Legend of Green: Rise of the Red Rebels

At noon on 6 August 2016, Lo Wei and FC United arrived at Nottingham's City Stadium with renewed ambitions.

In the first league game of the season, Lu Wei naturally also attached great importance to it, and when observing the training in recent days, Lu Wei already had a score on the state of the players, and sent the 11 people with the best form, Edward. Mendy guarded the gate, Tavernir, Tarkovski, Webster and Robertson formed the back, Hayden, McGim and Maddison sat in midfield, the two wingers were Bowen and Hogan, and the Norwegian giant Sollott was at the centre.

FC United's start in the league last season was not good, and it directly affected the next league trend, and even failed to enter the top two once in the entire season, and this season can no longer lose at the starting line.

Lu Wei thought while waiting for the players to warm up and return in the locker room, and soon the players returned to the locker room one after another, waiting for Lu Wei to make the final tactical deployment, Lu Wei looked at the young faces in the locker room, and a confidence permeated the surroundings.

"Last season, for some reason, we didn't get promoted to the Premier League, but can that knock us down? What are we? We are the Red Rebels! We don't have a glorious history, but how many miracles we have created in the past few years, five levels in five years, but this is nothing, it is far from enough! Our goal is to become the number one team in the Premier League and then enter Europe and become a formidable opponent that all the European giants will weigh. Do you want to live such a life by fighting against opponents like Manchester United, Arsenal, Real Madrid, Bayern, AC Milan, and competing with them for honors that only the strongest can get?

"Think!" The players shouted.

A player, in addition to earning wages based on his performance on the pitch, creating the best results in the best league and creating the greatest miracles in the biggest arena is what a professional player should pursue.

"Until then, let's tackle these opponents in the Championship and then go to the Premier League and let them see how good we are. Today we have only one goal, and that is to win, and all I want is victory!

"Victory! Victory! "

FC United players were stimulated by the atmosphere in the dressing room, and they all waved their fists and roared, Lu Wei also showed a confident smile, sorry, Nottingham Forest, no matter how brilliant your past is, today you can only become a corpse on our way forward.

Although the manager of Nottingham Forest has just taken over, he is no stranger to FC United, and after watching the two meetings with FC United last season, Montagnier already knows that FC United's wing attack can be said to be unique in the Championship, although Gnabry has left, but the two-wing combination of Robertson and Taphnir is still there, FC United's wing is still very scary.

In response to this, Montagnier specially strengthened the wing defense in the tactical arrangement, but this fell exactly as Lu Wei expected.

If in the last season, Lu Wei may be stupid to let the team still focus on the wing attack, that is, to attack the opponent's defense with the hard power of the players, if it is in the knockout system of the cup, maybe this approach may have an effect, but in such a long league, even if it really defeats the opponent, it is bound to pay a great price, and in the end it can only lead to more than worth the loss, FC United last season many goals conceded were scored by the opponent's counterattack.

After the start of the game, FC United used the opponent's inertia to attack on the wing for a few minutes, immediately changed the attacking tactics and began to attack from the middle.

Hoggen's central forward position is a weakened version of Solskjaer, and under Sollot's cover, he can pose a threat to the opposing goal whenever he has the opportunity. Bowen is also a mid-range striker, and although his skills at his feet are not so perfect, his impact and movement can also bring huge problems to the opposing backline, coupled with Maddison's reception in the middle, Nottingham Forest's defense in the middle immediately began to tighten.

Montagnier had not had time to make adjustments, with FC United leading away from home.

Bowen cut inside on the right and split the ball, Maddison was about to hit the goal, but his ankle changed, and he passed the ball to the unguarded left wing, and Robertson, who was quickly following, shot from a small angle under the cover of Sollot, and the ball flew quickly into the near corner of the goal, facing this powerful shot, Nottingham Forest's goalkeeper Stephen. Henderson didn't have time to react.

Although he was mainly attacking in the middle, Robertson did not back down from the defense, but waited for the right moment, and when all the players at Nottingham Forest were focused on the center, Robertson suddenly inserted his ribs to give the team the lead.

After scoring the goal, Robertson rushed to the dugout and touched his fist with Lu Wei, which was the beginning of the real moment of the legendary coach and legendary captain of the Red Rebels, and the beginning of FC United's road to giants.

The goal caught Nottingham Forest off guard, and in the following game, FC United's two wingers still attacked the centre, leaving the wing to two full-backs, and the central defensive code that Nottingham Forest was very comfortable with became precarious in FC United's onslaught.

Just when Nottingham Forest had just adjusted their defensive strategy in the centre, FC United's attack was effective again.

This time it was Sollot who scored, Bowen shoved the ball straight into the box after possession in the middle, Hogan ran diagonally to receive the ball and shot straight at goal, and the football hit defender Thomas. Ram's thigh bounced into the air, Sollot threw his head out first, and the ball flew under the goalkeeper's armpit into the net.

Nottingham Forest, which trailed by two goals, began to counterattack, FC United also began to recover the defensive slowing pace, new signing Hayden is no stranger to the Championship at all, and McKim together to protect the front of the box so that Nottingham Forest can only concentrate the attack on the wing, but Robertson and Taphnier's defensive ability is not weak at all, Nottingham Forest's hard-to-find cross opportunities are all jacked out by FC United's two central defenders, Although there is no Tyrone Mings, who is 1.96 meters tall, Webster, who is 1.9 meters, is not weak in protecting the ball in the sky.

Nottingham Forest's single-arrow Asunbaronga was suddenly miserable, making it difficult for him, who is only 1.77 meters tall, to compete with two giant-like defenders for the top header, but there is no way, the defense in the middle is tighter, even the ball cannot be passed at his feet, let alone shoot, and the wide cross may still seize some opportunities.

After dozens of abusive defensive minutes, Asumbaronga finally caught Tarkovsky and Webster's lack of understanding, grabbed the landing point between the two men's defenses, and shot at close range close to the small penalty area, which is generally difficult for goalkeepers to react.

But Edward. Mendy became a world leader by relying on extremely fast reaction and goal-line technology, and he almost subconsciously raised his hand to block this close-range point-grabbing shot.

The football rolled to the right side of the box, and Osborne followed to play again, but Hayden preemptively controlled the ball, relied on the position to protect the ball, and then cleared the ball with his big foot.

The flames of Nottingham Forest's counterattack were completely extinguished by FC United in the second half, first in the 49th minute, Robertson took a free kick on the left side, Sollot and the defender squeezed each other without touching the ball, and the football was poked by Hogan in the chaos in the box.

Then in the 63rd minute, Tavernir scored directly from a free-kick to seal the score at 0-4. FC United opened their 16-17 season with a four-goal victory, breaking the team's previous record for the best start in the league and shattering doubts about the team's strength.