Chapter 172

"There is only one colour in Manchester – red!" This sentence can be called the ultimate attack on Manchester City fans by Manchester United fans. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

In normal times, Manchester City fans might also be able to attack United fans with the high ticket prices at Old Trafford, Dennis Law's direct goal that led to Manchester United's relegation, or even David Beckham's departure. But once Manchester United fans shouted this sentence with an expression of arrogance or contempt, Manchester City fans were often speechless, and could only be speechless with hatred.

Because the gap between the two clubs' historical results is too great. Although they are bitter enemies in the same city, compared to Manchester United, which can be called the world's top giants, the weight of the name Manchester City in the football world is simply light.

On the other hand, despite City's low ticket prices and strategy to attract working-class fans, they have attracted more fans in Manchester than Manchester United, but they are simply not comparable to Manchester United in terms of global popularity. Compared to Manchester City's advantage in the number of Manchester homegrown fans, Manchester United's global fan base is simply behemoth, and the two are not on the same order of magnitude at all.

In other words, Manchester City's vision is only in Manchester, while Manchester United's footsteps have spread all over the world.

Whether it is the historical record, status, number of fans, or scope of influence, there is a huge gap between Manchester City and Manchester United. As for the strength, not to mention, even Manchester United, which is now in the rebuilding period, is firmly ahead of Manchester City. You know, no matter how turbulent Manchester United is, it can basically maintain the top 4 results, and now this Manchester City coached by Keegan is a low-class team in the Premier League, and has just been promoted back to the Premier League in the 02-03 season, and now their first task every season is relegation.

It can be said that the 5th round of the FA Cup is a battle between a championship team and a relegation civilian team.

However, even with a huge advantage in all aspects, Manchester United did not dare to take this game lightly. First, it's because of the importance of this game. Second, it's because it's a derby after all. In any real derby, the must-win excitement will try to erase the real gap between the two teams as much as possible, turning it into a hard-fought battle.

If one is not careful, even Manchester United, who have a huge advantage in strength, is very likely to lose, and this is unacceptable to Manchester United and Ferguson at the moment. Winning the derby and sacrificing the flag with their sworn enemies to boost the team's current sluggish form and morale is their only goal in this game, and it is the goal that must be won.

On the other hand, Manchester City are no less determined than Manchester United to win this game. Due to the disparity in quality, every victory over Manchester United is precious for both the club and the fans. At this time, a discerning person can see that Manchester United is in a period of slump and shock, and it is a good opportunity to take the opportunity to step on its head, and how could Manchester City miss this good opportunity.

In addition to the club, players and fans, Manchester City manager Keegan is also holding his breath to beat Ferguson in this FA Cup. It's not about the club, the players and the fans, it's about his real personal wishes. To this day, he still can't let go of the season that was dragged down by Alex Ferguson's psychological tactics and lost the final league title with a 12-point advantage.

It was a great season for Manchester United, as they staged one of the most classic comebacks in the Premier League and even English football history under Alex Ferguson, making Keegan's Newcastle a backdrop of shame. It is no exaggeration to say that Keegan's own bright and unlimited coaching career was deeply interrupted by Ferguson and Manchester United.

Under Ferguson's psychological tactics, Keegan's psychological quality is extremely poor, and his indecisive personality is completely exposed, and the picture of him being stimulated by Ferguson's war of words on the TV show makes him a laughing stock for everyone.

Had it not been for Alex Ferguson and Manchester United, Keegan might have been able to lead Newcastle to the title, which would have given Keegan a huge boost in confidence, and could even put him on a bright future as a legend.

But it was so brutal that Keegan ended up being one of the most famous stepping stones for Ferguson to get to where he is today.

Therefore, in the personal grudge against Ferguson and Manchester United in the Manchester City team, Keegan, who had no connection with Manchester City before taking charge of Manchester City, is the deepest.

Because of this, many wilted media and reporters interviewed Keegan before the game about Keegan's views on the FA Cup Manchester derby, recalling the past that made him unbearable, and uncovered the scar in his heart that he didn't want to touch, counting on him to say something "deafening" as angry and uncontrollable as he was back then.

However, perhaps it is the unsatisfactory coaching career in recent years that has given Keegan a certain increase in his mental quality, and throughout the interview, he appeared relatively calm, except for expressing his determination to win, there is nothing too radical.

But if someone looks closely at this interview video, they can still perceive the extraordinary excitement, determination and hatred hidden in the depths of Keegan's eyes when he said the words "We will definitely win this game" in front of the camera. It all shows that he wasn't as calm as he appeared to be in this game.

Manchester United were Premier League champions last season, and there was no doubt that they completed a home-and-away double against Manchester City in the Premier League, and Keegan didn't see the opportunity to avenge Ferguson's revenge back then, maybe this time he did.

Regarding this, Li Lei was keenly aware of it when he accidentally saw the interview video of Keegan before the game. However, he didn't pay much attention to this.

In the glorious past of reversing Newcastle's 12-point lead to win the championship, Li Lei learned a little bit about Keane and others in the locker room these days, which made him form a very direct first impression of Keegan in his heart - a loser. A loser like Keegan who has a poor psychological quality has always been the person Li Lei looks down on the most. And for the people he doesn't like, his way of dealing with them has always been the simplest and rudest, that is, ignoring him.

For him, it is better to watch a few more Manchester City game videos and get to know the dangerous strikers of Manchester City, especially the French striker named Anelka.

To be honest, when he first started watching the videos of Manchester City's games, he couldn't understand why a world-class striker like Nicolas Anelka would be in the middle of a Premier League team like Manchester City. After he checked Anelka's information a little, it suddenly dawned on him that although he had talent and strength, he was not only arrogant and self-esteemed, but he didn't have a good relationship with other people at all, and he also wanted money.

However, why Anelka is doing so badly is not the focus of Li Lei's attention, what he values is Anelka's past bad resume and his character flaws.

Since this is the most threatening point in Manchester City's forward line, if you get rid of him, the chances of victory will be much greater......

In terms of Li Lei's character, he is the kind of person who can do anything to win. The experience of living in the slums made him not interested in what Wei Guangzheng thought at all. Looking at Anelka's information carefully, his eyes flashed with a deep and cold gaze, which was particularly terrifying.

It's like a hungry wolf that sees a lamb!

It's chilling!

Panic!!