Red Rebels

98 busy winter breaks

When he was a fan before, Xiao Yu was not too impressed by the suggestion that the Premier League club coach called for the introduction of the winter break. In fact, he felt a bit that the English Premier League without the winter break is a little bit special in European football. Different flavors.

For example, Ferguson has repeatedly criticized some of the teams leading in the first half of the season, thinking that without going through the test before and after Christmas, it is impossible to say anything such as booking a league championship in advance.

And Manchester United, led by Ferguson himself, has used the winter break many times to stage a good play to reverse the championship.

It is precisely because of this aspect that when Xiao Yu was a fan, he always felt that the winter break was unnecessary, at least the Premier League without winter break was more dramatic and exciting.

But now that he has travelled to England, he became the club's owner himself, and he realized the importance of the winter break.

The first is before and after Christmas. The players' minds are obviously not put on the game. They pay more attention to returning home and reuniting with their families. Christmas is equivalent to the Chinese Spring Festival, and its importance can be imagined.

Second, the weather in England around Christmas is cold and players are easily injured. New Manchester United has suffered in this regard. Markinson, Darren Lyons, Kevin Evan and Crouch all have They have been injured one after another, among which Makinson has to be injured for at least two months.

Third, the schedule around Christmas is very dense.

Take New Manchester United as an example. After playing the league on December 7, New Manchester United ushered in the FA Cup Winning Cup on the 11th. The opponent is Yeovil City, also from the national league, playing away. This means that New Manchester United You have to make a long journey to Yeovil City, the southernmost part of England, for this away game.

On the 14th, New Manchester United must return to Manchester to face the visiting Nunington team, and then go to the away to challenge the Ruston diamond on the 17th, and then go to Hendersonford on the 20th to fight, and then After Christmas, 23 and 27 days faced Duff and Nangang at home, followed by the third round of the FA Cup at Arsenal on January 1.

It's not just that, if it successfully breaks into the second round of the FA Cup, New Manchester United will face the second round of the cup on January 8th, and there will be a league in the middle of the 2nd to 8th.

When Xiao Yu saw such a dense schedule of the devil, he secretly scolded the FA **** in his heart, and also deeply felt how wise the decision of the Premier League club coach to lead the winter break!

As a veteran of the English League for many years, Bruce naturally knows the importance of the Devil's schedule before and after Christmas, especially the long journey of the Southern Expedition and the Northern War is a great loss to the player's physical fitness, but he There is no way for the FA to change the schedule, only to find a way from the team itself.

So in the FA Cup Winners' game against Yeovil City on the 11th, New Manchester United sent a lot of substitutes. The forward was Kittson's partner Jonathan Matten, and the left and right wingers were Rich Willens and Helle. Cloth, the centre-back partner is Junior Juninho and Essien who has just returned from Ghana. The defender lines are Roy Williams, Gareth Turner, Danny Collins and Stannson from left to right. The goalkeeper It's Ammunia.

This can be said to be the second team of New Manchester United. Among them, Jonathan Matten, Roy Williams, Ricky Willens, Danny Collins have barely got a chance to play, but this time The game was dispatched by Bruce Stone.

However, it seems that it is precisely because of the long-term battle, that the new Manchester United bench players have been very diligent on the field. Despite the away combat, last season's best scorer Jonathan Maiten took the lead in the 34th game. Minutes took Rich Willens's side pass to break the deadlock.

Afterwards, Yeovil City launched an onslaught against New Manchester United. Bruce decisively ordered the players to recover the line of defense, and steadily maintained the score of 0: 1 to the end of the game.

In this game, Junior Juninho was tired of facing the crazy offensive of Yeovil City. Although young Essien performed well in the World Junior Games, in this game, it was obvious that his physical fitness was a bit unsatisfactory and he could not play. Out of the best, so New Manchester United's midfield is almost always supported by Junior Juninho.

Another eye-catching player is goalkeeper Amunia. The Spaniard has performed high-level saves many times in this game. In the locker room after the game, Peter Schmeichel, who also serves as goalkeeper coach His performance was equally praiseworthy.

After winning Yeovil City away, New Manchester United returned to Gig Lane Stadium. It was a dull process, but it was a steady 2: 0 regeneration of the visiting Nunington team. Rickić scored a goal at the start. Xiao Ru Ninho staged a free kick again.

The next day after winning, the entire New Manchester United team went away to challenge the Ruston diamond team.

