Shortly after Degan's shot hit the crossbar, the referee blew the whistle for the end of the match, and the first leg of the battle between the two teams ended.

1:1！

For Fiorentina, this result is not very difficult to accept, an away goal in hand, at least in the fight for the right to qualify, Fiorentina already have a certain advantage.

But for Chelsea, it was a completely different story, not only did they lose an away goal, but more seriously, in the next away game, the team's core defence, captain John Terry, will be suspended.

Although in this game, Terry behaved like shit in the first half, especially the stupid foul, which directly caused the team to concede the first goal, but in any case, Terry is the most haode central defender under Grant, without the anchor on the backline, the next game, Chelsea at least in the backline, but it will be really troublesome.

In his post-match press conference, Grant was clearly unhappy with the result: "My players lost themselves on the pitch and they were terrible today, apart from Cech and Drogba, I can't judge anyone else because they were completely subpar, especially John. John Terry, his foul was stupid and he shouldn't have been in the first half, but I'm still very confident that we're better overall and that we won't be able to shrink that advantage even if we go to Fiorentina in the next leg! ”

For Grant's meaning. Lewd, Prandley didn't even bother to answer, he just praised the performance of the players at the press conference, and as for Degan, he took a little time out of his busy schedule to respond, but there was only one pitiful sentence: "It's so good!" ”

The first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals ended, and the four Premier League teams, except for Chelsea, all defeated their respective opponents, Arsenal and Liverpool defeated Schalke 04 and Fenerbahce respectively, basically locking a promotion place, and Manchester United also easily eliminated the vengeful Red Wolves Roma at home.

The game between Roma and Manchester United, before the start, the core prince of the team, Totti, shouted in a high-profile manner to avenge last season, and Roma also performed very well in the game, but unfortunately in terms of overall strength, Roma is still a big gap from Manchester United's level of European giants.

After holding out for more than 80 minutes, Roma's backline finally collapsed, and Gambellini, who switched to Roma from Fiorentina last summer, was the target of all Roma fans after the game.

It was his foul in the 85th minute that was condemned by the referee for polarity, Giggs converted a penalty, and Roma, who were behind the score, fought back in the following time, but before the end of the game, Manchester United seized another chance to counterattack, which was won by Wayne Rooney.

2：0！

The scoreline reflects the difference in quality between the two teams, but it is a bit unfair compared to Roma's effort in the half.

I have to say that in this game, Roma performed really well, although they were suppressed by Manchester United in the first half, but after the start of the second half, until the period when Manchester United broke the deadlock, they even occupied a certain initiative on the field.

Totti even almost scored once, when it was in the 63rd minute, after Roma midfielder De Rossi broke the ball, he directly counterattacked, passed the ball to Mancini Jr. on the side, Mancini Jr. took the ball straight to the bottom line, used the speed advantage to get rid of Evra, and directly crossed, after Totti, who followed up in time, stopped the ball on his chest, and directly volleyed, but unfortunately it was too right, and Van der Sar's calf was ejected.

Even after conceding the first goal, Roma were not completely out of chances of equalising, and in the second minute after the United penalty was conceded, a Roma free-kick drove the ball straight into the United penalty area, and centre-back Juan's header was narrowly missed.

The final score may reflect the overall strength of both teams, but it is definitely not the true level of performance shown by both teams today.

After the game, Manchester United coach Alex Ferguson also said in an interview: "It's not a fair result, Roma performed very well today, they deserve a draw, but today's luck is obviously on our side, back at home, Roma will definitely be more active, but the difference of two goals, even if they play at home, want to turn the tables, it is difficult!" ”

I have to say that Ferguson's self-confidence is not unreasonable, Manchester United's overall strength is superior, coupled with a scheming manager, if the Roma team wants to turn the tables, the hope is really not very big.

Spalletti was also very disappointed with the result after the game: "My players worked very the pitch and created a lot of chances, but unfortunately it was too bad luck, but it's not time to give up, we will do our best in the next leg, I hope to have a good result then!" ”

Spalletti does not admit defeat, but this tone does not sound hard enough, even the Italian media are not optimistic about the future of the Roma team, in a word, the strength of the two teams is not on the same level at all, the scene of this game, the Roma team is not behind, it can be said that it is a light enemy, after all, the opponent who was 7:1 last season, Manchester United does not seem to need to pay attention, but it is precisely because of this that after such a game, even if it returns to the Olympia Stadium, the Manchester United team will only become more careful, This has made Roma's hopes of a comeback even smaller.

At this time in the Champions League, it can be said that in the face of the encirclement and suppression of the top four of the Premier League, only Fiorentina, the lone seedling of the former small Shijie Cup Serie A, can fight for the honor of Italian football.

The media was lamenting, but no matter how reluctant they were, they had to admit this fact, so the wind in the newspapers changed, and the media, which had been helping other teams to dig into Fiorentina's weaknesses, now began to tout Fiorentina's light in Italian football.

It's just that for such a toution, Digan, the representative of Fiorentina football, is obviously not cold: "I don't think Fiorentina needs to fight for the honor of Italian football, we just need to make the Fiorentina fans happy, we don't represent Italian football, just Fiorentina!" ”

What Serie A is a lone seedling, to put it pitifully, Digan is not uncommon.