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The news about Gao Han and Manchester City was quickly overshadowed by the hot spots from the Champions League.

According to the Champions League knockout schedule for the top 16, eight games are staggered within two weeks. In the four games held last week, Chelsea was double-killed by Inter Milan in two rounds and missed the top eight of the Champions League. Once again, it stopped in the top 16.

This put Scolari under heavy pressure, and there was even news that Chelsea management asked him to dismiss get out of class early. However, after Manchester City won the championship ahead of schedule, Chelsea officials quickly made a clarification, saying that Scolari would still He will be Chelsea's coach next season, and the Brazilian coach immediately accepted interviews with the media in high spirits, saying that the team will do its best to compete in the FA Cup.

Liverpool stopped in the group stage and Chelsea stopped in the top 16. All Premier League fans have pinned their hopes on the two traditional teams of Manchester United and Arsenal, but the fates of Arsenal and Manchester United are completely different.

Although Manchester United did not perform well enough in the Premier League, Ferguson's team played very well in the Champions League. After drawing AC Milan in the round of 16, Manchester United won the away game 3-2 in the first leg, greatly increasing their promotion hopes. .

In the middle of this week, after returning to the Old Trafford Stadium, Manchester United defeated AC Milan 4-0 and won a hearty victory. Gao Han and others who watched the live broadcast of the game were quite embarrassed.

The decline of Serie A is an indisputable fact.

When Gao Han was coaching Inter Milan, Serie A was still competing with La Liga for the title of Europe's No. 1 league. However, in just a few years, the Apennines Professional League experienced a huge decline. Many people pointed the finger at Gao Han, believing that he was responsible. It contributed to the Calciopoli period and caused the decline of Serie A.

But is this true?

People including Inter Milan President Facchetti, famous Italian coach Lippi, Sacchi and Ancelotti have repeatedly stated that the decline of Italian football has nothing to do with Gao Han. The Calciopoli incident was just the trigger, and the real knot lies with Italy. League structure.

Everyone knows that the vast majority of Italian professional teams do not have their own stadiums, which results in their home income being quite poor because they have to pay a high annual stadium rental and are limited by ownership issues. Commercial development is difficult to carry out.

But after Inter Milan announced plans to build a new stadium, Juventus followed closely and prepared to build a new stadium. Other Serie A teams are also following up one after another, and the situation is constantly improving.

But there is one problem that cannot be solved in a short time, and that is youth training.

In the past few years, in addition to Bonucci, Hamsik, Marchisio and other young players cultivated by Gao Han at Inter Milan, as well as Davide Santon, Balotelli and other players cultivated by the Nerazzurri youth training In addition, there are rarely any more eye-catching stars in Italian football.

The lack of success is the biggest crux facing Italian football.

Sacchi even stated in his column that Gao Han had raised the potential problems of Italian football more than once when he was coaching Inter Milan, but it had never been taken seriously. Later, he also said it many times in Coverciano. It had happened before, and current facts have proven that Gao Han's original prediction was extremely accurate.

"The Calciopoli incident is just a trigger. Juventus is developing and rising in a healthier and more sustainable way, which is enough to prove that the Calciopoli incident is not the root cause of the decline of Italian football. The real problem lies with us. The youth training comes from ourselves."

But Sacchi also said that Italians are always good at shirking responsibility, and Gao Han became the unlucky scapegoat.

However, although Gao Han has been away for many years, his reputation in the Italian professional football circle is getting higher and higher, not only because he taught the new generation of Italian coaches in his several classes at Covelciano, but also because he was various predictions.

In this season’s Champions League, AC Milan lost 0-4 to Manchester United in an away game, and Fiorentina lost 0-4 at home to Bayern Munich. Of the three Serie A teams that reached the Champions League top 16 knockout rounds, two suffered a bloodbath, and only Inter Milan is still independently supporting the Serie A banner.

Everyone knows that even now, Prandelli is still enjoying the shelter of the high cold in the Nerazzurri.

Compared to Manchester United, Arsenal's knockout round was much more thrilling.

The Gunners first lost to Porto of the Portuguese Super League 1-2 in an away game, which surprised everyone. However, after returning to the Emirates Stadium, Wenger's team slaughtered Porto 5-0 and won with a total score of 6-2. Advance to the quarterfinals.

However, after a huge victory over Porto in the Champions League, the Gunners soon encountered a strong opponent in the Premier League.

In the thirty-first round of the Premier League, Arsenal fought to retain the top four spots in the league and welcomed the London Hammers West Ham United at home.

Only five minutes into the game, Denilson opened the scoring for the Gunners, but before the end of the first half, Vermaelen's red card pushed Arsenal into the abyss, forcing the Gunners to play with one less player throughout the second half.

West Ham United organized a crazy counterattack in the second half, but Arsenal was forced to defend the counterattack and blocked West Ham United's continuous attacks. In the 83rd minute, Cesc Fabregas scored a penalty kick. Seal the victory.

In the end, the Gunners defeated West Ham United 2-0.

