At the end of the first leg of the semi-finals, Barcelona defeated Real Madrid 2-0 away in two civil battles in La Liga and the Premier League, Messi scored a magical goal on his own, and Manchester United defeated Chelsea 2-1 away, breaking the curse of Stamford Bridge's nine-year winless streak.

After the game, the world's media were frantically reporting on Messi's feat of single-handedly beating Real Madrid's two backs and four defenders, but not many people paid attention to Gao Xiaodong's victory in the game against Chelsea, with one pass and one shot, which laid the foundation for Manchester United's promotion;

Of course, the focus of the British media was on the semi-final between Chelsea and Manchester United.

"The Times" commented: In terms of on-the-spot command, Ancelotti was "completely blown up" this time. The first is that the substitution was late, and it took 70 minutes in the stalemate to react, and the second is that the substitution is inexplicable, and it is understandable to send Anelka, but it was Drogba, who was the most threatening before, instead of Torres, who still had a poor foot, Ancelotti really watched the game?

After this game, United won at Stamford Bridge for the first time since 2002, and Carlo Ancelotti's title of "Manchester United's number one nemesis" was no longer so shiny. In the previous nine meetings with Ferguson's Manchester United, the Italians won seven (including the Milan era), which was almost a one-sided advantage, but as the saying goes, there is no winning general, and this time it was Ferguson who breathed a bad breath.

Sun columnist Stephen Howard believes United's victory came from Alex Ferguson's tactical set-up and Gao Xiaodong's superb individual ability. In the first half, Ferguson desperately used the sappers to wear down Chelsea, and in the second half, Ryan Giggs and Paul Scholes attacked aggressively.

Chelsea have one of Europe's toughest midfielders and no one can take advantage of them, but Ferguson's clever arrangement has reduced the intensity of Chelsea's defence in the second half, and United used the experience and skilful combination of old players to seal the win quickly.

Although Ferguson's tactical arrangement is very ingenious, but Gao Xiaodong's super personal ability ensures the smooth implementation of Ferguson's tactics, some opportunities can only be created by Xiao Donggao, and some goals can only be scored by Gao Xiaodong, without his one pass and one shot, it is really difficult to say whether Manchester United can break the curse.

While praising Manchester United's manager, The Sun questioned Ancelotti's line-up and substitutions: Drogba and Torres fell into a single battle, and the two super center forwards were not able to produce chemistry, especially twice, one for Bosingwa was slow, and the other for Drogba, the biggest threat to Manchester United, such a substitution, is it the result of Abu's manipulation in the stands?

According to the Daily Mail, although only 90 minutes have passed in the game, Chelsea are not completely out of chances, but judging by Carlo Ancelotti's performance in the Champions League, it will be too difficult for Chelsea to turn the tables. An Shuai won two Big Ears Cups in Milan in five years and is known as the Champions League master, but the jokes he made in the Champions League are just as classic. 03-04 season, Milan defeated Deportivo 4:1 in the first leg, but was defeated by Deportivo 4-0 away from home, Ancelotti saw the opponent play crazy and helpless; 04-05 season final, the Rossoneri led 3-0 in the first half, but in the second half was Liverpool 6 minutes in a row 3, Anfat did not respond in time to Benitez's change of formation; and finally completed Liverpool's Istanbul miracle, once by chance, twice it shows that Ancelotti's team lacks resilience and blood, and it is difficult for a team that lacks resilience and blood to complete the heavy task of a big reversal.

"Manchester Evening News" believes that compared with Ferguson, Mourinho and others, Ancelotti's on-the-spot command is weaker, and his strength is that he usually works hard and slowly builds a set of strong combat effectiveness. However, Chelsea's current squad is on the decline, with signs of ageing everywhere, and it is understandable how difficult it will be for Carlo Ancelotti to turn the tide.

After the first leg of the Champions League semi-final in midweek, Manchester United will return to home and head to the Emirates Stadium to take on the Gunners Arsenal.

