Chapter 111 The Real Manchester City Chinese Derby

On the first day of the Lunar New Year in 2003, Yin Jun finally scored a goal as he wished and sent his blessings to fans from faraway homeland.

The final score of this game was also locked at 3:0, and neither side scored another goal.

Originally, Fanny almost rewritten the score at the end of the game, but was sacrificed by Southampton goalkeeper and blocked Fanny's shot.

Then, in this game, the starting goalkeepers of both sides ended up due to injury, which also created an alternative record.

Although Manchester United won a big victory, they failed to get close to the top, because at the same time, Arsenal defeated Fulham with a score of 2:1 and continued to maintain a 6-point lead over Manchester United.

However, Arsenal's advantage was finally reduced by Manchester United three days later. At 7:30 pm local time on February 4, local time in the UK, the home team Birmingham City was defeated 2:0 by Manchester United, who was away from home.

In the first half, Birmingham, who was at Andrews' home court, performed outstandingly in front of nearly 30,000 spectators. They relied on fierce pressing to make Manchester United's big-name stars unable to perform. Young player Clemens showed his competitive level of being able to cope with first-team events in the Premier League, and he had no chance at Tottenham before.

Manchester United lacked injured goalkeeper Butters in this game. Yin Jun played as a midfielder in the 4231 formation arranged by Ferguson, but they tried again and again in the first half without any chance. However, in just 10 minutes in the second half, Manchester United took the lead with Fanny's goal, Birmingham coach Bruce found that his team had difficulty maintaining the rhythm of the first half, and then conceded the second goal in just 4 minutes. The assists of the two goals were Yin Jun.

Although Yin Jun did not score a goal, he was still ranked as the best in the game after the game because of two assists.

The 6-game winning streak has allowed Manchester United to continue to chase the leader Arsenal, which is only 3 points away from them.

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After two consecutive away games in the Premier League, Manchester United can finally return to home games, and their opponents are Manchester City.

This is the second leg of the Manchester City derby this season. In the previous first leg of the two sides, Manchester United, who was away from Maine Road Stadium, finally lost 2:3, and suffered the third defeat in the league this season.

In this game, the Red Devils are determined to take revenge, and at the same time they maintain their winning streak, and continue to put pressure on Arsenal, the top spot. However, due to the defeat in the first round, Ferguson still seemed relatively cautious and played in a 4231 formation. Roy Keane and Scholes partnered with two midfielders, while the trio on the front line were Beckham, Yin Jun, Giggs, and Fanny as single arrows.

For Manchester City, Sun Jihai also got a starting opportunity and played as the right wingback in the 352 formation.

Although Yin Jun and Sun Jihai were going to fly back to China together after the game, they were going to decide the outcome on the court.

Although Yin Jun is a midfielder on the court and has few opportunities to go directly to Sun Jihai who plays on the right, when the game really begins, Chinese fans find that the two of them face the opportunity to face each other is beyond expectations. Because Manchester United, who vows to score three-pointers at home, launched wave after wave of attacks on Manchester City's goal after the opening. Yin Jun, as a midfielder, is the most active player on the court, and he is everywhere in the midfield and frontcourt.

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Manchester United also quickly broke through Manchester City's defense through Yin Jun's dispatch in the midfield. In the 18th minute, Yin Jun received a pass from Keane in the midfield and made a diagonal pass, tearing the Manchester City's defense line up, allowing Giggs to receive the ball behind Manchester City's right defense line.

Yin Jun’s pass was exactly what he was looking for behind Sun Jihai!

Giggs made a cross after breaking through on the left side of the penalty area. Manchester City defender Sommel missed a man from the middle, and Van Nie scored a goal from the right side of the small penalty area. This was the Dutch's 27th goal this season.

This goal quickly made the atmosphere of Old Trafford rise. More than 60,000 Manchester United fans who came to watch the game on site gave a shocking cheer.

However, just one minute later, a deafening boo sounded at Old Trafford Stadium. It was not that Manchester United lost the ball, but that the fans gave the boo to the referee on duty, Willie.

This was Manchester City quickly stolen by Manchester United after kickoff. After Yin Jun received the pass near the center line, he drove straight in. He dribbled the ball from the left side of the penalty area and broke through Sun Jihai and Somer for consecutive years before breaking into the penalty area. The angry Somer kicked him down behind him, but the referee Willy refused to award a penalty, which made Ferguson on the sidelines directly rushed out of the coach's seat and ran to the sidelines to roar in the field. The Manchester United spectators in the stands presented the most violent booing to the 43-year-old "old referee".

No wonder Ferguson and Manchester United fans were extremely dissatisfied. The replay of the TV video proved that the decision of the referee Alan Willie was wrong. Sommel kicked Yin Jun from behind and broke into the penalty area when Yin Jun completed the breakthrough and was completely impossible to obtain the ball.

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In the 26th minute, Manchester United attempted to replicate the first goal here. Roy Keane passed the ball directly in the frontcourt. Yin Jun quickly passed the ball after receiving the ball. Beckham broke through and made a cross near the sideline. Nash confiscated the cross in front of the goal against the Dutchman Van Nicht.

In the subsequent games, Manchester City strengthened its offense while lagging behind, but it was still unable to form a fatal opportunity in the frontcourt. Manchester United began to fight a defensive counterattack, hoping to use the opponent's short space in the backcourt to expand the results.

Under this rhythm of the game, Yin Jun, as the team's midfielder, became the most eye-catching person. As the team's offensive hub, he constantly uses his sharp breakthroughs and lightweight left and right dispatches to sort out Manchester United's offense and provide ammunition to forward players.

However, both sides performed very steadily on the defensive end, and the score on the field was not rewritten. Until the end of the first half, Manchester United still led the game at home.

Yin Jun is Manchester United's best performance in the first half, and Sun Jihai, who played the right forward in the first half, ran well in defense and performed relatively actively in offense. Two Chinese players joined forces to contribute a wonderful half-game to the world.

This made the fans in China who watched this game in prime time very happy. In their opinion, this is the real derby between the Chinese, because the two Chinese players on the court play key roles, even core characters, rather than insignificant roles.
Chapter completed!