Last weekend's Manchester United 2-2 draw with Bournemouth drew attention due to controversial referee decisions, with Manchester United lodging a complaint with the Premier League referees' association, dissatisfied that Amad Diallo's push wasn't awarded a penalty. "We got one penalty, but should have had another," said manager Carrick. "The two situations were almost identical, both involved reaching out. Awarding one but not the other, I can't understand it, it's madness.

This is considered a strong measure by authorities to tighten stadium security after several serious incidents in the past.

Despite securing a nail-biting 3-2 victory over Atletico Madrid, Real Madrid received shocking news as their key midfielder Fede Valverde faces a two-match suspension following a direct red card.

Coach Mikel Arteta surprised by selecting Kepa Arrizabalaga to start instead of David Raya in the final, amid Arsenal missing several key players.

Everyone knows that Manchester United is preparing to strengthen their midfield lineup during the summer transfer window. Carrick leading the team back to the Champions League is almost certain, which will provide more funds to buy a successor for Casemiro. Among them, Newcastle United's two midfielders Sandro Tonali and Bruno Guimarães are the target players most closely linked with the Red Devils recently.

Journalist Chen Yong reports Despite some countries opting for the U21 national team to compete in the Nagoya Asian Games football tournament this September, China still chose to send the U23 national team. This is because the national team, the U23 national team, and the soon-to-be-formed U21 national team (the Olympic team) have established a linkage: among the 26-player national team roster, 10 are U23 players, accounting for over one-third, including 4 U21 players; the U23 national

Inter Milan was held to a 1-1 draw by Fiorentina in this season's Serie A round 30. Among them, former Manchester United goalkeeper De Gea contributed to helping Fiorentina earn one point.

Napoli called and Milan answered. Less than 24 hours after Napoli overtook them with a narrow 1-0 win at Cagliari, Milan reclaimed the second-place spot by defeating Torino 3-2. The one-point gap remains ahead of their direct confrontation.

Kepa's mistakes cost Arsenal dearly in the English League Cup final against Man City.

The story of this year's English League Cup final turned out to be a showdown between two backup goalkeepers. On the coaching bench, Pep Guardiola proved to Mikel Arteta that he remains the master of winning titles.