Chapter 228 Advance to the Champions League Final

The first team to advance to the Champions League final has been determined. Inter Milan eliminated Barcelona to advance to the final and wait for another final opponent.

It is likely that it is Manchester United, but Manchester United's poor 1:0 at home reserved the semi-final suspense to the second round.

The French team still has a chance to turn around at home. The good news is that Rooney, the main striker in Manchester United, will still be unable to play because of a thigh muscle strain.

But Li Yu will still start. Now the media in any country admits that as long as Li Yu appears on the field, the team against Manchester United must try their best to deal with Manchester United No. 9. If you don't wait for them like this, only one result will be scored!

It is full of attack power and impact, and it seems that Manchester United No. 9 is not afraid of any big scene. In fact, it proves that the more critical the game, Li Yu will always give a good answer.

In the face of the almost unsolved Manchester United front line, the French team and how to deal with it, this is the first thing to pay attention to for those who pay attention to the second round.

When it comes to 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 No. 9 with as much strength as possible.

This is the French home court, but it still does not play any obvious role. Li Yu once again proved with a goal that it is not enough to defend him with many people. The sharp breakthrough made the French defender at a loss. Ladu can't pull down. Any foul strategy is a floating cloud, and the goal becomes a matter of course!

The pre-match suspense has become so pale on the field. Facts have also proved that Lyon's ability to reach the semi-finals is their limit. Here, they seem too conservative. Even in their home court, they still continue their defensive counterattack strategy, facing Manchester United's blind defense, waiting. The final result can only be scored by Manchester United No. 9.

In the second round of the away game, it was still a 0:1, and Li Yu scored the only goal.

Ferguson said regretfully after the game, "We did a good job in the game, but it's a pity that we only scored one goal. We didn't seize many good opportunities, but we advanced to the finals, and it was three consecutive years to advance to the finals. One goal is enough!"

Li Yu also expressed the same view, "There are other opportunities in the game, but unfortunately there is no goal. We will enter the Champions League final again. This is definitely a great moment. Next, we will be ready for the final!"

In addition to the Champions League final, Manchester United is about to play against Sunderland in the league, which has also become the focus of media attention. Although it is away, Manchester United only needs to get one point to complete the great cause of the Premier League quadrup.

Whether Sunderland can stop Manchester United from moving forward, maybe they don't even have that confidence.

Before the penultimate round of the Premier League began, Li Yu also returned to China's Hong Kong for a World Cup warm-up match. Their opponent was the South American team Peru!

Li Yu played as a substitute in the second half. Maybe Eriksson wanted to see what kind of game Huaxia Hong Kong would play in the first 45 minutes without Li Yu, but the effect was very good. Li Yu's threat was missing on the front line. Huaxia Hong Kong team was one goal behind the Peruvian team in the first half!

Facts also prove that the Huaxia Hong Kong team can barely be regarded as the world's third-rate team without Li Yu.

Li Yu was replaced at the beginning of the second half. With Li Yu's appearance, the local fans, who were once a little dissatisfied, burst out with the biggest shouts again. This is the cheer that the Hong Kong Stadium should make.

After his appearance, Li Yu also lived up to the expectations of the fans. A long shot and the penalty area could grab points and score two goals. The Peruvian team also lacked a good way for Li Yu, and this problem has to be left to other teams to solve.

2:1, the Huaxia Hong Kong team defeated the visiting Peruvian national team with two goals scored by Li Yu, and won the start of the warm-up match!

Erickson had to admit after the game that the strength of the Chinese Hong Kong team in the first and second half is completely two-grade teams. From the completely different reactions of the fans, the difference between the first and second half can also be intuitively seen.

After Li Yu came on the court, the team seemed to inject vitality in an instant. There was a significant improvement in both attack and defense. For this problem, Erikson believes that he has not found a good solution to this problem. The only thing that can be confirmed is that it is necessary to protect Li Yu. He is really for the Chinese Hong Kong team. It's too important.

At the end of the warm-up match, Li Yu hurried back to England to prepare for the Premier League.

In the earlier match between Chelsea and Liverpool, no one expected that in the case of basically no hope of winning the championship, the Chelsea will burst out with such a strong combat effectiveness, defeating Liverpool 2:0 away and continuing to catch up with Manchester United, hoping for a miracle.

Chelsea and Liverpool have met in various competitions for the 26th time since October 2004, and the protagonists have changed one after another. The last time the Blues defeated the Reds in the league away from home was the Mourinho era (4:1 in 2005), and the goal scorers also included names such as Duff. Now the Blues, the team, who is the commander of Ancelotti, has also reached a new stage of lineup change.

