If you mention "Rose Derby" to a Premier League fan, he must know that it refers to the game between Leeds United and Manchester United.

In fact, these two teams are mortal enemies of each other, and their feud can even be traced back to the War of the Roses that broke out between the Houses of Lancaster and York.

At that time Manchester was part of Lancashire and Leeds was part of Yorkshire.

Later, during the Industrial Revolution, Manchester was rich in cotton and Leeds was rich in wool, and the two sides had a new feud.

The two teams have become the continuation of the cultural genes of the two cities, inheriting this hatred.

Therefore, every time Manchester United meets Leeds United, it is full of excitement.

So the question is, House of York? City of York? Doesn’t this sound like a more direct inheritance?

Yes, in fact, the historical hatred between Leeds United and Manchester United also holds true for York City.

Leeds United and York City both belong to Yorkshire, and it only takes about half an hour to drive between the two cities.

However, because the gap between York City and Manchester United is so big, no one will treat them as a mortal enemy.

In fact, it goes without saying that York City, even Sheffield Wednesday and Sheffield United, which are more famous than them, including the Bradford team they defeated in the first round of the League Cup, are all Yorkshire football teams.

Team, but actually has no sense of existence.

The reason is very simple. Just like in the Dragon Kingdom, the relationship between Guoan and Shenhua is also related to some grievances between the two cities, but Shenhua will not regard the BJ Polytechnic University football team as a mortal enemy.

You need to be at about the same level to become a mortal enemy.

It is precisely because of this that the representative of Yorkshire has always been Leeds United, the strongest and best performing team. Their meeting with Manchester United can be called the "Rose Derby".

Of course, this situation is quite unpleasant to die-hard York City fans.

I have a team with the name "York", but it can't represent Yorkshire?

But the fans have no choice. Who makes the team weak?

Although there is a relatively large gap in strength between Leeds United and Manchester United, they are still a perennial Premier League team. Even if they are sometimes relegated, they will only be in the Championship, and occasionally they will be promoted to League One.

Judging from the historical record, Leeds United has won the English top league championship, the FA Cup championship, and even reached the finals of the European Champions Cup and European Cup Winners' Cup. This is enough to attract many Yorkshire people to become their fans.

of fans.

York City, on the other hand, has already performed well in League One. League Two, and even the fifth and sixth levels are where they often stay...

Let's just say last season, we were almost relegated to the fifth level of the National League.

Of course, fortunately, there are now various signs that Pan Yi, the world's number one head coach, seems to have become the new owner of the club!

Although there has been no official announcement, the arrival of Scaloni and Valentina, as well as the joining of many high-quality and cheap players, seem to confirm that many media reports are true.

Including sponsorship contracts from some commercial companies, if it weren’t for Pan Yi’s golden name, why would he be in York City?

Another solid fact is that Pan Yi himself often goes to York City.

No, after York City lost three consecutive games, Pan Yi went to the club and had in-depth exchanges with head coach Scaloni. Then the team immediately bought high center forward Baker, and the tactics immediately became traditional.

Yes, he started to raise his head high and hit it high.

This change had an immediate effect. York City defeated Stevenage away from home in the seventh round of League Two, and defeated Carlisle United in the eighth round, achieving two consecutive victories.

In the standings, York City also quickly rose to the joint second position, with 16 points with Portsmouth and Plymouth, which is 1 point behind the first place Leyton Orient.

This also gives all York City fans hope.

They firmly believe that this team is the favorite for promotion this season.

They also believe that under the leadership of boss Pan Yi, League One will never be the end of York City.

It was under this situation that York City actually drew Manchester United in the League Cup.

Isn't this a good opportunity to prove that you are Manchester United's mortal enemy?

Don’t forget, York City only entered the third round after knocking out Swansea in the second round of the League Cup. The only game Manchester United lost in the Premier League this season was to Swansea...

This also doubled the confidence of York City.

As a result, the entire Busham Crescent Stadium was packed, and nearly 10,000 York City fans poured into the stadium to cheer for the team.

It can be said that people throughout Yorkshire are cheering for this game and cheering for York City!

