The time is already half past seventeen, but in the Middle East, the scorching sun is still scorching everything on the surface.
There are still few pedestrians on the streets of Abu Dhabi.
It will be later, when the sun sets and the temperature drops, that they will go out one after another.
But Mansour's palace was extremely busy.
One of the most powerful nobles in the United Arab Emirates is hosting a unique banquet in his palace. The theme is neither a holiday nor an anniversary, but a football match being held in Manchester, England.
The world-famous Manchester Derby!
The live broadcast provider is Al Jazeera TV in the Middle East, and the commentator introduces the trend of the game in Arabic.
Regardless of whether they know football or not, all the nobles in the stadium can see the current score of the game on the big screen.
It's almost sixty minutes into the second half, and the score is still zero to four.
The team wearing blue jerseys scored four goals against the opponents wearing red jerseys.
Every time he scores a goal, Mansour cheers and celebrates excitedly.
Everyone knew why he was so happy.
Recently, as Manchester City's reputation in the Premier League has risen, especially after Gao Shen's coaching, Manchester City has won five consecutive victories in the new season, making Abu Dhabi, the consortium behind the scenes, also become famous around the world.
Just two days ago, the President of the United Arab Emirates summoned his younger brother, Mansour, into the palace and praised his investment in Manchester City. Especially inviting the world's top coach like Gao Shen to coach made him even more excited.
He received praise during foreign visits.
The President of the UAE even defined that investing in Manchester City and hiring senior coaches will help enhance the status and reputation of the UAE and Abu Dhabi in the world.
Mansour was overjoyed and immediately said that he would continue his efforts to make Manchester City achieve greater success again.
After returning from the palace, he decided to hold this aristocratic party, inviting relatives and friends to gather together, eat, drink and have fun, and also watch this world-famous Manchester Derby.
What made Mansour even more proud was that Manchester City beat Manchester United wildly in this game, leaving the Red Devils unable to fight back and taking an astonishing 4-0 lead in the first half.
Is there anything more shocking than this?
Many of the aristocrats in Abu Dhabi studied in the UK and are no strangers to the Premier League. Naturally, they also know how strong Manchester United is.
They were also very shocked. They didn't expect that just one year after investing in Manchester City, they could beat Manchester United into such a mess.
You know, last season, they were severely humiliated by Manchester United.
For a time, the atmosphere at the party became more lively, and almost every time Manchester City attacked, there were cheers.
Maybe they don't understand football, but they know that it's a good thing when the blue side is attacking.
…
"It seems that this Gao Shen is really a rare talent!"
Sitting next to Mansour, UAE Defense Minister Sultan Al-Jaber praised with a smile.
He is also one of the powerful figures in the UAE and wears many hats at the same time.
"He is indeed a talent. The key is that he is very young and very thoughtful. I like him very much." Mansour only met Gao Shen twice, but each time he met, he was deeply impressed.
"I think he is not only a head coach, but also a link between us and China, a window for China to see us. You know, it is the fastest growing and fastest growing country in the world.
nation."
Sultan Jaber nodded, "China's future is indeed worthy of our attention."
"I heard that they are also interested in our crude oil pipeline project?" Mansour asked.
He is the chairman of the Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Investment Company, and the defense minister in front of him is the CEO of this company that controls Abu Dhabi's huge wealth.
"Yes, but we are still a little worried because Chinese companies have only undertaken our offshore oil and gas field projects in the Middle East so far. They were contracted in 2003, started in 2006, and completed in 2008. This is their entry into the Middle East.
It’s the first project, but the investment is only over US$100 million.”
After a pause, Sultan Jaber reminded: "But this time our investment in the crude oil pipeline project reached more than three billion US dollars."
"When I first met Gao Shen, he told me that his country is an infrastructure maniac." When talking about this nickname, Mansour couldn't help laughing. It is a very vivid and special nickname.
"Give them a fair opportunity to participate in the bidding, I believe in the profound vision."
Sultan Jaber hesitated and nodded in agreement.
"I have already made arrangements. Next, we plan to carry out more cooperation with Chinese oil giants in the Middle East. This will be beneficial to both us and China. The first is the oil field project in Oman, and then we will also
I will actively invest in China.”
"Isn't this a bit radical?" Sultan Jaber frowned.
"Go if you see it." Mansour smiled again, "Gao Shen said that in China, there are 1.4 billion people working hard. They don't think about anything else, they just want to improve their families and live a better life.
To achieve a better life, changes in each family will lead to changes in the city, and changes in each city will lead to changes in the entire country."
"He said that in 2010, China's GDP will surpass Japan's. In the future, China will continue to approach the United States and even surpass the United States in industrial capacity. China will become the most powerful industrial hegemon in the world. Can you imagine that?
