Chapter 981: Kidnapped by Public Opinion

The next day, Manchester United flew back to Manchester, leaving only tactical coach Meulensteen to observe the battle between Bayern and Chelsea.

Chelsea lost to Bayern 0:1 at home. In the history of the Champions League, a team that loses 0:1 at home has a probability of advancement of less than 10%. This is a very low probability.

Although Chelsea is stronger than Bayern in terms of strength, the outside world is not optimistic about Chelsea. It is believed that Chelsea cannot get a draw at home and winning against Bayern on the road is simply a dream.

However, football is round, and no one could have imagined that Chelsea, who lost 0:1 at home to Bayern, would show off their prowess on the road, defeating Bayern 3:2 in stoppage time, eliminating Bayern with more away goals, and advance into the fourth quarter with their heads held high. Strong, in the semi-finals, the Blues will face their old rival Manchester United.

After the game, the Blues soldiers were extremely excited. They all said that this was an epic reversal. No one was optimistic that they could advance before the game, but they overcame difficulties and defeated the powerful Bayern on the road.

Blues legend Lampard said that this victory gave Chelsea players great confidence. Victory told them that football is round. No one knows what will happen until the last moment. He believes that Chelsea can enter the Champions League. Final, win the Champions League.

Blues coach Carlo Ancelotti also showed a rare act of madness. He said after the game that the current Chelsea team has the strength to win the championship. Although they made mistakes in the league and were pulled down by 8 points by Manchester United, the league With five rounds left, Chelsea will not give up. They will persist until the last round of the league and wait for a miracle to happen.

In another quarter-final held at the same time, Real Madrid defeated Tottenham Hotspur of the Premier League 1:0 away from home, and met another La Liga giant Barcelona, ​​who eliminated Shakhtar Donetsk, in the semi-finals.

The quarter-finals of the Champions League are all over. The top four teams are Manchester United and Chelsea in the Premier League, Real Madrid and Barcelona in La Liga, and there is no Serie A or Bundesliga team.

Although Chelsea's promotion is partly due to luck, it is also reasonable, because the situation in European football in recent years has been the rise of the Premier League and La Liga and the decline of Serie A.

After the game, "Bild", the sports media with the largest circulation in Europe, commented that although Bayern was unfortunately eliminated, judging from this season's Champions League games, the competition between the Premier League and La Liga will not change in the short term. If Serie A and the Bundesliga are not serious, To improve their competitiveness, it is not impossible that there will be no Bundesliga or Serie A team in the quarterfinals next season.

England's "The Times" praised Chelsea's outstanding performance, believing that Chelsea had defended the honor of the Premier League in the world and was able to defeat Bayern, also known for its iron-bloodedness, in a strong dialogue. Chelsea already has the strength to win the Champions League.

After the quarter-finals, European bookmakers once again adjusted the Champions League winning odds. Barcelona caught up with Manchester United with an outstanding performance. The two teams had exactly the same winning odds, while Real Madrid's performance was more stable than Chelsea's. They were also better than Chelsea. They are even more favored by bookmakers. As for Chelsea, it is too difficult for them to beat Bayern, and their opponent is Manchester United. Therefore, they have the highest odds of winning.

After returning from the Champions League quarter-finals, Manchester United's attention returned from the Champions League to the league.

The Premier League is currently in its 34th round, with five rounds left before the end of the season. In this round, Manchester United's opponent is Rooney's old club Everton.

If Manchester United can defeat Everton at home, they will hope to win the championship at Arsenal's home court in the next round.

If Manchester United cannot win Everton at home, it will be very scary for them, because Manchester United will play Arsenal and Chelsea in the next two rounds, and there will also be a Champions League semi-final with Chelsea in the middle. If they are not careful, they may lose three games. Losing streak, losing the current 8-point advantage.

Everton and Liverpool are rivals in the same city, so in a sense, Everton and Manchester United are allies, but this alliance is not reliable. Manchester United was almost cheated by Everton in the first round.

In the first round of the league, Everton expressed support for Manchester United to win the championship through Rooney.

Overwhelming his mortal enemy Liverpool, he hoped that Manchester United would not fight to the death. However, at the last moment, Everton scored three goals in a row and almost reversed Manchester United. If it weren't for Gao Xiaodong's super long S ball at the last moment to beat Everton. Manchester United's winning streak was over.

Everton is now ranked seventh in the standings and is very hopeful of entering the European competition next season, while Manchester United is 8 points ahead of second-placed Chelsea. It seems that the championship has been stabilized. Everton head coach Moyes hopes that Manchester United can Give them a break.

This time Manchester United was determined not to be fooled again. Ferguson told Everton rudely that this was a critical period for Manchester United to win the championship, and it was absolutely impossible to let go. If you have the ability, you can get three points, but if you don't, you will accept your fate.

The battle between Manchester United and Everton is related to Manchester United's overall victory, but the most nervous people are the Liverpool people, because if Manchester United wins this league championship, it will surpass Liverpool in terms of the number of championships and truly dominate the UK.

Before the start of the 34th round of the league, Liverpool coach Dalglish insinuated that Everton had no desires and would probably let Manchester United go to help Manchester United win the league championship and overwhelm Liverpool.

On the Internet, Liverpool fans are even crazier. They insist that Everton is Manchester United's younger brother, who delivers points to Manchester United at critical moments. The reason why Manchester United can dominate the Premier League is not how great Manchester United is or how wise Ferguson is, but mainly because of Ferguson. After 20 or 30 years of weaving a network of relationships, Manchester United has won so many championships through its own network of relationships.

The fans of Manchester United's rival for the title, Chelsea, are even crazier than the fans of Liverpool. Not only do they believe that there is a Manchester connection in the Premier League, but the referees of the Premier League are also accomplices of Manchester United's championship. In the match between Manchester United and Everton, the referee was either Manchester United's official referee Webb or Lay. Leigh, it will never be Atkinson. Chelsea fans hope that the English Referee Committee can send a fairer referee in this game so that the Premier League champion can be produced cleanly.

Undoubtedly, the public opinion created by Liverpool and Chelsea had a great impact on the match between Manchester United and Everton. Moyes had to stand up and tell the fans that Everton would never give up easily in this game and they would work hard to end Manchester United. Undefeated record this season.

Ferguson also fought back at the pre-match press conference. He said that the purpose of those rumors outside was to deny Manchester United's achievements over the years and destroy Manchester United's dream of winning this year. Ferguson called on Manchester United fans and players to give their best. state, using a perfect victory to fight back those conspiracy theorists who spread rumors.

Later, Manchester United CEO David Gill also stood up to defend Manchester United's honor. He believed that insulting Manchester United's achievements and denying Ferguson would insult the Premier League and destroy the best and most successful league in the world.

Later, Manchester United players and fans also came out to support Manchester United and started a war of words with fans of Chelsea and Liverpool. For a time, a game that was not very important was hyped into a battle that attracted the attention of the whole world. Chelsea and Liverpool forced Everton to resist United's original goal.