Red Rebels

74 Two problems

After playing the second national team game, Maradona still urgently needed to go around to inspect players, but Xiao Yu's family stayed in Argentina for vacation and visited many tourist attractions in Argentina.

The most regrettable thing is the Iguazu Falls. It was not the best time to go there, so it was a bit unsatisfactory. Xiao Yu promised that he would come again next time, because he promised Eva Snow that he would take her with him. There is also Chopard, a family trip around the world.

He had a hunch that this day should come soon

By the time Xiao Yu returned to Manchester from Argentina, a month had passed.

In the past month, the Red Rebels played a total of 6 games, with 4 wins and a draw.

They are away: narrowly lost to Liverpool, away: victory over Portsmouth, home: o victory over Droylsden, away: draw with Everton, home 4: o victory over Newcastle, and home 4: victory over Tottenham Tottenham.

The European Champions Cup group stage also progressed. The Red Rebels were first defeated by Atletico Madrid in an away game in the fourth round of the group stage. The Red Rebels quickly adjusted their state and defeated the Sheets. This victory also allowed the Red Rebels to One foot has entered the ranks of qualifying for the group title.

In the League Cup, the Red Rebels defeated Sunderland away from home. The Black Cats were tenacious in their pursuit of the League Cup. They fell behind twice but pulled the score back twice. In the end, the Red Rebels relied on Walcott's goal. , eliminated Sunderland and successfully advanced to the next round.

Although the Red Rebels suffered their first defeat of the season, and they lost to Liverpool, the Red Rebels still occupy the top spot in the English standings. Judging from the current situation, if you want to knock the Red Rebels out of the top spot Pulling it up and down is really not an easy task. We can only hope for the upcoming Red Devils Derby.

However, although the Red Rebels have made gains on all fronts, Kaká's goal drought continues.

The performance of the Brazilian superstar is obvious to all. Except for the game against Liverpool where he was given a rest, in other games, even in the two World Cup qualifiers of the Brazilian national team, Kaka was the brightest one on the court. The star, his assists and performance are world-class, but he just can't break the goal drought.

A full month has passed since the beginning of the season. Kaka's condition is recovering rapidly. He is even the player with the most assists on the pitch for the Red Rebels. The Red Rebels have scored 9 goals in the English League, averaging 9 goals per game. The ball came from Kaka's assist, and he planned more goals.

But when such a player has returned to his peak state and skills,

But he fell into a month-long goal drought, which is indeed a bit elusive.

But no one can give a reasonable explanation for this

"The goal drought is like a Nicolas Cage film.

Similarly, the hero's special function cannot be explained by science at all, but it just exists, and you can't even deny it. "

Professor Fryer has no way to deal with Kaka's goal drought.

Meditation room, psychological counseling, help on the court... everything the Red Rebels could think of and do was used by him. When playing against Droisden, the Red Rebels even got a penalty kick, but However, Kaka's penalty kick was blocked by Joe Cole.

Speaking of this incident, I am really depressed. Joe Cole has already judged the wrong direction, but Kaka's penalty kick hit his leg, and the subsequent follow-up shot was not correct. I can only be depressed. accept this reality.

However, the goal drought also brought a benefit to Kaka, that is, in forums in distant countries, fans used to say that Kaka was a point card, which meant that he could only score penalty kicks, but now he missed the penalty kick. , it can be regarded as taking away the name of Dianka.

Kaka's goal drought not only affects the Red Rebels, but even the British Crown Prince Charles is personally paying attention. In an interview, he said that he is a fan of Kaka, he supports Kaka, and believes that Kaka will definitely be able to Break the goal drought.

"That's a matter of time, isn't it?" Prince Charles seemed very confident, but also a little anxious.

Counting last season and this season, fans have not seen Kaka score again for 6 months. This is definitely a big regret for an outstanding modern midfielder. He was recovering from injuries last season, and it has been a month since this season. What is the problem?

"Who knows?" Kaka himself didn't know why.

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As the candidate of the US Democratic Party, Obama visited the UK in August this year and visited the Red Rebel Stadium again to watch the UK's opening match against Arsenal. The Red Rebels won that game. .

