Wan Shengcai didn't care what the Manchester United reporters and Manchester United Club thought, he left the press conference after saying those words.

That evening, the entire Manchester City squad headed for London.

The next morning, City played a simple exercise on makeshift training turf, and by noon, the team's bus drove into the new Wembley Stadium.

The new Wembley Stadium was packed to capacity, with more than 40,000 Manchester United and Manchester City fans and more than 50,000 neutral fans coming to watch the game.

There are a lot of things to see in this game that attracts fans.

In addition to the significance of the 'Manchester derby' and the 'League Cup final', Manchester City and Manchester United are also currently the first and second teams in the league.

In addition, in the last 'Manchester derby' league game, Manchester City and Manchester United players fought at Old Trafford, which has also become one of the reasons why fans look forward to the game.

Before the game, the British media's report on 'Manchester United's invitation to Wan Sheng as the head coach was also one of the highlights of the game.

In short, there is a lot of talk about this game.

Two years ago, Manchester City won the Carabao Cup, which is also the first time in two years that Manchester City are in the Carabao Cup final, and Manchester City fans will also hope that the team can beat Manchester United and win the League Cup.

They came with boundless faith.

Before Wan Sheng took charge of Manchester City, they met Manchester United in the Carabao Cup, and Manchester City fans must have felt that there was little hope for the game.

Now it's different.

Wan Sheng has been in charge for more than two seasons, winning two league titles, a League Cup and an FA Cup, plus Manchester United have not won against Manchester City for more than two seasons, which has given Manchester City fans a huge amount of confidence, and everyone believes that they will return to Manchester with a victory, and those who hate Manchester United who come to the scene are doomed to disappointment.

Before the game began, the Manchester City fans began to shout.

They provoked and taunted United fans with their shouts.

The United fans were certainly not willing to be silenced, and they quickly launched a 'counter-attack', under the management of some fan associations, they chanted neatly, shouted wave after wave, and confronted the Manchester City fans.

Many fans who saw the 'Manchester Derby' for the first time couldn't help but sigh at the enthusiasm of the Manchester Derby when they saw the confrontation between the fans of both sides before the game started.

In a VIP box, Sinal and Glazer sat together.

Sinal is the manager of Manchester City Club, Glazer is the chairman of Manchester United Club, the identities of the two are not equal, but Sinal is not a little restrained, he is the representative of the club president Thaksin, and also represents the entire Manchester City club, so he did not have a little stage fright, but tilted his head and looked smug.

Glazer looked down on Sinar a little.

Not only because of the identity gap, in fact, Glazer looks down on Thai people at all, he thinks that people in Southeast Asia, such as Thailand, Malaysia, Myanmar and other countries, are all vulgar and barbaric.

But Glazer is a businessman, and a businessman doesn't put ideas on his face.

So he put on a hypocritical smile and asked, "Mr. Sinal, which team do you think will win this game?" ”

"Manchester City."

Sinal's answer was a resounding yes.

"Oh? Why? ”

"Wan Sheng has never lost to Manchester United, and I believe this one will not be." Sinar said confidently.

When he first came to the club last year, Sinal had little confidence in Wan Sheng, and even a little resistant to Wan Sheng, because Wan Sheng can be regarded as Manchester City's 'original team', and has a very high status in the hearts of Manchester City clubs and fans, at least he, the new chairman representative, can not be compared at all, but after a period of contact, he found that this Chinese is indeed very capable, self-confidence needless to say, his leading results, can give people enough confidence.

Half a month ago, the fierce Manchester derby seemed to be still in sight, and now Manchester City has met Manchester United again, but Sinal believes that Wansheng has a stronger desire than any other team or manager in the fight for the title, so Manchester City will definitely not lose this game.

However, Sinal's words made Glazer very uncomfortable.

A few days ago, the American and David Gill discussed the managerial issue, and the two agreed that Wan Sheng is the best successor to Alex Ferguson, he is very young, he is very capable of leading the team, and there are too many benefits to poaching him from Manchester City.

But Wansheng clearly refused.

Glazer has not been so rejected, he injected Manchester United has some commercial factors, but more importantly, Manchester United has enough fame, he is confident that Manchester United's fame will be converted into commercial interests, after more than two years of operation, Manchester United has been suppressed by Manchester City, but Manchester United's fame and income have increased a lot.

Even if the team's results are suppressed by Manchester City, Glazer believes that no football coach in the world can turn down Manchester United's invitation.

Wan Sheng's attitude subverted his judgment.

Now after hearing Wan Sheng's name again, Glazer couldn't hold back the anger in his heart, he simply turned his head and replied vigorously, "Then let's take a look!" ”

The strong tone made Sinar hear the meaning.

He shrugged his shoulders and looked disapproving.

Sinal's look and movements made Glazer feel humiliated, and he desperately hoped that Manchester United, who had played, could help him regain face.

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Players from both sides have already started to enter the field.

Walcott, the commentator at the new Wembley Stadium, began to announce the names of the starters of both teams, and the atmosphere in the audience became even more enthusiastic.

When Wocott says the names of the Manchester United players, the City fans will 'boo', and conversely, the United fans will 'boo', and they will all 'boo' to indicate that they are not welcome to the opposing player.

It even overshadowed the cheers.

The hatred between the fans of the two clubs also made the atmosphere before the derby seem unusual.

On the playing field, players from both sides glared at each other.

They all remember the game half a month ago, when several players on both sides were suspended, Manchester City had other players injured, and perhaps some players in both teams were noncommittal about the historical conflicts between the two clubs, but the recent conflicts were enough to make them hostile to each other.

Before the kick-off, many of the commentators who broadcast the game live thought that the game would become very intense, and there could be a lot of red and yellow cards.

