Chapter 774

On September 19th, fans all over the world focused on Manchester.

At 2:30 pm, the 180th England derby will kick off at Old Trafford, the European dream theatre.

According to the British Daily Star, the game will be broadcast in 211 countries and regions, and the total number of fans concerned will reach a staggering 800 million.

Although this number is not as large as the 1 billion spectators in the 2007 match between Arsenal and Manchester United, it has surpassed the 400 million spectators in the Spanish National derby between Real Madrid and Barcelona and the 700 million spectators in the World Cup final in South Africa.

The reason why the double red clubs can attract so many fans is not only that the double red clubs are one of the most important matches in the UK, but also that the Premier League has always been warmly sought after in Asia. Previously, Manchester United had a large number of fans in the Far East due to Park Ji Xing and Dongfang Zhuo. After Gao Xiaodong joined Manchester United, they directly brought more than 100 million Chinese fans to the club Chinese fans.

so much attention, so many fans coming, security work has become the top priority, Manchester city government and Council have decided to make every effort and human and material resources to ensure the orderly conduct of the game security and other work. In addition, there will be a special temporary rule at Old Trafford. Only about 5000 Liverpool fans can enter the stadium with tickets. This is also to avoid that if there are too many Liverpool fans, it will lead to the displeasure of Manchester United fans, quarrels and group fights. After all, Heather's tragedy is not far away.

As for the significance of this game, Liverpool coach Hodgson is very clear, but he called on the fans of both teams to exercise restraint and try their best to give a game of the highest standard to the fans all over the world. Hodgson said: "football is very important, but never above life. It's the same in England and the rest of the world. I want the fans to be restrained. Especially for Manchester United fans, please let's ensure the order of the stands and respect the Liverpool fans. Liverpool fans must learn to be magnanimous and never make any bad moves that damage the image of the team. I think we should respect each other. We are all the most popular teams in the world

Hodgson's kind words will only be regarded as pedantic by the fans of both sides at this time. At this time, no matter Manchester United fans or Liverpool fans can calm down. What they need is to add fuel to the fire, not pour cold water on it.

Compared with Hodgson, Gao Xiaodong is very good at rubbing hot circles. He wrote a sentence on his twitter and microblog: can I become the most popular person when I participate in the double red cross for the first time?

What makes people imagine is that Gao Xiaodong has a picture of him killing AC Milan at Inter.

This is equivalent to a thousand waves. Originally, the fans of Manchester United and Liverpool hated each other. Seeing Gao Xiaodong play in such a high profile, they were very excited and expressed their support for Gao Xiaodong's leading Manchester United to massacre Liverpool, breaking the record and putting Liverpool in the relegation zone.

Of course, Liverpool fans are not happy. They leave messages on Gao Xiaodong's microblog and twitter one after another:

it's hard to say whether you can be the most popular person, but you can be the most stupid person!

It's hard to say whether you can be the most popular person, but you must be the most stupid person!

It's hard to say whether you can become the most popular person, but you must be the most arrogant person!

It's hard to say whether you can become the most popular person, but you can certainly become the least popular person!

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The virtual Internet is more lively than the reality.

in order to watch the game, from three days ago, countless supporters of Manchester United and Liverpool arrived in Manchester city one after another. They wore United's and Liverpool's jerseys and wandered around. When they drank too much, they made trouble and made a mess of the old industrial city.

19 on the day of January 19, the number of domestic and foreign fans arriving in Manchester reached the peak, almost one hundred thousand fans, while the number of tickets that Old Trafford can provide is only 76000 at most, and almost more than 20000 fans do not have the ball to watch. They are the big trouble of public security.

At 12:30, the Old Trafford stadium opened two hours ahead of schedule, allowing fans to enter the European dream theatre in advance for a pilgrimage. At the same time, it can also avoid the mixed up fights between fans of both sides.

At one o'clock, sky sports commentators Martin arrived at Old Trafford. He first introduced the grudge between Manchester United and Liverpool, their past history, their current situation in the league and their starting lineups. "

Martin has a lot of knowledge. Even if he explains the important plays of Manchester United and Liverpool, he is very relaxed. From time to time, he also teases the players on both sides of the starting list.

”Manchester United's starting list: 1-van der Sar; 22-o'shea, 15 Vidic, 23 Evans, 3-evra; 17 Nani, No. 10 Gao Xiaodong, 18 Scholes, 11 Giggs; 9-berbatov, 7-rooney.

United didn't play Rangers in the middle of the week. The purpose is to deal with Liverpool. Now, apart from Valencia, the main players are all out. Nani and Giggs are playing at the same time. I think it is possible that Nani will switch to the left wing, fly with both wings, and put in the back row. This is the unique skill of United.Gao Xiaodong and Scholes partner, it is estimated that or dual core drive, Gao Xiaodong should be partial defense some.

Evans replaces Ferdinand in the first place. It's good to say that Ferdinand has just recovered from his injury. Sir Alex is still a little cautious. As for why O'Shea replaces Rafael at right back, it's estimated that Ferguson should consider his youth and inexperience.

Now let's take a look at our starting lineup: "goalkeeper: Reina 25; guard: Glen Johnson 2; Skrtel 37; Carragher 23; Konchesky 3; midfield: Joe Cole 10; Meireles 4; Maxi Rodriguez 17; Paulson 28; Gerrard 8; striker: Torres 9.".

With Alonso gone, Mascherano gone, Joe Cole and Meles come. Now, Liverpool have flexibility in rigidity. Joe Cole and Meles have the ability to send a straight ball. If Manchester United can't do a good job in defense, the spirited Spanish Golden Boy Torres is very likely to break van der Sar's goal.

It was the 180th game in the history of the two sides, after Manchester United were 69 wins, 50 draws and 60 losses.

In 36 Premier League games, Manchester United had 19 wins, 7 draws and 10 losses, including 10 wins, 4 draws and 4 losses at home.

Manchester United have won 5-1 at home against Liverpool in the past six leagues, but the Reds have only won 1-3 in the past two seasons. Last season, Manchester United beat Liverpool 2-1, while last season, Liverpool beat Manchester United 4-1 at Old Trafford.

South Korean Park Ji sung made a penalty to win Liverpool in two red cross matches at Old Trafford recently, but now he can only watch from the bench.

However, there is another Asian player in Manchester United's starting line-up, that is, this summer's top scorer Gao Xiaodong. I don't know if he can surprise Manchester United fans like park Zhixing in this double red meeting.

The referee of this game is Webb. It's estimated that Manchester United fans will be very happy to see Webb, because Webb, 39 years old, was known as "Manchester United's Royal referee" when he came out. Webb executed the World Cup final this summer "

at this time, there was a cheering sound like a tsunami on the scene, and Martin, the commentator on the scene, said: Players from both sides come out of the dressing room, the game will start immediately! Let's see if the starting lineup has changed No change, now let's get ready for the exciting Derby