In the dressing room of the Birmingham team.

After McLeish drew a few lines on the board, he immediately turned around and pointed to the lines on the board and said, "Behind you!" Pay attention to the position of the two central defenders of Manchester United, Ferdinand is not the same as Rio Ferdinand used to be, his turn is too slow, and his reaction is not as good as before, we have to hit him resolutely behind him, you know? ”

The Birmingham players nodded their heads to indicate they were clear.

McLeish was pleased with the attitude of the Birmingham players, and he added: "It doesn't matter who is with Rio Ferdinand today, their combination must be a problem, East, you have to pay attention to this, give me a hard attack on the Manchester United defence, break them!" ”

Dongfang Chen stood up and replied loudly: "Don't worry, boss!" ”

Solving the problem of offense, McLeish immediately stressed the problem of defense, McLeish reminded his defenders: "James, you have to pay attention to defense, especially against Berbatov and Rooney. ”

McLeish said: "Needless to say, Rooney's strength is clear to you, you must give me a tight grip on him." The main thing I want to say now is Berbatov. ”

The players of the Birmingham City team listened intently to the manager's set-up.

"Don't think that Berbatov is lazy on the pitch and doesn't care about him, he's an extremely dangerous guy. Don't be fooled by his lazy appearance, keep an eye on this guy and don't give him too much space, you know? McLeish reminded.

Birmingham defenders, James Collins and Ridgewell, immediately replied very sternly: "Got it, boss!" ”

McLeish reminded the two full-backs again: "Stephen and David, both of you should focus on defending today, don't be reckless in assists. The two wings of Manchester United are very fast, very good at their feet, you have to follow them up and not leave him too much space, you know? ”

David Murphy and Stephen Kyle immediately nodded their heads, indicating that they knew.

Seeing that he had already done what he had to say, Macleish stood up and clapped his hands, and then said, "Well, that's all I have to say!" When you come out, you have to remember what I said, you know? ”

The Birmingham players stood up and replied loudly: "Got it! ”

McLeish was very satisfied, and directly waved his hand, and said: "Then go, go and take away the victory!" ”

Dongfang Chen waved his hand and took the lead out of the locker room and into the players' tunnel. The players of the Birmingham team followed Dongfang Chen out and rushed into the players' tunnel.

Manchester United in the dressing room.

Alex Ferguson stood in front of the tactical board, glanced around at his players, and after taking in the expressions of each player, he knew the bottom of his mind.

Alex Ferguson said: "The opponent is a promoted team, we don't know their style of play, but their quality is so different from us that there is no comparison at all, and we deserve to win this game. ”

Alex Ferguson continued: "However, I would like to remind you that you can take your opponent lightly because you are a promoted horse. Cheer me up, this game, we have to win, we can't make any mistakes. ”

The players of the Manchester United team all nodded seriously with very strict expressions.

Alex Ferguson was pleased before he continued: 'We had a lot of problems in this game and the problems at the back are particularly important, I think Birmingham will definitely not miss this opportunity, they will definitely attack it, I want the players at the back to pay attention and cheer me up, you know? ”

As he said his last words, Alex Ferguson's eyes were fixed on Ferdinand. Truth be told, Alex Ferguson is very worried about Rio Ferdinand's form.

Ferdinand naturally understood what Alex Ferguson meant, and he immediately patted his chest and promised: "Don't worry, Sirs, we won't give Birmingham any chance." ”

Alex Ferguson was pleased to see Ferdinand's cautious attitude.

Alex Ferguson then turned to the attacking players and said: "You all know the incompleteness of our defence, I hope you can take on more in this game, as the saying goes, attack is the best defense, I want you to put enough pressure on Birmingham from the start of the game to make Birmingham team have no time to attack, you know?" ”

Manchester United's attacking players nodded their heads to indicate they knew. At the same time, they are very confident and they think it will be easy for them to overpower the Birmingham team.

Alex Ferguson was pleased with the reaction of his players and nodded: "This game is very important for us, this game must be won, you know? ”

The Manchester United players immediately shouted loudly: "Yes, Sizz! ”

Alex Ferguson was very pleased with the mental state of the Manchester United players, he smiled slightly, and then motioned for the Manchester United players to play.

The Manchester United players immediately rushed out of the dressing room and into the tunnel of the players.

In the tunnel of the players, the players of the Birmingham team were already waiting, and the players of the Birmingham team were gathering in twos and threes to talk.

