Chapter 302 Key Battle

In this round of Champions League knockout round, not only Manchester United has achieved a relatively obvious score advantage, but another game that started on the same day was even more disparate in the scores: Serie A giant AC Milan scored a goal at home.

Second time, Sheva scored a goal and Pirlo scored a wonderful free kick, thus defeating La Coruna 4:1!

If Manchester United beat Porto 2-0 at home and stepped into the Champions League semi-finals with half a foot, the Ross and Blacks had basically grasped a ticket to the semi-finals after winning a 4-1 victory.

No one would think that this year's Champions League semi-finals do not have AC Milan's position!

In the other two quarterfinals a day later, Real Madrid also scored a big score with Monaco at home, and the Galaxy won 4:2 at home!

In the eyes of most fans, there are basically three places in the Champions League semi-finals this season, namely the nine-champion Real Madrid, the five-champion AC Milan and the defending champion Manchester United.

The only thing that still has some suspense is the Premier League civil war between Arsenal and Chelsea. The Blues played 1:1 with the Gunners at home, and were at a disadvantage in the knockout round of two rounds.

Arsenal is too strong this season and remains unbeaten in the Premier League and has also made it to the semi-finals in the FA Cup.

With Arsenal's strength, the Blues are unlikely to make a comeback at Highbury Stadium.

Real Madrid, AC Milan, Manchester United and Arsenal advanced to the Champions League semi-finals this season, which is definitely an extremely dreamy situation. After all, these four teams are basically the four strongest teams in European football today.

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For neutral fans, this season's European competition is definitely a feast.

In the 30th round of the Premier League that started on March 28, Manchester United visited Highbury Stadium and challenged Arsenal was undoubtedly the first feast!

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On the first day of the summer time in 2004, Highbury Stadium became a place of attention all over the world. Because this showdown is likely to be the game that determines the title of the Premier League champion this season!

Before this game, the two teams ranked in the top two in the Premier League standings. Among them, Arsenal won 22 and 7 draws, ranking first with 73 points. The Red Devils are also not inferior, with 23 wins, 4 draws and 2 losses, and also won 71

points.

Behind the two teams, Chelsea, ranked third, only scored 20 wins, 4 draws and 6 losses. With one more round of games, he was 7 points behind Manchester United and 9 points behind Arsenal, who was the top player.

It is difficult to threaten the competition between Arsenal and Manchester United.

If Arsenal can beat Manchester United at home, their lead will be expanded to 5 points and further expand their lead. But if Manchester United can beat Arsenal away, they will overtake their opponents and return to the top of the standings.

If Arsenal remain unbeaten in this game, it will break the record of unbeaten in the single season set by Leeds (1973-1974) and Arsenal (1987-1988). Their cross-season unbeaten record is

It will reach 30 games, surpassing Manchester United's previous unbeaten Premier League record of 29 games. In the entire English top league history, it is second only to Nottingham Forest's 42 unbeaten, Leeds United's 34 unbeaten, and Arsenal's

Unbeaten in 31 games.

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At 4:00 p.m. local time on March 28, players from both sides entered the court.

Huge cheers erupted from the Highbury Stadium.

The live broadcast screen shows the starting lineup of both sides.

Arsenal starting squad: goalkeeper No. 1 Lehman; Defence No. 12 Lauren, No. 23 Campbell, No. 28 Kloe Toure, No. 22 Krish; Midfield No. 8 Lungberg, No. 4 Vieira,

No. 17 Edu, No. 17 Pire; forward No. 9 Reyes, No. 14 Henry.

"Ashley Cole is injured, Wenger can only send young Krish today. In this game, Krish's performance is worth paying attention to whether he can withstand the impact of Mr. Yin Jun of the Golden Ball. This is Assen

Whether Na's will concede the ball is the key to whether he will lose the ball." John Motson said.

At the same time, the TV screen has already shown Manchester United's starting lineup.

Manchester United starting lineup: goalkeeper No. 13 Carroll; back line No. 2 Gary Neville, No. 6 Wes Brown, No. 27 Sylvester, No. 22 O'Shea; midfielder No. 24 Fletcher, No. 16

Roy Keane, No. 18 Scholes; No. 8 Yin Jun, No. 10 Van Nistruy, No. 11 Giggs.

"It's interesting to say that, Ashley Cole was injured on the training ground on Arsenal, and central defender Van Biden was injured while warming up, so Wes Brown temporarily replaced."

"Manchester United's defense has been having problems since entering 2004. First, Ferdinand was suspended. Van Biden, who was introduced in the winter transfer window, has good abilities, but there are problems in cooperation with his teammates. Now he is simply injured."

John Motterson said, "Wes Brown's previous appearances were a disaster. He may be a breakthrough for Arsenal, just like Manchester United will focus on Krish."

For the commentators, if more goals are seen in this game due to these two accidents, they are naturally the ones they are most happy to see.

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Amid the huge cheers of Highbury Stadium, players from both sides lined up to enter the field.

Live broadcast is playing the names of players on both sides.

When the names of Arsenal players were broadcast, the atmosphere was warm and applause was constant. When the names of the players from the visiting team Manchester United were heard, there were harsh boos at the Highbury Stadium.

Originally, there was not much holiday between Manchester United and Arsenal, but since Wenger became the head coach and the two teams became the biggest competitors in the Premier League, the relationship between the two teams has been getting worse day by day.

Especially Manchester United coach Ferguson and Arsenal coach Wenger, the battle between the two is often a scene in the Premier League.

In addition, the confrontation between the captains of the two teams, Vieira and Keane, is also very famous.

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Players from both sides enter the court and line up.

The players of the visiting Manchester United took the initiative to shake hands with the Arsenal players and referees, and the captains of both sides exchanged team flags and guessed coins and picked the side.

Arsenal's captain Vieira lost to Manchester United's captain Roy Keane in the coin guessing session, so Manchester United got the right to pick the side and Arsenal kicked the ball first.

Seeing this result, Yin Jun shook his head and said to Scholes beside him: "Actually, I want us to kick off the ball first."

When facing a strong opponent like Arsenal away, it is best to get the kick-off right, control the football at your feet from the beginning of the game, and then try to control and influence the rhythm of the game.

"It's okay, anyway, our tactic is to counterattack the ball, and there is nothing at Arsenal's feet." Scholes said.

Yin Jun glanced at his partner. Scholes said that he was right, but his specific opponents analyzed it in detail.

At the Highbury Stadium, Yin Jun knew that his team could not show weakness too much, because once Arsenal was playing happily, it would be hard to save the gods.

Must be tough!
Chapter completed!