641 Who to Sell? [The fifth watch of the liver, asking for a monthly pass]
One-to-one!
Barcelona drew at home to Liverpool.
Rijkaard's side returned to the Camp Nou after a 5-0 defeat at Anfield in the first leg to save face with a 1-1 draw with the Reds.
With an aggregate score of 6-1, Liverpool advanced to the semi-finals of the Champions League by a large margin.
In the other three battles, Manchester United defeated Roma 2-0 away, 1-0 at home, and 3-0 on aggregate, successfully advanced to the semi-finals, and completed the meeting with Liverpool.
The winner of the Champions League double-red match, Liverpool and Manchester United, will advance to the Champions League final.
In the other semi-zone, Arsenal defeated Schalke 04 1-1 away and 1-0 at home, and eliminated Schalke 04 with an aggregate score of 2-1 and successfully advanced to the semi-finals.
Chelsea's 2-1 defeat away to Fenerbahce was a shocking defeat given that the Blues would not have suffered a heavy defeat to the Turkish side in any case, and the difference in quality between the two sides was clear.
Back at home, Chelsea narrowly won 2-0 and narrowly missed Fenerbahce 3-2 on aggregate.
Once again, all the media had to sigh at Chelsea's luck as they faced Arsenal in the semi-final.
The Gunners are undoubtedly the weakest of the top four teams overall.
Since the group stage of this Champions League, the Blues have been lucky in the draw, not facing any real strong opponents, and even in the knockout stages, they have faced the likes of Olympiacos of Greece and Fenerbahce of Turkey.
Suffice it to say, the Blues have never faced a real challenge from start to finish.
In the semi-finals, four Premier League teams came together, a spectacle never before in the history of the Champions League, but the Blues were the luckiest of the Blues, who were in the same half as Arsenal.
Therefore, many media believe that the showdown between Manchester United and Liverpool will be the focus of the battle to determine the ownership of the Champions League.
No matter who wins the opponent and enters the finals, the Double Red Club is basically sure to win.
Because neither Arsenal nor Chelsea can challenge Manchester United and Liverpool's plans to win the title.
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After the Champions League semi-finals, the weekend ushered in the 34th round of the Premier League.
Liverpool host Blackburn Rovers.
The first half was a dull affair between the two sides, but with Benayoun coming on in the second half, Liverpool's attack improved considerably, and the Israeli midfielder's creativity in attack was quite good, and his contribution to Liverpool this season has also been huge.
First, Lucas Rewa assisted Gerrard for a goal, and then Gerrard assisted Yang Yang for a goal.
After Yang Yang was replaced by Volonin, Reeser assisted Volonin to score a goal.
In the end, Liverpool beat Blackburn Rovers 3-1.
Santa Cruz scored a goal for Blackburn.
Mark Hughes believed after the game that Liverpool would be the strongest contenders for the league title as long as they maintained their current form.
Yang Yang's goal was his 29th league goal of the season, and he was just one step away from reaching the 30-goal mark.
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Manchester United beat Arsenal 2-1 at home.
The Gunners started the second half with a goal from Bam Adebayor but then Ronaldo equalised from the penalty spot and Hargreaves scored the winner to make it 2-1.
This victory allowed Manchester United to continue to chase closely behind Liverpool, and Xiao Xiaoluo also fell behind Yang Yang by only one goal.
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In the 35th round of the Premier League, Liverpool went south to London and faced Fulham away.
Yang Yang started the game and played the whole game, without scoring a goal, but contributed two assists.
First, in the seventeenth minute, he assisted Pennant for a goal, and then in the seventieth minute, he assisted Crouch to score.
In the end, Liverpool beat Fulham 2-0 away.
Although Yang Yang did not score, his two assists were still selected as the best player of the game.
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Yang Yang failed to score in this round, and the British media was originally looking forward to Manchester United's Xiao Xiao Luo.
But what I didn't expect was that Manchester United didn't play well in this round, facing Blackburn, although the Red Devils defended solidly, they played badly in attack.
It wasn't until the 86th minute that Scholes set up Carlos Tevez to score a goal.
In the end, Manchester United beat Blackburn Rovers 1-0 away.
Xiao Xiaoluo played the whole game, but he failed to make any gains, and missed the God-given opportunity to catch up with Yang Yang.
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When Liverpool returned to Liverpool from London with a win over Fulham, news from the City of London quickly spread across the UK and around the world.
The spokesperson of the Dubai DIG consortium officially announced that it has abandoned the plan to acquire Liverpool!
This news was like a boulder suddenly thrown into a calm lake, making the situation suddenly turbulent.
Since the bank announced that it would temporarily shelve Liverpool's loan plan, there have been rumors that Liverpool will be bought by the DIG consortium, and Liverpool fans have frequently protested, hoping to take this opportunity to put pressure on the two American owners to sell Liverpool and bring in funds from the Dubai consortium to strengthen the team's competitiveness.
