Chapter Twenty-Six: Mission Impossible

In the third round of the Premier League, Manchester United will take on Hull City away from home.

The game will be played at 5 p.m. London time on August 27 at Kingston Communications Stadium, the home stadium of Hull City, at 0:00 a.m. Beijing time on August 28th.

Since on September 1, the Chinese team will challenge the South Korean team away from home, which is the first match of the World Cup Asian qualifiers round of 12! This is the final stage of the Chinese team to enter the Asian zone of World Cup qualifiers for the first time in 12 years, and in this group, South Korea are undoubtedly the biggest rivals of the Chinese team aiming to qualify, and the importance of this game cannot be overstated.

In fact, after the end of the second round of the Premier League, the Chinese Football Association contacted Manchester United and Li Qingshan, hoping that Li Qingshan could return to China early without playing the third round of the game, after all, England is too far away from China.

However, this proposal was rejected by Ancelotti, for Ancelotti, his team can be without anyone, but Li Qingshan.

Lippi also had little to do with his old rival – not letting the player leave during the non-international break, and Ancelotti rightly refused.

The Italian veteran called Li Qingshan's side. Li Qingshan is the core of the Manchester United team, and for the Chinese team, Li Qingshan is everything. Without Lee, Lippi would not have been at all sure about beating South Korea on the road.

In the face of his mentor's earnest request, Li Qingshan had no choice but to agree and assemble at 5 pm on the 28th for South Korea, and Li Qingshan promised that he would definitely go back to join the team during this time period!

However, when Li Qingshan saw the flight schedule, he realized that if he had to wait until he finished playing Hull City before leaving, then he would definitely not have time to rush back to China to join the team.

Li Qingshan scratched his head for a while, although he could say that his physical fitness was absolutely fine, even if he rushed to the game site the day before the match with the Korean team, he could ensure that his state would not be affected, but how could anyone believe this kind of thing.

And Lippi also gave himself a lot of help when Li Qingshan first entered the professional arena, and Li Qingshan didn't want to disappoint the old Italian man.

Li Qingshan thought carefully for a while, unless......... I only played half the game, and I will catch the fastest flight!

........

Ancelotti looked at Li Qingshan in his office in amazement.

To be honest, when Li Qingshan made his request, Ancelotti wanted to agree.

After all, Li Qingshan is the heart of the team, and playing Hull City is not too difficult for Manchester United.

However, before Ancelotti could speak, Li Qingshan increased his weight.

"I promise, half time kills the suspense of the game!!"

Li Qingshan stretched out three fingers, hesitated for a moment, and then stretched out another one: "Four balls!" Four goals in the first half!! ”

Ancelotti's temples were popping, and he was even a little angry.

Who does this kid think he is, scoring four goals in half a game??

Is the senior so good done? Not to mention half a game, even if you are given 90 minutes, you may not be able to score four goals!!

When Li Qingshan found him, Ancelotti knew why the other party came. After all, that old guy from Lippi has called himself several times these days.

Although a little unwilling, Ancelotti is ready to let Li Qingshan return to China - after all, that game is really important for the Chinese team, and Manchester United, even without Li Qingshan, will not be afraid of a lift team like Hull City.

However, before Ancelotti himself could speak, Li Qingshan poured beans into the bamboo tube and opened all his hole cards, and in order to enhance his persuasiveness, he even temporarily increased the size - originally he thought that it would be good to score three goals in the half, but after coming to Ancelotti's office, he probably felt that his request was a bit excessive, so Li Qingshan temporarily increased the size again.

Ancelotti sat up straight, to be honest, as a seasoned manager, it was the first time Ancelotti had encountered a player who would make such a bet with him, and he didn't know what to say for a while.

"Why do you think that, Lee?" Ancelotti asked with interest.

"What you're worried about is the game against Hull City, the impact of my absence on the team, so if I kill the suspense of the game in the first half, then won't the second half be meaningless? That way, I was able to catch my flight early and the team got the three points, the best of both worlds! ”

"But do you know how hard it is to score four goals in half a game?"

"Of course, but I'm confident!" Li Qingshan said categorically.

"Okay, I promised you." Ancelotti said with a smirk.

When Li Qingshan left his office, Ancelotti finally couldn't help laughing.

Although he has been coaching Li Qingshan for a year, he has just re-examined his proud protégé.

This silly boy, no matter if he doesn't complete this bet, isn't it Manchester United that benefits the most - Li Qingshan will definitely go all out against Hull City anyway.

However, it was too difficult to play the big four at half-time, and Carlo Ancelotti decided that as long as United were leading in the first half, he would let Li Qingshan go back - this is the best time to cement the relationship with the team's number one star, and Ancelotti knows what the key to his role in Manchester United is.

Hull City have been a wild lifter in recent seasons: finishing third in the Championship in 2007/08 and being promoted to the top flight for the first time in the club's 104-year history. They were relegated to the Championship again in 2009/10, Hull City finished runners-up in the Championship in 2012/13 and returned to the Premier League in 2013/14. They were relegated to the Championship again in 2014/15 and returned to the Premier League in 2015/16 after a 1-0 win over Sheffield Wednesday in the Championship promotion play-off final.

Hull City, who have been promoted again this season, although they are only a promoted horse, they still have a lot of knowledge of the Premier League. Hull City's home win over defending champions Leicester City in the first round with only 13 first-team players available was unexpected by many people, and in the second round, Hull City beat Swansea City 2-0 away, and Tigers' opening two consecutive wins also surprised many.

So, despite being a promoted team, Hull City have always had a decent run of fighting power on their home turf, playing very tough, fast and direct, and with a decent defensive structure.

Carlo Ancelotti isn't too worried about beating Hull City, but it would be fantastic to say that there is one man who can score four goals in 45 minutes against a team as tough as Hull City.

It's simply an impossible task.