Afterwards, Obama took the time to meet Xiao Yu again, but due to the rush of his schedule, he returned directly to London and went to Iraq and Afghanistan the next day to start his Eastern Visit.

When he met Xiao Yu at that time, Obama was full of praise for the Red Rebels. He even regretted that he could not see the world-famous Red Devils Derby. He hoped to have the opportunity to see the excitement of the Red Devils Derby.

Recently, a British reporter went to interview Obama. Although the voting for the next presidential term had already begun and Obama had a tight schedule, during the interview, he learned that the Red Devils derby was about to start, and he still gave the Red Devils a vote. The rebels sent their blessings and called Xiao Yu in front of countless reporters and wished the Red Rebels another victory.

Regardless of whether it was due to electoral needs or he really liked the Red Rebels, because of Obama’s phone call and because President George W. Bush came to watch the game in person last season, the Red Devils Derby became a worldwide concern, even if it was some fundamental Anyone who doesn’t watch football has heard of the Red Devils Derby, the Red Rebels and Manchester United.

In China, Adidas, which mainly stars the Red Rebels, and Nike, which mainly stars Manchester United stars, started a fierce battle. Under the promotion strategies of their respective sponsors, the two clubs started the competition before the Red Devils derby among the fan base. In the end, The Red Rebels won the victory due to the advantage in the number of fans, but Manchester United fans were not to be outdone.

In the United States, fans of the Red Rebels won an overwhelming victory. Adidas is even more ambitious and wants to take advantage of the wave of the Red Devils Derby to compete with Nike in the American market. Nike also maintains its local presence. Fight back.

In other parts of the world, even in poor Africa, the influence of the Red Devils Derby is promoted by sponsors and has attracted the attention and pursuit of fans.

There is no doubt that these are the two most influential teams in today's football. One is the three-time champion of the Champions League, and the other is the new champion of the Champions League. The football of both teams is very exciting and everyone is looking forward to it. It's going to be a fantastic game.

At the same time, these two teams are also the most adept at business operations in today's football. Their influence has long gone beyond the scope of football and has spread to all aspects. The confrontation between them is also known as the world's most successful team. Orientation confrontation.

Just like in Japan, some Red Rebel fans even smashed Manchester United's theme restaurant in Japan, and some Manchester United fans smashed the Red Rebel theme store in Tokyo. Although both clubs do not advocate these, the fans still have no hesitation. to do.

The Red Rebels have performed strongly in the UK this season, but Manchester United is not far behind. The two teams occupy the first and second place in the English standings respectively. The gap between them is only one point, which is just one game.

In the European arena, the Red Rebels won and drew in four Champions League group matches, but the Red Devils and Manchester United qualified first in one breath. This also showed the strength of the two teams.

In Manchester itself, seats at the Old Trafford Stadium have become extremely expensive, and scalpers outside have even raised the price of the tickets to an almost ridiculously high price.

In order to be able to catch up with this game, Manchester United's expansion project at Old Trafford was also completed at the beginning of the recent month and submitted for acceptance successfully. This time Manchester United expanded the South Stand from the original one floor to two floors. This increased the capacity of Old Trafford Stadium to more than 90,000 people, making it the largest football stadium in the UK.

In 2000, Manchester United invested 8,000,000 and added 0,000 seats; in 2005, Manchester United continued to expand the northeast and northwest corners, added a second floor, and added 8,000 seats, increasing Manchester United's capacity to 76,000 people.

Nowadays, Manchester United has spent huge sums of money to acquire nearby residential buildings, and even used connections to relocate nearby railway tracks, expand the South Stand, and add a second-tier stand, making the total capacity of Old Trafford Stadium more than 90,000. , the maximum capacity can reach about 95,000.

This Red Devils Derby became the first performance after the expansion of the Old Trafford Stadium. Manchester United spent huge sums of money in order to challenge the status of the Red Rebel Stadium in the hearts of the fans, so they must take the lead in increasing the capacity. Played at Red Rebel Stadium.

