Volume 7 Chapter 44: A Slap

The Manchester Derby was much more lively than Zhou Tiancheng imagined.

He expressed such an attitude that after the media began to report extensively, this is the time to enter the derby.

Manchester City fans started to take action.

They are the defending champions, and logically they should have the psychological advantage, but they are always the most active in every Manchester derby.

The influence of the Manchester Derby in the whole of Europe is not great, not as good as the "time-honored Derby" of the Ruhr Derby, the Spanish National Derby, the Scottish Celtics and the Glasgow Rangers, and even the Madrid Derby.

In the final analysis, the popularity is still not enough.

Just like this time, Manchester City fans ran to the Carrington base, which was separated by a wall, holding a big slogan early in the morning:

Beat Zhou!

Beat Chou!

The Manchester City fans sang the team song and kept holding it up. Obviously Zhou Tiancheng's words stimulated them, and they regarded Zhou Tiancheng as a thorn in their side by two points.

The Chinese journalists who came to report before the game were very interested. This slogan has a sense of NBA pictures!

They were even discussing in low voices, it's not creative enough! Do you want to find some bowling balls and stick a sign with Zhou Tiancheng's name on it-just like how Houston Rockets fans played against their arch-rival Los Angeles Lakers at home in the 2008-09 NBA playoffs?

Not only that, there were also Manchester City fans who came to the entrance of the Theater of Dreams, in front of the statues of the three Manchester United legends, climbed up with a ladder, sat on top of the legends, and swayed money wantonly.

Manchester City fans especially like to be self-confident. What they dislike most now is the virtue of Manchester United. In terms of performance, they are far inferior to them. In terms of financial resources, Manchester City is more confident. How can they compare with their boss Mansour?

If you want a champion but no champion, if you want money but no money, you just rely on your poor background to pretend to be arrogant.

Manchester City fans now feel that Manchester United erecting such a statue is a disgrace to the city. Can history be eaten?

Today is different from the past, and Manchester's honorary representative color should have changed hands long ago.

The reason why many fans have little memory of the Manchester Derby off the court is that Manchester United never fights back too much off the court.

Even if the honor of Manchester United doubles the expansion of Manchester City's honor showroom, they will not compare with Manchester City, except for the "Manchester Evening News" who fought back in language: "Have tasted all the crowns People who are afraid of being inflated by money are only superficial nouveau riche?"

Except for this Manchester United diehard media, there is basically no response from Manchester United at the media level.

This is a unique feature of the Manchester Derby. There are always more classic moments on the field than off the field. Off the court, Manchester City is basically boasting.

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At the Carrington training base, Van Gaal covered the gate of the training base with curtains, blocking the sight of outsiders.

This is a bit like the atmosphere before the Derby, but Van Gaal did not do it because of nervousness.

"Noisy!" Van Gaal looked at the players on the training ground, scolded the fans outside in a low voice, and then turned his head to unify the players: "There is a group of annoying flies at the door. But there is no way, their training base is here. Next door, maybe you can kick a big kick from here to their field. The training base is too close, which is bad. But whether those flies outside can shut up is up to you. If we can overtake, Putting them down in terms of points, I don't believe they still have the mood."

Van Gaal used to give everyone some chicken soup before preparing for such a game...or more like chicken blood, and then talk about tactics.

"The next thing I want you to do is one thing: pass the ball. It's a very simple job, but against such an opponent, the rhythm we trained before was not enough, far from enough! Their midfield is very strong and they want to play in To control the initiative in the game, we have to let them run at our pace, follow the ball all over the court, and consume their energy to the maximum extent. Do you think I am talking nonsense and treating you as Barcelona? But I think you can try it,

The ball stays under the feet for no more than a second, and every attack, everyone participates as much as possible. The possession of the ball needs to be controlled, and the offense needs to be run. If you can do it, we have already won half the battle. Of course you have to do it, if you want to go back to the top, the derby is a real opportunity to let them see who is the real king of Manchester, authority cannot be violated! "

Manchester United's next targeted preparation is to practice passing in different venues in groups of six.

Zhou Tiancheng is on the side with Mata, Fellaini, Di Maria, Rooney, and Evans. They are all skilled at their feet, and even the central defenders are capable of long passes.

It was this side that Van Gaal paid the most attention to. He stared at it himself, constantly asking to speed up the pass.

Several stars also joked after the coordination error.

"See, the old man has been staring at us, it seems that we are going to play the leading role."

"That's for sure, without a few of us, can he still play?"

"Zhou, how many do you think we can win?" Rooney asked Zhou Tiancheng casually.

Zhou Tiancheng stretched out his palm and shook it.

Rooney's eyes widened, and everyone was stunned.

"Five? Weeks, are you serious?"

Zhou Tiancheng took advantage of the situation and replied, "Do you really believe me if I win five? Ha ha."

Several people breathed a sigh of relief: "That's right, then you..."

"I don't understand this, IQ should be recharged."

Zhou Tiancheng glanced at several people: "You don't understand this? I don't know. I'm not God, so I can't make predictions."

While they were talking, a ball suddenly flew over from outside the training ground and landed directly on the Manchester United field. Zhou Tiancheng and the others were on the side of the field, not far from them.

Several people were stunned, staring blankly at the random intruders.

"What the hell? From outside? Next door?"

"It must be the guys from Manchester City. Hahaha, is this technique a joke?"

Rooney ran to pick up the ball, only to find that it was not that simple.

A simple picture was pasted on the ball: a blue palm with five balls, holding the Manchester United team emblem tightly.

Zhou Tiancheng couldn't help laughing, picked it up and looked at it carefully. Although the others couldn't comprehend the meaning at the first time, they could determine the source. It must have something to do with Manchester City. At this juncture, no one would engage in such a silly prank that deliberately finds fault.

Manchester City can. This is not called finding fault, it is a declaration of war.

"Hahaha, it seems that Manchester City thinks the same as us. See, they also want to win five of us."

Rooney got angry at once, and walked to the sidelines with the ball.

"Little fat, what are you doing?"

"This kind of rubbish cannot be played at Manchester United."

Zhou Tiancheng stopped him immediately: "Wait, I understand your feelings very well, but you have to be serious when someone declares war on you! Let's look at it from a different angle... I'll find their team badge later. "

"Zhou, what are you going to do?" Rooney suddenly became interested.

Zhou Tiancheng smiled and said, "Isn't this just a slap? Some people begged us to slap them in the face, just return them with another sign."