Chelsea was already 12 points ahead of Manchester United, who was second in the league, when they played first.
As a result, Manchester United, playing at home, was very nervous.
They were scored twice by Tottenham within three minutes of 29 and 32 minutes, and it seemed that there was a walk-off.
Chelsea's chances of winning league title but second half The situation suddenly changed.
With Rooney and Cristiano Ronaldo both scoring twice, they overtook Tottenham 4:2.
In injury time, Bulgarian forward Berbatov added the icing on the cake, giving Tottenham their first goal of the season.
In the second game, they conceded five goals in a row while leading by two goals.
So Chelsea's league lead once again became nine points, but everyone knew that Chelsea's championship could no longer escape.
Because their next four opponents are Fulham, Arsenal, Blackpool and Sunderland, and three of the games are at home.
And no matter which team they face next, they will not pose much threat to Chelsea.
In addition to Blackburn and Sunderland having relegation pressure, Fulham is currently ranked seventh in the league, one step away from the third in the league.
Aston Villa, who is sixth, still has nine points.
With only four rounds left in the league, it is basically an impossible task.
It is more practical to honestly participate in the Intertoto Cup.
Not to mention Arsenal, who are ranked third in the league and are already 13 points away from Chelsea.
Even if Chelsea loses all the last four rounds, they will not be able to win the league championship.
In addition, they have missed the FA Cup.
In the final, I can only focus on the Champions League semi-finals.
Even though they are only four points behind Manchester United, which is second in the league, it is still more cost-effective for them to compete in the two rounds of the Champions League semi-finals.
It is completely a life-and-death battle with Chelsea on the road for a direct place to participate in next season's Champions League.
It's sb's behavior.
So in the 34th round of the league, even the Manchester media did not mention that Manchester United had the hope of reversing the situation and winning the league championship.
Obviously, for Manchester United now, it is more important to win the two-round contest with Arsenal.
They reached the final last season but unfortunately lost to Chelsea and failed to win the Champions League.
This season, they will inevitably have a more reasonable personnel mix.
To win the Champions League trophy again after ten years On the other side, Barcelona defeated Real Madrid's younger brother Getafe in an away game with Messi's goal, and won the game with great difficulty, thus maintaining a four-point advantage over Real Madrid and leaving the suspense of the league championship to the next round of El Clasico. .
Therefore, for Barcelona now, it can be said that it is a time of life and death.
If you are not careful, it will be doomed and all four elements will be lost.
Head coach Guardiola is still worried about whether to use the experienced but yellow-carded captain Puyol in the first leg of the Champions League semi-final against Chelsea at home.
There is no doubt about Aiello's strength, so he is worried that after Puyol comes on the field, he will get a yellow card for defending Aiello at home, thereby missing out on the second round of the contest between the two sides at Stamford Bridge.
Then the gain will outweigh the loss.
After all, the two rounds of the Champions League semi-finals are a 180-minute game.
A slight mistake will directly miss the Champions League final of this season.
This is an unacceptable result for every fan who supports Barcelona.
In addition, Mourinho has now Completely arousing the anger of the media and fans in Catalonia, if he is eliminated by Chelsea at this critical time, he will probably not be able to get the support of the team president The league matches for both teams had just ended, and the media in Catalonia once again pointed the finger at Mourinho in an attempt to launch a second attack.
But as they sparked war, the media in London and elsewhere in England were surprisingly vocal in their support for Mourinho.
Let’s not talk about the results of the two Premier League teams, Manchester United and Arsenal.
You must know that the entire English media hopes that the English team will meet in the Champions League finals for two consecutive years and create a new history of the Champions League.
Naturally, they cannot look at Catalonia.
The media bullied Mourinho.
What if Mourinho was criticized for not performing well in the Nou Camp game?
How will we create new history then?
Therefore, he defended Mourinho as soon as possible and exposed various dark histories of Barcelona.
For example, Dream Team 1 Barcelona was swept by AC Milan, Dream Team 2 was abused by Ai Luo’s Valencia in various ways, and now Dream Team 3 cannot avoid the abuse of Chelsea with Ai Luo.
A series of well-founded data left media reporters in Catalonia speechless.
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Against this background, the entire Chelsea team took a flight to Barcelona.
There was no surprise.
All the Chelsea players who arrived in Barcelona received family greetings from Barcelona's fanatical fans.
Naturally, the one who received the most greetings was Chelsea head coach Mourinho, who has been having a heated exchange with the Catalan media recently.
Instead, Aiello, Barcelona's public enemy, was snubbed.
