Golden Greenery

This was an unplanned game.

March in Manchester City is still cold and cold. On the first day of March, Manchester City ushered in the FA Cup 18 rematch with Huddersfield at the City Stadium.

Before entering the semi-finals, the FA Cup used a single-elimination system, but directly overtime and penalty kicks, but switched home and away rematches on another day.

In order to take care of lower-level teams, the single-elimination FA Cup venue arrangements are in principle downward. Whoever is ranked lower will play at their home court, and teams at the same level will be ranked according to last season.

If a low-level amateur team is lucky enough to be drawn against a popular team like Manchester United, it's like winning the lottery. Man Deng Deng’s ticket revenue is only a small amount, and the broadcasting, advertising and other income from following the big players is enough to support the expenses of the small team for at least the next two years.

If we can draw at home and go to Old Trafford for a rematch in the next round, it will be considered a true show.

In the history of the FA Cup, rematches between the Premier League and small teams have often happened. If it is really a small amateur team, the Premier League giants will generously give away all the ticket income on the match day. This has become a common etiquette consensus in the Premier League. . And this source is still started by Manchester United.

But Huddersfield, Manchester City's replay opponent today, does not apply to the unspoken rule of 'giving away', because they are not an amateur team, but a professional team in the British Championship, and they are a strong team in the British Championship.

There are 20 clubs in the Premier League. It has been 13 times that the English Championship team has been in the FA Cup and the Total Cup. As the oldest football cup competition in the world, the FA Cup has always been a hotbed of unpopularity. Naturally, there are many giant killers among them. .

However, this year is definitely worth writing - for the first time, two amateur teams entered the top 16.

The Premier League A and B are the four professional leagues in England, and all the following are amateur leagues, and the composition is quite complicated. The first city to advance to the FA Cup this season belongs to England's fifth-tier Parliamentary League.

Sutton United eliminated English Wimbledon and the former English hegemon "White Rose" Leeds United, broke into 1 and lost to Arsenal.

Even more impressive than Sutton United is Lincoln City. They eliminated three English Championship teams, Oldham, Ipswich, and Brighton, in one go to reach the first place.

On the 18th of last month, Lincoln City eliminated the Premier League team Burnley 1:0 and became the first amateur team in 103 years to reach the quarterfinals. The last time an amateur team was so awesome was the 1st team.

Northwest Europe is in chaos.

Eight teams have advanced to the FA Cup this season, accounting for exactly half of them. Excluding the two amateur teams, there are five English Championship teams and Millwall in the English League.

1. 7 seats have lost their butts, Super 5 A, 1 Amateur 1, Millwall has killed Leicester City, and now only Manchester City and Huddersfield are left unresolved, and Huddersfield has become the only hope left. Championship team.

A rematch brings a lot of trouble to Manchester City. It is not something you can just squeeze in when you are free. Both sides have to see if they are free. The English Championship schedule is no less busy than the Premier League.

And it must be replayed as soon as possible because the FA Cup schedule waits for no one.

Today, Manchester United, the second-placed team in the Premier League, gave Manchester City face and agreed to postpone the game. It's a postponement, not a postponement. As for how long it will be postponed, let's look back at the schedule. It's very troublesome.

Huddersfield is less than 40 kilometers east of Manchester City and belongs to West Yorkshire. It is not a city but a town, so both the city and the team are called Huddersfield for short.

For a decade before World War II, Hussein's football dominated England and was known as the 'strongest team in the world' at the time. But after World War II, Harbin Town declined. They stayed in the lower levels for 45 years before returning to the Championship in 2012.

The current head coach of Harbin Town is 4 Wagner.

And this buddy can also be regarded as a Madibao man, but he has never interacted with Zhuo Yang in the peninsula.

Football is a men's arena, where a brotherhood of righteousness is often forged. The most famous one today is of course the Six Musketeers. The four young masters, four treasures and five lions of Madibao are also the ones who follow the cat and the tiger.

But they are not the only ones, Raul, Morientes and Guti, Yinjie, Gabal and Vieri, Gerrard and Carragher, Maldini and Costacurta, etc., are all A pretty solid buddy, but he doesn't have a label like 'Six Musketeers'.

More than 20 years ago, Jurgen Klopp, a poor defender in the Bundesliga 2, was playing in Mainz. At that time, there was also a poor forward who was also messing around in the team, and he was David Wagner. The two bad chess players hit it off immediately, and the story of friendship began from then on.

Uncle Zha is four years older, retired a year earlier, and then went to the Madibao youth team to fall in love with his younger brother. After retiring, Wagner first obtained a diploma, and then went to Hoffenheim, which was still in the division league at the time, as an assistant coach.

Zhuoyang left the peninsula to go to Milan to live with his second wife, and brought his good friend Wagner to Madibao U17 to serve as the head coach, and also served as the assistant coach of the first team.

2 Lopp took advantage of the vacancy in Dortmund B team and shamelessly asked the club to hire Wagner. From then on, he truly entered the professional coaching field. Dortmund B team, like Madiburg B team, participated in the German third division. Think about how many monsters appeared in the Dortmund echelon in those years, and Wagner contributed a lot here.

The year before last, Uncle Zha left the Hornets and took over at Anfield. Wagner followed suit and left. He also came to England and went to the English Championship Town.

Last season, Wagner led Harbin to successfully avoid relegation. This year, it is even stronger. After 33 rounds, it ranks third in the standings and has great potential to surpass them.

Uncle Zha said to Wagner: If Hua Town reaches the Premier League, I will definitely treat you to a drink.

Wagner said: Brother, let me treat you. If we can defeat Manchester City and reach the FA quarter-finals, I will invite Zhuoyang together.

Zhuoyang held Wagner's hand tightly: "Brother Wagner, don't say who invited whom, no matter what, the game is over tonight, we have to sit down."

"Call Jurgen?"

"necessary."

There is no game in Liverpool today, and Uncle Zha is sitting at home hatching eggs. However, neither Zhuoyang nor Wagner mentioned asking Uncle Zha to pay for the treat. As his close buddies and chief disciples, the two of them knew Uncle Zha very well.

Hui Hui yelled for a treat, but Hui Hui drank himself under the table and couldn't wake up even after pouring cold water on him. How could he pay the bill?

Uncle Zha is not a tough guy, he just likes to eat and drink. People who are familiar with him are already used to it.

The food is very bad! !

As his professional mentor, Zhuoyang has no problem taking care of Uncle Zha for the rest of his life, but a football match is not a dinner party. You have to win when you should win, especially in rematches.