Red Rebels

Although it has been determined in advance that he will leave the new Manchester United after the season, Bruce is still the same, as if there is no such thing at all. When the players show even the slightest slack on the training ground, he will use his loud voice.

I don't know if it's the result of Xiao Yu's subtle influence by his side, or other reasons. Bruce's temper shows some signs of getting closer to Ferguson in some respects. At least his hair dryer skills become more and more proficient the more he uses it. The only regret is that Bruce's The figure is also unknowingly out of shape.

Many professional players will gradually gain weight after retiring, and Bruce also has great potential in this regard now.

There are only three people who know the news of Bruce's departure, so everything in the club is as usual, and everything is proceeding step by step.

On November 1st, the selection of the best coach of the National League in October was announced. Without exception, with the outstanding performance of the new Manchester United in October, Bruce was once again elected as the best coach of October. Keech won the title of best player again.

On November 6th, the new Manchester United ushered in their opponents in the first round of the FA Cup. They played against Magsfield from the English C League at home. This team is ranked 15th in the English C League so far this season. , the strength is considered mid-range in the English C League, and the offensive and defensive abilities are very average.

The match between New Manchester United and Magsfield at home did not attract much attention. After all, this was only the first round of the FA Cup, without the involvement of teams such as the Premier League and League One. Apart from local fans, such a game would not be played at all. No one will pay attention.

So even though the new Manchester United defeated Magsfield 2:1 at home and entered the second round of the FA Cup, that is, the local Manchester Evening News explained it with a small report, and the page it occupied was not even as good as the league.

On the 8th, the FA officially announced the result of the draw for the second round of the FA Cup. This time, the new Manchester United drew a League Two team, a team that Xiao Yu was very familiar with, Reading!

Reading Club is also a team with a long history, founded in 1871, but has been in the lower leagues of England for a long time.

In the 1994-95 season, Reading was once again promoted to the League One, and won the second place in the League One in the first year, but because the Premier League reduced the number of participating teams from 22 to 20, Reading could not He was promoted directly and was forced to participate in the play-offs. As a result, he was eliminated by Bolton and failed to advance to the Premier League.

It is likely to be hit by the goal. In the 95-96 season, Reading's performance in the League One was very bad. By the end of the season, it ranked 19th, and the subsequent 96-97 season was also unsatisfactory. -The 98 season dropped to League Two.

Afterwards, although the owner of the Reading Club wanted to bring Reading back to glory, but the performance of Reading has been unsatisfactory. As a relegated team, Reading has ranked in the middle of the League Two for two consecutive years. So far, Reading ranks 13th in the League Two, and it is quite difficult to upgrade.

Even so, Xiao Yu still attached great importance to this game.

After the analysis of Bruce and the coaching staff, Reading's offensive power has been terrible since the beginning of this season. They only scored 15 goals in 18 rounds of the league, but conceded not many goals, only 21 goals. There are 7 draws in the league, relying on the team's tenacious defense.

It can be seen that even if it is a home game, the Reading team will still use the team's best defensive counterattack.

Bruce reacted to this, and in the away game rarely arranged a highly offensive lineup. Although it was still 442, the two full-backs were given more offensive tasks, and the midfield configuration was Junini Jr. Austria's partner Paulson, the two full-backs also use Krzynovic and Hleb, who is performing better and better, and the forwards are Zikic and Olic.

The game at the Madejski Stadium was very intense,

It was even harder than the new Manchester United's away game against Kidderminster, because Reading's defense was very fierce, even when facing a team two levels lower than them, they did not change their true colors .

"I really doubt, why would someone compare Redding to a biscuit man?" Xiao Yu felt that this comparison was not appropriate at all.

In reality, Reading played that kind of fierce football. They were very particular about defense, which caused their team to be like iron plates from front to back. I feel very uncomfortable with this kind of fierce confrontation.

But the tactics that Reading has worked for other teams obviously won't work for the new Manchester United.

Since the game against Kidderminster, Juninho, who showed his free kick ability, is now the chief set-piece specialist of the new Manchester United, and his set-piece is better than Darren Lyons , Whether it is a direct shot or an indirect assist to his teammates, he can do it very well.

The biggest mistake Reading made in this game was that they ignored the new Manchester United's frontcourt set-pieces.

In the 26th minute of the first half, the left back of Reading tripped the right midfielder Hleb of the new Manchester United on the left side of the penalty area, and the referee awarded the new Manchester United a free kick in the frontcourt.

