Young Football Player

The national team game is over, and the league battle is reignited.

On October 17th, in the eighth round of the Scottish Premier League, Dundee United played at home against Celtic, one of the Scottish double tyrants.

Half a month's rest time can allow players to rest well, but it can't make players suddenly increase in strength.

Facing the powerful Celtics, although Dundee United fought tenaciously with the opponent, the fans thought they could get a draw at home, but they were still defeated by the opposing England striker Gary Hooper in the 90th minute. The lore was lost and the game was lost 1:2.

Li Chenglong's performance can only be said to be quite satisfactory. After all, there is a gap in the overall strength of the two teams, and his current level is not up to the level of forcing a carry game.

Losing this game did not blame Dundee United. In the eyes of the media, it is already a good performance for Dundee United to make the Celtics almost lose points.

But Peter Houston is still a little worried. The team just won a few games in a row, and then lost to the Celtics. He worried that this would interrupt the team's good competitive state.

So in the team's training session, Houston became more serious.

"Pass the ball~~Pass the ball, just now Bruce had a chance, why didn't he pass the ball?"

Hearing Houston yelling such words, Li Chenglong was quite happy.

In the past, he wouldn't shout like this, but the change now proves that Lee Chenglong's role in this team is getting bigger and bigger, and it's getting more and more critical.

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October 23rd, the ninth round of the league.

At Motherwell, north-east of Glasgow, Peter Huston was in for a rare cliché before the start of the game.

"We just lost a game last weekend. We have to win this weekend. Everyone has to get back that feeling of winning as soon as possible."

The new season has started for two months. Dundee United has experienced consecutive victories and also experienced consecutive victories. At present, the team's main 442 lineup has basically stabilized.

Goalkeeper: Dusan Penis, a Slovakian, was introduced from the Slovak League in the summer of 2009. He was the team's main goalkeeper last season.

Linebackers: Sean Dillon, Paul Dixon, Gary Kenneth, Scott Severin.

Except for left-back Dillon, who is Irish, the other three are Scottish. The center-back duo was produced by Dundee United's own youth training. The strength is mediocre but the cooperation is tacit. The right back Severin is a product of Aberdeen's youth training. He joined Dundee United after several teams.

Midfielders: Craig Conway, David Robertson, Stuart Armstrong, Jackie Lee.

Dundee United's midfielder is a concave position. The two full-backs are positioned forward, and the two in the middle are positioned farther back, more like the position of the midfielder.

The left midfielder Conway is a small player with a height of 170 cm. He is fast and flexible. Most of the team's tactics require him and Jackie Chan to create opportunities for the forwards.

David Robertson is an all-round midfielder, he can do everything in offense and defense, but he can't do everything well. This is also a typical product that is always cultivated in English football. If it is well developed, it will be an all-round midfielder.

Forwards: Joan Daly and David Goodwell.

The front line is the most common combination of one high and one fast in English football. The Irishman Joan Daly is 191 cm tall, but this guy has no outstanding features except that he is tall enough and strong. He can only compete for high balls as a tactical center. His dribbling and shooting skills are not as good as the 175 cm Goodwell.

Motherwell were fourth in the Scottish Premier League last season and one of the Scottish teams to play in Europe this season. Their situation is slightly better than Dundee United because they successfully passed the third qualifying round, but in the Lost to the Danish team Odense in the qualifying play-offs.

Speaking of which, the five teams participating in the European War in the Scottish League this season,

Now four teams have gone home, and there is only one Glasgow Rangers who is still fighting in the Champions League group stage.

Dundee United lost to Liverpool in the third round of qualifying. The other two teams that qualified for the UEFA Cup, in addition to Motherwell, there is also Hibernian, who were defeated in the third qualifying round. The Slovenian team Maribor double play out, worse than Dundee United.

As for the two teams participating in the UEFA Champions League, Rangers directly advanced to the UEFA Champions League group stage as the champion of the Scottish Super League last season, and Celtic went to participate in the UEFA Champions League qualifying round as the runner-up, and lost to the Portuguese Super League team in the third qualifying round Braga then dropped out for the UEFA Cup qualifying play-offs and lost to Utrecht in the Eredivisie, thus being completely eliminated from European competition.

