799 Another trick
Real Madrid defeated Manchester United 2-0 in the first leg of the Bernabeu Stadium, which made the Galaxy Battleship skyrocket, especially in the course of the game, Real Madrid's technical and tactical advantages and strength made everyone more optimistic about Real Madrid.
In the second leg at Old Trafford, Manchester United will be in a dilemma as they have to score two goals against Real Madrid and avoid Real Madrid, if Real Madrid score one goal, they will have to score four goals, which is definitely a nightmare duel for Manchester United, and the pressure is unbearable, and the team is likely to collapse.
After the game, many pundits frequently pointed out the problems in the United team, such as the left and right wing-backs, as well as the problems in the midfield. Brown also had a terrible performance, which was revealed against the mighty Real Madrid.
"If Ferguson can't think of a solution to these problems, then it will be difficult for him to stop Real Madrid from scoring again at Old Trafford, because if there is no accident, Yang Cheng will also choose to press and attack at the beginning of the away game and strive for away goals!"
To put it bluntly, this is a strategy that everyone knows, in terms of offensive battles, Real Madrid can afford to play, but Manchester United can't afford to play.
Not only because Real Madrid is more attacking, but also because they lead by 2 goals on aggregate, and as long as they score 1 more goal, Manchester United will completely collapse, how can Yang Cheng let go of such a good thing?
In the other three matchups with Real Madrid against Manchester United, Bayern Munich, who are also in the top half, defeated Bordeaux 3-1 at the Allianz Stadium, and the Bundesliga giants are likely to advance to the next round, but Van Gaal's lineup is a bit strange, and it actually discharges 442 tactics.
The Dutch coach is a manager that Yang Cheng admires, even though he has always been on Cruyff's side. But Yang Cheng appreciates this kind of pursuit and persistence of the manager, but Van Gaal's approach at Bayern this season makes him a little confused.
The beginning was 4231, but later it was changed to 433, and now it is 442 in the Champions League.
Don't think that Yang Cheng is worrying, with the current situation, the possibility of Real Madrid meeting Bayern in the semifinals is very high.
Of course, the premise is that Real Madrid crosses the hurdle of Manchester United!
Two matchups in the second half. In London, Arsenal drew 2-2 at home to Barcelona.
In this game, Guardiola originally arranged Messi, Henry and Pedro, but the poor performance in the first half made Guardiola decide to change the formation and replace Pedro with Ibrahimovic, and as a result, the Swede came up and scored two goals for Barcelona in the 46th and 51st minutes.
However, after Arsenal survived Barcelona's attack, they quickly counterattacked and scored two goals in a row. Equalised, and Puyol was sent off with a red card, and even Pep Guardiola was replaced at the last minute by Gabriel, who had returned from injury? Milito was able to block Arsenal's counterattack.
In this case. Barcelona have two more away goals in hand, and unless Arsenal dare to play bigger, it may be difficult for them to get out of the Camp Nou.
Chelsea faced CSKA Moscow, Jose Mourinho's side continued to play in the same way, and the Portuguese have yet to figure out an effective balance between attack and defence. But in the end, with Diego? Milito's goal. Secured a first-leg win at Stamford Bridge.
According to Yang Cheng's guess, Chelsea and Barcelona have a good chance of qualifying, that is to say, the semi-final matchup is likely to be Real Madrid vs. Bayern Munich, Chelsea vs. Barcelona, as for who can stand out, it is not known.
However, after the first leg of the knockout round of the quarter-finals, the bookmaker's odds changed again. Real Madrid's chances of winning the title are more favorable, with Barcelona following behind. Manchester United slipped to fifth, with Chelsea and Bayern Munich in third and fourth respectively. Arsenal dropped to sixth. …,
This is also in line with the analysis of fans, who all believe that unless there is a big accident, these four teams will be the Champions League semi-finals, and it is not clear who will win for the time being.
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After the first leg, Real Madrid took on Racing Santander away.
