Legend of Green: Rise of the Red Rebels

In the second round of the Premier League, FC United will face Crystal Palace away from home, this time, Lu Wei chose a more aggressive starting line-up, goalkeeper Keylor Keylor, four defenders Trippier, Tarkovski, Pepe and Robertson, three midfielders Jorginho, McGim and Maddison, and the three forwards are Sancho, Saint-Maximin and Schupomotin.

Seeing FC United show strong offensive firepower in the first round, Crystal Palace coach Hodgson did not use his favorite 442, but discharged the 451 formation with two backs, even in their own home stadium, it seems that Crystal Palace will be defensive.

Goalkeeper Pope, right-back Wan. Bissaka, centre-back partners Tomkins and Sacco, left-back Van Anholt, double backs Milivojevic and Hayden, central midfielder Schlupp, left midfielder Zaha, right midfielder Townsend and high school forward Benteke.

Every player at Crystal Palace is a small name, Pope is a goalkeeper trained by FC United, Southgate almost brought him to Russia, and FC United is rumored to be in Edward United's game this summer. Mendy wanted to pick up the kid who had been away from home for many years after the transfer.

Ten thousand. Bissaka played a valuable role this season and was recruited by Manchester United at the end of the season, Sako is a veteran of Liverpool, Tomkins came through the West Ham Academy in the early 20th century, and Van Anholt was once famous at Chelsea.

Coupled with the Serbian national team's main back and the Reds' main backs in the first two seasons, Hodgson believes this defensive lineup may not be easy to break even if Real Madrid comes.

In the first half, as he expected, FC United could not organize an effective attack at the back of Crystal Palace, and repeated passes to the box were blocked by Crystal Palace players, and Crystal Palace seemed to weave a large net in their own penalty area, and only from the mesh could the ball be accurately passed to the feet of FC United players.

But the taste of the game changed in the second half, FC United's midfield strengthened the long-range frequency, even if there were more people in the box trying to shoot, football often hit the Crystal Palace players to pop up the bottom line, and Saint-Maximin and Sancho began to frequently look for fouls on the wing, Lu Wei also replaced the two high points of Giroud and Maguire, intending to use set-piece opportunities to break the deadlock.

The deadlock was broken in the 75th minute when FC United secured a free-kick 28 metres from goal and Trippier stood alone in front of the ball.

Although this position is not very correct and the distance is relatively far, the Crystal Palace players are still in the enemy, because just 40 days ago, Trippier scored a very beautiful direct free-kick in the World Cup semi-final, becoming the first English player since David Beckham to score from a free kick in the World Cup.

However, when the wall jumped up, he found that Trippier did not shoot directly, but passed the ball to the back point, and Maguire, who was ambushed at the back point, jumped up with his whole body strength, hit Tomkins, and directly put the ball into the upper left corner of the goal.

FC United did not turn to defense after the lead, but continued to suppress Crystal Palace in their half, and St. Maximin was in very good form this game, 10 times in 13 attempts, if not for the close enough back line of Crystal Palace, I am afraid FC United would have scored.

FC United's goal to extend the score was an assist from St. Maximin, who pedaled a bicycle on the left and crossed the thousand. Bissaka crossed in front of the post and Maddison slapped his horse to stab the ball into the net.

The final score was also locked at 0:2, and FC United continued to sit in the top spot in the Premier League.

In the next game, FC United rotated a few players, but the style of play was still a wide open attack, although the error rate was relatively high, but Matuidi and Rice were able to quickly get the ball back, the tacit understanding between Keylor Keylor and the back line was getting higher and higher, and Brighton only completed five shots in the game.

Another clean 2-0 game, FC United have scored eight goals and conceded none in three league matches, and have been sitting in first place in the table.

A total of three teams have won all three of the first three rounds of the Premier League, the other two being Tottenham Hotspur and Watford, with a goal difference below FC United in second or third.

Manchester City, Liverpool, Chelsea and Bournemouth are all close behind with two wins and one draw, Manchester United and Arsenal are two big teams that have not started well, both with one win and two defeats, and Mourinho and Emery have had different problems in the team.

However, the league has only just begun, FC United's schedule this season looks very friendly, only in October will they meet Chelsea, Manchester City and Liverpool in a row, and then in the New Year's schedule will be four days to Arsenal and Manchester City, the rest of the schedule will not meet the traditional big6 in a row.

Lu Wei's goal for the team in the new season is also very simple, the Premier League to fight for three, the Champions League to strive for the last eight, the League Cup to train substitutes, the FA Cup to strive for a breakthrough, no competition is fighting for the title.

This is not that Lu Wei is not motivated, he knows that no matter how strong the team can not win the championship every year, not to mention the FC United with no background, Lu Wei clearly remembers that this season's Premier League is the season of Manchester City and Liverpool, and the high score of 97 points can only be the runner-up.

Manchester City's main framework has not changed from last season, and Mahrez has been brought in from Leicester City to strengthen it, and Liverpool have bought Alisson, Fabinho, Keita and Shaqiri, the squad has been raised a notch, and they do not need to be distracted from the Champions League this season, and it is difficult to imagine the difficulty of snatching the Premier League title from these two teams.

Lu Wei did not have much hope in the Champions League, the lowest goal is to qualify from the group, the quarterfinals are qualified, FC United's comprehensive strength is not weaker than those giants, but there is still a lack of some background and domineering, especially the invisible metaphysics, not to mention that after entering the knockout round, luck is also an indispensable part of winning.

The League Cup has already won the championship once, so Lu Wei only sends substitutes and young players to the field to exercise in this competition, and whether the FA Cup will give its full strength depends on the schedule and the results in the Champions League.

FC United's next round opponents will be Leicester City, but Lowe has now flown to Monaco in suits with Steele and goalkeeper Keylor Navas in suits for the UEFA Awards ceremony in 17-18 and the Champions League group stage draw for the new season.