After 34 rounds of the league, the rest of Serie A have been given a week's rest, but Fiorentina and AC Milan face an even more intense and brutal Champions League semi-final three days later.

The semi-finals consist of two Serie A teams playing one La Liga team and one Premier League team. AC Milan played at home in the first leg and Fiorentina played away.

The match between AC Milan and Barcelona is a big matchup, in history, the two teams have countless grievances and hatreds, and have played many classic games, including the Champions League final in 94 Milan defeated the favorite Barcelona 4-0, and the game between them can be described as Mars hitting the earth.

In contrast, the match between Arsenal and Fiorentina was slightly inferior.

Milan and Barcelona have won 7 championships combined, Milan established a Milan dynasty in the era of the Three Musketeers, Barcelona also had the title of Dream Team in the Cruyff era, saying that they are giants No one questioned them, but although Arsenal is one of the G14, his giants are not so convincing.

Arsenal's record in the Premier League is undoubtedly admirable, and they have also created a glorious history of unbeaten titles in the season, just a little worse than AC Milan's 54-game unbeaten streak, but Arsenal is an insider, an outsider, in the Champions League, Arsenal has not won a title so far, even at the peak of their unbeaten title, Arsenal has not been able to break through in the Champions League.

Not to mention Fiorentina, they have only reached the Champions League final once in history, and they have only won two championships in the league.

To be able to reach the semi-finals, with stars such as Chen Yu, Tony, Thierry Henry and Cesc Fabregas, if it were not for the stars of Barcelona and AC Milan, the match between Arsenal and Fiorentina would definitely attract the attention of fans all over the world, but now, they can only become the backdrop of the battle of the century.

Even if the outside media put the game between the Gunners and the Purple Lily in a secondary position, the importance of Fiorentina and Arsenal is unprecedented, compared with the league, the difficulty of winning the Champions League is another level, a team wants to win the championship must have the right time, place and the perfect combination of the three is possible, now whether it is Fiorentina or Arsenal, they have come to the point where they are only one step away from Paris, who does not want to win the championship is a lie.

Fiorentina have rotated in the league, and the main team has only played half of the game to maintain their form, even if they want to compete for a Champions League place, Arsenal against West Bromwich Albion also sent half of the main team and substitutes, all the energy is focused on the home game against Fiorentina.

Arsenal are very serious at home, with their incisive counter-attacks and solid defence, and if they can win Fiorentina at home, they are almost guaranteed to reach the final, because when they played the stronger Juventus in the quarter-finals, Arsenal won 2-0 at home and played like a fish in water away from home, giving Juventus almost no chance.

The 34th round of the English Premier League has just ended, and after a 3-1 victory over West Bromwich Albion to eliminate Juventus, Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger spoke a lot harder.

"We are the favourites to reach the final, Fiorentina is the big dark horse, the outside world sees it that way, I believe there is a reason why they see it this way, because our backline has not conceded in the last seven games, because we eliminated Juventus, because we have been one of the four best teams in the Premier League, and Fiorentina has only been together for a year after the rebuild, their core player Chen Yu is slightly weaker than Henry, they lack experience in the Champions League, however, we are not perfect, We have our own disadvantages, our defensive line is now a real ghost, the average age of the four youngsters of Ebo, Senderos, Toure and Flamini is less than 23 years old, and the oldest Toure is just 25 years old. The only thing I have to say is that our defence is young and nothing has changed so far because there is no one else.

The young defence means the rest of the team has to help defence because Fiorentina have good possession and we have to play smart, so we need a lot of experience. In the games against Real Madrid and Juventus, my players have dealt with the pressure very well, they are children with character. Of course we're going to need everybody, maybe we're going to need old players like Bergkamp and Andre Pire on Wednesday night, I don't know what to say at the moment, but I'm going to make the right combination. ”

As long as he plays against Fiorentina, Chen Yu is a topic that cannot be avoided, because Fiorentina is Chen Yu's team alone, and Wenger will certainly not mention Chen Yu.

