Chapter 872 The inheritance of history
The scene was completely out of control! The fans outside rushed into the Etihad Stadium frantically, and together with the fans in the stands, they cheered in every corner of the stadium, celebrating the team's victory. Many people even lit blue fireworks to celebrate.
Every corner of the Etihad Stadium was occupied by fans.
The wildly celebrating Manchester City fans were not causing trouble, they would not damage the stadium facilities, they were just celebrating.
The players retreated to the locker room and left the court to the group of fans who were already crazy with joy, allowing them to let off steam.
"Even the security personnel outside who were supposed to maintain order have joined in the revelry."
When the news from the stadium reached the locker room, Manchester City players were all surprised.
When have you ever seen such a scene? Even the stadium security guards were partying with the fans. How could there be order at the scene?
However, it is actually normal. In addition to the police, many security personnel are Manchester City fans. It is natural for them to celebrate with ordinary fans.
According to Manchester City's official plan, there is no celebration tonight.
The reason is simple. The team will continue to prepare for the FA Cup final and the Europa League final.
Winning the Premier League title was expected. Although there were twists and turns in the middle, they were basically within Manchester City's expectations.
The upcoming FA Cup final and Europa League final are Manchester City’s main focus.
The opponent in the FA Cup final is Manchester United, and the opponent in the Europa League final is Porto. Both teams should not be underestimated.
If Manchester City can win one of the two championships, this season will be the most glorious peak moment in the club's 100-year history.
It would be even better if we could get them all.
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The players waited in the locker room while order outside gradually stabilized.
Manchester City fans were appeased and the club began to set up a temporary podium on site.
The Premier League has sent the championship trophy to Manchester, and the awards will be presented at the home stadium.
While waiting for the award ceremony, staff came in and invited the players to the VIP lounge in the stands.
Tonight's Etihad Stadium attracted not only Manchester City fans, but also government officials from Manchester. The most special ones were some of Manchester City's legends, such as the group of players who won the second English Premier League title in the club's history forty-three years ago.
Except for two players who had passed away and the head coach Joe Mercer who had died, the remaining 20 players all came to the Etihad Stadium and witnessed in the VIP area that Manchester City won the league championship again after an absence of 43 years.
When Su Dong led the players to the VIP lounge one after another, they were warmly welcomed by everyone present.
Manchester United's legendary captain Roy Keane said before the game that he lives in Manchester and has personally felt the increase in the number of Manchester City fans in recent years, which is obviously brought about by the stars and the team's performance.
Everyone can see that Manchester City cannot compare with Manchester United in terms of foundation, but now Manchester City has the potential and strength to challenge Manchester United, especially Su Dong.
As the team's captain and top star, Su Dong received the most praise, but he always humbly gave the credit to his teammates and repeatedly emphasized that this was the credit of everyone on the team.
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"Su, there's someone you must meet."
Begiristain smiled and took Sudong to the area where Manchester City celebrities gathered.
"You know, in everyone's mind this season, you are the most important player for Manchester City to win the championship, and forty-three years ago, he was just like you now, the turning point and the number one contributor to the team's championship."
Su Dong accompanied Begiristain to meet Francis Lee, a legendary player in Manchester City's history.
The 67-year-old English man was very happy to see Su Dong. He shook his hand affectionately, kept praising his performance in Manchester City this season, and hoped that Su Dong could continue to lead Manchester City to success.
"Don't be scared by the noise from the fans outside. In fact, they are the best and most loyal fans in England," Francis Lee said proudly.
"In the past 43 years, the team has never won a championship, but they have always been loyal to the team, with the team down to the third level, with the team ups and downs, never give up, even if they are provoked and ridiculed by Manchester United fans, even if they experience nightmares like hell, they have never wavered."
"They have been suppressed for too long and need to vent like this."
Su Dong smiled and nodded. He could understand the feelings of Manchester City fans. He had also come into contact with Manchester City fans before.
It’s really interesting to say that 43 years ago in the Premier League, Manchester City also beat Manchester United and won the championship in the last round. The situation is very similar to this season.
At that time, English Football League One was dominated by Matt Busby's Manchester United and Shankly's Liverpool. Manchester United was still led by George Best at the time. Both teams were the favorites of the English Football League One at the time.
