Legend of Green: Rise of the Red Rebels

Trailing by one goal in the first half, all the players at FC United were not in a good mood, and one by one hung their heads and walked back to the dressing room.

Barbosa almost disappeared for 45 minutes in the first half and didn't finish even a single shot, which was a shame for a striker.

Since October last year, Barbosa has gradually found the feeling of scoring and at one point squeezed Sollot out of the starting line-up, but after Giroud arrived at FC United, the Frenchman, who was more versatile and in more consistent form, became the best choice for the Reds' starting striker.

Barbosa scored only one goal in the whole of February, again in the 6-1 win over Bournemouth, and Lu Wei also spoke to the Brazilian many times, but the effect was not obvious, and it felt good to score goals in team training, but once on the pitch, he often disappeared into the crowd of opposing defenders.

Lu Wei can only blame the reason for Balbosa's discomfort with English football, which cannot be solved by any good way, because examples like him are common in world football, such as Manchester United's Veron, Fran, and Chelsea's Shevchenko.

This is also the case with Italian defender Lazari before FC United, who has now been promoted three times in a row with Speer since returning to Italy, and has also come to the top flight this season, and has become an absolute workhorse of the team, and it is rumored that Inter, Lazio, Torino and other teams want to bring him in.

If Barbosa's poor form continues, I am afraid that Lu Wei will have to return him to Inter Milan after the season, anyway, there is already Giroud in the team, Haaland is now on loan to Molde to be coached by Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, and should be able to enter the first team as a substitute striker next season.

There is also the issue of signings, the team now lacks a good set-piece shooter, and it can't always rely on full-backs to make free throws.

But next season's events will not solve the problem of this game, Tottenham's style of play focuses on attack and high-pressure pressing, even if they lead by one goal, they have no intention of holding on to the half, and the two teams continue to fight each other in the second half.

Son Heung-min, who has already scored a goal, is more active than in the first half, frequently attacking on the wing, often running to the middle to cooperate with Kane and Erikson, and then trying to break through from the ribs.

FC United almost conceded the ball again, Son Heung-min and Kane made a two-on-one combination near the corner of the penalty area, and then cut into the box, if not for Maguire's timely tackle and destruction of the ball, Son Heung-min would have scored twice.

Seeing Son Heung-min's excellent form, the Tottenham players also took the initiative to focus on his side, and Tavernir almost gave up the idea of inserting an assist in front and honestly stayed at the back to keep an eye on the South Korean.

Although Tavernir's attacking stats are impressive, he is not a full-back who is stronger than defending, and defense is what he is equally good at, and in the usual 1v1 training, neither Saint-Maximin nor Lozano can taste good fruit in him.

But today Tavernir is a little deflated, Son Heung-min's passing is not fancy, but the combination of people and balls is very strong, as long as he finds the space can hold the ball to advance a long distance, Ali and Erikson also take the initiative to cooperate with him from time to time, which makes FC United's defense more passive.

And Tottenham's striker is Harry who is more of a threat than Son Heung-min. Kane, with the combination of Harry Maguire and Tarkovski, Kane did not have many shooting opportunities on goal, and he frequently pulled out the box in the second half to retreat to the midfield to participate in the organization, allowing Son Heung-min and Ali to insert into the box to give them the last chance to shoot.

Seeing his team playing more and more passively, Lu Wei also had to temporarily give up the attack and replace the veteran Baird to increase the stability of the backfield.

This is quite rare for Lu Wei, who takes the initiative to replace a defender when the team is behind, which is not his style, and when the team is behind, FC United have used wave after wave of attacks to equalize the score.

Lu Wei is also bitter and can't say, he can see that today's Son Heung-min, Kane and Ali are in very good shape, several shots are very threatening, if not for Maguire and Edward, I am afraid that they would have been two goals behind, now there is still half an hour before the end of the game, first stabilize the defense and do not lose the ball again, and when the fitness of the Tottenham players declines, it is the moment when FC United blows the horn of counterattack.

Lu Wei's idea is no problem, one blow, then decline, three exhaustion, the other exhaustion, so overcome. Avoid the stage when your opponent is gaining momentum, and wait until you are exhausted before I will strike with all my might.

But there was one person who did not give FC United such a chance, in the 71st minute, substitute Lucas Jr. broke through on the right and distributed the ball to Son Heung-min in front of the penalty area, Son Heung-min saw that there was no one in front of him, adjusted and shot with his right foot, and the football suddenly began to fall halfway to the goal, Edward . Mendy desperately stretched his arm and failed to keep the ball out of the goal line.

Looking at Sun Xingmin who was celebrating with his teammates, Lu Wei reluctantly sat back in the coach's seat, South Korea is really lucky to have such a figure, in recent years, many players in South Korea and Japan have gained a foothold in the five major leagues, Lu Wei is not without thinking about opening up the East Asian market by introducing an East Asian player, but many people can't get a labor certificate, and a trace of patriotism in his heart is at work, Lu Wei is not very cold to Korean and Japanese players.

For Son Xingmin, Lu Wei is also a player who admires very much, feeling that this person seems to have obtained the script of the male protagonist in the novel, met a club that trusts him very much, and successfully won the championship in the last chance of exemption from military service, and then the whole person is like a hanging, 8 Asian Golden Ball Awards, 6 Korean Footballer of the Year, and also won the Puskas Award and the Premier League Golden Boot that Messi could not get, simply a winner in life.

FC United launched a fierce attack in the last 20 minutes, but still failed to pull a goal back, and Tottenham have not only been in good form this season by attacking players such as Kane and Son Heung-min, goalkeeper Lowry is also the second fewest goalkeepers in the Premier League.

The final whistle sounded, Lu Wei also accepted his defeat, losing is losing, this is nothing to complain about, the Red rebels have done well, but today's state is not as good as the opponent, there are also mistakes in the formation, go back to review this game, and find Tottenham next season for revenge.

Losing two goals to Tottenham, FC United's position in the table fell directly from third to fifth, overtaken by Liverpool and Tottenham, but the rest of the Premier League schedule is extremely beneficial to FC United, before the 36th round all the middle and lower teams, none of the opponents are in the top seven, the last three rounds although to Manchester City, Chelsea and Arsenal, but at that time maybe the situation is already clear.

On the bus home, Lu Wei also smiled bitterly, the previous three times to Wembley Stadium to play the cup final, FC United have won, but this season away from London, only won the first round of the league with Crystal Palace, the rest of the London matches FC United lost.

This season, it seems that London is not Lu Wei's blessed place.