The first team to advance to the Champions League final has been determined. Inter Milan eliminated Barcelona and advanced to the final, waiting for another final opponent.
It was probably Manchester United, but Manchester United's poor 1:0 at home kept the suspense of the semifinals until the second round.
The French team still has a chance to make a comeback at home. The good news is that Manchester United's main forward Rooney will still be unable to play due to a thigh muscle strain.
But Li Yu will still start. No matter which country's media now admits, as long as Li Yu appears on the field, the team playing against Manchester United must try their best to deal with Manchester United's No. 9. If not, the only thing waiting for them is
One result, a goal!
The attack power is full of impact, and it seems that Manchester United's No. 9 is not afraid of any big scenes. In fact, it proves that in the more critical games, Li Yu will always give a good answer.
Facing an almost unsolvable Manchester United forward, how the French team responds is the first thing that those who pay attention to in the second round will pay attention to.
On the field, people will find that there will always be two or three Lyon players around Li Yu. The French team has done its best to defend Manchester United's No. 9 with as much strength as possible.
This was at the home court of the French, but it still had no obvious effect. Li Yu once again proved with a goal that he could be defended without more people. The sharp breakthrough made the French defenders confused and pulled
Even if you can't pull him down, any foul strategy is just a cloud, and scoring a goal becomes a matter of course!
The suspense before the game became so pale when it came to the field. Facts also proved that Lyon's ability to reach the semi-finals was their limit. At this point, they seemed too conservative. Even at their home court, they continued
Following the strategy of defensive counterattack, facing Manchester United's blind defense, the final result can only be a goal by Manchester United No. 9.
In the second round away from home, it was still 0:1, and Li Yu scored the only goal again.
Ferguson expressed regret after the game, "We did a great job in the game, but unfortunately we only scored one goal. We failed to seize many good opportunities, but we advanced to the finals for three consecutive years.
, one goal is enough!”
Li Yu also expressed the same view, "There were other opportunities in the game, but unfortunately no goal was scored. We entered the Champions League final again. This is definitely a great moment. Next, we must be prepared for the final.
Got it!"
In addition to the Champions League final, Manchester United is about to face Sunderland in the league, which has also become the focus of media attention. Although it is an away game, Manchester United only needs to score one point to complete the four-time Premier League crown.
Whether Sunderland can stop Manchester United's progress, perhaps even they themselves don't have that confidence.
Before the start of the penultimate round of the Premier League, Li Yu also returned to China and Hong Kong for a World Cup warm-up match. Their opponent was the South American team Peru!
Li Yu came on as a substitute in the second half. Perhaps Eriksen wanted to see what kind of game China Hong Kong would play without Li Yu in the first half 45 minutes, but the effect was not good. Li Yu was missing on the front line.
Threat, the China Hong Kong team fell behind the Peruvian team on the scene by one goal in the first half!
Facts have also proved that the China Hong Kong team can barely be regarded as a third-rate team in the world without Li Yu.
Li Yu was substituted at the beginning of the second half. With Li Yu's appearance, the local fans who were once a little dissatisfied once again burst out with the loudest cheers. This is the cheering sound that the Hong Kong Stadium should give out.
After his appearance, Li Yu did not disappoint the fans' expectations. He scored two goals with a long shot and in the penalty area. The Peruvian team also lacked good methods for Li Yu. This problem has to be solved by other teams.
2:1, China Hong Kong team defeated the visiting Peru national team with Li Yu's two goals and got a good start in the warm-up match!
Eriksson also had to admit after the game that the strength shown by the China Hong Kong team in the first and second half was a completely two-level team. The difference between the first and second halves can be intuitively seen from the completely different reactions of the fans.
After Li Yu came on the field, the team seemed to be injected with vitality in an instant. Both offense and defense have improved significantly. Regarding this problem, Eriksson believes that he has not found a good way to solve it. The only thing that can be confirmed is that
First of all, it is necessary to protect Li Yu. He is really important to the China Hong Kong team.
After the warm-up match, Li Yu hurried back to the UK to prepare for the Premier League.
In the earlier match between Chelsea and Liverpool, no one expected that when there was basically no hope of winning the championship, the Chelsea people would show such strong fighting power, defeating Liverpool 2:0 in the away game, and continue to catch up with Manchester United.
Step by step, hoping for a miracle to happen.
Chelsea and Liverpool have faced each other for the 26th time in various competitions since October 2004. The protagonists have changed one after another. The last time the Blues defeated the Reds in the league away from home was during the Mourinho era (4-4 in 2005).
1), the scorers also include Duff and other names. Now the Blues, led by Ancelotti, have also reached a point of lineup replacement.
After defeating Wigan in the last round, Chelsea will win the Premier League championship and may win a double crown after the FA Cup final. However, the general trend of personnel replacement in the summer is inevitable. Take the 13 players who played in this crucial battle as an example. Among them
This includes people who are on the verge of leaving the team.