If you beat Wigan in the last round, Chelsea will win the Premier League championship. It is possible to win the double championship after the FA Cup final, but the general trend of personnel turnover in the summer is inevitable. Take the 13 players who played in this key game as an example, including those who are on the edge of leaving the team.

Barak is the starting midfielder, and his performance is very stable. He has a large interception area and the ability to organize the transition ball. In the case that Mikkel and Essien can't play, he is the ideal candidate for the midfielder. However, the German's whereabouts and whereabouts are still unknown. His contract renewal negotiations have been put on hold for the time being. Chelsea may first see who can be introduced in the same position in the summer before making a decision. In terms of Barak's performance, he can still provoke the midfielder. Although the 33-year-old is a little older, the left-behind back position has relatively low requirements for the player's physical fitness. Maclelele and Barak's compatriot Mateus have all played an excellent role in the defense barrier at an old age.

In the 92nd minute of the game, Joe Cole came on as a substitute for Anelka, and the Englishman appeared as a "time chess piece". Among the 13 people played by Chelsea today, Joe Cole is most likely to leave the team. His contract renewal negotiations with Chelsea broke down, and he faced a free departure after the expiration of his contract this summer. British media have always said that Manchester United is interested in him, and now there are more people who have expressed their good feelings for Joe Cole, Arsenal coach Wenger.

"Joe Cole is an interesting target," Wenger said. "But if I have enough players in these positions, we'll wait and see." Like Ferguson, Wenger is looking at Joe Cole's zero value. Although his status and ability have shown signs of decline this season, if he can get such a national player for free, it is obviously still powerful.

For Chelsea, the cost of retaining Joe Cole seems to be too high. The Englander's contract renewal requirement is 120,000 pounds per week. With his contribution this season, it is not worth this price. The Blues even want to reduce their salary on the basis of their current 80,000. It is difficult to negotiate the price gap between the two sides. Another unfavorable factor for Joe Cole is that Kalaw was reused at the end of the season, and his performance was very eye-catching. He scored a hat-trick in the last round and an excellent competitive state in this round. Joe Cole's status and importance in the team further declined.

Recent public opinion is also unfavorable to 28-year-old Joe Cole. More and more voices believe that he is a talented player who has long been praised as a genius, but it is only a coincidence and has never reached the height of people's expectations. Joe Cole fought back angrily: "Those who say that I only have talent are very lazy. They should come and see me five or six games in a row. I don't think there is any winger or attacking a defensive like me. I'm very tough. I have guts."

Although Joe Cole is dissatisfied with such comments, it is an indisputable fact that this is the worst season since he came to Chelsea, and it has shown a downward trend. This year, the Blues are going to make a big change in the lineup. It seems that it is difficult for the English genius who seems to have exhausted their potential to stay in the team.

Shouting, waving, cursing, thundering... You rarely see these excited expressions in the calm and dull Ancelotti. If Wilkins hadn't pulled him back in time, no one could have predicted how powerful this honest man would be!

It's not really what he said before the game: the atmosphere at Anfield is exciting. There is only one reason - in this must-win game, the Italians accurately transmitted the signal to their players with their own expressions: there is no room for loss 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 Italians were carrying.

With a 2-0 victory over Liverpool, Ancelotti's double kill is not only the Reds. This season, he has achieved a glorious performance of winning all the top six games and three. With this alone, it is also worth raising the eyebrows of Stanford Bridge. Tired and powerless, Liverpool did not perform well, but this does not erase the efforts of Ancelotti and his team and his previous undisputed five victories. In this regard, Chelsea's combat effectiveness this season is daunting, only two goals away from Manchester United's 97 goals in a single season.

In particular, he faced Benitez, who had humiliated himself. No one can forget how Liverpool completed a shocking reversal on An Shuai's Milan on that sway night in Istanbul. Two years later, Ancelotti made a comeback and led Milan to a successful turnaround. This season, he led Chelsea to defeat the Reds twice, and hatred has been replaced by sweetness.

In the final stage of the league, Chelsea was under a lot of pressure in the face of Manchester United, but Ancelotti laughed it off with his "casual" smile. This kind of casualness has repeatedly blocked his team away from home, and even overturned by teams such as Manchester City, Villa and Everton in the lead. But by the end of the league, Ancelotti had begun to take it seriously, showing his color at the most critical time, and the Italians did a good job.

After losing to Tottenham Hotspur, he repeatedly reminded his team members that the situation could not be lost. They must concentrate and not despise any opponent. The 3-0 slaughter of poor Stoke City is a clear proof, but in the face of Manchester United's lead, it has made Chelsea's unprecedented fighting power, earlier. Maybe it's very promising. Now Chelsea people can only look at Manchester United's face.

