Chapter 148: The Stamford Bridge Massacre

Knocking out the Red Devils at Old Trafford to reach the Champions League final doesn't get any better ending for Liverpool.

The whole Liverpool team and the away fans cheered and celebrated in the stadium, while some of the United fans chose to leave out of sight, and some of them booed Liverpool loudly.

Liu Ting, who passed and shot in this game, became the best in the game, although Ronaldo scored twice, but Manchester United was always eliminated, and he was at most glorious despite defeat.

It's a big fight, with red cards and controversy, and it's a favorite game for the media.

Speaking at the post-match press conference, Ferguson fired his shot: "We started the game well, but then we got too many yellow cards, the referee was too harsh on Manchester United, especially Fletcher's red card, I was disappointed, I think there are people who don't want to see Manchester United defend the Champions League." ”

Ferguson also had his own say about insulting the referee: "I was angry, but it wasn't disrespectful to the referee, I got the news in the second half that Nedan and Charlie had been hospitalized and that was the main reason for my anger. ”

In the second half of the game between Manchester United and Liverpool, Ferguson's daughter-in-law Nedan Ferguson drove his grandson Charlie Ferguson and granddaughter Gracie Ferguson into a car accident.

In a word, the female driver is really harming others and herself.

Ferguson was also unlucky, his family was in a car accident, and he was eliminated by his opponent in the Champions League.

Ferguson quickly left the press conference on the grounds that he was going to visit his family in the hospital, and Liverpool naturally became the subject of reporters' interviews.

Liu Ting talked eloquently in front of reporters: "Advance to the finals? I'm very happy to be in the final, it's a huge recognition of the hard work of the whole Liverpool team, it's a wonderful moment, especially being in the final here. ”

"The final opponent? I think Liverpool are confident of beating them to bring home trophies regardless of who they are in the final, Chelsea and Barcelona are both very strong teams, and I think their chances of progressing are quite evenly matched, so it's no surprise who makes it to the final. ”

"Confidence in winning the championship? Don't you know where this year's finals will be held? It was in Rome, which was a lucky place for Liverpool, who have only hosted three Champions League finals in their history, the first of which was the year when Liverpool reached the Champions League final for the first time, beating German side Borussia Mönchengladbach to lift the trophy. Seven years later, Roma hosted the Champions League final again, where Liverpool beat hosts Roma on penalties to bring home the trophy, and now Liverpool have a third chance to lift the trophy in Roma, and we will not let it go. ”

Liverpool's elimination of Manchester United to advance to the final was the biggest news in Europe the next morning.

Italy's "Milan Sports Newspaper" reported with the title of "Three Finals in Five Years": "As the smoke of Manchester was blown away, Liverpool eliminated Manchester United in a difficult battle away from home to advance to the final, this is the third time they have entered the Champions League final in five years, 05 years, 07 years to the present 09 years Liverpool have entered the Champions League final, the last team that can reach the final three times in five years is AC Milan, AC Milan has reached the final in 03, 05 and 07, Except for the 05 final was reversed by Liverpool, the other two won the championship, and in the 07 final AC Milan seized the opportunity to avenge Liverpool, the two teams are undoubtedly rivals, and now Liverpool is in the final again, while AC Milan has not even been able to participate in the Champions League......"

Liverpool's mouthpiece "Liverpool Echo" reported with "The Most Golden-Rich Final Team": "From the beginning of this season's Champions League match, Liverpool was divided into a group of death, and Atletico Madrid, PSV Eindhoven and Marseille in a group, Liverpool won 5 wins and 1 draw unbeaten group first qualified, after the group qualification, Liverpool's opponent in the round of 16 is Real Madrid, who has won the Champions League the most, the opponent in the quarterfinals is Bayern Munich, the Bundesliga champion who has won the Champions League four times, and the opponent in the semifinals is the defending champion Manchester United, every level is difficult, every opponent is strong, Liverpool has passed through one level after another, and finally got a ticket to Rome, if it weren't for the opponents in the Champions League who were too strong, Liverpool should now have an advantage in the league, not a slight disadvantage compared to Manchester United......"

"The Echo" also said: "In this season's Champions League, Liverpool has been unbeaten so far, with 5 wins and 1 draw in the group stage, a double defeat to Real Madrid in the round of 16, one win and one draw against Bayern in the quarterfinals, and two draws against Manchester United in the semifinals, Liverpool's Champions League is currently unbeaten with 8 wins and 4 draws, and if you count one win and one draw in the qualifying round, Liverpool is also unbeaten with 9 wins and 5 draws." ”

"Les Echos" did not forget to satirize Manchester United: "Of course, Liverpool is not the only unbeaten team, there is also an English team that is also unbeaten in this season's Champions League, they won 2 and drew 4 in the group stage, 1 win and 1 draw in the round of 16 and quarterfinals, two draws in the semi-finals, their semi-season Champions League is 4 wins and 8 draws unbeaten, but unfortunately their Champions League journey is over, that is Manchester United......"

