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do you remember?Exactly 10 years ago, the Red Devils Manchester United ranked second in the Premier League standings as they are now, and it was Leeds who challenged in the FA Cup last Sunday on top of them.The latter's current ranking?It's just the number one in League One, and not only the ranking gap between the two teams is as high as 42 places, but the combined transfer value of the entire Leeds team is only a mere £40 --- just Li Yu's two weeks' salary .

Such two teams played at Manchester United's home court. Not only did the former youth guards not be defeated as most people guessed, but they also played a typical game with a very bloody old youth army on the giant opponent's site. , Even relying on the team's top scorer Beckford's ingenious goal in the 19th minute, he pissed off his opponent.

Not only to show the importance attached to the heavyweight opponents in the past, but also to take into account the League Cup semi-finals against the rivals in the same city in the middle of the week. Manchester United coach Ancelotti ignored his players who had just participated in two league games in the past week. In Sunday's game, a starting lineup based on the main players such as Li Yu, Mata, and Brown was sent.The intention is obvious, that is, to take advantage of the home court to take down the opponent, and then consider letting the second-tier rookies play to feel the atmosphere of the game.

But from the first minute of the game, Ancelotti's wishful thinking was wrong-Leeds led by Marshal Grayson not only did not bite their teeth like many teams visiting Old Trafford, but used their bodies The housekeeping skills of the confrontation launched a charge to the Red Devils' hinterland, and once pressed the opponent within its half.The visiting team's efforts quickly paid off. In a quick counterattack, Leeds' long pass from the midfield found the striker's single arrow Beckford. The latter resolutely kicked under the interference of the home team's central defender Brown. Rolled into the net in the gap between the grams.

After conceding the goal, Manchester United fought back as if awakened from a dream, but began to appear impatient due to the delay in tearing the opponent's defense, so that just at the beginning of the second half, players from both sides broke out a collective conflict because of Brown's malicious foul. Fortunately, the referee Foy was in time. Persuasion calmed down the situation.Ancelotti saw that the situation was not good, and immediately replaced teenagers Obertan and Welbeck with Giggs and Valencia in the 57th minute, and sent out the final trump card --- Owen 12 minutes later, trying to give it a go.

Indeed, the experience of Owen and other veterans on the bench has greatly improved Manchester United's offensive quality in the frontcourt, but Leeds did not blindly retreat in the final stage, but pressed the audience and even waited for an opportunity to counterattack.Among them, if it wasn't for the slight deviation of the foot in the final shot, Beckford should have helped the team secure the victory in advance.

The only consolation for Manchester United throughout the game is that the defensive injury problems that have deeply plagued the Red Devils in the past month have finally been greatly alleviated.You know, when the situation was the worst, the whole team only had a healthy first-team defender, left back Evra, but now Brown, Neville, Da Silva brothers, Vidic have returned to the field one after another, helping The team bid farewell to 2009 with two consecutive league victories.In Sunday's game, Ancelotti predicted that "there are 10 days to come back" before the game. The young Northern Ireland central defender Evans also unexpectedly started the game, but he did not expect to usher in the new year with a loss.

In fact, too much has been said about the degeneration of the youth team 10 years ago. In particular, it is worth mentioning that the team had a chance to avoid getting to where it is today, but luck is so tricky.

After Leeds were relegated from the Premier League in the 200304-0 season, their record in the following season was mediocre, but the following season showed gratifying signs of recovery, and finally achieved fifth place in the English Championship and a qualification for promotion to the play-offs.However, in the final play-off final, Leeds, who had been stable throughout the season, unexpectedly lost 3-2007 to Watford. First. [

Just when people thought this would be the lowest point of Leeds, they did not expect this to be the beginning of the nightmare.

Not long after entering the first season of League One, the club broke out in a tax arrears scandal and was punished by the Football League to deduct 15 points.

Because of this, the current Leeds boss Grayson described Leeds "could not have been worse" when he took over a year ago.

Fortunately, Grayson, who was born in the northern suburbs of Leeds and was also a product of Leeds' youth training as a player, did not live up to the expectations of Jiang Dong's elders. The team has gradually been on the right track under his careful training.Since the start of the new season, Leeds have shown an invincible absolute advantage in the League One. They are currently ahead of Norwich and Charlton, who are tied for second place, by a full 8 points, and this is not a game missing.

"I went to their games and I was very impressed," Manchester United coach Ferguson said so highly of Leeds before Sunday's game. "It must be admitted that Grayson's work there is very good. Supporting Leeds, being a Leeds player, some people have their own ideals in life since they were young, and his ideal seems to be to coach Leeds, and he has achieved his wish."

After Sunday's game, An Shuai is of course more optimistic about the current Leeds: "At the beginning of Leeds' collapse, it was only a financial problem. The club had to sell the best players in the team to maintain financial balance——but once the best players left , I can guarantee with my life that the team's performance will definitely plummet. I think they will be promoted to the British Championship this season, and considering the continuous encouragement and motivation of Grayson's players, I believe that within a few years, they will be Can go back to the Premier League."