In the face of a must-win game, he sent three strikers. The team was very nervous in the first half, and even captain Terry made a mistake. Ancelotti stood on the sidelines and commanded loudly repeatedly, and was furious that the referee did not give Kalu a penalty. He, who has always respected the referee, put pressure on the referee with his own attitude, because he has learned that in England, he can't get mercy by just forbearance. At critical moments, he still needs to fight. Now, only 90 minutes before the final victory, the Italians still enjoy the hope of fans sending him the "Champion Song" for the first time at Stamford Bridge.

In contrast to Manchester United, they are completing their contract renewal plan in an orderly manner!

Captain Neville renewed his contract for one year. Among the 39-year-old Van der Sar, 36-year-old Giggs and 35-year-old Scholes, the "four elders" will all appear in the Manchester United lineup in the new season. Ferguson's reason is that Neville, like Brian Robson, Bruce and Keane, has the unique spirit and temperament of Manchester United: "They are great wealth, and it is very important to leave 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 survive. Fortunately, he still had a wonderful season two years later. To this end, Ferguson also recommended to Capello, hoping that the Italians can bring Neville to South Africa: "The England national team needs such an experienced player. I think he is still the best right-back in the England national team so far.

According to the plan, the Lord will reserve a coaching seat for the four elders to let them play their residual heat in the Dream Theater. Solskjaer is the best precedent. The Norwegian has just coached the Manchester United reserve team to win the championship in the North District of the Reserve League. Neville, Giggs and Scholes have an extraordinary position in the minds of the British generation of young people, just like Charlton, Dennis Law and Best in their minds. The veteran should be able to play an important role in Manchester United's youth training, just like they are on the court.

There are those who renew the contract and leave a lasting glory, and there are those who are sad and ready to leave at any time!

This season, Portuguese flying wing Nani seems to be enlightened, but another genius Foster in the eyes of the Lord still sits on the cold bench. The Sun said that if Birmingham can't rent or buy Manchester City's British goalkeeper Chohart next season, they will ask Manchester United for a £5 million transfer fee for the British Menchester.

Since joining Stoke City for a £1 million transfer fee in the summer of 2005, Foster has only played 12 times for Manchester United. This year, Foster is 27 years old and can't wait. Seeing that Fraser Campbell transferred to Sunderland without a chance at Manchester United and has now played well, and then look at Joe Hart, who won the best goalkeeper of the season after being loaned to Birmingham by Manchester City, Foster, who is also a British goalkeeper but is no longer young, will inevitably want to leave the team.

However, Manchester United coach Ferguson doesn't want to let Foster go, although Foster is only Manchester United's third goalkeeper now, even as a substitute in the team's group match. The Times said that Ferguson is still confident in Foster. Ben was a little unlucky. He made a lot of mistakes at the beginning of the season. Kuzzzak took over Ben's position, and he performed very well. So, what can I do? He chose Ben just because he was an Englishman? Or choose who to play according to the state? I have to make a choice according to the state. Ben will return (in the lineup). He has a high talent, and I'm sure he will perform very well next year. He has just signed a new contract with the club, and he never talks to me about his future. So I won't worry. He will stay.

The Lord doesn't want to sell Foster, and for the two young players Welbeck and Fabio, the old man is likely to agree to loan them out.

According to the Daily Mail, the Lord's son Darren hopes to continue to rent Welbeck next season. Welbeck, 19, was loaned to Preston in January, but only played eight games for the team and had to return to Manchester United because of a serious knee injury. Now it is possible to return Welbeck on loan for 12 months, and I will talk to my father about Welbeck's plan for next season.

Another possible departure is the young left-back Fabio, who will probably go to Sporting Lisbon. Although Fabio just renewed his contract with Manchester United until 2014 at the beginning of this month, because he couldn't get a chance to play in Manchester United, Fabio hoped that the Lord would loan him out to exercise. And if Sporting Lisbon is willing to promise the main or semi-main position, the Lord may complete this "marriage".

Now it seems that a player who may leave the team permanently this summer is Serbian international Tosic. During the one-year period when Tosic joined Manchester United, he has never played on behalf of Manchester United in any event. Although he performed well in the Bundesliga, Tosic also said in an interview that he was willing to stay with Cologne. For the happy Tosic, the lord intended to sell it in order to recover a little economic loss. After all, Tosic's body has proved to be incompetent for the English arena.

Manchester United's personnel movements before the World Cup have attracted the attention of the media. In fact, what many people want to see is about the two front-line killing gods, Rooney and Li Yu. Some people have begun to think about breaking up the combination of the two killing gods.