Regarding the late bloomer and rising as fast as a comet, Arsene Wenger said: "Chen Yu, like Thierry Henry, is very fast and is an all-round player. He's the kind of player who can do whatever he wants with the ball at his feet, he can pass and shoot and he can shoot and he can't limit him completely, just as Fiorentina can't limit Henry completely. Of course, we will not let Chen Yu trust the horse on the field, we will put a hanger on this black horse, let them run a little slower, and let him know where he can't go. ”

After the most Wenger, he also decompressed his favorite Henry, he said that this game is not a contest between Chen Yu and Henry, this is a battle of styles, "The pace of the Premier League is fast, Serie A is relatively slow, like defense and control, and La Liga is delicate, the style between the three leagues, if we want to beat Fiorentina, we must do what we did in the game with Juventus, play speed, we must fight tenaciously after conceding goals, we must rush them, keep hitting behind them, of course, We have to organise our defence and then launch a counterattack as quickly as possible. We have to do it like we do in the league, Serie A doesn't have our style of play and I'm sure we're going to make them uncomfortable. They are not used to the other party rushing at him all the time, constantly hitting him in the back, or at a fast pace. What they are not used to, and that is what we want to do. ”

Wenger is very Sven, nicknamed Professor. Everyone thinks that compared with other top coaches in the world, what is inferior is the on-the-spot command ability and the lethality of the pre-game war of words.

You must know that among the four giants of the Premier League, Manchester United's head coach Ferguson once scolded and cried his opponent, Mourinho's war of words will make the opponent jump like thunder and lose his mind, although Benitez's ability to fight with words is average, but he has never been affected by the opponent's war of words, relatively speaking, Wenger's level of war of words is a bit low.

But before the game with Fiorentina, Wenger's saliva was very weighty, hiding needles in the cotton, not only touting himself, suppressing the opponent, but also spurring and encouraging his players.

Before the game, Henry was under a lot of pressure, as the king of Highbury, Henry was almost unstoppable in the Premier League, but in the Champions League, he was not able to achieve any good results, Henry played well this season, he almost single-handedly led a group of imps to bring the Gunners to the semi-finals, the performance can be described as unparalleled, but Arsenal's opponent Fiorentina has a player who is even better than Henry, that is, Chen Yu.

Chen Yu and Henry are close in age, but Chen Yu debuted much later, but after Chen Yu's debut, he began to create miracles all the way, this season is Chen Yu's first Champions League season, but Chen Yu's performance even surpassed Henry, Xiao Luo and other superstars, the Champions League's 13 goals also surpassed Van Nistelrooy to become the player with the most goals in a single season, and this record is likely to continue to expand.

Chen Yu or Henry, who is stronger? Who is the best striker? Who is the greater leader? This is a hotly debated topic in the British and Italian media, and while the media are more optimistic about Arsenal winning and qualifying, few media believe that Thierry Henry's performance will outperform Chen.

Wednesday night is Highbley's last European game and Arsenal's first ever Champions League semi-final. Thierry Henry, who attended the press conference with Arsene Wenger, did not avoid the topic of comparison with Chen Yu, and the king of the Gunners said frankly: "I am somewhat similar to Chen Yu, we don't like to stay in one position, we both like to move freely in the front court, we are both fast, but we are not the same striker, Chen Yu has a larger range of movement than me, he can even play in the midfield." Fiorentina is Chen Yu's team alone, staring at Chen Yu, Fiorentina is basically over, but Arsenal is not our team alone, we are a group, even if Fiorentina stares at me, we still have Pire, Bergkamp, Van Persie, Reyes, Ljungberg, we have many world-class and super-first-class players, they are our guarantee to advance to the final, football is a collective sport, this will always be true. ”

Henry's words are very skillful, avoiding who is stronger between him and Chen Yu, and who is stronger between Arsenal and Fiorentina, but the British media hyped that this is Henry's fear of Chen Yu, because throughout this season's Champions League games, if both teams stop at the top four, obviously, Chen Yu's performance is stronger than Henry's. However, the Italian media said that Henry looked down on Chen Yu and thought that Chen Yu was not a team player.

The media hopes to use such topics to stimulate the two superstars and let them attract more attention to their websites and newspapers, and they believe that with Chen Yu's character, he will not shy away from such a war of words.