Legend of Green: Rise of the Red Rebels

On the plane back to England, Lu Wei looked at the sky outside the porthole alone and pondered, losing to Real Madrid, Lu Wei felt not a loss, but a trace of relaxation, but a trace of unwillingness.

In terms of strength, FC United did have a lot of gap with Real Madrid, but the result of the game was only one goal, and 60 minutes ago, FC United had many chances to lead, but it felt a little worse.

Indeed, FC United's players are not as hot as they are in the league, Real Madrid are not in very good form, both teams have played less than 70% of their strength in this game, and Lu Wei also understands why Real Madrid will lose to Atletico Madrid in this game in history.

This game is the first time that Lu Wei has lost in the final in so many years, whether it is in the Europa League, League Cup, FA Cup Winners' Cup or Vanguard Winners' Cup, FC United have never lost any cup that reaches the final.

Lu Wei has been thinking about the reason for the team's loss, FC United is different from Real Madrid, has played a league game with West Ham United, the players' game should feel much better than Real Madrid's players, but the state on the field still feels a little unnatural, and where it is unnatural but cannot be said.

After returning to Newton Heath, Lu Wei asked Steele for a video of the match to review the UEFA Super Cup final.

At this time, it was already the second half of the night, but it was that obsession that made Lu Wei repeatedly look at how the team lost, he was not unable to accept defeat, but could not accept the loss so humiliated, just like Argentina just lost to France in the World Cup in Russia, from the result point of view is obviously only one goal behind, why do you feel that you lost a lot.

In the 12th minute, Jorginho picked up the ball in the middle and Sancho ran diagonally on the right to run behind Varane, and if Jorginho could find Sancho with a long pass, it would have been a very good one-handed chance.

In the 29th minute of the game, Grealish received a pass from Jorginho in front, and there was no Real Madrid player interference in front of him, and Grealish did not directly choose to shoot from distance, but after making a two-on-one combination with Robertson, a short pass into the box, Giroud's shot hit the side-netting.

In the 69th minute of the game, Maddison held the ball in the middle and was about to shoot from distance, facing the blocked Casemiro, Maddison dunked the ball to the left, then pulled the ball back, and the right-footed shot hit Ramos's body and was cleared out of the box.

Lu Wei looped these videos several times, always feeling that something was wrong, but there was nothing wrong with watching the players deal with it, over-the-top long passes were originally a risk, and it was reasonable for Jorginho not to look directly behind him for insurance, and now Jorginho has not established a tacit understanding with his teammates.

Grealish did not shoot from distance at the first time because the angle and distance were not very good, although Grealish's long-range shooting skills were good, but he was not sure to be able to score in that position, Robertson was also in place, and the option of organizing the attack from the wing was also very good.

There are too many people in the box, Maddison's long-range shots are already easy to hit others, and with Casemiro constantly pressuring him, the quality of the rushed shot is certainly not too high.

What's the problem?

Lu Wei took the cup and took a sip of coffee, put it down and picked it up again, glanced at the clock next to him, it was already 4 o'clock in the morning, and a little light could be seen between the curtains.

The door opened, and Barbara yawned and walked into the study.

"Why haven't you slept yet, what time is it, even if you don't have to go to work today, you can't stay up all night like this."

Barbara walked behind Lu Wei, her small hands naturally placed on Lu Wei's shoulders, and squeezed them again and again.

"Hurry up and rest, when you sleep well, go to William, can't you watch it together, don't you have a saying in China called brainstorming."

Lu Wei felt that the power coming from his shoulder was weaker than usual, and looked at his girlfriend who was still yawning, and a threshold was raised in his heart.

"Why are you awake."

"It seems that there are mosquitoes, and there is a buzzing sound heard."

Barbara rubbed her eyes and saw the video of Sancho running to the empty seat.

"Oh, how good it is if this ball is passed, Sancho must have a single knife, if you come to a volley, it will be too beautiful, what a pity, Lu, don't you guys say that you can make a long pass, why don't you pass this ball."

Lu Wei smiled bitterly and said:

"His name is Jorginho, what is that, he is a good long pass, but he can't pass every ball like this, if the pass is lost, he will give the ball to the other party for nothing."

"But didn't you shoot in the end of this attack, besides, you are still afraid of losing the pass, three backs to defend Real Madrid, the ball is lost and then snatched back."

Lu Wei listened, as if something was opened, yes, what happened to the loss, what happened to the shot being blocked, the opportunity is created, not waited for, since it is a good opportunity, then why not try? Real Madrid are powerful, but we are not soft persimmons, so there is no need to fear them.

Lu Wei stood up, swept away the exhaustion of the all-night, and kissed Barbara fiercely.

"You're amazing, baby, wait for me to come back in the evening to buy you bloody food."

After that, before Barbara could react, she hurried out of the study.

Hearing some flustered voices downstairs, Barbara looked helpless.

"It's true, as soon as I come back, I know to watch the ball, I don't hug people, forget it, for the sake of losing and bloody things, spare you once."

Lu Wei didn't care that the sun had just risen not long ago, and drove directly to the club and went straight to the office.

As the president of the club, Lu Wei's office should be on the top floor of the building, but Lu Wei rarely works there, most of the time in the second floor of the manager's office to conduct tactical research, only during the off-season in the president's office to deal with some matters.

After Barbara's awakening, Lu Wei finally understood why the team was mediocre in the UEFA Super Cup.

Not because of the time difference, not because of the water and soil, not because of the physical reasons, but because the players are too conservative and cautious against Real Madrid, let alone the players, why not.

This is the first time that FC United has put on a three-back midfield in the past seven years, Lu Wei's purpose in doing this is not to care about Real Madrid's powerful ceremonial midfield, but as a result, the ceremonial midfield is still a ceremonial midfield, but FC United's attack is not supported by the midfield, relying on Jorginho and the long pass of the two wings to find opportunities.

Without the two World Cup winners Olivier Giroud and Matuidi, FC United would have suffered a crushing defeat, and they and two former Real Madrid players were also the most consistent performers of the game.

Lu Wei also finally understood that you can't win by playing An Global and insurance ball all the time on the green field, scoring opportunities must be created by yourself, and it is nothing to fail once or twice, even if the opponent is strong and the defense is airtight, there will always be a chance to break the goal, if you don't try, this opportunity will be farther and farther away from you.

There is no need to worry about losing the pass, there is no need to worry about the shot being missed, and those who are afraid of failure will only suffer defeat in the end.