In the first round of the new season, Birmingham City challenged Manchester United away.

Birmingham is not far from Manchester, only an hour and a half by train, so the Birmingham team did not rush to Manchester a day earlier, but departed on the same day.

The weather was nice and sunny for the Birmingham team on the day of the game.

But when the train arrived in Manchester, the weather changed, and the sky was covered with black clouds, making the whole land extremely gray.

It didn't rain, but the air was thick with moisture and it felt a little cold.

It's not a good weather to kick a ball game.

However, the Birmingham players are still in a very good mood, this is their first game of the new season, and there is still a lot of hope for many players in the Premier League.

And now they're heading to the majestic Old Trafford stadium and they're excited.

Dongfang Chen sat on the train and looked a little calm.

This is not at all what he thought before, there is no imaginary excitement and expectation, nor any pleasure and excitement, it is very flat.

Looking at the familiar weather outside the window, the original scene involuntarily appeared in his mind, Dongfang Chen was not excited, he seemed to look back at this qiē as a bystander.

Dongfang Chen sighed: "It's time!" ”

Birmingham arrived in Manchester at 11 p.m. and Birmingham played Manchester United at 7 p.m.

The Birmingham City players had lunch at their hotel before resting well before heading to Old Trafford, Manchester United's home stadium.

Birmingham arrived in Manchester with only a handful of fans to greet them, and more to reporters, after all, it was the only game in the Premier League that was full of highlights.

The Birminghames ignored the reporters' concerns and went straight back to their hotel to rest, having to recharge their batteries for tonight's game.

Birmingham head coach Alex McLeish stayed behind to deal with the reporters.

McLeish said in an interview: "Manchester United are a very strong team and we are away from home so it was a very difficult game for us. However, we have ideas for this game and we want to get the win. ”

Now is a very bad time for Manchester United, Manchester United's main goalkeeper Van der Sar is injured, the main defender Vidic is injured, Vidic's substitute Evans is also injured, and Ferdinand is not in good shape now, in the game between England and the Netherlands, Ferdinand made a mistake in the return pass and gave the Dutch a goal, Capello called Ferdinand "idiot" very angrily.

Alex McLeish saw an opportunity, and he didn't want to miss it, hoping to fight and win.

The media reporters were eager to ask about the matter between Dongfang Chen and Manchester United, but McLeish did not give these media reporters a chance and turned around and left.

On the other hand, Manchester United are also preparing for this game.

In his pre-match interview, Alex Ferguson said: "This season is important for us and we are bound to win the title. ”

Alex Ferguson said this because when Ferguson took over Manchester United, he said: "Then Liverpool is ousted from Tamar's throne!" ”

Liverpool's glory days are a thing of the past, with the Red Devils taking off long since under Alex Ferguson's tutelage. But Alex Ferguson still has a pimple in his mind, and that is that Liverpool are still on par with Manchester United in the number of top-flight titles.

Liverpool have won eighteen top-flight titles in their history, and Manchester United has won the top-flight title eighteen times after three consecutive titles, as long as Manchester United can win the championship this season, then Manchester United will surpass Liverpool with nineteen top-flight titles, completely oust Liverpool from Tamar's throne, and crush Liverpool to death.

This season has been very important for Manchester United and Alex Ferguson.

And there are rumours that Alex Ferguson's retirement is imminent, and even from inside the Manchester United team, Alex Ferguson will retire after Manchester United win the 19th top-flight title.

Now that Alex Ferguson is old, the job of this manager puts a lot of burden on the heart, and it is of course best if Alex Ferguson can retire sooner.

So this season, Manchester United's task is to win the league title and at the same time challenge for the UEFA Champions League.

Alex Ferguson added: "We have to be careful against promoted Birmingham City and win against them, we can't give Liverpool Arsenal a chance, we can't be a catch-up from the start. ”

Alex Ferguson said this because United have not won the first round of the league in the last three seasons, Manchester United are notoriously slow to heat, and Alex Ferguson hopes that the team will have a good season this season.

Having said this, Alex Ferguson did not say anything else, which made the media reporters very dissatisfied, they wanted to hear Alex Ferguson talk about Dongfang Chen.

Unfortunately, Alex Ferguson ignored them and turned away, much to the disappointment of the media reporters.

It seems that if they want to get what they want, they will have to look for it in this game, and now the media reporters are looking forward to the start of this game.

In order to prepare for this game, the Birmingham team had dinner around 3:30 p.m., after which they had a brief exercise and digested, then rested, and then began to prepare for the home stadium of Manchester United, Old Trafford.

