Chapter 19: Pre-Season Warm-up Matches

Since this day, Li Qingshan has also intentionally strengthened his training time, not only in the training timebox intensity of the football training camp. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info even time outside of team training. Universities in England generally don't open until September, and Li Qingshan's preparatory classes before entering the school did not have much coursework. So, after class in the afternoon, he would come to the training ground at Gig Lane and train with Nick.

It's mid-July, less than a month before the 2012 Olympic Games open on British soil, and the British are certainly looking forward to the sporting event on their doorstep.

Even in the Newton-Sith Tavern, which usually only talks about FC United, there are a few more tidbits of Olympic news these days. What kind of rehearsal for the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, how many medals can Britain get, whether Daley, the prince of diving, can win gold at home and so on.

Of course, the most talked-about Olympic news in the tavern is of course about the movements of the British Olympic team.

When it comes to English football, there are four FIFA members in the UK, including England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. However, since the IOC only recognises Great Britain as a member of the participating associations, and the four teams are reluctant to merge to form a single British team, Great Britain has not had a national Olympic team since Melbourne 1956 and has not been able to compete in the Olympic football program.

It's no wonder that England is nicknamed the European Chinese team by Chinese fans, but there are also four FIFA members in China....

And this time in the London Olympics, with the mediation of the British government, Britain finally formed a national Olympic team representing the United Kingdom. And recently announced the 18-man squad for the men's Olympic football competition. The squad, which includes thirteen England players and five Wales, is headed by manager Stuart. Pierce did not pick a player from Scotland Box Northern Ireland.

There were only two people who caught the attention of the fans gathered at Newton's Sith pub - David Beckham and Ryan Giggs.

Although these fans have formed a new team to defect from Manchester United, this does not mean that they hate Manchester United because of this, their hatred is only against the Glazer family.

Therefore, they will naturally pay attention to these two famous stars of Manchester United.

As a former England captain, Beckham has repeatedly expressed his hope of being selected for the British Olympic team, but head coach Pierce believes that Beckham's current strength is not enough to be qualified for this competition.

On the other side, Ryan Giggs was selected for the British Olympic team. As a core member of Manchester United's 92 class, Giggs's strength is naturally undoubted. However, due to Wales' overall quality, the Manchester United star did not make many memories of his international games, which cannot but be said to be a shortcoming. And the formation of the British Olympic team this time may make up for the regrets of the veteran's career.

In addition to David Beckham, Tottenham's winger Gareth Bale also missed the Olympics, which was also a shock.

Newtonsey was naturally full of complaints about Beckham's lack of selection. The selection of Ryan Giggs was full of blessings, and at the same time, he also ridiculed England's sworn rivals Scotland for not having a player selected.....

Just as the atmosphere of the Olympics was getting stronger, FC started a series of warm-up matches before the season.

After the away victory over Lille in the Welsh Premier League, five days later, on July 19, they challenged Chade United in the same league as them, and Li Qingshan overtook the score with two headers when they were once behind, and finally won 3:2 away from home, winning two consecutive warm-up matches.

However, the next away challenge to Exeter City in League Two and Hyde United in the same league ended with a score of 3:3, Li Qingshan scored a hat-trick and a brace in both games, but did not bring victory to the team.

If these two games weren't enough to tell the story, the next 3-4 defeat away to Abi Heyi, a team of the same division, had to be a wake-up call for head coach Marginson.

There is no problem with the team's offense, although the offensive firepower is now concentrated on Li Qingshan, but Li Qingshan's header ability in this level of competition is almost dominant, so it is a hole in the brain for such a player not to rely on it.

Maternson is concerned about the team's defense, which has conceded more than three goals in the last three games, suggesting that there are problems in the team's defensive system.

However, Marginson is not a very tactical coach, and if he were very capable, he would not be just the coach of an amateur team.

So his approach is to squeeze the distance between the three lines, so that the distance between the midfield and the back line is reduced to reduce the hole in the back, and the forward line is replaced by Li Qingshan and Nick as a double forward, only using Nick's speed and Li Qingshan's header power. It turned out that Li Qingshan's forward partner veteran Mike. Norton had to sit on the bench.

Such a change really worked, and the offensive combination of Li Qingshan and Nick was enough to ensure the offensive firepower of FC United. Sure enough, a week later, they swept away to Bishop Auckland with a score of 6-0.

They then held Blackburn Rovers from the Championship to a 2-2 draw at home, giving Marginson the firmness of his tactical routine.

Before the start of the first round of the league, FC United won all four of their next heat-up matches, and in the warm-up games before the season, FC United won 6 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses.

This made FC United fans very excited, especially the team's new striker Li Qingshan. Although Li Qingshan has not played an official game for the team, Li Qingshan has scored an astonishing sixteen goals in these ten warm-up games, with an average goal efficiency of more than one goal per game, and has scored in every game.

Even other league teams at the same level who don't pay much attention to their opponents already know that FC United has poached a striker who can score goals every game, and even in the next few games, several FC United competitors have sent scouts to observe Li Qingshan's performance for the first time, which is rare in amateur level games.

Fans have even begun to brew cheering songs created specifically for Li Qingshan. Create a song for the player, which represents the player's place in the hearts and minds of the fans. It's also a fan culture.

Li Qingshan now feels that he has a very fulfilling life, working during the day, training at night, and generally training one day on weekends, and there is usually a warm-up match against an opponent every day.

When I first came to the UK, there were many things that only my compatriots were helping me, and the native English were very xenophobic, and it was not easy to integrate into their community.

And now I have won the recognition of a group of FC United fans, every day when I go to training, fans come to see the new striker of FC United, and after the training, there are fans who enthusiastically come to take photos with themselves.

There are also fans of their own in the game, although there are only three of them, Elma, Philip, and John......

A week after the final heat-up match, the first league game will kick off.

Li Qingshan's first official game in the English league system is about to start!