Legend of Green: Rise of the Red Rebels

At 3 p.m. on August 9, 2014, the red stadium with a capacity of 18,000 people poured into more than 16,000 home fans, only the south stand had a little place to sit sporadic away fans, Peterborough United fans never expected that a promoted horse would have such a shocking home atmosphere, the song of "Nobody Can Drag Me Down" resounded throughout the stadium, and the north stand of the red stadium was a green and gold seat, forming the words "Newton Heath". It represents FC United's tribute to history, and sitting in this stand are the most senior FC United fans, all of whom have accompanied FC United all the way from its inception in 2005.

Led by the Red Rebel fan organization, led by Michael . Johnson was also one of the leaders of the opposition to Glazer in '05, and Mike is waving the team flag, organizing the fans in the stands to sing the team anthem and the fan song, cheering for FC United, hoping for a victory on the red court debut.

Before the start of the game, the MV of "Nobody Can Drag Me Down" was also officially unveiled, and after making an appointment with the one-way group a month ago, the one-way group and FC United recorded this short film together on the red court, which also put FC United's past glorious moments in, Chadwick, Markkinson and others all appeared in the film, Lu Wei plans to make a new short MV every year before the start of the season as a promotional video for the team's new season. In addition to keeping footage of the one-way combination and the red court, new moments of glorious moments will be inserted every year to introduce fans to the team.

In the players' tunnel, the FC United players standing in line felt a sense of tension that they had not felt before, although the warm-up game had been played on this field, but this was the first official game on the red court, even the loaned Pickford and the old Trafford scene Makeda were nervous, and what Lu Wei said in the dressing room was still in the minds of the players.

"Gentlemen, this is an ordinary game, every year there are many first round league matches, this game is no different from other games, there are 46 league rounds in total, this is only the first game, but this is not the same for us FC United, it is not the same for the red court, it is not the same for the fans sitting outside and singing the team song, this game is the first official match on the red court, I do not allow to lose, Please bring this stadium a memorable victory to the fans who are cheering on on the pitch! "

The players are nervous, the two coaches are in harmony, Peterborough United's manager is Sir Alex Ferguson's son, Darren. Ferguson, who has several Carrington Academy players in the squad, Leo Smith. Ferdinand's younger brother Keane. Ferdinand is also in the team, along with Lu Wei and Darren. Ferguson sent warm greetings to each other to express kindness, but when the game started, friendliness did not exist.

On his red debut, Lu Wei fielded the strongest team of players who could play, only Michu was still treating synovitis and was hidden in the snow, goalkeeper Pickford, three central defenders Rahmani, Roberts and Tyrone, two wing-backs Taphnier and Robertson, three central midfielders Klucas, Holihaan and Grimes, and the two forwards were Makaida and Hogan.

This is the first time that Lu Wei has not fielded a winger's official game starting line-up, but the positional premise Tavernir and Robertson have a lot of freedom on the wing, and they can be used as wingers when they insert attack, and the wing-backs insert midfield filling is a way of running that FC United often trained in July, so there is no need to worry about defensive problems.

After the opening game, Lu Wei obviously felt the tension of the players on the field, looked at Ferran next to him and said: "Did I put too much pressure on them before the game."

Ferran shook his head, "This is the first league game, they haven't fully entered the game yet, and except for Rico and James, they haven't played at home stadiums of this size, it's normal to be nervous, keep watching, trust the players, and believe in the tactics you have arranged for them, and this is also a grind for them, this is only the first game in League One, if you can't even get through this level, then it's better for you to re-plan your season goals this season."

Lu Wei smiled bitterly and thought, if this group of people can't mix in the first league, then it's really impossible to say, but it's really a family with an old man like a treasure, it was right to invite Ferran out of the mountain last year, and with such an experienced assistant coach on the side, he can help himself a lot.

Although FC United's coaching dugout is relatively relaxed, but the current situation on the field is really not conducive to FC United, Peterborough United was the sixth place in the League One last season, and only lost by a small goal to Leyton East in the semifinals of the promotion play-offs failed to complete the promotion goal, although the top scorer Britt this season. Asunbaronga moved to Nottingham Forest, where midfielder Lee Smith moved to Nottingham Forest. Tomlin went to Middlesbrough, but with the £8 million transfer fee left for the team, they allowed Peterborough United to complete the squad reinforcement, introduced a number of Premier League One stars, and loaned a lot of instant combat power from the Premier League Championship, aiming for promotion places, and the strength should not be underestimated.

Since Michu is not present, Makaida and Hogan are not the kind of forwards who can be organized, resulting in the current FC United field can not be tandem front midfielders, Taphnir and Robertson are also suppressed in their second half to focus on defense, there is no time to forward to attack, fortunately, Peterborough United's attacking players did not seize the opportunity well, and did not pose a threat to FC United's goal.

Peterborough United failed to shoot three consecutive shots into the goal range, the configuration of three defenders made FC United's penalty area defense hardness to the extreme, but FC United's attack was also ineffective, Makaida and Hogan have not found tacit understanding on the field, several attacks have ended in a single battle, the two with similar styles also frequently overlapped in running positions, and several passes failed to form an effective attack, but Makaida still used his personal ability to complete a threatening shot, in the 27th minute, Robertson and Klucas, who assisted in the front, completed a two-over-one cooperation and then passed to Makaida, who wanted the ball, Makaida glanced at the position of the defender behind him, completed the right turn while receiving the ball with the arch of his left foot, and then wiped the opponent's defense with his right foot, and instantly the whole court burst into fierce cheers, and Makaida, who burst into the box, saw that Hogan had been stuck by the defender, so he had to choose to shoot himself, but unfortunately the shooting angle was not good to be saved by the goalkeeper.

This shot was also the only threatening shot in the first half of FC United, Peterborough United has been controlling the pace of the game on the field, Lu Wei wanted to stay until halftime to make adjustments, but the score was still rewritten in the first half, in the 39th minute, Peterborough United suddenly kicked straight after a few passes in the middle, Roberts turned around and did not let Peterborough United striker Luke. James formed a single knife and calmly pushed the ball into the bottom right corner in the face of Pickford, who wanted to strike, Luke, who transferred from Hartwerp this summer. James scored a goal on his Peterborough United debut.

Luke. When James was celebrating the goal with his teammates, FC United Manchester put the ball back to the tee point in disappointment, waiting for the Peterborough United players to return to their own half, Lu Wei saw that the situation was not good, and now the player's mental state is not very good, and quickly shouted to the players on the field.

"It's okay, it's just a goal conceded, don't care, continue to stabilize the defense, pay attention to the running position, the first half is almost over, hold on."

However, the players who wanted to get a hearty victory on the red court debut had not yet adjusted their mentality, and the situation of conceding a goal first made the players on the field more nervous, although Lu Wei had already commanded the players on the field to defend steadily as soon as he conceded the goal, but the undecided FC United still lost the goal.

In the 43rd minute, Taphnir stepped forward to assist but was cut off by Peterborough United, and Holihaan, who was supposed to fill Tafnir, did not arrive in time and was seized by Peterborough United, left winger Taylor burst into the box and dodged Rahmani who came to defend, and a powerful shot into the near corner of the goal, the red court fell into a dead silence.

At 2:0, FC United made their home debut and were already two goals behind in the first half.