On 21 April, Manchester United host their Champions League semi-final opponents, Lyon.

After letting go of Diarra and Benzema, Lyon is no longer the feared Lyon who has dominated Ligue 1 for 7 consecutive years. Their strength has dropped very much.

But this year they played quite well.

They were in a group with Liverpool, Fiorentina and Debreceni in the group stage, finishing second in the group. They next met Real Madrid, who won 2-1 over two legs. This season, Real Madrid lost Ricardo and Ronaldo, Kaka was injured, although he got Benzema and Ronaldo, but the style of play is still being adjusted, so the horse missed.

In the next quarter-finals, Lyon's opponent is Bordeaux. On the domestic stage, Lyon beat Bordeaux to the north, and they were overjoyed to find this opponent, and the aggregate score of 3:2 over the two legs advanced to the last four.

But that's the end of Lyon's Champions League journey. No one was optimistic that they could beat the mighty Manchester United, and they themselves didn't believe they could do it.

Several of United's key players were well rested, and Ricardo was very active in the game, single-handedly disrupting Lyon's defence.

In the 26th minute of the first half, Ricardo ran wildly with the ball, broke into the Lyon penalty area with three people in a row, and then suddenly passed the ball towards the back post.

Chasing the wind, Owen followed up in time and stabbed his toes to give United the lead.

Ferguson adjusted his tactics in time, and Manchester United no longer pressed forward, but began to recycle, mainly possession and waiting for opportunities to counterattack.

At the end of the first half, United had 65 per cent possession and Lyon had nothing to do.

At the start of the second half, United scrambled again and it worked.

After Carrick broke the ball up front, he quickly split to the right and Nani broke through with the ball and sent a low cross that was disrupted by the Lyon defender. Fletcher followed up and passed the ball into the box again, and Rooney leaned on the defender with his strong body, forced the ball to turn and shoot, and rewrote the score for Manchester United to make it 2:0.

At this point, Leon almost completely lost his fighting spirit. Manchester United, on the other hand, were in no hurry, slowly controlling the ball, wearing down the patience of their opponents, and then spotting the opportunity to suddenly send a through ball to keep the rhythm firmly under control.

In the 74th minute, Ricardo suddenly cut inside, Carrick sent a through ball with understanding, Ricardo took the ball into the penalty area, smashed the ball four times in a row, shook all two defenders who defended him, and then calmly kicked the ball to score the third goal for Manchester United.

Ferguson began to substitute key players, and although United still had the opportunity to extend the score, they did not take advantage of it, and the score remained 3-0 until the end.

That was enough, and United had one foot in the final.

In the other match, Inter Milan unexpectedly won 3-1 at home to Cosmos Barcelona FC.

Ferguson will have to consider the possibility of a fight against Jose Mourinho in the final. Previously, he had always thought that the opponent in the final would be Pep Guardiola.

Back in the league, on 24 April, Manchester United host Tottenham Hotspur. The FA have already brought the trophy to Old Trafford and will lift it early if United win against their opponents.

Tottenham, of course, are going all out. The biggest beneficiary of Manchester City's home defeat to Manchester United in the last round of the league was Tottenham Hotspur, who were originally in fifth place, and took advantage of Manchester City's defeat to rush to fourth place and enter the Champions League zone.

The difference between the Champions League and the Europa League is huge, not to mention the hidden effects, the Champions League alone has tens of millions of euros more than the Europa League, not to mention the higher sponsorship fees that can be obtained by entering the Champions League area.

But now Tottenham are only three points ahead of Manchester City, so they can't afford to make mistakes and must not lose to Manchester United.

But after all, strength must be used to speak on the football field, when both sides have enough determination and will, the competition is the technical and tactical level.

The scheming Ferguson did not attack at home, but instead shrunk his formation at the beginning, holding the ball backwards in the middle and back, waiting for an opportunity to counterattack.

The so-called one drum, then decline, three and exhaustion, the Tottenham team came up with a rainbow of morale and wanted to fight hard with Manchester United, but Manchester United ignored them at all, and as a result, the Tottenham team gradually fell into the rhythm of Manchester United, was led by the nose, and morale gradually declined.

So Ferguson is really a mouthful of old ginger, so spicy that the white lily loses its color.

When Tottenham's rhythm was out of order, after the first half entered the 35th minute, Manchester United suddenly picked up speed, intensified pressing in the front, and organized an attack on the spot after taking the ball.

In stoppage time, Park Ji-sung used his undead strength to force a corner, which was followed by a marking error by Tottenham and Rio Ferdinand leaping high to head the lead for United.

At half-time, Alex Ferguson looked happy as the team followed through on his tactics and got a good run. And all this does not depend on the individual performance of the star, but on his proper arrangement, which makes him quite fulfilled.

He glanced at Ricardo. Ricardo was inactive in this game, and although he did well in possession, he did not play individually. Averaging 8.4 successful dribbles per game this season, he is known as the "King of the Best", and has only tried to break through once in this game.

Every time he got the ball, Ricardo passed the ball quickly like a hot potato.

Of course, he does that, to make the team move faster, and it's good for the team's overall tactical intent.

But it's not at all like his usual one.

Ferguson thought about it, but he could understand Licardo's choice.

Now that the league, the Champions League and the FA Cup are coming to an end, there are only two rounds left in the league, the FA Cup final and the last two Champions League games remaining.

At such a critical time, Licardo did not dare to get hurt. And there's the World Cup just around the time.

As a reserve player, Ricardo is now just one Hercules Cup away from making a name for himself. For Ricardo, the World Cup is certainly more important than the Champions League, the league and the FA Cup.

Even if he won the 4th crown, but missed the World Cup due to injury, Ricardo will regret it.

In this game, Tottenham adopted a foul tactic against Ricardo, if it was a normal time, Licardo might not care, and he would be fouled and take a free kick.

But at this time, Ricardo didn't dare to gamble on luck, so he reduced the number of times he controlled the ball and broke through to avoid the risk of injury.

Heading into the second half, Ricardo was still holding back, but United still had the overall advantage.

In the 54th minute, Rooney suddenly got up on the edge of the penalty area to score another goal for Manchester United, and the score became 2:0.

Tottenham are getting more and more impatient, and the backline is making mistakes.

Although they pulled a goal back in the 72nd minute, United eventually scored a goal each through Ricardo and substitute Paul Scholes to win 4-1 at Tottenham.

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