Legend of Green: Rise of the Red Rebels

While Lu Wei and FC United were warming up for the pre-season, the World Cup in Brazil was nearing its end, with talented teenager Neymar splitting his lumbar vertebrae in the quarterfinals against Colombia, and captain Silva also receiving the third yellow card of the World Cup in the tournament and will also miss the semi-finals, and their opponent is the German team who has just eliminated the old French team.

And on July 8, 2014, this day is destined to be recorded in the history of football, missing the captain and attacking core of Scolari broke the cauldron, as a result, the Brazilian team was in chaos after being scored by Mueller in the 25th minute, and was caught by Germany in a row of midfield mistakes, and the final semifinal was slaughtered by Germany 7:1 The result was unacceptable to all Brazilians and surprised fans around the world, and Klose also scored his 16th goal in the World Cup in this game. He surpassed the legendary Ronaldo with 15 goals to become the top scorer in World Cup history.

Argentina also eliminated the Netherlands and Germany in the penalty shootout under Mascherano's tenacious defense and Romero's wonderful play, and in the final, Argentina, who was favored by countless people, was replaced by Klose's golden boy Gotze, who wasted a great opportunity, and Gonzalo was remorseful, and the five-time Golden Ball Mr. Messi won nothing in the knockout round, although he was awarded the World Cup Golden Ball Award by FIFA, but everyone knows that the World Cup Golden Ball Award has become the "World Cup Consolation Award", The tragedy of Argentina reaching the final of the World Series three times in three years and winning runners-up three times has just begun.

Colombian rising star James . Rodriguez won the Golden Boot and was brought to Real Madrid by Florentino after the World Cup, but it was not destined to be his blessing, and the glory of his life was only left in the 2014 World Cup.

And the brightest thing in this World Cup is undoubtedly the goalkeepers, Neuer's "gatekeeper" playing style has really entered the public's field of vision, since then the role of technical goalkeepers in tactics is more and more obvious, Argentina goalkeeper Romero, Costa Rican goalkeeper Navas, Chilean goalkeeper Bravo, Colombian goalkeeper Ospina and Mexican goalkeeper Ochoa, goalkeepers from the American continent have played world-class performance, Navas and Bravo later became the main goalkeepers of Real Madrid and Barca, Ospina and Romero also have excellent performances in the Premier League, although Ochoa played mediocre at the club and withdrew from the five major league platforms early, but Ochoa was dubbed one of the "Big Four" by fans in the World Cup.

After every World Cup, there will be blockbuster transfers of players who have performed well in the World Cup, except for the World Cup golden boot James who was taken away by Real Madrid, the biggest signing is Suarez, who bit Chiellini at the World Cup, Barcelona spent £74 million to bring him to Camp Nou, but Suarez will not be able to play until October due to the bite incident being banned by FIFA.

In order to make room for new signings, Di Maria and Alexis Sanchez were sent to Manchester United and Arsenal respectively, and the heaviest signings this summer were all concentrated in the Premier League, with Di Maria 67 million, David . Louis 45 million, Mangara 40 million, Sanchez 38 million, Luke. Shaw 34 million, Romelu Lukaku 32 million, a number of big stars gathered in the Premier League, and FC United's Mane's 15 million transfer fee was just a small splash in it.

These are not any deviations from Lu Wei's memory, now FC United has not yet affected the pattern of world football, the influence is minimal, Lu Wei simply collected a bet on the World Cup and put into pre-season preparation.

FC United in the new season sent away the two major offensive cores Mane and Moore, but with the addition of Michu and Makaida, as well as potential stocks such as Bowen and James, the strength of the forward line has only increased, and a large number of hoarded defenders make FC United's back line more solid and stable, the only drawback is that the midfield is relatively weak, but Lu Wei also thought of a solution, that is, FC United in the new season is mainly defensive counterattack, get the ball quickly through the midfield, Leaving the attack to the individual ability of the players up front to solve the game, in addition to the two wing-backs of Tavernir and Robertson and the back insertion of Lucas are also part of FC United's attacking routine.

In the World Cup after the major giants to recruit, FC United's pre-season warm-up game also came to an end, throughout July 6 warm-up games 4 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss, most of the players have entered a good competitive state, but Michu found mild synovitis in the medical laboratory examination, did not train with the team, was treated in the laboratory, and usually trained in the rehabilitation center in the laboratory.

Michu marveled at the advanced medical laboratory of FC United, and was glad that he did not choose to play in Italy, now only found out the signs, but if he really goes to Italy, I am afraid that it will really aggravate the injury of synovitis, FC United's rehabilitation center has the most advanced physical testing equipment in the UK, and the rehabilitation center also has ice baths, medicinal baths, rehabilitation pools and other facilities, Michu is very leisurely here to enjoy the most advanced recovery training, waiting for the body to reach the real competition standards.

In addition to Michu, there are Zinchenko, Pinock, Daniel who have not yet met the competition standards. James and Ivan. Tony, lacking first-team experience, they still need time to adapt to the real game, but because FC United on the back line is not short of manpower, Pinnock was loaned to the National League to adapt to the game at Lu Wei's request, Zinchenko, Daniel. James and Ivan. Tony stayed in the first team to train with the team.

At Newton Heath, Lu Wei stood by the window of his office, smiled at the thriving training base, turned to the calendar on his desk and drew a big red circle on August 9, 2014, the day of the first round of the 14-15 League One season, and that day was almost here.

P.S. 14-15 FC United First Team Squad

Goalkeeper: No. 1 Edward. Mendy (22, Senegalese/French), Jordan No. 12. Pickford (20, English), No. 25 Josh. Olerenshaw (24, English)

Defender: No. 2 Mark. Roberts (31, English), No. 3 Andy. Dawson (36, English), No. 4 James. Tavernir (23, English), No. 5 Marty. Pearson (21, English), No. 6 Tyrone. Mins (21, English), 13th Amir. Rahmani (20, Albanian/Kosovar), 19th John Egan (22, Irish), No. 20 Manuel. Lazzari (20, Italian), No. 23 Ethan. Pinnoc (21, English/Jamaican), 24 Flanders. Mendy (19, French), Andrew 26. Robertson (20, Scottish), Ben 30. White (17, English)

Midfielder: No. 8 Klucas, No. 14. Thayer (20 years old, English), No. 29 Zinchenko (18 years old, Ukrainian), No. 15 Martí. Lund (22, Northern Irish), 16 Matt Grimes (19, English), No. 22 Connor. Hollihahn (22, Irish)

Forward: No. 7 Jarrod. Bowen (18, English), No. 9 Federico. Makaida (23, Italian), No. 10 Michu (28, Espanyol), No. 11 Daniel. James (17, Welsh), No. 17 Carl. Naismith (22, Scottish), No. 18 Ivan. Tony (18, England/Jamaican), Scott No. 21. Hogan (22 years old, English).