Ballack served as the starting midfielder and his performance was very stable. He had a large interception area and the ability to organize transitional balls. When Mikel and Essien were unable to play, he was the most ideal candidate for the midfielder. However, Germany
Whether he will stay or go is still unknown. His contract renewal negotiations are temporarily put on hold. Chelsea may first look at the availability of the same position in the summer.
Who to bring in, then make a decision. Judging from Ballack's performance, he can still play a leading role in the midfield. Although 33 years old is a bit too old, the left-behind midfielder position has relatively low physical requirements for players. Mark
Lelei and Ballack's compatriot Matthäus have both served as defensive barriers in their senior years.
In the 92nd minute of this game, Joe Cole came on the bench to replace Anelka. The Englishman appeared as a "time-delaying pawn". Among the 13 players who played at Chelsea today, Joe Cole is the most likely to leave the team.
, his contract renewal negotiations with Chelsea broke down, and he will be free to leave the team when his contract expires this summer. The British media has been saying that Manchester United is interested in him. Now more Arsenal coach Arsene Wenger has expressed his good impressions of Joe Cole.
"Joe Cole is an interesting target," Wenger said, "but whether I have enough players in these positions, we have to wait and see." Like Ferguson, Wenger is interested in Joe.
- Cole's net worth is zero. Although his condition and ability have shown signs of decline this season, it is obviously still tempting to get such a national-level player for free.
For Chelsea, the cost of retaining Joe Cole seems to be too high. The Englishman's contract renewal requirement is a weekly salary of 120,000 pounds. His contribution this season is not worth the price. The Blues even want to replace his current contract with Chelsea.
If there is a salary reduction based on 80,000 yuan, the price gap between the two parties will be very difficult.
Negotiated. Another factor that is unfavorable to Joe Cole is that Kalou was reused at the end of the season, and he seized the opportunity and performed very well. He scored a hat trick in the last round and is in excellent competitive form this round. Joe -
Cole's status and importance on the team have further declined.
Recent public opinion has also been unfavorable to the 28-year-old Joe Cole. More and more voices believe that he is a talented player who was labeled as a genius early on, but he only had an epiphany and never reached the heights expected by people.
Joe Cole responded angrily: "Those who say I only have talent are lazy. They should come and watch me for five or six games in a row. I don't think there is any winger or attacking midfielder who works as hard as I do."
Defense. I’m very tough and I have the guts.”
Although Joe Cole is dissatisfied with such comments, an indisputable fact is that this is his worst season since coming to Chelsea, and it shows an obvious downward trend. This year, the Blues are about to make a major overhaul of the lineup.
, you can imagine how difficult it is for an English talent who seems to have exhausted his potential to stay on the team.
Shouting, waving, cursing, furious... You rarely see these excited expressions on the calm and somewhat dull Ancelotti. If Wilkins hadn't pulled him back at the right time, no one would have been able to predict what this honest man would do.
How powerful the coming fire will be!
It's not really what he said before the game: the atmosphere in Anfield is exciting. There is only one reason - in this must-win game, the Italian accurately conveyed the signal to his players with his expression:
There was no room for failure in this game. But as his expression turned into clenched fists and cheers, people knew that the catharsis at this moment represented how much pressure the Italian was carrying.
In the 2-0 victory over Liverpool, Ancelotti's double victory was not just for the Red Army. This season, he has achieved the glorious performance of winning all three of the six games. For this reason alone, Stamford Bridge deserves to be proud of him. Tired but still capable
Inadequate Liverpool performance was poor, but
This cannot negate the efforts of Ancelotti and his team and his undisputed five wins before. In this regard, the combat effectiveness shown by Chelsea this season is daunting, and it is far away from the 97 points created by Manchester United in a single season.
goals, and they were only two goals apart.
In particular, he faced Benitez, who had humiliated him. No one could forget that soul-stirring night in Istanbul, how Liverpool completed a shocking comeback against Ancelotti's Milan. Two years later, Ancelotti made a comeback.
He led Milan to a successful comeback. This season, he led Chelsea to defeat the Red Army twice. Hatred has been replaced by sweetness.
In the final stage of the league, facing the fiercely chasing Manchester United, Chelsea was under a lot of pressure, but Ancelotti laughed it off with his "casualness". This kind of casualness has repeatedly hindered his team in away games, even when leading.
It was also overturned by teams like Manchester City, Villa, and Everton. But by the last moment of the league, Ancelotti had begun to take it seriously and showed his colors at the most critical time. The Italian did a good job.
After losing to Tottenham, he repeatedly reminded his players that there was no room for error and they must concentrate and not underestimate any opponent. The 7-0 massacre of poor Stoke City was proof of this, but facing Manchester United
The lead has allowed Chelsea to unleash unprecedented fighting power. It might have been promising earlier, but now Chelsea people can only look at Manchester United's face.
Faced with a must-win game, he sent out three forwards. The team was very nervous in the first half, and even captain Terry made mistakes. Uncharacteristically, Ancelotti repeatedly stood on the sidelines and shouted instructions without giving any time to the referee.