Known as the strongest team with the most hope of getting upgraded tickets before this season, it seems to be a slump since the first round of the league was defeated by New Manchester United. It has suffered three defeats in the last four rounds. Manchester United, Russtown Diamonds shouted that they would forge ahead from New Manchester United's corpse, winning the slogan of upgrading this season.

But actually?

New Manchester United attaches equal importance to this game, all the main players all start, and Zikic also continued the outstanding performance since this season, and once again performed a hat trick, and Junior Juninio performed an assisted hat trick in the game. The drama helped New Manchester United beat their opponents 4: 0 away.

But when everyone thought that New Manchester United was in good condition and challenged Hendersonford away, New Manchester United rotated again. Although the substitutes were very spell-fighting in the game, they failed to win for New Manchester United in the end. To a victory, the score of 1: 0 let New Manchester United return to Manchester with regret.

This defeat also made Xiao Yu clearly realize that there is a big gap between the strength of New Manchester United's main force and the bench, especially the substitute players such as Jonathan Matten, Stephen Smith, Danny Collins, if this season If New Manchester United is finally qualified for the promotion to the second league, I am afraid they will not be able to stay in the team.

Although it seems cruel to do this, these players are all players who have made outstanding contributions to New Manchester United. At the beginning, they all came to New Manchester United with a enthusiasm and held a low salary to help the team from scratch. , Step by step out of the Northwest Division B league, to the current national league.

But sometimes, professional football is so cruel.

Of course, Xiao Yu has other ideas. For example, Darren Lyons has revealed that if he decides to retire, he hopes to be able to serve as a coach. At present, New Manchester United also lacks a coach, so Xiao Yu intends to find a chance to talk to him well Talk about it, if he is willing to play another year next season, then forget it, otherwise, he can directly enter the club's youth camp as a coach.

The same situation applies to everyone. This should be the only thing Xiao Yu can do for them. After all, he cannot pay a salary to a player who cannot contribute to the team at all, even if the salary is very low. But what do other players think?

In addition to the players, Xiao Yu has another trouble is the new stadium.

The new home, temporarily named the City Stadium, has been renovated and the turf has been covered. All the staff are in place. The rest is waiting for the first game on January 1, 2000. In the FA Cup, New Manchester United vs. Arsenal.

Before the game, New Manchester United will also specially arrange a stadium opening ceremony. Although it is simple, it is the first game of New Manchester United's first home stadium.

According to the reaction of the tickets, the first game of this stadium will be full again. So far, 8,000 tickets have been sold out. After all, this is a very memorable day. The first game of the new home court In the game, at the same time facing Manchester United's rival Arsenal, such a game is the most attractive.

It is said that in the Sky TV, the FA Cup will be broadcast live again. At that time, the famous Andy Gray will judge the ball on the spot. This will be the second time that New Manchester United appeared on the national TV station.

It was also because the game was live-streamed that Xiao Yu was devoted to this unveiling ceremony. Although it was just the home-field opening ceremony of a national league team, no big names or political and business celebrities were invited. Xiao Yu still hopes to be a little special.

It was for this matter that he even forgot that Christmas is here!

"Christmas ... coming!"

Eva Snowtoe looked at the strange figures in the distance. They were all actors in props and costumes. They were rehearsing the plot according to the director's request.

This is the crew of New Zealand's "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy. Sitting next to her is Englishman Orlando Bloom.

"Yes, Christmas, Eva, are you going back to the holidays?" Orlando asked casually as he flipped through a car magazine.

Of the entire "Lord of the Rings" crew, the two of them are the most talkable, because Eva Snow was born in London, and Orlando was born in Canterbury near London. The former is now a well-known Hollywood actress, the latter is only The first cry, so Eva naturally took care of this British compatriot, and Orlando also respected the sister.

"No, what about you? Are you going back?" Eva asked casually.

"Well, my mother and sister want me to go back." Orlando was like a little boy who hadn't grown up.

Eva Snow looked at the handsome Orlando and smiled, but she has not been home for a long time. Although she occasionally talked with her mother on the phone, she never thought about going back. She was a little scared. Come back home.

"It seems that I still have to spend Christmas alone this year!" Eva shrugged freely.

"Well, what magazine are you reading?"

Orlando moved his magazine closer to Eva. "An auto magazine, Lamborghini will launch a new sports car. The design of this car is really great and perfect! Look at it!" 2k novel reading network