Mourinho, who has experienced countless competitions, will naturally not be intimidated by the greetings from Barcelona fans.
Instead, it inspires the unruly spirit in his bones.
He was interviewed by the London media at his hotel, and took the initiative to target Barcelona fans and the media, once again reducing pressure on the players and attracting hatred.
It is worth mentioning that on the day Chelsea arrived in Barcelona, Messi cut off his long flowing hair and replaced it with refreshing short hair.
Being a star means that there is almost nothing to say.
Therefore, not long after Messi changed his new hairstyle, he was forced to accept an interview with the local media and said: "During the Beijing Olympics last year, I learned a Chinese proverb, It’s called starting from scratch, so I want to start from scratch before facing Chelsea who has him, forget all previous losing experiences and win the game in the upcoming first leg of the Champions League semi-finals.”
When what Messi said reached Aiello's ears, the latter was really dumbfounded.
He didn't expect that the proverbs he had said to Messi and Aguero in the Olympic Village could be remembered so clearly.
He was really drunk.
What’s interesting is that after the Chinese media got relevant reports, they widely publicized the famous star Messi’s adoption of Chinese proverbs.
Later, the rumors became more and more mysterious.
It was actually said that Messi loves traditional Chinese literature and wants to study at Peking University after retiring.
Chinese traditional literature The day before the game, the odds of the three major European bookmakers made another adjustment, reducing Chelsea's odds of winning away games again.
However, the odds of winning the championship were still 1:125, without adjustment.
Until the day of the game, Guardiola was still studying with his assistant Torrent how to restrict Aiello.
From the failure of the previous head coach Rijkaard, it can be easily concluded that Aiello is the key player to crush Barcelona's second dream team.
In the past two and a half seasons, he has scored an astonishing 27 goals against Barcelona, including six hat tricks.
This is simply a result that any world-class giant cannot accept.
Guardiola, who took over as Barcelona's head coach at the beginning of the season, naturally did not want to repeat the same mistakes, so the first thing he had to solve was defense.
Especially in the first leg of the Champions League semi-finals, which is played at home, there is absolutely no room for error.
Because any loss at home is a disaster, and the team coached by Mourinho has not lost at home for nearly seven years.
Although many statistics on the football field cannot be taken seriously, some statistics are very practical, especially the team coached by Mourinho that has not lost at home for many years, which can make them glow one percent when they return to the home court.
With Baier's fighting power, it will be difficult to make a comeback by then.
"Josep, I think we should play against them," Torrent suddenly suggested to the pensive Guardiola.
"Why" Guardiola once thought about playing against Chelsea, but he did not have the courage.
After all, Chelsea is no longer a purely defensive team.
With Ai Luo and Modric, they already have the skills to play.
Ability, and he also has deep knowledge on the defensive end.
He is not afraid of his own offense at all, and as the head coach, he knows more about his own defensive depth, so he asked instinctively.
Torrent coughed twice, then looked at Guardiola, stretched out his right index finger and said: "First of all, even if we defend carefully, we can't restrict the opponent's No. 9 because his personal ability is too strong, plus our Our characteristic is not defense.
Our core tactic is tikitaka.
As we are good at controlling the ball, we should be more proactive."
Having said this, Torrent stretched out his index and middle fingers at the same time and continued: "Secondly, don't forget the other role of our tikitaka in transitioning from offense to defense, which is to collectively counterattack on the spot after losing the ball, relying on the players He uses his running awareness and physical strength to cut the opponent's passing route, complete the counter-grab for the ball, and use the rush to defend, thereby achieving a monopoly on the ball and offensive opportunities."
As his assistant Torrent explained, Guardiola's eyes became brighter and brighter, and he felt like he had an enlightenment.
"The last and most important point is that Camp Nou is our home court.
How can we put down our dignity and defend against Chelsea at Camp Nou?
Don't forget that we also have a phenomenal star like Messi.
His Ai's ability to break through with the ball is not inferior to Chelsea's Ai at all.
He will even have a certain advantage when facing tall and strong Chelsea defenders at the front of the penalty area.
Moreover, Henry on the striker has played in the Premier League for many years and is very familiar with Chelsea's defense.
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Chelsea's defense will definitely make mistakes, and it will be Barcelona who get the chance to advance."
Torrent, who held out three fingers, also became more and more excited as he spoke.
Finally, he clenched his right hand into a fist and hit the heart of his left hand, saying ferociously.
At the same time, Guardiola nodded fiercely.
Torrent is worthy of being his chief analyst.
He has decided to go all out in the first round: