Competitions, small competitions...... There will always be doubts!

At the draw ceremony of almost every international event, rumors of cheating appear. Moreover, in various competitions, there are still different "unspoken rules". For example, in the World Cup, European Championship and other conference-based competitions, there will always be arrangements for the host country to receive special care. In the Champions League, eye-catching is the first principle in the draw arrangement.

For example, in the quarter-finals of the 2004-2005 season, Chelsea and Barcelona collided fiercely. In the next two seasons, the two rivals were arranged together in the knockout stage and group stage, which generated a series of controversial topics among the media and fans in various countries, and then promoted the Champions League to attract attention. It wasn't until the audience developed "aesthetic fatigue" that the two teams were finally temporarily separated this season.

In other cases, the results of the draw can be punitive in nature. In the summer of 2005, for example, the FA forced UEFA to make concessions that would allow five Premier League teams to participate in the Champions League. However, in the following Champions League, Everton were eliminated early due to a strong opponent in the qualifying round, and then Liverpool were placed in the same group as Chelsea, which made people feel UEFA's ability to retaliate.

No matter how you question it, there will be no change in the shape of the matchup, and the teams can only accept it, for Manchester United, it should be a good result to meet the old rival Roma, and as for the semi-finals that will meet Barcelona, it will be a later story, and then talk about Rome first.

Before the Champions League quarter-finals. The Premier League is also very crucial, and it has reached the critical moment of the final sprint, whether it can get the points it deserves in the league field. In order to reduce the pressure of the Champions League, Ferguson has only one countermeasure, to arrange the rotation of the squad without conceding points.

Ferguson's rotation tends to be bold, but sometimes it can work out unexpectedly.

In the FA Cup before the start of the league game, Manchester United were unexpectedly knocked out of the competition.

The 2007/08 FA Cup quarter-finals were contested at Old Trafford, with Manchester United losing 1-0 at home to Portsmouth. The Reds missed a succession of chances to open the scoring when substitute Barosh converted a penalty and substitute goalkeeper Kuczzak was sent off. Muntari's penalty was an upset.

Most of the main players Manchester United were eliminated, which is definitely an upset.

The FA Cup '08 was a big one for Alex Ferguson, who made his 100th appearance in the competition last month as United thrashed Arsenal 4-0. Morale rose to its highest point in an instant. No one expected that the 101st game would turn out to be a big hit, and the history of "the Ferguson era has never lost to a top team in the FA Cup" came to an end, and Wembley's hopes of clearing the regrets of last year's final were dashed, and the dream of a season's treble was shattered.

Ferguson was very angry after the game, he thought that in the 7th minute, Portsmouth defender Distin should be awarded a penalty after the foul on Ronaldo, and the angry old man even pointed the finger at the entire refereeing community. "When the referee refused to award a penalty to Cristiano Ronaldo, the game was doomed to Manchester United." At that time, Cristiano Ronaldo was knocked down by Distin, and the referee on duty, Atkinson, signaled for the game to continue.

In the second half, Atkinson awarded Portsmouth a penalty and Kuzak was also sent off. United's official website has hinted that the penalty was too harsh, as Anderson and Wayne Rooney had already made up behind Kuzak. The goalkeeper is not the team's last defender.

"We're out, you guys can find a lot in the game." Ferguson said: "Manchester United missed a lot of chances, but what about the referee's performance? Hackett (manager of the official committee of the professional game) is responsible, he did not do his job well and was incompetent. 'Ferguson admits United have wasted chances, but denunciation was the only theme of the post-match press conference.' I agree with Blatter that the way we run the event, which is contrary to the standard that is accepted on the continent, is actually behind Europe, and I think that's a big problem

In the end, Ferguson finally set his sights on Atkinson. "Absolutely ridiculous decision (not awarding Cristiano Ronaldo a penalty), I can't explain it, I can't think of any reason. Managers should be out of class for this. Will Atkinson continue to officiate next week? It's ridiculous. There is no answer to this question. ”

