Golden Greenery

The date of the European Super Cup is getting earlier and earlier. In the past, it was always put together with the UEFA season awards and draw ceremony, which was basically at the end of August. But since UEFA parted ways with Monaco, the UEFA Super Cup has gradually been moved forward, until early August.

Since 2013, the UEFA Super Cup has not been held at the Louis II Stadium in Monaco. Instead, like a seeder, it will be held in places other than the five major leagues.

This year, the 2017 European Super Cup came to the Philip II Stadium in Skopje, the capital of Macedonia, for the Manchester Derby.

Philip II was Philip II, the father of the famous Alexander the Great.

Macedonia is a mountainous country in the Balkan Peninsula separated from the former South Korea. It is neatly surrounded by Serbia, Albania, Greece and Bulgaria. So although Macedonia is on a peninsula, it is a miserable landlocked country.

What’s even more tragic is that Macedonia is about to lose its name, because the arrogant Greece on the peninsula does not allow them to call it the current name. The reason is that the inheritance and core area of ​​the ancient Macedonian Empire are all in Greece today. Now known as 'Aegean Macedonia'.

Although Greece is not a powerful country, it obviously has more say than Macedonia, so now people are accustomed to calling Macedonia "former South Macedonia" or "North Macedonia".

Macedonia himself said: Brother, please calm down and let me think about it.

After countless visits, the first official overseas Manchester derby finally came, but the most dazzling star of the two teams, Zhuo Yang, was absent.

In the Champions League final two months ago, Zhuoyang used a red card to save Manchester City the championship in order to prevent Ronaldo's possible quasi-win at the last moment of the game. Because of Real Madrid's complaints, he was additionally punished and suspended for two games.

Without Real Madrid's complaints, Zhuoyang wouldn't be able to play in this game. At least a one-game suspension would be the dignity of a red card.

However, Zhuoyang will not miss today's occasion. He said: Although I can't participate, I can participate to receive the award.

Zhuoyang has six Champions League championships so far, ranking first among active players, but only has four European Super Cup championships, but this is still the first among active players.

Of the four European Super Leagues, two were won as UEFA Cup champions, both in Madiburg. Apart from this, he has only won the European Super League with Milan and Real Madrid in the Champions League.

If he missed it, he also asked whether he would miss Manchester City tonight. In fact, Zhuo Yang was not sure.

In the pre-season warm-up, although Manchester City performed very well, the only game they lost was to Manchester United. Of course, you can't decide the warm-up matches, so those wins don't count.

After the opening ceremony with the enthusiastic singing and dancing of the Macedonian people, the two sides took the stage. Guardiola today arranged the exact same starting lineup as he played against West Ham United in Iceland four days ago, 3-5-2 to serve the old enemy Mu Bird.

Ederson, Kompany, Stones, Otamendi, Danilo, Dimbrone, Fernando, Silva, Sane, Akun, Jesus.

Coincidentally, Mourinho also played 3-5-2. In front of De Gea stood Lindelof, Smalling, and Darmian, while Valencia and Lingard were on the left and right wings of the midfield. Matic dragged the back and squatted, Herrera connected in series, and Pogba was a free man.

Forward line Lukaku and Mkhitaryan,

The classic combination of one high and one fast.

In fact, Manchester United is even worse than Manchester City. Zhuoyang and Mendy on Manchester City's side are suspended and injured, while Manchester United's Eric Bailly and Phil Jones are suspended. Baiyi received a red card and Jones missed a drug test.

Four other generals including Rojo, Ashley Young, Luke Shaw and Carrick are injured. The good thing about Manchester United is that the three major players introduced in the summer window all started today.

Due to the arrival of Kante last season, Serbian midfielder Nemanja Matic's performance at Chelsea was not as eye-catching as before, and due to injuries, he was deprived of a lot of playing space by Fabregas.

The more critical issue is that Matic only earns 70,000 pounds a week at Chelsea, which is obviously low for a midfielder with the world's first-class midfielder level. Chelsea is still unwilling to give him a salary increase and is asking for a transfer to reserve a pension for himself.

After Chelsea bought 23-year-old Bakayoko from Monaco, Matic couldn't leave. Mourinho has long been interested in him. Manchester United prefers all players with the surname "Ma".

With a transfer fee of 50 million pounds, Chelsea considered themselves to have done a good business, which somewhat avenged Lukaku's robbery, and Matic's salary at Manchester United was doubled compared to ours.

This year is Mourinho’s second season at Manchester United. Mourinho’s second season is always the most productive season. No one can predict how much noise Manchester United can make this season. Maybe last season’s UEFA Cup was just an appetizer for the Red Devils. .

Italian referee Gianluca Rocchi blew the whistle and the game began.

It can be said that it is a tit-for-tat match. Manchester City presses from a high position as always. Manchester United does not press from a high position, but they stay close to the ball. This is not retaliation. Mourinho's team has this style, but it is just more fierce today.

I have always only robbed others, but today I met someone who was better at robbing. Not long after the start, Manchester City began to lose ground. Manchester City's midfielder is not strong enough, this is an indisputable fact.

But softness has its benefits, and whoever uses it knows it.

As both free agents in the midfield and frontcourt, Pogba is naturally darker and tougher than David Silva, but Silva played very smart today. Pogba can obviously rely on his body to make a living, but he insists on showing off his skills, while Silva, who is technology-oriented, breaks Manchester United's envelope with his coquettish movements.

The first one appeared on the right side of Manchester United's defense, that is, behind Wa Bushe. After receiving Ding Ding's pass, he turned around and pulled the ball to avoid Smalling. His movements were as light as David Messi's.

The pass passed towards the penalty area, but it was a pity that Jesus couldn't squeeze out Lindelof, and he broke the baseline first.

After Tintin's corner kick was taken, Stones used his "six-meridian divine head" in the middle of the penalty area, which sometimes worked well and sometimes failed. He made an enchanting diving dive from the gap and hit the football accurately on the crossbar.

After rebounding, it fell at the feet of Pogba who seemed to be watching the scenery. His dribbling steps made Mourinho just about to open his mouth to curse, but he finally passed the ball.

The footwork is really not good, the long pass accurately found the running Lukaku, the little monster seemed to be clumsy to pass the ball, but it cut all the way to the middle.

Lukaku was alone, and his angry shot rose from the ground.

The central defender had not yet returned to his position, and Silva magically appeared at the blocking point again. Lukaku's explosive shot hit Silva, which made him want to cry in pain, but he was also very proud.

David Silva is 31 this year. In fact, he is very nervous this summer, and he knows it. And the performance of the second spring is the answer he gave.

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