Ronaldo's physical fitness is really strong, and it can even be said that he is a little perverted, playing the whole game against Manchester United in midweek, but against Racing Santander on the weekend, this guy took the initiative to ask for the game, and in the 23rd minute after the opening, he took the lead in scoring the goal for Real Madrid, showing a very good competitive state.
Yang Cheng left the Portuguese at half-time, and Sergio Aguero added another goal for Real Madrid in the second half to make it 2-0, and Real Madrid walked away with a victory.
Barcelona beat Athletic Bilbao 4-1 at the Camp Nou to maintain the eight-point pressure on Real Madrid and wait for Real Madrid to make mistakes with eight rounds left in the league.
After the Santander game, all the media began to refocus on the second leg of the Champions League last-eight knockout tie in midweek, and Real Madrid also departed for Manchester, England, after two days of closed training.
In this match, Yang Cheng's lineup was only fine-tuned relative to the first leg, De La Red was replaced by Mascherano and Marcelo was replaced by Arbeloa, which seems to be Yang Cheng's intention to play a more conservative tactic.
But when it came to the game, Yang Cheng did not keep his hand at all, but began to attack Manchester United's defense fiercely from the first minute of the game, but Ferguson made another surprise move in this game, did not choose to be conservative, but fought with Real Madrid from the beginning of the game.
Compared with the first leg, there are two different positions in this game, one is that Ireland midfielder Gibson replaced Ryan Giggs, and right-back Ferguson did not choose Gary? Neville did not choose O'Shea, but Brazilian right-back Rafael, which made Yang Cheng feel a little surprised.
Everyone knows that this is a Champions League life-and-death battle, no one will easily admit defeat and timidity, and Manchester United is at a disadvantage. This is true, but against this team, no one dares to say that they are absolutely sure, because Ferguson's team has always been known for its domineering and reversal blood, and the Red Devils Manchester United are not fake!
The bold change of formation did put Manchester United and Real Madrid in a back-and-forth situation from the beginning of the game, first in the third minute, Manchester United's midfielder Paul Scholes made a wonderful pass, and Rooney shot a long shot from outside the penalty area. Almost penetrated Real Madrid's goal.
But not to be outdone, Real Madrid was not to be outdone, Villa distributed the ball to the right side, David? Silva won the ball and shook off Patrice Evra, Wies? Brown didn't show up for the block in time, David? Silva played a clever pass to Kaka and the Brazilian stabbed a shot from inside the box, but it was saved by Van der Sar.
The Dutch goalkeeper's save won the cheers of the Red Devils fans all over the stadium, and it was almost a must-win goal!
Prevented Real Madrid from scoring, and Manchester United's morale was also boosted. Unexpectedly, he fought with Real Madrid's bayonets without leaving any room for attack, and even two full-backs actively pressed up to participate in the attack, especially Rafael.
In the 12th minute, after Rafael forced a break down the right flank. After continuous cooperation with Rooney, he picked up a pass to the middle of the penalty area, and after Benzema stopped the ball, he wanted to shake Thiago? Silva, but was tackled by the Brazilian centre-back, and the referee rejected Benzema's claim for a penalty. It was also a controversial decision in the game.
But soon. Real Madrid is still in color, first Xavi? Alonso took advantage of a corner and Ramos headed in from close range, and Gibson, who was standing at the near post, knocked the ball out with his hand without the referee seeing it, and the Real Madrid players protested to no avail. …,
McCone then pressed for the assist and cleared wide to the left for Rowe, but the latter was competing with Rafael for speed. After a foul on the opponent's tackle, the referee decided that Rafael had a kick after he fell to the ground. He was given a yellow card.
After that, the two sides continued this back-and-forth offensive battle, and the ball rotation on the field was very fast. Passing errors were high on both sides.
There is no way for Real Madrid, Manchester United players use physical strength to run to defuse and contain Real Madrid's attack, Real Madrid did not begin to gradually stabilize the situation of the game until 20 minutes later, and re-put the reins on Manchester United's wild horse.
In the 31st minute, McCone took a throw-in, David? After Silva won the ball, he tricked Patrice Evra with a feint and headed in a cross.
