Legend of Green: Rise of the Red Rebels

Middlesbrough, since the establishment of the Premier League has been mixed in the middle of the Premier League, when famous players such as Juniño, Schwarzer, Viduka, Hasselbaink, Downing and other famous players have played in this team, relegated to the Championship in 2009, and only returned to the Premier League under the leadership of Karanka in 2016, but fell back to the Championship in only one year, and never returned to the Premier League after that, is a typical team that has been eliminated by the golden dollar football era.

Middlesbrough's River Valley Stadium can accommodate 33,476 seats, which is one of the best in the Championship, nearly twice as large as FC United's Red Stadium, but Walsh has planned to continue to expand the Red Stadium, and when designing the stadium, the stadium expansion plan was made into five phases, with the team upgrade and the increase in audience attendance, the first expansion plan is to add a grandstand. The capacity of the red stadium can be expanded from 18,000 to 26,000 people, and now the admission rate of the red stadium can reach more than 95%, as long as this admission rate is maintained, expanding the stadium is a necessary task.

But now the attention still has to be on the game, because there are only 3 days of rest before the game, Lu Wei did not let the physically weak Roberts, Dawson and Holihaan into the squad, Michu's knee is still not recommended to play the whole game after the team doctor's examination, continue to recover treatment, Lu Wei also had to practice defensive counterattack tactics before the game, Hogan, Daniel and Bowen are the top forward trident, the midfield is Klukas, Graems and Zinchenko, the four defenders are Lazari, Rahmani, Tyrone and Robertson, with Pickford guarding the goal.

Although it is a three-striker, Daniel and Bowen will retreat to the midfield to participate in the defense while defending, and immediately step forward as soon as there is a chance to counterattack, and Hogan's task is to be a free man in the front court, running wherever there is a chance. The four defenders held their positions and did not easily step forward to assist, with Grimes and Zinchenko responsible for sweeping in front of the defenders, and Klukas defending as a transit point and possession point for counter-attacks.

This swinging bus tactic made Middlesbrough, who were playing at home, eat a hard bone, and throughout the first half, Middlesbrough had a total of 17 shots on goal, but they were deflected 9 times, blocked by FC United players 4 times, and two of the other four times were too right, one was under the interference of Tyrone, Bamford's header was weak, and the only threatening shot was Tomlin's midfield grab was saved by Pickford.

In the first half, FC United's offensive routine is very simple, that is, after cutting off the ball, it is a long pass counterattack, Hogan, Daniel and Bowen who are in a good position to pass where, although Hogan is at the front and does not participate in the defense much, but he has not stopped running at all, has been swimming in the weak part of Middlesbrough's backline, so that the two defenders of Middlesbrough always have to focus on him and dare not easily step forward, and Hogan is even more clever when counterattacking, Before each start, you must first bump with the defender and then run in the opposite direction, so that the defender is not good to defend his forward line.

And Daniel and Bowen's speed also made Middlesbrough's full-backs suffer, and they had to run at full strength to keep up with their speed, fortunately, although Daniel was fast, the final shot was not threatening, just need to follow him to interfere with the shot, and Bowen's side is more difficult, although the speed is not as fast as Daniel, but Bowen's foot skills make Michu, the Spaniard, praise, and the changes in the feet can always make the defender unable to grab the ball, It allows him to find space to pass the ball out every time.

The FC United players who focused on defense at halftime did not look very tired, but the players of Middlesbrough who continued to attack were a little out of breath, Middlesbrough's Espanyol coach Karanka advocated technical attack, requiring players to run more positions and run opportunities when FC United was at halftime, but no matter what way failed to break FC United's defense, but their physical energy was quickly consumed.

"Just continue like this, everyone holds on, the physical fitness on the opposite side is almost over, and another 30 minutes is the moment of the real decisive victory, everyone cheer!" After Lu Wei finished speaking, he looked at Hogan, "Scott, how do you feel about the defender opposite?"

Hogan took a sip of water and replied, "It's okay, it's tall but not very strong, I can fight them with strength, Rico can crush them after he comes on the field, as for the speed of turning, needless to say, if not for those two full-backs in the first half we could have counterattacked two or three."

"Okay, hard work, you are aggrieved in this game, and I will treat you to Chinese food after the game." Rico, get warm up and be ready to come on and finish them for me. "

“Yes Sir！"

That's right, Lu Wei's real killer in this game is not a defensive counterattack, but Ma Kaida, Lu Wei's plan is to let Hogan's three flexible forwards consume the physical strength of the Middlesbrough defense, and when the time is almost in the second half, he will replace Ma Kaida with his personal ability to find an opportunity to score the winning goal, but there are two major prerequisites for this tactic to be implemented, one is that FC United must always guard Middlesbrough's attack, and the other is that Karanka did not change into a defender before Makaida came on. However, Lu Wei knows that in a situation like Middlesbrough, few coaches pay attention to the physical problems of the defense, and even if a coach will do this, it is not him.

In the second half, Karanka replaced Neus and replaced Adam. Ratchet. Lu Wei knew at a glance that Karanka was planning to strengthen the breakthrough to find a foul and ask for a free kick, so how could you get your wish, Lu Wei immediately called Klukas to convey this information to the players on the field.

Sure enough, the players of Middlesbrough began to frequently want to break through the defense with the ball, but the FC United players did not easily get off the foot after Lu Wei's instruction, but used their bodies to interfere with the rhythm of the dribbling under their feet and then seek the opportunity to break the ball, 10 minutes later, Middlesbrough's foul-looking tactics not only did not work, but also was seized by FC United to attack two counter-attack opportunities, but Hogan's shots could not be turned into goals, but it was clear that the physical strength of Middlesbrough's defenders was declining.

In the 60th minute, after Middlesbrough captain Whitehid fired an anti-aircraft gun with a long-range shot, Lu Wei felt that it was time, and anxiety had already filled the faces of the Middlesbrough players, calling for a change from the fourth official, replacing Hogan and replacing Makaida.

On the other hand, Karanka did not feel that Makaida was a threat at all, although he also met Maqaida's team last season, when Makaida did not contribute much under the defense of Ayala. But what Karanka didn't expect was that the current Makaida was not the same as last season, and Ayala was not the Ayala in his heyday.

Ma Kaida continued to follow Lu Wei's tactical ideas after coming on the field, putting pressure on the two defenders of Middlesbrough, and from time to time looking for opportunities to collide with their bodies, and finally the opportunity appeared in the 68th minute, Raycher's left side broke through to pass to Banford who wanted the ball, Tyrone behind him saw this opportunity to carry Bamford with his body and intercepted the football, the football out of Middlesbrough's control was driven by Rahmani to the back of Middlesbrough, Makeda and Daniel instantly accelerated, Ayala turned around and wanted to pull Makeda to prevent him from running away, but his physical strength had dropped significantly, he couldn't keep up with Makeda's speed at all, but when he hit Makeda, he lost his balance and fell to the ground, and the rest was very simple, facing the attacking goalkeeper, Makeada easily deceived the goalkeeper with a feint before kicking the ball to the other side.

0-1, FC United lead Championship side Middlesbrough away.