Red Rebels

As a professional reporter for the Manchester Evening News, Scarlett is currently tracking three Manchester teams, including Manchester United, Manchester City and New Manchester United. Originally, in her impression, the home atmosphere of New Manchester United should be the best, because their fans most fanatical.

Manchester United's fans are the most polite and least like fans. Even when the team scores a goal, they will not shout and cheer at the top of their lungs. They are like neutral spectators on both sides of the game. The passers-by of this stadium will not leave any clouds.

Why Keane is still stubbornly fighting for a contract extension with Manchester United is because he is disappointed with the club management!

However, as the first game of the new Manchester United in the National League this season, the home game against Ruthtown Diamonds, when the referee blew the whistle for the end of the first half, the audience was surprisingly quiet.

Was it because the stands were empty because the new United moved into the bigger Gigg Lane ground?

Obviously not all of them, although there are only more than 3,000 fans sitting in more than 8,000 seats, but in the past, these more than 3,000 fans could still create a home atmosphere that frightened the guests.

If there's even the slightest doubt about that, look no further than the FA Cup tie away to Arsenal by the new United a few months ago.

The only reason why the fans were depressed was that the new Manchester United lost, and it was a crushing loss!

The number displayed on the big red scoreboard on the field is 0:3. According to the usual practice, the home team is in front and the visiting team is behind!

In this game, the new Manchester United lined up a 442 formation. The striker is a double-high combination of Zikic and Crouch. The left and right wingers are Krzynovic and Darren Lyons, and the central midfielder is Juninho Jr. And Karl Makinson, the back line from left to right is Evra, Abidal, Gareth Turner and Kevin Evan, and the goalkeeper is Schmeichel.

Compared with last season's main lineup, the new Manchester United's main lineup this season has changed 6 people, including all striker partners.

For a newly promoted horse, it is not surprising to replace most of the main lineup, but such a defeat in the first game of the league is indeed surprising.

Is it a question of strength?

Scarlett has been a football reporter for more than a year. Although I dare not say that I have much experience in watching football, at least I still have vision. She feels that the most important thing is in the midfield. The new Manchester United completely lost to Ruston Diamond. , especially the Brazilian international who was transferred with a lot of money, performed in a mess.

According to Scarlett's understanding, the purpose of the new Manchester United's heavy investment in introducing him is to hope that he can control the rhythm of the game and become the core of the new Manchester United's offense. However, judging from the current situation, he is not in tune with the team at all. When he is running, his pass is either behind or ahead of schedule, and it is difficult to reach the feet of his teammates on time and accurately.

As a Brazilian player, there is no need to doubt Juninho's skills and strength. The only thing that needs to be doubted is how much strength he can play in this team.

Perhaps, replacing him is a good choice!

Scarlett thought to herself, at least in the few warm-up games before the season, the young Danish player named Poulsen performed very well. Very tacit understanding.

I believe that in the entire stadium, there are very few people who have the same idea as Scarlett, including the new Manchester United coach Bruce.

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In the locker room, all the players lowered their heads, even the goalkeeper Schmeichel, who represented the team for the first time, was even more annoyed. Obviously at this moment, he must be joining the new Manchester United for himself regret the decision.

Yes, judging from the overwhelming defeat in the first half, the situation in the second half may be even worse.

The new Manchester United was very strong last season, but that was in the amateur regional league, and now it is the national league, two completely different worlds,

Rustown Diamonds is also a very strong professional club.

"I'm ashamed of your performance in the first half!" Bruce said in a deep voice.

All the players immediately lowered their heads when they heard this, especially Juninho. Although no one said anything, he knew it well and always used the center as a breakthrough point, and he failed to give Makinson Not enough help to make the latter exhausted, and worst of all, he failed to play his due role on the offensive end.

Did my poor performance drag the team down?

Perhaps, joining the England team itself is a wrong decision!

Little Juninho thought regretfully in his heart, and when this thought arose, it immediately spread like a plague, occupying all his brain regions, and eroding his persistence in trying to work hard!

For example, he doesn't like the wet and rainy weather in England, he prefers the sunshine in Brazil, and he doesn't like the playing style of the English league that always likes to use the body to fight, he prefers the Brazilian domestic football style that advocates technology. offensive style.

Perhaps, I should return to Brazil before the transfer period is over!

Bruce naturally didn't know what Juninho was thinking. In fact, he couldn't control what Juninho was thinking. He just cared about how to reverse the game in the second half and win the game.

"Christian, you play in the second half and replace Ribeiro as a defensive midfielder. Remember, your first responsibility is to give me a firm control of the midfield situation. All passes that want to pass through the midfield, you give it to me. I'll stop every single one!" Bruce slapped hard on the midfield area of ​​the tactical board.

