The first round of the Manchester derby came very suddenly.

All the teams are still organizing warm-up matches everywhere, the media is still paying attention to various transfers, fans are still thinking about the team situation in the new season, and then turn their heads to see that the Manchester derby is imminent, which makes many people feel that it is too sudden.

But this is the Premier League.

When the rest of the league is still a holiday, the Premier League has already started, and the FA fixtures are all about time and the attractiveness of the game, for example, they will choose to play the first game after Christmas, and it is not a big deal to make the Manchester derby the first game of the league, which will obviously be the finale of the first round of the league.

Many fans heard that there was a Manchester derby in the first round, and it also felt very sudden, they had not yet recovered from the league break, and then they were told that the Manchester derby was about to start!?

Manchester derby? It's so sudden!

When they came to their senses, they found out that the league was about to start!

Many fans are following the derby clashes, including many non-team fans. The Manchester derby is still very attractive, which in the eyes of many fans, is second only to the tragic Liverpool derby, and in terms of competitiveness, it is even higher than the Liverpool derby, because Manchester United and Manchester City have always had similar results in history.

Both teams with a long history and excellent records, Manchester City and Manchester United have a grudge that can even be said to last for a century.

Manchester City had a slight advantage in the 50s and 70s, but Manchester United have reversed the trend in recent years (especially in the 90s), with support in Manchester at 550, with more people in the east of Manchester supporting Manchester City and Manchester United fans coming from the west and around the world.

Most notably, the Manchester derby was entirely dominated by Manchester United throughout the 90s, with nine wins and five draws and a decade without a defeat to Manchester City, including a 5-0 thrashing on 10 November 1994. Andrei Cancherski scored a hat-trick.

Stepping into the millennium, the results of the two teams have returned to a state of equal results.

In the millennium, the first Manchester derby saw the culmination of a long-standing feud between Roy Keane and Haarant, and the story goes back to 1998, when Halant, who was still playing for Leeds United, played against Manchester United, Keane tried to intercept Harrant's dribble, but instead severely injured the cruciate ligament in his knee.

Three years later, on 21 April 2001, Halant moved to Manchester City as captain, and later in the game Halant was in control of the ball in midfield. Keane stepped forward to make a knee-high tackle, and after Harant fell to the ground, Keane mocked him as an insult to vent his anger, and before the referee showed the red card, Keane returned to the dressing room without looking back.

In 2002, Keane was fined £150,000 and suspended for five games after admitting to intentionally injuring someone in his autobiography, and Halant also suffered a cruciate ligament injury in his knee and has not played again. He announced his retirement in 2002.

This kind of grievance will be reported by the media every time.

Roy Keane is still playing for Manchester United and is still the captain of Manchester United, and as long as he is at Manchester United, his 'deeds' will continue to be revealed. At the same time, he is also the most hated player in the Manchester United team, Manchester City fans.

Perhaps, it is an honour for the United players

Of course, there are grievances about the history of the two teams. Wan Sheng doesn't need to know anything special, he is an outsider, and the game is an ordinary league for him. He doesn't need to be as hostile to Manchester United as the fans are.

But he has a reason to be hostile to Manchester United!

His reasons are different from those of the fans, not history, not team grievances, but his own experience.

Now, at normal times, Wan Sheng will hardly remember the time when he just 'crossed over', especially the time when he was kicked out by Manchester United and looked for a job everywhere in embarrassment, which was really too sad.

He rarely remembered.

Now he has a high salary, enough ability, there are many new players of his own, although he has no family, but at least he has a woman who has a heart for himself, his work and life are not bad, he is not a person who likes to recall the past, the past is gone, it doesn't matter what he has experienced, memories can't change the past, cherishing the present and trying to see the future is important, he is such a person, but when he faces Manchester United again, he will still recall that experience, After all, that's what you've experienced and remembered.

It was precisely because of that experience that he couldn't help but see Manchester United as an enemy.

Ferguson was also an enemy.

Maybe the old jazz as the manager of Manchester United is a 'lying gun', but Wan Sheng and he have not known each other very happily a few times, the two are completely opposites, take the league as an example, the two are also real rivals, so it is not an exaggeration to say that they are enemies directly.

Against Manchester United, Wan Sheng always wants to win, and that thinking is even stronger than against Chelsea.

