Legend of Green: Rise of the Red Rebels

On August 25, FC United hosted the challenge of Nantewich Town at home, with more than 2,000 fans coming to Giger Lane to cheer on the team, and in the face of the enthusiasm of the fans, the players were a little nervous, and the starting line-up was only played by Sam. Hewson replaces Klucas, Chadwick replaces Tyrone. Mins asked the veteran to stabilize the team. As a result, it was only in the 66th minute that Matthew Wolfenden, who replaced Carlos, received a shot from Vardy.

Three days later, FC United played a very beautiful game at home against Reitford United. In the first 3 minutes, Mane received a straight ball from Corretel and scored the ball single-handedly, and after scoring the first goal of his career, Mane excitedly ran to the coach's dugout and hugged Lu Wei, who also rubbed Mane's head happily.

It was all about the Reds' show time and in the 26th minute, Jamie Vardy turned away from the defender's close defence after receiving the ball at the edge of the box and fired a powerful shot to make it 2-0. In the 31st minute, Neville's long pass was not far off by the opposing defender, Wolfenden led the ball down and crossed, Jamie Vardy headed the ball to give FC United a 3-0 lead in the first half.

As soon as the second half began, Reitford United launched a rush, and the unprepared FC United conceded a goal and was scored by a low shot from the opponent's front penalty area, 3-1. Seeing this, Lu Wei immediately shouted that the players could not relax, and immediately launched a counterattack to beat the opponent to "death". Cross replaces Jacobs, Sam. Hewson replaced Pratt. In the 54th minute, Sam. Hewson's shot was saved by the goalkeeper in front of the penalty area, and Wolfenden snatched the ball into the far corner before the opponent cleared it, 4-1. In the 58th minute, Jonatão crossed from the right, Vardy took advantage as he competed with the defender, grabbed the spot and scored the ball, and at 5:1, Vardy completed his first hat-trick to join the team, and the whole game was boiling. In the 63rd minute, a corner kick from Corretel caused confusion in the box, and Klukas took advantage of the chaos to score before being substituted, 6-1. In the 84th minute, Ben, who replaced Jamie Vardy, came on Deegan was brought down by a defender in the box and FC United won a penalty and Corretel easily sent the ball into the right to make it 7-1.

FC United and Manchester United made headlines in Manchester Evening News football news after the game, with Manchester United beating old rivals Arsenal 8-2 in the Premier League that night, with Wayne Rooney scoring a hat-trick with the headline "Same playbook, Manchester City two United win by six goals at the same time, both top scorers wear caps". There are also media reports that FC United is a low-end version of Manchester United, the same big win, also ranked first in their own league, Manchester Evening News reporters also found Lu Wei for an interview, the media said that FC United is a low-end version of Manchester United.

"Opinion? I don't have a big opinion, Manchester United is Manchester United, FC United is FC United, Manchester United's opponent is Arsenal, our opponent is Reitford United, these are two completely different games, nothing comparable. With six wins on the same day and three goals scored by the strikers, it's no surprise that this happens a lot in the football world. Wayne Rooney is a great star, Jamie is too, but he's not our 'FC United's Rooney', he's our Jamie. Vardy, I think he is no worse than Rooney. Lu

Wei is also secretly happy in his heart, this game not only let FC United get exposure in the media, he himself also made a small profit in the bookmaker, Lu Wei clearly remembers that at the beginning of the 10-11 Premier League season, Manchester United beat Arsenal 8:2 deeds, and after checking the Premier League schedule, he went to the bookmaker to bet on Manchester United's victory over the opponent by more than 5 goals, and made a small gain.

The next three rounds of league FC United were blocked by their opponents, and three consecutive draws dropped the team from the top of the table to 4th place, except for the 1-1 match against Ashton United, the last two rounds of the league rotation of the defender starters, the result was three goals conceded, if not for Vardy's consecutive goals in the game, I am afraid that FC United would have suffered a defeat in early September.

On 11 September, FC United faced Radcliffe in the eighth division, and Lu Wei chose a relatively solid backline for this game, with goalkeeper Ashton and four defenders Jacobs, Chadwick, Tyrone and Neville taking only McManus' turn. And the midfield is a big change, Simon Carden, Sam. Huson, Chris Offington, Jerome Wright, Ben Deegan and Devon. Yao and all the substitutes came into battle.

The result was not disappointed by Lu Wei, a clean 3-0 victory, the best performance of the whole game was Devon on the wing. Yao, his speed is the fastest in the team, Lu Wei arranged for him to move flexibly on both wings, rushing forward when there was space, and as a result, Devin did not live up to the manager's expectations, twice assisting teammates to score, helping FC United into the next round.

Back in the league, Lu Wei stabilized the starting lineup, and in the absence of personnel, there were only Jonatão and Sam. Hewson, German. Yao and Wolfenden could be rotated. Surpassing their rivals in the same league, FC United went on a seven-game winning streak in the Northern League Super Group to lead the standings, and made local headlines once again with a 4-2 victory over League One side Rochdale in the first round of the FA Cup. The opponent in the next round of the FA Cup is another League A team - Brighton, Brighton is different from Rochdale, Rochdale has been hovering in League A and B all year round, and Brighton is currently the first place in the League One, and won the championship of the season in the original world, and then got capital investment after being promoted to the Championship, so it quickly established itself in the Championship, and entered the promotion play-offs for three consecutive years is a proof of strength, and finally successfully won the second place in the Championship and promoted to the Premier League in the 16-17 season, It can be said that Lu Wei and FC United are about to face the strongest opponents in history.

In the 14 days from 13 November to 27 November, FC United had a total of five games to play, a league game against Northwich Victoria, third-placed Colwin Bay, the FA Cup Winners' Cup against Hinkley United, the Challenger's Cup against Ashton United and then the FA Cup away to Brighton. After meeting and discussing with the coaching staff, Lu Wei found that there were different opinions in the team, and four consecutive different matches at the same time required the team to make a focus, and the high-intensity frequency of games also required the team to carry out large-scale rotation.

Some of the coaching staff have the opinion to abandon the FA Cup match with Brighton to ensure the team's league results, only the first place can be directly promoted, 2-5 places have to play the play-offs, and the FA Cup Winners' Cup and Challenger Cup are both competitions in which lower-level teams participate, and they can fight for a chance to win the title. And Lu Wei obviously does not want to give up the FA Cup competition, firstly, the competition specifications are the oldest competition in England, and the FA Cup is known as the "hotbed of coldness", just defeated another League One team, why give up, and second, Lu Wei wants to see how far his team is currently from the top of the League One.

After some discussion, Lu Wei finally determined the team's game policy.

"I decided that the league is impossible to give up, our goal is to win the championship, so it's far from the moment to relax, the league we have to give it our all. FA Cup Winners' Cup and Challenger Cup I plan to give up the FA Cup Winners' Cup, next season we will not have the Challenger Cup in the National North and South League, so we have to win this trophy, after all, if you don't take it this year, you can't get it, the FA Winners' Cup will have a chance next year, as for the FA Cup, I looked at the schedule, we have no other competition tasks after November 27, there will be no match until December 8, or the second round of the FA Cup and Brighton, and the Challenger Cup is on the 22nd, With a five-day break before the FA Cup, I think the team can fully prepare for these two games and win Brighton! So

in these ten days of competition, FC United began to rotate, although the loss to Colwin Bay ended the momentum of a seven-game winning streak, losing 1:2 to Hinkley United in the FA Cup Winners' Cup as a substitute, but two days later defeated league rivals Ashton United 3-2 in the Challenger Cup, and after a day of rest, they began to prepare for the match against Brighton.