3 reasons why the Manchester derby is so hot

(Baonghean.vn) - It is not by chance that experts have rated this year's Manchester derby as the number 1 "match worth watching in the season", even more than the classic match between Real Madrid and Barcelona. For the following 3 reasons, this match is of interest and expectation to football fans around the world.

1. The emergence of world football masters

At the same time, MU and Man City both appointed new coaches, Jose Mourinho at Old Trafford and Pep Guardiola at Etihad. Up to now, Mourinho has had a total of 768 matches in his coaching career. In these 768 matches, the Portuguese strategist won 508 times, drew 154 times and lost only 106 times, achieving a winning rate of 66%. These two veteran strategists have the same 18 titles.

Mourinho and Guardiola are eternal rivals on the coaching bench - Photo: Internet.

If Mourinho owns 8 National Championships, 7 domestic tournament titles, 2 Champions Leagues and 1 UEFA Cup, Guardiola is not far behind with 6 National Championships, 4 domestic tournament titles, 2 Champions Leagues, 3 European Super Cups and 3 FIFA Club World Cup titles.

However, in terms of head-to-head record, Guardiola completely dominates the MU coach. In 16 encounters with the Spanish strategist, Guardiola won 7, drew 6 and lost only 3.

Whoever wins this match has the right to say I am the best coach in the world.

2. Big ambition and boldness

Last year, Man City almost fell out of the top 4 and MU lost their ticket to the Champions League. That touched the pride of the Man City owners and the fans of the two colors of blue and red. Along with that, this English Premier League TV copyright package started from the beginning of the season, the clubs had 5.1 billion VND/season to spend on shopping. money.

“English football is not just a game on the pitch, it’s also a game of money on the table,” said a representative of market research and analysis Deloitte. Two clubs relegated from the English Premier League last season, Aston Villa and Newcastle, also had transfer spending at the beginning of the season that exceeded the two Spanish giants Real Madrid and Barcelona. Serie A, meanwhile, was only half the size of the Premier League, with a total spending of £590 million.

Man Utd's signings this season.

It is not surprising that Man City and MU are the two teams that spent the most, with a total of 338 million pounds to sign contracts with 16 players, of which 181 million pounds came from Man City and 157 million pounds came from MU. The third team is Juventus with 138 million pounds, followed by Chelsea (120 million) and Barcelona (104 million).

Coach Mourinho had already calculated the favorite students who would follow him to Old Trafford before taking office. Meanwhile, Pep Guardiola also had Txiki Begiristain and Ferran Soriano, two of Pep's former effective associates at Barcelona, ​​to assist in "headhunting".

Looking at the two rich men from Manchester shopping wildly, Coach Wenger, who is known as a "stingy guy", bitterly lamented: "In Europe there are two transfer markets, one is for England alone, the other is for the rest of Europe."

Whichever team wins will have the right to be proud of being a "smart consumer", even though they spend a lot of money on buying players.

3. The confrontation of the confrontation records

MU broke the world transfer record with 89 million pounds for Paul Pogba, while Man City broke the transfer record for a "blockbuster" defender John Stones with 47.5 million pounds. People are looking forward to the confrontation of the 22-year-old center-back who just moved from Everton to Etihad against the young talent Paul Pogba of Old Trafford.

Obviously, spending a lot of money to "renew" both generals and soldiers, the Manchester owners are not just to enjoy watching the derby. Even the Premier League championship will not be enough for them, Pep is even thinking about the 2016/2017 Champions League final right now. But before letting the world see that, they have the most worth-watching match of the season this year at 6:30 p.m. (Vietnam time) on September 10, 2016 at Old Trafford.

AT(synthetic)