Barcelona wakes up from a dream, and Henry's dream is shattered. To complete this season's Champions League journey in such a way, Henry is unwilling, and the reality must be faced. Everyone knows that the reason why Henry chose Barcelona is precisely to use the strong overall strength of the Azugrana army to help him realize his dream of the Champions League.

With this outing, the 31-year-old Henry has much time to complete his Champions League dream, and perhaps even he himself is very confused, whether Henry will still wear the red and blue jersey next season, from this early morning on April 30, there will be a question mark.

Against Manchester United, Thierry Henry knows how to score goals. In the 18 meetings of the Gunners era, Thierry Henry has sent the ball in the back of the net nine times. In the first leg of the game, Henry quickly found the feeling of the Premier League after coming on as a substitute, and in the face of this "acquaintance" in front of him, Henry seemed to dream back to the era of the Emperor. 'We understand Rijkaard's use of Thierry Henry. Daily Sport expressed understanding of Riger's move after the game and looked ahead to the second leg with the hope that the Frenchman would have more chances.

However, before this game, when Barcelona's starting list was released, Henry's name was still not listed, and I wonder if it was because of Henry's poor performance in the league last week, Rijkaard did not dare to take the plunge to hand over the responsibility. But everyone knows that Barcelona can only attack strongly in this campaign, and the team has the hope of qualifying, pressing the "Manchester United nemesis" on the bench, the two armies have not fought, and Rigger has already shown his timidity.

Paul Scholes' 74th-minute goal awarded Barcelona a reprieve. With Andres Iniesta still playing as the left winger, Barça's tactics of flying on both wings could not be implemented. The Albacetes had just one shot on goal before they left the pitch, although the break was relatively sharp. However, in the shooting process, there is obviously a clear gap with the standard striker. The team couldn't attack for a long time, and Rijkaard finally couldn't hold back, in the 60th minute. The Dutchman waved the flag and Thierry Henry replaced Samuel Eto'o, who had only one shot on goal and had a 44 per cent pass completion rate. With half an hour remaining, Rigger hopes to double the reward he gives to his team when Henry's playing time is doubled from the first leg.

Rijkaard never dreamed that Thierry Henry would replicate the slump in the league last weekend. Nearly 2 minutes after the debut. The Frenchman didn't touch the ball once. In the 69th minute, Thierry Henry's foot at the back was broken, and Manchester United almost scored again on the spot. Until 78 minutes. The Frenchman scored his first goal from a corner. Unfortunately, Van der Sar's accurate positioning turned it off. The on-site camera freezes the picture of Henry who sighed for the first time. The Frenchman's second attempt was more of an itch for Van der Sar than his first attempt, with Barca's right-footed push from the left side of the No.14 penalty area at the same angle as a return pass. In Sky Sports' post-match ratings. The king of the gunslingers was only shown 6 points.

Lose the battle. Barcelona have been determined to have lost all four of them this season, and although their former parent club Arsenal is similar, Henry believes that the situation around them is not the same as in London. All the good ideas at the beginning of the season are inevitably in stark contrast to the harsh reality of the present. 'I wish Thierry Henry the title, but Manchester United will be favourites. When today's Henry chews on Wenger's original speech, his mind is inevitably mixed.

Be sure. This summer, a storm is set to sweep through the La Liga giants. In the list of purges that previously broke out in the Catalan media. Henry's name is prominently listed. Although he has scored 10+ goals and assists this season, in the eyes of Barcelona's top management, Henry, who is tired of returning home, no longer has any strategic value.

As many clubs in the Premier League have expressed their willingness to take Henry away, the probability of the French striker returning to the Premier League is really not low, and the Premier League has reached the semi-finals with three teams for two consecutive years, and is more dominant in the Champions League. But was Henry, who was very ambitious, willing to return to England as a loser?

Presumably not, you must know that in the city at 52 degrees north latitude, those young descendants have gradually grown up, and today's gunmen are no longer the ones they used to be. In this way, instead of giving up, it is better to choose to stay and continue to work with Messi and others to recreate a big scene of their own.

