Red Rebels

On the third day after the warm-up match with Rochdale, that is, on July 24, the new Manchester United came to Stockport, southeast of Manchester, to face the League One team Stockport.

In this game, the new Manchester United's main lineup once again made many changes.

Zigic partnered with Crouch as the striker; Kzhinovic and Darren Lyons served as the left and right midfielders; It is to continue to use the configuration of the previous game against Rochdale. From left to right are Evra, Abidal, Gareth Turner and Stamsson; the goalkeeper is Almunia.

Although such a configuration seems to be shining from Xiao Yu's perspective from the future, but in reality?

At the Edgley Stadium, the new Manchester United were conceded three goals in a row by Stockport in the first and second half. It was not until the second half that Lyons assisted Zikic to score a face-saving goal.

In this defeat, the new Manchester United exposed more problems than the previous game against Rochdale, not only the left defense, but also the organization of the center and the interception of the midfield, these will be It has become a major problem for the new Manchester United this season.

And Juninho Jr., who was introduced by the new Manchester United with a lot of money, is as sluggish as ever.

Although the new Manchester United struggled to help him solve the diet problem, and Bruce also continued to guide him on the training ground to let him improve, Juninho's training attitude is definitely worthy of praise, and he is also on the court. Diligent, but his performance is still as bad as ever.

It's just that the outside media have recently been attracted by the dispute between Manchester United and the FA, so even the local newspapers in Manchester did not report too much on the new Manchester United. Otherwise, with the style of the English media, he might be criticized for nothing.

After returning from Stockport, the team rushed to Wigan on July 26 to challenge Wigan in the English League Two.

After the test of several consecutive warm-up matches, the cooperation of the new Manchester United's main players has become more and more tacit.

First, in the 35th minute of the first half, Zikic received a header from Krzynovic and scored a goal; then Krzynovic took a long shot from outside the penalty area in the 4th minute of the second half Through Wigan's goal.

Wigan did not show weakness either. In the 24th minute of the second half, they pulled back a goal tenaciously and once saw the hope of equalizing the score. However, Olic, who came on as a substitute for Crouch, used his speed advantage to form a defensive counterattack. Single-handedly, after passing the goalkeeper, he pushed the empty goal and succeeded.

The 3:1 score brought some happy victories to the new Manchester United. You must know that after the last loss to Stockport, the players were tortured by Bruce, and now they have won a victory. I can breathe a sigh of relief.

Xiao Yu is also in a good mood when the team wins, because in his impression, Wigan is not that kind of weak team. They were promoted to League One in 2004 and started to compete in the Premier League in 2006. Steve Bruce also once I have coached this team and the results are good.

After winning this victory against Wigan, the training intensity of the new Manchester United began to drop, and on July 31, the new Manchester United played against the visiting English second team Preston at home. He played very tenaciously. Fortunately, Paulson, who replaced Juninho in the starting lineup, played well. His partnership with Makinson's double midfielder made the new Manchester United's defense look very thick, and Distin replaced Gareth Turner. The performance of the starting lineup is also remarkable.

However, although the defense is excellent, Preston is also not a fuel-efficient lamp. In this 1:1 draw, the new Manchester United relied on Crouch's goal to score the first goal, but it didn't take long for Preston to do the same. Relying on the opportunity of a corner kick to equalize the score.

After that, both sides had a lot of opportunities, but they still failed to convert into goals.

Although only 1:1,

But this is definitely the most difficult and tenacious game that the new Manchester United have ever played. The fierce body collisions, fast-paced offense and defense, and the fierce fighting of the Preston players have given the new Manchester United a good lesson. .

Although the game was very intense, fortunately there were no injuries, which allowed the new Manchester United to meet the first round of the National League on August 7 with a complete lineup.

Because it is a national league, the FA does not need to consider whether other teams have the ability to host matches against the new Manchester United like last year in the Northwest Division B. Therefore, in the first round of the new season, the new Manchester United will sit in Kyrgyzstan. The Green Lane Stadium faced Rustown Diamonds, a National League powerhouse team who was regarded by the media as the most promising promotion team.

This is a team from Ruthtown, near Birmingham, who finished fourth in the National League in the past two seasons and participated in the play-offs, but ultimately failed to win the chance of promotion.

This year, Rustown Diamond has introduced a lot of powerful high-level players, the purpose is to hope to be able to rush to England C in one fell swoop.

