Chapter 64 Champions League semi-finals
Updated: 2012-11-06
It was over, and Chelsea's UEFA Champions League trip this season ended like this. Chelsea lost to Manchester United by a total score of 1-3 and bid farewell to the UEFA Champions League this season, which made Chelsea fans and senior executives very dissatisfied.
At the end of the game, Chelsea fans shouted that Ancelotti was dismissed. They could no longer bear Carlos Ancelotti. Chelsea had encountered Manchester United seven times in these two seasons, but Carlos Ancelotti's Chelsea only won once, which made it difficult for Chelsea fans to be satisfied.
In fact, many people have seen that such a thing is not Carlos Ancelotti's fault alone, and some experts have also stood up to complain about Carlos Ancelotti. But Carlos Ancelotti did not stand up to complain about himself, and seemed to have already agreed to such a thing, which made Chelsea fans think that it was completely Carlos Ancelotti's fault, and they all shouted that Carlos Ancelotti was dismissed.
At this time, Alex Ferguson stood up and spoke for Carlos Ancelotti, but Chelsea fans did not believe it. Who would believe the words of an enemy? Gong Zheng also stood up and spoke for Carlos Ancelotti, but Chelsea fans were still unwilling to believe it, and they shouted that Carlos Ancelotti was dismissed.
Now everyone can see that Carlos Ancelotti has entered the countdown at Chelsea. At this time, Chelsea has begun to select coaches with high profile and has begun to prepare for next season. Carlos Ancelotti also received many invitations from the team at this time, hoping that he can take over the team and lead the team to continue moving forward.
But these have nothing to do with Manchester United anymore. Now Manchester United should do their own thing. Now it is the most critical time for the league. There are still six rounds left in the league, and Manchester United only leads second-place Arsenal six points, only two games.
Moreover, at this time, Manchester United still has the UEFA Champions League to play, while Arsenal only has the league, so it will be very important for Manchester United at this time.
Manchester United's next game is not the league, but the FA Cup semi-finals. At this time, Manchester United can be said to be fighting on the third line. On the one hand, this shows that Manchester United's performance this year is indeed good, but on the other hand, it shows that Manchester United has too many ties. Whether this is a good thing for the busy Manchester United team is not clear.
Manchester United's opponent in the FA Cup semi-finals is Manchester City, who comes from the same city. Now Manchester City only has the league and the FA Cup. They have no hope of winning the league championship. Manchester City attaches great importance to the FA Cup championship and they really want to win this game.
This game was played in Manchester United City's home court. At this time, Manchester United should consider whether the three lines are moving in unison or giving up one line? This is very painful for Manchester United. After all, the jumper is very close to the championship, and they don't want to give up. But will not give up affect other lines?
At this time, Alex Ferguson still gritted his teeth and persisted, strived to advance together with the three-tier team, and won another triple crown. If he really won the triple crown this year, the triple crown will be more substantial and valuable than last year's triple crown.
In the semi-finals of the FA Cup in England against Manchester City, all the main players of Manchester United started, and everyone saw the ambitions of Manchester United. This made Manchester City fans very unhappy. At the beginning of the game, Manchester City fans greeted Manchester United frantically.
At the beginning of the game, Manchester United launched a fierce attack, hoping to win the game as soon as possible so that they would have time to rest. However, they did not succeed. Instead, they were sneak attacked by Manchester City at the end of the first half, and Tevez scored the goal.
Manchester City is leading, and of course the main players of Manchester United have no time to rest. After all, they are determined to advance together in the third line. Now that they have paid so much in this game, they will definitely win. However, things are unpredictable. Manchester United, who plays all the main players, did not score a goal until the end of the game. In the end, Manchester United lost to Manchester City 0-1 away and missed the final of the FA Cup.
This result hurts Manchester United. If I had known that I would lose this game, it would be better to send players from the second team to the court directly. The main players did not get a rest, which would inevitably affect the preparations for the league and the Champions League in the future. However, it is not without benefits to end the FA Cup at this time, but the cost of this benefit is a bit higher.
Next, Manchester United went to play against Newcastle United away. In this game, Manchester United played the main players, but Manchester United played against Newcastle United away, which was affected by the game against Manchester City. However, at this time, Arsenal did not seize the opportunity. They drew against their opponents one by one and did not narrow the gap. The two sides are still six points apart.
