Chapter 98 Race
Like Ferguson's favorite horse racing, there will always be people who fall behind in the final chase.$..
Three days after Manchester City beat Liverpool, Arsenal fell behind in the 32nd round of the Premier League.
In the away game against Birmingham, Arsenal, who had been in a stalemate with his opponent for 80 minutes, finally scored a goal by Nasri. Just as Arsenal fans were preparing to celebrate their other victory, a Manchester City player helped his old club in the second minute of stoppage time. The goal was Las Bend, who had once given Manchester City four consecutive draws.
Unlike Arsenal, in this round, other strong teams have won big scores, among which Chelsea beat Aston Villa seven to one at home. You know, Aston Villa even defeated Chelsea in the first leg, while Manchester United swept Bolton four goals away. Even Liverpool, who just lost to Manchester City in the European arena, won Sunderland three-to-zero at home.
Manchester City Lin Sen still chose to rotate. The score was not big, but it was enough, 2 to zero.
On April 8, Manchester City was away from Anfield Stadium. After 90 minutes of fierce battle, Manchester City finally tied Liverpool 1-1 away, and advanced to the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup with a total score of 3-1.
After the game, Benitez attributed the team's injury to the team's injury. He said the fact that Liverpool has indeed been troubled by injuries this season. Not to mention anything else, the Italian midfielder Aquilani, who was introduced as a substitute of Alonso, has only played 15 games in all fronts so far, not to mention key players Torres and Mascherano.
But Liverpool fans who sang "You will never walk alone" in the stands of Anfield Stadium not only raised the slogan to make Benitez get out in the stands, but also clearly stated that the team's dilemma this season was caused by Benitez, and letting Alonso go was completely a decision to be kicked by a donkey.
Not everyone can become Ferguson. Even Ferguson was also called a waste by Manchester United fans and shouted out as a waste and got out. For fans, the head coach has always had limited patience. You will never go alone? If Benitez, who brought Liverpool a Champions League, thinks that this sentence also applies to him, then he is wrong, outrageously wrong.
Linson felt a little sympathetic to Benitez because he knew that it was a foregone conclusion to leave Liverpool after this game.
It is not said that the rabbit dies and the fox is sad. Now the name has frequently appeared in the singing of the city stadium stands. Lin Sen, whose status in the minds of Manchester City fans is in a period of rising waters. At this time, it is obviously inappropriate to say that Benitez's today is his tomorrow. But football is football. Benitez of the past also has the treatment of Lin Sen now. Liverpool fans in the stands wrote a song of Benitez for him. Benitez was so energetic at that time. Can he think of today's ending?
Lin Sen didn't know if he had that day, but it was obvious that he would not wait for that day to come before making a choice.
On April 12th, there were still people behind in the 33rd round of the Premier League. This time, it was Manchester United. Of course, for Lin Sen, this was not good news, because the one who defeated Manchester United was Chelsea, who was closer to them.
In this peak match at Old Trafford, in the 19th minute, Maluda broke through the pass from the left. Joe Kerr scored with his back to the goal and the heel was the first to Chelsea. Then the two sides fell into a melee. Until the 79th minute of the game, Karau made a straight pass and Drogba scored less than ten meters from the right side of the penalty area. Although one minute later, less than ten minutes after the substitute played, the Italian young player Macheda, who had made a real-life goal, helped Manchester United narrow the score to one-two, but Manchester United was unable to make the day.
However, the focus of this game was not on the score, but on the referee. Because of Drogba's goal in this game, the subsequent slow motion clearly showed that Drogba was obviously offside at the moment when Karau passed the ball. After the game, Ancelotti did not mention the ball, but the angry Ferguson directly pointed the finger at the referee's referee's poor performance ruined the game. The old Lord had reason to be angry because the first match between the two teams this season, when Terry scored the winning goal, Drogba, who was also in the offside position, interfered with Van der Sar.
With this, Manchester United directly gave Chelsea six points.
But no matter how angry he was, after this game, Ferguson had to admit that although Manchester United would not give up his efforts, the team's hope of defending the title was very slim. Because in another game, Lin Sen, who had no burden for the time being after eliminating Liverpool, led Manchester City to beat Burnley 6-1 away.
After this round of competition, there are only five rounds left in the league.
Leading Manchester City still ranked first in the 33 rounds of games with 78 points. Chelsea continued to tie Manchester City with its victory in this round. The gap between the two sides is still only two points. Compared with Chelsea, Arsenal and Manchester United, who fell one of them in the last two rounds, have obviously fallen behind. Arsenal is five points behind Manchester City, and Manchester United is even more behind by as many as nine points.
