Kidminster's Agborough Stadium was empty, with stands on both sides and almost as many people.

As Kidminster's home kit is also red, the new Manchester United wear a white away kit, but the two green and gold lines on the kit are still very conspicuous.

Most of the new Manchester United fans in the stands were also wearing white uniforms, and although there were only more than 700 people who followed the team to the away stadium, the number of fans watching Kiddaminster was only about the same as that of the new Manchester United, which shows how bad their home attendance is.

The FA has also been troubled by the decline in home attendance of lower-tier teams recently, and is trying to solve it, after all, for the weaker teams, they can't attract too much sponsorship, ticket revenue has become their biggest source of income, if even ticket revenue is lost, it will be bankrupt or debt.

Due to the fact that the number of people is about the same, the fans of both sides occupy a stand and cheer for their respective teams.

In the past two years, there have been many accidents caused by fans in England, so in this game, the Kidminster Local Police Department also dispatched a lot of police to maintain order on the scene.

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Xiao Yu walked from the parking lot to the direction of the stadium, and when he came to the gate, he happened to see Scarlett getting out of a news car with the logo of Manchester Local TV Station, wearing a neat anchor uniform, which added a bit of the charm of a working woman's surname.

"Hey, Miss Reporter!" Xiao Yu walked over to say hello.

"Hello, it looks like you're in a good mood!" Scarlett said with a smile.

Xiao Yu's eyes swirled around her and pointed, "What are you...... The newspaper's new uniform? ”

"Oh no, the TV station is going to broadcast this game, so borrow someone from our newspaper and let me be their commentator temporarily." Scarlett explained.

Xiao Yu frowned, this Nizi's impression of the new Manchester United doesn't seem to be very good, she always likes to criticize and provoke, let her be the commentary commentator, isn't that giving her a chance to target the new Manchester United on TV?

"Can you do a good job?" Xiao Yu asked suspiciously.

Scarlett shrugged her shoulders very prettyly, "You don't need to care about this, Mr. Xiao Yu, you should care more about your team, if your team has no problems, then I can't find anything wrong, can I?" ”

After saying that, Scarlett turned around and was about to leave, but as if she had thought of something, she turned around, took out a piece of paper from her bag, and handed it to Xiao Yu.

"Mr. Xiao Yu, you should take a look at this starting list, I heard that Steve Bruce wants to give up this game!"

"It can't be!" Xiao Yu replied without thinking about it.

Scarlett had expected Xiao Yu to have this reaction, and smiled, "Look at it!" With that, he turned around and left.

Xiao Yu tore open the piece of paper and saw that it did indeed have a starting list for the new Manchester United.

The lone striker is Kic, the Serbian and Montenegro youngster who has been in excellent form this season and is the most guaranteed goal for the new Manchester United.

In Xiao Yu's previous life, Kic's performance in the Serbian and Montenegro domestic league was very good, and now he has been brought to the English national league, the level is low, and the overall level of the league is not as good as the top league in Serbia and Montenegro, so it is understandable that Kic's performance is excellent, even now, other teams in the national league have not been able to find a way to restrain this high school striker.

The two full-backs are Olic and Hleb, the former is the first time to appear in the left midfield position of the new Manchester United, and in training, it seems that he has not seen much appearance in this position, as for Hleb to start in place of Darren Lyons, it is a bit surprising, after all, there is the presence of Kicic in front, and Darren Lyons' role is very huge.

Without Darren Lyons, who gave Kic's incisive cross?

But the surprise is not only this, what surprised Xiao Yu was also the configuration of the middle of the midfield.

Juninho Jr. played as a central midfielder, Essien and Paulsen played as a double midfielder, Marginson was injured, and it was understandable that either Essien and Juninho Jr. would start, but Bruce put both of them on the line.

Do you want to strengthen the midfield defence?

There were few changes in defence, with Patrice Evra firmly in the left wing-back position, Abidal in the absolute mainstay of the left centre-back, Distin replacing Garay Turner who started the previous round, Stansson at right wing-back and Schmeichel in goal.

Such a starting lineup is indeed a bit unpredictable.

Krył Novic and Darren Lyons both played the full 90 minutes in the last league game three days ago, and if Darren Lyons is older, considering the fitness problem, it is understandable to replace him with Hleb, but what is the purpose of Olic replacing Khovik?

However, Xiao Yu has an advantage of being the boss, that is, he knows very well that he is not a professional in terms of team skills and tactics, so he didn't worry too much, but walked into the stands with a doubt!

