Zhigao Supreme: The Legend of Greenery

Chapter 334 Are you going to lose the chain?
"Manchester Derby & China Derby!"

With the end of the second round of the Premier League, global sports began to warm up for the weekend's Manchester City derby.

Global sports has exploded following the purchase of the Premier League broadcast rights in the summer.Before each round of the focus game, Global Sports will analyze the game before the game and warm up for the game. The purpose is simply to attract fans to watch the game.Although there was no focus battle in the first round, they achieved very good results.

In this round of the Premier League, although Chelsea is a guest at Anfield, there will undoubtedly be more fans in China who will pay attention to the Manchester Derby.

Since Sun Jihai joined Manchester City, Manchester City has also gained a certain fan base in China. However, without strong financial resources, Manchester City's performance in the past few seasons has been very mediocre.In more than 100 city derbies in the past, red has always been the main theme.

But in this season, the plot seems to have changed a little bit.

Thaksin's entry has given Manchester City a lot of money.A cash-strapped Manchester City team also felt like a local tyrant this summer, spending a lot of money in the transfer market.He has successively invested more than 3000 million pounds in Gaoda and introduced eight players.Although there are sufficient funds, due to the limited strength and reputation of the team, it is not attractive enough, and it is still unable to compare with traditional giants in the transfer market.But Manchester City's investment has achieved immediate results.

In the first round game at Upton Park, they defeated West Ham United 2-0 cleanly.Returning to the home court in the second round, facing the challenge of the newly promoted Derby County, they beat their opponents 1-0 and won two consecutive league victories.This is the best start for Manchester City in recent seasons.

On the other hand, Manchester United, although they spent more than 6000 million pounds in the transfer market, the results achieved after two rounds of the league were not very satisfactory. Two games and two draws only accumulated two points, creating the worst start to the season in recent years .

The reversal of the plot has brought a lot of attention to the collision between the two.

More importantly, this is another long-awaited Chinese derby.

With the relegation of Charlton and Sheffield United, there are only three Chinese players, King Dong, Yu Liang and Sun Jihai, in the Premier League in the new season, and all three of them happen to be in Manchester.Therefore, the Chinese Derby in the new season is rare, and naturally such a game will attract more attention in China.

This game not only won the widespread attention of the fans, but the clubs of both sides also attached great importance to such a game.After changing the boss, Manchester City, which has become a local tyrant, urgently needs to establish its position in football.This is not something that can be bought with money alone. First of all, they need to win a game to lay the foundation.And a top giant team like Manchester United is undoubtedly a good stepping stone.

For Manchester United, this game is also crucial.For them, this game is not limited to a derby in the same city, but a challenge that endangers their status as a wealthy family.

With the rapid development of the Premier League, more and more capital has begun to be invested here.

And with a lot of money invested, more and more teams will participate in the championship.

For example, Liverpool, which has received capital injection, invested nearly 5000 million pounds in the transfer market this summer, and introduced Atletico Madrid's golden boy Fernando Torres to upgrade the team's frontcourt lineup.Isn't the purpose of the huge investment for the championship trophy?
What's even more hateful is that 80.00% of the media in England believe that Manchester United will not be able to defend their title this season.This seriously touched Ferguson's bottom line.

In order to defeat Manchester City and defend the dignity of the championship, Ferguson sent the strongest lineup in the weekend game.

Rooney was injured, King Dong and Carlos Tevez partnered on the front line, and fans in China dubbed the front line Shuangsha.The chemistry between them is worth looking forward to.

In the midfield, England internationals Hargreave and Carrick partnered with double midfielders to provide protection for the team's defense.Yu Liang and Scholes stood in front of them, delivering shells for the striker Shuangsha.

On the defense line, there was Brown, Vidic, Ferdinand and Evra once, and there was not much change from the previous two games.The goalkeeper is still the Dutch veteran Edwin van der Sar.

The overall formation presents a 4-2-2-2, which is a new attempt by Ferguson.

In previous games, Ferguson would emphasize flying on both wings, forming attack opportunities through assaults on the wing.

In this game, he completely changed his way of thinking and strengthened the penetration of the middle lane. The specific effect is still unknown for the time being.

Compared with the star-studded Manchester United, Manchester City's starting lineup is a little dim, but the lineup can be considered luxurious.

