Legend of Green: Rise of the Red Rebels

The winner of the English League Cup begins in the second round of Europa League qualifying, which has a total of four rounds, each of which is a two-legged home and away match, each with a week apart.

A total of 62 teams from across Europe competed in the second qualifying round, and FC United were drawn first in the draw just after the first round, so they played away games before returning to the red court to determine the winner.

FC United's opponent is AS Trenčín from the Slovak Premier League, who finished fourth in the league last season to qualify for the Europa League, defeated Kutaisi Torpedo FC from Georgia in the first round, and this time they were unlucky enough to meet FC United who participated in a European competition for the first time.

Although FC United are promoted and have not yet won European points, after all, they are also Premier League teams, and although Trenčín won the Slovak Premier League and the Slovak Cup in 15 years, they have never entered any of the main competitions in Europe.

In addition to FC United for England this season, Everton will also participate in the Europa League qualifying round, but those who finished seventh in the Premier League last season can start from the third round, the sixth Manchester United has entered the Champions League because of the Europa League title, and the fifth Arsenal can directly enter the Europa League group stage.

Lu Wei took the team to the Newton Heath base for five days of physical training before taking them to the home stadium of Trenčín, Slovakia, the 10,000-capacity West Hota Stadium.

In the visiting team dressing room, which did not have much space, Lu Wei set up a tactical board and looked around, spreading his hands.

"Okay guys, I admit that I don't know anything about our opponents, and I don't even know who their players are, but I don't think this opponent will cause us trouble, even if we don't know anything about them, will we not be able to play our strength?"

FC United players did not laugh, in the face of even the weakest opponents must use their full strength to ensure victory to slow down, this is what Lu Wei has been teaching them for the past two years, the Slovak league is not so well-known, but the opponent is also a regular in the Europa League qualifiers, FC United has no right to make fun of people.

Trenčín also thinks the same, although they are also hearing about FC United for the first time, and it is still a promoted team, but they won last season's Europa League to qualify for this season's Europa League qualifiers, that is Manchester United, the team that has the ability to beat Manchester United, can we beat it?

Less than 1 minute into the game, this question was answered, after the referee's whistle kicked off, Barbosa kicked the ball to Sancho and ran forward, Sancho let the ball stop at his feet for only two seconds before passing, Barbosa saw the ball come out, immediately picked up the pace, stopped and broke through Trenchin's back Yakubu Pol, and then a bicycle dangled past defender Peter Klaisik into the box.

The rest was too simple, and Barbosa glanced up at the goalkeeper's position and pushed the ball into the far corner, scoring the first goal for FC United.

A typical Brazilian player's way of scoring, although Barbosa has been affected by external pressure and has not been able to show his form in Brazil since coming to Europe, but in the face of such a weak opponent, how can he be pressured.

FC United switched to Trenčín less than a minute after kick-off, while Trenčín's striker Rangelo Janga cried after only three minutes and only touched the ball once after the last kick-off, before returning to the tee point.

Tavernir broke through from the right and Barbosa nodded the ball over the upright, but the ball bounced right at Sancho's feet, and Sancho scored his first Europa League goal with a gentle push.

The match quickly lost its suspense, with FC United beating Trenčín 4-0 away and both feet almost reaching the third round of Europa League qualifying.

Returning home a week later, FC United beat their opponents 1-0 with only a substitute to reach the next round, and in the third round of the draw, they were very lucky to avoid AC Milan, Athletic Bilbao, Marseille, Zenit St. Petersburg and other strong teams to draw last season's Greek Cup winner - Pagnonios.

Lu Wei followed the policy of trying to solve the game with the main players in the first leg, winning 3-0 in the first leg on the red court, and a week later in Greece he drew 2-2 with Pagionios, successfully entering the final round of Europa League qualification, FC United entered the Europa League final test is Turkish powerhouse Fenerbahce.

The new Premier League season will also start next week, and the English transfer market is also bustling during FC United's Europa League qualifying round, with defending champions Chelsea buying out Morata for €66 million, and spending €40 million and €38 million to buy Bakayoko and Drinkwater to strengthen the midfield, and the two were completely sorry for the cost, and Lu Wei also secretly teased Abou.

However, Rudiger's transfer is still worth it, only spending 35 million euros for Chelsea, Lu Wei also wants to participate in Rudiger's transfer, but the attraction of FC United is too low, and everyone will choose Chelsea, who just won the Premier League title.

Manchester City are much better at being in the local tycoon than Chelsea, Benjamin. Mendy €57.5 million, Kyle. Walker 52.7 million euros, Bernardo. Silva 50 million euros, Ederson 40 million euros, Danilo 30 million euros, nearly 250 million transfer investment is the biggest winner in the Premier League.

Other blockbuster transfers are consistent with history, Romelu Lukaku moved from Everton to Manchester United, 84.7 million euros became the summer transfer champion (Mbappe's 180 million is the summer of '18), Liverpool bought Salah from Roma, Arsenal bought Lacazette, Pickford moved to Everton after Sunderland's relegation, and if it weren't for Edward Mendy, Lu Wei would have brought the old friend back to Newton Heath.

The only thing that is somewhat different from history is that Liverpool failed to bring in Robertson, and Lu Wei has always wondered which left-back Klopp will buy, and it is impossible to continue to trust Moreno, who played one month on injury.

To Lu Wei's surprise, Liverpool bought the left-back is Moreno's compatriot Arijandro Grimaldo, who chose to leave last season because he did not have his place in the Barca first team, and once he arrived at Benfica, he took the position of main left-back, missing nearly half of the season due to pubic osteitis, but after returning from injury, he was still the best choice for coach Rui Vittoria at left-back, and finally helped Benfica win the Portuguese Premier League.

Lu Wei initially thought that Liverpool would buy Tierney or Gibbs as a replacement for Robertson, but they didn't expect that they couldn't find a suitable substitute for Moreno, so they directly bought a main left-back, and the strength of Liverpool's left wing will not drop much, Klopp's Liverpool is still FC United's main opponent in the Premier League.

Not only Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Tottenham, Chelsea and Arsenal, which of the Premier League big 6 is not a strong contender for the title, there is only one Premier League title, only four Champions League places, Lu Wei wants to lead FC United Manchester to become a European giant, it is still far away.

P.S. FC United First Team Goalkeeper in 17-18 season

: No. 1 Edward. Mendy (Senegalese/French), Aaron No. 13. Ramsdale (English), No. 25 Josh. Olerenshaw (Englishman)

Defender: No. 2 Harry. Maguire (English), No. 3 Andrew. Robertson (Scottish), No. 4 James. Tavernier (English), No. 5 James. Tarkovsky (English), Adam No. 19. Webster (English), No. 22 Kenny. Teter (Dutch), No. 23 Ethan. Pinock (England/Jamaican), 29 Zinchenko (Ukrainian), 30 Ben. White (Englishman)

midfielder: No. 6 Chris. Baird (Northern Irish), No. 8 Isaac. Hayden (English), No. 14 James. Madison (English), No. 16 Matt. Grimes (English), No. 17 John. McGim (Scottish), No. 20 Declan. Rice (England/Irish)

Forward: No. 7 Aaron. Saint-Maximin (French), Alexander No. 9. Sollot (Norwegian), No. 10 Gabriel. Barbosa (Brazilian), No. 11 Daniel. James (Welsh), No. 18 Ivan. Tony (England/Jamaican), No. 21 Ilvin Lozano (English), No. 27 Jayden. Sancho (English).