The big show of championship competition is still full of suspense.
In the next five rounds of games, Manchester City's opponents are Birmingham, Manchester United, Arsenal, Aston Villa and Stoke City, while Chelsea's opponents are Bolton, Tottenham, Stoke, Stoke City, Liverpool and Wigan Athletics. The schedules of these two teams are also the objective reason why Ferguson said that his hopes are slim but he still does not give up hope, because in theory, there is still a possibility of falling out of both Manchester City and Chelsea.
Not the next round, but the next round.
At that time, Manchester United will welcome Manchester City at home, while Chelsea will go away to face their city rivals Tottenham.
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Manchester City's UEFA Europa League semi-finals will be Standard Liege.
This was not decided just now, but was decided as early as the draw was decided by the quarter-final opponent, because there were divisions for four games, Manchester City and Liverpool, Standard Liège and Marseille, in the first half, Atletico Madrid and Valencia, Wolfsburg and Hamburg, in the second half, and the finals will be the final winners of these two and half.
This rule will be changed by UEFA in three years, and the semi-finals will need to draw another lottery, but not now.
Now Lin Sen is very satisfied.
The final winners in the second half are Atletico Madrid and Hamburg. It’s not that Lin Sen is afraid of these two opponents, but it is undoubtedly more difficult to deal with than Standard Liege. Moreover, according to the schedule, the first leg of the semi-finals will be sandwiched between two difficult league games, against Manchester United and against Arsenal.
Lin Sen's current feeling is that he is still messy. He traced back to Atletico Madrid, and thought that he would have no connection with this team after leaving Spain. But in fact, just when he was about to forget this team, football always makes some connections between the two. For example, in winter, he took action to steal Reus from the opponent's hand, and now, Lin Sen is also likely to meet the opponent in the final.
As for Hamburg, don't forget. The venue for this UEFA Cup final is Hamburg, Germany.
The final venue is right at home, and the benefits are always more or less. For example, they don’t need to worry about the enthusiasm of home fans, such as UEFA’s vague care. The Champions League final this season is held at the Bernabeu Stadium. Real Madrid fans really hope that Real Madrid can hold the Champions League at home. UEFA also "intentionally" fulfilled it, and the opponent in the quarter-finals is Lyon. However, Real Madrid is not doing it.
Speaking of the Champions League, Manchester City has now become the only seedling in the Premier League in the European arena. Because in the just-passed quarter-final of the Champions League, Arsenal was eliminated by Barcelona without any suspense. Although Manchester United won the goal at home, they were unfortunately eliminated by European rival Bayern Munich because of their few away goals.
In the Champions League semi-finals, Inter Milan vs. Barcelona, Bayern vs. Lyon.
Just like the Champions League in Lin Sen's memory.
Lin Sen thought of something, he thought that if Mourinho did not leave Inter next year, if Manchester City could win the final UEFA Cup, then maybe next season, he and Mourinho might face each other on the court. Of course, all this is just possible now, and very likely impossible.
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On April 15th, the 34th round of the league was left behind, and both teams fell behind at the same time.
Ferguson and Wenger, the old enemy, chose to share weal and woe at the worst time. Manchester United was tied by Blackburn 0-0 away, while Arsenal lost a game that disappointed their fans. Not only did this loss almost lose hope of winning the championship, but also because they lost to their city rival Tottenham Hotspur.
Two teams playing away lost, while two teams playing home won the ball.
Chelsea beat Bolton 1-0 at home, while Manchester City continued their goal drama, swept Birmingham 5-1 at home. In the last two games, Linson's team has scored eleven goals. In the words of the English media, this is called the championship appearance. Of course, in the words of some bad fans, this is called defeat.
Whether it is the championship or the defeat, Manchester City's lead is still two points, but the team that competes for the championship with them, leaving out theoretical possibilities, is actually only Chelsea left.
After this round of competition, the official Premier League website announced the selection results of the best coach in March. After leading the team to win all four games in March, Linson won this honor for the second time this season. The best coach of the month this season is like the rotation, changing one after another. Only Ancelotti has won twice before, but no coach has been able to win again so far.
It is worth mentioning that as the league comes to an end, some discussions have begun to be made about the selection of the best coach this season. At present, Lin Sen and Ancelotti, who each won the best of the month, have undoubtedly become the most powerful competitors. Of course, this does not mean that the best coach of the season is the coach with the most best times in the month, but in the final analysis, it depends on who won the final championship. (To be continued, please search for Astronomy, the novel is better, updated and faster!
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