And the captain of the Birmingham team, Dongfang Chen, was communicating with the referee of the game at this time.

Seeing this scene, the players of the Manchester United team were slightly stunned, they are still familiar with Dongfang Chen, after all, they have been teammates for a few years, although they have not spent much time together, but no one can treat Dongfang Chen as a stranger.

They are very clear about Dongfang Chen's strength, they really didn't expect Dongfang Chen to return to the Premier League so quickly, and even become the captain of a Premier League club, which was too unexpected for them.

Dongfang Chen wanted to go up and say hello to his former teammates of Manchester United, although there was not much intersection and communication between us at the beginning, but after all, everyone had played for the same team together.

However, when the players of the Manchester United team saw Dongfang Chen looking at them, they immediately turned their faces to the side, not looking at Dongfang Chen, looking like I didn't know you.

Dongfang Chen smiled bitterly, it seemed that he was thinking too much. Dongfang Chen dispelled his thoughts, and he immediately motioned for his teammates to stand up, they were about to play.

The players of the Birmingham team immediately stood in a line and waited to play. The Manchester United players didn't ink either, taking their positions and waiting to play.

"Hello everyone, this is Sky Sports, I'm Andy Gray and I'm my partner Martin Taylor!" Sky Sports broadcast the game live, said Andy Gray.

Naturally, it's not just Sky Sports that will broadcast this game live, but also the BBC. There are not many TV stations in China that broadcast the game live, and only Guangdong Sports and some TV stations in Xiangjiang broadcast the game live.

The fans of Hong Kong are very much looking forward to this game, they have now regarded Birmingham City as their home team, they are full of anticipation for this season's Premier League games, and now that the game is about to begin, they are very excited.

"Hello spectators, fans! I'm Martin Taylor, whom you know. Sky Sports commentator Martin Taylor introduces himself.

"Today we bring you a highlight of the first round of the 2009-2010 English Premier League, against defending champions Manchester United and promoted Birmingham City. Sky Sports commentator Andy Gray said.

"The main reason why this game has been watched and attracted so many fans is because of the return of King East to Old Trafford." Sky Sports commentator Martin Taylor said.

"Yes, when King East left Manchester United, he was abandoned by Manchester United, and the Manchester United people thought that East simply did not have the strength to stay in Manchester United, so they abandoned him." Sky Sports commentator Andy Gray said.

In fact, there is also a saying that the Manchester United team did not fancy Dongfang Chen at all, but valued the Chinese market behind Dongfang Chen. Now seeing that Dongfang Chen has no use value, the Manchester United team abandoned Dongfang Chen. Sky Sports commentator Martin Taylor said.

"Although we don't quite understand what is going on inside? But what we can know is that Dongfang Chen must have a grudge against Manchester United, this time Dongfang Chen returned to Old Trafford to take revenge, this is a revenge battle! Sky Sports commentator Andy Gray said immediately.

"After leaving Manchester United last season, Dongfang Chen performed very well in the Championship and became the top scorer in the Championship. Sky Sports commentator Martin Taylor said.

"All the doubts are in this game, this game is about to start, and we will wait and see which direction things will go." Sky Sports commentator Andy Gray said.

"Okay, the players from both sides are already waiting in the tunnel, now let's give you a brief overview of the starting line-ups for both sides today." Sky Sports commentator Martin Taylor said.

"First of all, let me give you an introduction to the starting line-up of the home team Manchester United today, Alex Ferguson is in a four-four-two formation, and Ben Foster is still in the goalkeeper position." Sky Sports commentator Andy Gray said.

"In this year's England Community Shield, Ben Foster's table was very bad and very dissatisfying, but I didn't expect that Alex Ferguson still let him start in this game, and at this time, the Polish Kuzzak must be in a very bad mood at this time." Andy Gray said.

'Next up is the back four, Fabio, Rio Ferdinand, Evans and Patrice Evra. Andy Gray said, "I really didn't expect Evans to play with an injury today, is that a bit of a risk? ”

'Next up is the midfield quartet, they're Valencia, Paul Scholes, Fletcher and you. Valencia is talking about Cristiano Ronaldo's replacement, but everyone knows he will never be able to compare with Cristiano Ronaldo. Sky Sports commentator Andy Gray said.

"In the two-striker position, it's Wayne Rooney and Dimitar Berbatov, so there's no suspense." Sky Sports commentator Andy Gray said.