Red Rebels

When he was a fan before, Xiao Yu was not too impressed with the suggestion of the head coach of the Premier League clubs calling for the introduction of a winter break. In fact, he felt a little bit that the Premier League without a winter break was a bit special in European football. different flavors.

For example, Ferguson has repeatedly criticized some leading teams in the first half of the season, thinking that they cannot say anything about pre-booking the league championship without going through the test of the time around Christmas.

And Manchester United, led by Ferguson himself, has used the winter break many times to stage a good show of reversing and winning the championship.

It is precisely because of this point of view that when Xiao Yu was a fan, he always felt that the winter break was not worth mentioning, at least the Premier League without the winter break was more dramatic and exciting.

But now that he traveled to England and became the owner of the club himself, he realized the importance of the winter break.

First of all, during the time around Christmas, the players obviously don’t focus on the game very much. They pay more attention to going home and reuniting with their families. Christmas is equivalent to the Chinese New Year, and its importance can be imagined.

Second, the climate in England around Christmas is cold, and players are prone to injuries. The new Manchester United have suffered in this regard. Makinson, Darren Lyons, Kevin Evan and Crouch all Injured one after another, among which Ma Jinson will be injured for at least two months.

Third, the schedule around Christmas is very intensive.

Take the new Manchester United as an example. After finishing the league on December 7, the new Manchester United ushered in the FA Cup Winners Cup on the 11th. The opponent was Yeovil City, also from the National League. It is necessary to travel long distances to Yeovil City, the southernmost city in England, for this away game.

On the 14th, the new Manchester United must return to Manchester to play against the visiting Nuneaton team at home, and then go to an away game to challenge the Russtown Diamonds on the 17th, and then go to Handelsford on the 20th. After Christmas, on the 23rd and 27th, they played against Duffer and Southport at home respectively, and then they played against Arsenal at home in the third round of the FA Cup on January 1st.

This is more than that, if they successfully break into the second round of the FA Cup, the new Manchester United will face the second round of the cup on January 8, and there will be a league game between the 2nd and 8th.

When Xiao Yu saw such a dense devil's schedule, he secretly scolded the bastards of the FA in his heart, and at the same time deeply felt how wise the decision of the head coach of the Premier League club to welcome the winter break was.

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Bruce, as a veteran who has played in the English league for many years, naturally knows very well the importance of the devil's schedule around Christmas, especially the long-distance journey of the South and North Wars is a great drain on the players' physical fitness, but he There is no way for the FA to change the schedule, only to find a way from the team itself.

So in the FA Winners Cup match against Yeovil City on the 11th, the new Manchester United sent a lot of substitute players. The striker was Kitson's partner Jonathan Maten, and the left and right wingers were Ricky Wellens and Helle. Cloth, the central midfielder is Juninho Jr. and Essien who has just returned from Ghana. The back line from left to right is Roy Williams, Gareth Turner, Danny Collins and Stamson. Goalkeeper It's Almunia.

This can almost be said to be the new Manchester United second team, in which the four players Jonathan Matten, Roy Williams, Ricky Wellens, and Danny Collins hardly get a chance to play, but this time The game was sent to play by Bruce Tongtong.

However, it seems that it is precisely because of the long absence that the substitute players of the new Manchester United performed very diligently on the field. Although it was an away game, Jonathan Maiten, the top scorer of the new Manchester United last season, took the lead in the 34th place in the game. In the minute, Rich Wellens' cross from the wing broke the deadlock on the field.

After that, Yeovil City launched a fierce attack on the new Manchester United.

Bruce decisively ordered the players to recover the defensive line, and steadily maintained the score of 0:1 until the end of the game.

In this game, Junior Juninho seemed exhausted in the face of Yeovil City's crazy attack. Although the young player Essien had an eye-catching performance in the World Junior Championships, in this game, it was obvious that his physical fitness was a little weak and he failed to perform. In the best form, so the new Manchester United's midfield is almost all supported by Juninho Jr.

Another eye-catching player is the goalkeeper Almunia. The Spaniard made many high-level saves in this game. In the locker room after the game, Peter Schmeichel, who is also the goalkeeper coach His performance is also full of praise.

After winning Yeovil City in the away game, the new Manchester United returned to Giger Lane Stadium and reborn the visiting Nuneaton team with a flat but steady 2-0. Ninho once again staged a free kick stunt.

On the second day after the victory, the new Manchester United team went away to challenge the Russtown Diamonds.

