Manchester United today is a 442 formation: goalkeeper 1-Van der Sar, four defenders 21-Rafael, 5-Rio Ferdinand, 15-Vidic, 3-Evra, four midfielders 13-Park Ji-sung, 24-Scholes, 24-Fletcher, 10-Gao Xiaodong, two forwards: 7-Rooney, 14-Hernandez

Manchester City is a 433 formation: goalkeeper 25 Joe Hart, four defenders: 17 Boateng, 28 Kolo Toure, 4 Kompany, 5 Zabaleta, two midfielders: 34 de Jong, 42 Yaya Toure, 17 Bari, three strikers 21 Silva, 45 Balotelli, 32 Tevez

Manchester City's starting line-up was very aggressive up front, with a tough midfield, which showed Mancini's determination to win at home stadium, and in fact they have the quality to play against Manchester United.

Manchester United's starting lineup looks reasonable, and most of them are the starters from the previous game, but now the 11 people on the field, Scholes, Vidic, and Evra are not in the best state because of the flu, and Nani and Berbatov even sat directly on the bench.

Although Scholes and Vidic are not in the best condition, there is a possibility of a record-breaking derby battle, which has attracted worldwide attention, and where does Ferguson dare to use young players like Anderson, Gibson, and Evans, he can only go to the veteran to see the situation.

Andy Gray briefly commented on the lineup and characteristics of both sides, "The strength of Manchester United is needless to say, winning all the games since the start of the season, and the 442 formation players in this diamond position are also very familiar to them. Giggs can't play, Valencia is reimbursed for the season, and there is a lot less creativity on the side, but with Scholes and Gao Xiaodong in the middle, Manchester United will not create fewer opportunities, Manchester United's biggest disadvantage is that he has just suffered an injury, and Scholes is old, facing Manchester United's three iron waist interception and pressing, the body does not know if it can hold on. ”

"Last season, Manchester City's attacking firepower once shocked the Premier League, Tevez scored 22 goals in the league last season, Adebayor's 14 goals, Bellamy's 10 goals, but their midfield has also become an obstacle to their progress, in many games last season, Manchester City team will often skip the midfield, directly from the back line long pass to find a few strikers with outstanding individual ability, this season Manchester City introduced Yaya Toure, J. Boateng, Silva, Kolarov and Balotelli, the three lines have been enhanced, but Manchester United's midfield hardness is enough, but the attack power is worse than the Premier League's BIG4, from the starting lineup, Mancini simply gave up the attack power of the midfield, all replaced with the waist of the beast, trying to strangle Manchester United in the midfield, and then compete with Manchester United for strikers and defenders, the Italians are very chicken thieves, Mancini's tactical idea is correct, but how effective it is, it still needs to be verified through the game. ”

Before Andy Gray could finish his introduction, the players from both sides walked out of the locker room, and the scene was full of shouts and shouts, and the noise in the stadium decibels skyrocketed to interrupt Andy Gray's words.

Manchester City Stadium can accommodate 55,000 people, all of them were full today, but Manchester City suffered a lot, they knew that the game was hot, so they only left 5,000 tickets for Manchester United, that is, less than half of the stands, and all the rest were Manchester City fans.

When the players entered, the Manchester City fans welcomed their players with loud applause, and then "welcomed" the Manchester United players with even louder boos, creating psychological pressure on the city's rivals.

Chinese Manchester City fan Zhang Rui is the owner of a Chinese restaurant in Manchester, he has been in the UK for more than 30 years, before coming to the UK did not know anything about football, after coming to the UK, he buried himself in entrepreneurship, the atmosphere of British football is so strong, but it has not been able to make him like football.

Until a chance by chance, a Chinese player from Manchester City came to Manchester City, and went to Zhang Rui's restaurant for dinner, Zhang Rui went to the scene to support the Chinese player for the purpose of supporting his compatriots, and then he fell in love with football completely, and became a loyal fan of Manchester City, going to the scene every weekend to watch the game, hoping that Manchester City would win the championship, hoping that Manchester United would be relegated, even if the Chinese player later left the blue moon and returned to China, Zhang Rui's love for Manchester City remained the same.

Last summer transfer, Manchester City said that he wanted to buy a Chinese superstar named Gao Xiaodong, all the Chinese are supporters of Gao Xiaodong, Zhang Rui looks forward to Gao Xiaodong's transfer to Manchester City every day, leading Manchester City to soar into the sky, overpowering the city's rival Manchester United, but last season Gao Xiaodong went to Inter Milan and took Inter Milan to win the treble, becoming the pride of the Chinese.

This season, Manchester City spent an astronomical amount of money to buy Gao Xiaodong, but Gao Xiaodong chose Manchester City's sworn enemy Manchester United this time, which made Zhang Rui very conflicted, he loves Manchester City, and at the same time he is psychologically willing to support Gao Xiaodong.