According to authoritative statistics, Barcelona has the most fans in Europe, while Manchester United has the most supporters in the world. It wasn't a good game, but for the fans of both teams, what they went through, the difference was that the game ended with a sense of relief and a disappointment for the other. That's the beauty of football.

Of course, if you look at it from the field, Manchester United at home undoubtedly has the initiative. Although in terms of technical statistics, Barcelona shot twice as much as Manchester United, and the time of possession reached nearly 60%, but unfortunately, Barcelona's possession was mostly invalid, and most of the shots on goal were not threatening, and Barcelona's loss was reasonable.

Barcelona were far less prepared for the difficulties than Manchester United, who actually lost the game in midfield. Barcelona's midfield control ability is second to none in the world, but after all, this is people's home field, and when Barca's midfield possession time is mostly individual dribbling and far from the collective behavior they are good at, Barça has lost their power and possession time has become meaningless.

You could say that Eto'o is not good, but Eto'o is not Drogba after all, his ability to fight alone is not his strength, he needs the support of a strong midfield; Messi had done his best, forming breakthroughs on the right and in the middle on several occasions, but without the support of his team-mates, his final pass became feeble. I can understand why Rijkaard has been slow to make substitutions, his successive substitutions can only create psychological pressure on the opponent, but the introduction of Thierry Henry, Bojan and Gudjohnsen has completely disrupted Barca's usual attacking rhythm, Barcelona are only pinning their hopes on the mistakes of their opponents, but United have not made mistakes.

Relying on the midfield, relying on the stars, this is the biggest characteristic of Barcelona, led by Rijkaard, but when the midfield is out of control, Barcelona lacks personnel, style of play, rhythm changes, and lack of variables, which is the Achilles heel of Barcelona this season.

Judging by this game alone, Rijkaard's strategy and scheduling were far inferior to Ferguson's.

Ferguson's greatness lies first and foremost in his self-confidence. Self-confidence is reflected in his employment, which is different from Barcelona. United have not been a regular or substitute in many positions this season, and he maximised the characteristics of his players, as South Korea's Park Ji-sung showed in his main position in the two legs of the semi-finals. Manchester United's strength lies in his team, so when Rooney and Nemanja Vidic are absent, Manchester United's fighting power has not been compromised.

More importantly, United's self-confidence is reflected in the way they play. Although the San Siro stung Ferguson deeply last season, he did not choose to be conservative this time, especially when leading 1-0. In front of the most gorgeous team in the world. Manchester United dared to attack the opponent, insisted on playing with their feet and playing together. In terms of playing style, it is obvious that Ferguson is more fully prepared and uses troops more reasonably, which can be clearly seen from two links.

The first is the use of Scholes and Carrick. The two of them were visiting Camp Nou. It's like twin brothers. inseparable, only defending, not attacking; But this game is not like the previous game, the two fought and retreated, but boldly attacked, and when Manchester United attacked, at least one of the two must be involved in the attack.

Their excellent performance was the key to Manchester United's game, and it was they who cut off the delivery line of Barcelona's midfield, coupled with the pressing of other players in the midfield. Most of Barcelona's balls can't be sent, so it is naturally difficult to form an advantage in the midfield.

Other than that. It was Ferguson who dealt a fatal blow to Zambrotta. United almost abandoned the right flank when attacking, only bombarding the side of Zambrotta in succession. Park Ji-sung, Nani, Ronaldo, Evra and substitute Ryan Giggs played a succession in this position, and it worked, with Zambrotta receiving a yellow card, which was also the result of his mistake.

The fans' hearts beat until the last minute, but that's because of the charm of football. Manchester United played better and deserved to qualify. For Barcelona, this defeat also means that there is nothing to be gained this season, and Barça really need to change their thinking and regroup; For Manchester United, they reached the Champions League final again after nine years, and Manchester United have Ferguson to thank for nine years, the players have changed, the squad and the style of play have changed, but what has not changed is Ferguson's passion for football and desire to win.