Cristiano Ronaldo, one of the parties to the penalty dispute, also expressed his dissatisfaction with the referee as soon as possible after the game. "I often say it's the best league in the world, but technical players are always unprotected. After the Arsenal player's broken leg, I was scared to make moves on the pitch. ”

Skill has always been a source of pride for Cristiano Ronaldo, but the referee's behaviour has made him consider whether he should play in a different way. 'The referee's decision against Portsmouth was unbelievable, he didn't react at all after three fouls in the first five minutes, and then missed a penalty for Manchester United. It's too difficult to play like this. They're always protecting the defenders and I'm thinking about changing the way I play, it's too difficult to play the way it is. Diarra didn't even rush the ball when he tackled me, but he didn't even get a yellow card, which was a joke. ”

The process of the game was as expected, Manchester United pressed the opponent to play, a wave of offensive let Portsmouth people struggle to support, as long as 95 minutes Portsmouth from passive beating to create a zào miracle thanks to two people, first of all, goalkeeper James, the Premier League's "record holder for the most white rolls" let the Red Devils always hold their heads and regret, in the 4th minute Evra and Tevez hit the wall together, James attacked in time to confiscate the ball before the opponent got up, and the speed of reaction and action is not at all like a 37-year-old "old" person.

In the 23rd minute, he took off Ronaldo's left-hand shot at a small angle, with accurate positioning and reasonable use of technology; In the 70th minute, Cristiano Ronaldo made a single pass, and James made a decisive attack, slapping the ball hard before Carrick got up to delay the Manchester United's shot, giving Distin time to return to the goal line to make up for the defense.

The best save came in the 73rd minute, when Patrice Evra volleyed from outside the box, James tried his best to save when his vision was blocked, and touched the ball slightly, and it was this crucial touch that "pushed" the ball to the post. Crushed a grain of world wave.

United had 22 wild shots on goal throughout the game, but the door was completely closed by James.

Portsmouth's winning goal was also credited by James, who kicked the ball wide to create a two-on-two chance up front. Kranica and Baros teamed up to create a single knife, and the latter made a red card + penalty to finally beat Manchester United. Of course, James is not fighting alone, he has a lot of helpers around him, Distin and Glen Johnson have cleared the goal line a total of 3 times, and the post and James "combined" to block Evra's long-range shot.

But in any case, James was the main contributor to Portsmouth's upset, with Sky Sports gifting him a game-high nine points. "He's by far the best goalkeeper I've worked with." Redknapp said.

Another contributor was Baroshe, who came on as a substitute for Kanu in the 54th minute. In the 76th minute, Portsmouth played a two-on-two, Cranica attracted two Manchester United players and passed the ball, and Barosh formed a one-on-one knife. He calmly shook Kuzak who attacked, and the opponent had no choice but to pounce on him, penalty + red card! Barosh converted the penalty and sent United off at the same time. Portsmouth went from "in front of the gates of hell" to "outside the gates of heaven" in an instant. 40 minutes of table xiàn time Czechs only this time flashed, but once was enough.

Coincidentally, both of Portsmouth's biggest contributors played for Liverpool. James made 216 appearances for the Reds in '92-99. He also won the League Cup as the main goalkeeper in '95. Baros played for the Reds in 02-05. 19 goals in 68 games. The duo's experience at Anfield was not a success, and they were both 'swept away', with James then wandering through Villa, West Ham and Manchester City before settling down after joining Portsmouth in '06.

Barosz, who also joined Villa after leaving the Reds, is now part of Lyon and has spent the winter loan at Portsmouth, where the Czech is no longer in the Golden Boot style of the European Championships. But two of the Reds' bloodies, who had Reds in their veins, pulled out their sharpest knives when they met Manchester United, ruining the Reds' treble dreams in one fell swoop. The Reds fans who booed them back then must be applauding enthusiastically at this moment. James and Barosh couldn't hear it, but maybe they could feel it in their hearts.

