Chapter 820 Flu Hits Derby

The Manchester derby between Manchester United and Manchester City can be said to be one of the oldest derbies in England.

The "Manchester Derby" premiered on the historical stage on November 12, 1881. On that day, St. Mark's Church in West Gordon (the predecessor of Manchester City, founded in 1880, called "Aldwick Football Club" from 1887 to 1894, and changed to "Manchester City Football Club" in 1894) held a home game and invited Newton to play. Manchester United (the predecessor of Manchester United, founded in 1878 and changed to "Manchester United Football Club" in 1902) played "an interesting game", and the result was a 0-3 defeat at St. Mark's Hall.

The first league derby between Manchester United and Manchester City took place in the English Second Division in the 1894-95 season, earlier than the famous North London Derby. At Manchester City's hometown Hyde Road Stadium, relegated Newton Heath (Manchester United) defeated Manchester City 5-2.

The first "Manchester Derby" in England's top league didn't come until December 1, 1906. Manchester City defeated Manchester United 3-0. According to statistics, the people of Manchester City were very enthusiastic to witness this fight that they had waited for 14 years. The number of fans at the stadium exceeded 5,000, and the ticket revenue exceeded 1,000 pounds.

Although the Manchester Derby has a longer history than the El Clasico between Manchester United and Liverpool, because Manchester City is too weak and has not won a championship in the past 35 years, its influence is average. Not only can it not be compared with the El Clasico between Manchester United and Liverpool, it is even inferior to the London Derby. .

However, this situation began to change with the arrival of Mansour, a wealthy man from the Middle East. As Manchester City spent money in the transfer market to buy people and build a star-studded lineup with a total price of hundreds of millions, the Manchester Derby has gradually become a global phenomenon. Paying attention to the Derby, until now, before the Manchester Derby, the media and fans have discussed whether the current Manchester City Derby can surpass the London Derby and the Double Red Club.

The century-old derby has produced countless classics, including Manchester City's use of Denis. Law kicked Manchester United into the English Second Division in the 1974 Derby, and Red Devils captain Keane kicked Manchester City player Haaland out of retirement in the Millennium Derby.

But the 156th Derby that will be held this week will definitely become a classic.

Before this game, Manchester United had achieved a brilliant record of winning 11 league games since the beginning of the league, tying the 11-game winning streak that had lasted for 50 years. As long as they win the Manchester Derby in this game, Manchester United will create a new history. While writing himself into the annals of history, it is also enough to nail Manchester City to the pillar of shame.

In the past 11 rounds, Manchester City has three losses, two draws and six wins, accumulating 20 points and ranking fourth. Compared with history, it is a very good record.

But the ratio of people to people is irritating. Compared with Manchester United, Manchester City is 13 points less. This is a gap of more than four games. With the sophistication and calmness of Manchester United coach Ferguson, Manchester City has basically lost the hope of winning the championship. If this If Manchester City cannot defeat Manchester United in every game, they are afraid that even second-placed Chelsea will lose hope of competing for the title, allowing Manchester United to dominate the league.

Even if Manchester City loses the hope of winning the championship, they never want Manchester United to win the championship. They must defeat Manchester United in this game, break the hope of Manchester United people to create a historical record, and delay their dream of winning the championship.

Manchester City's dream is also the dream of the entire Premier League team and fans except Manchester United. No one hopes that Manchester United will leave and make the championship competition lose suspense. However, with Manchester United's current stable state, it can prevent Manchester United from suffering from injuries and Arsenal. Apart from Manchester City, Chelsea and Manchester City, there is little hope for others, because after Liverpool was bloodbathed by Manchester United 7:2, it is now in the relegation zone. Tottenham lost nothing when Manchester United tied their winning streak. Temper, it is almost impossible to expect them to stop Manchester United.

Before the game, Arsenal head coach Arsene Wenger expressed his support for Manchester City. "Mancini has injected technology and vitality into Manchester City. They are a new force in the Premier League. I believe they can beat Manchester United at home."

Chelsea rarely keeps pace with Arsenal, and head coach Ancelotti also has great confidence in Manchester City winning. Fatty An said,

Mancini's team has always been very competitive in the league. They are now strong and the players are extremely eager for the championship. But if they want to win the championship, they must defeat Manchester United. In this Manchester derby, Manchester City is obviously more motivated.

Liverpool head coach Hodgson also said that Derby is always different. Manchester City has the ability to pull Manchester United off. In addition, whenever a record is broken, there will always be some magic spells, and Manchester United may lose.

It is rare for the Premier League managers to share the same hatred. Only after Abramovich took charge of Chelsea and Mourinho's Chelsea swept the world and were left alone to seek defeat, did the Premier League teams unite to try to defeat the madman, and Now Ferguson has tasted this treatment again.

In fact, even the Football Association may not want Manchester United to win like this. Although they will not say it out loud, they know what their tendency is from the fact that the referee they sent is Atkinson.

However, for Manchester United, whether they can win the Manchester Derby and whether they can break Tottenham's fifty-year winning streak at the start of the season, the most difficult thing is not their opponents, but Manchester United themselves.

Since Chief Mansour took over Manchester City, although Manchester City's strength has greatly increased, Manchester City has played 6 times with Manchester United, including 4 defeats in the Premier League. They have yet to lose a game they won.

However, Manchester United is very unlucky. After returning from Turkey in the middle of last week, the influenza virus spread at Manchester United's Carrington base. Nani, Evra, Anderson, Gibson, Vidic, Berba Both Tove and Scholes were more or less infected with the flu, and even coach Ferguson was also infected and could not be interviewed by reporters after the game.

It can be said that this viral flu has almost knocked down half of Manchester United's main team. This is why Ferguson had to recruit some players from the reserve team and second team to play in the League Cup game in midweek.

Against a strong team like Manchester City, it is impossible to play without the main players. Young people playing in Derby, not to mention the lack of experience, are also psychologically intolerable. As long as the main players are not lying in the hospital bed, as long as the team doctor allows it, they must play. In the words of Scholes, "Even if you have to crawl, you have to climb to Manchester City's City Stadium, even if you use your teeth, you have to bite Manchester City to death."

For Manchester United, the biggest benefit is that the two fat guys Gao Xiaodong and Rooney were safe and sound during the flu virus attack on the field.

Gao Xiaodong is now in full form. He is Manchester United's best foreign player in the first 11 rounds of his rookie season in 100 years. In 11 league rounds, Gao Xiaodong scored 14 goals, averaging more than one goal per game. Counting Champions League games and community games. In terms of goals in the Shield Cup and League Cup, Gao Xiaodong averaged a terrifying two goals per game. As long as he was there, Manchester United almost entered the game with a 1-goal lead.

Although Rooney's condition is very average, Rooney has always performed well in the Manchester Derby, and now he has scored 7 goals in the Manchester Derby, which is only two goals away from the Derby scoring record of 9 goals held by Sir Charlton. He only needs When you get on the court, you become a threat.

Under many unfavorable circumstances, the state of Manchester United's double fat will determine the final direction of the Manchester derby.

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