But all of this now seems to be just a good wish.
In response to questions from media reporters, a spokesperson for the DIG consortium revealed that the main reason for the failure of the takeover was that the owners of Liverpool valued Liverpool far beyond the acceptable range of the DIG consortium, and they did not intend to continue in this kind of dishonest bargaining.
'We thought they were like us, sitting down and negotiating a deal, but it turned out to be disappointing and they didn't look like they had any intention of selling Liverpool.
The media immediately pointed the finger at Liverpool's two American bosses, believing that their asking price was too outrageous.
Liverpool general manager Rick Parry also said in an interview with the media that he regretted that he could not facilitate the acquisition, but at the same time expressed his belief that Liverpool can get out of the predicament soon.
But immediately some media said that since the acquisition cannot be completed, Liverpool is bound to find a solution to the current financial crisis as soon as possible, and the two American bosses are bound to clean up this mess themselves.
Rick Parry said that the team has had a good season this season, reaching the semi-finals of the Champions League, and even the favourites to win the title, while currently sitting first in the league standings, which also means that Liverpool's revenue this season will set a new high.
"Actually, the funding doesn't affect the team." Rick Parry wants to try to calm the anxieties inside and outside the club, "We are not short of funds, for example, we are currently in talks with Crouch for a contract extension, we also want to be able to complete the contract extension negotiations with Yang Yang, and there are many other players in our contract renewal list. ”
Rick Parry also revealed that Liverpool will be putting a sum of money into the team's transfer operations this summer, hoping to further improve the team's results.
"Whether it is an acquisition or a loan plan, it is the capital operation of the club, and it will not affect the operation of the team, whether it is a contract renewal or a recruitment, everything is as usual."
But Rick Parry's words obviously can't stabilize people's hearts.
Liverpool fans took the lead in attacking, and a number of Liverpool fan organizations expressed their dissatisfaction with the lion opening of the American owner, believing that they were poisoning Liverpool, and hoped that they could get out of the way as soon as possible.
At the same time, some media revealed that Rick Parry's so-called recruitment plan is actually based on a premise, that is, to sell Yang Yang to Barcelona in exchange for 80 million euros, and part of it will be used to recruit players to fill the vacancy left by Yang Yang.
And the news from Spain that Real Madrid has basically locked in Manchester United's star Cristiano Ronaldo, and the Portuguese will move to Manchester United this summer.
As a confrontation, Barcelona will bring in Yang Yang from Liverpool.
Both of these transfers will be astronomical!
However, some British media have revealed that Liverpool intends to keep Yang Yang to ensure the competitiveness of the team and reassure the fans, but will have to sell a number of stars for this, including players such as Crouch, Xavi Alonso and Pennant.
The takeover failed, the club was in financial trouble, and the star of the house faced poaching from Barcelona......
Many unfavorable factors suddenly erupted before the game against Manchester League, which began to seriously affect the internal operations of Liverpool, and the dressing room was even more panicked, and everyone was very worried, after the takeover failed, if the team really had to sell the star to pay off the debt, then who would be sold?
Is it Yang Yang? Or someone else?
In such a situation, it is difficult for Benitez and the club's reassurance to make a difference.
At the very least, Crouch's contract renewal has not been negotiated for a long time, which is the best evidence.
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Regarding the current situation in Liverpool, Yang Yang himself can't see it clearly.
Because he had no idea what the club's management was thinking right now.
If you want to sell the club, the two American owners must want to sell, but they did not negotiate with the DIG consortium in terms of price, Gillette was originally done, but Hicks's asking price was too outrageous, and after two months of negotiation, the price was never negotiated, and the Dubai consortium finally had to give up the acquisition.
As a result, Hicks and Gillette were left to find a way to solve the club's financial woes on their own.
The problem is that the banks are no longer willing to lend them money.
All signs show that Liverpool has really moved the mind of selling people, the key is who to sell?
Raiola has been in contact with Rick Parry on several occasions, but the Liverpool general manager is also apparently clueless about what lies ahead.
And it is precisely because of the unknown that it makes people worry and even panic.
Yang Yang is very angry about this, the acquisition has been going on for so long, but before facing Manchester United's key battle, such unfavorable news suddenly broke out, which was a very big blow to Liverpool's morale.
At one point, he even conspiratorically wondered if there was a pro-Manchester United media behind this.
But there is a saying that flies don't bite eggs.
Liverpool's two American bosses are also too disappointing.
At this time, Yang Yang really had the idea of leaving Liverpool for the first time.
He loves the Liverpool fans, he loves the football atmosphere, he loves his team-mates and coaches, but he really wants to run away from those two terrible American owners.
Because he doesn't like this insecurity.
And Yang Yang is still like this, what about the others?