Young Football Player

After Dundee United won the new name Derby, it really started to find a way to win, as Peter Houston said.

On September 22, the top 16 of the Scottish League Cup kicked off. Dundee United will go to the northern part of Scotland to face the Scottish League team Ross County away.

Scotland, like England, has two domestic cups, the League Cup and the FA Cup.

However, Scotland's League Cup winners are not eligible for the European War, and only the FA Cup winners are eligible for the European War.

According to the rules of the Scottish League Cup, teams participating in the European competition can directly advance to the top 16 of the League Cup, so Dundee United can directly skip the first two rounds to participate in the top 16.

The team has just escaped from the vortex of consecutive victories. Peter Houston only wants to play well in the league. He doesn't want to waste energy in this kind of cup competition that doesn't even qualify for the European competition, so he sent an all-substitute team to play.

But the opponent was a Scottish second-tier league team after all. Although Dundee United played as a substitute, they still defeated their opponents 2:1 in overtime and advanced to the quarterfinals of the League Cup.

Kadamatri, who Houston once valued, was the one who scored the lore goal in overtime, but he is now basically stereotyped as a striker substitute.

On September 25th, in the sixth round of the league, Dundee United played at home against St. Johnstone, a team also from Tayside, Scotland. It was also a small derby.

Li Chenglong started the game, but he received a lot of criticism, and his performance was not very good. He even failed to threaten two good free kick opportunities, and he only passed a good ball in the whole game.

In the 26th minute of the first half, he made a cross pass after a successful breakthrough from the right, and Goodwell grabbed a shot in front of the goal, thus forming a goal.

This is also the only goal in the whole game. With this goal, Dundee United won the game 1-0 at home and ushered in two consecutive victories in the league.

Then on October 2, in the seventh round of the league, Dundee United challenged Kilmarnock away.

In this game, Moon Brother, who gradually won the team's main position with Jackie Lee, performed well. In the first half, he sent two assists to help the striker duo Daly and Goodwell score respectively, making Dundee United lead their opponents 2:1.

In the second half, after the opponent's defender was sent off for two yellows and one red, Brother Yue won another good free kick opportunity for the team. Li Chenglong took the penalty with the iconic full moon machete and helped the team win 3:1. Contest.

After the game, Brother Moon, who was elected as the best player in the game, went to the press conference. At the press conference, he claimed that Li Chenglong was a Kung Fu Boy, which gave Li Chenglong the nickname of Kung Fu Boy.

After four rounds of invincibility, Dundee United rebounded from the bottom and ushered in a wave of three consecutive victories in the league and four consecutive victories in all competitions.

Relying on the three-game winning streak in this league, Dundee United's position in the standings has also risen rapidly. It has risen from 11th after the 4th round to the current 4th, entering the European zone.

Of course, the top of the list is undoubtedly the time-honored team.

At present, both the Celtics and Rangers have seven consecutive victories and 21 points. The Celtics temporarily top the list with a goal difference advantage.

Dundee United currently has 11 points with 3 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses. Although they are ranked 4th, they are 10 points behind the top two.

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After the 7th round of the league, the next two weeks will be the national team match day.

There aren't many national team players in Dundee United, and most of them can take this opportunity to take a good rest.

When Li Chenglong returned to his residence, Old John didn't know where he had gone.

Sitting alone in a chair, Li Chenglong quickly found the newspaper on the table in front of him.

The well-known sports newspaper "Daily Sports" in Scotland is currently opening a report titled "Dundee United's midfield twin stars, the Scottish Football Association needs to act as soon as possible".

"Since the start of the new season,

Currently the most outstanding young players in the Scottish Premier League are undoubtedly Dundee United's midfield twins, Bruce Lee and Stuart Armstrong. "

"Currently Bruce Lee has contributed 3 goals and 2 assists in 6 games for Dundee United. Stuart Armstrong also has 1 goal and 2 assists in 5 games. There is no doubt that these two people are The most promising combination of talents in the Scottish league at the moment."

"How long they will be together for clubs is anyone's guess, but for the national team, neither of them has been called up to any level of national team, I think the Scottish FA must act as soon as possible to call them both. Among Scotland's youth teams."

"Armstrong is a pure Scot. There is no doubt that he will be selected for the national team, but Li is different. He not only has English nationality at the same time, but also has Chinese blood. These may make him switch to other national teams in the future. I I think the Scottish Football Association must pay attention to this matter, call Lee into the team as soon as possible, and make a good talent reserve for the national team."

"Since the 1998 World Cup, Scotland has never been able to enter any international competitions. The biggest reason is that Scottish football talents have withered. We have fewer and fewer players who can play the main role in the Premier League over the years, so every talented player young player, we should all try to keep him..."

Since the report here is about himself, Li Chenglong also read it carefully. At this time, Old John's voice sounded from behind: "How is it, Bruce?"

"How about what?"

"Of course it's about playing for Scotland in the future, what do you think?"

"Let's talk about this kind of thing later, I haven't thought about it yet, and the Scottish Football Association has not recruited me..."

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During the national team competition, the British media did not report much. For the national team in the British Isles, those who should win win and those who should lose also lose. There is nothing to say.

On the contrary, the current situation in the Premier League has given the media a lot to say.

There are currently 7 rounds of the Premier League, and after 7 rounds of the league, the most surprising thing is that Liverpool is currently ranked 18th in the Premier League standings and has fallen into the relegation zone.

Many so-called celebrities in England are discussing passionately whether Liverpool will become the next Leeds United, and whether they will really suffer relegation.

The biggest reason for Liverpool's current predicament is financial problems, and the reason for Leeds United's relegation was also due to financial problems, so there is indeed a certain similarity between the two.

So really speaking, if Liverpool cannot solve their financial problems as soon as possible, it is really possible that they will encounter the same thing as the Young Guards back then.

The most direct way to solve financial problems is naturally to change to a rich new boss.

In fact, in the past summer, the issue of Liverpool’s acquisition has been hyped countless times by the British media, including American buyers, Middle Eastern buyers, and even Chinese buyers, all of which have been hyped up. It's not yet clear that Liverpool will eventually be bought.

The Scottish media also carried out a lot of reports. After all, Liverpool is the most popular Premier League giant in Scotland, because Kenny Dalglish, the greatest player in Scottish history, made his name in Liverpool that year.

The media hyped various topics, and Li Chenglong was also pulled out to report a lot.

The main reason is that Jackie Chan has performed continuously recently and his popularity has risen rapidly. Fans are naturally interested in his topics.

With the ability of the British media, he quickly dug out all kinds of information about him.

For example, his father was a Chinese who came to study in London and was a rich man.

He grew up in China and became a Chinese citizen. He didn't return to live in the UK until he was 10 years old. When he joined the Crystal Palace youth training camp at the age of 12, he really went through the formalities of immigrating to the UK and became a British citizen.

He was an Arsenal fan since he was a child, and Henry was his idol.

He had been playing as a midfielder in the Crystal Palace youth training camp, and then he went to Dundee United to develop on the wing, and so on.