As mentioned earlier, Manchester United has four mortal enemies in England, namely Manchester City, the biggest mortal enemies Liverpool, Leeds United and Bolton.

The reason for the hatred is hard to explain. Manchester City fans hate Manchester United, which can be explained from the derby complex, because Manchester City was originally Manchester's only master, and Manchester United, a team that struggled with Newton and the Siths, finally acquired Manchester City stars and then went to Manchester to compete for territory with Manchester, how could the opponent in the same city accept it? Just as Tottenham could not accept moving from the South Bank of Thames to North London to compete with them for territory with fans.

Leeds United's hatred against Manchester United is similar to that of several other big clubs around Manchester: the grudges that are at a disadvantage in long-term competition. Both Blackburn and Everton are the same. They hate Manchester United's overpowering and success. At the same time, Manchester United players have a domineering attitude that no one else can dominate themselves under the long-term glory. This temperament can be felt from the beginning of every Manchester United game that Manchester United feels a sense of superiority in any domestic game in England, and this temperament is especially disgusting for opponents. Manchester United has been operating under Edwards and his son in the past 40 years, and has been trying hard to develop the brand effect of the club market through modern commercialization. This new era of club corporate management has also made many hostile fans unacceptable. They believe that Manchester United has lost some of the traditional virtues of football and has become a commercial machine that uses money as the highest interest and alienates fans.

Among the surrounding enemies, Bolton's hatred with Manchester United is different from others. This is the neighboring enemy that Manchester United hates the most. At the same time, Bolton's reputation in the entire English football circle is not very good. It was first caused by Sir Busby, who survived death after the Munich air crash in 1958. After the Munich air crash, Manchester United's misfortune and arduous struggle after the disaster aroused the sympathy and appreciation of the entire football world. However, three months after the air crash, Manchester United and Bolton entered the FA Cup final. In this game, Manchester United, which suffered losses, not only lost to Bolton, but also suffered extremely humiliation from Bolton fans.

Bolton fans made an incredible move on the scene: Nearly a thousand Bolton fans danced with their hands and made the plane crash to humiliate Manchester United. This lack of basic sympathy made Bolton isolated from then on, and people sympathized with Manchester United more.

In the same year, West Ham United fans in London also made similar humiliating gestures to Manchester United, but because London is far away after all, West Ham United fans did not arouse public outrage like Bolton fans.

Since then, Bolton and Manchester United have become mortal enemies. Bolton has been rising and falling between the Premier League and the League One for the past decade. It is said that one reason is that teams in the Northwest have always tried their best when playing Bolton. Moreover, it is difficult for Bolton to buy outstanding players in England, which has formed a situation where Bolton relies on Djokoff and Okog every year to relegate.

In the Northwest derby relationship between Liverpool and Manchester United, in addition to the opposition between cities and the hostility of a century-long competition between teams, there is also a layer of jealousy of Liverpool fans.

In the 1970s, Liverpool was already the king of Europe, and its results were obviously overwhelming Manchester United, which had been relegated to the second division. However, Liverpool team and fans believed that in front of the public and the media, they could never replace Manchester United's legendary status, and Manchester United is still the "biggest club", which makes every Liverpool and Manchester United derby full of drama.

Bolton has now become a team that is not afraid to underestimate. They have transformed from a weak team to a tough bone that makes strong teams trouble. In addition to winning the 8th in the league, they have also reached the finals in the League Cup, and coach Allardyce's ability has also been widely recognized.

However, in this final, they encountered a strong opponent of Manchester United, and the venue for the final was also unfavorable to Bolton. Because this is Cardiff City, the capital of Wales, and the absolute main member of Manchester United is Giggs. In the game held here, there will definitely be many Cardiff fans who buy tickets for this game, and they will definitely support Manchester United.

By then, Bolton will not only fight against Manchester United fans, but also against local Cardiff fans.

They are equivalent to playing the final away. Manchester United will receive unconditional support from the opponent, which will improve the state of Manchester United players...

This final is very difficult for Bolton from any perspective.

For Manchester United, this environment is much warmer than Wembley Stadium.

Because of Manchester United's strength this season, they have become public enemies in the Premier League and even the United Kingdom. In the twenty-six rounds of games that have been held, they have achieved an unbeaten record of 22 wins and four draws, leading second-place Arsenal to the top of the list with six points.

