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City versus united
By
Julius
Bliek
I would like to give my opinion about those football clubs. I have been to both stadiums, two very exciting matches - City against Bayern Munich and United against Liverpool. I’m going to compare both clubs on the following points: stadiums, quality of the squads, and the atmosphere in thestadium., and I will comment on the intense rivalry between the two clubs
First of all the stadium, both stadiums are absolutely huge but that is normal for these kind of football club! The ManchesterCity stadium is called Etihad stadium and has a capacity of 47,805 thousand people. while The Manchester United stadium is called Old Trafford and holds 75,811 people.
In my opinion, Manchester United have more skills, however they are currently fifth in the league. They have players like Van Persie, Rooney, who I feel are two of the best players in the world. . The United manager Sir Alex Ferguson retiredlast year after 26 years, that’s the reason that United aren’t performing very well at the moment! Of course City have good players as well, they are eighth in the league. But I don’t like the City’s style because they always buy very expensive players.
The rivalry of the both fans isn’t very bitter in my opinion. I’m from the Netherlands and there we have, for example,Ajax and Feyenoord and when those teams play against each other there are alwaysrisks of trouble. But here in Manchesterits normal to watch the match in the pub with City fans and United fans side by side.
Finally, the atmosphere in both stadiums is totally different in my opinion. The atmosphere in Old Trafford was amazing, the whole game they sang songs. It was a very nice experience! The match City vs Bayermunich, was very important for City but the atmosphere wasn’t what I had expected. There was a lot of noise but that came from theBayern Munich fans!
My predection for this season is that Arsenal will win the Premier League! Manchester United and Manchester City both will have a very tough season! They have to fight for Champions League next year! Because Tottenham and Chelsea are very strong this season!