Jose Mourinho's departure from Chelsea has delighted the Blues' rivals, and ahead of United's home clash with Chelsea on Sunday, the Reds have said it was a perfect time to beat Chelsea.

Jose Mourinho is gone, and Frank Lampard and Didier Drogba are out again, which has led returning Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney to believe the Reds have a good chance at the weekend. 'Yes, of course [good chance]," Rooney said, "and I'm happy to be back on Wednesday and with a few more days of training, I think I'll be close to my best fitness on Sunday." ”

'Maybe it's a good time to play against Chelsea, but it's still early in the season and this game won't decide the title of the season, everybody knows that. Both teams didn't start too well, so whoever gets the win will get a lot of confidence from it. ”

'We're starting to get the results we want, we've won four games in a row, and although we didn't play particularly well and we didn't score a lot of goals, the result is the most important thing.

'We want to play attacking football and score lots and lots of goals and we did that last season, but we knew it was going to be more difficult than ever this year.

After Wayne Rooney's return, the competition for Manchester United's forward line has become fierce, Cristiano Ronaldo has also returned, Tevez is looking for a feeling, and Jonk has responded to all doubts, Rooney said that this competition is good for the team. 'The squad is big, there are a lot of world-class players in the squad and of course I want to play every week and the manager knows that. Hopefully I can do it, and if I can't, I'm certainly not particularly happy. But it's up to the head coach to decide, and in general, the team benefits from it. ”

Another Manchester United star, Nani, also said of Sunday's clash with Chelsea that the Blues would suffer from Mourinho's departure. Nani said: 'What happens is going to take a hit at Chelsea and the news of Mourinho's departure is like an earthquake in Portugal. But it's good news for us and we're going to have a lot more momentum in the title race. ”

But. Manchester United boss Alex Ferguson warned his players not to underestimate their opponents because of the turmoil at Chelsea. 'We're still playing Chelsea and that's a challenge in itself.

'The players are still those players. If you look at our head-to-head record over the last three or four years, it's been a tough game. ”

In addition, Manchester United has confirmed the news that they will invite football champion Maradona to Old Trafford. Watch Manchester United and Wigan play next month. Maradona has a good relationship with Manchester United's Argentine striker Carlos Tevez and will be on hand at Old Trafford on 6 October to cheer on his compatriot.

Since ancient times, invincible and loneliest! Jose Mourinho's lightning dismissal left Ferguson regretting the loss of a fierce rival. In the old man's view, this is a big loss for the entire international football world. But he also said he would not take Sunday's clash with Chelsea lightly, believing it was going to be a tight one.

As early as Mourinho's tenure in Porto, he had the experience of a "war of words" with Alex Ferguson. After he took charge of Stamford Bridge. There was a series of verbal battles between the two. However, outside the arena, the two famous coaches maintain a good personal relationship. There was even a custom of exchanging red wines after the competition. So after learning of Mourinho's resignation, Ferguson's first reaction was to lose his partner: "I don't know what to do with the prepared red wine now!" ”

During Jose Mourinho's three seasons with Chelsea winning back-to-back Premier League titles, Ferguson faced an unprecedented crisis of confidence, but he said he enjoyed the feeling of fierce competition: "Jose Mourinho's departure from Chelsea is a big loss for the whole of football. After he took office, he brought a lot of new content. I enjoyed competing with him and will definitely miss the challenge in the future. ”

Ferguson will be speaking directly with Alex Ferguson on Sunday, who has just been appointed as Chelsea's interim manager, and believes the pressure will be enormous: "Jose Mourinho has achieved unrivalled results at Chelsea, so whoever becomes his successor will face a huge test and the pressure is all on Grant at the moment. According to the Daily Mail's commentary, Grant is clearly not yet qualified to drink red wine with Ferguson.

Ferguson also did not want the unexpected events in the opponent's squad to affect the team's preparations. That's why he went on to say he wanted the United players to focus on Sunday: "There's no need to keep an eye on what's happening at Chelsea, it's about us doing our own thing. ”

Ferguson is still a formidable opponent in the eyes of Ferguson, who said: "Our opponents are still Chelsea and the challenges facing the team will not change in the slightest. They still have a very strong squad, and if you look at the history of the two teams in the past few years, you will see that every game has been very intense. In the next matches, the players will have to give their all on the field to win the game against their opponents. ”

Chelsea's failure to field Didier Drogba and Frank Lampard in the Champions League clash with Rosenberg in midweek was one of the key factors in leading to a winless home run and Jose Mourinho's sacking. However, Ferguson believes that opponents are likely to field their strongest squad in the league.

