In the first leg of the Champions League quarterfinals, Manchester United beat Schalke 04 5:2 at home and almost stepped into the semi-finals with one foot.

In the other game in the first half, Chelsea lost 1-0 at home to Bayern Munich and lost the initiative to advance.

In the two games in the second half, Real Madrid defeated Tottenham 4-0 and Barcelona defeated Shakhtar Donetsk 5-1, and the two teams are more stable than Manchester United and almost meet in the last four.

In the Champions League group stage, Gao Xiaodong scored 5 goals, one less than Messi, two more than Ronaldo, and in the two legs of the quarterfinals, Gao Xiaodong scored 3 goals, equaling Messi in the number of goals, surpassing Ronaldo by 4.

In the first leg of the Champions League quarterfinals just past, Gao Xiaodong scored two goals, while Messi did not score, only one assist, Gao Xiaodong finally surpassed Messi in the Champions League scorer list, leading the way with 10 goals.

However, in the league, Gao Xiaodong was banned due to a red card, and the number of goals was overtaken by Ronaldo, who scored 35 goals.

In the next match between Manchester United and Fulham, Gao Xiaodong will still be suspended, and if Ronaldo continues to score, it will be very difficult for him to defend the European Golden Boot.

For Manchester United, with injured players returning one after another and Wayne Rooney in good form, winning at home to Fulham is not too much of a problem, and United's main focus is not on Fulham, who are mainly thinking about the FA Cup semi-final against Manchester City in midweek.

Manchester United's rise is very strong after the arrival of the rich in the Middle East, and in the last Manchester derby, Manchester City also drew Manchester United, even if not for the treble, Manchester United must suppress Manchester City and prevent them from winning the FA Cup.

The league was well organised, but the FA Cup was a bit difficult for Alex Ferguson.

Manchester United's three fronts this season have been dominated by league and Champions League players, with substitutes and second-team players playing in the League Cup and FA Cup.

For a giant like Manchester United, the players sitting on the bench are also the absolute main force to go to small clubs, and if they are not given a chance to play, they may not be able to sit on the bench at Manchester United with peace of mind.

Now the substitutes and the players of the second team have worked hard to reach the semi-finals of the FA Cup, if at this time, all these people are replaced and they are all played with the main force, the substitutes and the players of the second team may be dissatisfied.

But obviously, Manchester United can't continue to play Manchester City with the original lineup, because after losing the hope of winning the league, Manchester City's main goal has become the FA Cup title, and this semi-final with Manchester United, Manchester City will definitely do their best and go all out.

If Manchester United had played with the original substitutions and young players, the possibility of losing was very high.

In the 32nd round of the league with Fulham, Ferguson picked 4 FA Cup main players into the league squad, let them follow the main players to run in, and then play side by side with the main players in the FA Cup semi-finals.

Two of the four players selected by Ferguson are second-team players, one of whom is French prodigy Paul Pogba, who plays as a central midfielder.

This is a very good opportunity for Paul Pogba as it is his first league squad and if he can perform well in the league and have the trust of Alex Ferguson, he may be able to feature in the Manchester derby in the FA Cup.

Before the match against Fulham, Pogba came to Gao Xiaodong's house again, hoping to get Gao Xiaodong's help.

Since Bei Bei has now been abandoned by Ferguson, Pogba did not come with Bei Bei this time, but came to Gao Xiaodong's house alone.

Now Pogba is already a signed player of Xinglong Agency, that is, Gao Xiaodong's person, if Pogba plays, Gao Xiaodong will also earn a lot, and he will be even more dedicated to Pogba and Gao Xiaodong.

Manchester United now have too many people in the midfield position, with Fletcher, Calek, Anderson, Hargreaves and Gao Xiaodong, and Pogba has a little bit of confidence in himself.

Although Gao Xiaodong has not followed Ferguson for a long time, he is very close to Ferguson, and often listens to the old people of the 92 class say Ferguson, so he is more familiar with Ferguson than the average player, he told Pogba that Manchester United has more backs, indicating that the lord attaches more importance to the position of the back, and now several of Manchester United's backs are not tall, and the interception of high-altitude balls is poor, which is Pogba's advantage, in addition to Gao Xiaodong himself, Manchester United's other backs have poor organizational scheduling and forward offensive ability, if Pogba can show his talent in training, he may be able to increase the possibility of playing a few points。

However, Pogba is only 18 years old after all, and Gao Xiaodong still hopes that Pogba will not be in a hurry, train hard, and wait patiently for opportunities.

The monkey also saw that Pogba was a little anxious, and persuaded him that not everyone can make a splash like Gao Xiaodong, Rooney, Messi, and Ronaldo, and that requires a high opportunity, and the monkey hopes that Pogba will be patient and not set too high goals this season, and next season should be the time for him to enter the first team.

With Gao Xiaodong, the 20-year-old Mr. Golden Ball by his side, Pogba is under a lot of pressure, although Gao Xiaodong and the monkey repeatedly advised and appeased, but Pogba's restless heart is still difficult to calm down, in the joint training with the first team, Pogba has a very strong desire to perform, but he shows himself too much, and the ball is very unreasonable, but it makes Ferguson disappointed, in the league with Fulham, Pogba entered the 18-man squad, but did not get the opportunity to play.

It turned out that among the main players of the FA Cup, goalkeeper Kuzzak and teenager Gibson got the chance to start.

Fulham are eighth in the table and will be looking to reach the Europa League, and they have not given up their desire to win against unbeaten Manchester United, who have been on the counter-attack and actively pressed at half-time to stop United's attack.

Fulham caused a lot of problems for United in the first half, but at the beginning of the second half, Nani got past two people in a row and went straight to the goal, Berbatov received the ball in an offside position and scored a one-on-one goal, but the referee did not see it and ruled the goal valid.

Manchester United were in full control of the tempo after the goal, and then Valencia and Nani scored twice in a row, and finally the United beat Fulham 3-0 in the absence of Gao Xiaodong to maintain an eight-point advantage over Chelsea.

In order to prepare for the FA Cup match with Manchester United, Manchester City, who had a great advantage in the league to fight for the fourth place, strategically gave up the game and used all substitutes to play, and finally Manchester City lost the league 0:3 away, but let the main team retain enough physical strength.