Young Football Player

At 6:00 p.m. UK time on August 18, the first round of the Europa League qualifying play-offs officially started. Dundee United played against the visiting Turkish team Trabzonspor at home.

After continuously adjusting the lineup during this period, the Dundee United coaching staff has basically confirmed the team's starting lineup.

The four midfielders, the central defender duo and the goalkeeper have not changed. The coaching staff decided to use the newcomer Keith Watson at the right back position. Severin's state has declined too much and he is no longer qualified to start.

The left-back position was also changed, allowing Sean Dillon and Barry Douglas to rotate, and whoever performed better between the two would play.

Barry Douglas had been in the first team for a long time last season, but he was a substitute for the left back position. After a season of training, his strength has grown a lot, and he can compete with Dillon.

As for the newly joined Andrew Robertson, although he is very talented in assists, his physical confrontation is indeed too weak, and he is currently positioned as the second substitute on the left back.

On the most important front line, after the team tried Jonny Russell and Ryan as two rookies in a row, they decided to partner Jamie Vardy and Joan Daly from the regional league.

Vardy may not have a good brain, but his heart is definitely big enough, and he is not stage fright at all. This is much better than those two rookies.

In the Europa League qualifying match with Trabzonspor, Peter Houston arranged the latest lineup.

Goalkeeper: Pernis;

Guards: Barry Douglas, Paul Dixon, Gary Kenneth, Keith Watson;

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

Forwards: Vardy, Joan Daly.

Unfortunately, this new lineup did not bring the team victory.

Against Trabzonspor at home, Dundee United is the dominant side from the scene, but they just failed to score.

In the 11th minute of the opening, Li Chenglong took a long shot from the right side in front of the penalty area and hit it very comfortably. He thought he had the ball, but the ball hit the outside of the goal post and bounced off the baseline.

In the 32nd minute, Dundee United won a free kick in a good position in the frontcourt. Lee Chenglong played a high level again, let the ball arc around the wall and went straight to the upper left corner, but this time it was the opponent's goalkeeper Thor Jia Zejin played bravely, flew over and held the ball with his hand, causing the ball to change direction slightly, hit the crossbar and bounce back into the penalty area, and then was cleared by the Turkish defender who came quickly.

Li Chenglong guessed that the opponent's goalkeeper should have moved in advance, otherwise he should not be able to save the ball.

But this is also because the other party is bold and the gamble is successful, or it is because his luck is too bad.

In addition, Lee Chenglong also sent a good cross in the second half. Joan Daly overwhelmed the opponent's defender with a header. This powerful header was subconsciously lifted by the opponent's Polish defender Glovaki , so it was blocked.

Brother Moon also sent Vardy a single shot, but Vardy pushed the far corner ahead of time and missed it.

After all, he is a striker who has just been transferred from the regional league, and he still needs to sharpen his skills.

Trabzonspor also created some opportunities, but they also failed to seize them.

Especially at the last moment of the game, Dundee United had been unable to start the situation. Li Chenglong was a little anxious and ordered the whole team to press forward. At this time, the opponent hit a very threatening counterattack, which gave Turkish striker Altintop a very good score. Fortunately, Penis stood up at a critical moment, threw himself at the opponent's feet and snatched the ball.

The ball also made the entire Dundee United team break out in a cold sweat. Peter Huston even jumped up and down the sidelines to direct. In the end, the two teams ended with a score of 0:0.

"If they fail to win Trabzonspor at home, then Dundee United's trip to the Europa League this year may be difficult.

Because everyone knows that Turkey's away game is very difficult, and I think this is why Bruce Lee was very anxious on the court at the last moment. "The Scottish commentator also began to look down on Dundee United.

"Although we failed to win the home game as we wished, we did not lose. There is still a second round in the game, and we still have a chance. As long as we go to the away game and get a draw with a goal, we can still advance." He said this when speaking to reporters after the game.

In fact, Jackie Lee himself knows that if he fails to win at home, he really has to go shopping with the Turks in the away game, which will be really difficult.

Turkey has the craziest fans in Europe, and the away game there is naturally very difficult. Many European giants have hit a wall there, and Dundee United is slightly weaker than the opponent in terms of paper strength. It's just like what the narrator said, more bad luck than good luck.

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The first round of the Europa League play-offs is over, and the overall situation of the Scottish team is not very good.

Dundee United drew 0:0 with Trabzonspor at home, and Glasgow Rangers lost 1:2 away to Maribor. Both teams are currently in an unfavorable situation.

Only the Celtics are in a better situation. They beat Sion 3-0 at home, and qualifying for the main match is no longer a problem.

If only the Celtics enter the European Super League this season in the Scottish Super League, it will be difficult to win the Swiss League in terms of European points, because they currently have four teams that have entered the European play-offs. Seoul and Zurich are in the Champions League play-offs, and Young and Sion are in the Europa League play-offs.

Even if the Celtics eliminated Sion, and to be more extreme, the youngsters who had already drawn 0-0 away with Sporting Lisbon in the first round, they would also be eliminated at home in the second round, but there will still be two teams in the Swiss League Enter the European Championship.

Because even if they lose in the Champions League play-offs, they will fall directly to participate in the Europa League group stage. The two teams, Basel and Zurich, have at least guaranteed their qualifications for the Europa League, and they even played better. If so, it is possible to enter the Champions League.

Therefore, the Scottish League wants to ensure that it will continue to overwhelm the Swiss League in terms of points in the European War. In any case, the two teams must enter the European Championship, so that the chances are greater.

A few days later, when the Scottish media were still worrying about the points in the European War, suddenly there was good news that Dundee United did not need to go to Turkey to play the second leg away, and directly advanced to the Europa League this season.

The reason is that last season's Turkish league champion Fenerbahçe was involved in a match-fixing case and was banned by UEFA from participating in the UEFA Champions League this season. The second-placed Trabzonspor will automatically step up and directly participate in the UEFA Champions League group stage.

Now Dundee United has picked up a bargain, and there is no need to worry about the away game of the Turkish Devils.

In fact, in the summer, a match-fixing scandal broke out in Turkey's low-level leagues, which had nothing to do with Fenerbahce.

However, the Turkish Football Association, which was in charge of the investigation, found out that these fake matches were controlled by some powerful figures in Turkish football, and among these powerful figures, several people including Chairman Fenerbahçe club executives.

And it's not just that, among the low-level players who kicked the match, there are also young players on loan from Fenerbahce.

This time Fenerbahçe's yellow mud fell into his crotch, and it was either shit or shit.

UEFA first advised Fenerbahce to withdraw from this season's Champions League.

But Fenerbahçe was not willing. They claimed that it was a personal issue of the team chairman and had nothing to do with the Fenerbahce club. They would never voluntarily withdraw from the Champions League.

So UEFA intervened in the investigation, and only recently made a final judgment, forcibly depriving Fenerbahçe of this season's Champions League qualification, and Trabzonspor Sports will take the top spot.

"Actually, we have long been prepared to go to Turkey to win an away game, but now this situation is not bad, it can make our schedule easier, after all, even if we go to Turkey to win an away game, the team will become Tired."

"There is a saying in China that if you survive a catastrophe, you will be blessed. We are lucky. I believe the team will do well in the Europa League this year." This is Lee Chenglong's answer when he was interviewed by reporters before going to the home league. .