After drew with Newcastle United by zero to zero, Manchester United returned to home against Everton. Arsenal hoped that Everton could cause some trouble for Manchester United. Indeed, after the game began, Everton caused great trouble for Manchester United, which made Manchester United fans and Alex Ferguson very anxious. Just as the game was about to end, Gong Zheng stood up and defeated Everton, scored three points, allowing Manchester United to continue to lead the standings.
This is Gong Zheng's 41st goal in the Premier League this season. This guy Gong Zheng's performance this year is simply too weird. In this round of game, Arsenal did not withstand, losing to Bolton 1-2 away, but Arsenal did not withstand it.
However, at this time, Chelsea scored a goal, and now it is only six points behind Manchester United. Manchester United scored 73 points, and Chelsea scored 67 points now.
After this game, Manchester United began to prepare for the first leg of the semi-finals of the UEFA Champions League. Manchester United's semi-final opponent was the Bundesliga team Schalke 04. The first game was away. Manchester United won Gelsenkirchen to face Schalke 04.
Before this game began, England's Sun also reported on the game at the first time: the two sides had a first encounter and Manchester United won even bigger.
They wrote in the newspaper: At 19:45 pm on April 27, 2011, England time, Schalke 04 will face Manchester United at home. Schalke is light-fitting and barefoot and not afraid of wearing shoes, while Manchester United is trying to enter the finals.
The two teams have never met in the European Cup before, which is the first time they both have encountered each other. Manchester United is good now, and Schalke is in good shape in 04.
Against Inter Milan, Lord of the Rings Raul showed his peak level, scoring both goals at home and away to help Schalke reach the semi-finals. Raul also scored 71 goals in the Champions League, leading the Champions League goal list. Manchester United head coach Alex Ferguson considered signing Raul last summer, but both sides were destined to be together. Raul has always been a player Ferguson admired more, but Ferguson probably wouldn't have thought of meeting him in the Champions League semi-finals last summer. Even if Raul didn't score, he could still set a record, that is, the number of appearances in the Champions League.
In the past five games, Rangnick has made four personnel adjustments in each game. As we all know, his tactic is to change his platoons around the opponent. Rangnick tends to use the 442 formation, but may also use the midfielder Matipu to replace the striker Edu.
Midfielder Kruger's health is still a question mark. He returned to the team to train last week but did not participate in last weekend's game, as is the case with central defender Hevedes. Schalke confirmed that the players absent were Hunterrall, Gafranovic, Pandel, Moritz and Hogland.
Like his opponent Schalke, Ferguson is keen on rotation. However, he will likely use the quarterfinals as the same squad against Chelsea.
Wayne Rooney seems to have an injury before the game, but regardless of whether Xiaopang recovers or not, Hernandez and Gong Zheng are expected to continue leading the Red Devils' attack line. Midfielder Fletcher also has questions. He missed a month of game due to stomach upset. Hargreaves is definitely excluded.
This game is very important for Manchester United. When you win this game, then when you return to home, Manchester United's initiative will be even greater. Manchester United's mission this season is still the double championship. Coupled with the Community Shield Cup, the European Super Cup and the World Club Champions League at the beginning of the season, Manchester United is about to create a super myth again.
Before this game, Alex Ferguson issued a death order. Manchester United must win this game, which is the only result he can accept. Before this game, Manchester United players were also confident, and they also believed that it would be no big problem to defeat Schalke 04.
Of course, Schalke 04 will not show weakness. In the interview, they also believed that they would not lose in this game, and they would win in the end. They were ready, and they had already given up on the league, and Manchester United still had the league tie.
Major football celebrities in Germany also came out to say good things for the Bundesliga team Schalke 04. They all believed that Schalke 04 was going to win in this game because Schalke 04 made sufficient preparations for this game, while Manchester United was fighting for both sides, and their physical fitness and mental health could not keep up.
Of course, England will not sit idly by. There are many celebrities in England who speak out. Of course, their words are based on Manchester United. They claim that Manchester United has almost no problem entering the finals.
This game has attracted much attention from Germany and the English. The attention of this game is really great. It will definitely bring a lot of pressure to the players on both sides. Now it depends on who can withstand the pressure.
Moreover, in last year's World Cup, there was controversy between England and Germany, and the contradiction between them seemed to have been introduced into the clubs of the two countries. Now that Manchester United and Schalke 04 met in such an important game, everyone raised this topic again.
Fans of both countries are also very concerned about this game. They all hope that the teams of their respective national teams can win. The Englishman of course hopes that Manchester United can win to repay the pain of losing in the World Cup last year. German fans are happy to see Schalke 04 win.
Chapter completed!