Now whether it is the Premier League or the Champions League, it will depend on the duel between the two giants of the Red Devils and the Blues.

In the penultimate round of the 37th round of the Premier League, Manchester United played West Ham at home and Chelsea played Newcastle away.

There is no doubt that Manchester United have a huge advantage in terms of goal difference, as long as they ensure that they do not drop points in the last two rounds of the league, Manchester United under Ferguson will definitely win the final Premier League crown, which is the biggest reliance on Ferguson's daring to face Chelsea in the penultimate round.

Chelsea are now catching up on points, but goal difference puts the Blues at an absolute disadvantage.

Three years ago, the sky was blue in the Premier League, how to overthrow Chelsea's rule? Ferguson said "it could only be a plague" and Wenger said "unless someone drops a bomb".

The Premier League is now a mix of red and blue, and Chelsea saw hope of drowning out that "red" after beating Manchester United, but at Old Trafford, United's clean 4-1 once again left the Blues desperate. Grant and his superstars will probably be wondering how to topple Manchester United.

West Ham were supposed to be Chelsea's helpers, and they won all nine points from three meetings with Manchester United in two seasons! But Grant had an ominous premonition before the game began, as Kubishli said that "it would be unfair if United didn't win the title".

The implication is that the game was not played, and the Hammers were ready to "lose to the champion", reminiscent of last season's finale West Ham took advantage of Manchester United to win the championship in advance to snatch three points from Old Trafford and narrowly escaped relegation.

The course of the game was in line with Chelsea's speculation. The Reds opened the scoring after just three minutes and extended their lead on 24 minutes to take a 3-1 lead at half-time before making it 4-1. The two surprises were Ashton's goal and Nani's red card, "Chelsea thought Manchester United would win easily, the truth is that Ashton, who has been a Manchester United fan since childhood, almost killed our title dreams. 'Ferguson used the goal to prove that the three points were not easy to come by, but Chelsea can be dismissed and Ashton pulled one back, but how much difference can there be between 1-3 and 0-3? Nani's red card was even more of an emergency, as he was provoked by Neil and fell into a trap.

Chelsea had reason to believe West Ham didn't do their best, with Cristiano Ronaldo scoring the first goal with the defenders not aggressive. It's just that the number of people has formed a bag, but it has not given the Manchester United ace more pressure on physical confrontation. No one grabbed it when Jonker shot from distance, and West Ham fans even smiled from the stands.

A more obvious example is in the second half, when the score was 11 to 10. Kubishli actually replaced the in-form Ashton early in the 57th minute, and Zamora then got two chances to face Van der Sar alone in the box, and Ashton could be able to blast into the door of Manchester United.

Of course, Manchester United is definitely higher than West Ham in the middle of the table, and the home win rate is extremely high, so it makes sense to take three points, but winning so easily in a sensitive period must have made Chelsea unconvinced.

Who can help Chelsea stop Manchester United? Is it Wigan? It's hard, I'm afraid. Bruce's side dragged Chelsea two points apart. But changing Manchester United may be another smooth sailing.

United have won six meetings in three years, 4-0 three times, 3-1 twice and 2-1 once. Wigan is a complete "dish" in front of the Red Devils. What's more, Manchester United's legendary player and current Wigan coach Bruce has an inextricable relationship with the Red Devils, and he was able to draw Chelsea and Arsenal with Ferguson's guidance, and now how can he ruthlessly kill Manchester United's championship dream when the team is relegated without worry. So, despite Chelsea's win at Stamford Bridge, Manchester United equalised the points. But there are no obstacles ahead of the Red Devils. The road to the title seems to be an easy one.

Chelsea are not without a chance to win, if it were not for the internal crisis at the start of the season, if Didier Drogba, John Terry, Frank Lampard and others keep their playing percentage, if they can hold on to the last minute at JJB...... Now the Blues are close to being complete, but they can no longer stop Manchester United's "momentum", the scoring situation of Jonk and Ronaldo against weak teams, Manchester United's winning momentum, and the physical advantage accumulated after the full rotation of people from all walks of life. Manchester United's "momentum" is snowballing.