Jose Mourinho is a rare opponent, but it is a real opponent, just an opponent, not mixed with any personal feelings, and Manchester United is different, Manchester United is not only an opponent, but also an enemy, and now because of the management of Manchester United, another meaning has been added to it, that is, the 'Manchester derby', the grudge of the century-old derby, do you need to explain anything?

Therefore, Wan Sheng can say righteously, "I am fighting against Manchester United for the sake of all Manchester City fans and the honor of Manchester City Club!" ”

So his desire to beat Manchester United was even stronger.

Of course, it's not just a win against an opponent, it's a long-term job, but fortunately his time at Manchester City has only just started, and he has had a lot of opportunities to play against Manchester United, and this is the first opportunity.

The FA's schedule came out very early, and from the beginning of the team's preparation, Wan Sheng was waiting for this game.

So for how to deal with this game, he has already had a response in his heart, the current team tactics are only training a prototype, and they can still play against poor teams, but it is a little difficult to play Manchester United with new tactics, after all, if you want to beat the top team, the real fight is hard power, but the tactical play will not be different from the training, and the training is for the game, otherwise the training is a set, and the game is a set. It's a strange thing that the team can adapt, and there is no point in training like that, so you don't have to think much about the tactical play, and there is still a little bit of a surprising winning effect in this regard.

This is also Wansheng's preparation for the competition.

On the training open day, when fans and media come in to watch the training, the team rarely does tactical training, usually to recover physical fitness, do individual training, and tactical training is left in normal times, so it is difficult for the outside world to know what the team is training. In the last warm-up match with Nottingham Forest, although the team used new tactics, it was not exposed a lot, mainly because the team has not fully adapted, and it didn't even look like it played, and the suppressive effect was not very strong, and the other point was that Wright Phillips attracted too many eyeballs, so that no one paid attention to what tactics Manchester City used in this game. All you see is Wright Phillips is brilliant and that's it, and the media after the game is also dominated by Phillips' transfer news, so there is nothing to worry about at all.

Manchester United must not have imagined that Manchester City had already trained a new tactic. Maybe the old Scottish man thought about it, but he would only think about his own tactics in Derbyshire, not the new tactics he was now.

If the opponent doesn't know, it's just surprising.

So. The team can surprise Manchester United in the first round of matches!

It's the away game that's not good for the team, though, but it's also what motivates us – and a win over Manchester United at Old Trafford is obviously more meaningful. And in derbies between teams in the same city, the FA will not allocate much less tickets to Manchester City than Manchester United.

Wansheng still has a certain degree of confidence.

He knows that Manchester United is in a weak period now, from the end of last season to the present, Manchester United has been in the 'quagmire' that has just been acquired, many Manchester United fans resist the entry of Glazer, they think that then Manchester United will no longer be an English team, and as the new chairman, Glazer has not increased investment to help Manchester United supplement the squad, that is to say, Manchester United has been bought, but it is not like Chelsea has a lot of external financial support, which makes Manchester United fans extremely dissatisfied.

Fortunately, Manchester United is one of the few clubs that can achieve independent profitability, and their financial pressure will not be too great, and they still added two players in the summer, one is Park Ji-sung from South Korea, and the other is the former Fulham main goalkeeper Van der Sar.

But the joining of these two speaks to some problems.

Wan Sheng had paid attention to the situation of Manchester United at the same time in his previous life, and naturally he was very clear about their situation, even if he didn't study it, he knew that the current problem of Manchester United was 'lack of offensive strength'.

Midfield is Manchester United's weakness.

On the side, Ryan Giggs and C. Ronaldo are both very good, but in fact, Giggs is 32 years old after all, the 'king of the left side' is old, and C-Ronaldo is still a little ungrown, his own performance is good, but the combination with striker Van Nistelrooy has always been a problem.

Not to mention the middle of the midfield, captain Roy Keane has reached the retirement stage, and the renewal of his contract with Manchester United cannot be carried out, Smith has the temperament to replace Keane, but the level is not at home, the only one who can talk about it is Scholes, who is over 30 years old, but his pre-season warm-up performance is very average, and only scored a goal in Beijing and Antwerp, and the impact of his form on Manchester United will be decisive.

What really made a difference up front was the combination between Ruud van Nistelrooy and Cristiano Ronaldo.

They have always had the embarrassment of "both Yu and Liang".

Ruud van Nistelroy needs crosses, but Ronaldo prefers to go it alone; Van Nistelroy is good at grabbing points, and his kick is powerful, but C-Ronaldo can't take care of the word "grab", either showing off his footwork to delay the fighter, or wasting the opportunity alone.

