Premier League were not having an easy time in other arenas.

After the game at Stoke City's Britannia Stadium, looking at the bright red number 6:1 fixed on the scoreboard, Liverpool's legendary captain Gerrard, who has played for the team for nearly 20 years, couldn't help but feel relieved. Sigh.

This was the last game he played for Liverpool in this red jersey.

I wanted to say goodbye with a victory, but I didn't expect that Liverpool, whose military was demoralized, collapsed in the first half.

From the opponent's first goal in the 22nd minute of the game to the end of the first half, Stoke City scored five goals in a row, which stunned the entire Liverpool team.

Although Liverpool launched a counterattack in the second half and Gerrard personally scored a goal, they were still unable to recover.

At the last moment of the game, as Crouch's header broke through Liverpool's goal again, Gerrard's final game in Liverpool turned into a tragedy, which can't help but make people feel sad.

At the Emirates Stadium, Arsenal is another long-established giant that has been in decline for a long time.

At the end of the game, Wenger clenched his fists in excitement and couldn't help but wave it hard.

Walcott's game finally broke out!

He scored a hat trick in the first half and showed his talent to the fullest.

In addition to Walcott, Wilshere and others also performed very well.

Winning this game, Arsenal locked up third place in the league.

This time the four-place maniac not only succeeded in securing the fourth place, but also improved his ranking by one place. He will no longer have to play in the Champions League qualifiers next year.

In addition, what excites Wenger most is that they are about to go to Wembley Stadium to play the FA Cup final.

With many giants such as Manchester City, Chelsea, and Manchester United being eliminated, their opponent is the weaker Aston Villa.

This is Arsenal's best opportunity in 11 years. As long as they defeat Aston Villa, they can end their 11-year championship-less history!

Wenger seems to have seen the FA Cup champion waving to him. How can this not be exciting? How can it not be exciting?

Hull City's home court, Manchester United, which spent huge sums of money to recruit at the beginning of the season, ended all its games this season with a chaotic and bad game.

They announced at the beginning of the season that they would take revenge on Manchester City and regain the top spot in the Premier League, but their final result was fixed at fourth place in the league.

This result is slightly improved compared to last year, and at least we can play in the Champions League next year.

However, spending so much money to buy people, only to get such results, how can this be satisfactory?

Di Maria, who joined the team with a transfer fee of 75 million euros, but performed sluggishly, naturally received the greatest criticism.

He played only 23 minutes in this game before being replaced. The cold and humid weather in Britain and the rough fouls in the Premier League made his condition extremely poor.

Di Maria felt extremely regretful that she should not have come to Manchester United in the first place.

After wasting a year at Manchester United, he missed his time in Madrid extremely.

Thinking of this, Di Maria made up his mind to submit a transfer application and leave Manchester United.

As long as the quote is not from a Premier League team, it doesn’t matter where you go!

Di Maria was not the only one to leave. After the game, Manchester United's board of directors couldn't wait to announce the dismissal of Van Gaal, telling the Dutchman to pack up and get out.

After firing Van Gaal, Manchester United immediately extended an invitation to Mourinho.

Mourinho, who was unemployed at home, did not hesitate and accepted the invitation immediately, and the two parties signed a contract quickly.

Perhaps no one could have thought that Mourinho, who had a fierce battle with Ferguson in the league, would one day take charge of Old Trafford and become the coach of Manchester United, right?

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The noise from the outside world has nothing to do with Manchester City. After the league ended, Guardiola gave the players three days off to let them have a good rest and share the joy of winning the championship with their relatives and friends.

After they have rested, Manchester City will regroup and prepare for the Champions League final on June 7.

It was a rare holiday, and Lin Quan didn't want to stay at home and be tortured by the cold and humid weather in Manchester.

So I bought a plane ticket and headed to the United States to see Lily Collins.

Lily Collins was very surprised by Lin Quan's sudden visit.

She just watched the Manchester City game live yesterday and saw Lin Quan and his teammates lifting the championship trophy. Unexpectedly, the next day, the opponent appeared at her doorstep.

The two have not seen each other for a long time, just like the rain meets the rain after a long drought, or the dry wood meets the fierce fire...

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May 27, Cleveland.

In Game 4 of the NBA Eastern Conference Finals, the Cavaliers faced the Hawks at home.

Since the Cavaliers have already won the match point 3:0 before, if the Cavaliers win this game, they will sweep their opponents and advance to the NBA Finals.

Affected by this, countless Cavaliers fans flocked to the small town of Cleveland, filling the Cavaliers stadium to capacity.

Before the game, fans found two familiar figures among the more than 20,000 people.

"Isn't that the King Lin of the Premier League? Why did he come to watch the NBA?"

"Who is that woman next to Emperor Lin? She looks like Audrey Hepburn!"

"I know this woman, her name seems to be Lily Collins, she seems to be Emperor Lin's girlfriend!"

"It seems that there is such a thing. She even went to the stadium to watch Huang Lin play."

After being reminded like this, more and more people reacted.

