Legend of Green: Rise of the Red Rebels

Sollot came on and found Otamendi, Hogan walked between the forward line and the midfield, but Kolarov didn't care too much, and also focused on the Norwegian giant, knowing that his teammates were unstable in judging crosses. From time to time, he went over to help defend the high-altitude ball, and let the young defender Garcia help defend Hogan.

It's no wonder they despise Hogan, a high school striker who has scored 12 goals in 20 Championship games and a striker who has never heard of scoring only three goals this season, and everyone will not hesitate to choose the former as a key target.

But in the eyes of these teammates who get along with Hogan day and night, Hogan is a highly efficient striker, his goal count is only because of his playing time and tactical needs, Hogan is more suitable for a center to be a partner, rather than a striker who can fight alone, so he rarely appears as the main force in Lu Wei's 433 formation, most of them are surprise soldiers on the bench, and they are very important soldiers.

There is a statistic that highlights Hogan's importance within the FC United team, who has made 72 appearances and scored 37 goals for FC United since joining the Reds in the 13-14 season. The efficiency of 0.5 goals per game is already excellent, 6 of the 37 goals are the opening record for the team, 8 goals are equalisers, 6 goals are to reverse the score, and 14 of these 37 goals have been scored after coming off the bench, it can be said that Hogan belongs to Ole Gunnar Solskjaer of FC United, and I don't need to say how important the baby-faced killer is to Manchester United.

Hogan himself knows that he will not get a main position at FC United with his own quality and fame, but he has trained meticulously every day, will do well when the team needs him to be involved in the defense, and will not disappoint Lu Wei when the team needs him to score.

Lu Wei has never forgotten the little-known striker, although his potential is not as good as Sollot, Bowen and others, but his status in the team is not inferior to those of future internationals.

His low-key personality and stats are why Manchester City's players look down on him, and this is his chance.

In the 76th minute of the game, the moment that belonged to Hogan came.

McKinfly blocked Sterling's shot, Maddison rushed in front of Fernando to stop the football with his chest, took two steps and passed the ball to Tafnir, Tavernir's dribbling speed is not fast, but the foot is very steady, Chlichy can only retreat all the way, dare not rush to grab.

Tavernir saw Hogan running for the ball and immediately passed it, and continued to run forward, and Chlicy followed Tafnir who seemed to him to be a more threatening without much thought, while Fernando was still behind Madison, Otamendi and Kolarov were near Sollot, and there was only a young Garcia by his side.

Hogan did not slow down FC United's attack, received a pass from Tavernir, swung the ball behind him and turned and ran forward, Maddison knew that there was someone behind him, did not stop the ball but rubbed the ball, bypassing Garcia's head and flying towards the Manchester City penalty area.

Kolarov knew that he could no longer stay near Sollot, ran to Hogan to block his dribbling route, Hogan saw Kolarov's posture, and an idea suddenly flashed in his heart.

With a slight poke on the toe before the ball landed, the ball passed under Kolarov's crotch, and Hogan adjusted his center of gravity to accelerate past Kolarov chasing after the football.

Kolarov had just run to Hogan, and at this time he couldn't even turn around and defend himself, reaching out to grab Hogan's jersey and block him out of the box.

But his hand could only be empty, Hogan caught up with the football, stepped his left foot on the grass, threw his right leg back, and then kicked the football hard.

Caballero was very focused this time and was ready to save when he saw Kolarov being passed, but Hogan's football ball shot too fast, and Caballero just wanted to make a move when he saw a white afterimage flying over his head.

Hogan did not care about Caballero, who was more funny, nor did he need to look at the referee's gestures to confirm whether the goal was valid, directly roared and rushed to the corner kick area, jumped up when he was about to run to the corner kick flag, kicked down the corner flag heavily, and roared at the audience with open arms.

Lu Wei did not expect that Hogan's goal would be so beautiful and crisp, let alone that the usually low-key Hogan would also have such a wild side, and he himself ran to Hogan excitedly and hugged him.

"This goal is so beautiful, Scott, you are a fucking genius."

Kolarov, who was humiliated by the crotch, lay on the court with regret, the opponent was just a substitute striker for the Championship, how could he be passed so easily.

Equally puzzling is Guardiola, who in his eyes Scott. Hogan is an ordinary mid-to-lower Championship striker, but just such a striker deceived Otamendi in the first half, humiliated Kolarov in the second half, and pierced Caballero with an almost perfect shot.

Guardiola shook his head, but it was impossible for him to give up, this is his first season in England, how can he throw in the towel after always aiming to repeat the six-time champion and still throw in the towel to a Championship team.

Manchester City replaced Sergio Aguero ready to give it a go, and Lu Wei also made adjustments to let the team switch to attack and defense, fully retreating, intending to hold on to these ten minutes.

Sergio Aguero didn't play any role either, his only shot was on target, and it was safely pocketed by Edouard, and Hogan, the goal-scoring hero, was replaced by Lu Wei on the dead ball, delaying some time.

As the time draws closer and closer, the Manchester City players have gradually lost their determination to turn around, unlike the 9320, they don't have to work so hard, and the League Cup is not so important.

Finally, the referee's whistle sounded, and FC United beat Manchester City 2-0 "at home" to advance to the quarter-finals of the League Cup.

Lu Wei also generously accepted Guardiola's congratulations on the sidelines.

"Congratulations, you played well today, you deserve a victory, we underestimated you."

'It's just that we were lucky and you didn't give it your all, if De Bruy was inside, I'm afraid it would be difficult for us to win, and I hope to see the real Manchester City when we see each other next year, but I'm sure the result will be the same as today.'

A confident but not so arrogant answer, Pep Guardiola wondered what gave Lu Wei so much confidence, knowing that the league is only a third of the way through now, the Championship is even more competitive than the top league, FC United are only 7 points ahead in the league, all kinds of things can happen in a long season, and the 7-point advantage can be easily erased.

Guardiola didn't ask these words, he just felt that he came to England in the right place, it was really exciting, not only the game, the players and the fans, the manager here is very personal.