a high-profile friendly match in Beijing between Manchester United and Manchester City was called off because of the poor state of the pitch at the national stadium.
The match between the bitter rivals of the English Premier League was called off on Monday afternoon, hours before tens of thousands of fans were due to attend the game, after days of heavy rain left the pitch in a patchy condition deemed unsafe for the players.
Chinese fans of both teams, which have huge followings in the world’s most populous nation, reacted angrily to the cancellation, with some blaming the authorities for failing to maintain the pitch at the Olympic stadium, while others attacked the clubs for not going ahead with the game.
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