Manchester United's draw to Leeds in the FA Cup has excited fans on both sides of the Bennines, especially from the Yorkshire white side.It was like a shark smelling blood, like in the movie Green Street Hooligans when West Ham fans get their blood pumping when they hear they will face Millwall in the FA Cup.

In British football, hostile confrontations between clubs can be found everywhere, but when enemies meet each other, there are only a handful of them. The feud between Manchester United and Leeds United is one of the five major derbies in English football. It can not only be traced back to ancient times The famous red and white rose dispute has left countless legends in the past half century.

How much do the two fans hate each other?A more civilized example is a Leeds United fan who is a dry painter and refuses to use red paint. If you ask him to remove the red surface, he will automatically give you a discount. One day, he put all the red notices in a town. The oil turned white.Flynn, who scored the winning goal at Old Trafford in 1981, is still living on the money of that goal. People on the street often ask him for his autograph and ask him to add "Old Trafford". Heroes of the winning goal".

Uncivilized example?That's a lot. Apart from the fights, the most frightening thing for neutrals is that Leeds United fans openly disrespected the recently passed away Sir Busby. Every stadium observes a moment of silence for the late Manchester United coach, except at Elland Road The stadium is an exception. Hundreds of Leeds irons broke the silence and shouted, "There is only one Don Rivet (the greatest head coach in Leeds history, who passed away in 1989)!" Even Rivet's widow said it was too much: "Don Rivet I will be ashamed under the nine springs." The Leeds fans' salute was not entirely aimed at Busby, but more of a protest against the British football's view of Levi's contribution to English football.

The hostility between Manchester United and Leeds United is a continuation of the struggle between the two families of York and Lancaster for the royal power in the 15th century.

The hatred was born in the FA Cup. The two teams met in the semi-finals at Hillsborough. Both teams had fierce thugs. Manchester United's Stiles, Claren and Leeds' Bremner and Lorima were present. The kick was fierce, and finally Bremner scored a goal in the 89th minute to eliminate Manchester United. The fans of both sides immediately staged full martial arts in the stands.Manchester United had the last laugh in the league and overwhelmed Leeds to win the championship with an average goal advantage, but Leeds became the second in both the league and the cup.But 10 years later, Leeds fans found their balance: Manchester United were relegated.

Although the two sides have deep hatred, they are not as indifferent as Manchester United and Liverpool.Players from both sides were traded quite frequently. Leeds’ Jordan and McQueen joined Manchester United in the 70s. McQueen made great contributions to the club’s FA Cup final. On the day of the transfer, he publicly declared: “More than [-]% of the players are looking forward to joining Manchester United. The rest are lying if they say they don’t want to.”

More than ten years later, Strachan's transfer from Manchester United to Leeds was even more successful. He was the first-class contributor to the White Rose's last league title in team history.What saddened Leeds fans the most was that Cantona was sold to Manchester United at a price almost free, which opened the hegemony era in which the Red Devils monopolized the Premier League.Alan Smith was cultivated by Leeds, and he has repeatedly vowed never to join "them", but as soon as Leeds was relegated, he defected to his sworn enemy.

The classic battle between the two sides is intriguing. After the FA Cup semi-final in 1965, the two met again in the semi-final five years later. It took three games to decide the winner, and it was Bremner who scored. In 5, McQueen returned to Leeds with Manchester United, and the audience greeted him with a deafening "Judas" voice. In the end, Manchester United triumphed 3-1978.Cantona returned to Elland Road for the first time after joining Manchester United. He scored but failed to win, but the way he turned up his collar and stared into the distance after scoring a goal made Manchester United fans intoxicated. [

The FA Cup did not perform as expected. Back in the league, with the celebration of the official naming of the Ferguson Stand, what kind of game will Manchester United play against Sunderland at home?

There were indications before the game that the game against Sunderland was almost an unsuspecting matchup for Manchester United.

The last time Manchester United lost a home game at 2005 pm local time on a Saturday afternoon dates back to September 9, 24, which is six years ago.United have kept a clean sheet in seven of their last nine league games against Sunderland. At the same time, Manchester United have been able to score in 35 consecutive league home games.

As a result, in this campaign, the old player Wes Brown gave an own goal to help his old club score three points without bloodshed, and he himself embarrassingly harvested his fourth own goal in the Premier League. The total number of league goals (4 goals) is even more.The Mirror even used "Oolong Weiss-Brown's Perfect Gift to Celebrate Ferguson" as the title of the game report, and the title of Sky Sports has the same purpose: "Brown Gives a Gift to His Old Boss".

Perhaps the way to win is not hearty, but the important thing is that Manchester United got the inevitable three points.

After this campaign, Manchester United has accumulated a total of 901 home points in the Premier League, thus becoming the first team to score more than 900 points at home.Although Arsenal in second place won this round at home, their total score at home in the Premier League is only 805 points, followed by Liverpool's 786 points and Chelsea's 782 points.

