Football: The strongest post-00s

The weather in England in January was still cold, only a few degrees, and players from both sides wore heavy down jackets at first warmed up until they were fully warm.

With an hour to go before the start of the game, almost all the media reporters who followed the youth academy were in place, and their cameras were all aimed at Manchester City’s academy triad, followed by Liverpool’s top scorer Glenn McCauley and number two goalscorer Li Qing.

The focus of local journalists was on Sancho, Foden, Li Qing and Brewster, and according to their thinking, the player who decided the outcome of the game should be the English player.

Neil Crecherley and Lee Cassley, two head coaches, looked at the warm-up players and knew that for them, everything that needed to be done had been done, and in which direction the game was going, it depended on the players.

Neil Crecheri is looking at Li Qing, in his opinion, if Liverpool U18 wants to go further, Li Qing needs to continue his previous league performance.

Lee Casli’s gaze swept over Sancho, Foden, Diaz, Nmecha, and if it weren’t for Nick Gonzalez, who Pep Guardiola personally recruited from La Masia, was injured and unable to play, the attacking lineup for this match would have been more luxurious, but he firmly believes that even without Nick Gonzalez can rely on this luxurious lineup to beat Liverpool U18 and advance to the last 16.

During the handshake session between the players on both sides, Li Qing couldn’t help but look at Sancho, Foden and Diaz, the three masters of Manchester City’s youth academy, Foden and Diaz are relatively handsome, but Sancho is a little precocious, but they are very polite.

The Youth FA Cup is under the same care as the National Youth Super League, and the matches are broadcast live, but compared to professional matches, the live broadcast of the FA Youth Cup is only available from the official start of the game.

“Beep~”

With a long whistle from the referee, the 2016-2017 English FA Youth Cup 1/16 of Manchester City Under-18 and Liverpool Under-18 was officially announced.

Manchester City’s Under-18s were quick to take advantage of the kick-off and fortunately Neil Crecheri was targeted before the game, and the attacking quartet of Sancho, Foden, Diaz and Nmecha did not show the power it deserved.

Li Qing was not assigned too many defensive tasks before the game, his task was mainly to catch counterattacks, and the defense was more about appearance.

With Liverpool’s Under-18s doing a lot of work on defence before the game, Foden, who is good at organizing attacks in the midfield, was frozen, and Sancho needed serious lack of speed space, resulting in Nmecha at the front without effective support.

Diaz from Spain is the only Manchester City Under-18 player on track, with extremely delicate foot technique and very high dribbling accuracy, which is difficult to break unless three players defend.

The first shot came from distance after Sancho broke through on the right flank, but unfortunately did not hit the goal.

In the minutes that followed, Manchester City’s Under-18s tried to shoot from distance outside the box after realizing that penetration in the middle could not open the situation, but the shooting percentage was a little low.

Even if he hits the goal by chance, he will be saved by the quick-acting Grabala.

Overall, in the first ten minutes of the opening game, Manchester City’s Under-18 attack was thunderous and rainy, and Manchester City fans watching the game from the sidelines shook their heads repeatedly.

Manchester City Under-18 manager Lee Kasley frowned, and the failure to score goals in successive attacks was a huge danger for the defense.

Liverpool U18’s most threatening Li Qingding is at the front like a dagger against the throat, as long as there is a wind and grass, it is possible to deliver a throat sealing blow.

In the 19th minute, Foden, who was good at finding space, took an oblique long pass to find Nmecha, the two passed in unison, and the football also bypassed the head of central defender Masterson, but goalkeeper Grabara expanded the defensive area, he jumped high and held Foden’s diagonal long pass firmly in the palm of his hand.

Grabala did not control the rhythm as he had in the previous few minutes, but suddenly with an arrow step, the right hand that was clutching the football used inertia to throw the football fiercely.

Looking at the football in the air, Manchester City Under-18 manager Lee Kasley suddenly realized something, and there was a faint uneasiness in his heart.

Grabala’s vigorous hand throwing the ball is definitely not aimless, but looking for Li Qing!

Most of Li Qing’s eleven goals in four games were scored through long-distance attacks, and Lee Kasley, as head coach, studied it particularly thoroughly, and did not need him to shout deliberately, and the players on the field quickly pounced.

“Hopefully defensively.”

Sometimes, though, the more you worry about something, the more things will happen.

Previously, the team had a half-court offensive drill posture, the central defenders overwhelmed the half, the full-backs almost acted as wingers, Li Qing had talent at a glance, and he could see the goalkeeper from afar, a few seconds ahead of the defenders.

In a fast-changing football game, a goal can be scored in seconds.

Central defender T. Wilson can play left-back and central back, and his speed in this game is largely to effectively curb Li Qing’s speed.

Li Qing’s vision is wide, his eyes light up during the run, and he uses the inside of the instep of his left foot to lead the football to the right front, that is, the direction of the right sideline, so that the football is away from Tyrek Wilson who is coming from the middle speed.

Next, naturally, acceleration!

The two powerful legs quickly alternated the ground, and it only took him a second to increase his speed to an incredible stage, T. Wilson realized that it was a stupid decision to fight with Li Qing, and he decisively chose to hit someone and foul.

Unexpectedly, the seemingly thin Li Qing was not knocked down, he stumbled to stabilize his figure, but T. Wilson who took the initiative to hit people was hit by a huge reaction force and fell to the ground.

J. Giovanni, another central defender who had already slowed down, cursed secretly and had to grit his teeth again.

But…… It’s already too late.

Li Qing, who gradually stabilized his figure, accelerated again, quickly crossed the center line with the football, and killed diagonally in the direction of the penalty area.

Goalkeeper A. Muric watched as central defender J. Giovanni was getting farther and farther away from Li Qing, he sighed and dropped the goal.

However, at this moment, Li Qing picked up his left foot, and the inside of his instep quickly kicked towards the bottom of the football….

A bald middle-aged man standing in the northeast corner of the court looked at Li Qing’s shooting action and blurted out: “Hanging shot? ”