Zhigao Supreme: The Legend of Greenery

Chapter 479
After the victory over Villarreal, Manchester United did not stay overnight in Spain, but flew back to Manchester without stopping, because there was a heavyweight game waiting for them at the weekend.

After returning to Manchester for a day of rest, the Manchester United players returned to Carrington to start active preparations.

Also in the Manchester City training base, their players are also earnestly and actively preparing for the game.

However, the state shown by the players on the training ground did not seem to satisfy their head coach. Mark Hughes, who was standing on the sidelines, still frowned.

It stands to reason that they beat Arsenal 3-0 at home in the last round, so they should be happy.

Mark Hughes is indeed very happy to win all three points in the victory over Arsenal.

But looking at the team's standings, he couldn't be happier.

After 14 rounds of the league, they only had 5 wins and 2 draws, ranking 12th in the standings.If such a record was placed in the past, Manchester City's management would definitely be happy, but it is not possible now.

After receiving Thaksin last season, Manchester City once led the standings in the first half of the league.However, after Thaksin fell into a corruption crisis, Manchester City's performance plummeted, and finally after the end of the season, they only ended up in the middle of the pack and missed the European competition.Thaksin, who was entangled in corruption cases, had to transfer Manchester City out after the end of the season.However, Manchester City has not been financially affected by this. Thaksin's departure has allowed the richer Abu Dhabi consortium to take over, and Manchester City has become even richer.The Manchester City team, which has been injected with sufficient funds, has become a rare moat gate in the world overnight.

Exactly the same as after Abramovich took charge of Chelsea, the Manchester City team, waving a checkbook, cut off Chelsea's Hu as soon as they got sufficient funds, and spent 3250 million pounds to introduce Brazilian cyclist Robinho from Real Madrid.Robinho, who joined at the buzzer, became the king of Premier League summer transfer bids.

Manchester City, which itself received capital injection from Thaksin, made frequent moves in the summer.

Before introducing Robinho, they spent 1400 million pounds to introduce Wright Phillips and Ben Haim from Chelsea.Then it cost another £650 million to bring in Argentine Olympic captain full-back Zabaleta from the Spaniard. 1800 million pounds from CSKA Moscow introduced the Brazilian center Jo, 670 million pounds introduced the Belgian defender Kompany from Hamburg.After the introduction of players, Manchester City also spent a liquidated damages of 500 million pounds to poach Blackburn coach Mark Hughes.

High investment, of course, hope to have high returns.

But not every team is Chelsea, and not every coach is Mourinho.

After Mark Hughes took charge of the team, Manchester City's performance fluctuated greatly.

他们能够在主场6-0击败对手，也能够在客场0-2，2-4输给对手。

The ups and downs are the main reason for their poor performance now.

Of course, in the final analysis, the reason is that more than half of the team's main players have been replaced, and the team has run-in problems.

This is the biggest headache for Mark Hughes, and what makes him even more troublesome is the team's record.

Manchester City's big moves in the summer have made fans have great expectations for the team. Now that the team's record is so bad, although the fans understand it, they are dissatisfied with Mark Hughes.

If Manchester City can achieve such results without big investment, they should perhaps be thankful because they are not deep in the relegation zone.

But Manchester City is no longer what it used to be.

The club executives who have high expectations for the team also began to put pressure on Mark Hughes at this moment.

Of course Mark Hughes, who was under pressure, couldn't laugh.

But right now, he has a good chance to restore his reputation.

That's the Manchester derby.

They double-beat Manchester United last season, allowing Kevin Keegan to win a great reputation among fans.Although it was eventually replaced, many fans still miss Keegan at this moment.

So as long as Manchester United can be killed, then Mark Hughes will be able to win back the support of the fans.At the same time, it can also relieve the pressure from the top management of the club.

But how can this Manchester City team beat Manchester United now?
A frowning Mark Hughes shook his head.

Perhaps relying on the potential of the players to explode in the derby, they can beat Manchester United.

The derby is of great significance. In such a significant game, the players will stimulate their unlimited potential.

But after the game started, Mark Hughes found out how naive his thoughts were.

Yes, the players did burst out with a strong desire to win, and they were indeed very active in the game.Robinho's breakthrough became more coquettish, but Robinho's coquettish breakthrough did not bring the slightest improvement to Manchester City's offense.The speed of Wright Phillips, who returned to Manchester City, seems to be faster. Unfortunately, in addition to winning the applause of the fans, the fast speed has limited help to the team's offense.

The whole team looked like a mess. Although the players were brave enough, their strength was a little weak.Throughout the first half, there was no decent attack to threaten Manchester United's gate.

Manchester United is different.

Under Yu Liang's scheduling and sorting out, Manchester United's offense proceeded in an orderly manner, continuously putting pressure on Manchester City's defense.

In the 27th minute of the first half, under the continuous pressure of Manchester United, the gate of Manchester City was declared to be lost.

It was Rooney who scored the goal and Yu Liang gave him the assist.

"Beautiful pass!"

Rooney came to Yu Liang's side immediately after the goal to express his thanks.

"How did you do it, I thought you were going to choose to shoot!"

The nearest Berbatov also ran over to join the celebration.

He was surprised by Yu Liang's exquisite assist.

After the offense advanced to the front of Manchester City's penalty area, Yu Liang split to the left. Evra's cross Manchester City failed to clear the siege, and after the Manchester United players scrambled for the football, they could not form an attack, so they had to ferry the ball to the goal. The frontier of the restricted area.

At this moment, Manchester City's penalty area is crowded with people, and it is very difficult to find a passing route among the dense people.Under such circumstances, perhaps a strong shot will have a better effect.

Yu Liang also thought so, but the moment he took a shot, he found that he was in a passing channel.On the other side of the passing channel is Rooney who is actively advancing. Yu Liang decisively gave up shooting and chose to pass.The football passed through the cracks and came directly to Rooney's feet.Rooney, who went forward, was stunned for a moment, then quickly adjusted and completed the shot.Manchester City goalkeeper Joe Hart, who had been focusing on Yu Liang, couldn't make a save and watched the football fly into the goal behind him.

The lagging Manchester City team tried to counterattack, but the chaotic attack did not threaten Manchester United's goal, but instead gave Manchester United a chance.

In the 42nd minute of the first half, Manchester United took advantage of the opportunity of Manchester City's overwhelming pressure on the empty backcourt and counterattacked with a long pass.After Berbatov unloaded the football in the frontcourt, Rooney scored twice with a second pass, rewriting the score to 2-0.

In the second half, they changed sides and fought again, and Manchester United's offensive in full swing did not stop.

In the 55th minute, Rooney reciprocated, broke into the penalty area and returned. Yu Liang pushed in and scored, 3-0.

Manchester United's crazy attack made the Manchester Municipal Stadium lose its voice, and only a few Manchester United fans kept cheering in the stadium.

The Manchester City players were obviously also confused by Manchester United's offense. After Yu Liang rewritten the score to 3-0, it was difficult for them to organize an effective offense.

In the 62nd minute, Manchester United missed the opportunity to expand the score. Berbataba's shot was blocked by the Manchester City defender from the bottom line.

Finally, in this Manchester derby, Manchester United defeated Manchester City 3-0.

The result of this game also made many people understand the doubts. There is a big difference between the rich and the rich!
(End of this chapter)