The day before the game, Liverpool held a team meeting. In order to have a more difficult Champions League semi-final, Benitez decided to let some main players take a rest. Chen Yu, as Liverpool's ace, is also one of the targets of the rest.

After talking to Benitez, Chen Yu immediately called Yang Xiaobin, the nephew of Birmingham boss Yang Cheng, and told him that he would rest in this round of game and not play, so Birmingham would no longer have to trade with him.

Yang Xiaobin was very moved when he heard this. He told his uncle Yang Cheng the news. Yang Cheng was very happy and grateful to Chen Yu for his gentleman style of not taking advantage of others' danger. He called Chen Yu personally, expressed his gratitude to Chen Yu, and told Chen Yu that if he needed his help in the future, he would do his best even if he spoke.

Chen Yu admires Yang Cheng's love and support for football. Although he did not agree to his request, he also apologized for his value.

The focus of the 36th round of the Premier League match between Manchester United and Chelsea was the first to kick off. In this game, Manchester United wanted to continue to win the championship. Chelsea had to prepare for the Champions League life and death battle with Liverpool, as long as they didn't lose face at home, they didn't care about the outcome of the game.

Grant is indeed a pragmatist like Mourinho. He did not hesitate to play 8 substitutes, allowing the main players to accumulate strength off the court.

However, Chelsea is the team with the strongest bench in the Premier League, and their substitutes are also qualified to play the absolute main players in small and medium balls. After a season, these substitutes of Chelsea played like tigers down the mountain, but instead made Manchester United desperately suppress their victory.

Manchester United scored a goal with Rooney, but Chelsea was tied by Shevchenko, and then Kalao, who made great contributions in the Champions League, overtook the score.

Manchester United, who was behind, was anxious and made a big attack. Ronaldo finally scored a goal to equalize, but in the end, Manchester United failed to get the three-point they needed at Stamford Bridge, and also paid the price of Rooney's injury.

When news of Manchester United being tied by Chelsea away, Benitez felt even more relieved. He had put Gerald and Alonso on the bench to prepare for danger and let them go up to save the defeat, but now there is no need. The pure substitute lineup is on the court, regardless of the outcome, these main players are not ready to let the game.

Like Chelsea, Liverpool's substitute also performed extremely positively, hoping to win Benitez's favor with a rare starting opportunity.

When Birmingham saw that Liverpool was on the bench, he thought he had picked up a soft persimmon and pinched it. Unexpectedly, the substitute was even more difficult. Birmingham was beaten and complained.

Then the two sides scored like bamboo-like goals, first Liverpool scored, Birmingham equalized, then Birmingham scored, Liverpool equalized, and finally both sides scored a high score of 3:3.

Liverpool is very satisfied with such a score. Maintaining the three-point gap with Manchester United, Liverpool's league championship is basically the same as getting it, and the main players have also got a rest, which can be said to kill two birds with one stone.

But Birmingham was very dissatisfied with the great opportunity and did not seize it. McLeish even complained after the game that the Reds were all physically strong second-tier players, which led Birmingham, who was leading, did not win and was deeply trapped in the relegation zone.

Birmingham boss Yang Cheng was also very angry. Chen Yu didn't go to the market and Gerald didn't go to the market. Birmingham still couldn't win. Yang Cheng felt that Birmingham should change coaches.

After the 36th round of the league, Liverpool led the league with 84 points, and Manchester United followed closely by three points. In the last two rounds, as long as Liverpool wins one game, they will defend the league championship.

Arsenal defeated Derby County 6-2 in this round, surpassing Chelsea, which tied, and ranked third. Although Chelsea fell to fourth place, Everton, fifth place, has a score of as much as 7 points, and their Champions League seat is as stable as Mount Tai.

In the relegation battle, Bolton, Reading and Birmingham were both losers. They were unable to seize the opportunity and only scored one point in the key relegation battle. However, Fulham reversed Manchester City 3:2 and scored a key three-pointer. Now, except for the dead Derby County, Fulham is only two points away from Birmingham and Reading after winning, and only three points away from Bolton. It turned out that they had almost half of their bodies fell into the well, and now, they saw the dawn of relegation.

After the 36th round, relegation is still in chaos, but the championship is clear, and Liverpool's chance of winning the championship is as high as more than 80%. Now Liverpool has no worries, and they are all in the Champions League semi-finals with Chelsea.

After so many battles, there was also a lively verbal battle in the first round. Now, before the life-and-death battle, Chelsea and Liverpool had nothing to say. Everyone was preparing for the battle and were waiting for the life-and-death battle at Stamford Bridge Stadium on the day of 4:30.

There is only one week between the first and second rounds of the semi-finals, and there is a Premier League match in between. Before we know it, the match day is coming.

The first match between Manchester United and Barcelona was the match.

In the first leg, Manchester United and Barcelona tied 0-0 at Camp Nou. This game was played at Old Trafford. As long as Barcelona can score a goal, they can advance to the finals, and Manchester United must score a goal to advance to the goal.

In the last 90 minutes after Barcelona escaped the penalty in the first leg, they were so handsome and elegant that they completely controlled the scene, only one goal away from scoring; while Manchester United intends to retract, but even if they are willing to control the midfield, they are unable to do so.

If Manchester United loses the ball in the second leg, they must score two goals before they advance. In this case, ordinary teams will be afraid of wolves and tigers in front of them, but Manchester United is Manchester United. In this game, they played a crazy aura, which shocked Barcelona to pieces.

In the 14th minute, Zanbrotta intercepted Ronaldo and made a mistake after clearing the ball. Scholes intercepted the ball from 25 meters and shot his right foot from the upper right corner of the goal, scoring 1-0.