Facing such an ambitious team, the new Manchester United seem to attach great importance to it.

In fact, after the schedule was arranged, the scouts had launched a detailed tracking and investigation of all the opponents in the National League. The game videos of these teams alone almost filled Bruce's office, and Cassel even They were all busy watching videos with Bruce and studying their opponents.

While Bruce valued Rustown diamonds, Xiao Yu made good progress outside the court.

First of all, Peter Schmeichel, the 36-year-old goalkeeper has politely declined the invitation of Sporting Lisbon. He accepted the new offer from Manchester United and will serve as the goalkeeper and goalkeeper coach at the club, just like Bruce was the central defender and head coach. Like coaches, this is a time of transition.

However, according to Xiao Yu's familiarity with Schmeichel in his previous life, as well as watching his training on the spot, and Bruce and Cassel's evaluation of him, I believe it will take a few years for him to retire. The condition is quite good.

The arrival of Schmeichel turned Almunia from a starter in the warm-up match to a substitute in the league. After all, the former was well-known, but Almunia readily accepted this proposal because he believed that he would We can learn a lot from Schmeichel.

Of course, Almunia’s chances to play this season will definitely not be less. Although it is the fifth level league in England, 22 teams have to play 42 games, but there are also some other cup competitions. All the games add up Not much.

But Schmeichel himself said that his age can only allow him to adapt to one match a week at most, so the rest is Almunia's chance, but whether he can grasp it at that time depends on whether he can start from Schmeichel has learned a lot.

Getting the transfer of Schmeichel made the new Manchester United famous for a while. You know, this team founded by diehard Manchester United fans has already become popular in the UK and even European football last year. Thinking of this summer, he even poached Manchester United's corner, which quickly became an anecdote in the European football circle.

Local newspapers in Manchester have also paid considerable attention to the new Manchester United, and some local TV stations in Manchester even expressed consideration for recording or even broadcasting the home games of the new Manchester United during the free time.

Of course, this is to be paid to the new Manchester United broadcast fee, but for the time being they are only in the planning stage.

Unlike those TV stations that are still planning, the soap opera of Xiao Yu's acquisition of the Athletic Stadium in the district can finally come to an end. The city government convened several councils to negotiate, and finally came to a result, that is, the acquisition of the new Manchester United was allowed, but the acquisition The amount must be paid within five years, and the club must submit a complete plan for the planning and construction of the stadium and surrounding land.

For such a request, Xiao Yu hardly even frowned, because he had already engraved the relevant plan deeply in his mind, because in his previous life, this was Manchester City's home stadium, and the magnificent building in the future The City Stadium is built on the site of the District Athletic Stadium.

The only difference is that Xiao Yu did plan to renovate, but it will not be so soon. Instead, he intends to wait until the team reaches the Premier League before deciding to renovate, so it will take another 5 years at the earliest.

After taking over the District Athletic Stadium, Xiao Yu will repair the stadium and renovate the stands. In addition, the North Stand will build a first-floor stand, which will increase the capacity of the District Athletic Stadium to more than 10,000.

However, the name of District Athletic Stadium is really not very good. Xiao Yu is still adding it in the plan. He will consider changing the name of this stadium to a name that is closer to the new Manchester United, just like the Newton Heath training base.

After sorting out the plan, Xiao Yu, Walsh and Bruce went to the municipal government for a meeting in person, and then finalized the acquisition on the spot, and Xiao Yu also paid a down payment of 2 million pounds on the spot, and the remaining 6 million It will be paid in installments over the remaining 4 years.

However, after the repair and expansion of the District Athletic Stadium, the city government and the Football Association will also conduct a safety assessment of the stadium. Only after passing the assessment can the new Manchester United be able to put the stadium into use.

It is conservatively estimated that it will not be possible to enter this home to play football until the Christmas period at the earliest.

It is precisely because of this that Xiao Yu revised the lease contract signed with the Berry Club, extending the original one-month lease to half a year, and paid a lump-sum rent of 50,000 pounds to the Berry Club.

After finishing these things, the dispute between the Premier League club headed by Manchester United and the FA finally reached a satisfactory result after various negotiations.

When Xiao Yu received this news, apart from feeling happy from the bottom of his heart, he was also worried. This should be regarded as his biggest move to change the known history, but he didn’t know if the following history would be familiar to him. Go on like that!

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