Red Rebels

Xiao Yu's guess was right.

In the next few games in January, Brighton, Cardiff, and Blackpool all maintained a record of unbeaten victories. No matter how difficult the game process was, they were able to save the day and get 3 points in the end.

Fortunately, the new Manchester United did not fall behind during this process, and also maintained a complete victory. Among them, the away game against Scunthorpe on January 13 was the most difficult. For the new Manchester United, they set up a set of iron barrels to stick to the penalty area, especially in the second half.

In order to get a precious 1 point, they even did not hesitate to give up the offense completely, and retreated all 11 members of the team back to their own penalty area to participate in the defense. The head coach even replaced the only forward and replaced it with a central defender. It is clear that he intends to stick to it to the end.

Iron barrel formation is a worldwide problem. No matter how powerful Mourinho is, no matter how excellent Palacio's skills are, they cannot break through Scunthorpe's iron barrel formation.

At that time, Brighton, Cardiff and Black Zee had already defeated their opponents successively. If the new Manchester United were to draw in this game, they would definitely be overtaken by Cardiff, and they would end up with Black Zee on the same score.

When the game went to overtime, I believe that everyone had almost given up hope of winning. Perhaps in Mourinho's mind at the time, he had already figured out how to comfort the players and avoid low morale due to the draw.

But at this moment, Essien, who had adjusted from the impact of Ramadan, suddenly shot a long shot from the front of the penalty area, and even blasted a world wave. Everyone was stunned at that time.

Mourinho even ran out of the coach's bench, ran to the edge of the court, and hugged the celebrating Essien tightly.

Although the team's celebration was banned by the linesman, Mourinho still behaved very arrogantly. He even took off his suit jacket excitedly and threw it to the new Manchester United fans in the stands behind.

Although it is luck, he has to be thankful that his team escaped from the dead, got the precious 3 points, continued to maintain the pressure on Brighton, and will also lead the new Manchester United by less than ten minutes. I haven't had time to be happy Cardiff is back in shape.

According to the schedule, February and March will be the key months for the English C League to determine the top three. Although the games in these two months are not tense, in February, Brighton will meet Cardiff and Brighton Touch Blackpool, and New Manchester United will touch Blackpool in these three key games. In March, New Manchester United will encounter Cardiff and Brighton, two major rivals.

After March, there are only 6 rounds left in the league. By that time, the overall situation of the league can basically be said to be settled.

Just as the competition for the top three in the league is fierce, the competition for the qualification for the promotion playoffs is equally fierce. Except that one seat has been basically reserved and will come from one of the teams currently competing for the top three, there will be 7 teams in the remaining three seats Teams compete.

These include Chesterfield, Hartlepool, Leyton Orient, Hull City, Rochdale, Scunthorpe and Cheltenham. The scores of these 7 teams are very tight with each other. The gap is only one game, as long as you are not careful, you will be pulled down by the opponent.

It is precisely because of this that many commentators estimate that the most fierce competition in the English League C this year may not be the top three in the league, because once March, the top four players in the league will fight each other, and the league will not be able to compete for the top three. The situation will also begin to become clear, but it will be the competition for promotion to the play-offs and the battle for relegation.

Although there are only two teams that have been relegated to the National League from the English C League, Halifax, Carlisle, Torquay United, and Darlington are all major relegators, except for Bennett who is considered to have booked a relegation seat. These four teams are hovering in the relegation zone, not far from each other, and are very likely to be relegated.

There are 24 teams in a league, but 15 teams are fighting for survival and promotion. It is conceivable why some experts think before the season that

This year will be the most competitive year in the history of the League Three.

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"Andy, have you noticed that Jose's hair seems to be a lot grayer recently!"

Xiao Yu stood in front of the window, looking at the training ground in the distance, Mourinho was watching the first team training from the sidelines, his assistant Faria kept shouting, apparently guiding the players in training.

During this period of time, the atmosphere in the team was very tense. After all, it was related to whether they could be promoted, so everyone from the boss Xiao Yu to the security guard at the door seemed very nervous. The smoke of war.

"Well, I see that he has been under a lot of pressure recently, and he works so late every day. I heard that he has been staying up late to watch the opponent's game videos and statistics!" Walsh came to Xiao Yu's side and sighed. , He really feels that the head coach is really not a human job.

Xiao Yu often heard Mourinho say that the victory or defeat in the field is often decided before entering the field. Although Xiao Yu has some reservations about this, he has to admit that Mourinho is the kind of Very hardworking, so hardworking that he can't wait to affect everything that may affect the game, even the smallest details are not let go, sometimes Xiao Yu suspects that he is a little paranoid.

