Newcastle United was a strong team a long time ago. In the first decade of the Premier League, they were also a team that the North has always been good at fighting. I remember that under the leadership of Kevin Keegan, they also competed for the league championship with Ferguson's Manchester United.

However, in recent years, Newcastle United has unknowingly declined.

In the 2008-2009 season, they even relegated from the Super League to the Championship.

This is a shame for Newcastle United.

After returning to the Premier League, their results were only ranked twelfth.

However, this season, Newcastle United performed well.

The league held thirty-six rounds, and Newcastle United ranked fifth with 19 wins, 8 draws, nine losses and 65 points.

Their ranking is even higher than Chelsea, who is only 61 points now, ranking sixth.

The fifth place in the league can guarantee a UEFA Cup quota. Although it is not the Champions League, for a team like Newcastle United that has just been relegated, it is also good to be able to participate in the UEFA Cup.

So they care a lot about fifth place in the league.

If they lose to Manchester City and Chelsea wins the ball again, the difference between the two sides will narrow to only one point.

In this way, with the last round left in the league, Newcastle United's fifth place is not stable enough...

So in this game, Newcastle United must pursue victory.

This is destined that this game is not an easy game for Manchester City.

Newcastle United, who played at home, launched a rapid offensive against Manchester City's goal with their home advantage at the beginning of the game, but they did not score.

Without being able to break through Manchester City's goal, Newcastle United did not have a fight. They quickly retreated and began to slowly deal with Manchester City in the midfield and backcourt.

They are worried that they will give Manchester City the opportunity to fight back if they just press on the attack.

In recent seasons, Manchester City's rapid counterattack has been deeply rooted in people's hearts, and everyone knows how sharp their counterattack is.

Until the end of the first half, neither side was able to score.

This brought relief to Barcelona fans and Messi supporters who were following the game in front of the TV.

The time for Rong Guang scored another 45 minutes less...

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After the second half of the game started, the situation still did not change.

Newcastle United are more afraid of losing than they can't win, so they have been trying their best to deal with Manchester City in the midfield, which prevents them from scoring, but also makes Manchester City's goals difficult.

With this season in progress, Manchester City is very tired, both the main players and the substitutes. Even if Benitez uses rotation, it cannot guarantee the players' combat effectiveness.

From early March to now, Manchester City has basically played double games every week, and Benitez has started to rotate frequently, so the substitutes have also consumed a lot of physical energy.

Therefore, they don’t seem to have many ways to face a Newcastle United away game.

At this time, if you want to win, you have to rely on the power of the stars.

In this game, Benitez kept Kaka in Manchester, Ibrahimovic sat on the bench, and only Rong Guang was on the field on the offensive trident, and even Sneider was not there.

Therefore, at this time, the stars Manchester City can really rely on are actually a glory.

When the team performed poorly, everyone's eyes naturally fell on Rongguang. Even TV broadcasts began to frequently give Rongguang close-ups.

Everyone is waiting for the glory to explode.

Similarly, all Newcastle United players are also guarding against the outbreak of glory.

Rong Guang is often surrounded by two Newcastle United players, and sometimes three are even there.

Anyway, there is only one starting lineup in Manchester City now, which scares Newcastle United. They can use almost all their defensive forces to defend Glory without worrying about loopholes in other positions.

Under such circumstances, everyone thinks it is really difficult for Rongguang to score a goal.

Messi's supporters gloated on the Internet and cheered for Newcastle United. And Rong Guang's supporters criticized Benitez for using rotation in such an important game, which caused Rong Guang to face too much defensive pressure and unable to score...

The game reached the 69th minute in a stalemate, and the score was still 0:0.

In fact, Manchester City doesn't have to mind the result. Even if they finally get a draw, Manchester City can win the championship in advance.

But now with the competition between Glory and Messi, Manchester City must win - the premise for them to win is Glory goals. As long as Glory scores, Manchester City can win.

However, Newcastle United should not accept a draw.

Because even if they tied Manchester City at their home court, they were only two points ahead of Chelsea.

This still doesn't ensure they win fifth in the league. Because in the last round, Newcastle United challenged Everton away.

So they should be pursuing victory, but when facing Manchester City, they are not particularly brave enough to pursue victory.

Even if it is a Manchester City team without all the main players, they dare not.

