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On Monday, August 15, as Blue Moon Manchester City slaughtered newly promoted Swansea City 4-0 at home, the first round of the Premier League ended.

Then people discovered that out of the nine games, only four could determine the winner. And the one currently at the top of the list is not Manchester City, who slaughtered the newly promoted team with four goals at home, but Bolton!

Bolton's original opponent was one of the other two promoted teams, Queens Park Rangers. As a result, Bolton's visit as a guest gave them a taste of the cruelty of the Premier League and gave them a 0:4 defeat.

Then, both teams scored 4 goals and had a goal difference of 4. Bolton, relying on the advantage of their English initials, temporarily ranked first in the Premier League standings.

Manchester United, which had a difficult away win, is ranked third.

As for the other game in this round, Tottenham's home game against Everton, it was forced to be postponed. This is the first time since the London riots that an English top-flight match has been postponed.

In recent days, the front-page headlines of major British media outlets have been reports on the riots in London. The riots have caused countless British shops to be looted, and ordinary people have been injured and displaced. Now football has also become a victim, and people's predictions about the first round of the Premier League being postponed are coming true. At least the opening game between Tottenham and Everton has been determined not to be played this weekend.

Major British media immediately reported the news of the postponement of the Premier League opening game.

The "Daily Mail" immediately disclosed this major incident under the title "Riots 2011: Tottenham vs. Everton postponed", saying that the two teams became the first Premier League victims of the London riots.

In addition, almost all well-known British media such as the Daily Mirror, Daily Telegraph, and Sky Sports reported this regrettable news in a timely manner.

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In addition to expressing regret, the media also expressed indignation against the perpetrators of the riots.

At the same time, Premier League CEO Scudamore also confirmed the news: "Until Friday night, the police were unable to deal with the local riots in Tottenham and were unable to provide security. We respect the police's decision, so it is a pity that , Tottenham’s game against Everton will be postponed. The situation in the remaining nine games is currently quite positive. We will make everything clear at 6 o’clock tonight. It is a pity that the Tottenham game has been cancelled, but we support the decision of the police.”

Subsequently, the person involved, Tottenham, who played at home, also issued a statement on the official website about the postponement of the game: "Relevant departments decided after discussions on this weekend's Premier League match between Tottenham and Everton at home, taking into account the highway and the access to the stadium. Due to road safety issues, the game was postponed. We apologize to the fans for the inconvenience caused and there is nothing the club can do about it."

Tottenham captain Michael Dawson said regretfully: "We have been working on this for 6 weeks, but now it is gone in the first week of the new season. However, safety is the most important thing, and the police do not want to cancel the game easily."

Everton captain Phil Neville also wrote on his personal Weibo: "I am very disappointed now - training for Saturday's game for 6 weeks. But I think it is 100% the right decision, but I have been God will be extremely depressed!!!”

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It is not surprising that Tottenham became the first victim, because the Tottenham district in North London where Lilywhites is located is the birthplace of the riots, and a ticket office at White Hart Lane has also been destroyed.

Although club chairman Levy had vowed that the first round of the Premier League match against Everton would go on as scheduled, the increasingly violent riots eventually forced the Premier League to take over, and the opening game had no choice but to be postponed.

It is reported that in addition to concerns that fans would be attacked by thugs, the lack of police force in London was also an important reason why the game had to be postponed.

At present, the London riots have spread to the entire UK, including major cities such as Liverpool, Nottingham, and Birmingham, and Manchester is the largest riot in 40 years.

The decision to postpone the opening game of the new Premier League season is irreversible. In fact, since the London riots started on August 7, many games in the UK have been postponed or canceled, including the friendly match between England and the Netherlands at Wembley Stadium, and the Ghana match at Watford. Friendly match against Nigeria. The League Cup match between West Ham and Charlton became the first British domestic professional football match to be postponed due to riots.

Many Premier League players expressed their indignation that the riots had affected football, and also expressed their understanding of the decision to postpone.

Chelsea captain Terry's words are very representative. He said in an interview: "It's so unfortunate for us that so many children would have come to the stadium to watch the game, but as Dawson said, safety is the most important thing. matter."

This is not the first time in English football that football has been hijacked by violence.

The Heysel tragedy in 1985, a tragedy caused by British football hooligans, caused British football to be banned for 5 years, and Liverpool, which was the first to bear the brunt, missed European competitions for 6 consecutive years. This directly caused Liverpool, which dominated European football at the time, to suffer a heavy blow. Even now, 26 years later, they are still sinking into the trough. At the same time, the old English League One, which was once powerful at the time, was robbed of its hegemony in Europe by La Liga and Serie A.