At the same time, he also gave an update on injuries within the United squad, saying that Hargreaves and Gary. None of Neville will be available for Sunday's game: "Hargreaves could be involved in next week's Carabao Cup tie with Coventry. Neville will need to watch for more time, so we will continue to use the same group of players who played in Wednesday's Champions League on Sunday. ”

Manchester, 13 September 2008.

Thousands of empty alleys.

The whole city is watching this battle of attention.

Manchester United fans are cheering on their team, with Manchester United, who have been in good form lately, hosting Chelsea at home.

There was just over an hour to go before the start of the game, outside the Old Trafford stadium. It's already a crowd of black presses. They are all Manchester United fans waiting to enter the stadium. Manchester United fans were enthusiastic about the game, although England as a whole was not optimistic about Chelsea, believing that United would be able to secure a no-brainer victory at home. However, Manchester United fans still contribute their strength to the team, cheering and singing to support the team they love.

The fans held up a variety of banners, many of which were related to Jonker, with one of the big 'Jonker cartoons' being a standout that completely conquered United fans in just three games. Completed a process from just cheering for his fame at the beginning to worshipping him from the bottom of his heart.

Two police officers stood next to their police cars, watching the crowd of fans move past them. One of them heard a loud noise in the air and looked up into the air. A helicopter hovers in mid-air.

Old John, Old John ...... "Attention, attention, the Chelsea fans are coming. The walkie-talkie rang.

"Roger, Roger."

A crowd of Chelsea fans is making their way towards one of the entrances to Old Trafford. The fans seem to have drunk too much. The behaviour was somewhat arrogant, with some Blues fans pointing up four fingers at the United fans to mean that Chelsea had beaten the Reds 4-0 in the game.

"Hey, hey, Manchester shit, this game is a great way to see the real Blues Chelsea." A drunken fan shouted.

Chelsea have been under attack from fans of other teams, with fans of Manchester United and Liverpool and Arsenal discognising Chelsea's status as a giant.

Now, in the face of Manchester United fans, they don't know what kind of power it is, so that Chelsea fans can straighten their backs with confidence. Maybe it's the wine that strengthens the bears' guts, but I don't see it. Chelsea fans' concern about the current state of the team, Mourinho's sudden dismissal, made Chelsea fans seem to lose their backbone for a while, the Portuguese young coach who rushed to the front line at all times and focused all eyes on him is gone.

"London mongrels, get back."

"Don't be too arrogant!"

"Jonker will teach us a lesson!"

For Manchester United fans, they also had a strong counter-attack, saying everything, and they had an absolute advantage in numbers, and the voices of a group of Chelsea fans were quickly drowned out by the condemnation of Manchester United fans.

Seeing that there was a potential clash between the fans on both sides, security personnel rushed to separate the two sides and put several Chelsea fans who were visibly drunk into a police car to sober up.

Watching the Chelsea fans get their 'zone' in check. A local United policeman said, "Chelsea, here. ”

The other policeman smiled, "yes, Chelsea is here." ”

When Manchester United's bus arrived at the Stade Stadium at Old Trafford, there was a cheer outside the stadium.

Jonker opened the windows of his car and made a victorious 'V' gesture to the fans, prompting a frantic burst of whistles and cheers.

"Jonker, teach the Chelsea people a good lesson!"

"Jonker, it's up to you!"

"Red Devils Manchester United! Red Devils Manchester United! ”

Sky TV reporters gave Jonker a close-up of the young man who had high hopes from Manchester United fans with a confident smile on his face, which seemed to spread and blew away the uneasiness in the hearts of United fans.

Another person in the United bus who has attracted much attention is Wayne Rooney, who has returned from injury.

Regarding Rooney's state, the media should have been worried before, and after a few days of training observation, the little fat man was in good shape.

When the media is paying attention to this game, they are also talking about whether Rooney, who has recovered from injury, will he start this game, what position will he play when he starts, will he form a double striker with Jonck, or will he play as a winger?

Rooney, who was sitting in the bus, did not greet the fans like Jonker, he was a little silent and listened to the music to himself.