At this time, Rongguang solved this problem for them.

In the 70th minute, Manchester City launched an attack.

Glory had retreated to the center line. As soon as he received the ball, he turned around when the Newcastle United defender rushed up and kicked the ball.

Rong Guang's reaction was fast enough. He used his stop-ball foot to push the football away before the Newcastle United player tackled the ball. The Newcastle United player who fell to the ground could only watch his feet pass by the football, but could not do anything.

He slid past the glory.

He shook the glory of defense and drove the football forward, and he also completed the transition from the wing to the middle.

Next, face the second Newcastle United defensive player who came up to defend him. Rong Guang was a fried croquette and beautifully threw away the opponent.

Continue to speed up and drive the ball, and rush into the penalty area with a diagonal line.

At the edge of the penalty area, his upper body was shaking, making people think he was going to break through from the ribs, but in fact, he gently pushed the football forward with his feet, chose to break through in a straight line, and entered the penalty area!

The next thing is more orders.

Rong Guang, who entered the penalty area, shot directly. He straightened his instep and cut the football with his right foot. The football drew an arc against the grass, flew over from the hands of Newcastle United goalkeeper Kruel, and then... drilled into the goal!

"Rong!!! Rong! The seventy-one goal! The seventy-one!" John Motson also reported the score of the game. It was meaningless. He directly reported that this was the first goal of Rong Guang this season.

"In the 70th minute, although there is not much time left, I think it is enough for Rong. He can tie Messi with another goal!" Alan Hansen was also cheering for Rong Guang.

After scoring the goal, Rong Guang did not directly rush into the goal to pick up the football. He raised his arm to celebrate the goal.

But his teammates were more anxious about this than him. Center Berbatov was closest to the goal. He rushed into the goal immediately, then picked up the football and ran back. At the same time, he waved to Rongguang: "Don't celebrate, come quickly!"

The other teammates did not want to come up to celebrate the goal with Rongguang. They immediately retreated back to the half, returned to their position, and waited for the kickoff.

Rongguang opened his arms and found that no one came up to hug him and celebrate. When he saw his teammates, he had returned to his position. Everyone looked at him, and the meaning in his eyes... Rongguang was not a fool, so he could see clearly.

So he put down his arm in a little disappointed manner and ran back.

Seeing him back, Manchester City players were relieved.

The game can continue to begin.

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Before Glory scored, Newcastle United had to worry about whether it was offense or defense.

Now they don’t have to worry about it—if they want to win, of course they have to attack!

However, Newcastle United's offense will also give Manchester City more opportunities...

In the 78th minute, Manchester City was directly crossed by Berbatov in the middle in a counterattack, trying to give the football to Glory. As a result, the football was blocked by Newcastle United players when they passed through two Newcastle United defenders.

The football did not pass to the feet of Rongguang or in front as promised, but fell behind Rongguang!

At this time, Rongguang had already run into the penalty area and found that the football had not come. When he turned around, he found that the football was jumping forward on the turf behind him, but the speed had slowed down significantly.

It is no longer possible to get the ball and shoot according to the previous plan.

Rongguang quickly adjusted his strategy.

He turned around and paddled the jumping football with his left foot, then picked it gently, then turned around and shot with his left foot!

The goalkeeper Kruel, who was attacking, did not expect that Rong Guang would shoot in this way with his back to him. The football came suddenly. After he crawled past him, he made a move to fall to the ground to save, but it was useless.

The football flew into the goal for the second time!

"The 72nd goal!! Rong tied Messi again!"

"The competition between the two is so fierce. Now they both score 72 goals!"

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Of course, the two goals would not allow Rong Guang to stop looking for a goal. In the 89th minute of the game, Rong Guang took the ball outside the penalty area and shot directly from a long shot!

Kruel made a save and also encountered the football, but Rong Guang's shot was too powerful. The football did not even change the course of flight, and continued to fly forward and hit the net!

"Hat trick -! The 73rd goal! Rong once again overtook Messi! Three goals, each one was wonderful, and there was no penalty kick!" John Motson did not forget to ridicule Catalonian media and Messi supporters.

In front of the TV, almost all Chinese fans cheered.

Glory did not disappoint them, he helped them hit those who laughed at him and questioned him in the face!
Chapter completed!