Young Football Player

On August 22, in the second round of the Scottish Premier League, Dundee United played against newly promoted Inverness at home. This game may be due to the weak opponent, or at the request of the fans, Peter Houston arranged for Jackie Lee to start.

Since the UEFA Cup qualifying match, Lee Chenglong's popularity among Dundee United fans has always been high.

But in this game, Li Chenglong did not perform very well, and it can even be said to be a bit bad.

During the self-examination after the game, Li Chenglong found that he was caught in a struggle with the opponent's defensive players almost most of the time. A wide player who focuses on breaking through and passing the ball to create opportunities for his teammates is caught in a fight with the opponent throughout the game, and the result will definitely not be very good.

But Jackie Chan is not the worst performer in the team. This summer Dundee United's newly introduced striker Kadamatri is the worst performer.

The strength of Dundee United is no worse than that of the opponent. Even if Lee Chenglong did not perform well on the right, the rest of the midfielders still created a lot of opportunities, but Houston placed high hopes on them and was arranged tactically as the team's striker. Kadamatri's continuous waste of opportunities led to the team's continuous counterattacks.

In the end, Dundee United lost 0:4 at home to Inverness.

"I only lost three goals against Liverpool at home before, but this time I lost four against a newly promoted team. You guys are so kind!!" This is what Li Chenglong heard from the fans when he left the field after the game.

Li Chenglong found that it seems that the Soviet Super League is not easy for him to play. His technical attributes are probably almost enough, but his physical attributes are not enough.

In the British Isles league, the requirements for physical attributes are obviously higher than technical attributes.

As for the match against Liverpool, it was more like Jackie Lee caught the opponent by surprise.

After the recent period of training and adaptation, Li Chenglong's various values ​​in the system have also increased. His technical attributes have increased to 67 points, his physical attributes have increased to 62 points, and his mental attributes have also increased a little, currently reaching 74 points.

As for the talent cards, the fusion degree of the side road fast horse talent card has risen to 40%, the fusion degree of the moon scimitar talent card has risen to 25%, and Li Chenglong is still eight away from lighting up the next talent card Percentage of fusion of the full moon scimitar.

Ever since the game against Liverpool, Li Chenglong was also a little anxious. He called Luca Savage and talked about his current problems.

"Bruce, the body is the basis for fighting against this kind of thing, but players can also adapt." Savage gave Lee Chenglong advice.

"Some players don't look strong, but they can play well in the Premier League, that is, they can find the rhythm of physical confrontation."

"Although you are currently at a disadvantage in physical confrontation, it is not to the extent that you cannot play at all. Your biggest problem at present is that you have just transferred from the youth team to the senior team. You have not yet found the physical confrontation rhythm of the senior team. "

"As long as you can find this rhythm as soon as possible, I believe you can play a key role in the Dundee United team."

After listening to Savage's enlightenment, Li Chenglong had some clues, and tried to find the so-called rhythm in training.

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On August 28, in the third round of the Soviet Super League, Dundee United went to Edinburgh to challenge the local team Hearts.

Hearts can be regarded as a traditional strong team in the Scottish Premier League. Although they have never won the league championship, they have won the FA Cup many times. At the same time, they are also the only Scottish non-time-honored team that has qualified for the Champions League after the restructuring of the Champions League. Team.

The so-called time-honored teams are naturally Glasgow Rangers and Celtic. The Glasgow Derby between the two teams is also known as the Scottish time-honored derby.

In fact, the Scottish League has been dominated by two time-honored teams since its inception.

So far, the Scottish top league has been held for 114 years, and in these 114 years, only 13 championships belonged to neither Rangers nor Celtic.

It can be seen that the time-honored brands have a strong dominance over Scottish football.

After the restructuring of the Champions League, the Scottish Premier League has two Champions League qualifications most of the time, and these two qualifications are jointly occupied by the Celtics and Rangers almost every year.

The only exception was the 2005/06 season, when Hearts unexpectedly overwhelmed the Rangers and won the second place in the Scottish Super League that season. Therefore, Hearts became the only non-time-honored team to participate in the Champions League after the restructuring of the Champions League.

In the away game against Hearts, who are not weak, Dundee United did not play badly. After falling behind by a goal in the first half, they equalized in the second half, and finally won a draw in the away game.

As far as this game alone is concerned, it is acceptable for Dundee United to get a draw against the not weak Hearts, but judging from all the games played by Dundee United since the start of the new season, this draw is not enough at all read.

There are currently 3 rounds of the Scottish Premier League. Dundee United has 2 draws, 1 loss and 2 points, temporarily ranking second to last in the Scottish Premier League standings.

The Scottish media "Herald Sports" commented on Dundee United's recent performance.

"Dundee United, as the FA Cup champions last season, their performance in this year's league qualifiers is acceptable. After all, they drew the Premier League giants Liverpool. Although they were eliminated in the end, they also won a round at Anfield. A draw."

"However, since the start of the league, Dundee United has lost points one after another. Now after three games, Dundee United has not won a single game and is ranked second to last in the standings with only two draws. This result is indeed somewhat surprising."

"Peter Houston may have needed sleeping pills to sleep in the last few nights. If the team continues like this, the patience of the Dundee United management will soon run out, and his get-out time will not be too far away."

"From the current point of view, Peter Houston needs a redemption, and Dundee United needs a key figure to stand up and save the team. Kadamatri, who was previously favored by Houston and played for Everton, obviously cannot do such a thing. , Although Houston has arranged him as the core of the team for three consecutive games, he is obviously old and it is impossible to take on important tasks anymore."

"Bruce Lee, who surprised everyone at Anfield before, is very talented, but he is obviously too young and needs time to grow."

"In short, if Dundee United can't get back to their form quickly, they are likely to be dragged into the vicious circle of relegation by the curse of the European War like those small teams that occasionally qualify for the European War..."

In European football, there is indeed a strange phenomenon. Some small teams accidentally qualify for a European competition, and then inexplicably fall into a vicious circle of relegation in the next season, and may even be relegated.

And the strange thing is that many small teams won the European Championship by accident. They were clearly eliminated early in the European Championship qualifiers. .

This kind of situation is called the curse of the European War by some people. After finally getting a European War, they didn't get anything, and in the end they were relegated instead.