Man City won the historic “quintet”.
The 2022/2023 season and the rest of 2023 have brought the most brilliant successes in Man City’s history. Under the guidance of coach Pep Guardiola, Man City has performed attractive and extremely effective football.
Man City successfully defended the Premier League title and won the FA Cup. But the most important and notable arena for them is the Champions League. By defeating Inter Milan 1-0 in the final, Man City won the championship for the first time in Europe’s most prestigious tournament.
Man City has won a lot of success in 2023. Photo: SPORT
The Champions League crown also brings a place in the European Super Cup and a ticket to the FIFA Club World Cup. With outstanding class and a bit of luck, Man City won two more titles to achieve a “quintet” that no other English football team has ever achieved.
Lionel Messi won his 8th Golden Ball
At the end of 2022, Messi played explosively in Qatar, making a major contribution to helping Argentina win the 2022 World Cup championship. Right at that time, experts and fans predicted that Messi would win the Golden Ball. for the 8th time in his career.
Although his time at PSG did not bring much joy to Messi, that did not prevent him from overcoming his strong opponents in the race for the 2023 Golden Ball, Erling Haaland and Kylian Mbappe. Messi raised his own record of winning the Golden Ball to 8 and this achievement will certainly be difficult to break in many years.
Messi has increased his record of winning the Golden Ball in his career to 8. Photo: SPORT
Cristiano Ronaldo opens the “Saudi Pro League wave”
On the first day of 2023, Ronaldo joined Saudi Arabia’s Al Nassr in the surprise of many people. After breaking up with MU for the second time, Ronaldo wanted to stay in Europe to play football but in the end had the choice to go to Saudi Arabia with a “huge” income.
Ronaldo’s presence and the owners’ ability to pay has made the Saudi Pro League a strong attraction for many stars. A series of famous players who are at their peak have decided to go to Saudi Arabia to play football such as Kante, Mane, Firmino, Benzema, Neymar…
Ronaldo has opened the trend of going to Saudi Arabia to play football with many stars. Photo: SPORT
Novak Djokovic set a series of new tennis records
Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal are two undeniable legends of tennis. These two great players have set countless impressive records when they were still competing (with Federer) or at their peak (with Nadal).
However, in 2023, Novak Djokovic showed how much his persistence paid off. Even though he is 36 years old, Djokovic shows no signs of losing his form or physical strength or determination to conquer titles.
Nole has consecutively won championships in the Grand Slam system to have 24 crowns, setting a new record. In addition, he is also the player who has won the most titles at the ATP Finals, reached the most Grand Slam semi-finals (47 times), and is the first person to win the Triple Career Grand Slam (winning all 4 tournaments in the system). Grand with each award winning at least 3 times). Besides, Djokovic has set a super record of winning the ATP Finals 7 times, 1 more than Federer.
Djokovic has monopolized many tennis records. Photo: SPORT
China set a record for gold medals at Asiad 19
Asiad 19 held in Hangzhou (China) witnessed the dominance of the host country’s sports delegation. In many sports, China proved to be much stronger than other competitors and had a breakthrough right from the first day of competition.
At the end of Asiad 19, the Chinese sports team won 201 gold medals, 111 silver medals, and 71 bronze medals, leaving Japan and South Korea behind by a huge gap. 201 gold medals also helped China set a new record for the number of gold medals won at one Asiad, surpassing the old record set by themselves with 199 gold medals in 2010.
China played overwhelmingly at Asiad 19. Photo: SPORT
Spain wins the 2023 Women’s World Cup
At the 2023 Women’s World Cup, Vietnamese football made a historic mark by winning tickets to the finals for the first time. Despite losing all 3 matches in the group stage against the US, Portugal, and the Netherlands and not scoring any goals, this is still a meaningful tournament for coach Mai Duc Chung and his team.
Also in this tournament, the Spanish women’s team was initially not highly appreciated when there was internal turmoil before the opening day. But after that, the Spanish women’s team played better and better and they were crowned after winning the final against a very strong opponent, the England women’s team.
Spain was crowned impressively. Photo: People Magazine