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Van Gaal would never have imagined that he would be greeted with a blow to the head at York City's Busham Crescent Stadium.

In this game, he basically played with a rotating lineup. After all, in his eyes, a weak team like York City really didn't need all the main players to play.

Young players like Cameron Jackson, Paddy McNair, Martial and other young players have all got opportunities to play, and the starting goalkeeper has been replaced by 22-year-old Sam Johnstone.

Of course, Manchester United still has Carrick, Valencia, Mata, Rooney and other stars in the team. On paper, it is still much stronger than York City's group of "old, weak, sick and disabled".

But only three minutes into the game, York City started with a wave of attacks.

Joe Partington and Gary Fletcher on the left cooperated, and then a cross was passed directly. Baker, who came in behind, leaped high and made a powerful headbutt, piercing the goal guarded by Johnstone.

York City leads 1-0 at home!

This seemingly unexpected goal made York City fans ecstatic.

And this time the celebration wasn't even over yet, York City scored again.

In the fourth minute, York City broke through on the wing and created a corner kick opportunity.

After the corner kick was taken, Baker beat Blind to grab the first header and shot. Carrick blocked the ball on the goal line, but Gary Fletcher missed the shot from close range and once again broke Manchester United's goal.

goal.

Two to zero!

The whole stadium went crazy!

All the York City fans couldn't believe what they were seeing.

As a League Two team, York City actually overwhelmed the Premier League giants in the opening game and even scored twice against Manchester United???

Even if Manchester United didn't do their best, even if Van Gaal deployed many young players in the defense, it was still Manchester United!

No matter how young a Manchester United player is, he is still in the Manchester United first team!

Isn't this much better than York City's veteran players who have been terminated, and young forward Baker who only earns 1,000 yuan a week?

And this is also true.

They responded quickly.

In the 20th minute, Carrick sent a through pass. Rooney quickly stepped in. After receiving the ball, he passed defender Myles Edison one-on-one, then passed goalkeeper Conrad Logan, and then sent the ball

Scored an empty goal and got a goal back for Manchester United.

Two to one!

Before the end of the first half, Martial, who had not yet become the director of a football electronics factory, suddenly dribbled the ball into the left side of the penalty area, passed three players in a row and then shot low and scored, two to two!

The two sides are tied!

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After changing sides in the second half, Manchester United began to firmly control the game.

The midfield composed of Carrick, Mata and Herrera is still very controlling compared to York City.

But York City also performed extremely tenaciously, defended solidly, counterattacked quickly, and passed the high-altitude ball without any ambiguity at all. It felt like they were engaged in a war of attrition with Manchester United.

It was difficult for York City to get chances, and they were frequently attacked by Manchester United with threatening attacks. However, the York City goalkeeper and the goal post worked together to keep the goal.

The two sides remained in a stalemate and were unable to change the score in the second half.

Until the last minute of stoppage time, Manchester United began to mobilize with all their strength to launch a siege against York City.

After all, even a draw would be difficult for them to accept. The opponent is just a League Two team!

If it is dragged into a penalty shootout, everything will be difficult to say.

And for many rotation players, the League Cup is a rare opportunity to play.

If you GG after only one game, your chances of playing in the future will be reduced, and your status in the mind of the head coach will also be reduced.

But at this time, Valencia's cross was intercepted by York City, who launched a counterattack.

Their counterattack method is also very simple, that is, Bigfoot looks for the only forward left in the frontcourt, Baker!

After Baker stopped the ball with his chest, he saw that Manchester United goalkeeper Johnstone was standing a little too far forward and hit the ball before it even hit the ground!

The ball drew a wonderful arc and flew directly towards Manchester United's goal.

Johnstone rolled and crawled towards the goal in a panic, but in the end he was unable to stop the ball from falling from the top of the net to the bottom edge of the crossbar, behind the goal line.

The ball went in!

Before the referee's whistle sounded, Baker had already excitedly rushed out of the stadium and towards his fans.

The crazy screams of York City fans could be heard throughout the stadium.

Even the whole city seemed to be going crazy for this goal.

3:2!
To be continued...