Chapter 12 The Galloping Boy

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But it's all about Nick. Adams has nothing to do with it.

He stood in front of FC United's training ground with a sports bag on his back. The sun shone down his dark, shiny skin, sweat trickled down his cheeks, and he wore a tracksuit in short-sleeved shorts, revealing his strong calf muscles.

A month ago, he would never have imagined that he would join such an amateur team. Although, this team is quite famous in his community.

Because, he came out of the well-known Manchester United Academy, and here he has cultivated Ryan. Giggs, Gary. Neville, Paul. Scholes, David. A place for superstars like David Beckham.

However, for Nick. For Adams, his time in the United Academy was bitter.

"Is there a watermelon under your feet?! Nick! ”

"Run! Nick! ”

"Pass! Pass! Pass! ”

"Are you aiming for the moon cross?"

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Rough technique at the feet, poor football awareness, only stuffy head dribbling, poor passing footwork, poor passing awareness, poor crossing ability, worse running awareness, almost no shooting ability. Anyway, almost all levels of technical ability are miserable.

However, being able to be seen by Manchester United's academy naturally has advantages.

Nick. Adams has the advantage of being physically fit and extremely fast.

So much so that the coach of Manchester United's Academy gave him the assessment: "It is more suitable to practice athletics than football." ”

There is no doubt that last year, when he was 17 years old, the United Academy gave up on his training and eliminated him.

There are very few young players in Manchester United's Academy who can end up playing for a big club like Manchester United. Most of these players were either eliminated from the first-tier selection process or went on to find their place in another Premier League or Championship team.

This is very common in the youth academy of the giants, because the giants have the support of strong funds, but also have the pursuit of results, they need players who have a certain strength and experience. And many players who have just come out of the academy obviously can't meet this demand.

The most representative of these is the Spanish giants Real Madrid. When it comes to the youth training in Spain, the first thing that comes to mind is the La Masia youth base in Barcelona, and in the first team of Barcelona, there are many players from La Masia, Messi, Iniesta, Xavi. Real Madrid, however, have the impression of a star-studded squad that is accustomed to buying the world's best players in various positions to form a luxurious squad known as the "Galaxy Battleship".

Therefore, many people ignore Real Madrid's Castilla Academy, which is a youth base comparable to La Masia, although they have not contributed many players to Real Madrid's first team, but this youth base can be called "a water source for La Liga", except for Barcelona, almost every La Liga team can see players from the Castilla Academy.

Nick. The same goes for Adams, who was dropped by Manchester United's Under-18s does not mean that he is insulated from professional football. If you can't play at Manchester United, you can try it at other Premier League teams.

However, Nick. Adams went to all the Premier League teams for trials, he went to Manchester City, he went to Arsenal, he went to Chelsea............

No Premier League team wants to take him

Even the Championship, League One, League B, and League C have no teams that look at him.

Football is not athletics after all, and it is not something that can be played well if you run fast.

In desperation, he found FC United Manchester team, after all, as Manchester United's academy team, he had also heard of the team's name.

Nick. Adams is reluctant to leave football and in this situation, he has to find a team that allows him to play and maintain his form.

There are too many people playing in the professional league in the amateur league in England. Nick. Adams also wants to be one of them.

FC United team naturally will not refuse such a player who has received youth training at Manchester United, although he was rejected by the professional league team, but after all, he is a Manchester United youth player, the basic skills are not too bad, and the physical fitness is good, and the speed is extremely fast. That's enough in the amateur league.

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Li Qingshan has been joining FC United for a month, and in this month, in addition to regularly attending FC United team training every week, he has also been working stopping the ball and long-range shooting skills in the world of football training camp.

During this month's training, his stopping skills have improved considerably, at least not stopping the ball from his teammates to the point of being several meters away from him. His long-range shooting ability is also beginning to show his strength, and he often uses his strong body to lean on the central defender and turn and shoot hard. At least now, he's no longer just headers.

Adam, who has been fighting against Li Qingshan in training this month. Jones felt the most, at the beginning, he only needed to pay attention to Li Qingshan's position, and prevent him from rushing into the penalty area to grab a header. In the case of understanding Li Qingshan's characteristics, it is relatively easy to guard against this. But now Li Qingshan has the ability to receive the ball outside the penalty area, he sometimes stops the ball, and it is difficult to grab the ball with his body, at this time his teammates will start to run around Li Qingshan, his height of one hundred and ninety centimeters raises his head to observe, so that he is like a lookout post on a sailboat, standing high and seeing far away, and the position of his teammates can be seen at a glance. He can easily choose his passing route. Even if all the passing routes are blocked, he can keep protecting the ball for the opponent to grab the ball and foul the opponent to win a free kick, at which point he can wait for a comfortable header in the penalty area.

Carl and others were also quite surprised by Li Qingshan's progress speed, and in the end they could only explain it with "you are really a genius".

It was Saturday, and Li Qingshan came to the training ground as usual.

That's when he discovered that in addition to the coaching staff, who always came earlier than the players in every training session, there was also an unfamiliar face.

After all the players came one after another, Coach Marginson gathered everyone.

"I'd like to introduce you, this is Nick. Adams, from Manchester United's Academy. He pointed to the black lad who looked a little shy.

"Wow....."

"Manchester United's academy ......"

After Marginson's remarks, there was a lot of talk among FC United's players, saying that a player from Manchester United's academy is not common for those who play in the amateur league.

However, after the start of training, the FC United players did not find Nick. What is so good about Adams is that his technique is very ordinary, and there is nothing remarkable about it except that he can see that the basic skills are good.

However, at the training match, Nick. Adams, however, surprised everyone.

FC United's style of play is traditional English football, with a 442 parallel position. As a winger, Nick Adams occupies a position on the right side of midfield.

The traditional winger's tactic is to go down and then cross, and the winger uses his speed to break through the opposing full-back on the side of his own foot and then crosses to the two centre-forwards in the middle to flank and shoot.

Although this tactic is simple, such a simple tactic can best play Nick. Adams is fast but not technically good.

Plum. Neville as a defensive Nick. Adams' full-back, after seeing Nick receive the ball, was close to the opposition and ready to defend, and he didn't get too close to prevent the opponent from breaking through, and he didn't go too far, he stood in a more suitable position.

However Nick. Adams didn't look at Lee at all after receiving the ball. Neville's position, he went straight to the baseline.

Plum. Neville only felt a burst of scraping past his ears.

It's really wind!

The speed of the wind quickly surpassed him.

This speed is the most impressive, because it is the most intuitive.

So much so that the FC United players did not react and were killed by Nick. Adams' jaw dropped at the speed of the wind.

"So fast"

"Is this Bolt possessed?"

"Oh my God......"

However, Nick. Adams then delivered a terrible cross.

So much so that Li Qingshan, who was preparing to catch the point in the penalty area, could only watch the football fly high over the penalty area and fall to the sideline on the other side.