Chapter 824

After two weeks of brewing, Manchester derby's day has finally arrived.

the first Manchester Derby of the season will kick off at 13:30 p.m. local time in the UK, which is 20:30 p.m. in China.

For British fans, this is not an ideal prime time, but considering the influence of the game in Asia, the game was set to kick off at such a time.

The Daily Telegraph pointed out that people in nearly 200 countries and regions around the world will watch the game, from the United Arab Emirates to China and then to the United States. Considering different time zones, the time period covers from just getting up to going to bed at night.

according to the expectation of British media, there will be 700 million spectators watching the game during the Manchester Derby, which does not include those watching the game together in Internet bars or public places. In the past, the double red cross between Manchester United and Liverpool was the most popular football match in England, but now Manchester derby has almost caught up with the double red cross.

Gao Xiaodong and Balotelli are the most popular stars of the two clubs. Their identities as teammates and good friends also give the game more highlights.

Especially Gao Xiaodong, behind him is the big market of 1.3 billion people in China, and his number of fans can almost keep up with that of Manchester City.

On the day of the competition, Gao Xiaodong sent a message on his microblog, twitter and Facebook: "for the first time in his life, Manchester derby, please support and forward". This message was sent out in the morning. Less than three hours later, the number of forwarded comments on microblog had exceeded one million, and there were more than 200000 tweets. It was so popular that it was unprecedented.

In the morning training at Carrington, even the veteran Manchester United players are a little nervous.

The first record game happened to be the same city Derby. After the rivals were close to big money, their strength increased greatly. The main players were worth nearly 300 million pounds. They were not the original "noisy neighbors". What's worse, Manchester United were attacked by influenza virus. It seemed that God was not willing to let Manchester United break the record.

After training, Ferguson gave the players a psychological massage when they had a meal together. He told them not to pay attention to the records and the derby, but to play as an ordinary game. He thought too much about how to play. Instead, he couldn't play his strength.

The so-called easy to know, difficult to do, Ferguson said simply, but this tension where is so easy to eliminate, Ferguson himself knows, this requires players to go to the court to solve, can solve this psychological problem, and extraordinary play, that is, the star, can not solve, just an ordinary player.

after eating and sleeping for an hour, the United players left Carrington by bus and went to Manchester City stadium.

Since the start of the new season, Manchester United have achieved brilliant results. They have won in three lines so far. Now they have to challenge the dusty 50 year winning streak. The fans are enthusiastic about watching the ball. In the morning of training, there are nearly 3000 fans around Carrington. When the United bus starts, these fans get together for more than two miles, and then they start Follow the Manchester United players to Manchester City stadium.

it is not much time to start the game. The Manchester City stadium is full of fans, all of which are red and blue. However, this game is the home of Manchester City. There are more Manchester City fans wearing blue jerseys, and the Manchester United fans wearing red jerseys are just like islands in the blue sea.

Manchester City fans are also full of expectations for the Manchester City Derby. After the Middle East local tyrant came to Manchester City, they all thought it was daybreak and they would copy the miracle of Abramovich's coming to Chelsea.

However, the reality is cruel. There is only one between Jose and Chelsea. Mansour has spent a lot of money since he came to Manchester City, but his record is far less than that of Chelsea. He has not won the Premier League, not to mention the Champions League.

After Mancini took over, Manchester City's playing style gradually took shape. Last season, they almost got the Champions League seat. This season, they recruited new players. Although they didn't buy Gao Xiaodong, their strength has been greatly improved last season. At present, they are ranked fourth. Although there is little league title, there is a great hope of getting the Champions League seat.

Manchester City fans are envious of Manchester United's success and hope to win the league title from defending champion Chelsea. They are eager for Manchester City to beat Manchester United in this match, break their opponents' dream of setting a record and hold them back.

The arrival of the Manchester United bus has attracted fans from both sides. The Red Devils are shooting fiercely with their mobile phones. At this time, they dare not expect the stars to sign a group photo with them. As long as the Manchester United players can wave to them and say hello, they will be satisfied.

City fans booed Manchester United's buses and provoked Manchester United's players.

"You'll lose!"

"We'll give you a 6:1 show!"

"Don't look at how much you win now, the champion won't be yours!"

"Wait to be done! Piaoke and monkeys

……Manchester United's players are in the car at the moment to discuss the upcoming game, and no one cares about the noise and provocation of the fans outside.

As the bus pulled into the parking lot, the players got out of the car and went to the visiting team's dressing room. They met the players of the home team head-on.

Even the players who used to be in a team just nodded. Tevez didn't even look at his former team-mates at Manchester United.

However, Balotelli is an alternative, he came to embrace Gao Xiaodong, "Gao, we change our jerseys after the game."

Gao Xiaodong scratched his head and helplessly hugged Balotelli, then gently pushed him away, "no problem, definitely no problem."

Balotelli didn't walk away and continued to say to Gao Xiaodong: "I haven't played with you except for the training match. I'm looking forward to it. By the way, if you score, how are you going to celebrate?"

What about this? Gao Xiaodong almost scratched his hair and said with a bitter smile, "I never thought about it, I never thought about it."

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

"Forget it, Mario. It's cold." Gao Xiaodong quickly stopped, "wait until you enter."

Balotelli said with a smile: "yes, leave some suspense and expectation, and I'll show you when I score."

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

Gao Xiaodong saw that his teammates didn't leave, and they all looked at him and Balotelli with funny eyes. Gao Xiaodong was embarrassed, so he said goodbye to Balotelli and walked to the dressing room.

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

It's less than half an hour since the start of the game. Two live commentators of bein sports, Andy Gray and Richard Keith, have got the starting lineup of both sides. They quickly announce the starting lineup to the fans, and analyze the advantages and disadvantages of the starting lineup of both players, as well as their views on the game.