The hotel where the Birmingham team is staying is only about 20 minutes away from Old Trafford, but today it took the Birmingham team almost 40 minutes to arrive at Old Trafford.

There were so many fans flocking to Old Trafford on this road, some by car, and many more by public transport, but it was still a bit congested.

Manchester United fans have been looking forward to the first game of the new season for a long time, and they can't wait to get a sneak peek of the first leg of the new season.

Manchester United fans, dressed in red home shirts, gathered outside Old Trafford.

When the Birmingham bus arrived, the Manchester United fans didn't react too excitedly, and they didn't even look at the Birmingham bus.

However, the Birmingham fans who had been waiting there frantically greeted their Warriors, chanting the names of the players they admired and shouting excitedly.

Of course, there are also many media reporters who have come in to interview the players of the Birmingham City team.

The first to get off the bus was Dongfang Chen, and the scene immediately sounded the excited shouts of Birmingham fans: "Dongfang Chen!" Dongfang Chen! Dongfang Chen! ”

After Dongfang Chen got out of the car, he waved to the players of the Birmingham team and ran into the players' tunnel.

The players of the Birmingham team did not linger and rushed straight into the tunnel of the players.

After coming to the locker room, Dongfang Chen immediately came to his wardrobe and sorted out his sports equipment, because they were about to go out to warm up.

In the dressing room of the Birmingham team, some of the players of the Birmingham team are sorting out their equipment, some are wearing headphones and listening to the exciting music to twist their bodies to warm up their bodies, and of course, some are leaning on the closet and closing their eyes......

Looking at this variety of personal habits, Birmingham's assistant coach Roy Aitken immediately clapped his hands, and after attracting the attention of the boys, he immediately said: "Hey, boys, it's time to go out and warm up, try to move your body as far as possible to avoid unnecessary injuries." ”

After hearing the assistant coach's shout, the Birmingham players simply packed up their gear before walking out of the dressing room and onto the pitch to warm up.

When he walked out of the players' tunnel, Dongfang Chen saw this familiar stadium, this stadium is still so grand, so shocking, Old Trafford is still the same, but Dongfang Chen is no longer the same Dongfang Chen as before.

Dongfang Chen's appearance did not cause any waves in the Manchester United fan crowd, for Manchester United fans, Dongfang Chen is an insignificant role, they don't care at all. Or maybe Dongfang Chen has never been in their eyes.

When Dongfang Chen and others warmed up for nearly ten minutes, the players of the Red Devils Manchester United team arrived late and walked into the stadium to warm up.

As soon as the Manchester United players appeared, there was a loud cheer in Old Trafford, and the United fans gave the players all the warm-up they had saved up for the off-season.

The players on both sides warmed up in the stadium clearly, and no one had a good reputation for provoking anyone!

"Hey! Lads! It's back! Birmingham assistant coach Roy Aitken immediately shouted.

After hearing the shouts, the players of the Birmingham team all ended their warm-up and walked towards the players' tunnel, and the players of the Birmingham team had already warmed up.

Once in the dressing room, the players of the Birmingham team began to change their equipment, put on their jerseys, and organize their shoes and socks.

In fact, in the circle of players, there are many people who are still more superstitious.

Some players are determined not to wear the same pair of shoes in the pre-match warm-up and official matches, and some players are determined not to wear the same pair of socks in the pre-match warm-up and official games, etc., and they all think that this is the only way they can get lucky.

Dongfang Chen has no superstitions in this regard, but he also has a small habit of his own, that is, he must wear a green bracer on his left hand in official competitions.

Dongfang Chen sorted out his bracers, and then took out the armband of the captain of the team, Dongfang Chen took a deep look at the armband of the captain of the team, and then solemnly put the captain's armband on the arm of his right hand.

Seeing the players of the Birmingham City team tidy up their gear, the team's head coach McLeish immediately said: "This is the first game of the new season!" It's the first game of the Premier League! I hope you take advantage of it and try to win this game! ”

McLeish added: "There's no doubt that Manchester United are strong, but we're not weak either! And now Manchester United are in a bad situation, and their star Cristiano Ronaldo left for Spain at the beginning of the season, which has a huge impact on their attacking power, and now they may not be used to playing without Cristiano Ronaldo. ”

McLeish spat and said: "Also, Manchester United's defence is problematic at the moment, this is our chance, I hope you must take your chance and try to win this game." ”