In fact, this situation in the Soviet Super League is also the norm in the European minor leagues. Every season, there are three or four or four or five teams participating in the European competition, but most of them are buried in the qualifying rounds, and only a small part Can survive to enter the race.

Therefore, Platini claimed that he would carry out the restructuring of the European war, so that more small league teams can enter the European competition. This really confuses many small league football associations and asks these people to vote for Platini.

After all, regardless of whether it is a major league football association or a small league football association, the voting qualification in their hands is equally useful.

A little damage to the interests of the big leagues can please a lot of small leagues and get their votes. Platini is still very good at playing politics.

Peter Houston has been worried that the team's state will be affected after the loss to the Celtics, and it turns out that his worries are not wrong at all.

The game between Dundee United and Motherwell had just started when an accident occurred.

Less than a minute into the game, Motherwell's midfielder Jamie Murphy made a low-threatening pass, and Dundee United's right back Severin recklessly stepped forward to intercept and blocked the ball with one kick. Into his own goal.

Moreover, the goal was scored through the crotch. The goalkeeper Penis stood in front of the goal and did not react. The football rolled into the goal through his crotch.

"Haha, it's beautiful. The Dundee United defender showed us how to score through the crotch, but he seems to have made a mistake in the direction of the goal." The Scottish commentator also laughed at this opening "scoring goal".

Houston yelled and danced and cursed for a long time on the sidelines, and finally cheered up everyone and started to counterattack with all their strength.

The effect was not bad. In the 33rd minute of the first half, Li Chenglong came to the center to cooperate with his teammates. The left midfielder Conway dribbled the ball into the penalty area and was tripped by the opposing defender. The referee awarded a penalty kick.

Dundee United's first penalty shooter was Goodwell. He lived up to the efforts of his teammates and steadily scored the penalty kick.

In this way, the two teams ended the first half with 1:1.

"Good performance, keep playing like this and we can win this game."

During the intermission, Houston was still praising his players, but shortly after the start of the second half, he once again cursed.

In the 49th minute, Motherwell took the ball from the side to the penalty area of ​​Dundee United. Dundee United's left back Dillon made a header and tried to push the ball out of the bottom line.

But he was obviously not in the right shape. He turned a header into a goal, and it flew directly into the dead corner. Penis couldn't touch the ball even if he flew to save it.

"Another one~~~Another one!!"

"Dundee United's two full-backs took turns putting on a good show and it was a lot of fun."

"Look at Dillon's header, no matter the angle of power, it is perfect. I don't think any goalkeeper can save such a header. The only flaw is that it is headed into his own goal."

"Dillon and Severin proved to us a football truth: In football matches, goals may be very ordinary, but own goals are absolutely wonderful!!"

"Dundee United manager Peter Huston is flushed right now and I'm sure he must be pissed off by his own defenders."

"If I remember correctly, the goal just now was Dillon's second own goal this season. He scored two own goals in only 9 rounds of the league. Does he want to compete for the Golden Boot?"

Amidst the continuous ridicule of the commentator, the game continued.

In the 55th minute, Brother Moon scored the ball in the middle. Li Chenglong received the ball from the right and rushed forward, but was followed by the opponent's defender. Li Chenglong barely made a pass and was blocked by the opponent's foot, but the ball was not blocked. Bottom line, but bouncing and rolling to not far behind.

Li Chenglong turned back and swept the ball directly to the penalty area with his left foot.

In the penalty area, Goodwell moved well, just on the passing route, volleyed the ball, and the ball flew directly into the opponent's goal with extremely fast speed.

"Dundee United reacted very quickly and after just a few minutes, they equalized again."

In fact, this goal was the last goal of the game.

In the following time, the two teams both attacked and defended each other, but they failed to seize the opportunity. In the end, the two sides shook hands with a score of 2:2.

"This game was obviously not fair. We scored four goals, but in the end we could only get a draw." This is what Li Chenglong said when he was interviewed by reporters on the sidelines after the game, and it can be regarded as an expression of dissatisfaction.

This defender is too bad, scoring two own goals in one game, no one can stand up to it.