Manchester United Football Club (Manchester United) is a long-established club with a history of 100 years, located in Manchester, Manchestershire, in the northwest of England.

Manchester United is one of the most successful clubs in the history of English football and one of the most influential clubs in Europe and the world. In the 18 years since the English Premier League was established, United have won 11 league titles, nine FA Cups and four League Cups. On the European stage, United have won the UEFA Champions League twice, the Cup Winners' Cup once and the UEFA Super Cup once.

These trophies and honors all show the greatness and strength of this century-old giant. It can be said that although there are many strong teams in the English Premier League, and there is no shortage of giants such as Arsenal, Liverpool and Chelsea, when it comes to commenting on who is the number one giant in the Premier League, Manchester United is definitely the first to judge.

Of course, Manchester United is strong, but there are no shortage of teams in the Premier League that can compete with it. The most representative of them is the Arsenal led by the Frenchman professor Arsene Wenger.

Before Liverpool was ousted by Manchester United and Chelsea had not received a huge amount of money from the Russian giant Roman Roman Abramovich, the Premier League was almost a confrontation between Arsenal and Manchester United.

Although Manchester United overtook Arsenal in the number of titles, under the leadership of Arsene Wenger, Asen also staged a good show from time to time, and more than once took away the league title from Manchester United.

And every time the two teams meet, it is also very popular, and it has become a very famous "national derby" in world football.

It has never been a secret that Arsene Wenger's desire to teach him has been as simple and pure as Alex Ferguson's side have ousted England's erstwhile kings, Liverpool, with a simple and pure idea, to kick Manchester United off the throne and put Arsenal on the throne.

And Sir Alex Ferguson, the godfather of Manchester United, has said in public more than once that Arsenal is a fool's dream, and with him one day, Wenger and his team can only realize his ambition in a dream. However, Ferguson bluntly admitted that in the Premier League, Arsenal is indeed the biggest opponent of the Red Devils.

Even now, with the investment of Roman Abramovich and the tutelage of the madman Mourinho, Chelsea has become an important force to be reckoned with in the Premier League, but the duel between the Gunners and the Red Devils is still the hottest and most watched derby battle in English football.

And this season, the Gunners Arsenal and the Red Devils Manchester United are about to meet for the first time.

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In the past few days of training, Qin Shou had already felt the solemn and dull aura emanating from the air. At the moment of the derby, the atmosphere inside the team is really different from what it used to be. Even Walcott, who was extremely out-of-touch in the past, has honestly completed the training tasks according to the coaches' arrangements in the past few days.

In previous seasons, Arsenal and Manchester United were both strong contenders for the league title. However, with the departure of Henry and other veterans, the retirement of retirement, Arsenal has gradually slipped from the peak of the past few years, although the strength is still good, but in the confrontation of Manchester United, it has not been able to gain the upper hand.

This season is especially true. After 16 league games this season, Manchester United is top of the league table with 38 points from 12 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses, while Arsenal is fourth in the league with 30 points from 9 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses. Halfway through the league, Arsenal is eight points behind Manchester United, which is a disadvantage for Arsenal, who are aiming to compete for the title.

Don't underestimate the eight-point gap, on the road to the championship, sometimes a single point may affect the final ownership of the league championship.

So this national derby at home to Manchester United is an opportunity and a challenge for Arsenal. A win would close the gap between the two, and it would be great if United's morale dropped and it affected the rest of the game. On the other hand, if you lose, then the points gap will be further widened, and the hope of winning the league is basically minimal.

With Arsenal's current situation full of injuries, even if it is a home game, it will be difficult to win Manchester United, which is in good shape and has won five consecutive rounds of the league.

In the past, the two teams would never stop fighting a war of words without going head-to-head in the media before the game, but this time, under the strict demands of Professor Arsene Wenger, the team is just quietly preparing for this upcoming big game.

Arsenal's side has died down, and Manchester United's one-man show is not interesting, except for a few big-mouthed players in the team who pop up from time to time to say that Manchester United are very confident of winning this national derby, and they have not spoken wildly to provoke the anger of the two teams.