This strong team, which was hailed as the most promising team to get promotion tickets before the season, seems to be venting their bets since their disastrous defeat to the new Manchester United in the first round of the league. They have suffered three defeats in the last four rounds. Manchester United, Russtown Diamond shouted the slogan to forge ahead from the corpse of the new Manchester United and win the promotion places this season.

But actually?

The new Manchester United also attaches great importance to this game, all the main players are starting, and Zikic also continued his outstanding performance this season, once again staged a hat-trick, and Jr. Juninho even staged a hat-trick of assists in the game The drama helped the new Manchester United beat their opponents 4:0 away.

But just when everyone thought that the new Manchester United was in a good state, in the away game against Hande Nisford, the new Manchester United rotated again. Although the substitutes were very competitive in the game, they still failed to win the new Manchester United. Until a victory, the score of 1:0 made the new Manchester United return to Manchester with regret.

This defeat also made Xiao Yu clearly realize that there is a big gap between the strength of the new Manchester United's main force and the substitutes, especially the substitute players such as Jonathan Maten, Stephen Smith, and Danny Collins. If the new Manchester United finally qualify for promotion to the second division, they may not be able to stay in the team.

Although it seems cruel to do so, these players are all players who have made outstanding contributions to the new Manchester United. At the beginning, they all came to the new Manchester United with enthusiasm, and helped the team grow from scratch with low salaries. , Step by step out of the Northwest Division B League, to the current National League.

But sometimes, professional football is so cruel.

Of course, Xiao Yu has other ideas. For example, Darren Lyons once revealed that if he decides to retire, he hopes to be a coach. At present, the new Manchester United also lacks a coach, so Xiao Yu plans to find an opportunity to have a good relationship with him. Talk about it, if he is willing to play for another year next season, then forget it, otherwise, he can directly enter the club's youth training camp as a coach.

The same situation applies to everyone, this should be the only thing Xiao Yu can do for them, after all, he can't pay a salary to a player who can't contribute to the team at all, even if the salary is very low , but what will other players think?

Apart from the players, Xiao Yu has another problem, which is the new stadium.

The decoration of this new stadium, tentatively named City Stadium, has been completed, the turf has been covered, and all the staff are in place. All that remains is to wait for the first game on January 1, 2000. The FA Cup, the new Manchester United vs. Arsenal game.

Before the game, the new Manchester United will also specially arrange a stadium opening ceremony. Although it is very simple, it is the first game of the new Manchester United's first home stadium.

Judging from the reaction of the tickets, the stadium will be full again for the first game. So far, all 8,000 tickets have been sold out. After all, this is a very memorable day, the first game of the new stadium At the same time, facing Manchester United's rival Arsenal, such a game is the most attractive.

It is said that Sky TV will once again arrange a live broadcast of this FA Cup game, and then the famous mouth Andy Gray will comment on the ball live. This will also be the second time that the new Manchester United will appear on national television.

It was precisely because the game was broadcast live that Xiao Yu was very concerned about the opening ceremony. Even though it was only the opening ceremony of the home stadium of a national league team, there were no big-name football stars or political and business celebrities invited. Xiao Yu still hopes to make something unique.

It was for this matter that he even forgot that Christmas was coming!

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"Christmas... is here!"

Eva Snow rested her chin and stared blankly at the grotesque figures in the distance. They were all actors wearing props and costumes, and they were rehearsing the plot according to the director's request.

This is New Zealand's "Lord of the Rings" trilogy crew, sitting next to her is the British Orlando Bloom.

"Yeah, it's Christmas, Eva, are you going back for the holiday?" Orlando asked casually while flipping through a car magazine.

In the entire "Lord of the Rings" crew, the two of them are the most compatible, because Eva Snow was born in London, and Orlando was born in Canterbury near London, and the former is now a well-known Hollywood actress, while the latter is It was the first time to cry, so Eva naturally took care of this British compatriot, and Orlando also respected this sister very much.

"No, what about you? Are you going back?" Eva asked casually.

"Well, my mother and sister want me to go back." Orlando looked like a little boy who hadn't grown up yet.

Eva Snow looked at the handsome Orlando and smiled. She hadn't been home for a long time. Although she occasionally talked with her mother on the phone, she never thought of going back. She was a little scared go home.

"It seems that I will spend Christmas alone this year!" Eva shrugged freely.

"Hey, what magazine are you reading?"

Orlando moved the magazine in his hand closer to Eva, "A car magazine, Lamborghini is going to launch a new sports car again, the design of this car is really great and perfect! Take a look!"

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PS: I once said that I have two subjects that I am very eager to write about, one is football and the other is World of Warcraft. Now that I write about football, I will stick to it!

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