This is the penultimate round of the Premier League, and if United can win away at Arsenal and Chelsea are eight points behind and lose to local rivals Tottenham, then United can win the title three rounds ahead of schedule and avoid another league tie with Chelsea.

Manchester United and Chelsea are different, Chelsea is 8 points behind Manchester United in the league, the first leg of the Champions League lost, for them, this season's games are equal to two games left, if Manchester United loses to Arsenal, the next round Chelsea will definitely have to beat Manchester United at all costs, and Manchester United must take into account the Champions League final, FA Cup final, so they hope to be able to win the league title at the minimum cost, and spend all their energy on the Champions League.

If you want to win the league title at the lowest cost, you must win against Arsenal, who are slightly weaker and do not have too strong fighting spirit, so that Manchester United can take the initiative in the game against Chelsea and choose whether to win or lose according to the situation.

Arsenal are 11 points behind Manchester United in the league and have completely missed out on the league title, and they are also resting on their top four positions, this game against Manchester United is just a battle of honor for Arsenal, with no real meaning.

However, Arsene Wenger is a perfectionist, a man with a habit of cleanliness, and in such a meaningless game, in order to avoid being said to be leaked, he may not let Manchester United pass easily.

In this regard, as Wenger's old rival, Ferguson knows very well, so after returning from Stamford Bridge, Ferguson began to sing praises to Wenger on occasions large and small, "Wenger is a great coach, he changed the history of the Premier League. "Arsene Wenger has injected technology into the Premier League and every Premier League fan should be grateful to Arsenal. "In the Premier League, the only people who can compete with Manchester United are Arsenal, Manchester United can win trophies, Arsenal can win fans. ”

Ferguson, as a figure like Taishan Beidou in the industry, his affirmation and praise are also very honorable things for Wenger and Arsenal, but Wenger thanked Ferguson for his praise, but still said that Arsenal will strive to win the game in this round of the game, not for others, but for the purity of the game.

Ferguson certainly wouldn't be naïve enough to think that just his sycophants would make Arsene Wenger obediently bow down to his pomegranate skirt and raise his hands in surrender, and the lord did this mainly to paralyze Arsenal and Arsene Wenger, and the day after returning from London, United conducted serious targeted training to ensure that Arsenal were won away.

Before the start of the 35th round of the league, the Arsenal players and fans who have determined that the big four are also in conflict, whether to lose or win, to fight or not to fight? This choice seems to be more difficult than life and death, because Chelsea and Manchester United are Arsenal's mortal enemies, one is Arsenal's new hatred, the other is Arsenal's old hatred, and everyone at Arsenal wants their two teams to die, not to win the title.

However, the question was not difficult at all for the Ph.D. professor Arsene Wenger, who quickly made the decision to go all out to stop Manchester United at the Emirates Stadium.

The players did not understand this decision, thinking that although they were all mortal enemies, Manchester United had more titles than Arsenal, and it didn't matter if Manchester United had one more, but Chelsea was not only a sworn enemy in the same city, but also an upstart, so they couldn't let them ride on their heads.

In this regard, the professor explained that this is already Arsenal's best choice, if Arsenal loses to Manchester United, Manchester United will win the championship, they choose to give up the next league game against Chelsea, there is no suspense about the Champions League final, Manchester United even hopes to win the treble, Chelsea's four are empty, Arsenal is not good; 。 In other words, Arsenal beat Manchester United, Chelsea may not be able to win the title, but Manchester United must be dragged back to half death, and Arsenal broke Manchester United's unbeaten record of winning the title (Arsenal once won the title undefeated), lowered Manchester United's hopes of the treble, and won a good reputation for fair play, so beating Manchester United is the most beneficial for Arsenal, not much good for Chelsea, but it hurts Manchester United the most. Therefore, it is in Arsenal's best interest to beat Manchester United.

The players who were convinced by the professor's analysis only then understood why the coach was called a professor, and it was a waste not to go to university to be a professor, especially an economics professor.