Although Arsenal finally got three points, the game was very dangerous and the game was very painful. In the end, they were able to win. It can only be said that West Ham United performed too badly, and the Hammers dropped their league ranking to the third place. Seventeenth place, only one step away from the relegation zone.

Coincidentally, Manchester United's situation is also not ideal.

After just winning the Champions League, Manchester United returned home to welcome the Red Army Liverpool. As a result, Liverpool scored first in the first five minutes, but in the 12th minute, Rooney successfully equalized the score for Manchester United.

But it wasn't until the second half that Manchester United scored the go-ahead goal from Park Ji-sung.

In the end, Manchester United reversed Liverpool 2-1.

Both the Gunners and the Red Devils came ashore one after another, but the Blues were not so lucky.

When Scolari's team challenged Blackburn away from home, Drogba scored first in the sixth minute, but Blackburn's Diouf equalized in the 70th minute.

No matter how Chelsea counterattacked afterwards, they failed to score in the end, and the two sides ended in a draw.

After the game, Scolari was also questioned by fans and media reporters, believing that Chelsea had 60% of the ball possession rate, but in the end they had nothing to do against Blackburn. When the team was unable to score, Scolari Lari didn't replace Falcao until the 75th minute. The latter was very active, but it made Scolari a little embarrassed.

In contrast, Manchester City, which was full of energy, defeated Fulham 4-0 in the away game. Especially, they scored three goals in ten minutes in the first half, allowing Blue Moon to secure the victory in one fell swoop.

One week later, the 32nd round of the Premier League.

Manchester City took the lead and welcomed Wigan Athletic, who were fighting for relegation.

Roberto Martinez's team's performance this season is not ideal. It is currently ranked 16th in the Premier League. The risk of relegation is very high. The offensive ability is not strong, but the defense is relatively weak.

Just nine minutes into the game, Manchester City took the lead in breaking through Wigan Athletic's goal. Sanchez made a breakthrough pass from the right, and Benzema hit the goal in front of the goal, opening the scoring for Manchester City.

But after conceding the goal, Wigan Athletic did a good job in defense and pressing, and did not give Manchester City many chances.

But in the second half, when the sides changed sides and the battle resumed, Wigan Athletic gradually showed fatigue as its physical energy was consumed and could not keep up with Manchester City's rhythm. Especially starting from the 50th minute, Gao Han used his skill card to defeat Wigan Athletic. Launched a round of onslaught.

In the 51st minute, another assist from Sanchez from the right, and Cristiano Ronaldo scored another victory.

Just three minutes later, Kaka assisted, and the Portuguese scored twice, making the score 3-0.

In the 58th minute, Sanchez passed three people on the right and then knocked across the goal. Cristiano Ronaldo scored again with a push shot in front of the goal, performing a hat trick and expanding the score to 4-0.

But after conceding three goals in a row, Wigan Athletic was defeated and their morale completely collapsed.

In the 64th minute, Sanchez received an assist from Benzema and volleyed from the right to score, 5-0.

Five minutes later, Manchester City got a corner kick opportunity. Kompany headed the ball over, and Cristiano Ronaldo scored in the penalty area like a dry land. He performed a big four and expanded the score to 6-0.

Continuous goals made Manchester City completely crazy.

After Gao Han was sure of victory, he used three substitutions in succession, but Manchester City still maintained its advantage on the field, and in the 87th, 88th and 90th minutes respectively, Cristiano Ronaldo, Kaká and Mo Three Delic players scored goals one after another. In the end, they beat Wigan Athletic 9-0 at home and achieved the craziest victory of the season.

Cristiano Ronaldo staged a five-goal show in this game, raising his personal goals in a single season to 42 goals. Not only did he become the player with the most goals in a single season in history, but he also won the first place with Gao Han. bet between.

Sanchez and Kaká both scored hat-tricks of assists and scored a goal each, while Benzema passed and shot.

Manchester City played the craziest victory this season. The 74% ball possession rate once again set a new record for Manchester City in the new season, and the 38 shots in a single game were equally shocking.

Wigan Athletic head coach Martinez also had to say sincerely after the game, "We lost without temper. The opponent had the best top stars and also played an amazing offensive. We couldn't stop it at all, especially It was in the second half."

In fact, when Martinez had a drink with Gao Han after the game, he had to admit that his team consumed so much physical energy in the first half to contain Manchester City's passing and control that they did not kick the ball until the second half. After ten minutes, I couldn’t keep up with the rhythm at all.

For this coach who is very interested in pass-and-control play and humbly asks for advice, Gao Han also knows everything he knows and talks endlessly.

Roberto Martinez also gained a lot from the exchange of experiences with Gao Han, especially the summary and lessons learned from this game, which at least made him clear about the gap between himself and the top coaches, as well as the difference between him and Gao Han. The source of the game's fiasco.

After Manchester City bloodbathed Wigan Athletic at home, Chelsea also defeated Aston Villa 2-1 at home, Manchester United beat Bolton 4-0 away, Arsenal drew 1-1 away with Birmingham, and Liverpool won 3-0 at home. Sunderland.

After this round of games, the Premier League rankings did not change much, except that Tottenham Hotspur narrowed the points gap with Arsenal after defeating Portsmouth at home.