Red Rebels

After Christmas, the new Manchester United schedule is packed.

First we will have a Northwest Division B game at home, then we will go to an away game to challenge Gran Forest, and then we will play an away game, and then we will have the first round of the quarterfinals of the Northwest Division League Challenger Cup in the middle of the week The opponent is an amateur team from the Northwest Super Division.

The entire month of January is a week of double matches, which is a big test for the physical strength and will of the new Manchester United players.

Since Christmas is on Friday, the next game of the Second Division is scheduled to be held on Sunday. After two days of vacation, the new Manchester United players are still self-disciplined. Played the opponent 2:0 at home.

Although they are all amateur teams, the new Manchester United still has a great advantage in the Northwest Second Division, even greater than Real Madrid and Barcelona in La Liga. After all, they are all formed by a group of higher-level players. formed team.

The new Manchester United, which got a good start after Christmas, went to Nailsworth the next day. This small town in the south of England has a population of less than 10,000. In addition, the first round of the FA Cup is not very attractive. People noticed that the audience for the whole game was less than one thousand, breaking the lowest attendance rate of a game since the establishment of the new Manchester United.

And you must know that among the more than 900 spectators, there are 300 people who followed the team from Manchester and took the bus of the Manchester City travel agency to the south.

Due to the small number of local spectators, although there were only 300 people, the fans of the new Manchester United still showed off the masterpieces of fanatical fans in a hurry, turning the whole stadium into the world of the new Manchester United.

Amidst the cheers of the fans, the new Manchester United defeated Gran Forest 3:1 away.

In fact, if you simply look at the individual abilities of the players, the advantage of the new Manchester United is not great, and it can even be said that there is no advantage. However, the new Manchester United is very organized in terms of team tactics and style of play. On the other hand, Gran Forest , full of the characteristics of an amateur team, focusing on individual performance, without any skills and tactics at all.

The gap between the two teams is more reflected in the gap between professional and amateur, so after watching the game, Xiao Yu couldn't help but feel proud. He decided to sign full-time contracts with several main players at the beginning of the season. What a wise decision!

It was also this game that strengthened Xiao Yu's determination to transform the team into a professional team this year!

After the victory, the new Manchester United went directly north to the town of Cohen near Burnley, where they faced the Cohen team, which is ranked fourth in the Northwest Division Two. The results of the second division are also ups and downs. In the first year, they were almost promoted, but last year they were almost relegated. However, this year's results are good, and there is great hope for promotion.

According to the vision of the Cohen team, they hope to grab a point from the new Manchester United at home, so that they can climb to third in the league and shorten the gap with the second in the league to 2 points.

However, despite the long journey and just experienced a confrontation with a high-level team, the new Manchester United still cleanly killed Cohen in the away game. The score of 4:0 mercilessly showed the gap between the two teams.

However, in the next away game of the Challenger Cup in the Northwest League, the new Manchester United was beaten by the home team. In the end, relying on the team's tenacious defense, they took away a draw from the away game. The score was as flat as the process, 0 :0!

Although Bruce and Cassell have made a detailed rotation plan, taking into account various factors such as the physical fitness of the players, in fact, the new Manchester United only has 19 players, and after deducting the two goalkeepers, there are only 17 players left. No amount of rotation can take care of everything.

A strong midfielder like Karl Makinson, due to lack of rotation players, played three games in one breath. As a result, in the fourth game, he could hardly run anymore. Therefore, only one substitution quota can be wasted,

Substitute him.

It is precisely because of the frequent matches that the players exhausted their physical energy that the new Manchester United failed to win in the first away round of the Challenger Cup in the Northwest League. The home game of the round is completely meaningless.

It is precisely because of this that the new Manchester United has also begun to discuss whether certain games should be given up, such as the FA Cup, where it is impossible to achieve good results at all, so that players can concentrate more on coping with the league.

Some people may think that the FA Cup is a single-round knockout match, and the chances of accidentally winning a strong team are not small, but in fact, even if the new Manchester United pass the second round and enter the third round, they will face the Premier League and League One professional football teams next. What can the team do?

A coincidence can only happen once, and it is not a coincidence if it happens twice!

It is impossible for anyone to expect a semi-professional team in England's 10th tier to beat those professional teams from England C, League Two, and even League One and Premier League one after another. That is simply unrealistic!

