Red Rebels

The Argborough Stadium in Kidderminster was empty, with stands on both sides and even almost as many people.

Since Kidderminster's home jersey is also bright red, the new Manchester United wears an away white jersey, but the two green and gold lines on the jersey are still very conspicuous.

Most of the new Manchester United fans who came from afar in the stands were also wearing white uniforms. Although only more than 700 people followed the team to the away game, the number of fans watching Kidderminster was only about the same as the new Manchester United fans. , It can be seen how bad their home attendance is.

Recently, the FA has also been troubled by the decline in home attendance of low-level teams, and is trying to solve it. After all, for weak teams, they cannot attract too many sponsors, and ticket revenue has become their biggest part. A source of income, if even ticket revenue is lost, it can only go bankrupt or in debt.

Due to the similar number of fans, the fans of the two sides each occupied a stand, clearly cheering for the teams they supported.

In the past two years, there have been repeated incidents of riots by England fans. Therefore, in this game, the Kidderminster Local Police Station also dispatched a lot of police to maintain order at the scene.

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Xiao Yu walked towards the stadium from the parking lot and came to the gate, just in time to see Scarlett getting off a news car with the logo of a local Manchester TV station. She was dressed in a neat anchor uniform, which added a bit of workplace Femininity.

"Hey, Miss Reporter!" Xiao Yu walked over to say hello.

"Hello, it seems that you are in a good mood!" Scarlett said with a smile.

Xiao Yu's eyes rolled around her cunningly, and pointed, "Are you... a new uniform issued by the newspaper?"

"Oh, no, the TV station wants to broadcast the game, so they borrowed someone from our newspaper and asked me to temporarily serve as their commentator." Scarlett explained.

Xiao Yu frowned, this girl doesn't seem to have a good impression of the new Manchester United, she always likes to criticize and criticize, so if she is asked to be a commentator, wouldn't that give her a chance to target the new Manchester United on TV?

"Can you do well?" Xiao Yu asked suspiciously.

Scarlett shrugged prettily, "You don't need to care about this, Mr. Xiao Yu, you should care more about your team. If your team has no problems, then I can't find anything wrong with it. , isn't it?"

After finishing speaking, Scarlett turned around and was about to leave, but she seemed to have thought of something, turned around, took out a piece of paper from her bag, and handed it to Xiao Yu.

"Mr. Xiao Yu, you should take a look at this starting list. I heard that Steve Bruce wants to give up this game!"

"That's impossible!" Xiao Yu replied without thinking.

Scarlett had expected Xiao Yu's reaction earlier, she smiled, "Look at it!" After speaking, she turned around and left.

Xiao Yu tore open the piece of paper, and saw that there was indeed a starting list for the new Manchester United written on it.

The lone striker is Zikic. This Serbian and Montenegro teenager has performed very well this season and is the most guaranteed goal for the new Manchester United.

In Xiao Yu's previous life, Zikic performed very well in Serbia and Montenegro's domestic league, but now he is brought to the English National League, the level is low, and the overall level of the league is not as good as the top league in Serbia and Montenegro. It is understandable that Qi performed well. Even now, other teams in the National League have not been able to find a way to restrain this high center forward.

The two full-backs are Olic and Hleb. The former is the first time to appear in the left-back position of the new Manchester United, and in training, it seems that he has not seen him in this position. As for Hleb It is a bit unexpected to start instead of Darren Lyons. After all, there is Zikic in front of him, and Darren Lyons' role is very huge.

Without Darren Lyons, who throws sharp crosses to Zigic?

But that's not the only surprise,

What surprised Xiao Yu was the configuration in the middle of the midfield.

Juninho Jr. served as a central midfielder, Essien and Paulson played double midfielders, and Makinson was injured. It is understandable for Essien and Juninho Jr. to start, but Bruce actually put them both together. up.

Do you want to strengthen the defense of the midfield?

The defensive line has not changed much. Evra firmly occupies the left back position, Abidal is the absolute main force of the left center back, Distin replaced Gareth Turner who started last round, and Stasson is the right back. The goalkeeper is captain Schmeichel.

Such a starting lineup is indeed somewhat unpredictable.

Both Krzynovik and Darren Lyons played a full 90 minutes in the last round of the league three days ago. It is understandable that Leib replaced him, but why did Olic replace Krzynovik?

However, Xiao Yu has one advantage of being the boss, that is, he knows very well that he is not an expert in the team's skills and tactics, so he didn't worry too much, and just walked up to the stands with doubts!

