Young Football Player

On July 28, the Scottish town of Dundee.

Daniel, wait for me, don't go so fast.

Hurry up, Oliver, today is the team's first public training day of the new season, I don't want to miss it.

Don't worry, there is still time, we don't have to worry so much.

It's because you can't walk, hey, buddy, you really should lose weight.

Come on, there's no way I'm going to lose weight as long as chips and Coke aren't wiped out from the face of the earth.

Outside Tanatis Park, the home stadium of Dundee United, many fans wearing yellow jerseys of Dundee United are entering the stadium. Among them, a fat young man and a short and thin young man are chattering while walking, which is particularly annoying Attention.

The two entered the court, found the front position, looked at the players who had been warming up on the court one after another, and started discussing again.

Our team's lineup doesn't seem to have changed much? asked the short young man Daniel.

I know this best. I've been paying attention to the team's movements every minute. Fat Oliver began to show his knowledge: That black mixed-race player with braided hair over there, that's the one we just came from League One. The striker Danny Kadamatri introduced by Huddersfield has played in Everton for several seasons in the Premier League, but he is 31 years old this year, so I don’t know how much he can play.”

Can a veteran player in League One still win the Championship? Short Daniel expressed doubts.

You should have an impression of the tall guy over there. He was Hearts' substitute goalkeeper Steve Banks last season. Now that his contract expires and he has switched to us, he should also be the team's substitute goalkeeper. After all, he is 36 years old. .”

What kind of players are these signings? Veterans that others don't use? Forwards from League One? The short man was obviously very unhappy with Dundee United's signings.

We are not an oil rich team like Manchester City, we are just a small team, don't we sign like this every season? Fat Oliver said the truth.

But in two days we will play the UEFA Cup qualifying match. How can we play the UEFA Cup with these players? This is the biggest reason why short Daniel is unhappy.

Maybe the club didn't think too much about the UEFA Cup, and we won Liverpool, so...basically...we don't have to think about the UEFA Cup anymore. Fat Oliver couldn't help but feel a little depressed: But we also started from youth. The team has promoted several young players, and I hope they can perform well.

That's Barry Douglas, the youth team's favorite defender, and that Stuart Armstrong, our youth team's talented midfielder, and Ryan Dang, he was very good in the youth team...

The fat Oliver was still showing his knowledge, but was soon interrupted by the short Daniel: Okay, I know everything you said, but who is that guy over there? Why have I never seen it? He was also promoted by the youth team. Did it come up? Or did it come from another team?

Uh... Fatty was obviously stunned by the question, and after thinking for a while, he said, I'm not too sure. Judging from his age, he might be a new player recruited by the youth team, but the opponent seems to be an Asian?

Let me check. Fatty Oliver quickly took out his mobile phone and began to search for useful information on the club's official website and fan forums.

It only took a few minutes for Fatty Oliver to find useful information: Yes, yes, it should be him.

He is a young player that the club has just loaned from the English Championship team Crystal Palace. He was born in 1993 and is only 17 years old this year. His name is...Bruce Lee.

Bruce Lee...? Fat Oliver and short Daniel let out loud exclamations at the same time, with obvious doubts.

Hey, isn't this guy real? Does he get upset when he's playing?

Suddenly stepping forward and kicking a roundabout kick, kicking the opponent's teeth out?

Wait, I remembered. I heard in the fan bar some time ago that Old John has a grandson who is a genius of the Crystal Palace youth team and is considering a transfer to our club.

Old John? The old John from the superintendent? John Lee?

Yes, that's him, but why does his grandson look like an Asian?

Probably of Asian descent.

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Li Chenglong followed the routine training of the whole team on the court, and soon the group confrontation will begin.

Come on, cheer up!! the team's assistant coach Toby Harrison was shouting.

Today is Dundee United's first public training before the start of the new season. The coaching staff hopes that everyone will perform well and give confidence to the fans who came to support.

Li Chenglong came to Dundee on the 25th. On the 26th, he spent a day simply going through various procedures for loan transfers. On the 27th, that is, yesterday, Li Chenglong started training with the whole team.

