Chapter 821: War 1 Is About to Break Out

After two weeks of planning, the day of the Manchester City Derby has finally arrived.

The first Manchester Derby this season will kick off at 13:30 local time in the UK, which is 20:30 pm in China.

It's not an ideal prime-time moment for British fans, but considering the game's influence in Asia, the game is still scheduled to kick off at such a time.

The British "Daily Telegraph" pointed out that people in nearly 200 countries and regions around the world will watch this game, from the United Arab Emirates to China to the United States. Taking into account different time zones, the time period covered includes just getting up to going to bed at night. .

According to British media estimates, 700 million viewers will watch the Manchester Derby during the period, and this number does not include people watching the game together in Internet cafes, bars or public places. In the past history, the double red meeting between Manchester United and Liverpool was the most watched football match in the UK, but now the Manchester City Derby has almost caught up with the double red meeting.

Gao Xiaodong and Balotelli are the most watched stars of the two clubs. Their status as former teammates and friends also gave the game more highlights.

Especially Gao Xiaodong. Behind him is China's huge market of 1.3 billion people. He has almost as many fans as the entire Manchester City team.

On the day of the game, Gao Xiaodong posted a message on his Weibo, Twitter and Facebook, "First Manchester derby in my life, please support and forward." This message was sent out in the morning, less than three hours later. , the number of forwarded comments on Weibo has exceeded one million, and there are more than 200,000 tweets. Its popularity is unprecedented.

During the morning training at Carrington, even the experienced Manchester United veteran players were a little nervous.

The record-breaking battle coincided with a city derby. After the rivals in the city, Sugar Daddy, they recruited new players and their strength increased greatly. The main players were worth nearly 300 million pounds. They were by no means the "noisy neighbors" they used to be. To make matters worse, Manchester United was again in trouble. Suffering from the flu virus attack, it seems as if God is not willing to let Manchester United break this record.

When having a meal together after the training, Ferguson gave the players a psychological massage, telling them not to take records or derbies to heart, just play it as an ordinary game, play how you want, and think too much. , but can no longer exert its own strength.

The so-called saying is easier said than done, Ferguson said it simply, but this tension is so easy to eliminate. Ferguson himself also understood that this requires players to solve it themselves on the court. Those who can solve this psychological problem and perform exceptionally are the stars. , what can’t be solved is just an ordinary player.

After eating and sleeping for an hour, the Manchester United players took the bus from Carrington to Manchester City Stadium.

After the start of the new season, Manchester United's record is extremely brilliant. They have fought on three fronts and have won all of them so far. Now they have to challenge the 50-year-old record of winning streak at the beginning. The fans are very enthusiastic about watching the game. During the morning training, Carrington was surrounded by people. There were nearly 3,000 fans. When the Manchester United bus set off, these fans were surrounded by each other for more than two miles, and then followed the Manchester United players to the Manchester City Stadium.

There is not much time left before the start of the game. The Manchester City Stadium is full of fans, both red and blue. However, this game is Manchester City’s home court. There are more Manchester City fans wearing blue jerseys, and Manchester United wearing red jerseys. Fans cluster here and there, like small islands in the blue sea.

Manchester City fans are also full of expectations for this Manchester City derby. After the Middle Eastern tycoon took over Manchester City, Manchester City fans thought it was dawn and they would replicate the miracle of Abramovich taking over Chelsea.

However, the reality is cruel. There is only one Mourinho and Chelsea. Since Mansour took charge of Manchester City, he has spent a lot of money, but his record is far inferior to Chelsea. Not to mention that he has not won the Premier League championship, and he does not even have a Champions League berth. Able to get involved.

After Mancini took over, Manchester City's style of play gradually took shape, and last season they almost won a Champions League spot.

Recruiting this season, although they did not buy a star of Gao Xiaodong's level, the strength of the game has been greatly improved last season, and is currently ranked fourth. Although the league championship is slim, there is a great hope of getting a Champions League seat. .

Seeing that Manchester United's results are so hot and they have great hopes of snatching the league title from defending champion Chelsea, Manchester City fans are very jealous. They are very eager for Manchester City to defeat Manchester United in this game and break their opponent's dream of setting a record. The pace of their progress.

The arrival of the Manchester United bus attracted fans from both sides to watch. The Red Devils took pictures with their mobile phones. At this time, they did not dare to expect the stars to sign autographs and take photos with them. As long as the Manchester United players could wave to them and say hello, they would Satisfied.

Manchester City fans desperately booed the Manchester United bus and provoked the Manchester United players.

"You will lose!"

"We will give you a 6:1 match!"

"No matter how much you win now, the championship will not be yours!"

"Wait to be fucked! Prowlers and monkeys!"

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The Manchester United players were discussing the upcoming game in the car, and no one cared about the noise and provocation of the fans outside.

The bus pulled into the parking lot, and the players got off the bus and went to the visiting team's locker room, where they met the home team's players head-on.

The war was about to begin, and even the players who had been in the same team just nodded. Tevez didn't even look at his former teammates at Manchester United.

But Balotelli was a different kind. He came over and hugged Gao Xiaodong, "Gao, let's change our jerseys after the game."

Gao Xiaodong scratched his head, hugged Balotelli helplessly, and then gently pushed him away, "No problem, it must be no problem."

Balotelli did not walk away and continued to say to Gao Xiaodong: "I have never played against you officially except for the training match. I am looking forward to it. By the way, if you score a goal, how are you going to celebrate?"

Ask this too? Gao Xiaodong almost scratched his hair and said with a wry smile: "I have no idea."

Balotelli laughed and said: "I'm ready, let me show you..." Balotelli was about to take off his coat.

"Forget it, Mario, it's very cold." Gao Xiaodong quickly stopped, "Let's wait until you get in."

Balotelli smiled and said: "Yes, keep some suspense and expectation, and I will show it to you when I score."

"Okay, okay, I'm looking forward to it. See you on the court, Mario."

When Gao Xiaodong saw that his teammates were not leaving, they all looked at him and Balotelli as if they were joking. Gao Xiaodong was so embarrassed that he hurriedly said goodbye to Balotelli and walked to the locker room.

"See you on the pitch, Gao." Balotelli didn't feel anything, and followed his teammates into the locker room with a smile.

At this time, it was less than half an hour before the game started. Andy Gray and Richard Keith, the two major on-site commentators of beIN Sports, had already obtained the starting lineups of both sides. They quickly announced the starting lineups to the fans and analyzed The pros and cons of this starting lineup for both players, and their views on this game.

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