That's the problem between the two.

It's impossible to say who is right and who is wrong, it's all caused by personal style problems, but in the end, the problems of the two have affected Manchester United's attacking ability, the old Jazz needs to do a lot of work, he needs to settle Rooney, and he needs to solve the cooperation between Ronaldo and Ruud van Nistelrooy, otherwise Manchester United's results will definitely be affected.

Wan Sheng was well aware of United's problems and it wasn't until Ruud van Nistelrooy left that they were resolved.

This situation is like the 'double virtue' of the England team, and the problem is on the bright side.

As long as anyone who understands the ball can analyze it from the game, and towards the end of the season, the media analyzed Manchester United's performance throughout the season, and also summed up this reason, and now, perhaps Ferguson and all Manchester United players, including Van Nisney and Cristiano Ronaldo himself, they have noticed or not, but it is very difficult to solve, it is impossible not to let Cristiano Ronaldo or Van Nistelrooy play, that kind of loss will obviously be greater.

Now that you know about Manchester United's problems, there is something to do.

Wan Sheng knew that this would be the key to victory, and he could see it clearly as an outsider, and Ferguson should know it, but he probably didn't take it too seriously.

Now Wan Sheng feels that he should help him pay attention to it, after all, respect the old and love the young, the old man can't say it directly when he makes a mistake, he must use his actions to let them know and give them enough face, this is the best respect.

Thinking about it like this, Wan Sheng feels that he is really a good person, and he treats his enemies so kindly

Ferguson is in a really good mood, he is much more relaxed than he was two months ago.

Just over two months ago, at the end of last season, the old Jazz didn't even know if he would be able to stay at Manchester United, and if he couldn't, he was ready to retire early – even though he didn't feel old and could still fight for a few years like a youngster.

Fortunately, the new chairman, Glazer, reassured him with a new contract.

Ferguson hesitated for a long time before finally deciding to stay for a few more years, so he signed a new contract so that within five years, he would definitely continue to manage at Manchester United.

After the problem related to his coaching work was solved, Ferguson relaxed a lot, and he began to devote himself to transforming the team, but unfortunately the new owner has no intention of increasing investment, at least not this summer, and he has less than 10 million pounds of transfer funds at his disposal, so he can only choose to supplement the much-needed midfielder and goalkeeper position.

However, Manchester United's heritage is different after all, even if there is no transfer funds, they can still rely on England's best youth training system, such as Richardson on loan, the team's new star Fletcher and others, all of which can be relied on, Smith also has the potential to be tapped, plus the team's original average personnel, Manchester United's strength is still quite strong.

The only problem is that some of the new tenders have not grown, and the only ones who can be mentioned are Rooney and Cristiano Ronaldo.

Ferguson hopes that Park Ji-sung can do well, he sees the South Korean as a successor to Ryan Giggs and will give the South Korean a chance to perform, of course, if the South Korean is not satisfied, he can only choose to give up, after all, it is only a 4 million pound East Asian player, it does not matter at all.

After more than 20 days of preparation, Manchester United has regrouped, Ferguson also has a vision for the new season, he knows that the team's competitiveness may not be as strong as Chelsea, but no one knows what will happen before the season starts, if the competitors make mistakes, wouldn't it be Manchester United's chance!? In addition, even if he actually competes, his Manchester United will not be afraid of any team!

This is the confidence of the old sir!

After the team completed the East Asia Tour and returned to Manchester for a week of training, the league was looming, and Ferguson received good news that the team's main centre-back - Rio Ferdinand has completed a contract extension, which means that Manchester United's defence is no problem.

Ferguson's mood has changed for the better.

At this time, his eyes fell on the newspaper delivered in the morning, and a clear line of text appeared in the lower left corner of the sports page of the Guardian, "Manchester City coach Wan Sheng said that Manchester United has problems in the frontfield, Park Ji-sung, Richardson, Fletcher, Smith and other new stars are unusable, Manchester United will have serious problems in the offensive end of the new season, and at the same time, he said that he has full confidence in the upcoming 'Manchester derby'!" ”

Ferguson's face darkened.

Only then did he remember that the nasty young man from Derbyshire had come to Manchester and had become a neighbour with him, but this neighbour was not friendly, and was a complete rival. (To be continued......)