Football: The strongest post-zero generation

Chapter 25: Brainless addition
利物浦U18青年队目前排在北区第三，仅落后曼城U18和曼联U18，由于此前在卡灵顿进行的曼彻斯特德比战双方战成2：2，等于给了利物浦U18反超曼联青年队登上联赛榜眼的机会。

But the opportunity is before us. Whether we can seize it depends on the performance of Liverpool U18.

Glenn Macaulay is the top scorer of Liverpool U18. He has been closely monitored by Middlesbrough youth team players since the beginning of the game. He has very few shooting opportunities, which results in Liverpool U18 attacking with a lot of thunder and a lot of rain.

Forty-five minutes into the first half, the score ended at 0:0.

Li Qing, who was sitting with Brewster, was already eager to try, waiting for the call from head coach Neil Critchley, but the two consecutive substitutions had nothing to do with him.

depressed!

In the blink of an eye, the game has reached the 0th minute of the game, and the score is still 0:18. If the game ends according to the current score, the top three positions will not change, and they may even be defeated by Blake, who is fourth. Ben U caught up.

It wasn't until the 75th minute that Li Qing heard the heavenly voice of head coach Neil Critchley: "Li, go warm up and be back in ten minutes."

Ten minutes later it will be eighty-five minutes, so... is it too late?
I thought so in my heart, but my body reacted very quickly. I quickly took off my heavy down jacket and ran towards the warm-up area.

Five minutes of regular time can be said to be very short, but if injury time is added, it will be at least eight minutes.

To score a goal, eight minutes was enough.

In other words, five minutes of regular time is enough for him to score.

The strength is enough to play in the Premier League. Playing in the National Youth Super League should be a waste of time, right?
At the same time, Adekanye stared enviously at Li Qing, who ran to warm up. Suddenly, he felt that this winter seemed to be getting colder. It was so cold that he couldn't help shivering, and the down jacket he was wearing was scratched by him. I couldn't help but wrap myself up tighter.

In the 86th minute, Brewster's shot missed the goal post, and the referee blew his whistle to signal a substitution on the sidelines.

Li Qing, wearing jersey No. 28, replaced Glenn McCauley, No. 9.

Although Glenn McCauley was very reluctant, he still needed to comply with the coach's arrangements, but he did not complete the normal exchange ritual of high fives with Li Qing.

Adekanye and Glenn McCauley were obviously a team. Li Qing had already guessed that this would be the result, so he had no emotional fluctuations and even became excited because of the system notification sound.

"Ding! Congratulations to the host for completing the task of [replacing Bobby Adekanye as the starting winger and participating in the National Youth Super League]. He received 5 ability points and 10 gold coins."

However, head coach Neil Critchley raised an eyebrow and thought that Glenn McCauley had no gentlemanly spirit.

However, his attention was quickly attracted by Li Qing, who came on the bench. There were only four minutes left in the regular game. Whether he could break the deadlock and kill his opponent still depended on Li Qing, who was obviously better than his own players.

England players are generally strong. Although Li Qing now weighs 18 kilograms, he is a bit thinner than most Middlesbrough players. The nervous mood of Middlesbrough U coach Liddell gradually calmed down. .

Liverpool, who are sitting at home, must have strengthened their offense in the last period, but the last substitution was not a high center forward. Does this mean they will continue to pass the ball and look for opportunities in the last few minutes? If that's really the case, then...it's a bit of a laugh.

This game was Li Qing's first U18 game, and he cherished it very much. After receiving 5 points of ability value reward, he added all of them to the stat [Strength] without any thought, bringing it to the passing line of 60.

His seemingly thin body contains a lot of strength!
The football was passed through multiple passes, and it stuck to the turf and came to the feet of Li Qing, who was attacking on the right.

As soon as the ball was stopped, two Middlesbrough U18 defensive players appeared in front of them. In addition, there were defensive players in the ribs eyeing them. It was a bit difficult to successfully complete the breakthrough.

Then again, it all depends on man!

As a man who wants to challenge for the No. 18 spot in the world, how can he fail in the U competition?

Li Qing's right index finger was raised and stretched forward, signaling the right back Johns to run forward.

The attention of the defensive player who was close to the outside line was instantly attracted by Johnstone who was running forward close to the sideline. At this moment, Li Qing, who was controlling the ball with the outside of his left foot, suddenly moved the ball forward.

accelerate!
The defensive player standing in the ribs subconsciously stretched out his foot to poke, but Li Qing's foot speed was very fast. He quickly dunked the ball forward with the inside of the instep of his left foot, forming an accelerated breakthrough.

Brewster approached with tacit understanding, and Li Qing's eyes lit up as he had the gift of "unobstructed view"!
This... may make a complex situation simpler!
He used the arch of his right foot to pass the football sideways to the left before the defender grabbed the ball, then went around the outside of the defender and ran quickly toward the baseline.

Brewster passed the ball directly without stopping, and the football followed the turf and rolled in a straight line from the offensive right rib thirty meters away from the goal to the right rib of the penalty area.

The Middlesbrough central defender who was trailing behind saw Li Qing chasing the football and subconsciously raised his right arm to remind the linesman of offside. However, the linesman followed Li Qing to the bottom line, which meant... not offside!

"damn it!"

Middlesbrough U18 coach Liddell suddenly stood up from his seat and roared angrily.

In a flash of lightning, the originally airtight defense of the Middlesbrough U18 youth team was suddenly torn open.

Li Qing, who was running, stopped the football with the outside instep of his left foot ten meters away from the bottom line on the right rib of the penalty area. Without waiting for the defensive player to block the ball and the goalkeeper to attack, he directly raised his foot to shoot.

Middlesbrough U18 goalkeeper Breen had just taken steps to give up the goal. He watched the football rolling quickly against the turf towards the far corner. He had to fall sideways to the ground, but the previous rolling speed of the football was obviously faster than his body... …

When Neil Critchley saw the football fall into the far goal, his excitement was palpable and he raised his arms and shouted.

In the 87th minute, the first goal was scored!

(End of this chapter)