Legend of Green: Rise of the Red Rebels

The FA Youth Cup, also known as the Youth Challenge Cup, is a cup competition in which the Under-18 teams of clubs under the FA compete. Only players between the ages of 15 and 18 are eligible to participate in the tournament.

In the 1991-1992 season, Manchester United beat Crystal Palace 6-3 in the FA Youth Cup final. Giggs, David. David Beckham, the Neville brothers, Nicky. Barthes, Robbie. Savage, Keith. Gillespie and Simon. Davis and others later established themselves in the Premier League, and Scholes was not included in the championship squad because he entered the youth team one year later than David Beckham, but it did not prevent his achievements from classing him in the "Class of 92".

FC United have stepped onto the Premier League stage in recent years, and the Red Rebel Youth Army has not shown any weakness, from the 13-14 season, from the youth league's third division to the first division, last season even a year earlier than the first team to the English football youth superleague, this season in the northern division second only to Chelsea youth team.

In the FA Youth Cup, which attracted more attention, the young Red Rebels went all the way, with Link, known for his youth training, the Myburgh U18 and Curtis. Jones' Liverpool U18 youth team also beat Smith in the semi-finals. Rowe and Saka are the core of Arsenal Under-18s, and Chelsea Under-18s meet in the final.

The match was played on the Red Course, exactly the day before the Premier League game, FC United's players took a day off to recover, and Lu Wei also had time to watch how these amazing young players performed.

FC United U18 team's excellent results are inseparable from the club's investment in youth training, since 2014, Lu Wei has sent scouts from amateur clubs across the UK to scavenge young seedlings, and also with some memories to attract some future players, after the 2016 European Championship opened a scouting base in Central Europe and Northern Europe, expanding the scouting network to Europe, the summer after the team was promoted to the Premier League, Asia, South America and Africa also appeared FC United scouts.

Coupled with Newton Heath Academy, which has the most advanced youth training facilities and concept in England, the Red Rebel Youth Army is finally about to bloom.

FC United's first team now includes Jadon Sancho and Daniel. James and Tavernir Jr. trained at Under-18s, not counting Ben, who has already been loaned to Burleigh. White and Ivan. Tony, although Sancho is also eligible to play for the U18s, it is a bit of a bully to play in the youth team at Sancho's current level.

But this does not affect the strength of the FC United U18 team, Lu Wei looks at the familiar names in the starting list of the U18 team, and a trace of pride will inevitably appear in his heart.

goalkeeper, James Trafford, 16, brought in from Carlisle United in 2015;

Right-back, Max Allens, 18, bought from Luton in 2016 for £100,000;

Centre-back, Nathan Collins, 17, brought in from Cherry Orchard in Ireland's Third Division in 2016;

Centre-back, Jalad Branswaite, 16, also from Carlisle United in 2016;

left-back, Tyrek Mitchell, 18, recruited from Brentford in 2016;

Central midfielder, Jude. Bellingham, 15, spent a fortune on bringing Newton Heath from Birmingham to Newton Heath in 2017;

Central midfielder, Billy Gilmore, 17, also poached from Glasgow Rangers in Scotland in 2017;

Forward, Dominic Sobosloy, 18, bought from the Hungarian Lower League Gold Phoenix in 2016;

Left winger, Dwyane. McNeill, 18, switched to the Reds in 2014 after being waived by Manchester United's junior team;

Right winger, Harvey Elliott, 15, arrived at Newton Heath from Queens Park Rangers at the persuasion of Jenas in the summer of 2016;

Centre, Aaron Connolly, 18, was recruited from Marieville, Ireland, in the summer of 2016.

Also sitting on the bench were Gavin Bazunu, who had just arrived at Newton Heath for less than half a year, and Liam, son of "Popeye" Delap. Drag, Costello, who was also abandoned by Manchester United's academy, Hannibal, who came to Manchester from Paris FC last year. Mebri and Zidane, who has been in the Red Rebels' youth academy since 2011. Ibakir.

Such a lineup can go sideways in the U18 level according to common sense, and Lu Wei was originally very strange, he thought that the FC United U18 youth team would win the U18 Super League championship very smoothly, Terry. Cook stepped down as head coach of the Under-18s two years ago to become the club's head of youth training, with new head coach Kieran. McKenna's level is no worse.

However, after seeing the opposite Chelsea U18 lineup, Lu Wei understood that it was not that FC United was not strong enough, but that this year's Chelsea U18 was a bit outrageously strong.

Goalkeeper Marcin Burca is not yet famous, and is the third goalkeeper in Paris after Donnarumma and Keylor Navas in Paris Saint-Germain, and the right-back is Ghanaian supercar Tariq Lamptai, whose speed has allowed him to establish himself as the main player after joining Brighton.

Future world number one worth right-back Reese. James is their captain and plays mainly as a centre-back in the Under-18 squad, partnered by Crystal Palace's future defender Mark. Goye, left-back, is Jonathan Panzo, the main player of England, who won the Under-17 World Cup last year.

The midfield configuration is also quite ruthless, Chelsea's future midfielder hardcore Connor Gallagher and Jamal Musiala, who was coaxed by Germany and England, and Lewis, who plays support alongside them. Butt is the least famous of the 11 men, and he also has a first-team appearance at Leeds United.

Compared with the star-studded central midfield, Chelsea's forward line is slightly weaker, the most famous is Callum Hudson-Odoi, who has not been able to get a main position at Chelsea, right winger Jesuren Lak-Saki later moved to Crystal Palace, the statistics in the reserve team are very gorgeous, but can not establish a foothold in the first team, center Armando Broya can score more than 10 goals in a season on loan in the Eredivisie in the future.

But the bench didn't see any familiar names, it seems that the future of Chelsea Under-18 is these people, fortunately this is not four years later, if this group of people come back in four years, we will hardly have a chance of winning ah, Lu Wei sat in the stands, couldn't help but mourn for the young players of the Red Rebels for a minute.