This is the first round of the Premier League, the first game of the Premier League, and the most exciting game of the round, because this is one of the main derbies of English football - the Manchester derby!

The media paid great attention to the game, and there were seven TV stations in China that broadcast it live.

There are also many foreign media that have bought the right to broadcast live, such as some Asian and Eastern European media, among which it is worth mentioning the Chinese media, there are two media in China that will broadcast the game live across a third of the world, one is the most influential CCTV, and the other is the most influential online Xinlang Sports.

As far as CCTV is concerned, the sports channel naturally wants to pay attention to football, because this is one of the largest sports in the world, and there are many fans in China, but CCTV's political color is more serious, and the report naturally has more positive significance, and domestic football, which has been under the cover of match-fixing and black whistles, is difficult to appear on CCTV's program, so they can only stagger the topic of football, but now with the success of Wansheng's coaching in England, CCTV has something to say.

Before, they wanted to do a special program about Wansheng, but in the end, due to Wansheng's 'non-cooperation', this matter was also over, but this does not mean that CCTV no longer pays attention to Wansheng, and the failure was only because the person in charge of the column group could not involve the entire CCTV, so CCTV still pays attention to Wansheng, especially after he joined Manchester City, which means that Chinese football has its own overseas combination - Wansheng + Sun Jihai + Wang Xiaolei, the three of them are combined together, and there are naturally more topics.

So this Manchester derby, which has a high interest rate, must be broadcast live.

A media and fans want to see what kind of state the Manchester City coached by Wansheng will be in the new season, if the game can play well, this is naturally the success of Wansheng, even if the game is not good, but Sun Jihai is likely to appear in the start, Wang Xiaolei may also come off the bench. These two reasons alone are enough for CCTV to broadcast live, after all, the game itself is also quite high-level.

CCTV bought the rights to broadcast the game, and also sent a special column team to send professional reporters to conduct interviews before and after the game, and their activity was no worse than that of the local media in Manchester - in the eyes of many Chinese fans, Manchester City has almost become a team representing China.

At the same time, Manchester City fans are also quite concerned about the game.

It was Keegan's first game since he stepped down and Wan Sheng took over, and it was also the most important game in the league - the Manchester derby, after City had played only two warm-up games before that. The performance felt very average, but it was difficult to show anything in the warm-up games, and they were more like they knew what had become of Manchester City now.

Of course, the game itself is also very attractive, after all, it is a Manchester derby, and no Manchester City fan will not care about the result.

It's a game for Manchester City that has to do everything they can!

Two days before the start of the game, Manchester City was already bustling with activity, a modern and bustling metropolis and the economic and financial center of the north of England. It has become a football city under the influence of the fans, and at the same time there is an increase in violence, Manchester City and Manchester United fans have engaged in considerable clashes, although there is restraint on both sides. But it was inevitable that there would be a lot of gunpowder before the game.

In terms of the media, it is more about the situation of the two teams.

There will be two Manchester derbies every season, although the game itself is very hot. But what really attracts the media is always the real strength of both sides, which will determine the results of both sides in the new season.

In fact, the most concerned is Manchester United.

Manchester United are the dominant side in the Premier League, but they have not won the league title for two consecutive seasons.

The 2004 Premier League winner was Arsenal. At that time, Arsenal swept the Premier League and won the title with a magnificent record record, while Manchester United was able to come in second; This year's league title is Derby County led by Wan Sheng, the second place is also the rising Chelsea, and even the third place is Arsenal, while Manchester United can only settle for fourth place, almost missing out on a Champions League place, but they have caught up with the last place.

So, what will Manchester United look like now after the summer? Will they remain suppressed and sink away, or will they re-emerge after the change of chairman and re-emerge as a Premier League hegemon?

A lot of people are paying attention to this.

However, the expectations of Manchester United in the media this season are not high, because the turmoil in the summer has just slowed down, and it has not completely ended, the Glazer family's control of Manchester United is not strong, and it is difficult to say that Manchester United is united now, and there are still many people in Manchester United fans who resist the Glazers, in this turbulent period, they want to regain the Premier League, first of all, they must talk about internal stability.