Villa flicked a shot in the penalty area, making a gesture to fight for the ball, but deliberately missed, the ball passed over their heads, Xiao Xiaoluo entered the box from the left, and the back point was interfered with by Rafael, jumped high, and the header David? Silva's cross smashed into Van der Sar's goal.
In the face of Xiao Xiaoluo's close shot, Van der Sar, who has played beyond the norm in this game, is powerless, 0:1!
An icon of former Liverpool fans, Ronaldo was ecstatic and celebrated after scoring at Old Trafford.
The goal was almost a death sentence for United, who are now 3-0 down on aggregate and have one less away goal, and Ferguson's side will have to score four goals at Old Trafford to turn things around.
Seeing that the situation could no longer be contained, Ferguson went out to fight.
From the 35th minute to the second half, Manchester United launched a round of almost crazy attack, with the support of all the Red Devils fans at Old Trafford, they did not have the slightest timidity, and simply played a round of crazy offensive that did not kill, and even suppressed Real Madrid in the half, and beat him fat.
In the 63rd minute, Manchester United pulled back the score, Rooney's diagonal pass from the left side of the penalty area found Benzema inserted on the right side with precision, who was under the influence of Thiago? Silva's pressing knock back behind him, Gibson fired a long-range shot from the edge of the box that cut through Real Madrid's goal to make it 1-1.
The equaliser seemed to give hope to Manchester United's group of bloodthirsty beasts, and they rushed out to play one by one, especially the right-back youngster Rafael, who was affected by the atmosphere of the scene, he almost forgot his duties, but regarded himself as a right winger, and even did not go back to participate in the defense for a while.
In the 74th minute, Real Madrid counterattacked after breaking the ball, after Kaka got the ball in the middle, he got rid of Fletcher and advanced with the ball, the speed was very fast, after entering the 32-meter area of Manchester United, the ball was distributed to the left side of the front of the penalty area, Xiao Xiaoluo took the ball here, no one participated in the defense, and the Portuguese saw that Van der Sar was not in a good position, and seized the golden opportunity, directly in the left corner of the penalty area, the ball went straight to the lower left corner of the goal, 1:2!
It was a goal that catapulted United into the abyss of despair. Trailing 4-1 on aggregate, they had to score four goals in less than 20 minutes in a row, which even Ferguson didn't think was possible!
Despair spread like an incurable contagion to every player.
In the end, Real Madrid defeated Manchester United 2:1 again in the second leg at Old Trafford, and eliminated the Red Devils of the English Premier League with an aggregate score of 4:1 and successfully advanced to the Champions League semifinals!
Two other matches played one day earlier than Real Madrid. Barcelona defeated Arsenal 4-1 at home and eliminated Arsenal with an aggregate score of 6-3; Chelsea beat CSKA Moscow 1-0 away to knock Russia out of the Champions League 2-0 on aggregate and progress to the semi-finals.
In the other match played at the same time as Real Madrid, although Bayern lost 0:1 to Bordeaux, they still eliminated the defending Ligue 1 champions from the Champions League with an aggregate score of 3:2. ..., as a result, a place in the last four of the Champions League has appeared, with Real Madrid vs Bayern Munich in the semi-finals in the first half and Barcelona vs Chelsea in the bottom half.
After eliminating CSKA Moscow, Mourinho also shouted loudly that he wanted to win back all the losses of the past two years. He's going to be in the final again, he doesn't believe Chelsea will be so unlucky and won't win the Champions League!
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"Let's have a drink!"
In Alex Ferguson's office at Old Trafford after the semi-final match. Yang Cheng seems to be the one who loses, he is borrowing wine to drown his sorrows, he has never drunk much, but he drank a lot in one go this time.
It's just that compared to those who are full of sorrow, he seems to be happy.
"Did you take the wrong medicine today?" Ferguson asked with a wry smile.
Although Yang Cheng often gave him wine, Ferguson also knew that Yang Cheng didn't drink much. Just Yang Cheng's amount of wine. To be honest, he can't get on the table, but this guy seems to be addicted to alcohol now.