Picture?"
Sultan Jaber shook his head in confusion, he really couldn't imagine it.
Because there are simply not so many people in his country.
"Me too, but I believe in Gao Shen, just like in tonight's game, he never disappoints!" Mansour said with a smile.
Turning to China in terms of oil industry and investment was something Mansour proposed when he made a report at the palace a few days ago. His brother believed in his vision, and he also believed in his profound vision.
Gao Shen is an incredible person!
It was at this moment that the Al Jazeera TV commentator let out a heart-rending exclamation.
…
Ferguson replaced Park Ji-sung at halftime and replaced Berbatov.
Rooney returned to the center of the pitch.
Ferguson used Park Ji-sung to play on the right, obviously to use him to imprison Gareth Bale on the left.
But this did not have a very obvious effect.
Manchester City is still constantly creating opportunities, leaving Manchester United in a very embarrassing situation.
Therefore, Ferguson made the second substitution of the game in the 60th minute, replacing Giggs with Anderson.
Sneijder was pushed to the left, Anderson and Fletcher played in the middle, and Manchester United's formation became a bit like a 4-5-1.
This did bring the game into a stalemate for a time, but it only lasted about ten minutes.
In the 72nd minute, Gareth Bale once again appeared in the Manchester United half, on the left near the center line, receiving a pass from David Silva.
I saw the Welshman stopped the ball with his left foot and tried to cut inside. Park Ji-sung was fooled into blocking the ball, but he suddenly spiked the ball to the left sideline. Before Park Ji-sung could reach his position, he kicked the ball forward.
After rushing out of bounds and avoiding Park Ji-sung, he overtook another car from outside the bounds and quickly caught up with the ball he just kicked.
In an instant, the whole Old Trafford was shocked.
"The ball passed!"
"Bale passed the ball to himself a few seconds later!"
"He's so fast!"
After catching up with the football, Bell continued to drive forward, leaving Park Ji-sung firmly behind him. In an instant, he was at the outside of the left corner of Manchester United's penalty area, approaching O'Shea.
After picking up speed, Bell got close to O'Shea and kicked the ball directly to the baseline. He suddenly accelerated again and forcibly passed O'Shea.
Simple! Direct! Rough! Even cruel!
"Wow, another person and the ball passed!"
"Oh my God, Bale passed O'Shea..."
The Welshman rushed to the bottom line, caught up with the football, and passed a low ball directly to the small penalty area line.
Suarez cleverly poked his head between Ferdinand and Vidic, took a shot before them, and sent the ball into the Manchester United goal.
"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!"
"The fifth goal!"
"Manchester City played crazy!"
"Oh my God, this is the fifth goal tonight!"
"Manchester United's two players Park Ji-sung and O'Shea on the right wing simply cannot stop Gareth Bale."
"The Welshman is so fast. Once he gets going, he is simply unreasonable!"
"Five to zero!"
"Ferguson must now take a good look at his tactics and lineup. Manchester United really lost a disastrous defeat at their home court tonight, especially against Gareth Bale's defense. Manchester United couldn't defend him at all!
"
…
Three minutes later, Manchester United's attack reached the front of Manchester City's penalty area.
Sneijder sent a through pass to Rooney, but as soon as Rooney got the ball, he was blocked from behind by David Luiz.
The tall and long-legged Brazilian central defender was the first to poke the ball away, squeezed Rooney away with his body, quickly stepped forward and dribbled the ball forward.
Before leaving the 30-meter zone, David Luiz took the lead and passed the ball straight to the feet of David Silva in front.
The Spanish midfielder was closely guarded by Fletcher. After finally stopping the ball, he turned halfway, lost his balance, and sent the ball to the left.
I saw Gareth Bale rushing all the way down the left wing, completely leaving Park Ji-sung behind. When David Silva's pass went out of bounds, he kicked the ball forward and dribbled the ball all the way.
He advanced quickly and relied on his speed to overtake O'Shea, and passed the low ball to the goal.
Suarez broke in at high speed, shook off Ferdinand and Vidic, raced to catch up with Gareth Bale's cross, and once again sent the Welshman's cross into the bottom of the Manchester United goal net.
Six to zero!
"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!"
Suarez was so excited that he rushed out of the stadium and ran straight towards Gareth Bale. The two hugged tightly on the sidelines and celebrated the goal and victory crazily.
"hat trick!!"
"Suarez calmly seized the opportunity and scored two goals in three minutes, completing a hat trick!"
"This is already the Uruguayan striker's tenth Premier League goal this season!"
"Manchester City's offensive is overwhelming and unstoppable!"
