The referee's whistle had already blew to finish the game, and the Stadio Fraki had turned into a sea of joy, with the Fiorentina players on the pitch shirtless and their shirts tossed into the stands to thank the fans who had always supported them.

The electronic scoreboard at the top of the Flagi Stadium shows the final score of the match, 5:1!

Just after Digan scored the winning goal, Chelsea completely collapsed, with one man less on the field, they launched a desperate counter-attack, and as a result, the huge gap exposed in the back line was seized by Fiorentina in just a few minutes, three chances in a row, completely killing Chelsea's hopes of a comeback.

In the 83rd minute, Fiorentina broke the ball at the back, Kompany directly hit the back of the Chelsea defence with a long pass, Digan faced the attacking goalkeeper Cech, did not have greed, chose to cross the middle, and Cavinaghi pushed the empty goal.

Just a minute later, Fiorentina played a brilliant combination again, with Digan and Hamsik colliding against the wall, with the latter bursting into the box and firing a slot.

At the moment of the game, Fiorentina took advantage of another free kick opportunity, and Digan scored directly to lock the score at 5:1!

The Chelsea players fled the pitch en masse the moment the game ended, leaving only Fiorentina on the pitch celebrating their victory.

Semifinal!

Fiorentina reached the semi-finals of the Champions League.

The celebration lasted for a long time, and Fiorentina won the war, and although Anelka's goal at the beginning made the Fiorentina fans break out in a cold sweat, the team they supported did not disappoint them in the end.

The overall score is 6:2!

Fiorentina advanced to the semi-finals of the Champions League with their heads held high.

Speaking at the post-match press conference, Chelsea head coach Grant was clearly unconvinced: 'My players were better, we deserved a win, but it was disappointing, some of us made very stupid mistakes in the game and that was the key to our loss! ”

Obviously, Grant intends to put all the blame for the loss on Anelka, not only Grant thinks so, I believe many people will think the same way, if it weren't for Anelka's stupid foul, maybe the result of this game would really be different.

Grant is well aware that without the Champions League trophy, he will not be in the Chelsea manager's position for too long.

Roman Abramovich can tolerate him losing the league, after all, it is not his fault to fall behind Manchester United in the league, Chelsea's league results were already very early when Mourinho was still here, and it is very good that he can take Chelsea to second place in the league when he takes over.

But if he loses the Champions League, he is in danger, and he promised Abramovich before the game that he would lead the team to Moscow, but now he has broken his promise.

I don't know if it's because of anger or nervousness, it's always Grant who really failed to show the demeanor of a big coach at the post-game press conference.

"Fiorentina won, I'd love to congratulate them, but there are some things that I can't force myself to say, even in face, because they did win!"

Grant was not convinced, and Prandelli was very calm about this: "I don't agree with Mr. Grant's statement, the game is over, we are the winners, it's a fact, Anelka was sent off, we do have some advantage in numbers, but don't forget, Modric was injured because of Anelka's stupid foul, we were also affected, as for Mr. Grant's statement, I think it's very ridiculous, Anelka is his player, it doesn't seem like we need to be responsible!" ”

No matter how unconvinced Grant was, this was the result, with Chelsea eliminated and the English media's fantasy of a Premier League semi-final gathering in the semi-finals of the Champions League.

However, the other triangle of the Premier League's iron four corners did a very good job, Arsenal and Fenerbahce matches, with Cesc Fabregas and Theo Walcott's goals, Arsenal easily won at home and successfully advanced.

The match between Liverpool and Schalke 04 was uneventful, with the two sides playing 0-0 in 90 minutes, and in the end it was Liverpool who laughed Zuihou and eliminated their opponents 2-1 on aggregate over the two legs.

Manchester United also got their wish to kill Roma in the Champions League for the second time, even if it was an away game, the concentrated Manchester United was not at all able to win by Roma, three goals from Berbatov, Rooney and Camuro ended the Champions League journey of Prince Roma Totti this season.

'It's a disappointing result, but I'm still proud of my players, they have done everything they could, they don't deserve to blame, but the game has exposed some problems that I hope will be resolved in the summer! Losing this game is not the end of Shijie, Roma will continue to move on! ”

It was also a loss, but Spalletti was going to look more personable than Grant.

Ferguson also praised Roma's performance after the game: "Manchester United played very well today, but Roma also showed their quality today, especially their midfielder De Rossi, who is an unbelievable player and I would love to get him if I have the chance, but it seems unlikely that Roma will sell their midfield core!" It's over, now we can take a break, but the next game is still very important and we need to be ready for the double!? weishenme: No? ”

Old man Ferguson directly exposed his ambitions in front of reporters, but if he wanted to achieve this goal, the obstacles in front of him were not so easy to clear.

