Legend of Green: Rise of the Red Rebels

On August 22, 2015, FC United lost 1:3 at home to second-place Ipswich United, who intended to speed up the game, and Ipswich United, who was actively defending, scored three goals.

FC United made a series of mistakes in the first half, losing the ball several times in close proximity to Ipswich players, and Ipswich also played two counter-attacks, with Pittman and Fraser scoring one each. Although Tyrone boosted the momentum with a roaring shot in the second half, it didn't take long for Ipswich to once again extend the advantage to two goals.

After the loss, Lu Wei called Steele to work overtime until the second half of the night, the two watched the game video no less than ten times, but still did not find a way to adapt to the rhythm of the game, obviously has accelerated the pace of the game, but the team as a whole accelerated, the passing error rate came up, Ipswich also caught FC United's mistake and scored two goals first, and then not only the players on the field, even Lu Wei off the field was very anxious, wanting to quickly equalize the score, on the contrary, Ipswich played quite calmly, The defeat of the Red Rebels was inevitable.

If they had been aware from the outset that they wanted to defend and counterattack, they probably wouldn't have lost, and Lu Wei blamed himself for the loss.

"It's okay, head, the league has just begun, we still have time." Steele comforted.

The next game was the Carabao Cup against Watford of the Premier League, but FC United won the game, and after falling behind in the first half, Makaida and substitute Hogan scored a goal each to help the team turn the game around, and the team's attack was very fluid.

After returning to the league, he suffered two consecutive draws, which made Lu Wei a little confused, and it is impossible for a Championship team to be stronger than a Premier League team. After the game against Hull City, Lu Wei brought on Steele to invite Hull City head coach Steve Smith. Bruce and assistant coach Ferran had dinner, intending to ask the two old coaches for advice.

"Lu, this is also a tie for us, or no matter who wins or loses, this meal will not be eaten well." Bruce sat down and naturally picked up the menu and ordered.

"Anyway, the relationship between several of us is clear and clear, besides, even if you lose and win, you and Mike are both my seniors and friends of FC United. Introduction, this is my assistant coach William. Steele is 23 years old. Steele hurried to pay tribute to Bruce, and Phelan was already familiar with it when he joined the FC United coaching staff.

"It's good to be young, your 28-year-old head coach is already too much, you also found a 23-year-old assistant coach, you two combined are not as old as me, if not Mike knows you very well and did a lot of targeting, otherwise we really have to lose today, alas, not to be old."

"Wherever, you and Mike are the old and strong, and the results of your time as a player are now comparable to a few people, when you became Manchester United captain, I was not even born, besides, Steve you are only in your 50s, and your coaching career has just begun."

"Okay, don't be polite, you invited the two of us to dinner and didn't just chat."

Lu Wei smiled awkwardly, "Yes, I can't hide the two, I want to ask about the difference between the Championship game and the Premier League game, you know, our recent results are not very good, but the League Cup and Watford play very smoothly, they are not substitutes, so I am a little puzzled, why we play with the Championship team is very difficult, and the Premier League team is more relaxed, I have adjusted the team's training rhythm, but I feel that it is not only a matter of the pace of the game, So I want to ask the two old teachers.

Ferran smiled, "Lu, aren't you afraid that we will deliberately mislead you?" After all, we are rivals in the league, don't think that Steve and I will know everything about you if we have a good relationship with you, you know that professional football is very cruel.

"Okay, don't scare him, I don't know who watched the video of the FC United game some time ago and has been giving advice to the head coach, Lu can come to us to show his sincerity, and even if we don't say that he can figure it out himself, it's just a matter of time." Steve. Bruce is worthy of being the iron-blooded captain and does things very directly.

"It's normal that you didn't expect this question, after all, you've always coached in the lower leagues, not just the pace of the game, I think you should be able to see from the game statistics, the number of fouls is a lot more than the Premier League One team, isn't it?"

"Yes, there are a lot of fouls in each game, but the movements are not very big, there are not many yellow cards, oh yes, I see." Lu Wei suddenly realized.

"Steve, do you mean we kicked too soft?"

"In the Championship, you can't win games just by flashy attacks and solid defense, seriously, you have a good group of players who should play in the Premier League regardless of strength and potential, and they should feel more about it because they are the witnesses of these fouls on the pitch."

Lu Wei hugged his fist, "Thank you Steve for waking up the dreamer and taking his leave." After saying that, he ignored the surprised expressions of the two old sect leaders and left the bill.

"Head, what did you mean by that action just now, and what you just said, it sounds a bit awkward." Steele asked.

"Oh, the action of holding a fist belongs to the traditional culture of China, representing greetings, congratulations or farewells, just now I said an ancient Chinese saying translated from English, meaning that a sentence you said pointed out my thoughts."

"So that's it, head, do you have a solution?"

"There are already ones, but it depends on whether the players themselves want to do it."

Lu Wei figured it out, in the Championship this game environment, blindly speeding up the pace is not feasible, the pace of the Premier League is also fast, but most of the Premier League teams play the game is relaxed, the technical content is also relatively sufficient, in the face of this style of play, FC United is comfortable to deal with, but the Championship is different, there are many thugs on the court are born here.

So in the FC United intra-team confrontation match, the players began to have a real collision, the scene of people turning over the horse appeared for the first time at Newton Heath training ground, but after all, this is the team's confrontation game, everyone has mercy under their feet, although some people fell but only a few times of flesh pain, in order to really adapt to the league, you have to slowly find the feeling from the real game.