The players were all taken aback by this hard slap. After Juninho heard this, his eyes flashed with disappointment, and at the same time he was also very helpless. He had been mentally prepared for such a substitution, but when it came, he was surprised. It was still so painful.

Other people around also looked at the club's biggest star with sympathy. He didn't have the looseness of the Brazilians, nor did he have the habit of showing off skills like the Brazilians. He was always hardworking, whether it was the training ground Still on the court, he is the hardest and most diligent person.

But he is also the worst one!

In many cases, professional football is so cruel, you work the hardest, but it doesn't mean you can get enough rewards!

"Peter, we need to change our tactics in the second half. Your role on the field is not obvious. Ivica goes up and plays shadow forward behind Nikola. Pay attention to retreating more and connect the midfield!" Bruce didn't even look at Junior. Neo glanced and continued to deploy tactics.

Crouch and Olic both nodded in agreement.

"Nicolas, you are the most threatening player on the court. Your height is the biggest weapon. In the second half, you push me out as far as you can. It is best to take root in the opponent's penalty area and shoot. Just shoot, if you can’t shoot, just give the ball to your teammates, we need to make more crosses from the two wingers in the second half, pass high balls, and take advantage of Nikolai!"

Zikic stood up and nodded in agreement. In the first half, there were no decent passes from the left and right sides, which made him feel very depressed.

"This game is the first game of this season. As I said to you before the game, our goal this year is not relegation, but the championship! We want to win the championship, upgrade, and next year we will go to the English C League !"

After a pause, Bruce said again: "The club has invested a lot of money this year, including the construction of the Newton Heath training ground, the acquisition of a stadium, and the introduction of many capable players. These are enough to show the determination of the club. , but through this first half, I doubt whether you have the determination similar to the club?"

"If there is, you can show it to me, the owner, and the fans on the court. If not, then I'm sorry, the transfer period is not over yet, and I will not be disappointed for any player to leave!"

Bruce's words immediately filled the locker room with a sense of tension. Whether it was a new player or an old player who was on the team last year, everyone began to feel insecure.

In the past when they played in the Northwest Second Division, the team only had 19 players for the whole season, but now the first team has 25 players, and Bruce is more than happy to use someone who doesn't open his eyes to sacrifice the flag.

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"Wait...wait...wait! Jim, drive slowly!"

From inside a taxi speeding down Manchester Road came the terrified screams of male passengers.

"Don't worry, buddy, my driving skills are very reliable. No, you see, I was worried about not being able to catch up, but according to the time, we can definitely catch up to the second half now!" Jim stepped on the accelerator desperately, while turning his head and smiling at the guests.

"Don't look back, you bastard, watch your front carefully!" the male passenger yelled at him.

Jim giggled, and then slammed on the brakes at the right turn into Giger Lane, which almost scared the male passenger sitting in the back to death, and then turned with the posture of a race car driver, very kind of The feeling of drifting.

Although the taxi driver's movements and skills are very beautiful, the male passenger behind him didn't think it was fun at all, because he hit the taxi door hard, and almost smashed the window glass with his head Lose.

"Asshole!" The male passenger wanted to start scolding, but he immediately stopped talking.

After turning into Giger Lane, vehicles are parked on both sides of the incoming road along the way, leaving only a narrow gap in the middle to pass through.

"Hey, are you sure it's here?" The male passenger forgot to scream, and stuck his head out the window.

Wow, looking at the entire alleyway, there are cars parked on both sides, and the police who are supposed to supervise the parking on weekdays are now standing next to the illegally parked vehicles, more like a parking lot manager, just from time to time. The probe looked out to the field behind two rows of double-storey brick buildings.

"John, let me stop here!" Jim yelled at a policeman.

The policeman named John lowered his head in front of the car window, saw that Jim was sitting inside, and immediately jumped away with a smile.

"How is it? How many goals did we lead in the first half?" Jim parked the car, opened the door, and asked right away.

"3:0!" John replied disappointedly.

"Hey, John, I really didn't know, you are a fan of Rustown Diamonds, but it doesn't matter, even if you lose this game, you can still win the next game!" Jim said with a smile. He was very excited about this score.

"I'm a new Manchester United fan, okay, Jim?" John fended off Jim's comforting hand, "We lost, and the Rustown Diamonds scored the goal!"

Jim froze for a moment.

"Oh my god, 3:0! This is too miserable, I don't think I'll watch it anymore!" The male passenger started to retreat when he heard the score.

"Stop, bastard!" Jim grabbed the male passenger's hand, "You have to watch it, otherwise, you will definitely regret missing a classic reversal. We will definitely win this game! Xiao Yu, Shi Tiff, they all promised me!"

After finishing speaking, Jim turned around and walked towards the entrance of the stadium, muttering to himself, he will definitely win!

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