Red Rebels

The Arsenal players stood in the aisle, with the seething fans standing above their heads. Hearing the tsunami-like cheers from the stands, anyone who was a little bit timid would have weak legs.

Captain Adams and the new Manchester United captain Steve Bruce stood at the front of the queue. Both of them have played in the Premier League for many years, so they are not strangers to each other, but familiarity does not mean friendship. On the contrary, the grievances between the Red Devils and the Gunners, It was fully reflected in the two of them.

Ljungberg behind Adams has just joined Arsenal this season and has not had many opportunities to play. This game happened to replace Parlor as the starter, and the opponent's strength is not strong, so he should be able to get a chance to perform, so Ljungberg is in a good mood Yes, looking at the new Manchester United next to him, standing parallel to him is Evra.

Evra looked ruthless. When he saw Ljungberg nodding and smiling politely at him, he didn't feel the charm of this handsome Swedish guy at all. He gave him a cold look and then looked forward.

This very impolite behavior made Ljungberg feel embarrassed and angry. Isn't he just an amateur player in the tenth league? Put such a big spectrum!

When the referee and assistant referee led the way out of the player tunnel, there was a burst of more enthusiastic applause and cheers, but there were also boos mixed in, and it was unclear who it was aimed at.

In this game, nearly 3,000 Manchester fans came from Manchester City to support the new Manchester United. Although they thought that the chances of winning this game were not high and the distance was far away, they still came.

The players are on the field, audience friends, what we are seeing now is one of the third rounds of the FA Cup in England in the 1998-99 season. Arsenal played against the new Manchester United at home. This is a very special game. , and it is the first time since the establishment of the new Manchester United in front of the TV, the Red Rebels fans believe that this will be a game that will be recorded in history!

Sky TV is also very concerned about this game, and specially arranged for famous mouth Andy Gray to comment on the spot.

Let's take a look at Arsenal's starting lineup first. Since the main goalkeeper Seaman is resting this time, Manninger will start, the third goalkeeper Lucic will be on the bench, and the central defender will be partnered with captain Adams and central defender Bould. , the latter's main position this season has been occupied by Keown, and his playing opportunities have also been greatly reduced.

The left and right full-backs are Dixon and Winterbourne. These are the two positions without any suspense. The midfielder is still a double midfielder. Pettit and Vieira are the starters. We can see that Ge Rimandi and Rémi Gard are both on the bench, and the other two left and right wingers are Dutch star Overmars and Swedish teenager Ljungberg.

The forward partners are Bergkamp and Anelka, and Boa Wright is also on the bench!

From this lineup, we can find that Wenger also attaches great importance to this game, and did not use substitute players on a large scale as previously speculated by the outside world, but I believe this will not have any effect on the Red Rebels. After all, even if Arsenal come off the bench as a pure substitute, they are extremely powerful opponents!

Speaking of which, Andy Gray made a special joke.

According to the data we collected before, Bergkamp's one-year salary can buy all the players of the new Manchester United, including former Manchester United captain Steve Bruce. Now many people are wondering what kind of team this is. The team? Can attract Steve Bruce to coach? There is still a short period of time before the start of the game, we can review the past and present life of the Red Rebels since its establishment and today!

After finishing speaking, the TV screen immediately shifted to a short video, in which the reasons for the establishment of the new Manchester United, how Xiao Yu went bankrupt to establish this club, and how the Manchester United fans supported the new Manchester United were all described in detail. After reading it again, it was a brief review of the new Manchester United's outstanding performance in the Northwest Division 2 this season.

Perhaps from the TV station's point of view, no matter how good the results of the Northwest Division B League are, to the audience in front of the TV, they are not at all as attractive as the origin of the Red Rebels.

After the short video was broadcast, on the court, the referee had already put the whistle to his mouth, and within a moment he blew the whistle to start the game.

From the first minute of the game, the new Manchester United players were engaged in a desperate struggle, including the forwards who retreated to the midfield.

In the two years since he came to Arsenal, Vieira has become the core midfielder of this team. With his excellent physical condition, he is like a heavy tank on the field. Compared with him, Smith's His physical fitness was as thin as a piece of paper, and he flew away with a flick.

After Vieira steals the ball, he passes it diagonally to Overmars on the left. The Dutchman is very fast and tries to make a fake move in front of Kevin Evan. After shaking his opponent away, he goes directly to the bottom. A low pass was passed.

Steve Bruce cleared the ball before Ice Prince Bergkamp, ​​throw-in!

Kevin, don't charge too far ahead, pay attention to your position! Bruce reminded behind him.

Kevin Evan turned his head and nodded to him in agreement, but the whole person stared nervously at Overmars. The speed of this Dutchman is too fast. As long as he relaxes a little, after being shaken, he will be flattered Can't catch up.

Don't worry, Kevin, we're still here! The winger Darren Lyons also retreated to help Kevin Evan defend.

