Legend of Green: Rise of the Red Rebels

On the training grass next to Giger Lane pitch, several lads were playing a futsal match, and on one side were four of Burleigh's local players, Zach. Roswell, David. Wallall, Luke. McCarthy, Danny. Hudson, goalkeeper for them is their former teammate, Pope, who has just moved to FC United, while on the other side are FC United's lads, Mane, Tyrone, goalkeeper Dave. Watson and Jay of the U18 team. Walcott, and one of us is our protagonist FC United head coach Lu Wei, a few days before the team assembly day, Tyrone came to the team in advance to report, while Mane did not return to Senegal at all, choosing to stay in Manchester to continue training.

Several young people asked out to play wild football when they were bored, and the friendly relationship between FC United and Burley also made frequent exchanges between the two teams, and several people who usually lived in Burleigh were also called out to play five-a-side together, and Lu Wei also shamelessly joined in after learning the news.

Futsal and eleven-a-side football is not only the change of the field and the number of people, because the size of the field is only one-third to one-quarter of the size of the normal football field, so the pace of the futsal game is very fast, the average number of touches per player is four times that of the eleven-a-side, and the effective time of the game is much higher than that of the eleven-a-side system, and the players need to often sprint back and forth in the five-a-side game, which is very high for the player's physical requirements, the field is small, and the player's foot skills are also a test. And the goal size is only 3 meters long and 2 meters high, and it is more difficult to score.

Lu Wei's physical fitness is good among ordinary people, and he is also the main player in the varsity team of the University of Birmingham, and his technical level is also very close to that of professional players, but he has not received systematic training, and he has played back and forth with this group of players.

Although the opposite side is Burleigh's players, they are all young people who have little chance to play, and they are also playing football at this time, and the ten people on the field do not have much physical contact, all enjoying the original happiness of football. Before I knew it, two hours had passed, and Lu Wei finally couldn't keep up with their rhythm and lost, and this wild ball game ended here.

After the scene, Lu Weifang invited Mane and the others to the restaurant for dinner, this meal was not eaten in vain, at the dinner table, Lu Wei wanted to ask Mane and Tyrone some questions.

"Sadio, Tyrone and Jay, what do you think is the same in a five-a-side game compared to eleven? Nick, Dave, what's different about how you feel in front of goal?

Everyone thought for a while and didn't understand what the head coach meant, Mane thought for a while and replied in broken English: "The sense of urgency on the field is stronger, just like the coach you said in the front court of the game, it feels like the five-a-side system is pressing tightly, the amount of running is very large, and the opponent's defense is more dense, as long as you complete a breakthrough or attract the defense and pass the ball to the empty position, it is easy to score."

Tyrone also understood, "The whole game did not divide the attack and defense into such a detailed division, the attack and defense switch quickly, as if we were attacking but suddenly broke the ball and immediately turned into a defensive state, our defense must always maintain attention, and we can't easily get off the foot, the other side will easily pass me and shoot."

Lu Wei nodded and looked at Pope. Pope was eating with his teammates and head coach for the first time, and he was still more restrained, and he saw Lu Wei's gaze looking at him and speaking his thoughts. "Tyrone is right, I always have to maintain a high concentration in front of goal, I don't know when the opponent will suddenly become an attacker, I don't know when the opponent will shoot, coach, don't you just shoot from distance at half-time several times, if you don't concentrate, you will really lose the ball."

Lu Wei scratched his head awkwardly, he was used to kicking wild balls before crossing, Lu Wei liked to shoot from a distance on the court very much, but when the head coach could not arrange for the players to shoot from a distance, this time it was hard to get off the field with the players to kick a few kicks, at first it was fun, and then it flew with a kick.

Lu Wei praised several people and said: "It is for these reasons that I plan to hold this kind of three-, five-, and seven-player team matches often when training within the team, strengthen this high-paced training during training, and you will be more comfortable when you are officially playing." In

addition to these reasons, Lu Wei also thought of the ceremonial midfield combination that won more than ten titles for Real Madrid in the future, Casemiro is the main defense, if necessary, forward to participate in the attack, Kroos is responsible for mobilizing the midfield and controlling the direction of the attack, Modric is responsible for connecting the whole field through organization and running, and the three also have a good long-range shooting ability, such a midfield combination is the strongest in Lu Wei's mind, although he is a Manchester United fan and also likes the midfield combination of Keane, David Beckham, Scholes and Giggs, but this requires a lot of running system training, and it is also different from Lu Wei's tactical thinking, so it was not adopted by Lu Wei.

According to Lu Wei's vision, the team does not have a fixed formation and tactics, according to the opponent to adjust their own style of play, but based on the 433 and 352 two formations to make changes, goalkeepers do not seek to make those bizarre saves and like Neuer can leave their own box far away to control the ball, just to be stable enough to ensure the stability of the back line and make fewer mistakes, and Pope just belongs to this goal-type goalkeeper. Both full-backs must be able to go up and down, not stick to the backfield, but also have the ability to step forward and participate in the attack, Jonatang . Cross, Andrew. Robertson, Neville and Wright are all in line with Lu Wei's tactical ideas, only Jacobs is biased to defend and does not like to move forward, but when Lu Wei changes to a five-back formation, Jacobs can also play as a right center back, which gives Lu Wei a lot of room for tactical adjustment. The centre-back partner is a dragging one forward, Tyrone is one of the few left-footed defenders in the later Aston Villa, and for this reason he was brought to the World Cup by Southgate, and his defensive partner is either McManus or new signing Ramier. Shafford has also met the needs of the current competition.

Of the three midfielders, Klukas can play for FC United as a qualified B2B midfielder, while Pratt and Corretel are likely to lose their main place in the defensive backs and playmakers rival Draper and Suarez. Strikers Mane and Jamie Vardy are Lu Wei's most trusted men in the team, while the new right winger McClay is also a potential newcomer, if not cut off by Lu Wei, he would have played in the National League and performed well. The original substitutes Devon Yao and Carlos are both speed-type players who will play a surprise role in the counter-attack, and Wolfenden, although he does not play much time, is not inferior to Vardy's scoring efficiency, although the ability does not meet the requirements of the profession, but as a substitute striker at this stage, it is still enough.

This is Lu Wei's tactical thinking, which has taken shape after a year of study, but whether it is Lu Wei or FC United, they still need to temper themselves in the lower leagues for a few years, and they are still far from the stage where they really shine in the world.