Rooney is rarely so quiet before the game, maybe he is accumulating strength, anyway, Rooney is exceptionally quiet today, as if waiting for the outbreak on the field.

The reporters who followed Manchester United's buses made a new discovery. That's Jonker's hairstyle. Although Jonker had only half of his face peeking out of the car window just now, his striking new hairstyle still caught everyone's attention.

"Jonker's new hairstyle!"

"Is it specially prepared for this game?!"

"Nike just signed a big contract, and Jonk immediately changed his face!"

"Is that hair wax? Every strand of hair looks like it's been carefully groomed. Manchester United has another stinky beautiful man in the team who is comparable to Ronaldo! ”

"It's not as casual as before, but it looks more mature and stable."

"I'll find out when the game starts."

A lot of reporters are already brewing the news in their heads,' Jonker's new hairstyle Mingzhi. Vowed to take Chelsea'. Although Jonk didn't say anything, that's what the reporters thought, and given Jonk's character, they said it, and the fans would really believe it.

yes, if it weren't for that. Why did you suddenly change your hairstyle, and it's such a cool hairstyle?!

In the home dressing room at Old Trafford.

Jonk's hair was covered with a lot of hairspray and was neatly combed into a big back. This is what he specially asked the hairstylist to do, and Jonk is very happy with this hairstyle, why? This hairstyle is very refreshing, and there will be no sweat-soaked hair sticking to the face during the competition.

"Hey. Jonk. Did you get your hairstyle from Cristiano Ronaldo? Ferdinand approached, grinning and trying to touch Jonker's head, but Jonk quickly ducked.

"Hey, don't touch, Leo. It took me a long time to get it done! Jonker jumped out of Ferdinand's "black hand". The next moment, though, he looked at Ferdinand with a twinkle in his eyes. "Hey, Leo. I didn't expect you to get the same hairstyle as me, and if we play together, it's absolutely cool! ”

Ferdinand shuddered, he had always been very satisfied with his black hair, and the thought of this hairstyle on his head, he shook his head, "No, no, no, I don't like this hairstyle." You might as well enjoy it yourself. ”

Nani suddenly said, "This is a good hairstyle, I'm going to get one like this next time." ”

Jonker immediately smiled happily, and he pouted at Ferdinand Nunu, "See, this kid is the one who can keep up with the fashion trend." ”

Looking at Jonker's active appearance, originally because he was facing the Chelsea team, there was a slightly depressed atmosphere in the dressing room, and he was unconsciously active. Jonk has a lot of thought on getting his hair done, and it looks like he's looking forward to this fight.

Jonk didn't expect his hairstyle to have this effect, he was just 'inspired' by signing a contract with Nike, and he had to pay attention to his image, of course, this is also a little bit of care, if he is like Ronaldo, he has to look in the mirror and pay attention to his hairstyle, Jonk can't do it, and it is necessary to take care of it.

Jonk also asked Mendes for his opinion, and Mendes rolled his eyes at the time, meaning can you not toss?

Jonk asked again, and Mendes thought for a moment before saying, "Hairstyle, your hairstyle has always been decent and casual, and you don't take care of it at all." ”

Mendes just said that, no, Jonk really started looking for someone to take care of it, and made a big back.

Old Trafford was packed.

There was a small climax in the stadium as the United players came out, with a huge number 25 shirt belonging to Jonker swaying in the night breeze in the stands. Catch someone’s eye.

The big screen in the stadium has already shown the starting lineups of both sides for this match.

Manchester United starting line-up (4-4-2): 1-Van der Sar; 6 - Brown, 5 - Ferdinand, 15 - Vidic, 3 - Evra; 7-C. Ronaldo, 18-Scholes, 16-Carrick, 11-Giggs, 25-Jonker, 10-Rooney!

Chelsea line-up (4-4-2): 1-Cech; 3- Ashley. Cole, 22-Benhaim, 26-Terry, 20-Ferreira; 5-Essien, 4-Makelle, 12-Mikel, 10-Joe. Cole; 15-Malouda; 7- Shevchenko.

