Legend of Green: Rise of the Red Rebels

On the afternoon of August 6, 2011, the first round of the Northern English National League was about to begin, FC United's first round match was home to Alfretown City, after several warm-up games, Lu Wei had a clear understanding of the level of players in the team, the first league game, Lu Wei put out the strongest team in his mind, and strive to win the opening in the Northern National League.

It is still Lu Wei's favorite 433 formation, goalkeeper Nick. Pope, four defenders from right to left are Jonatang. Cross, Ramil. Schaefer, Tyrone. Mins and Lee. Neville, the three midfielders are Rose Draper, central midfielders Corretel and Klukas, and the striker trident is right winger Jack. McReis, left winger Mane and single arrow Jamie. Vardy. The five men on the bench were goalkeeper Sam. Ashton, left-back Andrew. Robertson, centre-back McManus, defender Nick. Pratt, central midfielder Louis. Pierre. Suarez and striker Matthew. Wolfenden.

The sky in Manchester was clear today, the Giger Lane course in the afternoon looked very bright in the sun, and at three o'clock in the afternoon, the referee blew the whistle on time to start the game. Vardy dialed the ball to Mane and ran forward, Mane did not stop the ball and directly passed the ball back to Corretel, and he also ran to the back of Alfritown City, plus McClay on the right and Lucas in the middle, in an instant four people came to 30 meters in front of the gate of Alfretown, Corretel saw the opportunity to kick a long pass, to find Vardy running in front, Vardy saw that the opposing defender had been pasted, he did not have the opportunity to take the ball to jump, and gave the top to Lucas who came to receive it, Although Klukas held the ball, but immediately there were defenders around him, with a fairly strong body to withstand the defense, Klukas passed the ball to McReis on the right side, McRess last season although he was in the League Two team Tranmere Rangers, but only as a substitute 6 times, this is his first time as a starter, very excited at the beginning, after receiving the ball McClay did not hesitate, directly put the ball forward, with speed to break through the defense, Before the left-back of Alfretown could turn to defend, he saw that McRees had passed the ball into the box. It's a pity that Vardy lost to the opposing defender when competing for the point position, and was kicked by the defender to free the ball out of the box, although Corretel stood in position, but the ball rotated when it was solved, and the poorly prepared Corretel did not stop the ball, and lost in the scramble with the opponent, FC United's opening surprise tactic failed.

This tactic was practiced by Lu Wei in pre-season training, but the success rate is very low, if it fails, it is easy to be counterattacked by the opponent, limited by the strength of the team, whether it is the accuracy of Corretel or Suarez's long pass, or the movement and breakthrough of Vardy and McLace, the fluency and success rate of surprise tactics have been affected. Lu Wei, who saw this series of cooperation off the field, secretly shook his head, there are too many elements affected by the opening attack, and the strength of the current players is not up to the level of smooth cooperation, or first ensure the upgrade, the tactical drill can also be put back.

The failure of the opening surprise attack did not affect the progress of the game, the main lineup of FC United in this game only changed four people compared to the previous season, and it was exactly one in front and one in the middle and one in the back plus goalkeeper Pope, the familiarity between the players was not affected much, but perhaps because the sun was too strong, seriously affecting the players' sight, the phenomenon of passing the ball was not in place and stopping the ball errors frequently occurred, not to mention the first game of the season, many players did not adjust to the best condition, Neither side created many chances throughout the game, and the score did not change until the end of the game.

0:0, FC United's debut in the Northern National League ended in a dull way, Lu Wei also criticized the players after the game, and the next day's training session strengthened physical training, hoping that the players would adjust to the game as soon as possible, but this also made the players feel sorry for the new physical coach Dan. Harris complained a lot.

A week later, in the second round of the league, FC United went away to challenge Keithley, who finished third in the league last season, but lost the promotion play-offs and failed to complete the promotion, and lost a lot of players this season and were bought by the National League or other competitors, and the team's strength dropped a lot. However, in the face of such an opponent, FC United still failed to win, 3:3, the two sides played an offensive game, although Vardy scored two goals, but Keith Lee caught FC United's slackness in the defense, Schaefer and Tyrone made two consecutive combination mistakes to allow Keith Lee to equalize the score with two goals in 5 minutes, and then turned the score back with a long-range shot, if not for Draper's header from a free kick in the 82nd minute, FC United would have swallowed their first defeat of the new season.

After two draws, Lu Wei repeatedly watched the team's game video, and found that the team often had a relaxed concentration during the game, and the sound on the court was much quieter, thinking for a moment, Lu Wei finally discovered the main reason, there was no qualified captain on the court. In the previous FC United, the captain and vice-captain were arranged according to the time in the team, and the current captain of the team is David who joined the team from the beginning of the team. Chadwick, vice-captain is Jerome who joined the team in '06. Wright, then Sam. Ashton and Nick. Pratt. And these two league games they did not play, wearing the captain's armband is Coleitel who came to FC United in his third year, and the others were introduced after Lu Wei crossed, but in just one year, although the players on the field have a certain understanding, but have not yet formed a cohesion, the team is good when it is smooth, if it encounters difficulties or other adverse factors, it is easy to become a pile of loose sand on the field.

So in the last two rounds of the league, Lu Wei began to rotate these veterans on the field, although for accidental reasons, FC United won two consecutive wins 2:1 and 2:0 respectively, which shows that it is still helpful to have a veteran player in the team who can control the team. Next FC United will usher in a three-day two-game Devil's schedule, playing Stafford Rangers away on August 30, only one day off to host Brundtree City, receiving the influence, FC United have won two consecutive draws, and Chadwick and Wright are injured, but fortunately the next league game will not start until September 10.

Physically prepared FC United lived up to expectations, 4-0 win over Norwich Victoria, who were relegated from the National League, a hearty victory made Lu Wei see that the strength of FC United players is no problem, as long as they play normally, they will definitely enter the promotion zone. But Lu Wei did not rejoice for long, the player's erratic form made FC United suffer in September, another round of two consecutive draws, but then did not win again like the previous two, but reaped the first defeat of the season, FC United lost 0-1 at home to Skerry Bridge, and then drew 0-0 away from another National League relegation Boston United, four consecutive winless rounds put FC United just 2 points away from the relegation zone, the team's situation is precarious.