Red Rebels

645 After the game

After their game against Reading, the Red Rebels made a trip up and down to Berkshire Royal Infirmary.

Rhys Jones's parents had made a special trip from Manchester. When they saw that their son, who was originally alive and kicking, had now turned into a cold corpse, they all fell in front of the hospital bed and cried.

Anyone who sees this kind of scene will feel heartbroken.

Even if the Red Rebels had just been defeated at the Madejski Stadium, even if the Red Rebels had just slaughtered Reading, none of this could erase the regret caused by Reese's departure. Even more guilt-inducing.

And guilt is enough to drive a person crazy

Xiao Yu represented the club and comforted Reese's parents. Mr. Jones was stronger. About an hour later, he and Xiao Yu talked outside the ward. He was also a Red Rebels fan. He originally lived in Newton Heath. A Red Devils fan, but after the formation of the Red Rebels, he became a Red Rebels fan.

Rhys Jones was also one of the earliest Red Rebels fans, and of course the most loyal. He has always been proud of the Red Rebels fans.

Xiao Yu told Jones that the club was willing to do everything it could to help them. At the same time, Xiao Yu also told Jones that he was sorry.

The dead cannot be resurrected. Although Mrs. Jones fainted several times due to grief, and although Jones was also very sad, they finally completed the formalities that afternoon, took Reese's body, and returned to Manchester with the Red Rebel bus.

What is surprising is that there are many Red Rebels fans driving along the road to follow the team.

Driving on the high road back to Manchester, the car transporting Reese's body was at the front, followed by the Red Rebels' bus, then the fans' cars, one after the other, with lights on in each car. Turned on the interior lights.

From a distance, the row of car lights looked like candles, like thousands of lights praying for Reese.

After nearly 4 hours of driving, and countless Red Rebels fans who heard the news joined the queue along the way, they finally arrived in Manchester.

What is surprising is that even though it was already past midnight, there were still thousands of Red Rebels fans in the high entrance area of ​​Manchester, driving or walking, waiting for the arrival of the team bus and waiting for Rees. of going home.

Countless Red Rebel fans followed the team bus in unison,

Staying with Reese and his parents all night long.

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The front page headline of the next day's newspaper was not the Red Rebels: Massacre at Reading, nor Reading's humiliating defeat, but the murder of Rhys Jones, which set off an uproar throughout European football* .

The safety of visiting team fans has been mentioned time and time again in this age where life is very important, but it has never been the concern of the entire Europe and even the world like this time.

All of this depends on the rise of Britain and the strength of the Red Rebels

The Football Association showed a very efficient response. Since the murderer of Reese must face judicial trial, which is beyond the scope of football, the Football Association has no choice but to condemn it.

The Reading Club failed to restrain its fans, and the Football Association announced that Reading would be disqualified from all home games this season. Reading must find a suitable stadium in an independent town outside the town of Reading to host their home games. Otherwise, They will once again face heavy fines.

In addition, Reading Club was also fined again by the Football Association to compensate for the unfortunate murder of Rhys Jones. Coppell was deprived of his head coaching qualifications for one year and fined a huge sum of 50,000 pounds for making remarks that were inhumane. fine.

In addition, Reading also held a press conference early the next morning to announce Kopel's dismissal, saying that the latter's previous remarks could only represent himself. Reading did not agree with this and said that this happened It is obvious that Koper is no longer suitable to serve as Reading head coach.

After this incident, Koper obviously can't expect to continue to play in British football. His inhumane remarks were denounced by fans all over the UK, and even from fans all over Europe and the world. disdain.

Although Koppel himself said in an interview with reporters that when he made those remarks, he did not know that Rhys Jones had been killed. He regretted it. If he had known, he would never have done this. explain.

But the big mistake has been made, and Koper's regrets can't be undone.

At the same time, the British Ministry of Sports held a press conference again, announcing that it would continue to intensify its efforts to crack down on football hooligans and do everything possible to avoid the recurrence of the Rhys Jones incident, especially for those football hooligans in small towns. The Ministry of Sports requires all Both professional and semi-professional clubs must be restrained.

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At a time when the whole of Britain and even Europe was reviving a wave of opposition to football hooligans, everyone in the Red Rebels attended Rhys Jones's funeral. For this reason, the club's international players asked for leave from the national team.

As a resident of the Newton Heath area of ​​Manchester, Rhys Jones's funeral was in Newton Heath, which is also known as the foundation of the Red Rebels. Xiao Yu brought the coaching staff, first team players, and even many Youth team players all volunteered to participate.

Everyone wore a black suit and attended the funeral of Rhys Jones, especially Ronaldinho. As Rhys Jones’s idol, he specially gave him a signed jersey, and then according to his parents’ request, this jersey The jersey was worn on Rhys Jones, and Ronaldinho's original signature was still vaguely visible on his arm.

"As players of the Red Rebels, every move you make not only represents yourselves, but also represents the expectations of countless fans for you and the feelings of countless fans towards this club. You will not only belong to Yourselves, as if we, the Red Rebels, belong to every Red Rebels fan.”

Mourinho warned his players with a calm face, and then silently watched Rhys Jones being buried.

The tombstone bears the team emblem of the Red Rebels, which reads: Here is buried the bravest and most loyal fighter of the Red Rebels, Cristiano Ronaldo’s most loyal fan, Rhys Jones.

After the funeral, Xiao Yu and others returned to the Red Rebel Stadium and held a press conference here.

The Red Rebels will renovate the stadium's exhibition hall, further expand the exhibition hall, and open up a new corner for fans.

"I know that our club has always been run without regard for our fans, especially in the exhibition hall where we display our history. I regret that there is no place for fans. The incident of Rhys Jones reminds me that we We decided to open a fan section to collect all information about fans."