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In the dressing room of the new Manchester United, Bruce stood in front of the tactical board, next to assistant coach Cassel, and all 11 starters sat in front of him, looking intently at the tactical board.

"Nikolai, this time your mission has to change slightly, the other party must have studied our team's tactics, so he will definitely try to restrain you, you see, their starting central defender is 1.93 meters tall, and his header is good, which is specially used to deal with you!"

Bruce said this with a smile, and immediately the players in the locker room looked at Kic with a smile, and the latter scratched the back of his head a little shyly.

"You have to play more flexibly in this game, Nikola, once your height and header advantage are restrained by the opponent, then you have to change, run more, involve more, and preferably pull the opponent's defensive center of gravity away."

After hearing this, Kiqi thought about it, and immediately nodded his head to show that he understood.

"Alexander, you will be the most important part of our team in this game, if Nikola can successfully suppress the opponent's defense and play with his header and height advantage, you have to give crosses as much as possible, as if Darren was there, and conversely, if Nikolai is suppressed, you have to cut inside, find a way to create chances, you have to hit the goal yourself, or pass the ball to your teammates, I give you absolute freedom, both wings are yours!"

Hyleb heard that his blood was boiling, this was the first time he had been used by Bruce, and he quickly nodded in agreement.

'Ivica, although you're a left winger, you're more of a liaison between the front line and the midfield, with your movements, you know what I mean?'

Olic nodded, what he does best is keep running, and Bruce is going to use him to connect the forward line and the midfield, which is not difficult to understand, the key is, when he is on the field, what he wants to do, it can only rely on him to play.

"In this game, I have to push the defense line forward by 5-10 meters, so Eric, Shirvan, you have to pay attention to the ball behind the opponent, especially the quick counterattack, Patrice, Greta, you have to pay attention to protection, stand in your own position, don't be easily broken by the opponent!"

The so-called forward push of the defense line does not mean to push the entire defense line forward, when attacking, the defense line is still in the same position, but when defending, the defense line recycling will require the defenders to recycle to the field, and the midfielder and the forward line must also follow the recovery, maintaining the balance of the three lines.

But the defense line moves forward 5-10 meters means, whether it is in attack or defense, the defense line is basically unchanged and does not recycle, so the midfield and forward line are also not recycled, and the three lines are counter-robbed on the spot, first through steals and interceptions, slow down the opponent's offensive rhythm, and it is naturally best to be able to break the ball, even if it doesn't work, it can be gradually recycled.

Another feature of the forward movement of the defensive line is that the three lines remain compact, compressing the opponent's attacking space and not allowing the opponent to easily threaten their own goal.

"Ribeiro, when you come on the pitch and play in the midfield, the main point of the team falls on you, I don't give you defensive tasks, after you get on the field, you only have to think about one thing, that is, how to pass the ball to the feet of Nikolai, Alexander, Ivica and others, and you don't have to worry about losing the ball, because there is Christian behind you, he will be responsible for helping you get the lost ball back!"

Juninho Jr. and Paulson glanced at each other, and the latter nodded at the former, as if telling him not to worry.

Paulson's performances have been very impressive this season, especially his partnership with Marginson's double midfield, which is a guarantee for the new Manchester United defence, while the former is only 19 years old this year and has a lot of room for improvement.

"Michael, this is your first start, don't worry, you can do it!" Bruce smiled at Essien with relief, "Once on the field, you don't have to think about anything, your responsibility is to be responsible for the defense of the entire midfield area, you don't have to think about protecting the defense, that's Christian's responsibility, and you don't have to worry about the team's attack, that's Ribeiro." ”

"So what do I do?" Essien innocently looked up at the manager.

One sentence suddenly made the entire locker room laugh.

Bruce couldn't help but wonder, he admired Xiao Yu's vision, he actually dug such a pearl from a little-known small club in Africa, and he was so young, in time, he would definitely become a priceless treasure of the club.

In addition to Essien, looking at the new Manchester United's several signings this season, all of them are young and capable youngsters, as long as they continue to follow this development trend, they will definitely have a bright future in the future.

"You just have to grab the ball!" Bruce smiled and gave his answer.

Essien was stunned, grabbing the ball?

When he saw Bruce's hands covering a large area from the opposition box to the middle of his own box, he immediately understood that the manager was giving him the freedom to play to his strengths, while allowing Paulsen to assist and cover up his flaws.

"Don't worry, sir, I won't let even a ball pass by me!" Essien nodded in promise!

ps: Today's three watches, every day this week is three watches, more than 3k words per chapter, Lao Chen is still working hard, right? hehe

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