What's more, the Red Devils were originally good at playing tailwind, and the opponent's strength was not good, and they had stage fright in their hearts. Cristiano Ronaldo has the determination and motivation to win, and several factors are combined, and it is not appropriate to insist that West Ham "release water", and they don't want to fight at this point, and they can't fight.

It will not be difficult for Manchester United to win the Premier League title, although the final stage is a bit thrilling, but with the accumulated advantages and fortune, it will not be difficult to defend the title.

Ferguson's biggest hurdle is the Champions League final, and he will have to go head-to-head with Chelsea to complete the double. Whether Manchester United's fate in Moscow can be predicted as much as it does in the Premier League, and this will be the biggest and final test for them. The first thing Ferguson has to do is to ensure that Rooney and Nemanja Vidic can return on time and get back to form, so that the team can play Chelsea with the strongest squad.

The ensuing Chelsea fixture, a visit to St James' Park, was difficult for Chelsea, with Newcastle unbeaten in their last five home games against the Blues and a psychological advantage, having won four and drawn three of their previous seven consecutive games.

Today, the trident composed of Owen, Martins and Viduka poses a great threat to the Chelsea defence, and the trio has a clear division of labor, Martins uses the speed advantage to attack, Viduka relies on the size advantage to take the ball and control the ball as an offensive bridgehead, Owen organizes behind the two and waits for the opportunity to shoot forward, and the power of the trio is the reason why Newcastle are unbeaten in 7 rounds.

Owen had a great chance in the first half, but John Terry was able to add to the goal-line. It's a pity that Viduka suffered an Achilles tendon strain and was forced off at halftime, and Smith couldn't play the role of ball control, so in the first 20 minutes of the second half, Newcastle was fully suppressed by Chelsea.

On Grant's side, there are five changes to the starting line-up compared to the Champions League, and Chelsea are too risky to know that Manchester United's main line-up at the weekend is exactly the same as it was when they played Barcelona. Of course, Grant also made targeted arrangements, in view of the characteristics of the opponent's 433 wing attack power is not outstanding, it is safe to use Ferreira and Bridge, let Akol rest in turn, release Essien into the midfield, and Lampard also rest.

However, there was a problem with this formation, for the first time since the Carabao Cup final, Anelka and Drogba started at the same time, and the result was that the Frenchman played on the wing and combined with the monster to no avail. In the whole game, Anelka was difficult to form a breakthrough on the side, and Drogba could not be linked, Drogba only had one shot on goal in the entire first half, and he could not play the air advantage, and there was no ground ball connection, Anelka neither crossed nor cut, and in the future, the two should consider changing the formation 442 when they play at the same time.

Fortunately, when the formation did not work, Grant showed the level of on-the-spot command, and in the past it felt that his substitutions were all clones of Mourinho, but today he showed himself.

First of all, in the second half, he fought for 20 minutes to press the attack. First, it has something to do with Viduka's departure, and secondly, it consciously emphasizes that the opponent will be stuck in 20 minutes and change the formation to 442. Drogba and Anelka switched positions, the monster pulled to the right side, and Anelka, who was good at receiving ground balls, came to the middle. Allowing Drogba to avoid the physical confrontation of Faye, who could not take advantage of the physical confrontation, but also to bring out Anelka's ability to catch the ball on the ground, Chelsea's entire attack was linked, with a number of free-kicks and corners in the 20th minute, and Terry had already smashed a header on the crossbar before Ballack scored. It's just a matter of time before the goal is scored.

After the goal, Grant made another change, with Frank Lampard replacing Nicolas Anelka and changing the 451 formation to strengthen the midfield. Anticipating a massive counter-attack after conceding a goal, Chelsea responded with a tight defence. With two changes, Chelsea were able to put in the second half with ease.