The other three giants are also remarkable. Former Arsenal defender Campbell cleared in time to clear a cross-stab link between Brown and Cristiano Ronaldo, Glen Johnson scored eight points in Sky Sports' post-match score, tied for the second-highest score of the game, and Diarra was slightly bleak and received a yellow card for a foul on Cristiano Ronaldo, but he made the Scholes and Hargreaves combination almost disappear. Redknapp has a group of players who have been in the big clubs, whether they are old or not strong enough, and being able to enter the big clubs in the first place proves that they have good ability, so Ferguson must be especially careful when they meet them, these people may be in average form for a long time, but a collective flash can burst into powerful destructive power.

Not to mention these other factors, in the eyes of Manchester United fans, the reason why Manchester United was eliminated was still unable to knock on the door of the opponent, and Jonker's rotation was Ferguson's biggest mistake in this line-up.

In fact, this can't all be blamed on the old man, the combination of Tevez and Rooney on the front line and Ronaldo's sharp breakthrough is enough to win Portsmouth in Ferguson's expectations, Jonk didn't even get on the squad for the game, and the problem came, when the team was slow to open the goal account, Manchester United became helpless and impatient!

The problem of Jonker's dependency has been turned over by the media again, a healthy Manchester United No.25 is enough to deal with the opponent, why do you need to rotate needlessly?

The answer was revealed in the next 29th round of league games, when Jonker played exceptionally well at Bolton Wanderers, and the United's no.25 scored two goals to help United win all three points on the road.

And the sad Arsenal, with no one to rotate with a team full of injuries, the professor Arsene Wenger could only watch his team, which was held to a draw by Wigan Athletic away from home, and the first place in the table was replaced by Manchester United, who were two points ahead.

After being held to a 0-0 draw by Wigan, Arsenal suffered three consecutive league draws and have relinquished the top spot. Arsene Wenger suggested that the poor pitch was one of the reasons for Arsenal's poor performance, while admitting that the Gunners were somewhat affected by the midweek clash with Milan.

"The situation on the turf is a disaster," Wenger said, "and it's disrespectful for those who come here and the fans who pay to watch the game. ”

'From the San Siro to the JJB Stadium, the atmosphere is definitely different, from the Champions Cup against one of the best teams in the world against opponents to now against teams fighting for relegation from the Premier League. This kind of gap can make the game tough. ”

"It's hard to get back to your best in a matter of days, especially mentally, after such a tight race."

"We're focused. We were mentally prepared for a terrible pitch and we still had a chance to win the game. ”

"Overall, we did what we could, we definitely put in a lot of effort, and we didn't give our opponents any chances."

'Wigan deserves credit for playing very hard, as long as we don't score. It's really hard for them to just press it out. ”

However, Arsene Wenger said Arsenal are confident of taking off again after this game. "I'm sure we'll take off again. We need to be calm, focused and confident. ”

'As for today's point, we won't see the effect until the end of the season. The negative is that we lost points, and the positive is that we didn't lose the game. ”

There are pros and cons to beating a big game like Milan. The benefit is a surge in confidence and morale. The disadvantage is that the physical consumption is large, and the mentality is inevitably relaxed after the war. Adebayo and Hleb have the most obvious sequelae of the competition, with poor foot feeling and physical condition. In the second half, Wigan's momentum picked up, but Arsene Wenger saw the situation spiraling out of control and was slow to make a substitution.

Looking at Arsenal's bench, there is indeed no one to replace, to strengthen the attack, but there is only one attacker, Van Persie. And it is the first recovery from a long injury, and the remaining Toure, Song and Hoyt. Either of them will not help much in the attack. In the second half, Wenger finally couldn't sit still and replaced Van Persie, but was replaced by Bendtner, who was in better form than Adebayor.

In fact, in the opening line-up, Arsenal looked stretched: due to the lack of wide players, Cesc Fabregas made a cameo appearance at the right midfield, although the attack has a lot of freedom and can run all the time, but when defending it needs to return to the right side, which means that the distance is greater than usual, which exacerbates the impact of the decline in fitness after the midweek game. Even if the left side of Hleb is not in good shape, he has to play the full 90 minutes, because there is really no one else available, Gilberto in the middle, the table is even worse, in the second half Toure replaced him, Fabregas returned to the middle, but the Ivory Coast central defender played the right side, it seems very unaccustomed, although at the beginning of the franchise Toure was to play right forward, and later changed to the central defender, but over the years, his ability to combine the ball has greatly declined, and the assault power is not as good as Sagna.