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In the new Manchester United dressing room, Bruce stood in front of the tactical board, next to assistant manager Cassell, and the 11 starting players sat in front of him, watching the tactical board intently.

"Nicolas, your task needs to be slightly changed this time. The opponent must have studied our team's tactics, so they will definitely try to restrain you. You see, their starting central defender is 1.93 meters tall. The header is good, it is specially used to deal with you!"

Bruce smiled and said these words, and the players in the locker room immediately looked at Zikic with a smile, and the latter scratched the back of his head shyly.

"You have to play more flexibly in this game, Nicholas. Once your height and header advantages are restrained by the opponent, then you have to change, move more, involve more, and it is best to pull the opponent's defensive center of gravity. Walk."

After hearing this, Zijiqi thought for a while, and nodded immediately, expressing his understanding.

"Alexander, you will be the most important part of our team in this game. If Nikola can successfully suppress the opponent's defense and give full play to his header and height advantages, you should try to pass as much as possible. Just like when Darren was there, conversely, if Nikola is suppressed, you have to cut inside, find a way to create opportunities, hit the goal by yourself, or pass the ball to your teammates, I will give you absolute freedom, two sides The road is yours!"

Hleb heard his blood boil for a while, this was the first time he was reused by Bruce, and he nodded in agreement.

"Ivica, although you are a left winger, you are more of a contact between the striker and the midfielder. Use your running, do you understand what I mean?"

Olic nodded. What he is best at is running continuously, and Bruce wants to use him to connect the forward line and the midfield. It is not difficult to understand. The key is, what should he do when he is on the field , this can only rely on him to play on the spot.

"In this game, I want to advance the defensive line by 5-10 meters, so Eric, Sylvain, you must pay attention to defending the ball behind the opponent, especially the quick counterattack, Patrice, Greta, you must pay attention Protect, stand firmly in your position, don't be easily broken by the opponent!"

The so-called defense line forward does not mean pushing the entire defense line forward. When attacking, the defense line is still in the same position, but when defending, the defense line recovery will require the defenders to return to the field, and jointly, the midfielder And the forward line should also be recovered accordingly, maintaining the balance of the three lines.

But the defense line is advanced by 5-10 meters, which means that whether it is attacking or defending, the defense line is basically unchanged and will not be recovered, so the midfield and forward lines will not be recovered either. And interception, slowing down the opponent's offensive rhythm, it is naturally the best to be able to break the ball, even if it is not possible, it can be recovered gradually.

Another feature of moving the defensive line forward is that the three lines are kept compact to compress the opponent's offensive space and prevent the opponent from easily threatening the goal.

"Ribeiro, after you play as a central midfielder, the team's main point of delivery falls on you. I will not assign you defensive tasks. After you play, you only need to consider one thing, and that is how to pass the ball to the midfielder. Nikola, Alexander, Ivica and others are fine, and you don’t have to worry about losing the ball, because there is Christian behind you, and he will be responsible for helping you get the lost ball back!”

Junior Juninho and Paulson looked at each other after hearing this, and the latter nodded to the former, as if telling him not to worry.

Paulson's performance this season has been very eye-catching, especially the double defensive midfielder formed by his partner with Markinson, which is the guarantee of the new Manchester United's defense. The former is only 19 years old this year, and there is still a lot of room for improvement.

"Michael, this is your first start, don't worry, you can do it!" Bruce smiled at Essien with relief, "Once you are on the court, you don't have to think about anything, your duty is to be in charge of the entire center." The defense of the field area, you don't have to think about protecting the defense line, that's Christian's responsibility, and you don't have to worry about the team's offense, that's Ribeiro."

"Then what should I do?" Essien looked up at the head coach naively.

In one sentence, the entire locker room burst into laughter.

Bruce couldn't help but smile, he admired Xiao Yu's vision, he actually dug up such a pearl from a little-known small club in Africa, and he was still so young, given time, he would definitely become a priceless treasure of the club.

In addition to Essien, looking at the few signings of the new Manchester United this season, they are all young and capable teenagers. As long as they continue to follow this development trend, they will definitely have a bright future.

"You just grab the ball!" Bruce smiled and gave his answer.

Essien was taken aback, grab the ball?

When he saw Bruce's hand covering the large area between the opponent's penalty area and his own penalty area, he immediately understood that the head coach was giving him freedom to play to his advantage while allowing Paulson to pass from the sidelines. Assist, cover up his flaws.

"Don't worry, sir, I won't let the opponent pass me a single ball easily!" Essien nodded his promise!

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PS: There are three updates today, and three updates every day this week. Each chapter has more than 3K words. Lao Chen is still working hard, right? hehe......

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