Legend of Green: Rise of the Red Rebels

The next day, Lu Wei led FC United to a comfortable win over League One side Shrewsbury City in the fourth round of the FA Cup to reach the last 16 of the FA Cup, where they will face Watford, who are currently eighth in the league.

"Guys, we need to think about the plan for the third-tier battle now, the Champions League knockout round will start in two weeks' time, we don't have any experience in the league, the Champions League and the FA Cup, everyone has their thoughts."

Attacking coach Beatty was the first to speak, he has always been a more motivated person, and FC United's attack has become more and more sharp with his help in the past two years.

"I don't think there is too much to worry about this problem, the thickness of our team's squad is good, the players are in good physical condition, there are no injuries, the pressure of the league is actually not too big, and it should not be a problem to play in the third line according to the regular rotation tactics."

Other coaches also nodded in agreement with Beatty's statement, FC United's overall strength is strong enough, although the three-line battle has a relatively large load on the players' bodies, if the players are reasonably arranged according to the schedule, it is completely possible to go hand in hand on the three lines.

Lu Wei shook his head and looked at the coaches of FC United.

"Guys, let me ask you, what are our goals for this season?"

Beatty and the others looked at each other, not understanding why the manager suddenly asked such a question, but such a simple question was answered quickly.

'Of course it's the title, the Premier League, the Champions League, then the FA Cup.'

"Well, let me ask you, has our club ever won one of these three trophies before? How many of our players have league titles, Champions League and cup titles? Last question, how many teams in Europe have won the treble in the past 20 years?

As words came out of Lu Wei's mouth, the conference room gradually quieted down, FC United has won the league championship, and has become the European champion, and there are several cup champions, but it is the second-level English Championship, the Europa League, which is much less competitive than the Champions League, and most of the domestic cups are the champions of the lower leagues, and only the League Cup has a greater influence.

As for the players' championship experience, only Keylor Navas and Pepe have won the top league and Champions League honours at Real Madrid, Matuidi has only won Ligue 1 and Olivier Giroud has only won the FA Cup three times with Arsenal at the club.

The veteran players with championship experience have all joined the team in these two seasons, and Matuidi, who has been in the team for the longest time, has only been in the team for 14 months strictly speaking, and most of the players have no experience in the knockout stages of the Champions League at all.

'The Europa League is not the Champions League, although our opponent is still Lyon, but Lyon's record in the Champions League is much stronger than in the Europa League, their desire to win is definitely stronger than last year, and the pressure is not more than double that of last year, so we must not take it lightly, the Champions League is a competition that we have to fight for, and this is the best way for the world to recognize us."

'We can't relax in the league either, Liverpool are very strong this season, they are strong enough to beat any team in the world, and I'm not just talking about now, I'm talking about any team in history, it's their misfortune to only play in the Europa League this season, but it's also their luck because they can put more energy into the league and that's bad news for us.

It was only after seeing that the coaches began to realise the team's current inexperience that Lu Wei began to analyse the situation after FC United.

"But we will never give up any league game, even if we have the task of playing in the Champions League, we have to play in the league with all our might, as long as we can play, I will not let any of the main players keep the quality, you should remember Bayer Leverkusen in 2002, I don't want to let the Ballack tragedy play out in Newton Heath."

"What about the FA Cup?"

Beattie immediately asked, he is a traditional England coach and the FA Cup is a very heavy title in his eyes.

Lu Wei did not answer him immediately, but pulled up the fixture schedule of FC United Manchester in February 2019 from the computer.

'You see, our opponent in the fifth round of the FA Cup is Watford, the date is February 15, and the Champions League knockout stage is February 19, both games are away, and then we come back from France, and again, and the derby against Manchester United on the 23rd, and then the Premier League rematch on the 27th.

Having said that, the coaches of FC United have actually understood what Lu Wei means.

"In the Champions League, we have to give it our all, and we can't keep it against Manchester United, so in the FA Cup, I will arrange the appearance according to the state of the players, so that the main players can retain their strength."

The chairman spoke, and Beattie and others did not raise any objections, although they thought that FC United Man had enough strength to impact the treble, but Lu Wei knew that the current FC United Man still lacked some things, which could not be exchanged by the ability of players and coaches alone.

That is the team's heritage and confidence in the championship, why Real Madrid can always rely on metaphysics to reverse the game again and again in the Champions League, and Guardiola can only become the Champions League champion in his seventh year at Manchester City, and Paris Saint-Germain has MSN and can't make any waves in the European arena.

This is an unspeakable thing, some people think it is metaphysics, some people say that this is the wind of the king, why 20 years ago to play in the Premier League is Manchester United Arsenal, the Bundesliga hegemon is Bayern, Barcelona is the Universe team, the king of Europe is Real Madrid, Lu Wei wants FC United to become a real giant, there is still a long, long way to go.

In the 26th round of the Premier League, FC United successfully reversed West Ham United in the second half with two goals scored by Jadon Sancho and Maddison, while Liverpool suffered a draw, and FC United veteran Vardy helped Leicester City and Liverpool to play 1-1 at Anfield Stadium.

Since November 18, FC United and Liverpool have finally not been evenly scored, and after 26 rounds, FC United Manchester is two points ahead of Liverpool and once again sits at the top of the league standings.

In the fifth round of the FA Cup, Lu Wei sent Webster, Saint-Maximin and other substitute players, and naturally lost to Watford, who wanted to make a difference in the FA Cup.