Chapter 943 A Fierce City Derby
Chapter 943 A Fierce City Derby
Benitez's approach is incredible in the eyes of many people, but in the eyes of Manchester City players, it is very useful.
Because it shows that their coach fully trusts them and believes that they can beat Manchester United.
With this belief, they set foot on the stadium of Old Trafford.
At the same time, there was a loud booing from the stadium stands.
It was given to them by Manchester United fans.
This is the first time Manchester City have returned to Old Trafford since last season's league.
The grievances and anger accumulated by Manchester United fans in the league, the FA Cup final and the Community Shield all turned into boos and attacked the Manchester City players who played.
As the captain of Manchester City, Rong Guang was at the front of the team, so of course he was the first to be booed.
However, Rong Guang was already used to booing like this.
And not only him, but other Manchester City players as well.
They are full of confidence in themselves, so what is an away game against Manchester United?
We haven't lost to Manchester United this year!
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After the game started, the two sides fought very fiercely.
Neither Manchester United nor Manchester City wanted to lose to the other, and both sides knew each other well, so there was no need for any probing, and they just opened up their stances and started working.
Only 2 minutes into the game, Wayne Rooney opened the scoring for Manchester United!
"ROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONY!!! Rooney!" John Mortensen roared with a drawn out voice. "Beautiful! Manchester United have had a fantastic start!"
"It seems that Manchester United entered the state faster than Manchester City..." Alan Hansen said beside him. "However, Manchester United's luck is really good for this goal. Rooney scored such a shot..."
The Manchester United fans in the stands didn't care how the goal came in, as long as it went in, they erupted in huge cheers when the football flew into the goal.
"For Manchester City, it's too unfortunate to concede the goal with two points in the opening... In such a derby with the same city, once the opponent's morale is raised, it will be difficult to stop... But conceding the goal so early can just test the team's ability to resist pressure and see how far they can do in such adversity... I think this may not be a bad thing for this team..."
The TV broadcast quickly cut to the Manchester City players, giving close-up shots one by one.
The Manchester City players in the camera look a little serious, but they are not panicked. Their eyes are swollen and they can't see the dazed look in their eyes.
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The game resumed with deafening cheers from the United fans, City didn't rush towards United's goal, they passed back and forth, moved and looked composed.
"Manchester City's approach is very smart. After Manchester United just scored the goal, the morale must be high. If Manchester City is eager to attack and squanders possession of the ball easily, then they will face the surging offensive of Manchester United. But now, they keep passing in the midfield and always keep the football under their feet. It makes it difficult for Manchester United to attack so easily, slow down the pace of the game, and consume the fighting spirit of Manchester City players...It seems that Manchester City is indeed much more mature than before..."
The two sides then fell into a tug of war.
Manchester United wants to expand the score advantage as soon as possible, but Manchester City is dealing with Manchester United.
In such a tug-of-war, Manchester United's momentum gradually declined, and the two sides returned to a point of balance.
Realizing they couldn't score against City twice in a short period of time, United slowed down.
I plan to deal with Manchester City and wait for the opportunity.
But when Manchester United wanted to slow down, Manchester City suddenly sped up!
This is the case with football games. We must not let the rhythm of the game fall into the control of others.If the opponent wants to kick fast, he must control the rhythm and slow down the kick.If the opponent wants to go slow, he has to suddenly speed up and kick faster and faster.
In short, you have to go against the other party and make the other party feel uncomfortable.
The rhythm of this game is controlled by Sneijder and Rong Guang, one is in charge of passing the ball and the other is in charge of breakthrough.
After the two picked up the speed, the rhythm of the whole Manchester City also picked up.
This caught Manchester United a little off guard. In the waves of Manchester City's offensive, Manchester United's defense looked very embarrassed.
It looked like City could score at any moment.
The Manchester United fans in the tense stands forgot to cheer for the team for a while, and Old Trafford suddenly became quieter.
No. 16 minutes, Manchester City launched another offensive.
Leighton Barnes crossed from the wing, Berbatov attracted the attention of two Manchester United defenders in the front point, and Rong Guang suddenly inserted at high speed from outside the penalty area, and then jumped high!
The football that Berbatov didn't touch just flew over, and the glory in the air shook his head like a lion!
"Rong!!!"
In the exclamation of John Mortensen, the football was thrown to the back point by glory!
Goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar jumped up reflexively in the face of the rush to the top, but his speed was still slower than football.
