Young Football Player

On March 19th, the 30th round match day of the Scottish Super League, Dundee United played against Inverness at home.

At Tanatis Park Stadium, Dundee United scored three points in an economical 1-0, relying on Conway's assist to Moon Brother's goal in the first half.

The game was not exciting. Dundee United only need to score three points. At present, the coaching staff has made it clear that they are ready to hit the FA Cup.

They have already entered the semi-finals, of course we have to work hard to see if we can win the championship.

For Inverness, they had just been knocked out of the FA Cup by the Celtics and officially lost their European qualification for next season. Their morale was not high, and they played a little listlessly.

It was a dull game, the only highlight being Dundee United breaking their own league points record.

Previously, Dundee United's highest league score was 59 points, created in previous years.

Now that Inverness has been won in this round, Dundee United's league points this season have reached 61 points, creating a new points record.

However, this point record does not have too much gold content, because Dundee United does not even have the qualifications to compete for the league championship.

Dundee United's most valuable scoring record was created in the 82/83 season. In that season, Dundee United scored 56 points and won the league championship of the season, which is also the only league championship in team history.

At that time, the Scottish League still played a double round, so there were only 22 rounds.

He scored 56 points in 22 rounds, averaging more than 2.5 points per game, and now has 61 points in 30 rounds, averaging just over 2 points per game.

It is worth mentioning that this season is the second time in the history of Dundee United that the league points have exceeded 56 points.

It has been more than ten years since the Scottish League was restructured into 38 rounds, and it is only the second time that Dundee United has scored more than 56 points. It can be seen that Dundee United's results in these years are indeed quite stable, and they are all stable in the middle of the Scottish Premier League.

While Dundee United won Inverness, Hearts also beat St Mirren 3:2 at home, ending their three consecutive league winless rounds.

It's really difficult, because St. Mirren is currently desperately trying to avoid relegation. This game was very fierce. Hearts fell behind the opponent twice at home but equalized twice. They only succeeded in stopping the opponent in stoppage time. three points.

As both Dundee United and Hearts have successfully won the game, the current gap between the two teams in the standings remains unchanged, and Dundee United continues to lead Hearts by 6 points.

Both Celtic and Rangers games have been postponed this round because they went to Hampton Park to play a Scottish League Cup final.

In the end, the Glasgow Rangers defeated the Celtics 2:1 in overtime and won their first championship trophy of the season.

There are three champions in Scotland every year, and most of the time they are fighting for each other.

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After the 30th round of the league, it was actually a two-week national team match day, but the Scottish Football Association still arranged for the FA Cup quarter-finals replay in the middle of the first week.

After all, the four teams participating in the rematch have almost no national team players in their teams, and it doesn't matter if the arrangement is at this point in time.

There were no surprises in the result. Aberdeen eliminated St. Mirren 2:1 at home, and St. Johnstone defeated Bridgen City 1:0 at home. Both teams with stronger strength advanced.

Then came the draw for the semi-finals, and Dundee United chairman Eddie Thompson once again went to the draw in person.

As far as the four teams entering the semi-finals are concerned, the Celtics are strong, and Aberdeen is the derby opponent. Dundee United does not want to meet them. The most ideal result of the draw is to meet St. Johnstone.

Unexpectedly, Eddie Thompson was really lucky, and Dundee United really got the most wanted St. Johnstone.

The lottery wasn't drawn by Eddie Thompson himself,

But he just had that luck.

Dundee United was able to win the FA Cup last season because of their luck in signing. They did not encounter any strong opponents throughout the process, and their opponent in the final was Ross County in the second-tier league.

Last season, Dundee United started from the quarter-finals, and the chairman Eddie Thompson personally participated in the draw.

However, the FA Cup semi-finals will not start until mid-April, and Dundee United is still continuing to prepare for the league.

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During the national team competition this time, Li Chenglong received the call-up of the national team for the first time.

The Scottish U19 youth team sent out simultaneous calls to Dundee United's Li Chenglong and Moon Brother, inviting them to participate in the warm-up match between Scotland U19 and Denmark U19 during the national team competition.

Of course Brother Moon went there without a doubt, he is a pure Scot, but Li Chenglong didn't go, he hasn't figured out who he will play for in the future.

You don't have to worry about my thoughts, it's your own choice who you want to play for. Surprisingly, Lee Chenglong told Old John about the Scottish Football Association's recruitment this time, but the other party did not persuade Lee Chenglong to accept it. mean.

After retirement, I have plenty of time every day. I have thought carefully about the choice of the national team for you. You will undoubtedly succeed in the future and become a top European star in the future. Therefore, it is very important which national team to play for. It might affect your career as well.

In terms of personal feelings, of course I would prefer you to play for Scotland, but intellectually speaking, Scottish football has withered talents in recent years, and they can't get into any major competitions. Even if you add you, it may not be able to improve much.

But it's different if you play for England. England is full of talents and it's always easier to achieve results. For a top player, national team honor is also one of the important criteria for evaluating him.

Seeing that Old John was really thinking about himself, Li Chenglong couldn't help but said, Why don't I play two youth team matches for Scotland?

According to FIFA regulations, for a player with dual nationality like Lee Cheng Long, it doesn't matter who he played for in the youth team, as long as he makes a good choice for the adult national team in the future.

So Li Chenglong can play a few youth team games for Scotland, as long as he does not play the adult team games, it will not affect his future choices at all.

I advise you not to have such an idea. If you go to the Scottish youth team and play poorly, England will look down on you and think you are not of much value. But if you play well, you are Suddenly switching to play for England will make the Scottish fans turn against you and hate you. Old John stopped Li Chenglong's whims.

Uh... Li Chenglong really didn't think of this, and it seems that Old John really thought about it carefully.

But for now, Jackie Chan's performance seems to have failed to impress the FA.

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In the UK, the weather has always been a relatively bad problem.

Scotland is located in the northern part of the United Kingdom, almost belonging to the bitter cold of the United Kingdom, with a vast land and few people.

But Dundee, a small coastal town in Scotland, is one of the few cities in Scotland with sufficient sunshine and pleasant climate.

It is now March, and spring in Dundee has come early.

Under the bright sunshine, Li Chenglong and the whole team are doing warm-up exercises before training.

Li Chenglong and Brother Moon were jogging around the field together, and they did not accept the call for the Scottish youth team, which did not affect his relationship with Brother Moon at all.

Bruce, you seem to be very happy today? Brother Moon asked.

Have it?

You always have a smile on your face, did you date some pretty girl?

Do I still need to take the initiative to date girls? It's the girls who take the initiative to date me, okay?

Cut, stinky...

Li Chenglong was not happy because he was dating a girl, but because he found that his technical attributes had increased a little this morning.

It hasn't increased since December's Tech attribute value rose to 70 points. Li Chenglong was a little worried about whether it was stuck, but even if it was really stuck, there was nothing he could do. Now that it finally grew again, Li Chenglong was relieved.

It took nearly 4 months to grow a little bit, which is indeed a bit slow. However, Li Chenglong feels that the main reason is that he is still in the stage of integrating 60-level cards. He believes that when he starts to integrate 70-level cards in the future, the growth rate will increase again.