i am a football star

Chapter 141 The Stamford Bridge Tragedy
There could not have been a better ending for Liverpool than to beat the Red Devils to the Champions League final at Old Trafford.

The whole Liverpool team and the away fans cheered and celebrated in the stadium, while some Manchester United fans chose to leave out of sight, while some booed Liverpool loudly.

Liu Ting, who passed and shot in this game, became the well-deserved best player of the game. Although Ronaldo scored twice, Manchester United was always eliminated. He was at best a glorious defeat.

A fierce battle, with red cards and controversy, this is the favorite match of the media.

At the post-match press conference, Ferguson really fired: "We started well, but then we got too many yellow cards. The referee was too harsh on Manchester United, especially Fletcher's red card. I am very disappointed. I think some people don't want to see Manchester United defending the Champions League."

Ferguson also has his own opinion on insulting the referee: "I was very angry at the time, but it was not disrespect to the referee. I got the news in the second half that Neidan and Charlie were sent to the hospital. This is the main reason for my anger."

In the second half of the match between Manchester United and Liverpool, Ferguson's daughter-in-law Naidan Ferguson drove his grandson Charlie Ferguson and granddaughter Gracie Ferguson into a car accident. Both Naidan Ferguson and Charlie Ferguson were seriously injured and were airlifted to the hospital. Fortunately, their lives were not in danger, and Ferguson also got the news at the time.

In a word, the female driver really hurts others and herself.

Ferguson was also unlucky, his family had a car accident, and he was eliminated by his opponent in the Champions League.

Ferguson quickly left the press conference on the grounds that he was going to the hospital to visit his family, and Liverpool naturally became the subject of interviews.

Liu Ting talked to reporters: "Advanced to the final? I am very happy to be able to advance to the final. This is a great affirmation of the efforts of the Liverpool team. This is a wonderful moment, especially to advance to the final here."

"Final opponents? I think whoever they are in the final, Liverpool will be confident that they can beat them and bring home the trophy. Chelsea and Barcelona are both very good teams. I think their chances of qualifying are fairly even. It's no surprise who gets to the final."

"Confidence in winning the championship? Don't you know where this year's final will be held? It is in Rome, which is the lucky place for Liverpool. The city of Rome has only hosted the Champions League final three times in history. In the first year of the final, Liverpool also entered the Champions League final for the first time. In Rome, they defeated the German team Borussia Monchengladbach to lift the trophy. Seven years later, Rome hosted the Champions League final again, and Liverpool defeated the host Roma in a penalty shootout to bring back the trophy.

Liverpool eliminated Manchester United to advance to the final first, which became the biggest news in Europe early the next morning.

Italy's "Gazzetta dello Sport" reported with the headline "Three Finals in Five Years": "As the smoke of Manchester was blown away, Liverpool eliminated Manchester United and advanced to the final after a difficult battle away. This is their third time in five years. Enter the Champions League final. In addition to the other two championships, AC Milan seized the opportunity to avenge Liverpool in the 05 final. The two teams are undoubtedly enemies. Now Liverpool has entered the final again, but AC Milan has not even been able to participate in the Champions League..."

Liverpool's mouthpiece "Liverpool Echo" reported in "The Most Valuable Final Team": "From the beginning of this season's UEFA Champions League, Liverpool's group stage was divided into a death group, with Atletico Madrid, PSV Eindhoven and Marseille. Champions Manchester United, every level is full of difficulties, and every opponent is strong, but Liverpool has passed one level after another, and finally got a ticket to Rome. If the opponents they encountered in the Champions League were not too strong, Liverpool should also have an advantage in the league now, instead of being at a slight disadvantage compared to Manchester United..."

"Echo" also said: "In this season's Champions League, Liverpool has remained unbeaten so far, with 5 wins and 1 draw in the group stage, double-beating Real Madrid in the top 8, one win and one draw against Bayern in the quarter-finals, and two draws against Manchester United in the semi-finals. Liverpool's Champions League is currently unbeaten with 4 wins and 9 draws.

"The Echo" did not forget to satirize Manchester United: "Of course, Liverpool is not the only unbeaten team. There is also an English team that remains unbeaten in the Champions League this season. They have 2 wins and 4 draws in the group stage. The top 4 and quarter-finals have one win and one draw. They have two draws in the semi-finals. Their half-season Champions League is 8 wins, [-] draws and remains unbeaten. Unfortunately, their Champions League journey has ended, and that is Manchester United..."

The "Echo" report made Manchester United fans very unhappy, so the media that supported Manchester United stood up and claimed that Manchester United was killed by the referee, and UEFA did not want Manchester United to defend the Champions League.This really won the support of some people. After all, the referee's penalty at Manchester United's home court did not give Manchester United the home court advantage. Manchester United also received two red cards.

