Green Field Eunuch

Chapter 230 Mubarak and Rosell
Manchester City are overjoyed to have reached the Europa League final, but they will soon face their next league match against Everton, Manchester United's younger brother.

With the season nearing its end, the title race has become a battle between Manchester City and Manchester United. Currently, Manchester City leads Manchester United by 3 points, giving them the upper hand in the title race.

Manchester City ultimately defeated Everton 3-2 at home, securing all three points and continuing to dominate Manchester United.

In this round of league matches, Manchester United defeated Chelsea, maintaining their 3-point lead over Manchester City.

Although they failed to widen the points gap, they maintained the same point difference and another round of league matches has passed, which is an advantage.

With a 3-point gap and only two rounds left in the league, the league title is within reach. Manchester City can look forward to the league championship in the next round.

Every player is looking forward to it.

However, Manchester City will have to play in the FA Cup final before the next round of matches.

The FA Cup final will be held in mid-May, with Manchester City facing Stoke City, who are currently mid-table in the Premier League this season.

Stoke City is one of England's oldest football clubs. Originally, the team's members came from railway workers and the team was called the Stoke Wanderers.

However, in Stoke City's long football history, apart from a League Cup title in the 70s, they have no other notable honors and have long been relegated to the lower leagues.

The 2008-2009 season marked Stoke City's first appearance in the Premier League. Under the leadership of manager Tony Pulis, Stoke City established themselves in the Premier League for the next two seasons with their unique throw-in grenade tactics, managing to stay in the mid-table.

Stoke City have performed quite well this season, and their 10th place finish in the Premier League after 36 rounds is the best proof of that.

For a team like Stoke City, the best chance to win a title is through domestic cup competitions such as the FA Cup and the League Cup.

Stoke City have reached the FA Cup final, which shows just how strong their desire for the title is.

However, at this point in time, all eyes in European football are focused on the final title races and relegation battles in the major leagues, as well as the upcoming Champions League and Europa League finals.

This year's Champions League final was between Manchester United and Barcelona, ​​and the English media naturally focused more on Manchester United.

Compared to these competitions, the FA Cup final is just a small appetizer.

Moreover, most people do not believe that Stoke City can beat Manchester City.

"Stoke City cannot beat Manchester City."

"Manchester City have already secured the FA Cup title."

"There's no suspense in this year's FA Cup."

The reason why the media and fans thought there was no suspense was because Stoke City's ability to reach the final was mainly due to luck; they hadn't encountered any strong teams along the way.

In their previous matches, the strongest team they faced was Bolton, and Bolton practically gave up on that game.

Stoke City's ability to advance all the way to the final can be attributed to luck.

Of course, Stoke City is not willing to give up directly. Even if they lose, they will still qualify for European competitions, which is the most important thing. They will do their best to win.

Two days before the match, everyone at Stoke City, including players, coaches, managers, and owners, started cheering for the team in the media.

"We will try our best to play well in the final."

"We will not give up, we are confident."

"Manchester City is not invincible."

"This is the best chance we've ever had; it's the closest we've ever come to the championship."

“They have Shan Yongzhuo, but we have him too…”

"..."

These motivational words actually don't mean much. As The Guardian said, "They lack confidence, so they come out to boost morale." Manchester City, on the other hand, has been much more low-key; they haven't talked about the FA Cup.

There's no need to discuss it in the media. They are the stronger side, and it would be very unrefined for them to come out and talk about the game and boost morale.

Shan Yongzhuo didn't talk about these things. In his opinion, even whether or not he could win the FA Cup didn't matter much, since the championship wasn't particularly prestigious anyway.

……

5 month 15 day.

The FA Cup final has begun.

Before the match, Mancini repeatedly emphasized that we cannot let our guard down, especially with the team's defense.

Defense is Manchester City's biggest weakness.

This season, Manchester City's attacking prowess is unparalleled in Europe. Yong Zhuo alone has an incredibly impressive goal-scoring efficiency, scoring 65 goals in 36 league matches, averaging 1.8 goals per game, surpassing many Premier League teams.

However, Manchester City's goal-conceding efficiency is also quite good. In 36 rounds of the Premier League, they have conceded 52 goals, which is close to 1.5 goals per game. This only ranks them in the middle level among the 20 teams in the Premier League.

With the FA Cup final underway, Manchester City have their best chance to win their first trophy of the season, making defense crucial.

Mancini kept encouraging the team. In fact, he had high expectations for winning his first mini-treble as a coach, even higher than the players.

Meanwhile, something was happening at Manchester City. Mubarak was in his office, contemplating something.

He received a call from his assistant, who said it was from Madrid, Spain. He was a little surprised when he heard that, but after answering, he realized that it was from Florentino Pérez, the president of La Liga giants Real Madrid.

Florentino's call was simple: he was tentatively proposing to buy Shan Yongzhuo's products.

Rosell is currently a major topic of discussion in Spanish football.

He served as the vice president of Barcelona from 2003 to 2005, but eventually left the club due to disagreements with Laporta's ideas.

However, in 2010, he ultimately became the new president of Barcelona with an absolute majority.

However, the pressure on this new chairman is not small.

In La Liga, although the Galácticos II were completely overshadowed by Barcelona last season, Real Madrid has gradually risen this season with the arrival of Mourinho.

In this season's Copa del Rey final, Barcelona lost to Real Madrid, not only losing the El Clásico for the first time since 2008-2011, but also handing over the Copa del Rey title.

Although they achieved a three-peat in the league this season and reached the Champions League final, Barcelona still faces considerable pressure from a rising Real Madrid.

So what to do?

Russell immediately thought of Shan Yongzhuo.

As the top scorer in football today, many people believe that Shan Yongzhuo should join a top team, and Rosell thinks so too.

So, which top club would you like to join?
Of course, Barcelona is the best club.

This has always been Barcelona's pride and arrogance.

If they can create a combination of Messi and Shan Yongzhuo, then continuously suppressing Real Madrid should not be a problem.

With that in mind, Rosell couldn't stop. Although Guardiola didn't comment on it, he still made the tentative call.

Of course, he also knew that this was just a test, and that it would be extremely difficult to actually win over Shan Yongzhuo.

(End of this chapter)