"Damn, Emperor Lin is really a winner in life. He has honors, money and women. I am envious of him!"

"I don't feel as good as Ronaldo. Ronaldo changes girlfriends as fast as he changes clothes, and all of his girlfriends are supermodels, both in terms of figure and appearance!"

…

Lin Quan and Lily Collins, who were in the stadium, naturally could not see the discussion among netizens.

The game hasn't started yet, and the two of them are discussing something in a low voice.

"Who do you think will win?"

Lily Collins asked with a hint of exam.

Because she studied in the United States, she watched basketball more than football.

Therefore, she still knows something about basketball.

As for Lin Quan, Lily Collins feels that he is a football player and may not know much about the sport of basketball.

"The Cavaliers and Hawks couldn't restrain James, especially James' triple-double of 37 points, 18 rebounds and 13 assists in the third game, which shattered their confidence.

You see, before the game even started, the Eagles' players looked solemn and serious, while the Cavaliers' players looked relaxed. "

Because of his height, although Lin Quan doesn't play basketball often, he still occasionally watches basketball games.

As for this game, he remembers that the Cavaliers swept the Hawks with a big score, then made it to the finals and were sanctioned by the Warriors.

Lily Collins is actually more optimistic about the Cavaliers, but she knows that in a game of this level in the Eastern Conference Finals, the probability of a 4:0 appearance is very low.

Even if the Cavaliers are strong, it will be difficult to keep their opponents clean. What's more, the Eagles have a better regular season record than the Cavaliers, so they may not be able to fight.

However, once the game started, the situation was completely one-sided.

At the end of the first quarter, the Cavaliers had already taken a huge 12-point lead.

In the second quarter, the Cavaliers became more and more courageous, extending their lead to 17 points.

At the end of the third quarter, the score had become 85:60, and the Cavaliers' lead expanded to 25 points.

The fourth quarter hasn't even started yet, and the game has already entered garbage time.

The frustrated Eagles failed to perform a miracle in the fourth quarter, and finally lost to the Cavaliers 88:118 and were swept.

After the game, Cavaliers fans were extremely excited. They had once again made it to the finals and were able to challenge for their first championship in team history.

After the game, some fans who recognized Lin Quan came to him to ask for his autograph.

Although football is not the most popular sport in North America, there are still a lot of people watching it.

As the hottest superstar in today's football, Lin Quan is still very well-known in North America.

Because there were too many people leaving the venue, they couldn't get out for a while, so Lin Quan did not refuse and patiently signed autographs for these North American fans.

On the other side, as the biggest contributor to the victory, James was also surrounded by a large number of fans asking for autographs.

He enjoys this feeling of respect and love. After all, he betrayed Cleveland in pursuit of the championship. Now that he has returned to the team, what he is most worried about is that Cavaliers fans will not forgive him.

Fortunately, such worries did not come true, especially after he led the Cavaliers to the Finals again, and he once again became a hero in Cleveland.

However, as he was signing, James discovered that something was not quite right.

Why are there so few fans surrounding him?

Doesn't it stand to reason that I shouldn't be surrounded by water?

James looked around with confusion, and soon found Lin Quan surrounded by a large group of people.

"Who is that person that attracts so many fans?"

James was taken aback, walked over curiously, and then recognized who the man surrounded was.

"Are you, Lin?"

Although James does not love football as much as Kobe, his attention to the world's number one sport is not low at all.

He even spent money to buy part of Liverpool's shares a few years ago and received a very generous return.

Precisely because of his investment in Liverpool, James often watches Premier League games, so he recognized the man surrounded by Lin Quan at a glance.

Lin Quan also spotted James walking towards him, so he greeted:

"Hey LeBron, congratulations on your win!"

"Haha, thank you, I also want to congratulate you on winning the league championship!"

Although the friendship between the two is not very deep, as giants in football and basketball, they have been close friends for a long time.

James enthusiastically led Lin Quan to visit the Cavaliers' training ground, locker room and honor showroom, and presented Lin Quan with a basketball and a jersey signed by himself.

Lin Quan gave the other party a jersey and football signed by himself in return.

After the visit, James extended an invitation to Lin Quan:

"Lin, these are the tickets for the finals. I hope to see you here again!"

The NBA Finals will take several games, and if it drags on for a long time, it might even take half a month.

This is different from football finals, which are basically a game that determines the outcome.

"Okay, I will definitely come over when I have time. I would like to wish you and your team a successful start and win the championship trophy!"

"Haha, thank you for your blessings. I also wish you can successfully defend your title and win your second Champions League trophy!"

James laughed, looking confident.

Seeing James' confident look, Lin Quan couldn't help but sigh for him.

The Warriors this season are not that easy to deal with. James, who wants to be a hero in Cleveland, may be disappointed.

However, this has nothing to do with him. All he has to do is seize the opportunity that belongs to him.

So after the two took a group photo, they separated from each other and walked towards their respective stages.

Lin Quan didn't stay in North America long. He returned to Manchester City as soon as the three-day holiday was over and started preparing for the Champions League in ten days.