From the awkward opening line-up to the strange arrangement after the substitution, Wenger was indeed a bit chaotic today, and the fundamental reason was that there was no one available and the depth of the squad was lacking. However, this problem is a cliché, only bought a 15-year-old child Freeman in winter, can not solve any problems, the current lineup, if only play one game is of course more than enough, but to consider multi-line operations, not to prepare a few capable substitutes is obviously not good.

Arsenal were also a bit unlucky when the situation came to this point, with more injuries than Arsene Wenger had anticipated. Da Silva was seriously injured, Van Persie was in dire need of training, and among the wide players Diaby, Walcott and Rosicky all fell, Eboue was suspended, and the midfield was missing six men. However, Wenger never seems to have a plan for injuries and refuses to buy one more person, just for the sake of existing players to play more games, but in this way, when injuries really hit one after another, and there is the pressure of fighting on both fronts, Arsenal's "resistance" is insufficient.

In the 30th round of the league, Manchester United met Derby County, but Manchester United was almost held back by the promotion horse. Carroll, who played for Manchester United, was about to extinguish Manchester United's hopes of winning, but fortunately there was Rooney and Ronaldo and Jonker's new trident, and the three seized two quick free kicks, and Cristiano Ronaldo and Jonk scored golden goals respectively.

Manchester United's attack was overwhelming from the start. Giggs' header in the box was held firmly by Carroll and the next shot from the penalty spot went wide. Cristiano Ronaldo receives a low cross from Anderson and shoots at the right-hand post. Then Anderson's pass from the left baseline slid past the goal.

Derby County lined up a bucket formation, but United's half-time drills were slow to bear fruit. Carroll, who once held the door at Manchester United, has become the most insurmountable barrier for the Red Devils, facing his old club, the Derby County goalkeeper was doped, especially Ronaldo's imaginative outside instep to shoot into the back corner, which was also lifted by him with one hand.

Jonker's dangerous long-range shots were also denied by the Derby County goalkeeper.

After a long attack, Manchester United was almost beaten into a counterattack by the opponent. Luckily, Ben, who was making his first appearance for the team. Foster lived up to his mission and saved Kenny one after another. Miller's two-footed shot on goal.

Just Ben. The better Foster's watch is, the more ugly Ferguson's face on the sidelines becomes. Second. Manchester United's onslaught continues. Forster, however, still had a chance when he tipped a shot over the crossbar. Ferguson couldn't bear it anymore and replaced Nani to continue to strengthen the attack.

Prior to Nani, Wayne Rooney, Cristiano Ronaldo and Ji-Sung Park were all in vain in front of Carroll, and the Reds crowd at Pride Park was buzzed with the knowledge that Chelsea continued to lead Sunderland. Ferguson's disciples realised the danger of not being able to win, and midfielder Paul Scholes said: 'Chelsea are behind us and now we can't afford to stumble at every step. Otherwise, all the work done will be wasted. ”

It wasn't until the 75th minute that someone finally came out to save Manchester United. After a quick free kick in midfield. Rooney on the left rib burst into the bottom line with a low cross, and Ronaldo scrambled in front of two Derby County defenders to shoot. After the goal, the Portuguese was so excited that he stuck his fingers out. As if to say. "Four chances were wasted, how could I miss this fifth?" In the stands, many Portuguese fans who came from afar also swung their bodies, and they bought this ticket worth it.

Two minutes later, it was also a free-kick opportunity, Rooney's free-kick found the head of Jonker, and the United no.25 headed a difficult header to seal the win. It also completely extinguished the arrogance of the Derbyshire people.

