Legend of Green: Rise of the Red Rebels

Lu Wei was given Manchester United's starting list two hours before the start of the game, and the goalkeeper was David. De Gea, four defenders Antonio. Valencia, Phil. Jones, Marcos. Rojo and Daly. Blind, the four midfielders are captain Michael. Carrick, Maruna. Fellaini, Adnan. Januzai and Di Maria, who was brought in at a high price from Real Madrid this summer, are two strikers who have only been promoted from youth to the first team this season. Wilson and Lamedal on loan from Monaco. Falcao, seemingly a decent 442 formation, is actually a variant of the back three system, Valencia will appear more in the midfield position, liberating Di Maria to let him play freely up front.

I don't know if it's for the reason of underestimating the enemy or staying in the league, Smalling, Mata and Van Persie are sitting on the bench, and the core Rooney is not in the squad, some media reports say that Rooney and several other Manchester United players refuse to play against FC United, Lu Wei saw that he scoffed at this media, not to mention the quality of being a professional player, not to mention that Rooney has no intersection with FC United, how can he refuse to play, Van Gaal certainly doesn't want to give his full strength in this game, after all, he will have to compete with Southampton for the top three at the weekend.

On the FC United side, goalkeeper Pickford, four defenders Taphnir, Lahmani, Tyrone and Robertson, three midfielders Zinchenko, Grimes, Klukas, and the forward trident is Bowen, Daniel. James and Makeda, on paper, are far inferior to Manchester United's squad.

But football has never only looked at the game of paper strength to determine victory or defeat, Lu Wei in the previous life, as a Manchester United diehard fan, is very clear about the characteristics of the current Manchester United team, De Gea has been the main goalkeeper since he came to Manchester United in 11 years, even the later Romero and Henderson can not shake De Gea's position, but Lu Wei knows that De Gea has a fatal flaw, that is, the ability to command the defensive line and the ability to shoot the ball in high-pressure situations, so Lu Wei often practices set-piece tactics before the game, Daniel and Bowen were also arranged to press on United's backfield when they had the opportunity.

Although Valencia is jokingly called "Wabuchuan" by Chinese fans, fans like Lu Wei are very fond of such people who are loyal to the team and willing to sacrifice themselves, and Phil is also afraid of Lu Wei. Jones, Jones will give his best as long as he plays, he is an out-and-out fighter, so Lu Wei also intends to avoid Manchester United's right wing, Valencia can only move in the right half, Jones sometimes pushes too the pitch, which is where it can be used.

The area on the side of Rojo and Blind is Lu Wei's attacking focus, although Rojo shines in the World Cup, but the position that can really play his characteristics is left-back, and the frizzy performance also made Van Gaal give up on him quickly, if it were not for Luke Shaw's frequent injuries, he might not even have a chance to play. Although Blind has excellent ball ability and movement, he is a defender after all, and his physical quality limits his ceiling, and the addition of Blind and Rojo to Manchester United is only to satisfy Van Gaal's preference for left-centre-backs with good ball ability to play in the back three.

Januzai's career has been high and low, his thin body has limited his performance in the Premier League, coupled with the same problems as Makaida, he has lost his position in the praise of the outside world, although he can still have a place in Manchester United, but Lu Wei knows that he will soon sink. Di Maria and Falcao have not been able to adapt to the rhythm of the Premier League, and Wilson is nothing more than another Makeda, not even as good as Makeda in the future.

What really makes Lu Wei afraid is Carrick, Fellaini, Jones and Van Persie sitting on the bench, Carrick and Fellaini are called ball blind filters by senior fans, Carrick needless to say, the most underrated midfield master in world football, without him sitting in the midfield it is impossible to make Manchester United attack and defend smoothly, and Fellaini as a tactical puzzle-like figure has always been impressed among fans as a midfielder with no characteristics as a high school forward, However, he can meet all kinds of tactical needs and can make up for the lack of running ability in Manchester United's midfield.

Although Van Persie has begun to decline these two seasons, far less beautiful than when he was under Ferguson, the instinct of assassin killers is still Manchester United's scoring weapon, and even the downhill Van Persie is not the current Tyrone and Rahmani can prevent, Lu Wei still has to guard against the possibility of the Dutch national team's all-time top scorer coming off the bench, fortunately, Rooney was arranged by Van Gaal to rotate and did not enter the squad, otherwise the two national team goalscorer kings are enough for the FC United backline to be busy.

In this game, Lu Wei did not intend to defend and counterattack, but chose the premise of the defense to press high-pressure, focusing the attack on the side of Blind and Rojo, using the rounds of Bowen and Taphnier to create opportunities, and Daniel and Makaida will also find opportunities to switch positions to this side, defensively chose to target the defense, Tyrone is responsible for the young Wilson, Rahmani looks at the physically stronger Falcao, the three players in the midfield and Robertson are very capable players, responsible for midfield sweeping and interception.

During the previous two days of training sessions, Lu Wei had been practicing set-piece tactics with Phelan and Phil. Jones and Rojo are foul-prone players, whether it is Bowen's technique or Daniel's speed, it is possible to create free kicks and corners up front, and a set-piece can change the situation on the field when facing opponents who are stronger than themselves.

Although Lu Wei has made a lot of targeted arrangements for Manchester United's shortcomings, the biggest deficiency of FC United compared to Manchester United cannot be remedied by tactics, that is, the gap in comprehensive strength. Unable to adapt to the Premier League shortly after the opening kick-off, Di Maria was very comfortable against FC United, dodging Holihaan and Robertson's defence every time after receiving the ball.

In the 16th minute, Carrick backfield long pass, Rahmani rushed in front of Falcao header to clear, Di Maria received the ball and the heel knocked past Zinchenko, Klukas was still 3 meters away, at this time Di Maria in front of the space wide, Tyrone made a fatal mistake at this time, he hesitated for a moment and chose the more threatening latter between Wilson and Di Maria, but the moment Tyrone left Wilson, Di Maria passed the ball, because Rahmani and Falcao were further back, so Wilson was not offside, at this time Tyrone turned back to defend it was too late, Wilson received the ball and stopped the ball and dialed a direct volley into the dead corner, the football rushed to FC United's goal, Pickford's hand will not be able to reach the ball, Manchester United in the away first goal.

Some of the fans in the stands celebrated the goal with jubilation, but most of the fans were just applauding, including FC United's South Stand fans, because they could not face this battle, both sides were their own teams, almost every FC United fan came from Manchester United fans, Manchester United is not their enemy, even if it does become an opponent.