This time, Zhang Rui didn't plan to go to the scene to watch the Manchester derby, because he was afraid that he couldn't bear the feeling of his brain being torn in half, but in the end, because a friend in China asked him to help buy tickets, after the tickets were bought, his friend couldn't come to the UK because of something, Zhang Rui was reluctant to waste a ticket, and he still came to the scene.

Seeing Gao Xiaodong walking in front of Manchester United, Zhang Rui's mood was very complicated, the Chinese fans around him shouted Gao Xiaodong's name, but he just sat blankly, he thought, if Gao Xiaodong joined Manchester City like Sun Hai, he would definitely be Gao Xiaodong's most die-hard fan, and now, he feels that it is difficult for him to cheer for a player wearing a Manchester United jersey.

The pre-match ceremony passed quickly, referee Atkinson blew the whistle, and the world-famous Manchester derby finally kicked off.

Manchester United, who kicked off first, skillfully controlled the ball, looking for a flaw in Manchester City, and the Manchester City players descended like tigers in the cheers of more than 50,000 fans in the stadium, and carried out a crazy pressure on Manchester United's ball-handling players.

Manchester United's players were pressed by three forwards at the back and had to pass the ball to the midfielder Fletcher after a few passes, who handled the ball.

Manchester City's three backs are all players with a wide coverage, their large area of running, giving Manchester United the midfield very little space to receive the ball, the time is extremely short, the passing line is fleeting, which is very demanding for the passer, Fletcher just got the ball, there are people in front of him and behind him to press, and Gao Xiaodong and Scholes also came to pick up.

Under the crazy pressure of the opponent, it may be better to pass the ball to a player with strong confrontation ability like Gao Xiaodong, Gao Xiaodong can protect the ball, and if he can't protect it, he also has the ability to quickly rebound.

But Fletcher and Scholes have been working together for many years, and the same opportunity must have been passed to Scholes.

is also a flu, Scholes is old, and his condition today is not good, but Ferguson is worried that Gao Xiaodong will not be able to control the field alone, and today's game is unusual after all, so Scholes was allowed to play half the court to help Gao Xiaodong adapt.

Scholes was aware enough, but his body couldn't keep up, he handled the ball a little slower, and the opponent immediately pressed into place, Scholes's pass to Gao Xiaodong was touched by De Jong, changed direction, and was grabbed by Yaya Toure.

Yaya Toure rushed forward quickly with the ball, and Gao Xiaodong quickly pressed from the side behind.

Toure didn't dare to stick to the ball, quickly split the side and passed to Silva.

Silva was a Valencia player before moving to Manchester City, where he was a winger who could play on either side of the pitch, but he could also play as a playmaker in midfield or even as a shadow striker. He has an excellent ability to break through people, has excellent vision and an excellent ability to interpret the game, and can often deliver precise passes to strikers that tear apart opposition defences.

Silva is City's main striker and today he played as a right-sided midfielder, with the goal of tearing down United's defence on the right flank, whether it's Rafael, Brown or Neville, they will certainly not be Silva's opponents.

Less than a minute into the game, City broke the ball and Silva was given the chance to take on the opposition right-back, but Silva did not let go of the opportunity, and he quickly and confidently dribbled towards Rafael.

Rafael didn't dare to get off his feet, so he followed Silva, preventing him from passing and cutting inside, waiting for his teammates to help defence.

Silva suddenly changed his momentum and cut inside, and Rafael hurried to block it.

Silva made a feint, he quickly pulled the ball back, quickly stepped forward, made a sharp stop on the baseline, pierced Rafael's crotch with an outstretched foot, and then broke through Rafael's defense from the baseline like a fish.

The City fans in the "good" stands erupted in cheers almost at the same time, and they were all impressed by Silva's performance.

After Silva broke through Rafael, he saw Manchester United's centre-back Vidic block and he didn't have an inverted triangle back pass, because United protected this very well, but Silva creatively rubbed the ball into the other corner of the box and found the unguarded Balotelli.

Balotelli is unguarded, not because Balotelli is not important, but because the right side of Manchester United is too dangerous, everyone's attention is on the right, and no one expected Silva to pass the ball here.

It's a fantastical pass!

Balotelli lived up to Silva's brilliant pass as he volleyed straight into the right side of the goal.

After the goal, Ba Shen was very proud, he lifted his shirt and ran to the stands of Manchester United.

Originally, Manchester City's fans were applauding and cheering wildly after seeing the goal, but when they saw the words "Dedicated to Dear Little Donggao" written on Bashen's jersey, the applause stopped instantly, and everyone was dumbfounded.