And now the tragedy of the entire British society is ruthlessly reflected on football. Fortunately, British Prime Minister Cameron has taken measures and has not even ruled out the possibility of dispatching the army to suppress it. I believe that the riots will eventually stop and the Premier League will soon return to the lives of fans. However, the trauma left by the riots can no longer be erased. go.

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After a week's rest, the Premier League resumes.

Manchester United's game in this round is scheduled for the last game, which is Monday night at 8 pm local time.

This kind of event arrangement makes Manchester United coach Ferguson very dissatisfied, because the team will also go to Monaco in the middle of the week. First, they will participate in this year’s UEFA Champions League group stage draw and the award ceremony of last season’s UEFA Champions League’s major awards on Thursday evening. Playing in the European Super Cup on Friday night, the opponent is last season's Europa League champion Porto.

Ferguson criticized the FA and Premier League officials at the pre-match press conference for such a schedule, believing that it was very detrimental to Manchester United's participation in the European Super Cup.

While Sir Alex Ferguson attended the pre-match press conference, Bell was meeting with his old Tottenham teammates. Of course, Bell did not come to have a private meeting with his former teammates, but to act on orders: the club hoped that Bell could lobby his Tottenham friend Modric to transfer to Manchester United.

In the first round of the Premier League, Manchester United struggled to win. Not only did they lose two generals in the defense, but they also exposed their problems in the midfield. The young Cleverley cannot support Manchester United's midfield at all, and Fletcher's strange illness has not yet recovered, Anderson's weight is still an issue, Carrick and Park Ji-sung are not in the best condition during training, and the current Manchester United can only count on two wide players, Bell and Giggs, in the middle of the midfield!

Although moving Bell to the center is the most suitable playing arrangement for Manchester United at present, which allows new aid Ashley Young and Nani in good condition to get starting opportunities, it requires the team's core Bell to make sacrifices.

Ferguson knows very well that although Bell has the ability to play as an attacking midfielder or organize a midfielder, if he wants to maximize his power, he still needs to play on the wing, especially the left wing.

However, Bell's lobbying was unsuccessful and Modric was determined to stay at Tottenham. He believes that the current Tottenham team is the best for him, or so his agent wife thinks.

Bell didn't say much. To be honest, he felt guilty for letting him poach his old club like this. However, he told Modric that if one day he wants to leave Tottenham, he hopes to make Manchester United his first choice. He very much looks forward to the two of them joining forces again to create new glory.

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At 8pm GMT on August 22, the match between Manchester United and Tottenham officially begins at Old Trafford.

In the games that ended before this, the only teams that could maintain two consecutive victories were Manchester City and Wolves.

Bolton and Manchester City, who both scored four goals in the first round, staged a goal battle at Bolton's home court. As a result, the superior Blue Moon narrowly defeated the Kuala Lumpur 3:2 away from home. The Wolves defeated farmer Fulham 2-0 at home.

This is Manchester United's first official home game of the new season, and it is also the first Premier League game played by Tottenham Hotspur this season, which was forced to be rescheduled due to riots in the first round.

This game is the 175th main-season meeting between the two clubs, including 149 league matches. Previously, Manchester United had a clear advantage with 74 wins, 39 draws and 35 losses. In fact, in the Premier League era, Tottenham's 19th league visit to the Dream Theater not only failed There is a winning record and only a pitiful 3 points, and Tottenham have only won 1 of their last 6 Premier League away games. Manchester United's unbeaten record at home in the main game has reached 33 games.

In this campaign, Manchester United's defense lacked Ferdinand, Vidic and Rafael. Evra recovered from his knee injury and returned to the starting lineup. Hernandez also entered the substitute list. Rooney continued to partner with Welbeck on the striker, while Bell He continues to appear in the center and serves as the core organizer of Manchester United; for Tottenham, Crouch has not recovered from his ankle injury, and Ledley King, Gala and Hutton have been exempted from the game, and Defoe serves as the single arrow.

The average age of Ferguson's starting lineup is 23 years and 91 days, making him the second youngest starting lineup in the club's Premier League era.

Before the game started, the broadcast camera turned to the stands, where Van der Sar and Mancini appeared in formal attire in the stands at Old Trafford. Mancini is here to spy on the enemy, while Van der Sar will go to Monaco with the team after the game.

As Manchester United's main goalkeeper in the Champions League last season, Van der Sar has been determined to win the best goalkeeper last season, and he will receive the award together with Manchester United.

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