Manchester City's U18 goalkeeper, A. Muri?, abandoned the goal and attacked. Li Qing, who had an extremely wide field of vision, had a thought. This time, he did not choose to circle around the goalkeeper as he usually did. Instead, he chose an unusually cool and challenging lob shot.
The shot was about 30 meters away from the goal. A. Muric, who was moving forward, suddenly stopped and quickly retreated. When he retreated to the penalty spot, he bent his knees and kicked the ground. He rose into the air and straightened his waist, trying to stretch his raised right arm a little higher.
Unfortunately, the falling football was just a few centimeters higher than his extended fingertip. It was precisely these few centimeters that made him feel extremely desperate.
If only he could be a little taller!
Li Qing, who had finished shooting, did not look at the football again. He turned around in a flirtatious manner, raised his right arm, and extended his index finger, announcing to the world his first goal in the game.
The Manchester City U18 manager, Lee Carsley, looked at the fingertips of his right arm that had crossed A Muri?'s hand and subconsciously placed his hands on his hips."Is this still the Liverpool U18 team that was used to seven goals by the Manchester City U18 team in this stadium at the beginning of the season?”
"Bang ~"
A crisp sound rang out between heaven and earth without any warning.
The Manchester City fans felt that God was with them at this moment, and their tense emotions were instantly released. The Manchester City U18 manager, Lee Carsley, who had his hands on his hips, looked happy.
Liverpool's U18 manager, Nick Critchley, and his assistants, Gerrard and Mike Garrity, had their mouths twitching. They had done most of their celebratory actions.
All of them were extremely depressed. At the same time, they couldn't help but think, Can't you just be vulgar and not be reckless?
Why did he have to kick down such an ornamental hanging door?
Scoring goals was king!
This was great. He had missed a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to break through the door just like that…
Li Qing was inferior to Gerrard in terms of strength in long passes, but his accuracy was better than Gerrard's. Using the lower edge of the crossbar as a reference, he naturally would not have any accidents under the situation where there was almost no pressure. The football kicked out using the backspin long pass technique still maintained its forward momentum after hitting the lower edge of the crossbar.
Eh?
In a flash, someone realized that something was wrong. The football that had fallen to the ground crossed the goal line and then bounced up again, hitting the snow-white goal.
"This…"
The Manchester City U18 manager Lee Carsley's smile froze on his face.
Neil Critchley, Gerrard, and Mike Garrity, who had been complaining about Li Qing's recklessness, reacted quickly. Excitement was written all over their faces. Excitement and exaggerated body movements were constantly displayed in the City College stadium.
Li Qing, who had scored the goal, secretly touched the sweat on his forehead. He was really too confident to turn around and celebrate after finishing the shot. Fortunately, the football was flying according to the established route. Otherwise…that handsome face would have been slapped red.
The Liverpool U18 players, who had been defending for nearly twenty minutes in a row, exploded with emotion. Why was it that they were all defending and only Li Qing was left to attack?
Wasn't it all for the goal?
Now that the guest had opened the first record, they naturally had to celebrate.
Other than the goalkeeper, Grabala, who stood in front of the goal to celebrate the goal, the other nine players all rushed towards Li Qing, who had his arms raised high, including Glenn McCauley, who had previously been biased against Li Qing.
The 0:7 defeat in the league tournament at the start of the season had put them under immense pressure before this match. Now, it was great. Li Qing had used a very confident and morale-boosting lob shot to open the scoring. It felt great!
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At the same time, watching the live broadcast on television, Klop could not help but raise his eyebrows when he saw Li Qing choose to lob a shot when he was single-handed. As a coach with rich coaching experience, he hoped to see the players choose a more secure method.
He turned back confidently after finishing the shot?
Celebrating in advance?
Unless they could score a goal, it was all fancy.
However, in the end, it was a close call. After 00, the fancy shot finally broke the goal and helped Liverpool U18 open the first goal in the away game.
Looking at Li Qing on the screen, Klop's eyes were filled with obvious admiration. As a young player who was not yet sixteen years old, being able to choose such a spectacular lob shot under such high pressure was a form of self-affirmation.
Confidence was a quality that professional players must possess.
Although a lob shot was not a safe way to deal with it, the important thing was that the player was confident enough to score a goal with a lob shot.
In professional football, the most important thing was the result.
In addition, the Li Qing in the picture had yet to reach the age of sixteen. In the future…he could still tap into potential.
Manchester City's U18 star players, Sancho, Foden, Diaz, and Enmecha, looked at each other. They did not expect their opponent to score a goal with just one quick counterattack, and in such a way. It was somewhat disappointing.
It felt like you had put in a lot of effort but didn't receive any returns, while your competitor had received a huge return through just one ordinary attempt. This huge difference was a little difficult to accept in a short period of time.
At this time, the manager's role was reflected. Lee Kass used applause to encourage the players and remind them that they were the best youth team in England.
Manchester City was currently one of the best clubs in England's youth training. The players on the team were all favored by the heavens. This season, whether it was the league tournament or the FA Youth Cup, they had never lost. The seven-goal home victory over Liverpool U18 in the third round of the league tournament was just like yesterday. How could they admit defeat so easily?
The match…had only started twenty minutes ago.
It was only a matter of time before they won the competition.
Li Qing's lob shot broke the balance of the game while helping Liverpool's U18 score the first goal. The home team, which was behind in the score, began to exert more pressure, striving to equalize the score in a short time.
As a result, Liverpool's U18 was in danger in the penalty area. If it were not for the fact that the goalkeeper, Grabala, was in such a good state, Manchester City's U18 would have already leveled the score.
The pressure brought by continuous defense could be stacked. In the 26th minute, Sancho used his speed to break through John Stone and sent out a precise inverted triangle. Enmecha, who was at the front, feigned a shot in front to deceive all the defensive players. Foden, who followed up in the middle, cut his throat with a sword and helped Manchester City's U18 equalize the score!
Before the Liverpool U18 players could recover, only two minutes had passed since the restart of the game. Sancho, who had previously sent out an assist, used a low shot from the right side of the penalty area to help the team overtake the score!
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