Juninho Jr. walked towards the penalty spot and crossed with Hleb. The latter made a gesture to Juninho Jr. to kill them. Juninho Jr. nodded calmly in agreement.

According to the same as usual, as long as there is a chance for the new Manchester United to set the ball in the frontcourt, Abidal, Distin, Zikic and several other tall men will all squeeze into the penalty area, and at the same time there are heavy gunners standing on the outside. Zhinovic and Paulson, so the free kick tactics of the new Manchester United often work.

This time, Junior Juninho first made a gesture of pointing back, and Zikic, who was standing in front of the point, immediately understood. Almost at the same time that Juninho took a free kick, he ran forward. , Immediately attracted the opponent's defensive players who were paying attention to him.

Juninho's free kick was fast and a bit high, but when it was close to the back point, there was a rapid drop, so Abidal, who was ambushing at the back point, was covered by Distin without any hesitation. The ball was effortlessly headed into the goal, 0:1!

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The Reading team, which was one goal behind, seemed a little flustered. Their defensive determination was shaken and they began to want to equalize the score.

In such a mood, the team was out of touch, which immediately gave the new Manchester United an opportunity to take advantage of.

It was still Juninho. In the 43rd minute, after receiving a pass from Abidal in the backcourt, he immediately went straight to the opponent's defense line. The teenager Hleb almost went all the way, successfully countering offside, and threw away Overwhelmed all the opponent's defensive players, faced the goalkeeper single-handedly, and scored the ball calmly, 0:2!

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The two-goal deficit put Reading in a dilemma. This is the FA Cup. Unless the game is tied, there will only be one round. So no matter which aspect is considered, Reading can only attack in the second half.

For this, Bruce was clearly prepared. During the halftime break, he asked the players to stick to it in the second half. Everyone must wake up to 12 points and not give Reading even the slightest chance.

You know, Reading is a League Two team. As the saying goes, there are still three pounds of nails on a broken ship. It is impossible for Reading to play in the League Two without a little strength.

Sure enough, things were just as Bruce expected, and Reading launched a fierce attack on the new Manchester United at the beginning of the second half.

This season, after introducing speed-type central defenders such as Abidal and Distin, especially after the game against Kidderminster, Bruce boldly pushed the new Manchester United's defense forward, and then defended, Mobilize the personnel of the three lines to form three closely coordinated defense lines.

Such a line of defense has layers, depth, width, and thickness. Coupled with the group of players that New Manchester United has on hand, New Manchester United's defense this season has become impenetrable.

The attacking power of the Reading team is not strong. Facing the solid defense of the new Manchester United, they can hardly find any way.

After the new Manchester United survived the first 20 minutes of the second half, Reading's offensive momentum gradually died down, but at this time, the new Manchester United's attack showed its fangs again.

In the 68th minute of the second half, Paulson intercepted the ball in the backcourt and passed it to Olic who came back to catch the ball. Zikic scored the third goal with an assist from the front of the penalty area, 0:3!

After leading by three goals, the game lost its suspense.

Another 25 minutes later, the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game, and the new Manchester United once again entered the third round of the FA Cup!

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For the team's ability to break into the third round of the FA Cup for two consecutive years, the reaction of the fans has been positive, and they all affirmed the strength shown by the team in the league and cup competitions, but this year's situation is different.

Since Manchester United will go to Brazil to participate in the first World Championship, the FA made an exception and allowed Manchester United to participate in the FA Cup from the fourth round. Therefore, if the new Manchester United wants to touch Manchester United, they can only pass the third round.

But when the results of the second round came out, the fans would suddenly find that among all the teams participating in the third round of the FA Cup, the new Manchester United was the lowest level, the only team from the National League, The rest are all teams from professional leagues.

This is not scary, what is really scary is that from the third round, teams from the Premier League and League One will also join the FA Cup.

If the English professional league is described as a pyramid, the Premier League is undoubtedly the top of the pyramid, and the League One is in the middle. It seems to be close to the Premier League, but there is a world of difference. The lowest foundation.

It is precisely because it is difficult for the team to pass the third round, but they cannot touch Manchester United, so the fans seem to be less interested in the promotion of the new Manchester United in the FA Cup.

But even so, the results of the FA Cup third round draw were announced on time on the third day after the second round and distributed to each participating club.

But what was different from usual was that as soon as the result of the draw was announced this time, it immediately caused a sensation in England!

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PS: I worked overtime yesterday and didn't go home until after 11 o'clock, so there is no update, sorry!

I have to work overtime at noon, so I guess it will be updated later!

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