"Reece Jones will be the first fan to enter the fan zone at the Showgrounds and he will become part of our club's history. I know it won't make up for the loss of his departure, but I hope it will serve as a reminder to all the fans. , you are as important as the club."

Xiao Yu's emotional remarks were recognized by countless fans at the scene, and a special fan area was opened in the exhibition hall. This proves that fans will become part of the club's history, and fans will be more involved in the club, which will better enhance fans' recognition of the club. feel.

Two days later, the Red Rebels' new team magazine also featured Rhys Jones as the cover. At the same time, there was a large introduction about Rhys Jones in the team magazine. The club even cut these out to match Rhys. ?Jones' photo was framed and placed in the fans' area of ​​the club's exhibition hall.

Under the photo, Rhys Jones's name is written, followed by his birth and death. He is also the first person to enter the fan area of ​​the exhibition hall. More fans will enter here one after another in the future, and their The club will share their deeds, their hardships, joys and sorrows with them one by one.

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In addition to the Red Rebels expressing their sorrow for Rhys Jones, the England national team also played a European Cup qualifying group match between England and Estonia at home on October 1. All members of the national team wore black veils during the match.

This is also the decision of the England national team to respond to the Red Rebels and mourn Rhys Jones. Before the game at Wembley Stadium that day, both teams held a minute's silence to pay homage to Rhys Jones. .

And every Red Rebel player also expressed his sorrow for Reese's murder in his own different way when he returned to the national team. Especially Ronaldinho, after scoring again in the Portuguese national team game. , pulled up his jersey again, revealing the white shirt inside in memory of Rhys Jones.

Even on October 0, just after two weeks of national team competition, the earliest game in the English round 0, the Red Rebels' mortal enemies Manchester United and Manchester City also gave Rhys Jones minutes before the start of the game. During the silence, all participating players wore black veils and looked sad.

Although they are mortal enemies with the Red Rebels, Rhys Jones is a Manchester native. Although he is a fan of the mortal enemy, at this moment, from a humane standpoint, both Manchester United and Manchester City have abandoned the hatred between the clubs. Even In the stands of Old Trafford and City Stadium, fans pulled out banners to expel football hooligans and commemorate Rhys Jones.

This has almost become the most touching scene in this round. Almost every team held a moment of silence for Reese's murder before the game started. Even though two weeks have passed, no one has come out of mourning.

The Red Rebels were a guest at the Fulham Stadium in London this round, still wearing black gauze. With the goals of Ronaldinho and Aguero, they defeated Fulham cleanly and won two consecutive league victories.

After returning to Manchester, the Red Rebels welcomed the German powerhouse Schalke O4.

In the third round of the Champions League group stage, the Red Rebels were at home and specially invited Rhys Jones's parents and the four classmates who were with him that day. They were sitting in the stands of the Red Rebel Stadium.

Before the game, the Red Rebels held a brief memorial ceremony. Xiao Yu took the stage to express the club's sorrow for the murder of Rhys Jones, and then announced a series of measures taken by the club, including protecting the safety of Red Rebels fans who followed them to the away game. , the Red Rebels will pay more attention to communication with the home team, and will even hire police to protect the safety of fans when necessary.

In addition, Xiao Yu said that the club will bear the insurance costs for fans who buy tickets. Since a small part of the current tickets is insurance costs, it used to be added to the ticket price, but now the Red Rebels Will take the initiative to bear this, which will also further reduce the cost of fans purchasing tickets.

Although it is only a small fee, when accumulated, the club's operating costs will increase a lot. The fans' response to this is also very enthusiastic, some support and some oppose.

The supporting fans have seen the Red Rebels' determination to serve the fans. Although the insurance fee is not much, the feedback to every fan is tangible, which reflects the club's business strategy.

However, those who object are not against the club's intentions, but believe that although this move will benefit the fans, the club's operating costs will increase, especially since a portion of the Red Rebels' tickets have been donated to charity. If we continue to help fans bear insurance, it will inevitably further dilute the club's income.

The opposition group makes up the vast majority on the Internet. They hope that the club will give up this idea and instead use the saved funds to buy powerful stars in the transfer market, or invest them in youth training camps, or donate them to Charities are fine.

The Red Rebels have always been thinking about the fans, and now the Red Rebels fans have begun to understand how to think about the club in turn. This makes Xiao Yu and other Red Rebels executives very proud and satisfied.

This time Xiao Yu once again wrote a post on the official website. He expressed that he was grateful to the fans for thinking about the club, but everything the club did was carefully considered. The club's current financial income is very healthy, and all aspects of The income is good, especially the business income, which is a huge breakthrough compared to previous years.

Under this circumstance, the Red Rebels decided to further give back to the fans, and this time the Rees incident also made the club clearly aware that the care and service to the fans in the past was still too little, and it must increase its efforts in this regard in the future. intensity.

The fans were very moved by the club's response. This made the Red Rebels fans maintain great enthusiasm throughout the Champions League group match against Schalke O4, which almost brought Schalke O4 A devastating blow.

In the end, with the goals of Ronaldinho, Evra and Messi, the Red Rebels defeated Schalke 4:0 at home. Ronaldinho showed his excellent form this season and scored twice again. This also makes him the most popular candidate for this year's World Footballer.

However, all this seems very empty and far less practical than the victory of the Red Rebels.

After being elected as the best player of the game, Ronaldinho said in an interview with the media after the game that the murder of Rhys Jones had a great impact on him, and he realized how naive his previous ideas were. He decided to take on more responsibilities from now on, which will make him more mature. He also decided to devote more of himself to the charity industry, hoping to help more people.