A 2-1 win at home to Barcelona meant that United could qualify for the final without losing at Camp Nou, and Ferguson was hopeful of hitting the top of Europe for the second time, but the future was bleak.

Because the game process is so fucked up.

Who would have thought that Ferguson was also very angry after the win, not because of the score, but because of the red cards that Vidic and Evra received.

However, at the post-match press conference, when Rijkaard talked about the two red cards, he felt that there was no problem with the referee's decision.

"I don't think the referee did anything wrong, Evra just tackled Messi, Evra's kick deserved to be punished with a red card, and after the referee made a decision, Vidic still had to argue with the referee, which is looking for death."

Then, Rijkaard turned to Messi's fall in the box, "Obviously, Silvester tripped Messi and the referee should have awarded Barcelona a penalty, but he was afraid and didn't give Barcelona a penalty, we should have won even a draw here." “

"Barcelona has been treated unfairly!"

Rijkaard was indignant and opened fire on Sky Sports.

Of course, his press conference was very brief, and he soon led the team away, knowing that Ferguson would definitely shoot at Barcelona and the referee afterwards, so he made the first move.

When it was Ferguson's turn, Ferguson was even more unkind.

"Are you going to replay those shots 200 times a week?" Ferguson was equally furious.

'Replay it 200 times, try to tell UEFA what kind of treatment Manchester United has been had, will you do it for Manchester United?'

Speaking about the red cards of Nemanja Vidic and Patrice Evra, Ferguson said it was a decidedly misjudgement. 'I certainly don't think it should be a red card. Not only is that kid a pretty good player, he can do a lot of things. "Ferguson was clearly sarcastic about Messi." He jumped up and fell, as if it had been tackled by Patrice Evra, for which the referee pulled out a red card. In fact it shouldn't have been a red card at all, of course not! ”

Ferguson also mentioned the clash between Chelsea and Barcelona this season: 'It's the second time! 'The Premier League teams have been treated unfairly, but Chelsea have only been able to play with 10 men in 55 to 60 minutes. Manchester United went 9-11 in the final ten minutes and the game changed completely. I can't say anything about the game itself because it's already a game. ”

"Before these two red cards, it was a pure game, but after that it all changed, the game was no longer pure and pure ......"

Ferguson whined, venting his frustrations.

In fact, the whole of England is talking about the game. Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho also jumped in to support Ferguson.

'It's unfortunate that Manchester United have been treated like that and that's why Chelsea left because of that, and I don't want the end result to be a tragedy for Manchester United. England's team has the ability to win the Champions League, but I don't think anyone can accept it if they fail in such a humiliating way. ”

"Just give this year's Champions League trophy to Barcelona." Mourinho didn't think it was a big deal and continued to tease the referee and Barcelona, in his eyes, he didn't have a good impression of Barcelona......

Jose Mourinho now wants United to go as far as possible in the Champions League, so that United will have to be distracted by the league, Chelsea are now only left to fight for the league title, and the two teams have to go head-to-head after the Champions League semi-finals, Mourinho does not want to be the last loser.

The two-point advantage is not huge, and if you lose the duel against Manchester United, then Chelsea will be left with nothing in an instant, and Mourinho will definitely not allow that to happen......

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Naturally, the English media were outraged.

"Shameless penalty, why didn't the referee give five minutes more and let Barcelona take the victory directly?" The Times asked, "A good game, but in the end it was ruined by the referee, the amateur referee didn't know what he did in the game, and Manchester United went to Barcelona in the second leg, which was really lucky." ”

"Messi, Messi again!" The Daily Mail pointed the finger at Messi, "It was this guy who came on the field and directed everything." At a young age, Vidic and Patrice Evra have been unfortunate, and he is far more capable than he is in other areas. ”

But the Spanish side doesn't see it that way.

"World Sports" highly praised Messi, "Rijkaard should have let Messi play earlier, if he had played earlier, Barcelona could have won the game, the referee's decision was very unfair, Messi fell in the penalty area at the last moment, it should have been a penalty, but the referee obviously let go, after all, it was Manchester United's home stadium, and it is normal for Barcelona to suffer a little unfairness, thank God, we got an away goal, back at home, I think we can find a way to win." ”

"Marca" also expressed regret, "No matter how you look at it, Barcelona are more deserving of victory, the referee has changed everything. ”

In any case, the media of various countries look at the problem from the standpoint of their own countries, and it is impossible to report on this game objectively......

Manchester United and Barcelona still have a second leg to play, and it is expected that there will still be controversy at that time.

To the relief of the British, Arsenal did not disappoint them despite the misfortune suffered by Manchester United.

Arsenal were tough enough in the Champions League, winning 1-0 at home to AC Milan and picking up match points at home thanks to a goal from centre-back Toure.

Of course, the same unavoidable problem remains the referee.

Because the referee also blew away a good ball from Thierry Henry, it was ruled offside.

Henry's offside incident occurred in the 11th minute of the game, when Pire's through ball was met by Henry's 14-yard shot from 14 yards on the left side of the penalty area. Judging from the slow motion, at the moment of Pire's pass, Ljungberg was indeed offside, but the Swede did not interfere with the running route of the ball, nor did he benefit from it, according to the new rules, the referee should not blow the game offside, as for whether Henry, who was standing further away, was offside, Wenger thought that it must not be, but the referee and the professor had the opposite opinion.

So, the Times published an article saying: "Only the referee can stop England's team from advancing!" ”

"It's time for UEFA to educate their referees, with controversial decisions in both semi-finals and some of the problems that could have been avoided, which makes one wonder what will happen in the second leg and hopefully the referee won't be the protagonist again......