Man City - "The savior of a season"
(Baonghean.vn) - Round 22 of the Premier League has ended, there are not many changes on the rankings, Liverpool is the team leading the table with 57 points and the 2nd ranked team is still Man City with 53 points, 3rd ranked is Tottenham with 48 points, Chelsea with 47 points... but the gap between the top team and the 2nd ranked team is now only 4 points.
However, what football fans remember most in the last two rounds is Man City, the reigning champion team that returned to the race and rescued the Premier League from a boring season.
If they had not stopped Liverpool in round 21, and fallen to Wolvehampton in round 22, the gap would have been 13 points now and the race for the title in the remaining journey would not have much meaning. Perhaps it would only be the competition for the top 4 to find a place in the European Cup next season.
Along with that is the competition of the bottom teams to avoid relegation. However, the defending champion's spirit was awakened at the right time and things are different now, the race is no longer Liverpool's alone.
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Man City is back on track. Photo: Goal |
Let's look at Serie A - the national football championship in Italy when Juventus with the last 7 seasons from the season (2011-2012 through the season 2017-2018) they have no opponents on the way to the championship. And this season 2018-2019 is probably no exception when after 19 rounds they are still dominating the top of the table when they are far away from the 2nd ranked team Napoli with a gap of 9 points (53 compared to 44). Far away from the 3rd ranked team Inter Milan by 14 points.
In Serie A, finding a team to compete with the Old Lady of Turin for the title at this time is too difficult. Or in Ligue 1 - the French national football championship, where Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) is alone on the race track when in recent seasons (from 2013 to 2018 alone) they have always occupied the sole position in the race to the finish line.
And this year, the home team of Stade de France also has no opponents when PSG has only played 18 matches, the number of points is 50 points, 13 points more than the team ranked next, Lile (played 20 matches), (50 points compared to 37 points); more than the team ranked 3rd, Olympique Lyon17 points... While PSG still have 2 matches left to play, we can once again imagine the French champion, even though the 2018-2019 Ligue 1 season is only halfway through.
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Coach Pep Guardiola is very confident ahead of the big matches. Photo: Goal |
What about the Bundesliga - the German football championship? The king of titles across Germany is none other than Bayern Munich with 28 German national championships (from 2013 to 2018 alone), but the name that raises the silver plate at the end of the season is still Bayern Munich. And if that happens over and over again, the tournament will become boring.
The Premier League is different, it is very competitive and extremely fierce. There are seasons where the champion is still not found in the penultimate rounds, there are "big guys" who still fall to "minor" teams in the decisive rounds. That is why the Premier League - the Premier League is known as the most attractive football tournament on the planet.
Up to now, after 22 rounds, we can only confirm which team has the advantage, but we cannot confirm which team will win the championship, Liverpool or Man City, Tottenham, Chelsea, Arsenal, MU... all still have a chance. The road ahead is still very long and worth waiting for, there will not be a team that creates a big gap like in Serie A, Ligue 1 or Bundesliga.
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Kevin De Bruyne's return from injury will add to Man City's strength for the rest of the season. Photo: Goal |
As for Man City, the reigning Premier League champions have shown a strong revival in recent rounds. In the third round of the FA Cup, they destroyed Rotherham United 7-0, then defeated Burton 9-0 in the first leg of the semi-final of the English League Cup.
In round 22 of the Premier League, they defeated Wolves with a score of 3-0, but the most important thing was that coach Pep Guardiola and his students stopped Liverpool's 20-match unbeaten streak in round 21.
The decisive round of the season slowed down the "Red Brigade's" progress towards the finish line, creating an "exciting race" for the teams behind. So it is impossible not to praise Man City, "the savior of a season"./.