Legend of Green: Rise of the Red Rebels

On March 28, 2015, the singing of passion sounded on the Red Court for 90 minutes, but Lu Wei and FC United did not bring a victory to the fans, they lost 0-1 at home to the bottom of the table Jovel, James. Hart's header in the 82nd minute doused FC United's momentum, but it's no wonder that the players, at the end of the season, this high-frequency game of consecutive week of double matches has begun to affect the fitness of the players, in the pre-match inspection the day before, FC United's team doctor reported that there were as many as 8 players with insufficient physical reserves, and almost all of them were main players, so this game against the bottom team Lu Wei sent a pure substitute lineup to let the main players rest, and this underestimation of the enemy also paid a price.

And Newton Heath's hospital bed also has 5 players reported here, Igan, Lazari, Taphnir, Grimes and Michu, but fortunately it is not long, the most serious is Lazari, who has a thigh muscle strain, needs to miss the team for about four weeks, and both right-backs are all injured so that Lu Wei has to put Peterson in the right-back position first.

Away to Preston, Lu Wei released a starting lineup that was unfamiliar to everyone, goalkeeper Pickford, three central defenders Pinnock, Rahmani and Roberts, and five midfielders from right to left are Daniel. James, Holi Hahn, Marty. Lund, Kluka and Naismith, the two strikers are Ivan. Tony and Bowen.

Not to mention Wannian substitutes Lund and Naismith, Pinnock, recalled from the Green Forest Rangers in the winter window, also started in the league for the first time, and Daniel, who often appeared on the left wing, played in the right midfield, Lu Wei's arrangement made people feel like he gave up the game, especially against the long-established Preston.

Preston is now in 3rd place in the standings, 77 points are only 3 points behind Bristol City, and there is still hope of direct promotion, while FC United has 88 points, but the league still has 9 rounds, as long as the overturn two or three games are still possible to be reversed, so fans can't understand Lu Wei's operation.

And Lu Wei sitting in the coach's seat is also helpless, Ma Kaida, Hogan and others also need to rest, except for Robertson has the physical strength to play 46 90-minute games, few people in the team can withstand such a high frequency of games, Lu Wei can only hope that the players on the field do not live up to his expectations.

Pinnock, who is 1.94m tall, is a Jamaican descent born in London in 1993, has been training with the Dalich Hamlet team on the outskirts of London, has never played a first-team game, was brought to the red court by FC United's scouting team last summer, although he has been training with the first team, but Lu Wei arranged for him to loan to Green Forest Rangers to participate in the national league, the winter window was recalled to the team in order to replenish the thickness of the squad, but only twice entered the team's squad throughout the season, only once made a substitute appearance in the Carabao Cup, which was his first start at FC United。

In Lu Wei's impression, Pinnock was brought directly to the Championship by Barnsley after Green Forest Rangers played the National League, and quickly sat in the main position, it can be seen that Pinnock is just another Vardy who has not been appreciated by Bole, although he is not outstanding in usual training, the technique is also very rough, but also shows good professionalism and spirit, as for whether he can be qualified for the main position, it depends on his performance in this game.

However, the first starter Pinnock was obviously a little unable to let go on the field, and FC United conceded the ball in the 13th minute of the game, Laird's corner kick was sent to the back post, and Beckford, who should have been staring at Pinnock, sneaked there, and he easily put the ball into the net because of his own staring at the leaker, and Pinnock immediately blamed himself.

The 32-year-old veteran Roberts put on the captain's armband this game and comforted Pinnock: "Ethan, don't think about that lost the ball, don't blame you, it's the responsibility of our whole team, quickly cheer up, continue to watch him, don't let him find such an opportunity again, do you want to replace you with your head in the first half?"

Pinnock looked at Lu Wei on the sidelines, his eyes gradually became firm, took the football from Pickford, and kicked it towards the center circle. Lu Wei was also relieved to see Pinnock's move in the dugout, although Pinnock will not show up in the future and play in the middle and lower reaches of the Premier League, but in terms of defensive enthusiasm is not lost to those big stars, as long as his mentality is fine, he will definitely be able to gain a foothold in the Premier League in the future.

Preston wanted to go to the next city after the re-kick-off, but the more focused FC United backline did not make another low-level mistake, and Pinnock successfully cut off Joe in a one-on-one defense. The football at Garner's feet declared his determination, and the 1.91m average height of the back line also made Preston's crosses on both sides useless, and Pinock gradually found the feel of the game, and did not allow Preston to find another chance to score for the rest of the first half.

However, FC United's offensive performance is mediocre, Bowen and Tony, the two 18-year-olds are still a little rusty on the field, Bowen is still decent, after all, it has been in the professional league for almost two seasons, and Tony has just made 4 appearances for FC United, there is no player like Makaida sitting next to him, the two simply can't play the cooperation on the training ground, the midfield is also all relying on Klukas and Holihaan in the forward, the only threatening shot in the first half was Holihahn's long-range shot, Unfortunately, it was saved by goalkeeper John Stone, who Preston had loaned from Manchester United.

At halftime, Lu Wei only made one adjustment to the lineup, replacing Naismith with Robertson, this change completely brought FC United's two wings, Robertson and Daniel took turns to insert attacks on both sides, although Daniel has been playing on the left wing, but he is a right-footed player, playing on the right side is completely fine, Daniel took the ball on the right side and directly started to rush forward, but Lu Wei saw a few times Daniel's final handling of the ball and said to Ferran: " In the future, I will give Daniel more crosses, and the quality of this kid's crosses is not as good as mine.

Preston also adjusted his tactics in the 60s, intending to hold on to the victory until the end of the game, so how could Lu Wei let them go and immediately replace the idle Marty. Lund replaced Tyrone and brought Rachmani to the centre, while Bowen pulled back to use his technique to take charge of tandem midfield, this adjustment finally paid off before the end of the game, in the 82nd minute, Bowen retreated to the midfield and made a wall-hitting cooperation with Klucas, who crossed the ball to the left flank without a mark at the edge of the box, Robertson looked up and watched the cross, the ball fell accurately on Lahmani's head, Johnstone could not stop the close header, FC United equalized the score.

In the remaining time, the two teams did not change the score, each with 1 point to leave the deep valley course, but Bristol City also played 1:1 with Oldham Athletic, FC United continued to maintain an 8-point lead, but Lu Wei was not in a hurry, soon the team's main players returned from injury, when FC United will once again show their best form to meet the final League One match, besides, there are so many things in the world that are smooth sailing.