Legend of Green: Rise of the Red Rebels

FC United's summer training did not choose to go abroad, but stayed in China, and when Matuidi, Giroud, Trippier and other players participating in the World Cup returned to training, FC United's summer warm-up game officially began.

As in previous years, the "Friendship Cup" took the lead this summer, with FC United inviting FC Hereford in the eighth division and Verona in Serie A, in addition to Burleigh.

Hereford FC's predecessor was Hereford United, aka Jarrod. Bowen's old club, which was dissolved in 2014 due to financial liquidation, created a new club the following year funded by a group of fans, and three years later has been promoted to the eighth division.

Verona is Jorginho's home and brought in former FC United player Federico from Fiorentina this summer. Ma Kaida was also invited to Manchester to participate in the "Friendship Cup".

The first semi-final was played by FC United against Burleigh. Before the start of the game, Matuidi and Giroud walked into the red court with the Hercules Cup, with the glory of the World Cup champion, to enjoy the cheers of the fans, the two main members of the World Cup champions are a member of the Red Rebels, FC United's championship is getting deeper and deeper.

Although Burley is now firmly established in League One, it is not a little worse than the new Europa League winner, and in just 45 minutes, FC United completely killed the game.

In the first half, all the new signings except Keylor Keylor Navas came on, with one each from Shupomotin, Krunic and Trippier, while Grealish scored twice to give FC United a five-goal lead in the first half.

In the second half, Lu Wei let the new signings continue to stay on the field to run in with their teammates, but replaced Daniel. James, Rice and Webster didn't rotate their players until 60 minutes later.

Even so, the final score was locked at 8-1, with Schupomoting scoring another goal in the second half, and substitutes Saint-Maximin and Maddison both scored.

The other semi-final was also unsuspenseful, with Hereford FC unlikely to beat Verona, and while not a country, the span of seven levels is not something anyone can make up.

Verona also gave face to the English team, against Hereford FC was mainly based on practicing tactics, the score was only a 2:0 victory, the final faced the host FC United, and Lu Wei also chose a completely different lineup in the first and second half to grind the lineup, and did not have much desire to survive.

FC United also naturally retained the fifth "Friendship Cup".

August 11 was the opening day of the Premier League, during which FC United played four more warm-up matches, two wins, one draw and one defeat, with mediocre results, winning Wimbledon and Demon in League One, shaking hands with Glasgow Rangers in the Soviet Premier League, and losing to Alkmaar in the Eredivisie.

However, in the warm-up game, the victory and defeat are only secondary, and Lu Wei has found many problems from these games, and whether these problems can be solved before the start of the new season is the key to whether the team can achieve good results in the new season.

"Everyone is here, so let's talk about it, brainstorm, speak freely, and if you have any ideas, don't hesitate to mention it."

FC United 18-19 warm-up game summary meeting was held in the conference room on the second floor of the club building, all the first-team coaches and team doctors appeared here, in addition to some old faces, Lu Wei recruited defensive coach Danny Benazani from Inter Milan, and Brian McClell, who once played for Manchester United, also came to Newton Heath to assist players in running practice.

"After almost a month of going on, we have almost mastered the technical characteristics and physical condition of the players, and on a tactical level, there are now three issues that need to be addressed. First, the candidate for the main winger; Second, the collocation of the starting midfield; Third, the focus of offense and defense.

Steele stood up and pointed to the big screen to describe to the coaches some of the technical and tactical problems the team had identified so far. These problems were collected by Lu Wei and Steele by repeatedly watching the videos of these warm-up matches, plus the data of the players during training.

"After the decision voted by the club management meeting, our requirements for the new season are not high, you can not have so much pressure, we are only Europa League winners, not Champions League winners, as long as the results are not too bad, I think your work will not have any risk, of course, the final bonus is more or less is uncertain."

Lu Wei sat on the main seat of the conference table and played haha, although he is the champion of the Europa League, but Lu Wei really does not expect much for this season, no whimsical release of the proudly said to win the Premier League championship, to win the Champions League, the road is one meter by meter, the results are won one by one, whether you can win the championship, depends on a season's efforts, not to mention if you do not solve the problems found in the warm-up game, let alone the championship, whether you can get the ideal results is not certain.

"First of all, the first question, I think the tactics of the new season are still based on 433, the main force on the back line I think there is no doubt, Keylor Navas, Trippier, Pepe, Maguire and Robertson five people, under normal circumstances, the starting defensive structure is so set, Pepe is older, and Tucker comes up when he is not in good shape, we talked privately, Tucker also accepted to wait for opportunities as the main rotation player, and Rico, Kenny and Adam, they are also very reliable substitutes, So our backline is very stable. "

Lu Wei set the team's defensive framework very simply and directly, and the difficult thing is the configuration of the midfield. Saint-Maximin was the team's main left winger last season, while Grealish can also play in the center forward and right winger, but the left wing is still his most comfortable position, plus Sancho and Daniel. James, FC United's four wingers leaned somewhat to the left.

But after some discussion with the coaches, Lu Wei and finally have a solution, Sancho will definitely be fixed on the right winger, some of the mistakes made by Manchester United in the future will not be repeated in FC United, and Grealish and St. Maximin will compete fiercely for the main position of the left winger, one with stronger assault ability and one with a higher comprehensive level, Lu Wei's offensive tactical arrangement in the front court has some more work.

In the end, FC United's front court turned out to be only Daniel. James's injured world is also difficult for the Welsh youngster, from Michu to St. Maximin and now Sancho, four seasons to Daniel. James only played one season of the main player in the 16-17 season, and if he hadn't been 21 years old, I am afraid that he would not have been able to bear the bench status this summer.

The midfield is still the most competitive place in the FC United team, walking Hayden and Grimes, from Italy came stronger Jorginho and Krunic, FC United's midfield six people each have the strength to become the main force, how to let them play together to play to play the maximum combat power, has become Lu Wei's happiest trouble now.