Chapter 27 I Scored a Hat-Trick at the Etihad, Can You Do It?

When it comes to the most famous derby in football, each of the five major leagues has its own derby event. Like the just-concluded Spanish El Clasico, although the first-place competition between Messi and Ronaldo was missing, the old enemies of Barcelona and Real Madrid are still a football match that attracts global attention.

However, the latest round of Manchester City Derby in the Premier League at 00:30 tomorrow morning Beijing time has already far surpassed the El Clasico in terms of viewership (about 600 million people), and even exceeded the Premier League’s traditional "double". The Red Cross War.

"According to BBC statistics, there are only three countries on the planet (North Korea, Cuba, Moldova) that do not have signals for this game. It is estimated that the number of viewers for this game will be at least 1 billion.

Manchester City Derby, since Messi joined Manchester City, has raised the Manchester City Derby to a new level.

What's more important is that the head coaches of both sides, Ferguson and Guardiola, will directly confront each other. The two top coaches who are hot topics in today's football will naturally become the biggest attraction of this game.

Manchester City has been suffering from bugs since this season. After 12 rounds, they have a record of 11 wins and 1 draw, with no losses and 34 points, ranking first in the Premier League.

What's even more frightening is the terrifying data of 50 total goals, an average of 4 goals per game, and only 6 goals conceded. Especially in the past two games, a total of 12 goals have been scored. This crushing attack can only make opponents tremble.

On the Red Devils side, it is another black and white picture.

Although they have achieved 9 wins and 3 draws after the first 12 rounds, ranking 4th in the standings, the team's performance always feels not on the same level as Manchester City, because winning makes people nervous.

So far, Manchester United has conceded as many as 20 goals. You must know that after 38 rounds last season, Manchester United only conceded 28 goals. But the good news is that the team gradually recovered after experiencing the battle with Liverpool, and then won consecutive victories all the way, which greatly improved the morale of the Red Devils.

In fact, Manchester United's results are really good, and the difference is not even close at all. It is just the three draws in the opening stage that make everyone think that Manchester United is not good. Moreover, the results of Manchester City and Chelsea are too abnormal, which leads everyone to think that Manchester United's performance is really good. Manchester United is in trouble, but now with 9 wins and 3 draws, it is still 4 points behind Manchester City. Can it not make people despair?

And this game is particularly important. If Manchester United wins, the points gap between the two sides will be only 1 point. Unfortunately, even if Manchester United wins Manchester City, there are still two mountains ahead, that is Manchester United and Chelsea. This season's Premier League is unprecedentedly intense, the most intense in history!

The biggest problem for Manchester United is the defense. Fortunately, Rojo, Jones and Smalling have become stable recently, but when it comes to turning around and chasing back, neither Manchester United's central defenders can do it.

Although the defense has been solid recently, the opponents they have played are really not that good. The time has come to test them again.

The opponent has Messi! In addition to Messi, there are many world-class stars...

But everyone is still optimistic about Manchester City. Even Ferguson complimented him at a press conference the next day.

"Obviously, Manchester City are the favorites to win the league this season. Their football is pleasing to the eye. Messi's performance is also phenomenal. Guardiola has transformed Manchester City. Manchester United has to go through the most difficult game at the Etihad Stadium. Fortunately, we qualified in the Champions League and can play this game with full concentration. What is sad is that Manchester City are also in the Champions League. They are a team with almost no shortcomings."

Once upon a time, Ferguson would have such high regard for his opponents. Looking at the Premier League, Manchester United is the king and other teams surrender at the feet of Manchester United. But this year is really different. Even he has lowered his attitude. He does not want to be slapped in the face.

However, the head coach of another team does not think so, and that is Chelsea's coach Mourinho. In the previous three rounds, he led Chelsea to a draw at the Etihad, and now he stepped forward to provide advice to Ferguson.

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He also hopes that Manchester United beats Chelsea. This is the most perfect result. If Manchester United wins and Chelsea also wins, then Chelsea can widen the gap with its biggest competitor Manchester City.

He talked about the Manchester derby in an interview with the BBC. "When we went there a few weeks ago, the whole of Europe thought they were going to beat us at home, but we almost won there, we even had more chances than they did. It’s not that we have bad luck, we can win a victory. This team seems to have no weaknesses, but the weaknesses are quite big. They lack enough self-confidence. I found that no, their games this season are all tailwinds and advancements. The ball got smoother and smoother, but when the game got into a difficult rhythm, they became a little disoriented. That was the case against us."

"As long as there are enough players to kill Messi, then others will not play. Guardiola still copied Barcelona, ​​so after Messi was blocked, they had almost no other way to score goals."

"They are afraid of Chelsea, afraid of Cristiano Ronaldo, afraid of Manchester United, and afraid of Dong. The more they want to prove themselves, the more afraid they become. This is the secret to defeating them."

Mourinho spoke eloquently, and it seemed that he was more like the head coach of Manchester United. Of course, he had instilled this theory into his players when he played against Manchester City before, and now he has just passed it on to Manchester United.

Manchester United just keeps a low profile, so why are they afraid of playing against Manchester City?

However, Mourinho's remarks were immediately retorted by Guardiola. Mourinho was playing psychological warfare for Manchester United, and Guardiola certainly couldn't let him succeed.

He said in an interview with London media: "I don't know if he thought about it when he said this. They only had 37% of the ball possession rate in the game, and we were 63%. Their number of shots was 10, and we were 21. times, and Messi also scored a hat-trick. Why are we afraid? Chelsea is obviously afraid. In fact, luck is indeed on their side, otherwise we could have beaten them."

"Manchester City is in better shape than any team this season. For him to say this, it can only be said that he is extremely unconfident, not us. Of course it will be difficult to play against Manchester United tonight, win or lose." Prediction. Derby games are always different from usual games and Manchester United are the defending champions and they have enough experience to deal with us."

Guardiola and Mourinho started fighting, something Ferguson didn't expect. However, Ferguson does have to thank Mourinho, which has virtually helped Manchester United reduce the pressure. It depends on whether he can really defeat Manchester City in the away game tonight. He is eager to defeat Manchester City more than anyone else. This is undoubtedly the most important battle of the season. one.

In terms of the lineup, he adjusted the formation again, between 433 and 4312, and Dong Fangzhuo's position changed slightly.

Countless people once said that he could not use the front midfielder well, starting from the time when he used Veron, but today, he puts Dong Fangzhuo in the front midfielder position...

In the away dressing room of the Etihad Stadium, Dong Fangzhuo received a text message from Ronaldo - I scored a hat-trick at the Etihad Stadium, can you do it?

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