Young Football Player

Dundee United defeated the Glasgow Rangers 3:2 away, but at the end of the game, the boos in the Ibrox Stadium were much smaller than at the beginning.

The reason is that in another game at the same time, the Celtics conceded two goals in a row in the last 10 minutes of the away game, and lost to Inverness 2:3 with a big upset. Although the Rangers lost at home, they were not widened by the rival Celtics.

The defeat of Rangers this time is also the first time that Dundee United has defeated two old hooligans of the old brand this season. Li Chenglong, who passed and shot, became the key target of the interview after the game.

"To beat Rangers, it's a team effort and it's great to be able to take three points from this pitch."

"We don't care who will win the league between Celtic and Rangers. We just need to play every game well."

"The FA Cup is our goal. We have already reached the semi-finals. No one wants to win the championship."

"I have no intention of transferring at the moment, I am very happy at Dundee United."

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Li Chenglong dealt with it a few words casually, and then went to the sidelines to sign autographs for the fans.

When he was still in the game before, Li Chenglong saw a few fans holding posters in Chinese to support him by the side of the stadium.

"Li Chenglong, your breakthrough just now was too powerful."

"And free kicks are good too."

"Your Chinese characters are pretty good."

Li Chenglong took a Chinese poster and signed it at random. He didn't know whether the fans who supported him were Chinese who had immigrated to Europe, or Chinese who came to Europe to study or work.

With rising popularity, Jackie Lee is already a well-known star in the UK.

Although it is difficult to see Chinese people in a small town like Dundee, there are still many Chinese people in a big city like Glasgow.

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The day after Dundee United defeated Rangers 3:2 in the away game, Hearts drew 2:2 with Hibainian in the Edinburgh derby, and not surprisingly lost points.

Hearts lost two points this round, so the points gap between Dundee United and Hearts widened to 8 points.

With 7 rounds left in the league, leading the opponent by 8 points, Dundee United's third position is basically stable, and the team has officially started preparing for the FA Cup semi-final.

However, before the FA Cup semi-final, Dundee United still has a league round to play, and the opponent happens to be the one in the FA Cup semi-final, St. Johnstone.

On April 9th, in the 32nd round of the Scottish Premier League, Dundee United played against St Johnstone at home.

This game, which the media called a rehearsal for the FA Cup semi-final, was actually very ordinary.

St. Johnstone currently does not have any needs in the standings. It does not matter to them whether they win or lose this game. They just want to win the FA Cup to qualify for the European war next season.

Dundee United is already 8 points ahead of Hearts in the standings, and the demand for points is not high, so there is room for error in giving up a round for the FA Cup semi-final.

At the same time, both teams have concerns about tactical secrecy, so the two teams coincidentally did not arrange the strongest lineup to play.

Dundee United has a semi-main lineup. Important players such as Lee Jackie and Goodwell have not started, and St. Johnstone has a full substitute lineup.

Not too much of a surprise, Dundee United won St. Johnstone easily 2-0 at home, relying on the goals of Russell and Robertson.

Moreover, in other games in this round, Hearts, who had already had a slim chance of hitting the third place, was a bit broken. They had another 0:0 draw with Motherwell at home.

Hearts suffered two consecutive draws in the league, allowing Dundee United to directly open the points gap to 10 points, which is already a gap of four games.

With only 6 league rounds left and a gap of 10 points, Dundee United just needs to wait and see if they are locked in third place in the league a few rounds ahead of schedule.

That's fine, Dundee United only needs to prepare for the FA Cup final with peace of mind.

With the current strength and state of Dundee United, it is not a big problem to pass the semi-finals.

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Glasgow International Airport, two men wearing white baseball caps are coming out of the airport exit.

The two talked while walking, and the Chinese words they kept spitting out made people passing by around look back at them from time to time, but the two just talked to themselves and didn't care.

"Brother Kang, are you really as powerful as you say?" asked the slightly younger man, who was not yet 30 years old.

"Xiao Xia, didn't I let you watch the video? That kid is the most popular star player in the Scottish Super League this season. He is only 18 years old." Kang Ge, who is about 40 years old, replied.

Brother Kang continued: "Anyway, there is nothing to do in Germany. It seems that Gao Junmin will not get a chance to play this season. Maybe he will have to pack up and return to China after playing this year. We are all reporters stationed in Europe. , have to look for other news, right?"

"You're right." Xiao Xia echoed.

"It's getting dark now, let's find a place to rest for the night and go there early tomorrow morning." Brother Kang reached out to touch the cigarette in his pocket, thought for a while and put it back.

"Do we have reporters?" Xiao Xia asked hesitantly.

"Don't worry, I've already prepared it." Brother Kang said proudly: "The FA Cup of the Suchao is not the FA Cup of the Premier League. Not many people pay attention to it. Isn't it easy to get an interview pass?"

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On April 17, the second match day of the Scottish FA Cup semi-final.

In the game played the day before, the Celtics easily defeated Aberdeen 4:0 and entered the final ahead of schedule.

Today's match between Dundee United and St. Johnstone will determine the second place in the final.

The start time of the game is scheduled at 12:45 noon, so the pre-match press conferences of both teams are scheduled in the morning.

Li Chenglong has gradually grown into a big figure in Dundee United, and naturally followed Peter Houston and captain David Robertson to attend the pre-match press conference.

While answering the reporters' questions normally, Li Chenglong suddenly heard a voice calling him in Chinese: "Li Chenglong~~~here."

Li Chenglong looked in the opposite direction of the voice, and saw two Chinese reporters squeezed at the back, as if they had never been given a chance to ask questions, so he directly called out his name.

This was the first time Jackie Chan saw Chinese reporters at a press conference in Scotland. Although he didn't know where these two guys came from, he still reached out and clicked on them, meaning to let them ask questions.

"Bruce, I heard you grew up in China?" The two reporters were smart enough to ask questions in English.

"um, yes."

"Then how long has it been since you returned to China?"

"Uh, it's been several years, maybe five or six years."

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The questions of these two Chinese reporters soon caused a buzz of discussion in the press conference hall.

This is the pre-match press conference for the FA Cup semi-final. These two Asian reporters from nowhere did not mention a single word about the semi-final. They kept asking questions about China. right?

Seeing that something was wrong, the staff presiding over the press conference hurriedly asked other familiar reporters to ask questions, so that the press conference would not become commonplace.

The two Chinese reporters seemed to have more to say, but they still kept their voices a little unhappy.