On May 21st, Beijing time, after Arsenal lost to Nottingham Forest, Manchester City won the Premier League title ahead of schedule this season, and continued to move towards the triple crown!
When Manchester United won the treble in 1999, it was the last three games of the season, and three championships were decided:
On May 16th, in the last round of the Premier League, they reversed Tottenham 2-1 and won the first championship by one point. On May 22nd, in the FA Cup final, the Red Devils beat Newcastle 2-0 and won the second championship. On May 27th, in the final of the Champions League, Ferguson’s team scored two goals in stoppage time, 2-1 reversed Bayern, and achieved the triple crown!
Twenty-four years later, Manchester City’s first championship came earlier, and it didn’t need to wait until the final round to win the Premier League championship in advance. The rest of the league was just a formality, and the most important thing was two finals.
At 22 o’clock on the evening of June 3, in the FA Cup final, Manchester City played Manchester United at Wembley Stadium. If you win, you will win two championships; If you lose, the triple crown will be shattered in advance.
At 3 am on June 11th, the Champions League final, Manchester City PK Inter Milan. Interestingly, the Nerazzurri are also attacking the Triple Crown (Italian Super Cup+Italian Cup), but there is no Serie A champion. Only by winning and winning the most weighty championship can the triple crown be regarded as a real achievement.