On the front line is the young and famous Bulgarian striker Bojinov as the single arrow.

In terms of midfield, it is composed of former Barcelona midfielder Giovanni, former German international Hamann, Brazilian active international Erano, Bulgarian international Petrov and young player Johnson, both offensive and defensive.

On the defensive line, Manchester City captain Dunn leads, supplemented by Croatian international Joel Luka, England international Richards and full-back Garrido from Spain.

The goalkeeper is Kasper Schmeichel from Denmark.Perhaps many people are unfamiliar with his name, but his father is the famous Peter Schmeichel, the former Manchester United goalkeeper.His father played for Manchester United. Caspardo has a certain affection for Manchester United. He has also expressed his love for Manchester United on different occasions, but judging from his current strength, he is definitely not what Manchester United needs. goalkeeper.

There are six players in Manchester City's starting lineup who joined the team during the summer signings, and three of them are international footballers.Of the 30 players in the first team, 18 are players from other countries, and this does not include dual nationality players with English nationality.

Standing on the court, Yu Liang looked at every Manchester City player. Their faces showed a look of longing, and their eyes revealed bloodthirsty gazes.Maybe beating Manchester United is enough to make them proud.

As soon as the whistle blew, the game started. Manchester City kicked off first. The Manchester United team, wearing red jerseys, and the Manchester City team, who were wearing sky blue, immediately faced each other. .

With the boss watching the game live, the players of the Manchester City team seemed to be very excited.Organized one attack after another, hitting Manchester United's defense. Fortunately, the double midfielder formed by Hargreave and Carrick was strong enough to block the wave of Manchester City's offensive frenzy after the opening.

After withstood Manchester City's attack, Manchester United launched a counterattack.

The bloody Manchester City team relied on the hoarding of heavy troops in the middle to block Manchester United's offensive pace.It was not until the 15th minute that Manchester United tore through Manchester City's defense and formed the first shot.

After Brown assisted the frontcourt from the right and made a cross pass, Scholes moved the ball laterally to the middle of the penalty area when the center of gravity was unstable at the top corner of the penalty area.Yu Liang, who jumped in quickly, observed the situation in the penalty area, and then swung his right leg. This made the Manchester City players who were about to defend, immediately jumped up, ready to block Yu Liang's long-range shot with his body.

Seeing this situation, Yu Liang quickly glanced at King Dong, swung his right leg down slightly, raised his toes, and sent the ball into the penalty area.When Yu Liang was observing King Dong, King Dong was also observing Yu Liang. After looking at each other, King Dong took a step back, and then moved forward quickly.After throwing off the defender, he turned sideways to face the football passed by Yu Liang, and volleyed directly.

"GO..."

The commentator, who had just opened his voice and was about to get up, frowned immediately when he saw the linesman raise the flag.

"Damn the linesman, haven't you woken up yet? God, such a wonderful goal, just blown away by a stupid referee! Look at Ferguson's angry face? Maybe after the game he It's time to start talking about conspiracy theories there again!"

In the last game against Portsmouth, Manchester United encountered a lot of unfair penalties. Ferguson criticized the referee on duty in the post-match press conference. For this reason, he was fined 15000 pounds by the FA .

In Manchester City Stadium, there was a huge booing, which was the Red Devils fans venting their dissatisfaction with the referee's decision.

The referee's penalty did not take into account the competitive state of the Manchester United players, and they made a comeback a few minutes later.Hargreaves, who played for Manchester United for the first time, sent a direct pass from the center, Schmeichel made a mistake, and Carlos Tevez, who outflanked the shot, scored a header.In the blink of an eye, Dunn, who was chasing back, made an undercut to resolve the crisis.Manchester United missed a good chance to score.

Then Manchester United gradually took advantage, and the offense frequently threatened the gate of Manchester City.

There was even a one-on-one chance, but Carlos Tevez couldn't take it and the shot went wide of the post.

If one survives, there will be future fortunes.

Manchester City, whose consecutive offenses were blocked, managed to magically lead the score in the 31st minute after avoiding Manchester United's repeated attacks.

Elano scored the ball in the front court, Giovanni kicked a long shot, hit Vidic's thigh and changed the line, the football rubbed the left post and flew into the goal, 1-0.

(End of this chapter)