The news of Li Qing signing a contract with Mendes 'Gestifute spread like wildfire, but because it was during the Spanish derby, he did not become the focus of the fans. After all, Li Qing was only slightly famous in Merseyside. In the English region, he was still weaker than geniuses like Sancho, Foden, and Odoi.
There were still ten days until Christmas. After Li Qing finished his last class at Blue Shirt High School, he was given a month long holiday, and school would only start in the middle of next year.
But for Li Qing, the holidays did not come, because he still had to train for a week at the Kirkby Youth Training Academy in preparation for the National Youth Premier League and the FA Youth Cup 1/16 final in the middle of next month.
As usual, he arrived early at Kirkby Academy's U18 youth team training ground to find that someone had arrived earlier than him.
The middle-aged man was wearing a Liverpool training shirt and had the body of a standard athlete. He did not look like a teammate at all.
Could it be…Oliver Morgan, who was also a physical trainer?
However, he quickly dismissed this possibility because the middle-aged man had a crew cut, while Oliver Morgan had medium-long hair.
Then who was it?
Eh?
Why did it look so familiar?
It was as if he had seen her somewhere before.
It was only when Li Qing walked to the side of the court that he saw clearly who that person was, and he instantly froze on the spot.
It was because of the legendary Liverpool captain, Steven Gerrard!
He was Liverpool's longest-serving captain, the captain who had played the most games, and also the record holder of the team's European goalscoring record.
Gerrard saw someone coming over from the corner of his eye, and the corners of his mouth curled up slightly. He raised his right foot and kicked the falling football forward. Li Qing subconsciously stepped on the football that was quickly rolling over.
"Hey, you're here so early. You must be Qing Lee, right?”
Li Qing was stunned for a moment. Wasn't this Qing Lee his English name?
It was Gerrard who greeted him!
"Yes, yes."
He nodded his head in excitement and became extremely excited. He was a little incoherent."You…you are Steven Gerrard? Liverpool's longest-serving captain?”
"Yes, I'm the Steven Gerrard you're talking about.”
Gerrard had a smile on his face. He pointed at the football under Li Qing's feet. The latter immediately understood and kicked the football back. Gerrard set the football and took two steps back before saying to Li Qing,"Li, do you think I can kick the intersection between the left side of the goal post and the crossbar on the opposite side of the goal?”
Li Qing didn't immediately reply, but instead raised his head to look. He roughly estimated the distance in his heart. There was at least eighty meters between the two points. He said with uncertainty,"It's so far away. I don't think it'll hit, right?”
"Hey ~"
Gerrard smiled and lowered his head to run.
“Boom~”
The football soared into the air, carrying an obvious top-down spin. After flying for more than fifty meters, it slowly descended. Then, under Li Qing's astonished gaze, it hit the intersection of the left goal and the crossbar eighty meters away with a bang.
F * ck!
So accurate?
Was the person in front of him Gerrard or Beckham?
"How is it?"
Gerrard looked at Li Qing smugly.
"Uh…very accurate."
Actually, Li Qing really wanted to say that he was just guessing, right?”
Gerrard's life experience was rich, so how could he not see the far-fetched meaning in Li Qing's words?
So, he took out three more footballs from the iron basket and placed them near where he had just played.
"Watch carefully."
Gerrard's casual expression became focused. After retreating to a sufficient distance, he kicked the football three meters in front of him one by one.
The landing point was as accurate as the previous long pass. It was completely like a copy and hit three times in a row.
"F * ck! It's so f * cking accurate!"
When Li Qing saw the third football hit the same spot, he subconsciously blurted out, his face full of shock.
In fact, it was not difficult to understand Li Qing's reaction. Gerrard's fans had always been relishing his powerful long shots and his ability to plug in and participate in the offense. During his time at Liverpool, there was Xavi Alonso for long passes and dispatch. The national team had Beckham and Lampard. There was no need to use his long passing ability at all, so many people ignored Gerrard's long passing ability.
Gerrard was extremely satisfied with Li Qing's reaction. His left hand was naturally in his pocket, and his right hand patted Li Qing's shoulder as he indifferently said,"It's hard to hit every shot in a relaxed state, but it's hard to do it in a real football game.”
Li Qing looked at Gerrard's back and nodded slightly. In a real football game, every second was definitely counted. The opposing defensive players would not give the attacking players an easy environment to deal with the ball.
Thinking of Gerrard's extremely accurate long shot, the long pass transfer in the game must have been very accurate.
Gerrard looked at Li Qing with a smile that was not a smile."Do you want to pass it on to my senior?"
Li Qing's expression immediately became excited when he finished speaking, and his eyes emitted starlight."Are you willing to teach me the long pass?"
"Of course!"
Gerrard took out a few footballs from the iron basket and placed them randomly on the grass. Then, he took a football training pole and placed it about 50 meters away.
"Kick it for me. The target is that upright pole. No matter where it is, as long as it hits the target, it will be fine.”
Li Qing nodded his head with concentration. He retreated to a sufficient distance and kicked the football according to the footwork he had thought of in his heart.
“Boom”
The football soared into the air. Unlike Gerrard's straight up and down kick, it had a slight arc, so the landing point was slightly off and did not hit the pole.
"Li, the footwork you used and the position where you touched the ball are a little problematic.”
Hearing these words, Li Qing was extremely like a well-behaved student who thirsted for knowledge. He focused his attention on Gerrard and revealed a puzzled expression. Gerrard smiled and continued,"The position of contact for a long pass is from the second finger bone to the ankle, which is here.”
As he spoke, he squatted on the ground and used his hand to pinch the inner side of Li Qing's left foot.
Li Qing gave a 'I see' expression. Gerrard stood up and placed his hands behind his back."There are three kinds of long passes, namely the backspin long pass, the forward spin long pass, and the side spin long pass. The part of your long pass that touched the ball was slightly off, so you chose the side spin kick that leaned towards the pass.”
If he hadn't heard it, he wouldn't have known that…there were so many ways to make a long pass!
He had really benefited a lot!
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