host must win

A day later, the second leg of the last two quarter-finals was over.

In another set of duels in the second half, Villarreal defeated Inter Milan 1-0 at home, and eliminated the Nerazzurri with the advantage of more away goals when the score was 2:2 in the two rounds.

The Milan duo really became brothers and sisters, and were blocked from the Champions League semi-finals in the same way.

尤文图斯则是在主场和阿森纳0:0互交白卷，由于老妇人在首回合客场0:2完败，从而以0:2的总比分被阿森纳淘汰。

As a result, this year's Champions League semi-finals will present a situation of a British-Spanish duel: in the first half, Barcelona, ​​which eliminated Lyon, will face Arsenal, and in the second half, Manchester United will face off against Villarreal, their group match opponent.

This is also regarded as La Liga's challenge to the status of the Premier League's first league.

Of course, this is just what La Liga fans say.Since the champions of the Champions League in the past three years are all Premier League teams, and the overall performance of the Premier League teams is also good, the Premier League has already led La Liga by a large margin in the UEFA standings, and the position of the first league is very good. stable.

However, judging from the situation this season, La Liga currently has more points than the Premier League. This is because Chelsea and Manchester United were eliminated by La Liga teams in the top sixteen.Although Arsenal also eliminated Real Madrid at the same time, they fell behind La Liga in terms of UEFA points for the season.

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Many people are speculating whether there will be a national civil war in this year's Champions League final.But this possibility is very small, because the strength and weakness of the two groups of opponents are relatively obvious.

In the upper half, Barcelona, ​​which currently tops the La Liga standings, faces Arsenal, which is currently only fifth in the Premier League. The strength of the Red and Blues is clearly superior.

Of course, it cannot be said that Barcelona will win.Football matches are never determined by strength on paper.Arsenal's ability to eliminate top giants such as Real Madrid and Juventus all the way to the semi-finals has proved their strength.

In the bottom half, Manchester United has a greater advantage against Villarreal than Barcelona against Arsenal.

Although Villarreal broke into the semi-finals in the Champions League, their strength is obviously very limited.Due to multi-line combat, Villarreal's performance in La Liga is very bad. It is currently only ranked eighth in La Liga, and it has almost said goodbye to its qualification for the Champions League next season.

And when the two sides were in the group stage, Manchester United double-killed Villarreal.

However, Villarreal's upset victory over last season's Champions League champion Manchester United and Serie A giants Inter Milan has sounded the alarm for Manchester United.

This season, Manchester United appeared very strong in the Premier League group stage, winning all six games and qualifying, but after entering the knockout rounds, they stumbled a bit.The top [-] and the Rangers both drew in two rounds, and advanced to the quarterfinals by virtue of the advantage of more away goals.

In the quarter-finals, Manchester United once again drew 3:3 with AC Milan in two rounds, once again relying on the advantage of away goals to advance.

It is said that there are only three things. If Manchester United wants to advance by luck again in the semi-finals, the possibility is very small.Especially their opponent, who is a lucky existence.

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A battle broke out between the two Premier League sides, both in the Champions League semi-finals, on Sunday afternoon, with Manchester United taking on the Gunners Arsenal at Old Trafford.

As the game started, Chelsea's current round of the game had ended, and the Blues, who beat the Hammers 4:1, would chase Manchester United to 4 points.Arsenal are still 4 points behind Tottenham, which is ranked 5th and has played one more game. It will be difficult to hit the Champions League next season.

Therefore, neither side wants to lose this game. If Manchester United loses, the advantage over Chelsea will be eroded; if Arsenal loses, it is likely to say goodbye to the Champions League next season.

However, Arsenal's starting lineup is a bit surprising. Captain Henry was surprisingly put on the bench by Wenger. Van Persie and Adebayor joined the striker in the starting lineup. Pires replaced Ljungberg in the starting lineup.

Manchester United played with all the main players. After the Champions League eliminated AC Milan, Manchester United rested for almost five days, and the players' physical fitness has almost recovered.

After the opening, Arsenal dominated the game and once had the upper hand, with a possession rate of 10% in the first 58 minutes.However, after withstood Arsenal's opening onslaught, Manchester United gradually entered the game state and successfully gained control.

However, throughout the first half, both sides failed to score a goal, and entered the intermission with a score of 0:0.

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At the beginning of the second half of the game, neither side made substitution adjustments.Henry looked very leisurely. He whistled and strolled out of the player tunnel without playing.

After changing sides to fight again, Manchester United took the lead and broke the deadlock on the field in the 54th minute of the game.Yin Jun broke through with the ball in the middle, and suddenly split to the left.Sylvester, who played left back, made a pass from the left. Senderos tried to clear the ball with a header but failed to touch the ball. Rooney shot from 10 yards to the left side of the goal. This is his 14th league goal this season. ball.

After taking the lead, Manchester United continued to maintain pressure on Arsenal, but the Gunners were not at their mercy. They quickly threatened, but there was still no way to break through Manchester United's midfield suppression.

In the 78th minute, Manchester United played a quick counterattack. Gary Neville dribbled the ball straight in along the right side, attracting the opponent's defensive attention and then sent a direct pass. Rooney broke into the penalty area from the right offside. Senderos tried unsuccessfully to tackle Rooney's penalty area A cross pass was made near the bottom line on the right, and Yin Junyuan, who followed up, pushed the empty goal into the net before Eb.

This is Yin Jun's 32nd Premier League goal this season. He also tied the record of 20 goals in a single season in the Premier League's 32-team era created two years ago.

In the subsequent game, Yin Jun played very relaxed, because Manchester United had completely controlled the situation, and had already led by two goals, and there was not much time left in the game.

Under such circumstances, it is naturally impossible for him to go all out to die.

Reasonable allocation of one's physical energy is also a knowledge of professional players.

In the end, Manchester United beat Arsenal 2-0 at home and completed a double kill against the Gunners this season.And this season, Manchester United has won all five games against the traditional semi-finals of the Premier League!

After winning Arsenal, Manchester United's points have reached 89 points, and they continue to lead the Premier League standings with a 7-point advantage.With only 5 rounds left in the league, Chelsea's possibility of a comeback is further compressed.