But Steve Bruce obviously didn't see it that way.

"Although it is impossible for us to achieve good results in the FA Cup this year, I can't tell my players like the outside world says, ah, guys, we have to save our energy for the league and the Challenger Cup. We give up the FA Cup, we don't play, that won't work, what is that?"

When Cassell put forward his opinions during the high-level meeting within the new Manchester United, Bruce seemed very excited.

During this period of time, he has also been under a lot of pressure, especially because he has to take care of the emotions of the players.

"Xiao Yu, you told me that you think I can bring something different to your team, remember?" Bruce asked, pointing at Xiao Yu.

Xiao Yu nodded, of course he couldn't forget it!

"Then I want to say, what I can bring to your team is, never give up!"

"My team can be beaten, but we must be beaten standing up. We can't throw in the towel before the enemy comes. That's not my style, and it's not the team I lead. style!"

Xiao Yu, Walsh and Cassel were all silent for a moment.

Yes, their decision to give up the FA Cup is rational, and it should even be said to be very wise, but sometimes football does not need wisdom, let alone reason!

"My players are suffering right now, I know that, look at Carl, he was in such a good physical condition before, but he is still working hard on the court until he has cramps, and Jonathan Matten, almost every game At the end of the game, he might not even have the strength to lift his legs, but he still persisted, why?"

Bruce clenched his fists and knocked on his chest, "For the faith and love we have for the club, we will not give up, and it is impossible for me to tell my players when they still want to persevere. To think about which games we're going to give up for some reason, in my opinion, that's not wise, that's a betrayal, a betrayal of the players!"

"Now, tell me, Xiao Yu, what do you decide to do?"

Xiao Yu stood up, patted Bruce on the shoulder, then put one hand on Cassel's shoulder, nodding constantly.

"Steve is right, I should reflect on myself, but through today's incident, I am more sure of one thing, that is, I chose you to be the head coach of our club, which is definitely my wisest decision." Decide, Steve, and the club and I will fully support you!"

Cassel also stood up, looked at Bruce with admiration, and said with a smile: "You are right, Steve, and this is why I will never be the head coach for the rest of my life!"

"Andy, I heard that there is a very famous Chinese medicine doctor on Faulkner Avenue. He is very good at acupuncture and massage. I want you to go and see if he can be invited to serve the players of our club. !"

The power of acupuncture and massage in traditional Chinese medicine is what Xiao Yu learned from the materials of some Milan laboratories that later generations have seen. It is said that the recovery methods of this world-renowned laboratory are more borrowed from traditional Chinese medicine. Including acupuncture and massage, but after absorbing the essence of this area, it is westernized.

Now Xiao Yu has no way to set up a large-scale medical research institute like the Milan Laboratory, and even the team doctor is just a fan doctor in a nearby hospital, so he can only use this way of treating headaches and feet to help the team.

After introducing the efficacy of traditional Chinese medicine in traditional physical recovery therapy to everyone present, Xiao Yu's proposal to hire a masseur was supported by Bruce and Cassel, who also had the mentality of trying it out.

When Bruce, Cassel, and Walsh had all gone out one after another, and Xiao Yu was left alone in the whole office, Xiao Yu's originally relaxed expression immediately became sad.

In fact, he understands why Bruce got angry. In addition to the reasons he said before, it is also because the club restricts his performance, whether it is hardware or software. I believe that if he is given enough resources, he can Bring better results to the team.

There are only 19 players, many of whom are still part-time, which makes Bruce feel very depressed and ambitious!

In fact, from the moment Xiao Yu hired Bruce for the first time, he already knew that he would not stay in the new Manchester United for long, because his qualifications, his ability, and his proud personality made him He will never settle for mediocrity.

In other words, even if he is really optimistic about the development prospects of the new Manchester United, it will be many years later, and he can't wait that long. If he is given a choice, I believe he would rather directly coach a League Two team or a team. The League One team will lead them to the Premier League within one or two years.

In addition, Bruce has also begun to reveal that this year is his last season as a player, and he will concentrate on being his head coach next season. Of course, the premise is if he stays in the new Manchester United by then!

The small temple can't fit the big Buddha!

Although it's only halfway through the season, Xiao Yu has to start worrying about the next season!

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PS: I wonder if my skin can be thicker?

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