When he jumped up, the football had already flown into the goal!
"Rong! Rong! Oh! Beautiful! Beautiful header! He equalized the score for Manchester City! No matter when and under what circumstances, the most reliable person is always Rong! He saved the team again!"
"Rongguang's rush to the top! It's beautiful! Manchester United's defense made a mistake at this time, and none of them was marking the sudden jump in by Rongguang! Of course, Rongguang's sudden header was indeed too unexpected. When Leighton Barnes was about to cross, Rongguang was still outside the penalty area. As a result, when Barnes passed the football, Rongguang suddenly went forward! His speed was fully displayed at this moment!"
"Jump up after sprinting at a high speed. I think even if someone competes with him for the top at this time, there is no way to compete with Rong... I noticed that Rong retracted his body after jumping up. If he didn't do this, the football would hit his chest instead of his forehead... He jumped too high!"
There was a burst of cheers in the Old Trafford stadium, which was issued by the few Manchester City fans.
Amidst their cheers, Rong Guang landed, turned his head and glanced at the football, and confirmed that the football was in the goal. He opened his arms, ran to Barnes who passed the ball to him, and hugged him to celebrate the goal.
At this time, Manchester United fans reacted and booed Xiang Rongguang in the stands.
Of course, Rong Guang didn't care about their booing.
"Manchester City equalized the score! The two sides are back on the same starting line!!" The commentator said in an excited voice. "Only 6 minutes into the game, there were two goals in this game. It seems that this game will definitely not be dull!"
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The narrator seems to be right.
In the first half, the two sides drew 1:1.
Although the score was a tie, the scene was intense.
No.207 minutes, Robinho received a yellow card.
In the next No.308 minutes and 43 minutes, Manchester United's two players, Anderson and Vidic, both received a yellow card.
After 15 minutes of intermission, neither side made any adjustments and continued to attack.
No. 409 minutes, less than 5 minutes into the second half, Manchester United scored again.
This time it was Fletcher who scored.
Manchester United leads Manchester City 2:1!
"Fletcher! Beautiful! United lead again!"
Cheers erupted from the stands at Old Trafford again.
However, the cheers of Manchester United fans lasted only 3 minutes...
In two minutes, Manchester City quickly equalized the score.
This time it was Robinho who scored the goal, and the one who assisted him was...Glory!
After Rong Guang broke through the frontcourt and completely disrupted Manchester United's defense, he passed the football to Robinho.
Robinho received the ball in a relatively better position and kicked the ball into the goal guarded by Van der Sar.
"2:2! Manchester City is really fighting each other! Manchester United scored a goal, and Manchester City immediately responded!"
With the emergence of four goals, the competition became more and more intense. The players on both sides moved more and more on the field, and the smell of gunpowder became stronger.
Not long after Robinho's goal, Gareth Barry received a yellow card.When the game went on for less than 10 minutes, both sides had already received four yellow cards, two for each side.
Then, Ferguson took the lead in making adjustments, and he replaced Park Ji-sung with Valencia.Hope to increase the advantage in the midfield, Valencia has the skills and speed, and can break through on the wing, which is expected to bring some variables to this game.
After Valencia played, the change really came.
Manchester United gradually took the initiative in the midfield.
And in No.80 two minutes, Klose pushed the football into Manchester City's goal, taking the lead for the third time in this game!
“3：2！3：2！克洛泽！米洛斯拉夫·克洛泽！！！”约翰·莫特森高呼。“No.80二分钟的进球，曼联几乎宣判了曼城的死刑！”
The Manchester United players hugged each other excitedly.
"Klose!!" The Manchester United fans in the stands were chanting the name of the scorer.
Klose's goal gave them hope of winning!
"This is really a wonderful game! The two sides have been fighting until this time, the game has entered the last 10 minutes, and there is still a goal! Manchester United is absolutely unwilling to get a draw in the away game! They will definitely beat Manchester City at home! Just to avenge the losses in the first three games!"
Old Trafford is like an erupting volcano, with lava, heat and steam all spewing out, making the stadium seem extremely noisy.
Looking around, the stands are all dancing red, it really looks like tumbling lava...
And the cheers of the Manchester United fans carried away are the rumbling echoes from the depths of the earth!
The whole of Old Trafford was so lively that they couldn't hear what was said in person at all, and the Manchester United fans vented all the anger they had held up before.
This amazing momentum made people sweat for those Manchester City players in the stadium.
(End of this chapter)