Coupled with the away record, Manchester United's advantage is even more obvious. Under the rule of the former Ferguson, the Red Devils have scored 1600 points in the Premier League, while the second best scorer, Arsenal, has 1398 points, which is 202 points less than Manchester United. .

Looking at Manchester United's upcoming schedule, no one will doubt that the team led by Ancelotti will set off a red storm of crazy grabbing points in November.After defeating Sunderland, the Red Devils will have as many as 11 days of rest time, and then they will challenge Swansea as a guest, followed by three consecutive home games, namely the Champions League against Benfica, the League against Newcastle, and the League Cup against Crystal Palace.With the strong aura of Old Trafford, it is entirely possible for Manchester United to continue their winning streak until December.

In contrast, rivals Manchester City in the same city are about to usher in a suffocating devil schedule: the remaining 11 games in November are first at home against Newcastle, which ranks third in the league standings, and then in the Champions League as a guest at Naples. An away game against Dalglish's Liverpool, and even the League Cup is a guest at the Emirates Stadium and Arsenal Rush. In the first 4 games in December, Manchester City played against Norwich at home in the Premier League, Bayern at home in the Champions League, Chelsea away in the Premier League, and Arsenal at home in the Premier League. It can be said that the Blue Moon Legion will play 12 games in the next 4 games. Strong dialogue without buckle.

More importantly, the ambitious Mancini wants to rely on his solid bench strength to attack on the fourth line this season. The league, FA Cup, Champions League and League Cup are all indispensable, although the team's team is enough to form two first-class teams. The starting lineup, but core players like David Silva, Yaya Toure, and Aguero are hard to get a chance to rotate and rest.

Ancelotti has also played with Ferguson's rotation system. Regardless of whether he can reach the magical level of his predecessor, the status of the players is still guaranteed. In dealing with multi-line combat, he has the skills and experience that Mancini can match. Advantage, this may become the biggest capital for the Red Devils to make efforts in the future.

There is a saying: Barcelona is playing art, Manchester United is playing spirit, and Ancelotti has fully inherited the spiritual power of Ferguson staying at Manchester United.

There is no doubt that the Red Devils are the most resilient and late-strike team in football today.Sir Alex has instilled a never-say-die belief into this Iron Division, and it has continued. This spiritual power has demonstrated its power several times in a season.

Ranked second in the league standings with a gap of 5 points, regained the lead in the Champions League group stage, reached the quarter-finals of the League Cup and won the lottery. Not bad.Ancelotti may introduce strong support during the winter transfer period, and Manchester United in the second half of the season will be even more worth looking forward to. 1-6?That is a thing of the past, and the undead Red Devil has been reborn.

There are good things going on for Manchester United, but the rivals in the same city have been worrying about an old Manchester United player!

Tevez has an accident again!City had expected to see him report back, but the Argentine was "missing".

The Sun revealed that Tevez was ordered to report back to the team, but he went his own way and remained in Argentina 7 miles away, ignoring the club's orders at all, which made Manchester City very angry.

A Manchester City spokesman said: "Tevez should return to the team on Tuesday, take a day off and start training on Wednesday. We have a training plan to help him recover."

However, according to the "Sun" disclosure, Tevez flew to Buenos Aires on Monday, and after landing, he told reporters, "I'm here to rest for a while."The newspaper said Tevez is unlikely to return to the UK on Tuesday, and it looks like he will delay his return to the team without authorization.In professional teams, Beast's move is called "wol" (leaving without authorization), and it is an act that will definitely be punished.

Not long ago, Carlos Tevez was fined by Manchester City for 4 weeks' salary, and Carlos Tevez recently accepted Manchester City's accusation of misconduct in the battle with Bayern and does not intend to appeal.It seems that the situation has just calmed down, and now it has been exposed that he did not return to the team without authorization. I am afraid that Manchester City will not show mercy to him.

Mancini once said that Tevez must apologize to him and his teammates, otherwise he would definitely sell the Argentine in January, but so far Tevez has no intention of apologizing, and he has "disappeared" again. It turns out that he is determined to put himself in the winter transfer market and leave Manchester, which troubles him.

At the same time, Manchester City's bad luck is far from over. Manchester City officially announced the penalty for Kolo Toure, deducting 6 weeks' salary, totaling about 74 pounds.Kolo Touré was suspended for six months by the Football Association for mistakenly taking his wife's diet pills.

The Manchester City club stated in a statement: "The club's internal disciplinary department has concluded that Kolo Touré was fined 6 weeks' salary for failing to fulfill his obligations as a player. Touré has accepted the above decision and he and the club hope that I can put an end to this incident and focus on playing the rest of the season."

It is worth mentioning that Manchester City's penalty for Toure this time exceeded that of Tevez not long ago. The Argentine was fined 4 weeks' wages, and the 6-week penalty is the upper limit of the club's fines for players.