It was the English media who fanned the flames off the pitch as usual.

"Arsenal are not in good shape, many of the main players in the team are missing, and the prospects for the derby are not optimistic!"

"Arsenal is timid before the fight, and the atmosphere in the team is dull and tense!"

"Manchester United are in great form, with a full squad and there is no doubt about continuing their winning path!"

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The media rhetoric is one-sided in favor of Manchester United, which is also something that cannot be helped, Arsenal has a broken squad, although after losing the derby with Tottenham, quickly adjusted their mentality, and won two games in a row, but they won both of them, and anyone can see that Arsenal are not in good shape.

Manchester United, on the other hand, has a full lineup, with five consecutive wins, and the team's morale is high, and it has a strong momentum to win the league title.

Although at the request of Professor Arsene Wenger, the players did not express their winning rhetoric and determination in front of the public, but the "fanning the flames" of the media can easily make this group of young and vigorous lads excited, even if they are in a difficult situation now, but in the national derby, no one will not do their best, and no one wants to lose the game! They are also players of the Premier League's giants, and they are not less arrogant, but they don't think they are worse than Manchester United's players, they haven't played, who knows what the result of this game will be?

So the Arsenal players are holding their breath, thinking about the upcoming derby, a vicious breath.

As a member of the team, Qin Shou naturally felt the atmosphere of the team. Although he has not participated in the derby, and has not even officially played in the Premier League, this does not prevent the blood in his heart from boiling, only at this time, Qin Shou feels that Arsenal is like a real team, even if there are multiple small groups inside, but at this moment everyone's goal is the same, that is, to fight for dignity and victory!

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On 13 December, the day before the national derby against Manchester United, assistant coach Alder accompanied Arsene Wenger to the sidelines after a modest daily training session for Arsenal.

The players consciously lined up in front of the two of them, waiting for the manager's instructions.

It's Arsenal's practice. As with most clubs, the day before the game, the manager will announce the 18-man squad for tomorrow's game.

Not much different from what the players expected, the starting eleven for this game was not much different from the previous game against Fulham, with the slight change being that the two forwards who started in the previous round were changed from Van Persie and Chamark to Van Persie and Thierry Henry.

After all, Arsenal are now full of wounded soldiers, and there are not many options available. Thierry Henry's comeback goal for the team to score a game-winning goal shows that his form is on fire, so it's no surprise that he was given a start.

Mark was a little depressed, but he could figure it out. On the one hand, his recent goalscoring luck seems to be poor, and on the other hand, Thierry Henry is his senior, with great prestige and influence at Arsenal, and he has nothing to say about being replaced by him.

In contrast, Bendtner's face is a little less pretty. In his opinion, Van Persie has no problem occupying a starting striker spot, and the remaining striker spot is for him to take turns competing for the post, and if Chamak can't play, then it should definitely be his turn. However, due to Henry's midway arrival, he was reduced to the team's fourth striker, which made the Norwegian genius panic.

However, at this time, no one paid attention to him, and more people were shocked by the next substitute list.

The names of Walcott, Bendtner, and Chamark were not too unexpected to appear on the bench, but when Coach Alder read out the name of the last player, the whole team was in an uproar.

"Qin!"

Alder pronounced Qin Shou's name and cast a meaningful glance at him.

Rao has been appearing in the main team in the past few days of training, and he has a premonition about this, but when Alder read out his name and confirmed that he had entered the team's eighteen-man squad, Qin Shou was still a little dazed, feeling like a dream, beautiful but unreal.

Qin Shou subconsciously opened his mouth, with a look of disbelief, wanting to ask something, but Elder and Coach Wenger looked at the noisy team, did not speak, and turned to leave.

However, Walcott and the others, completely ignoring the extremely dissatisfied eyes of Van Persie and Bendtner and others, stepped forward with a smile and hugged Qin Shou to celebrate.

Although it only appears on the bench list, as long as you can go to the scene, then you are closer to the appearance. At least there is a chance to play, not.