Legend of Green: Rise of the Red Rebels

FC United are opponents in the 29th round of the Premier League against Tottenham Hotspur, and the two teams are now only three points apart and only two goals away, so if FC United lose, it is likely to be overtaken by Tottenham.

Before the game, Lu Wei led the team to Wembley Stadium in London by bus, and because Tottenham's White Hart Lane stadium was being renovated, they rented Wembley Stadium from London City Hall as their home stadium.

With the Europa League clash against RB Leipzig taking place next Friday, FC United have plenty of time for their players to recover, so there are no reservations in this crucial match.

The only change is that Barbosa has replaced Olivier Giroud's central striker position, Tottenham's several central defenders are physically strong and have a lot of experience in the Premier League, and Giroud, who also played in London before, is already familiar to them, while Barbosa did not play when the two teams met in the first half of the season, and the Brazilian's excellent foot skills are just the blade against tall defenders.

However, the process of the game was not as smooth as Lu Wei imagined, and Tottenham Hotspur, sitting at home, had long been free from the "new Wembley curse", and they showed a very fierce momentum, once suppressing FC United with a quick attack.

Son Heung-min and Eriksen are as stable as ever, especially Son Heung-min, the pressure of military service has not affected his performance at Tottenham, but has become the best incentive for him, and Tottenham also trust him 100%, in this environment, Son Heung-min is playing better season after season.

On the other hand, FC United, several players in the midfield are not in very good shape, Matuidi's physical reserves are not very sufficient, Lu Wei did not let him play in this game, but left his physical strength in the Europa League, and the starting midfield trio in this game is Hayden, McKim and Maddison.

Maddison's passing in the middle encountered obstacles, Dale has been following him to interfere with him, Maddison is not the kind of attacking midfielder who can break through with the ball, can only pass the ball to teammates and wait for opportunities, but McGim does not have much organizational ability, and for a while FC United's central attack fell into a quagmire.

The centre could not be organized, FC United's attack inevitably appeared on the wing, Lozano became the Reds' best player on the field, his speed and breakthrough ability was very much in line with the Premier League style, but with his opponents Son Heung-min and Ben. Davis also has a slow pace, Lozano's breakthrough can only form a cross in the end, but it just so happens that today's FC United striker is Balbosa rather than Giroud, and Tottenham's central defender is not afraid of crosses.

Seeing that the team could not gain an advantage on the wing and could not open the situation in the middle, Lu Wei began to let two full-backs step forward to assist more to help the team create opportunities on the wing, originally more afraid of Son Xingmin's attack on the wing, but football is like this, your heavy attack on one side will definitely be negligent in defense.

Root. Davis and Olier are not first-class players, but they have also been in the Premier League for many years, and they can do a fairly good job in this kind of defense, and they can still ensure the integrity of the back line under the impact of Robertson and Tavernir, and Balbosa is drowned in Tottenham's backline, unable to get any opportunities to shoot.

And slow to attack, FC United players gradually became a little impatient, Lu Wei felt something bad off the field, just wanted to remind the players on the field to pay attention to defense, suddenly changed.

Robertson took a corner kick on the left and did not choose to pass a high ball into the box, but passed a low flat ball to the back of the penalty spot, and when Maguire, Tarkovsky and Rice rushed to the goal, Barbosa quietly retreated to the box line and met the incoming ball with a angry shot.

"Bang!"

Did the ball go in? No!

The ball hit Dembele's body and popped out of the box, Barbosa and other FC United players immediately raised their arms to signal Tottenham players to handball, but the referee ignored it and ran to FC United's half without looking back, because FC United's attack was over and the ball was at the feet of Tottenham players.

Ali got the ball outside the box, saw that Son Heung-min had turned and pulled the side to run, and the nearest Rice was two meters away, and immediately kicked the ball forward with all his strength.

In order to ensure that Son Xingmin can comfortably hold the ball, this long pass is not a long pass over the top, but passed to the side against the turf, and when the ball begins to slow down on the grass, it is when Son Xingmin runs here, and the timing is just right!

Rice has already turned around and chased back the first time he saw Ali's pass, although this season is his debut, but he also knows that this situation to chase Son Heung-min will not catch up, so he has been stuck Son Heung-min's inner line, trapping the South Korean on the wing.

But if it were three years later, maybe Rice would have been able to defend successfully, but he is not very mature in judging the position, and Son Heung-min suddenly changed his rhythm during the run, which caused Rice's foot frequency to break through the defense with a single dunk.

Robertson had been chasing behind them since he kicked the corner, but was still a step late and watched Son Heung-min finish shooting, running, and celebrating.

Unwilling to appear in the faces of Robertson and Rice, they honestly did not make any mistakes, Robertson has trotted back after the corner, in case Tottenham play a quick counterattack, he cannot run back to the home half immediately after kicking a corner, otherwise he would not have been arranged to take the corner.

FC United's set-piece players have always been Robertson and Tavernir, and their crosses are the most accurate in the team, one on the left and one on the right, and almost all the free kicks in the team.

Free kicks by full-backs can increase the number of attacking players, but it will also reduce the number of defenders, in set-piece tactics, especially indirect free kicks and corner kicks, central defenders often assist into the box to enhance their own high-altitude ball advantage, full-backs and backs will stand slightly back to prevent the opponent's counterattack possibility, but without a Robertson, FC United's defense is instantly a lot empty, giving Son Heung-min an open space to let him complete the long run.

Lu Wei also knows what hidden dangers it will be to let the full-backs take the set-pieces, but there are not many set-piece masters in the FC United team now, and in order to attack efficiency, they have to let the two full-backs go up first, but Maddison and Sancho now often practice free kicks, and it will not take long to replace the set-piece penalty.