But it is such a person who is deeply loved by the players, and the performance of the new Manchester United this season is getting better and better, and now it is a strong contender for the championship.

"Talk to Jose and ask if the coaching staff wants to expand the number of people and give him the freedom to form his own coaching team."

At present, there are quite a few first-team coaches in the new Manchester United, including Boyas, Faria, Darren Lyons, Karl Makinson, Peter Schmeichel, but Boyas is better at spying and football. As for Tan's work, he basically didn't get involved in team training, but was responsible for intelligence collection and analysis.

Faria is in charge of training, but he can't help Mourinho too much in other aspects. Darren Lyons and Karl Makinson are both working and studying, and they are currently studying coaching courses. Obviously they cannot be expected to help Mourinho. To Mourinho's favor.

As for Schmeichel, his condition has been affected after the injury. In addition, he is really old. He is likely to retire earlier than in history. Xiao Yu has already talked to him before. If he wants to retire, The new Manchester United will offer him a full-time contract as a goalkeeper coach.

In this way, there is really no one Mourinho can rely on. In the past, Kassel would help him, but now Kassel pays more attention to the youth training camp, and he rarely even comes to the training of the first team.

Under such circumstances, Xiao Yu naturally thought of asking Mourinho to find some people to help him.

After hearing this, Walsh nodded in agreement, and was about to go out, but bumped into Mark David.

"Hey, Mark, I'm so happy to meet a beautiful woman!" Walsh teased David.

David shook his head, "No, no, Andy, it's more satisfying than meeting a beautiful woman."

Walsh thought that David was talking nonsense, and he shook his head with a helpless smile and was about to go out, but David grabbed him, "Hey, Andy, don't worry, you should come and discuss this matter together discuss."

"What the hell?" Walsh wondered.

David pulled him to sit down with a smile, and asked leisurely, "Do you know who I've been seeing these days?"

Xiao Yu and Walsh looked at each other, thinking that David was talking about some woman, they shook their heads immediately.

"I went to meet the sponsors!"

"What?" Walsh was a little surprised, even Xiao Yu was surprised.

"I looked through the contract our club signed with them, and I can only say that the contract was terrible, and it was tied to death all at once. You know, we were newly promoted before the season, but now, we are the best in the third league. Are teams with market appeal worth the same?"

Walsh was stunned by David's questioning. He was the one who signed the contract.

In fact, Xiao Yu was busy with the transfer at the time, and he really didn't care about it. He just thought, ah, the team found a sponsor, good, good, and then let Walsh take care of it.

"I went to talk to that beer company. They decided to add 50% to the original sponsorship fee in the second half of the season. At the same time, they are willing to rent two stadium advertisements from us. In addition, I contacted several sponsors. They all I have a certain interest in sponsoring our team, and I plan to rent out all the stadium billboards."

Both Xiao Yu and Walsh were a little surprised. They didn't expect that David would solve their most troublesome problem at once. You know, it is very difficult for low-level teams to find sponsors.

"I made a rough calculation. In the second half of the season, our income from sponsorship will increase, and it should be able to increase by 400,000 to 600,000 pounds compared with the original."

"Wait!" Walsh was a little apprehensive, "Why are there so many more all of a sudden?"

David acted like you really don’t know how to do business, “Brother Andy, I’ve seen some of your files, and you’re all looking for those small companies near Newton Heath, so naturally they won’t be very interested, you You should focus on the urban area. You know that the Manchester City Council is helping the transformation of the city of Manchester recently. It is necessary to vigorously develop industries such as the service industry and the financial industry. Many of these industries are aimed at grassroots groups. Each of our home stadiums The game averages 8,000 fans, not even televised, and you know it's a big platform."

"And I heard from Xiao Yu that after the end of this season, we will build the North Stand. By then, we can accommodate 13,000 fans. I dare say that if we can upgrade this year, next year's sponsorship fee will be even more!" David spoke with confidence.

It may be that the impression he left on Xiao Yu and Walsh was too childish, which made it hard to believe what he said now.

"People are really interested in sponsoring the English League C?" Walsh was still a little skeptical.

"Of course, but it's also thanks to Xiao Yu!" David looked at Xiao Yu in admiration.

The latter didn't quite understand, and asked strangely, "What's none of my business?"

"Didn't you set up a charity fund before? The purpose of setting up the fund at that time was to serve the community and fans, and also take care of some charitable activities, which greatly enhanced the image of our club. Naturally, those companies were more interested in sponsoring our team. !"

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