Manchester is located in the north-central part of England. Manchester has a humid climate and a temperate marine climate that is mild and rainy all year round.

Such a climate will not be too hot all year round.

Even if August is the hottest month in Manchester, the average temperature is only 20℃.

Like London, Manchester is also a city that loves raining extremely, with annual precipitation of about 809 mm. Therefore, it is also called Rain City.

But today, it was a rare sunny day.

After a simple process, Manchester United and Arsenal captains Giggs and Fabregas surrounded the referee and prepared for the side guessing ceremony.

Before throwing the coin, the referee signaled the two captains to choose the side guessing device.

Giggs chose portrait faces, while Fabregas chose football faces.

The edge guesser rolls in the air.

After ten seconds, the answer was revealed.

"Good luck." Looking at the side guessing device in the referee's palm, Giggs blew a whistle happily.

A good start will always give people a good experience.

Giggs chose the West side as the team's side pick in the first half.

The west stands at Old Trafford are Manchester United's main stands, and the most loyal fans are all located in this area.

Because this stand is close to Manchester's Stretford End, it was once called the Stratford stand.

In the 1990s, before the reconstruction of Old Trafford Stadium, there was only one floor on this stand, and there were only a ladder and no seats. This floor alone could accommodate 20,000 real fans to watch the game.

This stand was converted into a full seat today because of the tragedy at Hillsborough Stadium in 1989.

In the 1989 FA Cup semi-finals, both sides were Liverpool and Nottingham Forest. The fans on both sides were extremely enthusiastic, and because of the poor management on the scene and the inappropriate temporary measures of the police, as well as the fanatical atmosphere at that time, and the driven by some football hooligans who were free of wind and waves, there was a silence of crowding and stampede accidents.

96 fans lost their lives in the accident and 766 were injured.

To create such a major incident, of course, it is necessary to investigate and rectify it.

To this end, the British Parliament specially appointed the then Justice Peter Taylor to lead the formation of an investigation team to investigate the tragedy, in order to find out the cause of the tragedy and propose reasonable and effective measures for the safety of watching games in large stadiums.

The investigation team lasted for half a year and issued the interim and final report of the "Hillsburg Football Stadium Accident Investigation Report". Because the leader was Peter Taylor, these two reports were called the "Taylor Report".

The Taylor Report pointed out that the police were unable to stabilize the emotions of the fans who watched the game in the stadium in time, which was the source of the accident. Based on this, it was suggested that the main stadiums in the UK should change all the stands in the stands into seats.

Of course, the report also mentioned many other problems and rectification plans. However, the full-seater recommendation is undoubtedly the biggest highlight.

Due to the Taylor Report, all Premier League and English League One clubs were ordered to use the full-seat stands starting from the 1994/95 season.

The Stratford stand, which is in full seats at Old Trafford, was also demolished and replaced with the current cantilever seat stand, and was officially renamed the West stand.

Of course, the name of Stratford stands remains in the hearts of old fans and is passed down by word of mouth.

The famous French star Eric Cantona was once given the title of "King of the Stretford End" because of conquering this stand. Later, when translated into China, it became the nickname "King" that Chinese fans talked about.

Giggs chose to pick the side, and the ball was therefore on Arsenal's side.

The East Stand area where Arsenal is located is the area where the scoreboard is located.

Fans of the visiting team were also arranged here.

Well, there are also disabled people, and a few fans in wheelchairs, scattered on the guardrails of the east stands, which is very conspicuous.

Arsenal kicked off in the middle circle with forward striker Van Persie and Eb, who played right-back in this game.

As soon as the referee's whistle fell, Van Persie rubbed the ball to Eb on his right.

Both Ivorian players, Eb and the old captain Kloe Toure, who has transferred to Manchester City, are still alumni. They graduated from the same football school.

Like Toure, Eb was originally a full-back.

But Bakari Sarnia's joining made Eb lose his right-back position.

Although Sarnia is also a black man, she is 6 times the transfer value of Eb. She just joined and took over the reality of the team's legendary full-back Ashley Cole's 3 jersey, and the French household registration book like the head coach.

Eb really can't imagine how strong he is compared to Sarnia.

From the main player to the rotation player, Eb can certainly feel this gap.

So the Ivorians are unwilling to miss any opportunity.

After receiving the pass from Van Persie, Edu immediately tried to drive the ball to Manchester United's half-court attack.

In the end, you have to have dreams, what if it comes true one day.

But this time, Edu failed to realize his dream.

As Manchester United's forward striker, Chen Qing moved his position and ran towards Edu at the first time.

Chen Qing's defensive skills are average, but his advantage lies in his concentration, and Chen Qing's physical fitness is also top-notch.

Seeing an Eastern Hokage, Edu felt at first that he could take a tough route. After all, the physique of a black man seemed to give people a little better than other people of color.

After Edu turned his body sideways and protected the ball, he leaned heavily towards Chen Qing's position twice, trying to break through Chen Qing, or at least squeeze out a gap to complete the breakthrough.

But Edu soon realized that he had taken it for granted.

Chen Qing didn't move at all, and even pushed Edu a few steps to the side.

The Ivorians almost threw the ball away.

Seeing that things were not done, Edu took advantage of the situation and pulled it to the side.

Perhaps he thought Chen Qing might be a muscular guy. Edu fell down the sole of his feet and tweaked the ball, tried two fake moves, trying to pass Chen Qing.

Edu's first fake move failed, and Chen Qing didn't even sway at all.

However, afterwards, Edu rode a bicycle several times in a row, which made Chen Qing feel like a sensation.

But after Edu finished getting rid of it, he had not had time to be proud for too long. He just ran two steps away from the ball, and Chen Qing turned around and chased him back.

Such hungry concentration made Edu feel a little difficult.

Edu felt that even if he changed his flag, a professional defender like himself might not be able to do better than Chen Qing.

Edu did not make any other attempts, but passed the ball back to Fabregas who was coming forward to receive the ball.

Now Edu ran to the frontcourt again, and Chen Qing did not continue to chase after him.

After all, Chen Qing is a single striker, so it is impossible for him to focus all his energy on defending the opponent.

Without Chen Qing's restraint, Edu finally rode his horse for a while in Manchester United's halftime.

Fabregas's broad vision and accurate long pass allowed Edou to get a long shot from the right side of the penalty area about 30 yards away from the goal.

But players who are defenders don’t have such good footwork.
Chapter completed!