"It's a challenge for referee Webb to control the game with his hands."

Sky Sports commentator George Woodgate said:

That's how the game started.

From the first minute, Manchester City and Manchester United launched a fierce scramble, their frequent physical collisions in midfield, every player on both sides seemed to have hatred for each player, and direct collisions became commonplace.

The constant physical clashes between the two sides also made the match particularly intense from the start.

However, it can also be seen after a long time that the players of the two teams are still restrained in their actions, at least trying to avoid major fouls, until the twentieth minute, the referee Webber did not show a yellow card, which can explain a lot of things.

Before the game, Wan Sheng spoke to the players about this.

Wansheng's requirements for players on the field are "try to restrain their actions", "don't eat cards easily", "if there is a conflict with the opponent, you must also be calm, and don't give the referee a reason to take out the cards".

The impact of the 'violence' on the pitch in the last Manchester derby was too great.

The media in many countries have reported it, and even UEFA has noticed it, and even considered intervening to impose additional penalties on Manchester City and Manchester United clubs, but it is only the FA that has 'saved' Manchester City and Manchester United under pressure.

Therefore, in this League Cup final, the referee's law enforcement will definitely be instructed to be very strict, and any big move may be carded.

If a player is sent off, then the team has to face a 10-11 situation, which no side wants to encounter.

So Wan Shengwei reminded the players many times not to be too impulsive in the game.

"It's a final, it's not a normal league and I don't want to see any of you sent off or banned for clashes with each other on the pitch, it's only bad for us to win the title, it's not good."

Wan Sheng's words played a role, the Manchester City players on the field were restrained, judging from the game between the two sides, it is obvious that Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson has done a similar job, otherwise the Manchester United players would not be so 'peaceful'.

It's good for Manchester City.

Wan Sheng believes his team has a better chance of winning than Manchester United under normal playing conditions.

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Wansheng's self-confidence comes from the judgment of the strength of the two teams.

Manchester United's main players Wayne Rooney, Carlos Tevez and Andersson have been suspended, and without Wayne Rooney and Tevez, Manchester United's forward ability has been greatly affected.

Manchester City are slightly better.

Mesut Ozil is suspended, with Silva and Elano Brummer in midfield, the two attacking and defending are no worse than any other combination, Copelle Ferreira and Lescott are unavailable, Dunn and Boateng are not bad, Ziegler and Martin Petrov are unavailable, but Glen Johnson and Ljungberg are more than capable of replacing the two.

This starting formation is certainly not as good as the full main lineup, but the Manchester City first team actually has no main force and substitutes, such as Ljungberg, Sun Jihai, Glenn Johnson are all rotation players, they still play a lot, and the state can be fully guaranteed.

Compared with Manchester United, Manchester City's starters are much better in form.

Manchester City's most advantageous is still the forward line, the combination of Darren Bent and Torres is much stronger than the combination of Rooney and Tevez, and now Rooney and Tevez are unable to play, Ferguson can only let Saha and Fletcher partner in the attack.

The state and strength of the two are too different, compared to the striker, Manchester City is simply Manchester United, and the two teams cannot be compared at all.

So the game can be imagined.

There is not much difference between the two teams in the midfield and back, and Manchester City have a certain advantage in tactical coordination, but both sides get similar opportunities.

In the first 30 minutes of the game, Manchester City had four shots on goal and Manchester United had three, but Manchester City had three shots in the woodwork, while Manchester United only had one shot in the woodwork, and it was still a long-range shot that was not threatening.

Sky Sports commentator George Woodgate summed up the past game and also sighed, "Manchester United's forward line is too different from Manchester City. Saha has scored just one goal in six appearances this season and has barely made any impact, and Fletcher has been a result of Manchester United's academy development, but he has been average in the middle of the midfield and has struggled to make a difference up front. ”

"Manchester City is different, Fernando Torres almost scored with a shot on goal, and Darren Bent is also very active, his constant movement up front brings a lot of threat to United's defence......

While George Woodgate lamented the gap between the two sides, the situation on the pitch was changing rapidly.

After a Manchester United attack, City controlled the ball and played in succession, Elano Brummer sent the ball to the wing, Ljungberg defended the back heel of Silva to pass Silva, Silva received the ball and did not hesitate to get up and send it into the box.

Suddenly there was an exclamation from the stands!

Under the exclamation of the whole audience, a white figure was inserted in the Manchester United penalty area, and he rushed to the front in time and jumped up to complete the header ferry!

"Darren Bent—"

“Goooooooooooooooal！！”

"The ball is in! The ball is in! Bent! Bent! Bent! He scored the first goal of the game with a header! 1-0, Manchester City took the lead! George Woodgate shouted, and the scene was quickly filled with cheers from the City fans.

In the attack just now, Darren Bent scored with a header, which is not often seen in his goals.

Darren Bent is 180cm tall, has average jumping ability, and is not too strong, so he doesn't have much advantage in the fight for headers, but this offense is more reflective of his personal running awareness.

It's like George Woodgate's analysis later, "Bent ran in the right place at the right time!" ”

'He's been a big threat to Manchester United from his runs, he's always been in dangerous positions, and that's what he's improved over two years at United. United will have to watch out for Bent if they want to beat Manchester City, otherwise their goal will be in constant danger......

'Now it's 1-0 and Manchester United need to think about how to equalise ......'

George Woodgate's final tone was clear that he didn't have much hope that United would be able to equalise.

Since Wan Sheng took charge, Manchester City and Manchester United derby, Manchester City won Manchester United in the first goal, and Woodgate also commented on many games, and he knows more about the game statistics of the two teams than the average fan.

"Will this Carabao Cup final be an accident?"

Woodgate thought, but shook his head unconsciously.

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