"I still remember clearly that it was our second season back to League One from League Two. As a newly promoted team that season, we only finished 15th in the league. So before that season, no one was optimistic about us. Everyone thought that we would be lucky if we could stay in the league," said legendary captain Tony Booker.
"That's right, and we had a bad start, drawing 0-0 with Liverpool at home and losing 2-3 to Southampton away, and Stoke City, remember? We lost 0-3 to Stoke City away, that was the third round." said legendary goalkeeper Ken Mulhern.
"But we then won five games in a row, beating Southampton, Nottingham Forest, Newcastle, Coventry and Sheffield United. But we didn't expect that we would lose 0-1 away to Arsenal, 1-2 at home to our city rivals Manchester United and 0-1 to Sunderland. After five consecutive wins, we suffered three consecutive defeats, which led to the team's ups and downs and was very unstable."
When everyone said this, they all looked at Francis Lee at the same time.
"Under such circumstances, the team spent a high price of 60,000 pounds to introduce Lee from Bolton, who was in English League Two at the time. Lee was a fast winger. The transfer agreement signed that year is still on display in the Hall of Fame for people to see." Tony Booker laughed.
"Lee, Colin Bell, Mike Summers, and... Nick Young, who passed away this year. The four of them formed our Manchester City's offensive formation at the time and completely activated the team's offense. We scored only three fewer goals than George Best's Manchester United that year, but conceded 12 fewer goals than them."
"It can be said that it was from this inconspicuous transfer that Manchester City embarked on the highway to the league championship, and beat Manchester United in the last round to win the championship. In the last round, the team played Newcastle away 4-3, and the victory was also very dangerous, just like the face of Stoke City tonight."
A group of famous players are reminiscing about the glory of the past and are pleased with Manchester City's brilliance tonight.
Su Dong, Begiristain, Guardiola and others listened silently and showed respect to this group of celebrities.
Perhaps, many, many years later, Su Dong will also be like them, explaining to future generations everything that happened today.
This is actually a kind of inheritance.
"Su!" Francis Lee looked at Su Dong deeply. "You are different from us and all the players in Manchester City's history. You are the king of this era. You come to Manchester City with everyone's expectations. You carry everyone's expectations. We all believe that you will lead Manchester City to success."
"In the upcoming FA Cup and Europa League, next season, the season after that, and every season and every game thereafter, we hope to see you continue to lead this team, forge ahead, and create your glorious history."
Su Dong felt a heavy sense of expectation. He nodded heavily, then stretched out his hand and shook hands with these celebrities one by one.
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There is actually no specific process for the award ceremony. It is mainly responsible for the presentation of several awards and the collection of the championship trophy.
Manchester City, which won the third Premier League championship trophy in the club's history, was the number one winner of the awards ceremony.
Head coach Guardiola beat famous coaches such as Ferguson and Ancelotti to win the title of the best manager of the season sponsored by sponsor Barclays Bank, while goalkeeper Joe Hart won the Golden Glove Award.
There is nothing wrong with Guardiola winning the award, but Joe Hart's winning of the Golden Glove was more or less due to the team's overall performance. Otherwise, judging from his personal performance alone, Joe Hart made a lot of mistakes.
Su Dong won the title of Player of the Season. This was his first Premier League season and he won the title of Player of the Season. This was the first time in Premier League history.
More importantly, before tonight, Su Dong had already won two other major awards, namely the England FWA Footballer of the Year awarded by the England Football Writers' Association, and the England PFA Footballer of the Year awarded by the England Professional Footballers' Association. Both awards are very prestigious.
It can be said that those who won these two awards are all the best performing Premier League stars of the season.
There have been people who have won all three awards before, such as Su Dong’s best friend, Cristiano Ronaldo, and Arsenal’s Henry. They have all won all three awards, and without exception, they have all achieved extraordinary achievements in the Premier League.
Now, in Su Dong’s first season at Manchester City, everyone has seen his strength.
These three awards are undoubtedly the best proof!
At the end of the award ceremony, under the gaze of countless Manchester City fans, Su Dong, as captain, once again stepped onto the podium and, on behalf of the team, held high the Premier League championship trophy.
This will be the third top league championship trophy in the club's history.
In an instant, the entire Etihad Stadium was filled with deafening cheers.
Manchester City players also rushed to the podium, guarding Su Dong and the championship trophy in the middle, with an extremely excited expression on everyone's face.
Tonight, Manchester City is the champion!
(End of this chapter)
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