With a big away win over Chelsea, the second leg of the contest between the two sides can be said to have basically lost its meaning, and it is not that no one has tried to turn the tables on Fiorentina's doorstep, but unfortunately no one has ever succeeded.

The next day, in the other semi-final of the Champions League, the Premier League hegemon Manchester United hosted the Gunners Arsenal, a familiar opponent and a different stage. Manchester United and Arsenal, the inseparable rivals of the Premier League, will usher in the first battle of the long-overdue Champions League showdown, one is full of pride, aiming to win the championship, and the other is eyeing the curse of the Champions League.

As with the two Premier League giants, Old Trafford will once again be destined to be dominated by passion, and to some extent, the arrival of the two giants who are tired of the Premier League's aesthetics on the Champions League stage will be even more motivated. Attacking battles will remain a constant theme, as both Manchester United and Arsenal represent the pinnacle of attacking teams, but the Red Devils are domineering and wide open, while the Gunners are flamboyant and fluid.

Compared to Degan to Fiorentina, Messi to Barcelona and Drogba to Chelsea, Manchester United and Arsenal are more focused on the role of the attacking team, which is intimidating. Manchester United's Camuro, Rooney and Berbatov's attacking team, Arsenal's Adebayor, Cesc Fabregas and Walcott's attacking echelon are all world-class.

The only regret for the Gunners is that the "Tsar" Arshaal, who has been in good form recently, will not be able to play, and with Van Persie's absence, Arsenal will be more or less at a disadvantage when playing away.

However, compared to Manchester United's difficulty in the third-tier battle, Arsenal are better in form and mentality, and on a big stage such as the Champions League semi-finals, the team's momentum is often more important than the form.

Arsenal have never won the Champions League in their history, have no match for their rivals in terms of experience in major competitions, and it is doubtful that the Gunners' desire for titles will prevail against the Red Devils' determination to hold on.

For Manchester United, after strategically abandoning the FA Cup, the whole team has the same goal to fight for the Champions League and the Premier League, and the tenacity and tenacity shown by Manchester United in the recent series of games are moving, and the Red Devils' innate toughness may be an obstacle that other strong teams cannot overcome.

Because of Mourinho, the duel between the first coach of the Premier League once became a madman VS old man, but after washing all the lead, the classics are actually still in place.

When Ferguson and Arsene Wenger met on the sidelines for the 38th time, the two old coaches should feel that the years have passed, and they have competed for the 13th consecutive season, and finally ushered in the showdown on the Champions League stage, and fate seems to have been arranged in the dark.

Before the big war, the two managers even began to sympathize with each other and praise each other. However, the arrogant Ferguson still did not forget to remind his opponent that it would not be so easy to cross his own level.

"It's not easy to get the trophy, it's been 13 years and I'm just starting to look forward to winning it for the second time." If you count it this way, is it time for the Frenchman, who is entering his 13th year of coaching the Gunners, to function?

The first Champions League clash between the two managers took place at Old Trafford, and despite the chances, United won 1-0 thanks to O'Shea's goal, a narrow victory that would mean a tough clash at the Emirates Stadium in the next leg.

The goal came in the 17th minute when Anderson's corner was deflected by Carrick to unguarded right-back O'Shea, who fired a half-volley from close range to give United a one-goal lead.

But after the game, Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson's regret must have been greater than joy, because Lafayette felt that the "Red Devils" could have scored two or three more goals, and Arsenal coach Arsene Wenger should be happy in his disappointment.

United controlled the game from start to finish with a 'blitzkrieg' rhythm that kept Arsenal struggling for most of the game, and the Gunners would have been more than a goal down if it weren't for goalkeeper Almunia's courageous performance.

Although Arsenal and Manchester United are both regulars in the Champions League, this is the first time they have met in Europe, and Ferguson surprisingly put Rooney and Tevez up front, replacing Berbatov with Tevez to start, obviously to speed up the attack, Berbatov's form has slipped too much recently, and he has not been able to fully integrate into the team's attacking system, and it is normal to sit on the bench. The midfield opted for young Anderson and Fletcher.

