Red Rebels

After the victory over Boston, the new Manchester United continued to triumph in the next few league games.

First, Zikic and Crouch scored a goal each in a 2-0 home victory over Southport on February 8; then they played at City Stadium on February 12 and ushered in Doncaster. After a 90-minute Fighting hard, the new Manchester United relied on Juninho's direct free kick in the second half to beat the opponent 1:0 and continue to maintain the top position in the league.

However, like the winning streak of the new Manchester United, Morecambe, who climbed to the second place in the standings for the first time this season, also showed tenacious tenacity, especially when other competitors generally lacked stamina, Morecambe still performed tenaciously. , hot pursuit.

On February 16, the new Manchester United visited Kettering, near Birmingham. Under the watchful eyes of less than a thousand players at the Rockingham Road Stadium, the new Manchester United scored twice with Zikic and Kitson, 0: 3 wins over their opponents and successfully took three points from Kettering Township.

By the way, De Rossi started this game on behalf of the new Manchester United. He performed well, especially as a defensive midfielder, he has a tacit understanding with the young player Essien, and his passing ability is good. The through ball almost assisted Kitson to stage a hat-trick, but unfortunately the latter's powerful shot was saved by the goalkeeper.

With the power of the league winning streak, the new Manchester United rushed to Northwich City not far southwest of Manchester. At the Victoria Stadium, they defeated Northwich City 2:4 and successfully entered the semi-finals of the FA Cup Winners Cup.

But as Scarlett said, although the new Manchester United team is very strong overall and the bench players are not weak, the long-term two-line battle has indeed brought a lot of trouble to the team's physical fitness, especially when traveling long distances. When rushing to the away game.

After Northwich's victory, the new Manchester United unexpectedly upset in the next round of the National League away game against Altriringham. Facing the home team's tenacious iron barrel defense, they could hardly find any way. In the 78th minute, Gareth Turner's negligence led to an accidental conceded goal, and the away game lost 1-0.

As Morecambe continued to maintain a winning streak, after losing to Trilingham, the new Manchester United's lead over Morecambe was shortened to 4 points, which seemed to make Morecambe and Kidderminster trailing behind. Teams such as Boston and Boston saw hope again, and they all won the league on February 26 and scored 3 points.

In contrast to the new Manchester United, the entire February was almost a week of double matches, and the physical fitness of the players had reached their limits, especially after they had just returned to the Manchester City Stadium after a bloody bayonet at Altriningham. Obviously, they have not been able to get out of the physical dilemma. Facing the visiting Stevenage team, they did not show the combat effectiveness that the top team should have.

1:2, still the old rule, the home team is in front, the visiting team is behind, the new Manchester United tasted the taste of failure again!

The two-game losing streak left the new Manchester United with only one point ahead of Morecambe, which immediately heated up the battle for the top spot in the National League, especially Kidderminster and Boston, who also have the capital to covet the championship. .

You know, according to the rules of the National League to be promoted to the English C League, only the champion can directly advance, and the second to fifth place will go to the play-offs, so only the championship can guarantee promotion, while the second to fifth places still have to play. There is a big risk. After all, the strength of the teams in this area is very close. It is hard to say who will win.

It is precisely because of this that Morecambe and other teams are chasing the championship. On the contrary, after the new Manchester United lost two games in a row, the outside world is not so optimistic about their prospects for winning the championship. The performance was very strong in the early and mid-term of the league, but it was a little weak in the most critical late stage of winning the championship, which eventually led to the championship falling apart.

And the current new Manchester United is clearly in line with this prediction.

Fortunately, after two consecutive defeats, the new Manchester United ushered in a rare respite,

From February 27th to March 11th, the National League was suspended for two weeks. This seemed to be rain from the sky, giving the new Manchester United a chance to breathe and adjust.

In the past two weeks, the coaching staff and laboratory of the new Manchester United have tried their best to stimulate the player's state as much as possible, and at the same time, they are also doing their best to help the players recover their physical fitness. Physical Services.

As the new Manchester United entered the semi-finals of the FA Winners Cup, the opponent drawn was Hereford, currently ranked 10th in the league.

This team is currently 10 points behind the fifth-ranked Duffer team in the league. The hope of qualifying for the play-offs is already very slim, so they focused their energy on the FA Winners Cup. Go up, pick up this trophy for the first time.

In order to make way for the first round of the FA Winners Cup, the 36th round of the league's new Manchester United match was adjusted to March 14, and on March 11, the new Manchester United visited Hereford.

It is undoubtedly very beneficial to play first away and then host, but if you can beat your opponent in the away game, then the next home game will be easier.

That's obviously what Bruce was thinking.