Ferguson also came out and said: "It is a disappointing thing to be out of the Champions League, but it is also good. We can fully focus on the league. We currently have one less game. This will be a game to decide the championship. We will not give them another chance. Manchester United will win the Premier League for three consecutive times. They cannot win the league championship, at least not this season."

With his goal in the second round of the semi-final, Liu Ting scored 7 goals in the Champions League, tied for second place in the UEFA Champions League scorer list with Klose and Gerrard, second only to Messi who scored 2 goals.Both Liu Ting and Gerrard can still participate in the Champions League final and have a chance to score goals. Messi also has the upcoming second round of the semi-final. As for the final, it depends on whether Barcelona can pass Chelsea.

7 goals made Liu Ting famous. The Champions League has always been the most watched game in Europe. Ronaldo won the Champions League Golden Boot with 7 goals last season. Now Liu Ting has also scored 7 goals. Another big star in Europe is rising.

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The game between Liverpool and Manchester United caused Manchester United supporters to complain about Manchester United, and a small number of media followed suit and wanted to make news.

But the match between Chelsea and Barcelona at home was over the next day, and no one cared about the match between Manchester United and Liverpool anymore. Compared with Herning, the Italian referee in that match was simply a good man.

The whole Liverpool team was summoned to watch the game together at the club, mainly to see who would be their opponent in the final, and by the way, get acquainted with it in advance.

In this match between Chelsea and Barcelona, ​​the referee, the Norwegian Herning, became the dominant player. He showed his fatuous nature in the game and made several controversial penalties.

Essien scored a goal in the 9th minute of Chelsea's opening, so Chelsea can safely play their favorite defensive counterattack, and Barcelona has become difficult to play.

In the 24th minute, Chelsea's Malouda was tackled by Alves, and Herning awarded a free kick outside the penalty area. According to the replay, it was a foul that had just crossed the penalty area line, and a penalty kick could be awarded.

In the 26th minute, Drogba fell down in the penalty area. Chelsea thought a penalty should be awarded. The referee Herning made no comment. In fact, Drogba and Abilda were pulling each other at that time, but it was a bit of a loss to Chelsea if they didn't say anything.

In the 67th minute, Anelka of Chelsea was single-handedly, and Abidal interfered with the opponent. However, Anelka fell down without any action. The referee did not judge Anelka for diving, but directly sent Abilda off.

In the 82nd minute, there was an obvious handball in Pique's penalty area, and the referee Herning did not say anything.

In addition, the referee still has some problems, such as too long stoppage time, such as Harvey's shot obviously hit the Chelsea player to pass, the Norwegian just watched from the sidelines but did not give a corner kick.

Then, in stoppage time, Iniesta's goal equalized the score, and Barcelona relied on away goals to eliminate Chelsea and advance to the final.

Chelsea's Drogba and Ballack both got yellow cards when they shouted at the referee. Both teams were dissatisfied with the referee's penalty, but Barcelona was the one that advanced, and the Chelsea fans at home were the most dissatisfied.In fairness, Chelsea deserved at least one penalty.

This game was called the Stamford Bridge tragedy by the Blues fans.

After the game, the Norwegian Henning didn’t dare to stay in the original hotel because he was threatened by the fans to kill him when he left after the game. Henning was so frightened that he changed the hotel. There is no one to be a referee.

This is not over yet, and soon someone broke the news of Herning's home address on the Internet. Many Blues fans expressed that they would go to his home to trouble him, and there were even death threats, which made the Norwegian police attach great importance to it.

In the end, Herning left the UK under the protection of London police, but the controversy of this game continued.

Herning's information was quickly dug up by the media. He only whistled 10 UEFA Champions League games in his refereeing career. He made an obvious mistake during the group stage of the 08 European Cup when he was the first to referee an important game. So far, Herning does not have enough law enforcement experience to referee such an important game as the Champions League semi-finals, but this Norwegian is also one of the referees in the 10 World Cup.

Soon, the British tabloids escalated this matter to the level of UEFA targeting the Premier League, thinking that UEFA arranged such a referee to kill Chelsea and prevent the Premier League team from sweeping the finals for two consecutive years.

There is a market for conspiracy theories at any time. This kind of statement has been recognized by many people. They think that Platini wants to kill the Premier League, and Herning will soon be labeled as UEFA's queen referee.

The British tabloids were so powerful that no one cared about Barcelona's home game against Chelsea in the first round. Barcelona also had a referee at a loss and missed a penalty. The match between Liverpool and Manchester United was even less concerned.

In comparison, the referee of Manchester United's home game against Liverpool can be said to be a good referee, and the referee of Barcelona's home game against Chelsea is considered a faint whistle, so the referee of Chelsea's home game against Barcelona is close to a black whistle.

(End of this chapter)