It was Ronaldo's 31st goal of the season, including his 22nd in the league. Had it not been for Carroll's last-minute save from his thrilling shot, Cristiano Ronaldo would have equalled Best's record for scoring goals by a Manchester United winger with 32 goals.

Of course, Jonker has already broken these records, and in less than a season, Manchester United's No. 25 broke the record of Manchester United's predecessors, which also made Manchester United fans who have always supported Jonk shout: "Let Manchester United No. 25 stay on the field, victory is ours!" ”

It is worth noting that Chelsea are already quietly catching up, with only three points separating Manchester United.

Arsenal, on the other hand, still continued their winless and undefeated pace, and was forced to draw by Middlesbrough at home, if it wasn't for the last-time stunner, poor Arsenal might not even get 1 point.

With a four-game draw to start the rhythm of its own collapse, Arsene Wenger's team gradually revealed huge shortcomings, and the personnel reserve was insufficient!

Before April, Arsene Wenger "hopes that the team can beat Myburgh and take off again".

It's a pity that the gunner's take-off process was not smooth. The first is that Adebayo's legal goal was disallowed. Four minutes into the game, Hleb knocked back from the left, Boateng kicked the ball towards his own goal under pressure from Van Persie, and Adebayo, who was closest to Myburgh goalkeeper Schwarzer, intercepted the ball and pushed it home, but the linesman thought it was Van Persie who assisted and signaled offside.

It was also a small difference, but Myburgh benefited from it: in the 25th minute, Schwarzer took a long free kick from the back, and Toncia crossed from the left after winning the ball, and Aliadier shot into the net in front of the small penalty area. Slow motion showed that Alliadier was the closest player to Almunia on the pitch when Schwarzer passed.

When Boaten returned the pass, only Adebayo was the only one around him who stood above the opposition line, "but the referee explained to me that the purpose of our players is to pass forward, so it doesn't matter if [Boaten] plays or not. Arsene Wenger said with a smile after the game that he had "learned a lot today". However, the team's performance when they fell behind did not make him feel new: the perimeter passes were dense, and the last pass was inefficient; Long passes from the back, Van Persie and Adebayo don't have a good sense of the ball.

Throughout the game, the home team had nearly 7 percent possession. As the only team to have beaten the Gunners in the league this season, Myburgh's tactics after taking the lead were very economical: not to entangle with the opponent, and to greet the Gunners directly behind the two wing-backs from the back; The midfield began to retreat, and two central defenders, Hutter and Whitt, put up a "human wall", which took an hour for the home team to equalise. In the 86th minute, Xiaofa took a corner kick from the right side, and Tour's header from 10 yards out broke the net. During this period, Xiaofa once went deep into the left rib of the penalty area and fired a low shot, which was blocked by Schwarzer with his legs, and then the Spanish teenager's header hit the goal, but unfortunately hit the post and missed. In an effort to keep the right flank alive, Arsene Wenger pulled off Sagna after an hour of play and brought on Walcourt to bring Emla back to the right, where substitute Bendtner came on to deliver a dangerous header from Ebo's cross.

At the end of four minutes of stoppage time, the Gunners were disallowed from a corner and Eboue was booked for protesting. Arsene Wenger, who was drenched in heavy rain, was clearly unhappy with the result: "Today's result was very disappointing. We were beaten back and wanted to win the title, but of course a draw like that wasn't enough, we've dropped eight points in our last four games. He hopes that the players will not be distracted at critical moments, "The current situation is not good for us, and in such a low period, we have to show our mental strength and play one game at a time." ”

Dudu, who broke his foot three weeks ago, returned to A.T. Kearney last week to visit the team. But towards the end of the game, there was another bloodshed on the field: Myburgh striker Mido, who had just come on as a substitute, kicked Clichy in the head with a hollow leg and was sent off with a straight red card. The French left-back has become another Gunners who has left the field on a stretcher after Dudou recently. However, Arsene Wenger believes that Mido may not have meant to: "From my point of view, I don't think Mido intended to hurt people intentionally, and the referee probably gave the red card because he saw the player bleeding from injury. (To be continued......)