Fiorentina, Manchester United, Chelsea, Liverpool!

The 2007/2008 Champions League semi-finals were all announced, and in the next round of the competition, Manchester United will face old rivals Liverpool, while Fiorentina will compete with Arsenal for a ticket to the Champions League final in Russia.

The results of Modric's injury examination came out, and the results were very disappointing, Anelka's kick was so hard that Modric had a broken calf bone and would have to be out for at least two months, even if Fiorentina reached the Champions League final, he would certainly not be able to catch up.

Listening to assistant coach Antonelli after returning from the hospital, Modric cried very sadly in the ward after learning the news, after all, he is a young man who participated in such a major event in the Champions League for the first time, but suffered such a result.

After getting the news, when Degan was interviewed by reporters, he lashed out at the perpetrator Anelka: "Such a bastard should be banned for life, he ruined a genius's football dream, he should be ashamed of it!" ”

Despite his youth, Luka Modric has quickly established himself as a regular in the club, scoring seven goals and providing nine assists in 26 league appearances this season, all of which are among Fiorentina's highest stats.

Just before the Chelsea game, Modric was on the training ground talking to Deegan about the Champions League final, and Deegan remembers the excitement on Modric's face at the time, but now that the dream is shattered, Degan is angrier than anyone else.

"He'd better be careful and don't meet us again, or I'll treat him well!"

Anelka's cruel words were not even reflected at all, but Anelka expressed his dissatisfaction when Chelsea Football Club announced the damage caused to the club by Anelka's stupid behavior and a fine of two weeks' salary.

If Deegan wants to take revenge, he can only save it for later, but with Anelka's role-playing mode as a football ranger, Degan wants to meet Anelka again, and I'm afraid it won't be easy.

Arsenal!

Fiorentina's opponent in the Champions League semi-finals, Arsene Wenger's youth army that Wenger spent years of hard work to finally build, speaking of which, Degan and Arsenal are also quite related.

When they first followed AC Milan in the Champions League, they met Arsenal led by Arsene Wenger in the final, but things are different, some important players of Arsenal at the beginning, such as Henry, Pire, Ljungberg and others have left, and now Arsenal Although the strength of the players in each position is very good, but there is no star of Henry's level.

At the beginning, Deegan finally helped AC Milan defeat Arsenal, who reached the Champions League final for the first time, with a hat-trick, and now they meet again, I wonder if Wenger has thought about revenge on Degan?

Deegan is definitely a fan of hatred, and even though it was AC Milan who beat Arsenal, the Gunners still put most of the hatred on his head.

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger grabbed the sofa and was the first to jump out and complain: "I still remember that hat trick, but the last opponent was AC Milan, and now it is Fiorentina, compared with Fiorentina, we have more experience in Europe!" ”

Digan replied at the first time: "Arsenal is a very good team, I have played against them, and the deepest impression on me is that their attacking speed is very fast, but I don't feel worried about playing Arsenal, our strength is above them, as for what Coach Wenger said about experience, those hairy boys have a fart experience!" ”

Degan poked Wenger's death hole in one sentence, the team did not invest, but could only dig the potential internally, fooling the children around to watch the goldfish in London, this is Arsenal's current hard injury.

If you look at it purely from a business point of view, all the senior management of Arsenal, who is known for their careful calculations, are all business materials, whether it is the old chairman Hillwood, or the current Uzbek tycoon, and even the head coach Arsene Wenger is a firm executor of "small capital management".

In fact, in the past four years, Arsenal is one of the few clubs in the Premier League to make a profit every year, and the recent official financial statements of Arsenal this season show that the club's pre-tax profit is nearly 20 million pounds.

However, in the eyes of fans, the club's financial strength is reflected through the team's purchasing power in the transfer market, which has become a laughing stock for fans, in recent years, Arsenal has not only failed to buy high-level stars in the transfer market, but also lost the core of the team every year.

Last summer, the Gunners' offer was very positive, first £30 million for Degan, and then on the offensive for Joe Cole, but these "lip service" offers are difficult to realize.

Chelsea will not sell England's best midfielder in the last decade, and on Degan's side, the liquidated damages alone are in the hundreds of millions, and the Gunners' offer is pure harassment.