Yang Cheng couldn't help the smile and joy in his heart, and toasted with him again, sitting on the sofa in Ferguson's office, resting his head on his back, looking up at the ceiling, revealing a kind of heartfelt joy. The feet are very unfigurative on the table.
"I'm a dad again!" Yang Cheng said with a smile.
Ferguson was about to say I know, but I didn't think it was right. This guy has been a dad for a long time?
"Boy, in America!" Yang Cheng saw Ferguson's speculative expression. Nod in acknowledgement.
Natalie gave birth to a boy last night and is now living in a prestigious private hospital, no one knows the place, not even the media, the hospital is a friend of her father's, it is very secret.
"No wonder ......" Ferguson also smiled, he was also happy for Yang Cheng, "Then we have to have one more drink!" ”
Yang Cheng smiled from ear to ear, whether he gave birth to a boy or a girl, he didn't care, he had two sons, originally he thought it was good to have a girl, who knew that it was still a man, I don't know if this is a bit of a genetic factor?
According to what Yang Cheng's father said before, Yang Cheng and his clan are very prosperous and have many heirs, and I heard that Yang Cheng's brothers and brothers also have many sons, but in his hometown, everyone said that they have good feng shui, and there is a Yang Cheng, who has brought the whole clan to get rich with them, and there are so many heirs.
Yang Cheng is not very superstitious, but he also finds this very strange.
"I still remember when we first met, you kid was in his early twenties, and now you're running four, right?" Ferguson said with embarrassment that the years are unforgiving, he himself is 68 years old, sometimes thinking about it, he feels that he should retire, but he is unwilling to give up like this.
This person, the most important thing is to have a pursuit, and if there is a pursuit, he will be persistent, and persistent people will often have a hard time!
Thinking of this, Ferguson couldn't help but sigh deeply, sighing for his unforgiving years and for his team to lose this game, "By the way, have you figured out what the child's name is?" ”
Yang Cheng nodded, he has always let Natalie call the shots in this regard, but she took the first letter of Hebrew and named the child, called Alfie, and her full name is Alfie? Portman? Yang, I always feel weird.
When Yang Cheng spit out the distress in his heart, Ferguson laughed, "How can you take advantage of all the advantages and benefits?" ”
Yang Cheng pursed his lips, he didn't think about what to occupy, Natalie worked so hard to give birth to a child, if she even had to grab this bit of power, then Yang Cheng really didn't deserve her to pay so much.
Speaking of Yang Cheng, Ferguson couldn't help but nag the yellow-faced woman in his family, don't look at Ferguson is so fierce that he is going to die, in fact, he is afraid that his wife is so scared, if it weren't for here, he drank a lot of wine, and he didn't dare to say the right and wrong of his wife when he was killed. ..., of course, in fact, there is no big problem, nothing more than that his wife doesn't let him drink, doesn't let him do anything, always asks him to help with something or something, maybe this is the joy of life in the eyes of the younger couple, but in the eyes of the old couple, this has become helpless, Ferguson is not afraid to resist tyranny, otherwise maybe he will be angry.
"Accept your fate!" Yang Cheng shook his head and smiled, he never interjected in other people's housework, it was just funny.
Ferguson swept away the ill-intentioned guy unhappily and sighed deeply.
"You have killed our Manchester United now, after reaching the semi-finals, you have to be competitive, don't let Mourinho's old bastard win the championship, otherwise it will ......" Ferguson shook his head and sighed again, he didn't say the next sentence, but Yang Cheng guessed.
Otherwise, he won't be able to mix in the Premier League!
Mourinho is now the same as Ferguson, he has 1 Champions League in hand, if Mourinho wins another one, it will overpower Ferguson, with Mourinho's personality, when he gets together in the future, it is inevitable to use this to hit Ferguson.
"A bunch of old guys who don't fight to the death, isn't it a Champions League? As for being like you? Yang Cheng pretended to be very disdainful, he almost didn't say anything, Lao Tzu has 6 seats on hand, and he is ready to make a package for wholesale!
Ferguson almost choked to death by him, turned his head and glared at him viciously, I don't know if he was lamenting in his heart, these days, honest people can't live!