But even so, no one is optimistic about Manchester City.

Man City......

In the eyes of many people, there is only one team in Manchester, that is Manchester United, especially in the past two decades, Manchester City has been suppressed by Manchester United, and now they can only barely be regarded as a Premier League powerhouse, and they are not even eligible to compete for the league title. No one would think so, the main thing is unlikely.

For example, Chelsea's good results are not only due to Jose Mourinho, who is a champion coach, but the more important reason for Chelsea's good results is that Chairman Roman Abramovich has brought in star players with a large investment.

In fact, in the 2003-2004 season under Razor, Chelsea finished third in the league behind Manchester United.

After Jose Mourinho's arrival, Roman Abramovich continued to invest an additional €100 million and brought in a number of strong players, but Chelsea finished second last season, up just one place from last season, and did not achieve much in other competitions.

In short, the most fundamental reason for the qualitative improvement of Chelsea's results is Abramovich's investment.

With these big capital investments, even if you change to another coach, Chelsea's results will still not be bad, after all, the squad is there, even if the head coach is weak, let a group of stars play freely on the field, it will not be able to be defeated by ordinary teams.

Therefore, the role of the head coach on the team is not as big as imagined.

Wansheng will not be an exception.

Even though...... Last season was already a big surprise, Derby County actually won the Premier League? If you don't know the person. You won't believe it when you hear this, but Wan Sheng did lead Derby County to do it, and many media believe that it is no less than a miracle of 'Istanbul Night'.

But miracles are miracles precisely because they don't always happen.

Wan Sheng left Derby County to go to Manchester City, and if he wants to lead Manchester City to rise, it will definitely take a long time, and this is still when everything goes well for Manchester City, otherwise it is possible that he will be forced to leave due to various problems in the middle, there is no guarantee in the world of football, and no one knows what will happen in the future.

But at least City are out of the spotlight right now.

One is that Manchester City's results are very mediocre. The second is the summer transfer, Manchester City introduced a lot of players, but in fact there is not much action, the introduction of several players, except for Wansheng's two descendant players, the others are very general, will not attract attention at all, and at the same time Manchester City also sold the team's first star Wright Phillips, in this case, what good results can Manchester City play?

So the media is not optimistic about Wansheng and Manchester City. Naturally, in this 'opening game' of the Premier League, everyone is more optimistic about Manchester United at home.

The local media in Manchester, even those who support Manchester City, are mostly neutral, and many of the Manchester City's supporting media are now in a wait-and-see attitude. Wansheng's success last season proved his ability, but whether he can succeed at Manchester City is still a question in many people's minds, and that's why. These Manchester City supporters are still worried that Wan Sheng will not be able to lead Manchester City.

They are of course aware of Wansheng's success in leading Derby, but one success is completely different from the second, and Derby and Manchester City are completely different teams. Manchester City is a big team in comparison, big teams are much more complex than small teams, for a manager, coaching two teams is a completely different experience, just dealing with the dressing room problem, enough for many inexperienced coaches to have a headache, let alone Manchester City's complex dressing room.

Therefore, many media are not optimistic about Wansheng's prospects in Manchester City, although they don't say it, but they are not optimistic about it, and they will not report Wansheng too well.

So in the face of this first game, they were also cautious in their reporting.

But the fans don't have so many scruples, they are fully supportive of the team, Wan Sheng is the head coach of the team, no matter what the future is, at least so far he has no problems, so even if there are doubts in their hearts, at least now they have no reason not to support Wan Sheng.

Against this Manchester derby, they have more than enough reason to cheer for their team.

At this moment, the Old Trafford stadium is already packed with fans from both sides, with the east stand as the center, and the two sides are confronting each other with loud shouts, which can be described as a child's anger louder than anyone's voice, but in it can only experience that kind of enthusiasm, and many neutral fans who just came to watch the game can't help but join one of them.

This was already the norm before the derby.

The shouts of the fans on both sides also put the game into the groove early.

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Away team dressing room at the stadium.

