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Manchester United scored three points in the away game, but the process was not perfect. The defense made frequent mistakes and the absolute main force Vidic was sent off. If the next game is not to continue to play Galati Steel, the consequences will be very serious.

In another game, Benfica defeated Basel 2-0 away. Now the two teams are only one point behind. Mannlenovo takes the first place in the group. The next few games, especially the direct dialogue with Benfica, can't be missed.

After playing the game with Galati, Manchester United left Romania early the next morning and rushed back to Manchester to prepare for the weekend and city rivals Manchester City.

Manchester City also played in the UEFA Champions League. Their opponent is stronger than Manchester United, La Liga's Villarreal.

Manchester City is playing at home, the game is also very anxious, and finally a very thrilling 2:1 victory over the yellow submarine famous in the Champions League five years ago.

After Manchester City was acquired by the rich in the Middle East, after several years of huge investment, this season has finally paid off. Now they remain unbeaten in the Premier League and have the same points as Manchester United.

Manchester City is still unable to compare with Manchester United in the Champions League. It can only be described as a mediocre record. However, winning Villarreal, tying Naples, and losing Bayern do not have too many slots. After all, they are a new Champions League team.

Manchester City has always been an underdog in history, and now it can only be said to be upstarts and local tyrants. They cannot be the same as Manchester United. They want to win the Champions League and the league championship. Their goal is only the league championship.

Manchester City have been recruiting for the past few seasons, and have repeatedly wanted to buy Gao Xiaodong at a high price, but they have not been able to do so for various reasons.

It is difficult to achieve good results in the Champions League without superstars, but through the acquisitions in the past few years, Manchester City's strength has greatly increased, especially the depth of the bench, which gives them a great advantage in the long league competition.

Since the 1977-1978 season, Manchester City has not led the league in the league table for 34 years. If they can beat Manchester United this time, they will once again be on the top of the table. This will be extremely encouraging to players, fans and coaches. huge.

Pellegrini attaches great importance to this city derby with Manchester United. He thinks this is the best opportunity for Manchester City to challenge Manchester United.

Pellegrini is not wrong, this is indeed Manchester City's best opportunity.

Since 43 years ago, Manchester City defeated Manchester United by 2 points to win the second and the most recent top league championship in team history, and entered the Champions League for the first time. Manchester City has gone from bad to worse, and Manchester United has been twice. Relegated, but soon began to exert efforts, especially after Ferguson became Manchester United's coach, Manchester United achieved the Premier League dominance, 20 crowns ignoring England; while Manchester City can only take pleasure in a small Derby victory, tribute to the glory of the year.

After the acquisition of Manchester City by the Abu Dhabi consortium, there are heavy signings of more than 100 million pounds each season, and Manchester City gradually catches up with Manchester United in strength.

This season started with 8 rounds, 7 wins and 1 tie. This is Manchester City’s best start since 1897, and the points are only 1 point behind Manchester United, and both sides participated in the Champions League. Now Manchester City can finally play at the same height and play fairly with each other. A real contest.

For fans all over the world, this is also the best Manchester derby.

Before the acquisition of Manchester City by the Abu Dhabi consortium, the so-called "Man City Derby" had only regional influence. In terms of historical tradition, it is not as good as the "old-brand derby" of the Celtics and the Glasgow Rangers; in terms of championship glory, is it inferior to the England derby of Manchester United and Liverpool? In terms of popularity, Merseyshire, Birmingham, North London and even the North Derby are no worse than the Manchester Derby.

But now, this is an unprecedented Manchester City derby. Its connotation has surpassed football and has become a global party in the name of football.

There is no shortage of stars here: if fans have forgotten the names of Dennis Law and Nick Young, but Gao Xiaodong, Rooney, Nani, Aguero, Nasri, Giggs, Balotelli are also star-studded, they The number of fans and the resulting star effect far exceed those of the predecessors.

And fans may see the Stone Rose Band, Oasis Band, and celebrities from the fashion and entertainment industries in the box.

There is no shortage of fans here: not only Dream Theater will have 70,000 live spectators, but also hundreds of millions of fans from all over the world watching the game simultaneously through multimedia such as TV, computers and even mobile phones.

To measure the popularity of a game, the most direct indicator is the traditional television media data such as the number of viewers and ratings. The most eye-catching derby in recent years is the Spanish national derby. Guardiola's fantasy Barcelona vs. Morinho's revival of Real Madrid clashed four times in 18 days last season and became the top spot in world football that month.

According to statistics from Spanish media, the number of viewers who watched live TV in those four games (league and cup) each time exceeded 1 billion.

One billion is a hurdle, a watershed between a truly world-class peak event and an ordinary game. The finals of intercontinental events such as the World Cup and the European Cup belong to the "1 billion spectator club".

This season, Liverpool and Manchester United's double red club attracted 600 million spectators worldwide. This data is a true reflection of the current status of the traditional Northwest Derby. Due to Liverpool's poor performance in the past two years, the England Derby has hardly returned to its former glory.

The Premier League can compete on a scale of 1 billion, including the 2007 Arsenal home match against Manchester United, and the Manchester United and Chelsea matches last season.

The match between Manchester City and Manchester United last season set the British public television channel's 8 to 10 prime ratings record. A total of 7.3 million viewers in the UK watched the game, accounting for 28.8% of the market share.

Although the Manchester City Derby has not yet started this season, the Manchester City Derby has been ahead of the Baihua Film Festival and Weibo Level 4 examination topics in China's Weibo topic trend rankings, and has become the hottest topic among Chinese netizens.

The Manchester City Derby has not yet overwhelmed the biggest topic in the world: "The Adventures of Tintin" was released, but in the UK, the Manchester City Derby has also become the hottest topic on Twitter.

According to British media forecasts, the number of viewers in this Manchester derby is very likely to exceed this season's Double Red Club, reaching 700 million viewers.

Manchester City is now just an ordinary strong team, and its strength has not been verified. The reason why Manchester City Derby can be so popular is first because the Premier League is too popular, and secondly because of Gao Xiaodong and Sun Hai.

70% of fans all over the world watch the Premier League. 211 countries and regions live broadcast the Premier League. Last season, the Premier League attracted more than 4.7 billion viewers. This data is far above other leagues: 50 countries and regions broadcast La Liga, 52 in Serie A, and only 23 in Bundesliga.

The Asia-Pacific region is the most crazily pursuit of the Premier League outside the United Kingdom. The number of spectators ranks first in the world. Among them, 46% of Chinese fans watched. The Chinese fans basically use Manchester United where Gao Xiaodong is the main team. In addition, Manchester City also With the Chinese player Sun Hai playing, the Chinese fans almost regarded the Manchester City Derby as a Chinese Derby.

With the huge number of Premier League fans all over the world, coupled with the attention of almost all Chinese fans, it is not surprising that the Manchester Derby has set a record in number.