The game was also going according to Ferguson's set-up, with United squandering two great chances before half-time in addition to O'Shea's goal, with Tevez passing to Camuro on the right in the 29th minute, whose header was blocked by Almunia. Just three minutes later, Anderson's clever pass behind the opposition sent the forward Tewiz into a one-on-one shot, and it was Almunia who made a timely interception.

In the second half, Arsenal counter-attacked, but United still controlled the initiative, and in the 62nd minute, Adebayor's shot over the crossbar was arguably Arsenal's most dangerous attack of the whole game, but other than that, Arsenal's attack was lackluster.

United still had at least three chances to change the scoreline, including Anderson's high kick after receiving a succession of clever passes from Camuro and Wayne Rooney, and then a powerful shot from Camuro hit the crossbar, and Ryan Giggs scored a goal midway through the second half, but it was ruled offside, but Giggs had no regrets, coming off the bench to make him his 800th glorious performance in the United shirt.

A win in the first leg has put Manchester United in a favourable position to qualify, but Rio Ferdinand will miss the second leg of the tie due to a rib injury in the game, and without Ferdinand, the Red Devils will certainly have a lot of pressure on the Reds defensively.

Manchester United won 1-0 at home to Arsenal, which was a normal result. Although there were not many goals, this game was not much more enjoyable to watch than Fiorentina's big win at Chelsea before, with a faster pace and more creativity on both sides, which should meet the expectations of fans.

After a recent slump, United are on full swing and the Reds bombarded the Gunners throughout the game, especially in the first half, but only scored one goal, which could be a factor in Ferguson's worries about the second leg.

In the game, you can see how strong Manchester United's desire to win is. Visiting Arsenal, on the other hand, were too slow to show form, and could only rely on Almunia to concede fewer goals throughout the game.

Arsene Wenger lined up a 4231 formation in midfield, but neither positional attacks nor efficient and quick counter-attacks were reflected in these previous killer moves.

Walcott's pace would have been Arsenal's sharp weapon, but Xiaohu's performance was not too convincing, not to mention Adebayo, who performed very poorly.

Bam Adebayo's form has been up and down this season after two injuries, and although he had scored a beautiful underhook goal in the Champions League before, his overall movement and appetite for the ball were not good enough today, and his initiative and protection were poor.

Back at home in the second leg, if Robin van Persie can return, it may be able to solve the problem, even Eduardo, who came off the bench today, looks to be better connected to midfield than the Togolese.

Arsene Wenger should perhaps be disappointed that his carefully built defence for Arsenal was not broken by Manchester United's protagonists Camuro and Wayne Rooney, but was smashed open by the supporting role of O'Shea in the most inconspicuous position, and the only consolation that Wenger may be that the three Manchester United generals have organized a tidal attack, but the limelight has been defused by Almunia who has been depressed by the opponent.

Saying that O'Shea is Manchester United's lucky general, if you don't accept it, as long as he scores, Manchester United will definitely be able to win!

This "iron law" was fulfilled in this game, and thanks to O'Shea's first-half goal, United finally won 1-0 at home to Arsenal in the first leg of the Champions League semi-final.

Arsenal's luck has been terrible recently, with a pile of injuries that have left the Gunners with only two strikers, Bam Adebayo and Bendtner, so Ferguson has already calculated that Arsene Wenger will use a single-striker defensive formation in the game, so he decisively sacrificed a 4321 strong attacking formation.

Manchester United's forward line has been in good form of late compared to Arsenal, so the battle was played in Arsenal's half for the vast majority of the game.

O'Shea's goal was a stroke of luck, with the Arsenal defender's clearance providing a direct assist to O'Shea, but it was the inevitable result of the Gunners' defenders being pressed by the opposition's strong attacking force.