The Manchester City players have just warmed up and are preparing for their final appearance.

Wan Sheng looked at his players, and there was a different feeling from Derby. At Derby County, he didn't have to pay attention to the expressions of his players, and he didn't need to bother with it, because most of the players in the team had more than 80 respect for him, and many of them were over 100, and in that case, he could use a few words as motivation for the players.

But now it's different.

This team does not fully belong to him, even if he is the head coach and has absolute rights in the team, many players have doubts about themselves in their hearts and are not convinced of themselves.

Because of this, this Manchester derby is even more important!

The best way to convince the players and to have more respect for the whole team is to win, especially in a Manchester derby, which is more effective than three or four games.

Think about it, last season Manchester City worked hard all season, and they were only in the middle of the league, and they drew and lost one game against Manchester United, a complete disadvantage; Now that he is in charge of Manchester City and won his first league game against bitter rivals Manchester United, how much of a shock will it have to the players!? Perhaps, more importantly, it is also to find confidence for all the players, tell them that from now on, Manchester City is already a strong team, and with this kind of heart as a strong team, the team's future results will be better, so that the whole team will be more convinced of themselves, this is a virtuous circle, and this derby is the beginning of everything.

Wan Sheng took a deep breath, his eyes scanned everyone, and then he spoke, "Like I said, this Manchester United team is not terrible at all!" I played them twice last season, one win and one draw, and I've never lost to them in a team that I have ever lost, so I've got enough experience against them! ”

He first told the players that he had the confidence to deal with Manchester United, and then went on to emphasize the team's efforts, "Remember what we did in a month? A month of hard training, a month of hard work, we did boring physical training, we did a very headache tactical training, I know, each of you is very hard, I don't know how many people complain in private, I can understand you. And we do this, all our efforts are to reflect the value on the field! ”

"Now, if we can go out into the game and beat them, it proves that the effort is worth it!"

"As for how to win?" The corners of Wan Sheng's mouth twitched, full of confidence, "As long as you do what I say, victory is in sight, and after 90 minutes of play, we can celebrate in this stadium!" ”

Wan Sheng's words are still very inflammatory, perhaps it has something to do with the 'hypocrisy' of his natural skills, or it is simply his own personality charm.

It's always easy to motivate people when he says something exciting.

Many players listened enthusiastically, and they couldn't help but go to the stadium to fight with Manchester United to verify what Wansheng said. Of course, there are also players who disdain it, and that is Distin, who is the captain.

Distin was unfamiliar with Wan Sheng, and due to a physical injury, he returned to the team after more than half of training.

After returning to the team, he found that the environment had completely changed, the team had a new one younger than himself, the weird place was here, such a young coach was actually very authoritative in the team, almost no one in the team dared to publicly refute him, he made the whole team do hard training, and no one dared to complain about anything to his face.

Even Keegan was so strong before him, and Distin couldn't figure out how this young coach did it.

In a few days, he also knew something from the words of his teammates, and at the same time knew that this young coach was still very methodical, but this did not mean that Distin would be completely convinced, of course, he was not convinced, and he would not publicly refute anything, because he was the captain of the team, and the captain of the team must not contradict the head coach, and he still has a lot of feelings for the team.

Perhaps because of the late report, he has not been 'bewitched' by Wansheng, and he can analyze it more often with a calm mind.

Like now.

Distin didn't feel anything after hearing Wan Sheng's words, but felt very strange, he didn't understand where the confidence of this young coach came from. Victory over Manchester United? It is true that he led Derby County to beat Manchester United twice in the first two seasons and snatched the FA Cup from Manchester United, but that doesn't mean he can do the same when he comes to Manchester City, after all, Manchester City and Derby County are two teams - in his opinion, Derby County is really much better than Manchester City!

Just in Distin's calmness, he found that his teammates were not like this, and with the flash of heat in their eyes, he knew that the fighting spirit was mobilized.

That's fine.

When it comes to the game, the team will play better, although this may not necessarily win, but it is much better than definitely losing, right?

Distin thought. (To be continued......)