Young Football Player

Peter Houston's life is indeed not easy. The continuous failure to win the game puts him under a lot of pressure. The club management has given him an ultimatum. If he can't win the next two rounds, he has to consider looking for Problems with the new owner.

The reason why the next two rounds are set instead of the next round is because the probability of Dundee United winning the next round of the league is very small, and the management also left room for Houston to maneuver.

On September 11th, in the fourth round of the Scottish Premier League, Dundee United came to Glasgow, the capital of Scotland, to challenge one of the two bosses of the Scottish League, Glasgow Rangers.

As far as the Scottish league is concerned, the Celtics and Rangers are definitely the only teams in strength. They have many players who have played in the five major leagues in their teams, and they have a great impact on other teams in terms of strength. Repressive force.

In the end, at the Ibrox Stadium in Glasgow, Dundee United lost a clean 0:4.

Just 8 minutes into the game, full-back Dillon scored an own goal in the process of intercepting the pass from Croatian striker Jelavic. Miller had already scored twice, and then scored a goal after the substitute striker came on in the second half, which completely ended the suspense of the game.

Li Chenglong continued to sit on the bench and did not play this game. He has sat on the bench for two consecutive rounds.

Li Chenglong didn't think much about it. After all, his performance in the previous two consecutive games was not good, and the head coach has been under a lot of pressure recently, so he may not dare to let him, a rookie, go up to level up.

After losing another game, on the bus from Glasgow back to Dundee, Peter Huston's face was quite ugly, and everyone else was afraid to speak.

But after returning to Dundee, Houston still has to seriously prepare for the next game.

A week later, in the fifth round of the league, the new brand Derby, Dundee United played against Aberdeen, which was also his last straw.

The Scottish League is an obvious two-horse league. The time-honored Celtics and Rangers jointly dominate the league. Even if other teams rise up occasionally to win a championship, it is difficult to compete with the two big bosses for a long time.

However, in the 1980s, two teams emerged in Scotland one after another, namely Aberdeen and Dundee United. The performance is quite impressive.

In the league, Aberdeen won three championships, Dundee United won one, and the two teams jointly won four championships in the 1980s. The 1980s can be said to be the most "tragic" decade for time-honored brands, because they only won six league championships during the ten-year period, and lost four of them.

Generally speaking, only the Celtics and Rangers are capable of competing for the championship in the European competition of Scottish league teams. Even if other teams qualify for the European competition, they all go to the European continent as cannon fodder.

But the two teams that emerged in the 1980s were different. They also performed very well in the European war.

Dundee United has reached the semi-finals of the Champions League and the final of the UEFA Cup in a few years. Although they failed to win the championship as they wished, this result is already very impressive. You must know that Rangers' best result in the Champions League is only the semi-finals, and they have only scored once.

Although Aberdeen did not perform very well in the Champions League, in the European Cup Winners' Cup in the 82/83 season, they eliminated Tottenham Hotspur and Bayern Munich and other strong teams all the way to the final.

Facing the giants of the century Real Madrid in the final, they also defeated their opponents 2:1 to win the championship, becoming the third team in Scottish history to win the European Championship.

And relying on the winner of the Cup Winners Cup to participate in the European Super Cup that year, Aberdeen once again showed its dark horse attributes and defeated the Champions League champion Hamburger with a score of 2:0.

Become the only Scottish team to win the UEFA Super Cup.

The two teams of Dundee United and Aberdeen are rising at the same time. At the same time, there is a tendency to overthrow the time-honored brands in the league and the European war. In addition, the two teams are located in the eastern part of Scotland, and the competition between them is difficult. Disagreeing with anyone, sparks flew as soon as they met, so it was named the new Derby at that time, to echo the old Derby of the Celtics and Rangers.

Although after the 1980s, the two teams of the new brand quickly declined, but the new brand Derby has been passed down, and has become an important derby in the Scottish league after the old brand.

For Dundee United, the significance of the new name derby is even higher than the same city derby with rivals Dundee FC.

So this is also the bottom line of the Dundee United management. After losing consecutive games, they will no longer allow the new derby to be lost. If this new derby cannot be won, the head coach Peter Houston will undoubtedly dismiss get out of class.

It is worth mentioning that when Aberdeen was able to rise, we had to mention their legendary head coach at that time. Later, this coach went to England to coach and achieved great success. His name is——Aberdeen Alex Ferguson.

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On September 18, 2010, the fifth round of the Scottish Premier League kicked off. Dundee United ushered in the first round of this season's new name Derby at home.

The game has not yet started, but the atmosphere in the Tanatis Park Stadium has been completely up.

When Li Chenglong entered the field, he didn't get as much applause as he did when he played for the first time at home in the league, but there were still applause for him.

Head coach Peter Houston entered the game and was booed hugely by the audience.

Houston was only an assistant coach for Dundee United last season, but after the end of last season, the original head coach transferred to the Swedish League to coach, and Houston was promoted to head coach.

But since the start of the new season, Dundee United has performed poorly. It can be said that the elimination of the UEFA Cup has little to do with him. After all, Liverpool was drawn, but Houston is definitely to blame for the plight of the league.

After the current four rounds of the league, Dundee United only scored 2 points with 2 draws and 2 losses, ranking second to last in the standings.

Fortunately, there is currently only one relegation spot in the Scottish Premier League, which keeps Dundee United from slipping into the relegation zone.

But the current results are definitely not satisfactory to the fans, and the calls for Houston's dismissal are getting louder and louder.

"The current situation of Dundee United can be said to be quite pessimistic. I believe that Aberdeen, as an old opponent, will never let go of this good opportunity to make things worse. I think Aberdeen will win the final victory in this game." England BBC Scottish narrators kick off their insights.

"No, on the contrary, I think Dundee United will win their home ground." The standard naysayers among the commentators began again.

"When a lot of teams are in trouble, they tend to find their form in an important game and then get back on track. I think this game is likely to be a turning point for Dundee United."

"And this is a derby match. In many derby matches, it doesn't mean that you can win if you are strong or in good condition. The derby match is very unexpected."

"In the season when Barcelona won the Triple Crown, they lost 1:2 to the Spaniard in the same city derby at home. Don't you think the Spaniard is really that strong? No, just because it is a derby, everything is fine. It could happen."

"Manchester United won the double crown in the 2007/08 season, but they were double-killed by Manchester City in the same city derby in the league. At that time, Manchester City had no local tycoons in the Middle East, and their strength was not strong... "