There is no need to repeat the pain brought by the three years of no championship to gun fans, some fans have begun to express their dissatisfaction with the team, and the fans' complaints are obviously justified.

For example, last summer, Arsenal wanted to bring in Defoe at an offer of 15 million euros, and Tottenham's psychological price was 18 million, but Arsenal refused to take an extra 3 million. In addition, the Gunners have also been repeatedly "cut off" because of this, Ribery and Alonso were all because Arsenal bargained for millions, and were eventually snatched up by other competitors.

Compared to Chelsea, they also burn a lot of money, the Gunners just don't burn money but make money, Chelsea never stingy with players, they don't have Arsenal's "100,000 pounds a week" salary cap, and they won't be in the transfer for millions of baht, of course, they will not have the tragic situation of "eight years without a crown".

On the other hand, the Gunners, on the list of the top six transfer investments in the Premier League in the past four years, turned out to be minus 37 million pounds, which means that Arsenal not only did not spend money in the past five years, but made a net profit of 37 million, which made countless money-burning giants ashamed.

Arsenal does have money, but its budget-conscious management style is destined to fail to reach the peak, if you want to win the Premier League and win the Champions League, the Gunners do not create a super-first-class star lineup, which is undoubtedly a fool's dream.

Just like Manchester United and Arsenal, Manchester United were beaten back by Chelsea after winning the Premier League twice in a row and finally fought back last season, while Arsenal had just set an unbeaten record in the Premier League, and the result was immediately a chicken.

The fundamental reason for this difference is that Ferguson and Arsene Wenger have different team building philosophies. Manchester United's central defenders and goalkeepers are mostly bought ready-made, and they cost a lot of money, like Rio Ferdinand now and Stam in the past. Wenger, on the other hand, has taken the route of a small business, buying more "semi-finished products" and coming back for processing, which has gained a lot in this regard, such as Cesc Fabregas, Walcott, and Nasri, but they are all midfielders.

Why doesn't the small business work in developing defenders and goalkeepers?

The reason is that the cost is too high!

Mistakes in the front court are missed opportunities at best, but the loss of the central defender and goalkeeper directly leads to the loss. It can be said that Arsenal's defeat is closely related to the difficulty of becoming a "half-finished product".

Of course, there are exceptions, Degan's Belgian national team teammate Vermaelen has made Wenger spend little money, and it is a pity that he has been out for too long, which is one of the reasons why Arsenal have been sloppy this season.

After more than ten years in charge of Arsenal, Arsene Wenger's net investment in the Premier League is the lowest, but the team has always been at the top of the Premier League.

However, if you want to see the mountains at a glance, the road of small business is impassable, which is contrary to the principle of high input and high output in modern professional football.

After missing out on the league title for the fourth season in a row, some Arsenal players are 'centrifuged', Flamini is almost certain to leave, and Hleb does not seem to be far from Inter or Barcelona.

Arsene Wenger will have to make a difference in the Champions League if he wants to keep those players and not leave like Thierry Henry.

But in the face of Fiorentina led by Degan, Arsenal really has no advantage, and even in some positions, Arsenal is significantly worse than Fiorentina.

Leaving the Champions League aside for the time being, Fiorentina's 16-point lead in Serie A looks like there is no way to shake it, with only six rounds left in the league, they only need one more win to lift the league trophy in advance.

When the previous Serie A phone time was exposed, people thought that Inter Milan was the biggest winner, and Inter Milan did have a brilliant season, but the glory was short-lived, and only a year later, they were knocked out of the clouds.

It was not city rivals AC Milan who pulled them down, nor Juventus, who returned to Serie A, but unbelievably the humble Fiorentina.

Just look at the current standings, Fiorentina has won most of the season, except for an unexpected loss to Palermo, and they have unbelievably maintained all the other games.

Not only in the league, but also in Europe, their performances have been jaw-dropping, and the ease with which the group appeared was expected, and neither Shakhtar Donetsk nor Benfica could afford to create obstacles for them, and defending champions AC Milan have long since fallen.

But the next successive knockouts of Barcelona and Chelsea were enough to make people marvel, and people were surprised to find that Fiorentina has become a force to be reckoned with in European football.

The Serie A title is in sight, and their next opponent is the defending champion Inter Milan, as if to complete the handover of the scepter, when Fiorentina hit the peak, Inter Milan surprisingly became a hurdle for them to overcome.

"It's like a cycle of fate, last season, Inter Milan won the Scudetto, now it's time for them to hand it over! The crown of kings can have only one master, and now it is Florence! ”