Restricted Superstar

Due to the rise of Manchester City, the weekend's Manchester City Derby has become the most important event in England and even Europe as a whole.

The media started propaganda a week in advance. It stands to reason that it is difficult for other news to steal the limelight of the Manchester Derby.

Balotelli is obviously an exception.

On the night before the game, after Balotelli left Gao Xiaodong's house, Gao Xiaodong thought that he was going home to rest and was preparing for the next day's game, but he did not expect that he would make another big news.

This is a piece of news that makes Manchester City Derby all the headlines.

In the morning of Manchester Derby, almost all the media in England reported on such an incident. In the early hours of Saturday morning local time in the UK, the police received a fire alarm from a resident in Cheshire, and two fire trucks rushed to the scene of the fire. Four firefighters wearing fire-fighting masks spent more than half an hour extinguishing the fire and used large fans to blow away the dense smoke. According to the fire department, it was the mansion of Manchester City star Balotelli that caught fire, and it was confirmed that the cause of the fire was that Balotelli set off a £200 fireworks in the bathroom.

The fire was not serious and did not hurt people. He was not eligible to be in the news, but he set off firecrackers in his bathroom in the early morning, and the Manchester Derby was to be held 6 hours later. Balotelli’s behavior was horrifying.

Originally after the conflict between Tevez and Mancini, Balotelli was already Manchester City's first choice for the start, but after the bathroom fire incident, it is unknown whether Balotelli will play.

During Manchester United's final training session in the morning, Ferguson and the coaching staff re-examined the possibility of Balotelli playing.

Now Manchester City’s four forwards Aguero, Tevez, Balotelli and Dzeko, Tevez is the most familiar with Manchester United, but he and Mancini have conflicts. Dzeko has just moved and did not get Manchester United. With enough trust from Chiney, Aguero and Balotelli are the most likely to start.

But now Balotelli has not slept all night, and there is such a big news. Ferguson and his coaching staff think that Balotelli is unlikely to start. It is very likely that Dzeko and Aguero will start. Terry and Tevez came off the bench.

Gao Xiaodong also laughed and laughed after reading the news, but he believed that the police report should be true, and Balotelli could completely do this.

Gao Xiaodong even regretted that he didn't pay attention to Balotelli. If he left Balotelli yesterday, maybe Balotelli would not do such a brain-dead thing.

Of course, if Balotelli can't play because of this, the threat to Manchester United's defense may be less, and Dzeko is still inferior to Balotelli in attack.

However, Gao Xiaodong still hopes that Balotelli can be well. In Gao Xiaodong's heart, Manchester City cannot be Manchester United's opponent after Balotelli.

When the players from both sides appeared at Old Trafford, the question about Balotelli's starting was finally determined, and Balotelli appeared in the starting lineup.

Manchester City’s starting lineup is: 25-Hart/2-Richards, 4-Kompany, 6-Lescott, 22-Clichy/18-Barry, 42-Yaya-Toure/7-Mill Na, 16-Aguero, 21-David Silva/45-Balotelli

Balotelli's start is also normal. Before this, Manchester United had always targeted Balotelli as their main opponent.

The fire last night was just an accident.

To Ferguson's surprise, Yaya Toure appeared in the starting lineup instead of De Jong.

Previously, both the media and fans believed that De Jong, who was good at iron defense, would start, and Mancini's starting lineup was also De Jong's starter, but at the last moment, Yaya Toure replaced De Jong.

Although it is only a change of personnel, De Jong is a pure defensive player, while Yaya Toure is a player who has both offensive and defensive capabilities and is better at offensive.

If something goes wrong, it will be a demon. Ferguson has rich experience. He thinks that if it is not an accident, then this adjustment may mean a change in Manchester City's tactics.

Ferguson was alert, but he didn't take it too seriously. He thought that with an all-round fighter like Gao Xiaodong in hand, he could respond to changes in his opponent at any time.

Manchester United's starting lineup is: 1-De Gea/3-Evra, 5-Ferdinand, 6-Evans, 12-Smalin/17-Nani, 24-Fletcher, 10-Gao Xiaodong, 11 -Giggs/14-Hernandez, 9-Rooney

In this lineup, the veterans over 30 years old include Giggs, Evra, and Ferdinand, the young players include Fletcher, Rooney, and Nani, and the young ones include Smalling, Hernandez, and Evans. And De Gea, Gao Xiaodong is an exception.

Such a lineup has the old, middle-aged, and superstars, which can be said to be more reasonable than Manchester City.

It is not unfounded that Ferguson and Manchester United generals do not take Manchester City to heart. With such a lineup, decades of suppression, it is difficult for them to regard Manchester City as their opponents at the same level, even if Manchester City's results are very good now.

Enforcement of today's game is the famous English whistle Clara Tenberg.

At 1:30 in the morning, after the captain Gao Xiaodong and Kompany exchanged the flags and team badges, Kratenberg blew the whistle for the start of the game.

The first kick-off was Manchester United in red.

Rooney and Hernandez fell and passed back to Gao Xiaodong, Gao Xiaodong did not stop, and then passed back to defender Ferdinand.

Manchester City's fighting spirit today is very strong, the forward pressure is very active, Manchester United has just returned to the back line, Aguero has already caught up to the forefront of the penalty area.

Ferdinand handed over to Giggs on the left, allowing Giggs to attack from the left.

As a veteran of Manchester United, Ferdinand is still accustomed to the team attacking from the two wings, instead of passing to Gao Xiaodong, let Gao Xiaodong organize the attack from the middle.

Giggs was famous in football more than a decade ago, even if he is 37 years old, Manchester City players still dare not care about it. Before Giggs received the ball, three players surrounded him.

Giggs has rich experience and a very high ball quotient. Seeing that he is in danger of being blocked, he quickly crossed to Fletcher.

Balotelli was very close to Fletcher. Fletcher didn't dare to control the ball and then passed it to Gao Xiaodong.

Manchester City also attached great importance to Gao Xiaodong's off-ball defense. When Fletcher received the ball, Milner approached Gao Xiaodong and Aguero also came back to participate in the press.

In his third defensive zone, Gao Xiaodong didn't dare to be careless. He immediately handed over to Nani, and he moved closer to the wing to meet Nani.

Manchester City really struggled today. The players moved very actively. Just after Nani received the ball, three Manchester City players surrounded him.

Just now when Giggs encountered a multi-player press, he chose a safe pass back, but Nani did not. He saw full-back Krishti coming up to block, no one behind him, and he pushed the ball forward, thinking The ball went to Clichy.

Clichy played for the first team at the age of 18 and was regarded as the successor to A. Cole. Nani regarded him as a chicken and looked down upon others.

Since Clichy stepped forward to block, he was ready for his opponent to hit behind him. Nani pushed the ball forward. Clichy immediately turned to chase and kicked the ball before Nani made it up. Central defender Kompany.