Legend of Green: Rise of the Red Rebels

Leicester City, the Premier League champions in the 15-16 season, once performed miracles, but missed European competition for two consecutive seasons, and the only winners of the title are now Vardy and Schmeichel Jr., the first and second veterans.

Kante was poached by Chelsea after winning the title, and Mahrez also defected this summer, although he also bought Ndidi, Moussa, Isinacho and other powerhouses, but still could not go further, especially Lu Wei cut off Maddison and Maguire, Leicester City had a harder time, and the core players in the team were still veterans led by Schmeichel Jr. and Vardy.

Lu Wei is not a superstitious veteran or a manager who fully trusts the Leprechaun's future talent, FC United also have four veterans over 30 this season, Matuidi and Giroud joined last season, Keylor Navas and Pepe are new arrivals this year.

It just so happens that last season were two French national team teammates, this season are two former Real Madrid team-mates, one who just won the World Cup and the other who once defended their Champions League titles, and the four of them bring enough experience to FC United to win the tournament.

And the off-field quality of the four of them is also very high, Matuidi has always been an honest man on the court, willing to be a green leaf and blue collar, strong tactical execution, abide by the rules, talk about discipline, maintain unity, take care of the overall situation, only if you have really coached Matuidi, you know his preciousness.

Olivier Giroud has never been a cancerous selfish player, whether criticized by the media or sometimes played as a substitute, never making trouble, Wenger once said of Giroud, "Oliver has a strong will, he is a real team striker. "

Giroud is like an old employee in the workplace, the little young around him has a background, that has connections, and makes a lot of life every day, and Lao Lu is disliked by young people every day and reacts slowly and can't speak, but when the young people are helpless, Lao Lu can always stand up, silently help them do the trivial things they can't do, and leave the limelight to them."

Navas, a devout believer, is a genuinely good man, off the field, when returning to the familiar Levante, he presents fans with goalkeeper gloves and frog toys; When the Ramos couple went to Costa Rica for their honeymoon, Navas accompanied him throughout the whole process, even in the event of a 6.3 magnitude earthquake, and after winning the Champions League, he cut his hair and used a bald head to encourage children who needed to fight cancer in the hospital.

On the field, after winning the best goalkeeper in La Liga, he made only 7 appearances in one season and did not complain. When the transfer farce between Real Madrid and De Gea ended in the summer of '15, he was suddenly told that the transfer deal was cancelled when he had packed his bags and was ready to leave Real Madrid, and Navas could also be on the training ground the next day as usual, and on the first day he arrived at Newton Heath, Navas immediately put away his low mood from leaving Real Madrid and devoted himself to training.

Even Pepe, who has the title of "warrior monk", has more positive news at the end of his career, fighting until he vomits, but also can stand up from the top of his opponent's head, hold the opponent who is about to fall out of the air, give up the high salary to relieve the financial pressure of Besiktas, and after Euro 16, the red card has never appeared on Pepe.

And that kind of tough guy role on the pitch is what every team needs, a tough guy central defender who can step up at key moments, come out in key positions to make up for defense, and do dirty work with a big bag, the football field has never been a gentleman's idle walk after drinking and eating, the football field needs fighters.

Buying veterans is not to let them play their spare time, the most important thing is to let FC United's young players grow up a little faster through their words and deeds, players like Keylor Navas, Pepe, Matuidi and Giroud, even if they don't have to deliberately teach anything, these more than ten years of game experience and professionalism only need to be felt by following along.

All four of them have long careers, Matuidi announced his retirement after the World Cup, 35 is the youngest of the four of them, Giroud is a year older than Matuidi, still with France in the World Cup in Qatar and finished runners-up. Keylor is the same age as Olivier Giroud, and although his strength has gradually declined due to age, he has also made a consistent appearance in the Premier League. Pepe became the oldest non-goalkeeper in Portuguese Premier League history at the age of 40 years and 183 days shortly before the real world.

Lu Wei wants young players to see what these players with long careers look like, Maddison and McGim can learn how to choose the position and timing of the front from Matuidi, Haaland can learn from Giroud what he is not good at heading and doing, Rice and Ben. White can learn from Pepe to defend, Ramsdale can learn from Keylor Navas, and from Krull

In addition to this, all the young players can learn from the veterans how to be a true professional, and if possible, Lu Wei even wants to put Modric, Kjaar, Bruno together. Alves, a professional player with high professional qualities, bought into the team, but unfortunately, Modric will not leave Real Madrid, Sevilla FC do not want to let Kjaar leave, and Bruno. Alves has also begun to decline, and although he is willing to reunite with Pepe at FC United, he is not willing to play as a substitute, preferring to play more games at a small club.

When these veterans leave the team, the middle-generation players in the FC United team also begin to become veterans, and the new generation of players become the backbone of the team, Lu Wei hopes that this style in the team can continue, and the reasonable age structure and smooth metabolism are the true embodiment of a mature giant.

In the lower leagues, Lu Wei needs the momentum of young people, and after entering the top league, whether there are players with championship experience in the team determines the team's heritage, so Lu Wei will buy two old players every year, using this method to make the team more mature, and Lu Wei is not based on who has a good resume to buy whom, it is decided after a long time of tactical analysis.

Against Leicester City, the four veterans took three turns, only Matuidi continued to appear on the pitch, and the team failed to win, and the youngsters and Leicester City had a bumpy game.

In the 17th minute, Jamie Vardy gave Leicester the lead with a low shot from inside the box, but within three minutes Sancho received Maddison's direct ball past Schmeichel Jr. to equalise.

In the 38th minute, Robertson's cross from the left was assisted by Maddison's header to put FC United on the lead, but with two minutes left in the game, Isinagio kicked a world wave from outside the box to help Leicester City equalize.