The Echo report upset Manchester United fans, so the pro-Manchester media came out and claimed that United had been killed by the referee and that UEFA did not want United to defend their Champions League title. This really won the support of some people, after all, the referee on duty did not give Manchester United home advantage at home, and Manchester United also received two red cards.

Ferguson also came out and said: "It's a disappointment to be out of the Champions League, but it's also good, we can put our energy into the league completely, we have one less game at the moment, it will be a game that decides the championship, we won't give them another chance, Manchester United will win the Premier League three times in a row, they can't win the league title, at least not this season." ”

With his goal in the second leg of the semi-finals, Liu Ting has scored 7 goals in the Champions League, tied for second place in the Champions League scorer list with Klose and Gerrard, second only to Messi with 8 goals. Liu Ting and Steven Gerrard can still participate in the Champions League final and have a chance to score, Messi also has the second leg of the semi-finals coming soon, and the final will depend on whether Barcelona can beat Chelsea.

7 goals make Liu Ting famous, the Champions League is always the most watched game in Europe, last season Ronaldo won the Champions League Golden Boot with 7 goals, and now Liu Ting has also reached 7 goals, another big star in Europe is rising.

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The match between Liverpool and Manchester United made Manchester United supporters unhappy for Manchester United, and a small part of the media followed suit to make news.

However, the next day, Chelsea's home game against Barcelona was over, and no one cared about the Manchester United and Liverpool game anymore, and the Italian referee in that game was simply a good guy compared to Chelsea's game.

The whole Liverpool team was called together to watch the game together at the club, mainly to see who would be their opponent in the final, and by the way, to familiarize themselves with it in advance.

In this Chelsea vs Barcelona, referee Norwegian Henin was in the driver's seat, and he showed his true colors in the game, and there were several controversial decisions.

Chelsea scored a goal in the ninth minute through Essien, which gave Chelsea peace of mind to play their favourite counter-attack, and Barcelona became difficult to beat.

In the 24th minute, Chelsea's Malouda was tackled by Alves, and Henin's free-kick from outside the box was seen on replay as a foul just past the line of the penalty area, which could have been awarded a penalty.

In the 26th minute, Drogba fell in the penalty area, Chelsea thought that a penalty should be awarded, referee Henin did not say anything, in fact, Drogba and Abilda were pulling each other at the time, but did not say that it was a bit of a loss to Chelsea.

In the 67th minute, Chelsea's Anelka made a single knife, Abidal interfered with the opponent closely, but Anelka fell down without any action, and the referee did not sentence Anelka to fake a fall but directly sent Abilda off with a red card, which made it unclear which side the Norwegian was heading, and then targeted Chelsea, and now sent off the Barcelona player for no reason.

In the 82nd minute, there was an obvious handball in Pique's penalty area, and referee Henin did not say anything.

On top of that, the referee had a few problems, such as too long stoppage time, such as Xavi's shot clearly hitting the Chelsea player and the Norwegian watching from the sidelines but not awarding a corner.

Then in stoppage time, Andres Iniesta equalised with a goal as Barcelona relied on away goals to knock out Chelsea and progress to the final.

Chelsea's Didier Drogba and Ballack both roared and received yellow cards, and both teams were unhappy with the referee's decision, but Barcelona were the ones who qualified, and the Chelsea fans at home were the most dissatisfied. To be fair, Chelsea deserve at least one more penalty.

The game was dubbed the Stamford Bridge tragedy by Blues fans.

After the game, Norwegian Henin didn't dare to stay in the original hotel, because when he left after the game, he was threatened by the fans to kill him.

Soon someone broke the news about Henin's home address on the Internet, and many Blues fans said that they wanted to go to his home to find him trouble, and even appeared death threats, which made the Norwegian police take it seriously.

Eventually, Henin left the UK under the protection of the London police, but the controversy continued.

Henin's information was quickly dug up by the media, he has only blown 10 Champions League games in his refereeing career, and there were obvious mistakes during the group stage of the 08 Euro Championship for the first time in an important game, so far Henin does not have enough experience to officiate such an important game as the Champions League semi-finals, but the Norwegian is also one of the referees in the 10 World Cup.

Soon, the British tabloid escalated the matter to the level of UEFA's target for the Premier League, believing that UEFA had arranged such a referee to take out Chelsea and prevent the Premier League team from winning the final for the second year in a row.

Conspiracy theories are always in the market, and this claim has been accepted by many people who believe that Platini is going to take out the Premier League, and Henin is soon put on the hat of UEFA's royal referee.

The British tabloids were so loud that no one cared about the first leg when Barcelona played Chelsea at home, Barcelona also had a referee who suffered and missed a penalty, and the match between Liverpool and Manchester United was even less concerned.

If comparatively speaking, the referee of Manchester United's home game against Liverpool can be said to be a good referee, and the referee of Barcelona's home game against Chelsea is considered a faint whistle, then the referee of Chelsea's home game against Barcelona is close to a black whistle.