Jose Mourinho has won six, drawn four and lost two of his 12 games against Alex Ferguson, with Ferguson's only win in 90 minutes coming in a narrow 1-0 home win over the Blues in November '05 thanks to a bizarre goal from Fletcher. In addition, in the Charity Shield at the start of the season, United won on penalties after drawing with Chelsea. After Jose Mourinho's departure in midweek, the clash between the two became history. The two sides have met 30 times in the history of the Premier League, with Manchester United having 8 wins, 13 draws and 9 losses, including 4 wins, 7 draws and 4 losses at home. The two sides have met 148 times in history, with Manchester United having the upper hand with 64 wins, 44 draws and 40 defeats.

Former Chelsea assistant coaches Avlan Grant and Steve Clarke combined to take over the first team in what was their first game in charge. But there were still Blues fans in the stands who carried slogans: "Jose Mourinho is the best". Didier Drogba and Frank Lampard remained unavailable through injury, with Ben Haim and Patrick Ferreira replacing Alex and Belletti respectively, with Mikel starting in place of Kalou. Manchester United boss Alex Ferguson has previously said he is not surprised by Jose Mourinho's departure.

Both teams played as much as they could. Manchester United want to take advantage of the turmoil over Chelsea's change of manager to completely leave Chelsea behind in one game and win the two-legged meeting in a season, not to mention only two games in a season, for a title contender like Manchester United and Chelsea, every direct conversation is very important.

Chelsea are of course also very serious about the first game since the change of manager, and Grant has not made any drastic changes to Chelsea's previous starting line-up. However, judging from the players who started the game, it is not difficult to see that three defensive midfielders were sent at a time. Chelsea wanted to carry not three points today, but a point.

Ferguson knows the intensity of today's game will not be too small, regardless of who is in charge of Chelsea and the Blues who are hell-bent on defending. It's not that easy to beat.

The result of the coin guess was that Chelsea got the serve.

Grant is just an interim head coach. This may not be the personal will of the owner Abramovich, Abramovich has been expected to emphasize possession and the so-called "beautiful football" since he came to power, it seems unlikely that this game will appear, Mourinho's football is too utilitarian, but now it seems that against Manchester United must be utilitarian, Grant's choice is not wrong.

Of course, Grant also knows his fate, and his predecessor Jose Mourinho won the title. still can't avoid the fate of leaving, let alone him. It's just a transition, and I don't know how many games I'll be able to lead Chelsea to.

At the beginning of the game, Chelsea were a little too conservative on the road, with a lot of interceptions in midfield, Mourinho often used two midfielders during his time, and today Grant used three midfielders to fight for the midfield, which also made Manchester United struggle from the start.

Ferguson seemed prepared for such a stalemate, watching his side sit unfazed in the dugout as he watched his side be stifled by the ferocious defence of the Chelsea midfield, munching on gum and watching the pitch at a leisurely pace.

Before the game, it has been clear that the players should be patient against Chelsea, use the width of the field to mobilize the opponent's defense back and forth, and wait until the opponent's physical consumption is almost the same, it is the time for Manchester United to break the deadlock, the game has just begun There is nothing to worry about, especially today's Chelsea front line, although there are Shepchenko and Malouda two players, but the defensive players in the midfield are all not effective support in attack, and Chelsea's power in the offensive end is greatly reduced, Ferguson was also able to set up the game with peace of mind.

The gap between the two managers has been seen in the pre-match anticipation of the opponent's opportunity, and an old man like Alex Ferguson has predicted almost all the opponent's layout, and the players naturally have a psychological advantage in the game.

At the beginning of the game, the scene was very anxious, the players were scrambling fiercely, but the effective attack did not appear at all, and there was no hot attack in the strong dialogue, it was more like two masters competing for internal strength, and the consumption of each other waited for the time to kill with one blow.

"Jonker's hairstyle is quite striking." Lineker had nothing to do and began to tell some interesting things about the field.

"That's right, I was just as surprised when I saw Jonker's hairstyle." Eddie. Gray said.

"You're surprised, too? Didn't you say you wouldn't be surprised by what Jonk did? ”

"I'm right, but I really haven't seen Jonk behave weirdly with his hairstyle before." Eddie Gray smiled.

"Is he using this new hairstyle to show something?"

"I don't know about that, I just know that after this game, the barbershops in Manchester are going to be busy. A lot of young people are sure to follow Jonker's example. ”

Lineker was right, Jonker is very popular with young fans, and his every move could set a trend.

The game was still in full swing, there was nothing worth mentioning, and Sky TV's two gold medal commentators had to talk about Jonker's hairstyle. (To be continued......)