Winterbourne threw the ball to midfielder Pettit, and the French international passed to Ljungberg on the right.

Evra stepped forward immediately, and Ljungberg wanted to take advantage of his speed to eat Evra alone, but just as he wanted to speed up, Evra had already wrapped him out of the sideline with a fierce tackle up.

In terms of speed, Evra does not lose to Ljungberg at all!

This is a wonderful defense!

The game just started, and the scene was very hot. Arsenal teenager Freddie Ljungberg got up from the ground and stared at the opponent's left back with an indignant face. He seemed to be muttering something to the referee. It should be complaining. The opponent's movement was too big, but the referee just signaled the game to continue!

The fans at the scene were immediately booed dissatisfied by the referee's penalty!

Great job, Patrice! Xiao Yu stood in front of the coach's bench, loudly encouraging Evra who walked in.

Usually, when Bruce played, Walsh or Cassel would sit here, but today's game was different, Xiao Yu wanted to stand with the players, so he also sat here.

The game has entered a fast-paced offense and defense and scrambling almost from the very beginning. The current Arsenal has not yet had the beautiful control-flow style of play that followed. Wenger's transformation of Arsenal has just begun, so the scene suddenly became very hot.

Although the overall strength of the new Manchester United is much lower than that of Arsenal, but ten minutes before the opening, they just relied on their own tenacious fighting spirit and fierce fighting to match Arsenal, but the situation was still firmly controlled by Arsenal. hand.

When the game progressed to the 18th minute, Adams made a long pass from Arsenal's backcourt and directly found Anelka. The latter stopped the ball and swayed sideways.

Gareth Turner's slow turn was infinitely magnified at this moment. He didn't even have time to pull Anelka. He could only watch helplessly as the 19-year-old French genius sent the ball into the new Manchester United goal.

1:0, Arsenal ushered in their first goal!

TMD! Xiao Yu clenched his fist and waved, he even wished to tear down the shed of Highbury's coach bench.

It's okay, guys! Bruce called all the players over on the court, We did a good job, remember, continue to play according to our plan, you know?

The players agreed and dispersed.

The game goes on!

After Arsenal scored the first goal, the situation on the field became even more one-sided. The new Manchester United was almost pinned down at halftime and could only make clearances and steals.

In order to cope with Arsenal's indiscriminate bombing, Bruce even pulled forward Jonathan Maiten back to the backcourt, and the defense of the four midfielders also retracted to the front of their penalty area, leaving Rodri Giggs in front. Cruising near the midfield made the new Manchester United's field formation look like 910.

Seeing the posture of the new Manchester United, Arsenal also began to become very patient, especially the head coach Wenger, who was sitting on the coaching bench, looking like he was sure of winning the game.

But the facts have also proved that Arsenal does have the strength to win the game.

In the 32nd minute of the first half, Bergkamp took the ball with his back, and in an almost impossible situation, picked the ball past himself and Bruce, picked a pass to the penalty area, Anelka stopped the ball with his chest, turned around, and shot , in one go, very clean and neat.

2:0, this is almost a goal that can sentence the new Manchester United to death early, because if you want to get back the score at Highbury, I am afraid that even Manchester United will not be able to do it, let alone the new Manchester United.

The fans in the stands cheered again, shouting the names of Bergkamp and Anelka.

This eccentric French genius was transferred to Real Madrid by virtue of his performance at Arsenal this season, but after that, he completely sank.

Of course, the current Xiao Yu doesn't remember what will happen to Anelka in the future. He just clearly saw that Anelka was celebrating a goal under his nose, which seemed to be a demonstration like him. , which made him feel very angry.

It may be that after leading by two goals, Arsenal began to stay focused. After all, they still had a key battle for the League Championship this weekend, so they began to consciously slow down the pace of the game.

In this way, the score of 2:0 was maintained until the end of the first half.

During the intermission, when Bruce and Cassel led the players back to the locker room one after another, Xiao Yu was still sitting on the coach's bench, staring blankly at the field. He suddenly understood Bruce's powerless frustration. He really, really hates the weakness of his team, he longs to be strong!

But sometimes, being strong can only be tempered through the pain of continuous failure!

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PS: Deadly enemies from now on!

I'm thinking about building a new stadium and renting out the temporary stadium at Old Trafford. What do you think?

In the same stadium, today is the Red Rebels, tomorrow is the Red Devils, today it is very powerful, but tomorrow it is a group of gentlemen, and the ticket prices are different. The Red Rebels have low ticket prices, and the Red Devils have high ticket prices. Germany won the Premier League championship, it must feel better!

Another option is Manchester City's Maine Road Stadium, but that stadium will be demolished. At that time, Manchester City may have to temporarily move out of Manchester, wandering outside for a year and then come back, hehe!

Give some advice, everyone!

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