Game changer with an eye on goal

Soccer, there's nothing quite like it when the bug takes hold. The euphoria of the highs that have you hugging strangers and the despair of lows that leave you not wanting to talk to anyone for days are hard to understand for those who don't share a passion for the sport.

"It's only a game," they'll say. But for fans around the world, including those in China, it's a lot more important than that.

So with President Xi Jinping traveling up to Manchester during his visit to the United Kingdom, rather than wondering if China will invest in the proposed high-speed rail and a nuclear power station, the question on many people's minds was which side of the city he favored, the red or the blue?