The conversion of Manchester in world football capital
The conversion of Manchester in world football capital
When Pep Guardiola appear on his new job in the City, it seems as if trying to make his lawn and more enjoyable. Green of the verse. "Etihad" is somewhat greener than green, the other competitors in the Premier League. Brings garlic flavor that is reminiscent of Mediterranean cuisine. This fragrance is due to the special variety of grass from Belgium. But in the City is so - everything is special. The wall painted in light blue dressing room hangs a clock that measures time to the thousandth of a second, this is the atomic time. But there is nothing surprising because Manchester is already home to the perfectionist Pep Guardiola. However, it is necessary to divide the city with its large antipode Jose Mourinho, who sat a few kilometers southwest of the "Old Trafford". And there's all special, just a taste of one who himself called Special, only the grass does not smell so good. Overall, however, for both everything is prepared perfectly.
This Saturday City travel to United and life in England will stop. Then the whole world will watch two most famous coaches who are irreconcilable enemies will face for the first time against each other on an island in the city derby Manchester. United against City, "blue" versus "red", the first against third in the standings, Red Devils against the Nationals. Or if we reduce things to the coaches, it is a battle of purista with pragmatics, a contemporary Game of Thrones. And Pep and Jose have won 2 times Champions League are won any trophies, but incidentally are exchanged and countless vulgarity each other. In direct their balance Catalan leads with 7 wins against 3 for the Portuguese. But when it comes to crossing the border, Mourinho is definitely talented. Everyone remembers the time during matches for the Spanish Super Cup in 2011, when Jose put his finger in the eye of assistant Pep - already late Tito Vilanova. So now everyone in Manchester have bristled new portion remarkable events of a similar nature.
Before Spain Jose and Pep were separated by the distance between Madrid and Barcelona, but now they are separated by less than 10 kilometers. With public transport distance between the club based on the City and "Old Trafford", which will take derby shall be taken within 20 minutes. It was time for a little history: most of the inhabitants of Manchester support City, which was created in the late XIX century order to blunt the street fights that were routine at the time. Then a vicar received divine inspiration and shouted: "Give them a ball and let them play!" This started with the City. United emerged later as a club of Railways, Irish and Catholics, but now much more famous globally for titles, triumphs and tragedies of his.
Now Manchester is the home of capitalism and a symbol of the modern. There home of created BBC Media City, which employs more than 60 thousand. People. The idea around it is experience in the old industrial region to build antipode of London, so it is in theory. In practice, however, politicians have long been at home in Manchester. In 2 years, most recently last October Liberals gather at congresses in the city, and this leads to demonstrations, insults, throw eggs, etc. But when it comes time for football, all fading. Then anarchists and anticapitalists storm pubs and suddenly become meek and frenetic supporters of the richest in the most kapitalistichestkata football league in the world. This is also a Manchester!
Gary James teaches sports history at the local university. It has a whole series of wise books about football history of the city and is adamant: "In Manchester we are not rich. The vast majority of us work hard, tuned rebel and take great pride in their city." This is also true for fans of the city, and those of United. As a fan of Gary City is accustomed to grief. Relegation, entries, again fell, insults, which did not even come from the city and from Trafford who, speaking theoretically, even was not within Manchester. So fans of the Red Devils are considered more a fledgling football tourists. Therefore, one of the jokes of the City after losing to United read: "Now they wait 10 hours bad mood on the way back to Shanghai!" But the truth is that this joke is not so walk. Especially since sheikhs bought City. They have as much money as and sand and pumped quickly to the club real competitor to United. Which Manchester became the capital of world football.
Now both clubs are rich, and in the summer Mourinho and Guardiola shopped like there was no tomorrow. City invested 213 mln. Euros on new players, including talented German internationals Ilkay Gyundohgan and Leroy Sanne. United again pulled 105 million. For Paul Pogba - a world record that made even the legendary Gary Lineker to wonder if the Frenchman is not the most overrated player in the world. At the expense of Paul, however Zlatan Ibrahimovic arrived at "Old Trafford" no transfer fee. In football, Manchester is the center of turbokapitalizma in which there is no room for sentimentality. An example of this is Mourinho, who side by United, without batting an eye, the world champion Bastian Schweinsteiger. In the City does Guardiola kicked in his typical style a pile of high-priced staff, including crowd favorite Joe Hart.
In the days before the derby former German international Dietmar Hamann ('43) spent afternoons in a cool bar in Olderley Edge green collar Manchester. Hamann, a former City midfielder, lives nearby in the area, which is inhabited by many of the stars of both clubs. There is full of flashy restaurants, with real estate brokers, with Barovsky cars and beautiful women. Now Hamann, who played for Newcastle, but spent his best years at Liverpool, Sky analyst and therefore every weekend arrives in Germany, and also works for the BBC. He is well acquainted with the Premier League and the Bundesliga and argues that much money in the UK are not a plus for local football. "I think the level in Germany is higher" cut bravely Haman. He was quite confused by everything that is happening now in the Premier League. Including the first host city for the new season (2: 1) against Sunderland, which remained unsold tickets. "This should serve as an alarm for the loss of touch with ordinary people. Now players think they keep in touch with fans because wrote on Twitter," Haman is surprised. He viewed with distrust and to Guardiola: "I'm skeptical about the results you will achieve in the City. It has come to win the Champions League.
Title in the league could be bought, perhaps. But international field that can not happen! Whether Manchester is now the capital of world football? I do not think so. But it's super that Pep and Jose are part of the picture. After 10, the two will sit on their boats and will tell their children how many titles are won, highlighting in particular, which they were rivals. "Returning from green collar towards Manchester city fall of spectacular construction site. Across center The city build. Efforts are new lines for trams make new paths for cyclists raise new buildings in Media city, new hotels, Manchester became the strength of the North. Similar is the situation in the city and United, led by their new managers. their projects are currently unfinished, but promise a better future. that's what makes them so impressive. they ego maniacs Pep and Jose are ready to fight for their Game of thrones. so Manchester is now silent, England is silent, the world is astonished. And only the ignorant say: "It's just football!"