If you ask a Chinese fan: Who is Manchester United's most rival arch-enemy?

Some will answer that it is Manchester City, the "noisy neighbours", but many more will answer that Manchester United's sworn enemies are the Reds Liverpool. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Ahead of the next game, Qin Goode was also asked this question by the local media, and his answer was also Liverpool.

Because since he has a memory of football, Manchester United and Liverpool have been bitter rivals for decades.

But if you go to Manchester and ask a die-hard fan who is a little older, the answer he gives is definitely not these two teams.

Manchester United's biggest enemy is the "White Legion" from Yorkshire, the former "Young Guard", Leeds United.

If there is still a 1 in 10,000 chance that Manchester United and Liverpool will meet one day in the future, then the hatred between Leeds United and Manchester United will never be resolved, and what lies between the two teams is the hatred of the century with blood and tears, and the hatred between the two cities.

This hatred was born even before the two teams were founded: in the 15th century, two aristocratic families of Yorkshire and Lancashire fought a war over the ownership of the English crown for more than 30 years, which was later called the "War of the Roses" and the "War of the Roses", the most tragic civil war in English history - Yorkshire was marked by the white rose, and Lancashire was symbolized by the red rose.

The blood and lives of countless people have forged an indelible hatred between the two cities and peoples, which has lasted for more than 500 years, and not only has not faded its color, but has been remembered again because of the sport of football.

And when the two clubs were formed, the hatred between the two cities was perfectly transferred to the sport of football. After more than 100 years of ups and downs, the situation between the two clubs has gone to two extremes: Manchester United has become the most influential club in the world, even if it has occasionally declined, it has been able to attract some of the best players to join them, while Leeds United have been able to compete in the lower leagues and seem to never see the light of day.

In the seventies and eighties, when hooliganism was most prevalent in England, fans of the two clubs lost their lives to vicious brawls, and in the 90s, when the two teams were slightly more depressed, the fans of both sides exchanged the most heart-wrenching "Munich air disaster" for Manchester United fans and the "Istanbul incident" for Leeds United fans (1999/00 season, The irony and sarcasm of two Leeds United fans who were stabbed to death before the UEFA Cup match against Galatasaray, coupled with the defection of Leeds United's key players Eric Cantona and Rio Ferdinand from Manchester United, made the hatred between the two clubs even more irresolvable.

Against this backdrop, on 13 December 2012, just four days after Manchester United's massacre of Manchester City, Alex Ferguson and his disciples travelled to Yorkshire for a Carabao Cup quarter-final against Leeds United.

With away league games two days later, Ferguson sent a semi-rotational lineup as usual: veterans Ryan Giggs and Scholes led a group of youngsters to start, Van Persie, Wayne Rooney, Evra and others were not even included in the squad, they were left directly in Manchester, enjoying a rare short rest day, and only the record-setting Qin Goode was included in the starting line-up.

This time, there was no more hype about "Manchester United disrespecting Leeds United" because the faces of those journalists were still swollen – except for the Leeds manager who still had them.

Whites boss Neil Vornock mobilised his players ahead of the game with United's starting XI: "Look, Ferguson thinks he can beat us on our home turf with this third-tier team of retired old men and freshly weaned hairy boys!" ”

"What happened to the teams in the Super League? What's wrong with us being a second-tier team?! Volnock, who was eight years younger than Ferguson, was arrogant, "Let's tell them that there is an absolute price to be paid for despising the enemy!" ”

Two hours later, Volnock's words were still ringing in his ears, but he felt like his cheeks were swollen.

'It was a good game,' said visiting head coach Alex Ferguson, who glanced at him before answering questions from the media lightly, "the main players of Manchester United have been rested, the youngsters have been given the opportunity to work and of course, we have the win and promotion we wanted. I can't ask more about the process and the result of this game, the players have already done 100 points. Oh yes, Goode Qin also continues to set records. ”

The two-shot and one-pass was substituted after 75 minutes as United were already 5-0 up at home.

When he came off, the rotation continued to work hard, and the discouraged Leeds were unable to stop their attack, and Welbeck scored another goal before the end of the game to make it 6-0.

There is no suspense in the battle between the red and white, and it is difficult to cause any waves.

The white roses are close to wilting, but the red roses are blooming vigorously.

Manchester United, who qualified for the last four of the Carabao Cup, had no chance to rest, and on the third day after their victory, they faced their opponents in the round of 17 of the league, Sunderland.

The reason why December is called the devil's schedule is not only because of the number of leagues, but also because the unscientific away schedule tortures the players' physical fitness, coupled with the general cold weather in the British Isles winter, many teams are prone to a large number of injuries in front of the devil's schedule. Therefore, those middle and lower teams with a thin squad often begin to fall behind at this time due to the physical strength and injury problems of players, but traditional strong teams such as Liverpool and Arsenal that still have some background will take advantage of this stage to narrow the gap with the top of the table.

After two days on the road, Qin Goodall unsurprisingly did not show up in the starting line-up at this time - the fatigue at this time is not something that can be completely eliminated by a night's sleep - and he sat on the bench and watched Wayne Rooney and Robin van Persie lead the team to the "Black Cats".

It was a game that felt very familiar to Chingud and all the fans: less than 15 minutes into the game, United conceded a goal!

The goal conceded by the Reds came from the pairing of two United discarded players, with O'Shea providing the assist and Campbell netting.

The goal was a little upset for Ferguson, who had swept them out of the way, but Van Persie quickly helped his team turn around with a pass and a shot, and Wayne Rooney's goal extended the lead again.

Sunderland manager Martin O'Neill sent in Wickham, a young player who played in '93, hoping to make the young talent a wonder to turn the situation around, and Wickham did use his physical advantage to stir up Manchester United's midfield at one point.

Ferguson did not make adjustments to the defensive line, but replaced Qin Goode.

The arrival of Qin Goode immediately deprived Sunderland of all attacking power in the middle and they had to focus more on the 21-year-old, who had already done so much.

Then United's two wings were given a huge amount of space, and then Sunderland were distracted and overwhelmed, and the defensive system completely collapsed.

Then Qin Gude received a return pass from his teammates and shot hard, setting the final score at 4-1.

Although this is only the 17th round of the league, Manchester United, who are as many as nine points ahead of Manchester City, have already secured the halfway point of the league title.

Fifteen wins, two losses, 45 points!

If they can maintain their momentum in the last two league games and take six points from both games, then 51 points would make United the second-highest halfway title in the Premier League's 20-year history (behind the 52 points of the almost invincible Blues Chelsea in 2005-06)!

Although this second place does not seem to have much significance for Ferguson and Qin Goode.

Compared to this boring ranking, they finally have the time to pay attention to the news outside.

As early as a few days ago, FIFA had announced the final three-person list of candidates for the 2012 Ballon d'Or, and Qin Goode, Messi, and Ronaldo were selected strongly.

This year is known as the first year of the three-legged tripod.

At the beginning of the year, Qin Gude, who was known as "spoiler", "another catfish", and "soy sauce", became the most popular candidate for this award at the end of the year.

Not one of them. (To be continued.) )