But in some aspects, Old Trafford is still inferior to the Red Rebels Stadium.

Although it has been expanded and repaired several times, Old Trafford Stadium cannot catch up with the Red Rebel Stadium in terms of hardware facilities and technological content. The biggest inconvenience is that Old Trafford Stadium The parking lot at Ford Field is far away and very expensive. Once the game day comes, the area is almost a traffic jam.

The Red Rebel Stadium is different. It is located at the intersection of four roads. There are some overpass routes that can directly lead from the underground parking lot of the stadium to the road in the direction you want to return. Although there will be some traffic jams on game days, the Red Rebel Stadium But it is well managed and monitored at all times, so there will be no congestion.

Externally at the Red Rebels Theme Park, the Red Rebels purchased a piece of land as a parking lot. Like the underground parking lot, this parking lot is free for fans with game tickets, and Manchester United's Old Trafford The parking fee in Germany is as high as 5 pounds, and when it is more expensive, it even reaches 0 pounds.

In addition, the modern facilities of the Red Rebel Stadium are world-famous, especially its eye-catching and beautiful appearance. It is also known as one of the most modern buildings. It is compared with the Bird's Nest of the Beijing Olympics, but Old Trafford The appearance of the German Stadium looks very rustic, not as good as the Red Rebel Stadium.

The Red Rebel Stadium and Old Trafford are also different in terms of business atmosphere.

Manchester United has cooperated with bookmakers and opened a betting window at home. Although it is not a guessing game that is popular in the world, they are only making legal bets on player goals, but this is still a kind of gambling, which also shows Manchester United's business philosophy. .

However, no one can find any gambling windows or shops at the Red Rebel Stadium or even the Red Rebel Theme Park. They can't even buy tobacco because the Red Rebel Theme Park implements a no-smoking policy. Fans want to If you want to bet on football, you can do it. Just leave the Red Rebel Theme Park and go to the business district opposite.

In this regard, fans who support the Red Rebel system will praise the Red Rebels, but some fans with gambling habits will mind the inhumanity of the Red Rebels, and they always have to travel so far to place bets.

Of course, despite differences in business philosophy, both teams can be regarded as successful wealthy clubs.

Since this game was Manchester United's home game, Manchester United naturally restricted the number of fans of the Red Rebels who came to watch the game, but there were still many Red Rebels fans who came outside the stadium to cheer for the team.

As for this game, both Mourinho and Ferguson seem to attach great importance to it. The staffing of both sides is quite neat. The Red Rebels have Drogba and Terry who are slightly injured, but the Red Rebels are missing. On the Rebels' forward line, Aguero is the main force this season, and at the back, the Red Rebels also have Vidic, a reserve defender, who can fill in the gaps.

Manchester United does not have many injuries. Gary Neville is injured, Senna has accumulated yellow cards and is suspended, and Quaresma is injured, but it is not known whether he can make it to this game. This has become a major hidden danger in Ferguson's lineup.

It can be said that both sides know each other well, and no one wants to lose this world-famous game, especially Manchester United, sitting at home, they hope to win the Red Rebels and try to tie the points.

But on the other hand, Ferguson is also worried. After all, the Red Rebels' offense is very powerful this season, averaging more than 100 goals per game. This attack power ranks first in Europe. The trident of Ronaldinho, Aguero and Messi, plus Kaká, who is in excellent form despite falling into a goal drought, and the combination of Cesc Fabregas, De Rossi and Essien behind him are becoming more and more understanding.

With such a powerful lineup, although Ferguson has confidence in the team's players, he still has to worry about whether Manchester United can sustain the Red Rebels' offense?

You know, last season Manchester United was at home because Ferguson wanted to attack, but was scored two goals in a row. In the end, it was Ferguson who made adjustments to stabilize the situation. The situation is still similar today.

There will be no big surprises with Mourinho's tactics. He should still stick to his usual strategy of attacking and controlling the game. The key depends on Ferguson. Does he want to attack? Still want to defend?

This seems to have become a difficult problem for Ferguson to solve.