Lu was furious at the penalty kick. He always respected the referee and put pressure on the referee with his own attitude, because he was smart and had learned that in England, you don't get mercy just by being patient. At critical moments, you still need to fight. And now, from the end
The victory lasted only 90 minutes. At Stamford Bridge, the Italian still maintained the hope of enjoying the "championship song" from the fans for the first time.
On the other hand, Manchester United is completing its contract renewal plan in an orderly manner!
Captain Neville has renewed his contract for one year. Counting the 39-year-old Edwin van der Sar, the 36-year-old Giggs and the 35-year-old Scholes, all the "four veterans" will also appear in the Manchester United lineup in the new season. Ferguson gave
The reason given is that Neville, like Bryan Robson, Bruce and Keane, has the unique spirit and temperament of Manchester United: "They are huge assets, and it is very important to keep them in the locker room."
Two years ago, Neville suffered a serious ankle injury and rested for 18 months. Ferguson admitted that he was very worried that he would not be able to survive it. Fortunately, he still played a wonderful season two years later. For this reason, Ferguson also
Recommend talents to Capello, hoping that the Italian can bring Neville to South Africa: "The England national team needs such experienced players. I think, at present, he is still the best right back of the England national team."
According to the plan, Sir Alex Ferguson will reserve coaching seats for the four veterans and let them use their remaining talents in the Theater of Dreams. Solskjaer is the best precedent. The Norwegian has just coached the Manchester United reserve team to win the championship in the Northern Division of the Reserve League. "
Weir, Giggs and Scholes have an extraordinary status in the hearts of this generation of young people in England, just like Charlton, Denis Law and Best did in their hearts. Veterans should be able to train in Manchester United's youth training
Play an important role in their development, just like they do on the pitch."
Some have renewed their contracts to stay in glory, while others are dejected and ready to leave at any time!
This season, Portuguese flying wing Nani seems to have come to his senses, but Foster, another talent in Sir Alex Ferguson's eyes, is still sitting on the bench. "The Sun" said that if Birmingham cannot rent or buy Manchester City next season, England
In the case of Mencho Hart, they will pay a transfer fee of 5 million pounds to Manchester United to buy British goalkeeper Forster.
Since joining from Stoke City with a transfer fee of 1 million pounds in the summer of 2005, Foster has only played 12 times for Manchester United. This year, Foster is 27 years old and he can no longer afford to wait. Seeing that at Manchester United
Fraser Campbell, who moved to Sunderland because he didn't get a chance and is already playing well, and Joe Hart, who was loaned to Birmingham by Manchester City and won the Goalkeeper of the Season honors, are both from England.
Foster, who is no longer young, will inevitably have thoughts of leaving the team.
However, Manchester United coach Ferguson does not want to let Foster go, even though Foster is now only Manchester United's third goalkeeper and is even a substitute in the team's group matches. The Times said that Ferguson still has a crush on Foster.
Very confident. "Ben was a bit unlucky, he made a lot of mistakes at the beginning of the season. Kuszczak took Ben's place and he did really well. So, what can I do? Just pick him because he's English
Ben? Or choose who will play based on form? I have to make a choice based on form. Ben will be back (in the lineup). He has a lot of talent and I am sure he will perform very well next year. He has just signed a contract with the club
A new contract, he never talks to me about his future. So I wouldn't worry, he will stay."
Sir Alex Ferguson does not want to sell Forster, but for the two young players Welbeck and Fabio, the old man is very likely to agree to loan them out.
"Daily Mail" stated that Sir Alex Ferguson's son Darren hopes to continue to rent Welbeck next season. The 19-year-old Welbeck was loaned to Preston in January, but only played 8 games for the team because of
A serious knee injury forced him to return to Manchester United. "It is now possible to return Welbeck on a 12-month loan and I will be talking to my father about Welbeck's (plans) for next season."
Another person who may leave is the young left-back Fabio, who may go to Sporting Lisbon. Although Fabio just renewed his contract with Manchester United until 2014 at the beginning of this month, he is struggling in the Manchester United team.
When it comes time to play, Fabio hopes that Sir Alex will loan him out for training. And if Sporting Lisbon is willing to promise a main or semi-main position, Sir Alex may fulfill this "marriage".
It now appears that one player who may leave the team permanently this summer is Serbian international Tosic. During the one year since Tosic joined Manchester United, he has never started a game for Manchester United in any competition. Although he performed well in the Bundesliga
, Tosic also expressed in an interview a few days ago that he is willing to stay in the Cologne team. For Tosic, who is unwilling to care for others, Sir Alex intends to sell him in order to recover some financial losses. After all, Tosic's body
It has been proven that he is not qualified for the British game.
Manchester United's personnel movements before the World Cup have attracted the attention of the media at all. What many people actually want to see are the movements of Rooney and Li Yu, the two killer strikers. Some people have already begun to think about breaking up the two.