On the contrary, Newcastle were exhausted in dealing with the changes in their opponents, and the last 15 minutes could not keep up with the pace of the game. Let Chelsea become Arsenal at the end of the game. The rhythm of one-foot passing and control of the ball is very fluid. Frank Lampard also played a central role in the attacking play, delivering dangerous balls that Ballack and Essien could not replace, and the second goal that set up Malouda to put the game to life was the real end.

A substitution, a change in formation, two goals and three points, Grant showed a high level of on-the-spot command.

Last season's Chelsea title dream was to die at Newcastle's hands, with them four points behind United with two games in hand. Scoring all 6 points can achieve a rebound, but he was dragged by the Magpies in the first game. The 9-game winning streak was ended, and at the same time, the "breath" of chasing Manchester United was gone.

Ballack's 18th-minute injury appeared to be a foreshadowing of Chelsea's loss of points, and after that, another low point in his career came when he returned to Germany for surgery to end the season early due to dissatisfaction with the diagnosis of the Chelsea team doctor, and his relationship with Jose Mourinho deteriorated from there, and he was kicked out of the Champions League squad at the start of the new season until the end of December.

At the source, all the nightmares came from Newcastle. Returning to St James' Park today, Ballack settled all the old scores at once.

Newcastle goalkeeper Harper said before the game that he wanted a repeat of last year's scene: "We had to give the fans one last gift in the final game at home, and we were killed by an offside goal at Stamford Bridge in December. 'In the 45th minute of the first half, Owen came close to opening the door twice and Chelsea looked very wolfy.

The Blues counter-attacked in the second half and a killer was born in the 60th minute. Drogba's free-kick from the right was hoisted into the box, and Ballack almost jumped on the spot in the middle of the four-man circle, flicking his head back and the ball bounced into the far corner.

Sky Sports lamented that his ability in the air was terrifying. Nine days ago, Ballack's overhead kick twice smashed the back of the door to help Chelsea bring the two sides to the same level for the first time, and today was the German's header at a crucial moment that made the Reds have to give their all in the closing game. With three crucial goals in two crucial games in a row, Ballack kept Chelsea's title dream alive,' said the English news agency.

The final outcome of the Premier League clash between Chelsea and Manchester United after a win over Newcastle will be in the hands of the Reds with more goal difference, but Ballack and his team-mates will not admit defeat. "I had a similar experience in 2002, when Bayer Leverkusen led by three points but lost in the last game, and Bayern won the title by equalising the points. Anything can happen on the football field, and there is no decision until the last minute. The pressure is on United's side and they go from five or six points down to a tie and they panic. ”

Ballack brought the German's gritty spirit to Chelsea, and the Blues' late season fury was awe-inspiring, but of course he had a tender side, with the 31-year-old captain marrying his girlfriend in July, who he said he would dedicate the double to his wife.

In fact, Ballack did not play his best today, three big games with Manchester United and Liverpool plus today's bad game, he is the only one in the Chelsea midfield who played all the games, Lampard, Makelele, Essien have rest, but the German fought for nearly 400 minutes, and Liverpool in the second leg Ballack was a little strained in the game, but Grant never dared to replace him for a possible penalty shootout.

Today's pre-match news is that "Ballack is doubtful due to injury", and he is still on the main list submitted at the end. Grant did not dare to let Ballack and Frank Lampard rest at the same time, and there must be a superstar to rest assured.

Manchester United vs Chelsea, this is undoubtedly the main theme of this season's Champions League and Premier League title competition. Yesterday Manchester United announced that if they can win the double, then each player will receive a huge reward of £250,000.

Manchester United's American owner, Glazer, has been criticized for having no money and wants to use the team as a cash cow, but this time he has made the whole team happy.

Manchester United currently have the same number of points as Chelsea in the Premier League, with only goal difference, and it is fair to say that despite the previous defeat at Chelsea, they only need to win the game with a last-ditch away win over a weak Wigan side. (To be continued......)