I have to say that there are indeed people in the DPRK who are good at handling things. When Jackie Chan was in Crystal Palace, the most common words he heard were 'patience' or 'you are still young'. When he came to Dundee United, he could immediately compete with the first team Get training together.

In fact, Dundee United's preparations for the new season began in early July, because the team won the Scottish FA Cup last season and can participate in the UEFA Cup this season, of course, starting from the qualifying round.

According to the current European Union points of the Scottish League, Dundee United needs to start from the third qualifying round of the UEFA Cup and pass the third qualifying round and qualifying play-offs before they can enter the group stage of the UEFA Cup this season.

The first round of the third qualifying round was on July 30th, which is two days later. In the qualifying draw held at UEFA headquarters in Nyon a few days ago, Dundee United was lucky enough to directly draw Grand Prize - Premier League giants Liverpool.

Liverpool is one of only two European giants among the teams participating in the league qualifiers this season, and the other is Serie A giants Juventus.

Dundee United can hit a hit, luck is really good.

Soon, the group confrontation began, and Li Chenglong was arranged to sit on the sidelines and rest first.

He doesn't even qualify for the bench team yet.

Li Chenglong was not surprised. Although he was arranged to train with the first team as soon as he came, he knew that it was more of the role played by Old John, but if he could not impress the head coach with the performance he should have, he would soon He will be transferred to the reserve team or the youth team.

After the 45-minute group confrontation, the coaching staff arranged for everyone to rest for more than ten minutes, and then started another round of group confrontation.

Bruce, you go to the substitute team, replace Andis and play right midfielder. Assistant coach Harrison called Li Chenglong.

Andis Shala is a German. He is 23 years old. He was scouted by Dundee United scouts from a semi-professional team in Germany and brought back to Scotland. Playing semi-professional league.

He stayed in Dundee United's youth training camp for several years, and only started to become the team's substitute last season. Now that he is replaced by Li Chenglong, the opponent's face is not very good, because he knows that he may have another competitor.

Li Chenglong had just been in the team for two days, and he didn't have a tacit understanding with his teammates. The first time he received a pass from his teammates on the field, he missed an opportunity to cooperate with his teammates because the ball was too slow.

But Jackie Lee knows that what he needs is to show his talent and let the coach know that he is talented.

Tacit understanding can be cultivated, but talent is difficult to cultivate.

After playing for about seven or eight minutes, Li Chenglong finally got the chance to perform.

The main team pressed forward and failed to get the ball into the penalty area. After the football was cut off, the right back of the substitute team took the ball and immediately passed it to Lee Cheng-yong who was waiting in the midfield.

There was no one marking Li Chenglong, so he caught the ball and turned around, speeding up the ball, and the whole process was extremely smooth.

You said he used to play as a midfielder? On the sidelines of the court, head coach Peter Houston asked his assistant Toby Harrison.

That's what Old John said when he brought him to see me. He said that this little guy had been played as a defensive midfielder in the Crystal Palace youth team before, but in the past two months, the little guy had a whim and said he wanted to transfer. Kick the wing, Harrison replied.

So Old John told me to let him try both the midfielder and the wing.

Li Chenglong's speed had already added up, and he easily got rid of the opponent who wanted to follow and stop him, and moved quickly along the right side.

The left back of the main team, the Irishman Sean Dillon, came from the front. Lee Chenglong could only make a slight change of direction when he dribbled the ball at high speed, but he succeeded in causing the opponent to hesitate, so he poked the football with his toe and accelerated again. Pass by the other side.

Then it is near the bottom line, and the low ball hits the ball back to the middle.

Standard bottom pass routine.

It's a pity that the forward Ryan Dang, who was in charge of follow-up on the substitute team, was a step slower. He swept the goal in front of the goal and failed to hit it. He directly hit the ball into the stands.

Ryan Dang was still annoyed at the missed chance to score, but the sideline coach Peter Houston was already applauding.

In the stadium stands, Fat Oliver and Short Daniel were also talking.

This guy seems to be pretty fast.

The cross just now was good too.

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