Barcelona then launched a fierce attack, but lacked Ronaldo, who could hold the ball, control the rhythm, and pass accurately and concisely. Barcelona's attack power was greatly reduced. Although Messi had several beautiful breakthroughs and passed Scholes incredibly on the left side of the penalty area, he seemed to be out of the overall situation and could not cause fatal damage to Manchester United's defense. In the end, Manchester United laughed at his doorstep, and they beat Barcelona in a small goal and entered the Champions League final.

Liverpool did not have too much surprise at Manchester United entering the finals. Barcelona is still the most beautiful team in the world. But without Ronaldo, Barcelona is no longer the team with the most lethality. It is common sense to win whoever they defeated Manchester United. However, if Benitez chooses, he still hopes that Barcelona can win, because he is Espanyol and he is better at dealing with Barcelona.

Before the match against Chelsea, good news came to Liverpool. Founded in 1907, the British Professional Players Association (PFA), which has 4,000 member institutions, announced the 2008 best results: Chen Yu was elected as the Best Player Award.

This award was voted by Premier League players, and Chen Yu's election also shows his position in the opponent's mind.

As Liverpool is preparing for the Champions League semi-finals with Chelsea, he did not attend the award ceremony, but Liverpool's manager Rick Barry went to London to receive the trophy for him.

Winning the award before the battle was also a small improvement in Liverpool's morale. At the press conference before the game, Benitez brought Chen Yu with him. Chen Yu raised the trophy in front of the camera and told the Red Army fans all over the world that he would raise the Champions League trophy for Liverpool fans in Moscow like he raised the trophy.

Chen Yu's behavior was regarded as a provocation by Blues fans because he did not take Chelsea seriously. When Chen Yu arrived in London, he was also booed by Blues fans. He was worried that Chen Yu would be disturbed by Blues fans before the game, and Liverpool's training in London was closed to ban fans and reporters from watching.

The game was held at 7:45 pm. Stamford Bridge Stadium, which can accommodate more than 4,100 people, was already full an hour ago. According to the Times, the number of TV and online viewers today was over 500 million.

Compared with the first leg, Liverpool only made one change in the starting lineup, which is that Babel replaced Benadon, which is Benitez hopes to use Babel's strength to fight against Chelsea.

Compared with the first round, Chelsea made two positions changes. Essin replaced Ferreira as the right back. Essin was strong, fast and physically strong. His appearance increased Chelsea's strength a lot.

In another position, Kalau replaced Maluda as the right winger, and moved on both sides of Drogba with Joe Cole.

Karau was able to start because of the own goal he created in the first round. That ball was of great significance to Chelsea. Karau and Maluda were similar in strength. Grant thought he was a lucky player, so he put him in the starting position.

This is the meeting between two teams in the Champions League for four consecutive seasons. At Anfield Stadium, Liverpool's record is two wins and two draws. At Stamford Bridge Stadium, Chelsea won one win and three draws. Although the record is almost the same, Liverpool always advances, which hurts Chelsea people.

This is a life-and-death battle. After the opening, both teams were very patient and had a slow pace of offense and defense. They both first stabilized the defense and then launched an attack.

The first shot was not seen until the fifth minute of the game. Joe Cole returned to his backcourt and tackled Kuyt who was dribbling the ball. Lampard grabbed the ball and handed it to Barack. Barack passed through Liverpool's midfield defense. Drogba took the ball from 25 yards and shot. Liverpool goalkeeper Renner flew to save the ball from the baseline.

Intercepting the ball, passing, passing, and shooting. Chelsea's attack was very simple. It only took two passes from intercepting the ball to shooting, and there was no more than one meter of dribbling. It reminded people of the style of Chelsea during Mourinho.

Chelsea's corner kick was taken by Joe Cole, and headers such as Terry, Drogba, and Barack all competed for the top in the penalty area. Lampard and Essin and other long-range shots were waiting outside the penalty area.

Liverpool made very careful arrangements for the defense of set pieces. Every Chelsea player is guarded and there are precautions after losing positions. Joe Kerr drove the ball into the penalty area, and Agre jumped high and cleared the ball out of the penalty area.

Lampard grabbed the second landing point and topped the ball to Essin. Essin shot another long shot from the same position Drogba had just shot. The shot was very powerful, and Reina did not touch it even when he jumped up, but the ball flew out of the baseline against the crossbar.

The 10th minute of the game was played, and Liverpool finally had a shot.

Jokol, who had previously snatched Kuyt, was intercepted by Babel this time. The Dutch young player drove the ball straight into the frontcourt and handed it to the captain Gerald. Gerald passed it across to Chen Yu who was marching to the middle of the penalty area. Chen Yu was attacked by two people. He did not get the ball. When the ball leaked from his crotch, Chen Yu used his foot to pass it to Kuyt.

This beautiful missed pass was applauded by Liverpool fans. The commentator on the scene also said that the pass was full of aura, able to score goals, and provide creativity. Chen Yu's role in Liverpool is unsubstitutable.

When Kuyt got the ball on the left side of the penalty area, he was unsure whether to shoot or lead it into the penalty area. After hesitation, Chelsea's defender arrived. Kuyt was forced to the last small angle near the bottom line. Cech had blocked the near corner and blocked the ball out of the bottom line with his body.

After both teams shot, the game gradually became open, and the offensive and defensive rhythm was much faster than the start. Often, Chelsea had just hit the front of Liverpool's penalty area. The moment the fans looked down and picked up, Liverpool had already hit Chelsea's penalty area when they looked up.
Chapter completed!