Chapter 1,193 The War Resumes

The battle between Chelsea and Manchester United is one of the most important games of the two teams in a season, and has also attracted the attention of media and fans around the world.

Players who are able to play and perform in such a game will receive worldwide praise and gain points for the Ballon d'Or. Newcomers will become famous and become the coach's new favorite.

Therefore, in the pre-match training, every Manchester United player fought hard, hoping to perform well and enter the starting lineup for this game. At worst, they must be included in the 18-man roster.

Manchester United's substitutes and newcomers are particularly hard-working. There is a wave of injuries among the old players. This is a good opportunity for them to take over.

The competition is fierce, there is too much movement during training, and there are conflicts between players.

During training the day before the game, Anderson and Park Ji-sung had a big argument over their actions, and then newcomer Pogba tackled veteran Berbatov from behind. Berbatov was so angry that he got up and kicked Pogba. feet, the two almost fought.

Ferguson appreciates the players' serious attitude towards training, but cannot let this behavior affect the unity of the team.

Ferguson severely criticized Anderson, Park Ji-sung, Pogba and Berbatov on the spot, but at the team affairs meeting in the evening, Ferguson selected all four of them to the 18-man roster.

Park Ji-sung, Anderson and Berbatov are substitutes, and it is reasonable for them to be selected into the squad. Pogba is only a fringe player for Manchester United. It is unexpected to be included in the squad against Chelsea this time.

Young people like Cleverley are very envious of Pogba. Some think he is a blessing in disguise, and some think Gao Xiaodong may have played a role in it.

Even Pogba was surprised. He thought it was Gao Xiaodong who helped, and he specially thanked Gao Xiaodong.

Gao Xiaodong actually didn't suggest anything to Ferguson, but of course he was happy to take the blame. Gao Xiaodong vaguely told Pogba that if there is an opportunity to play, he must try his best to seize it and play to his own strength.

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At 16:00 pm on September 18th, UK local time, and at 23:00 pm on September 18th, China time, the focus of the fifth round of the 2011/12 English Premier League kicked off at the Old Trafford Stadium.

The two sides met 5 times last season, with Manchester United having a clear advantage of 4 wins and 1 loss, including defeating the Blues at home in the league and Champions League. Chelsea have only won one of their last seven visits to Old Trafford. In the 38 historical encounters between the two sides in the Premier League, Chelsea achieved 13 wins, 14 draws and 11 losses, including 5 wins, 7 draws and 7 losses away from home.

This is the 162nd meeting between the two sides in history. Previously, Manchester United had the upper hand with 70 wins, 47 draws and 44 losses.

This is the first time the two giants have met this season. Manchester United's points are 2 points higher than Chelsea. Since Manchester City, which had the same points as Manchester United, was tied by Fulham, the game between Manchester United and Chelsea became a battle for the top spot.

The focus of the battle, the gathering of stars, and the two sides are old rivals for the championship. This attracted fans from all over the world to come to the Old Trafford Stadium to watch the game. The tickets were sold out a month ago, but it still cannot stop the enthusiastic fans from coming. Try your luck in Manchester and see if you can buy scalper tickets.

Obviously, few fans are willing to miss such a big game for a hundred and ten pounds, and fans who come to try their luck rarely have the opportunity to enter Old Trafford to watch the game.

However, these fans did not come in vain. The atmosphere outside Old Trafford Stadium was also very lively. Whether it was the big screen in the square or in the bar, they could feel the same atmosphere at the scene.

It’s not just the fans who are crazy about the game. This game also attracted hundreds of reporters and commentators from all over the world. They also came to the stadium early to wait for the start of the game.

At 3:55 p.m., players from both sides walked out of the locker room on time under the leadership of referee Atkinson.

The fans at the scene immediately gave their players thunderous applause.

Manchester United's on-site commentator began to call the names of Manchester United players according to the starting list, allowing the players to accept the cheers of the fans.

Manchester United's lineup is almost the same as the last Champions League game against Benfica: 1-De Gea; 4-Phil Jones, 12-Smarin, 6-Evans, 3-Evra; 17-Nani, 24 -Fletcher, 8-Anderson, 10-Gao Xiaodong; 9-Rooney, 14-Hernandez

All Manchester United players received applause, especially Gao Xiaodong and Rooney, who received the most applause, and the fans kept chanting their names.

However, when the commentator called Anderson's name, there was not only applause but also discussion, because no one expected that he would start.

Anderson replaced the veteran Giggs. Although Giggs is 38 years old, he scored a very important goal in the last game. Fans do not think Anderson is better than Giggs.

In addition, fans believe that even if Giggs finds it difficult to withstand Chelsea's high-intensity and high-confrontation rhythm, Valencia or Carrick should start the game, not Anderson.

In addition, fans are also surprised that Manchester United still uses Evans and Smalling in the starting lineup. In their view, the partnership between these two is not stable. If Gao Xiaodong hadn't retreated in the last game, Benfica would have been beaten.

Now facing Chelsea, which is a level better than Benfica, can Evans and Smalling do it?

Although Ferdinand and Vidic have just recovered from injuries, fans believe that they should at least come up to stabilize the overall situation. After all, Evra still needs to attack.

In short, Manchester United fans are confused about this lineup and feel it is unstable.

After the players from both sides entered the field, captains John Terry and Gao Xiaodong conducted an exchange ceremony. At this time, the on-site commentator began to introduce Chelsea's starting lineup.

Manchester United fans were not polite to their opponents at all. When the on-site commentator introduced the game, they booed so hard that the commentator could not continue the introduction.

Chelsea put out a lineup today that combines old and new: 1-Cech; 17-Bosingwa, 2-Ivanovic, 26-Terry, 3-Ashley Cole; 7-Lami Reis, 16-Mereles, 8-Lampard; 23-Sturridge, 9-Torres, 10-Mata

On paper alone, Chelsea's lineup is stronger than Manchester United's, and their rich experience is unmatched by the current Manchester United team.

However, although Manchester United's lineup is young, their tactics are very mature. Chelsea's personnel structure is very reasonable. Except for Mata and Sturridge, the players are all old players, but their playing style is very different from the original. Who can Winning the final victory is difficult to guess.

At 4 o'clock in the afternoon, with the whistle of referee Atkinson, the much-anticipated red-blue battle between Manchester United and Chelsea began.

The visiting team Chelsea kicked off first.

The two teams knew each other well, and Chelsea was not afraid of the young Manchester United. After the opening, they quickly launched an attack.

Manchester United played at home and had a psychological advantage over Chelsea. They did not play conservatively. They directly pressed the three lines to defend the enemy from outside the country and compete with Chelsea in the midfield.