Chapter 162 Manchester City Has No Foundation

Coco said her favorite British city is Edinburgh.

It is true that, except in winter, Edinburgh is an almost perfect city, and she deserves the favor of the Habsburg Duchess of Vienna.

However, Edinburgh is a British city, but not an English city. It is the capital of Scotland, located in the north of England.

The UK is very small, only 2/3 the size of Japan. But Britain also gives people a big impression. With seven continents and four oceans, the British Empire once ruled 1/4 of the world's population and 1/4 of the land.

With an area of ​​34 million square kilometers, the colonial area is 141 times that of the mainland. The arrogant Temujin and the Mongol-Yuan Empire have never achieved this, so English is now the universal language in the world.

Manchester is in the center of Great Britain and in the north of England. Compared to London and Birmingham to the south, Manchester is less hazy.

Manchester will not be as sunny as Madrid, but its cloudy days are within the acceptable range, unlike Londoners who never know what the stars are.

You can see the stars in Manchester. On a clear night, the Big Dipper and Polaris seem to be right above your head.

Which is the second largest city in the UK, Birmingham or Manchester? This issue has always been controversial. From the perspective of city area and population size, Birmingham's second place seems undisputed, while Manchester only ranks seventh in the UK in these two categories.

But ask the British and they will tell you that Manchester is the second capital. In terms of influence, Manchester City has left Birmingham far behind. And Liverpool wanted to speak, but no one cared what he thought.

Ask the same question to foreigners, especially foreigners who are not football fans, and they will ask you: Is there a second city in the UK?

London is one of the four major central cities in Europe. It is said that Manchester, the second largest city in the UK, has only 500,000 people. This is the tragedy in the shadow of the giant. However, from a football perspective, the Manchester City duo are not at all sad in front of the London powers.

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The origin of football is Cuju played in Qi State during the Spring and Autumn Period of China, which is officially certified by FIFA. The ancient football game was invented by General Cheng Zhijie of the Tang Dynasty. However, there is no archaeological document to prove it. There are only such rumors.

It is basically public opinion that modern football originated in the UK. Don't argue about non-principled issues. Therefore, British football clubs were born very early, not a hundred years ago, and they are not qualified to say hello to others when they go out.

Manchester City Club was born in 1880, the year Edison had just applied for a patent for the light bulb.

In the beginning this was a church team,

And it has a great connection with the mysterious Freemasonry. From the beginning to the present, Manchester City has been a lifelong member of British football. It has won and lost. The greatest achievement is that it has remained active on the first-line football stage to this day.

In the early years, more British teams disappeared than survived. Now everyone can see the lucky ones, and Manchester City is one of them.

There are more than a dozen football clubs in the entire Manchester region, and there are also five or six that survive in professional leagues all year round. However, there are only Manchester United and Manchester City in the city, guarding the south and north of the city respectively.

After football became highly commercialized in the 1980s, the status of Manchester United and Manchester City can be compared to Barcelona, ​​​​Barcelona and Espanyol.

Manchester City has never been wealthy in their ancestors. After the concept of wealthy football came into being, they have never touched the threshold, and they cannot be considered a wealthy family until now. Even if 2 million dollars of money comes, Manchester City will give the world the impression of a nouveau riche. They will be jealous of him, but will not respect him.

Compared with the giants, Manchester City has history but no foundation. It was once a lifter in the English league. The last time they reached the third tier in 1, they returned to the Premier League two years later. In that team, there was a Chinese player named Sun Jihai.

In the past, Manchester City was far away from the prestigious English clubs such as Manchester United and Liverpool. However, Sheikh Mansour and the Abu Dhabi consortium in the United Arab Emirates had easy money, so Henry's purchase of Liverpool the following year was only 380 million.

However, in the six years after buying it, Mansour spent another US$1.5 billion on Manchester City. In terms of pure expenses, it is far more generous than the Americans.

The current star of Manchester City should be Akun, the 28-year-old Sergio Aguero. If Aguero is compared to Liverpool or Manchester United, then the former Manchester City can be compared to Fabian Delph.

Delphi, 27, moved to Manchester City from Aston Villa for £8 million last summer and is originally from Guyana.

Delphi can play as a left midfielder or a left back. He is a fringe international player for the England national team. He was a pure substitute under Pellegrini last season. He has been replaced by Guardiola this season. If nothing else, his situation should not be the same. There are obvious changes.

Zhuo Yang did not know Delphi before, and had not even heard of him. But on the first day he came to Manchester City's training center, the Etihad Base, the first thing he did was deal with Delphi.

In the Manchester City team, Zhuoyang still has some acquaintances, at least Aguero is one, and Yaya Toure is his old teammate in Barcelona.

But there was no other reason to deal with Delphi first, just because after Manchester City officially announced Zhuo Yang's joining, Delphi took the initiative to give up the No. 18 jersey as soon as possible.

Manchester City doesn't have much heritage, so the team number has no heritage significance. Before Delphi, Manchester City's No. 18 was worn by Frank Lampard on loan for a year in the 2014-15 season, the same Lampard from Chelsea.

Although it was Delphi's duty to hand over the No. 18, for Zhuo Yang, it was etiquette to express his gratitude.

Zhuo Yang has not worn another number since his debut in the Madibao youth team in 2002, and No. 18 has already left his mark. However, in the past few years, transfers have been everywhere, and only this time I got it in Manchester City without any effort.

2 It was purely a favor from Jankulovski and also out of Raiola’s favor. Jancu left Milan in the summer of 2011, and half a year later he announced his retirement with his hometown team, Banik Club Ostrava in the Czech Republic.

At first, Milito had a little trouble because of the No. 18 jersey, but finally gave in under Laporta's Wia. After Barcelona won the Triple Crown in 2011, Gabriel Milito moved back to Argentina for independence and retired a year later. This summer, Milito Jr. just took over as the head coach of the Independence team.

When he went to Real Madrid in 2011, Zhuoyang spent 2 million euros to buy No. 18 from Albiol of 'Dirty Dancing'. However, when Dirty Dance moved to Naples two years later, he donated the two million to '18 No. Fund'.

Those who went to Naples from Real Madrid at the same time were "Little Motorcycle" Callejon and "Little Smoking Gun" Higuain. This summer Higuain went to Juventus at a price, and Dirty Dancing and Little Motorcycle still stayed in Naples. They have been the absolute main force of the team over the years.

Only this time, the No. 18 jersey was completely effortless. Zhuoyang, who came back from the dead, has become a legend in football. Not to mention that Fabian Delphi has no reluctance, as he himself said: This is my honor.