Not only did Manchester United remain unbeaten in the league, they also remain unbeaten in the UK domestic games, because they won all the five League Cups and three FA Cups that have been held.

Of course, there are two other reasons why Manchester United became a public enemy of the media. One of them is that Ferguson has always been a big mouth and has no good impression of the media. He offended many media, especially the Daily Mirror and Evening Banner, which were banned by him, have been committed to smearing Ferguson and Manchester United.

Ferguson's relationship with the media has always been tense.

Although Ferguson led Manchester United to a good record on the court, outside the court, he often treated the media with an extremely rough attitude. For example, in May 2003, a radio station asked him about Beckham's transfer, but was harshly spoken by the Lord.

Other media that witnessed this situation immediately reported the content of Ferguson swearing in swearing.

These reports made Ferguson furious, so in the following period, he ordered Manchester United to refuse interviews from multiple media outlets including the Daily Mirror and the Evening Flag. This behavior of restricting freedom of speech caused a considerable response in British society at that time.

At the beginning of this year, Ferguson started another struggle with the media, this time his main opponent was replaced by the BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation). At that time, the BBC reported on the scandal of Ferguson and his son suspected of collecting "black gold" during the player transfer process. This topic obviously touched the nerve that Sir Alex was most sensitive, so Ferguson immediately announced that Manchester United refused all interviews from the BBC.

With such a background, it is natural for the media to be unhappy with Manchester United.

However, no matter how unhappy they are, they can't do anything to Manchester United, because Manchester United's performance on all fronts is really good, and these media can't really not report Manchester United's news. If that's the case, these media will still be the real loss.

Since we have to report on Manchester United, we have to discredit Manchester United and Ferguson.

Bolton has a good record when facing the semi-finals this season, and can be said to be a giant killer. In addition to being double-killed by Manchester United, he can always win or draw, but he has very few losses. In the matches against Chelsea, Arsenal and Liverpool's top three, they won and lost in two games, and also scored two draws against Arsenal and Chelsea.

Now Bolton is challenging Manchester United in the League Cup final, and the English media are waiting with hope that Bolton can end Manchester United's unbeaten record, preferably to defeat Manchester United in a major game like the League Cup final.

"Daily Mirror" and "Evening Flag" are already giving advice for Bolton. As long as Bolton can defeat Manchester United, you can imagine what kind of vicious words these two media will use to beat Manchester United. In terms of strength, Bolton, who has accumulated 34 points after 27 rounds, and Manchester United, who has 22 wins, four draws and seventy points in one round, are not teams on the same level.

But the football game is not calculated in this way. Or, Bolton will not be a giant killer, and Liverpool, Chelsea and Arsenal will not draw or lose against Bolton.

Moreover, facts have proved that Manchester United is not truly invincible, because they lost to Porto as a away game three days ago and ended their unbeaten record in the whole season.

It's only four days now, and Manchester United may not have recovered from that strike. Under such circumstances, Bolton has a great chance of defeating Manchester United, allowing Manchester United to end their unbeaten record in the European arena to end Manchester United's unbeaten record in the domestic arena.

In addition, recently, Manchester United's main center Drogba has fallen into a seven-game goal drought, which is not good news for Manchester United.

All of this is good news for Bolton.

When Bolton's players saw the media cheering them up, and they were Manchester United's mortal enemy, they were naturally ready to stage a good show.

Then the final between Manchester United and Bolton arrived.

From the hotel we stayed at to the Millennium Stadium, along the way, local Cardiff fans were everywhere holding slogans attacking Bolton, and fans wearing Cardiff City Club jerseys were holding Manchester United scarves.

When they saw Bolton's bus, many people would raise their middle fingers to Bolton's bus and boo.

Such treatment was not over, and when Bolton's players stepped onto Cardiff Millennium Stadium for pre-match warm-up, they also heard huge boos.

On the contrary, when Manchester United players came out to warm up later, cheers and applause rang out in the stands.

The tendency of this stadium is already very obvious.

It is obviously a neutral stadium, but now it has almost become Manchester United's home court. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to subscribe to (this site) and reward. Your support is my greatest motivation.)
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