As a guest at the Edgar Street Stadium in Hereford, Bruce played the strongest attacking firepower. Zigic and Crouch partnered as strikers, Krzynovic and Hleb served as two wingers, and Rooney Jr. Neo and Paulson sit in the middle of the midfield, the defense line from left to right is Evra, Abidal, Distin and Stasson, and the goalkeeper is Schmeichel.

The full main lineup played, and the new Manchester United made sufficient preparations before the game. Although it was an away game, they played aggressive tactics, especially during the two-week break. The physical fitness of the new Manchester United players has been restored. In this game, he behaved like a tiger descending from the mountain.

The score of 0:2 may be difficult to show the advantages on the scene, but the number of shots of the two sides in this game can better reflect this. At 3:27, the number of shots of the new Manchester United is fully 9 times that of the opponent. There were 11 shots on target, but only two goals were scored, and the opponent's goalkeeper can only be blamed for being too good.

However, an away win, plus two away goals, almost completely determined Hereford's death sentence. You must know that since the new Manchester United moved to the city stadium, they have remained unbeaten at home so far, even in Facing the powerful Arsenal, the new Manchester United have achieved a difficult victory.

It is precisely because of this that after Hereford lost to the new Manchester United at home, they no longer have much hope for the away game at the city stadium. Even the outside media also agreed that the new Manchester United will enter the final.

After winning the FA Cup, the new Manchester United returned to the home court to wait for Woking, who came from afar. The undefeated advantage at home gave the players enough strength psychologically, so at home, the new Manchester United, despite Some substitute players were used, but still relying on the goals of Olic and Kitson, 2:1, it was difficult to get 3 points.

On the 18th, in the second round of the FA Winners Cup, the new Manchester United played against Hereford at home. Bruce made another rotation in this game, and many of the main players, including Zigic, did not play in this game. , On the contrary, Olic continued to get the chance to start, De Rossi partnered with Essien and Markinson in the midfield, and the two wingers were Ricky Wellens and Darren Hleb who was gradually squeezed into the bench by Hleb. Lyons.

In this game, the new Manchester United was based on defense, and Hereford wanted to play an offensive game against the guest, but they obviously did not expect that the new Manchester United, which has always liked to play offensive football, would be so sharp once it played a defensive counterattack.

Only in the first half, Olic used his amazing speed to tear through the opponent's defense twice, scored two goals, and then assisted De Rossi, who was inserted in the back row, to score a long-range goal in the second half. 3:0!

With a total score of 5:0, the new Manchester United beat Hereford to enter the final of the FA Cup Winners Cup.

In another battlefield, Nuneaton team lost 0:1 at home in the first round, reversed Hayes 3:2 in the away game, with a total score of 3:3, but defeated Hayes in the penalty shootout, Successfully entered the final.

This FA Winners Cup final will be scheduled for May 6. At that time, the regular game of the National League has ended and the promotion play-offs are underway.

But this does not mean that the new Manchester United's schedule is easy. On the contrary, Scarlett is right. The watershed that determines whether the new Manchester United can win the championship this season is in March, because on March 21 and 25, the new United will face two of the biggest hurdles to promotion, Morecambe and Duver.

The game against Morecambe is an away game, and although the Duffer team is at home, it is squeezed into the same week as the game against Morecambe. Strong opponents can guarantee its current top position.

This is undoubtedly a big test for the new Manchester United. Even after entering the city stadium, the new Manchester United can guarantee an unbeaten home game, but who can guarantee that if the away game loses to Morecambe, the team will not lose morale because of losing the top position Debilitated, what about losing to the Duffer team after returning to the home court?

And Morecambe has also performed well at home this season. They have only lost one game at home this season, but that was in the distant early season. After that, Morecambe's performance has become better and better. The team's performance is also becoming more and more stable. They even had a 10-game winning streak at home.

Christie Park Stadium can be said to be one of the most famous devil's stadiums in the National League this season, and the new Manchester United's City Stadium is equally terrifying. However, Morecambe, who has won consecutive games recently, is undoubtedly better in morale than just coming out of the shadow of a two-game losing streak. But the new Manchester United, who are also distracted by the FA Cup Winners Cup, have an advantage.

In fact, Morecambe did make good use of all their advantages. From the first minute of the game, they completely overwhelmed the new Manchester United in terms of momentum, especially in the first 10 minutes of the game. Obviously completely suppressed.

Amidst the cheers of nearly 4,000 fans at home, Morecambe pierced through the new Manchester United's defense twice in a row in 10 minutes, which was not easily captured by any National League team.

2:0, the red scoreboard on the Christie Park Stadium is so shocking!

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