It's just that the goal was completed by O'Shea is a bit surprising, but O'Shea seems to have a premonition of his goal, and in an interview after the game, he also smiled and said: "Today is my birthday, I know I will definitely have a good performance, and I am very happy that my goal helped the team win." ”

'I'm happy with the performance of the players, they showed a high level of passing and running. Ferguson praised his players after the game, but Ferguson struggled to smile at the result: "It's a bit disappointing to make it 1-0, but we should have scored four goals in the game, including Cristiano's crossbar, of course. ”

In fact, even 1-0 had already achieved Ferguson's goal, and he had revealed to the media before the game that the outcome he most wanted was a clean sheet.

'It's just halfway through the game but I think Arsenal will be more painful because they also know that we have the ability to score at the Emirates Stadium and that's their biggest burden because they didn't score today.

This game is completely Manchester United's offensive performance, and the humiliating Arsene Wenger has already made it clear that he wants to let Manchester United see a different Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium. However, Wenger's rhetoric is obviously a little lacking in confidence, and Arsenal, who can't even come up with two strikers, uses it to attack Manchester United?

Back at home, Arsenal's aggressive attack is inevitable, but will Arsene Wenger dare to start Bam Adebayo and Bendtner at the same time? Van Persie is still recovering from injury and Arshavin is not available for the Champions League.

On the contrary, Manchester United, who is going to the Emirates Stadium to "play on the field", can attack more crazily at that time. With the excellent form of the F4 forward, it shouldn't be difficult to get a goal on Arsenal's turf, and that should be enough to guarantee them a walk into the Stadio Olimpico in Rome.

By the time the result was obtained, Degan had already arrived in Milan with the team for the 35th round of league games against Inter Milan, and it was no surprise that United had won.

'It's a normal result and I'm really looking forward to meeting Manchester United in the Champions League final for the second time, and of course, I think it's David who I'm looking forward to even more!'

Beckham also expressed the same sentiment in an interview afterwards: "It would be a very strange experience for me to be able to walk into the Olympic Stadium in Rome with Manchester United, I spent the most important period of my career at Manchester United, it was the best memory, but if I do meet Manchester United in the final, I hope Fiorentina will win by then!" ”

The final is still far away, now is not the time to think about those issues, the most important thing for Fiorentina at the moment is the current game, there are currently four rounds of the league remaining, Fiorentina and the second-placed Inter Milan difference of eleven points, as long as they win this game, Fiorentina will win the title three rounds in advance.

To be able to celebrate a victory on the doorstep of a bitter rival is clearly nothing more enjoyable for every Fiorentina player.

'I really like Inter Milan as an opponent because every time I meet them, something good happens. In an interview, Digan said in a relaxed tone, "It would be a very strange feeling to win the title on the home side of a rival, and I'm looking forward to celebrating the victory at the Meazza Stadium when this match is over!" ”

Deegan and his team-mates are looking forward to winning the league title in Meazza and Inter Milan will do everything in their power to prevent that from happening.

The league has reached this point, and it is basically impossible for Inter Milan to reverse and win the championship, but at home, let the opponent step on his shoulder to win the cup, which is something that every Inter man must not allow.

Madman coach Jose Mourinho said at the press conference before the game: "We have our own pride, this pride does not include sending opponents to the podium of the championship, Digan said that Inter Milan is his favorite opponent, this statement is very interesting, I think tomorrow's game, will definitely leave a very deep impression on him!" ”

For this game, Mourinho can be said to be ruthless, in order to prevent Fiorentina from reaching the top in Meazza, he deliberately rotated some of the main players in the last round of the league, in order to play tomorrow's decisive battle.

In his first season in charge of Inter Milan, Mourinho is about to face a four-big end to nothing, although Moratti has expressed his support for him, but if he can't win this game against Fiorentina, his position will only be shaken.