Chapter 10: Troubles in Training

In the locker room and everyone's first meeting, Li Qingshan quickly "mingled" with his teammates. The relationship between teammates in an amateur team www.biquge.info is not as complicated as a professional team's locker room, and many of them have their own jobs in addition to playing football. Li Qingshan himself is also a big grinning character, and he quickly became familiar with everyone.

However, he appeared quiet on the training ground. What he showed in training was very mediocre and to be honest, he showed some aspects of his ability like a football beginner.

But fortunately, the coaches here are very familiar with him, and his performance in the trial here is really impressive, so it left a very deep impression on everyone.

Mike. Norton, the striker who didn't come to see Li Qingshan's trial scene yesterday, frowned, and cast a puzzled look at Li Qingshan, he didn't know what ability this and the big man had to enter the FC United team, he couldn't even play as a substitute in the team.........

Until Carl. When Marginson was practicing corner kick tactics.

Li Qingshan's height is naturally arranged in front of the goal, on the one hand, he has the ability to head the ball, and on the other hand, this height and size can also attract the attention of the defense, and can pull out the gap to create opportunities for teammates.

Li Qingshan was very clear about his weaknesses and points, which became even clearer after knowing his "ability value" last night. He knows that in addition to his own efforts, his ability level in other aspects is too low, not to mention the players of FC United Manchester who have come out of the professional youth team since childhood and even played in the Premier League and the Championship, even compared with the average amateur player.

He's a very competitive guy and he sees everything his teammates look at him. It made him depressed.

Cal. Marginson trusts Li Qingshan's heading ability, which is why he decided to sign Li Qingshan.

There is not much novelty in the tactics, after arranging the running positions of other players, what should Li Qingshan do, Karl. Marginson didn't have much of a plan, just told him to "just put the ball in".

As a centre-forward, especially a centre-forward with a good header, putting the ball in is the most basic requirement.

After listening to Carl. After Maternson's arrangement, Li Qingshan seemed to have returned to the days when he played in the football school, when the coach's request to him was to "put the ball in". He suppressed the emotions in his heart and cruised outside the small penalty area waiting for the ball to take off

It was midfielder Jack Cottrell who took the corner. The corner kick was kicked in front of the goal, Li Qingshan quickly inserted it in the middle, pressed the defenders to fight for the top, and the football was slightly above the crossbar.

There was applause on and off the pitch as it was a successful corner, with team-mate McNaughton pulling forward to give Li Qingshan space to fight for the top.

In the next few corner kick tactical training, in the face of this defensive line, Li Qingshan won almost every battle, and most of them were headed directly in the direction of the goal, and then half broke through the goalkeeper's ten fingers, and this goal rate in the corner kick is remarkable.

Li Qingshan was very satisfied with his performance.

In this team, as a newcomer, I want to integrate into the team quickly, and there is nothing better than showing my strength.

Li Qingshan's performance in corner kick training naturally won recognition.

But soon, Li Qingshan's good days came to an end

Cal. Marginson arranged a group confrontation, and Li Qingshan was arranged in the center forward position of the substitute side.

As his teammates already knew something about his header ability, Li Qingshan didn't get much opportunity to play, and their side of the wing attack was contained, and other than headers, Li Qingshan's other abilities did not bring much help to the team.

In the case of the main side guarding the defensive line, Li Qingshan has no way to directly threaten the opponent's goal.

When the first time the side tried to play a long pass to find Li Qingshan's high point, the main defense line was very experienced in advance, and Li Qingshan could only fall into the opponent's offside trap.

The opponent's defense gave up competing with him for the high point, but waited for him to take the high point down and fought with him for the ball, which magnified Li Qingshan's weakness.

On several occasions in the end, the main side of the defense caused him problems......

Li Qingshan's brows gradually furrowed, and the expression on his face became more and more solemn.

Cal. Marginson also stood on the sidelines with a frown.

In Karl's heart, a large part of his goal this season needs to rely on Li Qingshan's play, playing the weak team in the league is okay, Li Qingshan can stand in the penalty area and wait for his teammates to cross the header to the goal, at this time he will be a big killer.

However, in Carr's mind, this season is to make a difference in the FA Cup, if the team enters the FA Cup main round, the opponents they will face in the FA Cup will undoubtedly be better than FC United.

Weak teams play strong teams, more rely on counterattacks and set-pieces, in the case of the defense line is very flat by the opponent, there are not so many center forwards standing very close to the opponent's door waiting for the opportunity to cross, at this time it is very important for the center forward to protect the football and wait for his teammates to run, whether it is in the counterattack or set-pieces. If Li Qingshan can protect the ball in the front court, then this threat is great.

Li Qingshan is also depressed about his performance on the field, he has also tried to come out to pick up teammates a few times, but when the football passes to his feet, most of them will be cut off by defenders, sometimes he snatches the ball in the air, and also concedes the ball quickly in the face of the siege of the defenders. This is also the result of the long ball protection training he has done these days.

The situation now is that the main team is besieging the substitute side, and the substitute side can't even pass the football. The gap between the main side and the substitute side in the FC United team is very large, and most of the players on the main side are some youth elimination products who have received training from professional teams, although they are eliminated products that have not played in the professional league, but their skills are much better than the average person. The substitutes are amateur players in the true sense of the word, they are just the best among ordinary people.

Even the eliminators of professional players are much better than the average person.

In the case of being besieged, Li Qingshan, as a center forward, was also pressed to his own half to participate in the defense.

He was now remembering the dozens of hours he had been training in his dream last night, and he knew he had to make some changes.

At this time, the main team player's shot was blocked and eye-catching, and the football was cleared by the defender of the substitute side, after seeing the football soaring into the air, Li Qingshan's mind once again clearly appeared the trajectory line of the football, and he quickly ran to the football landing point and controlled the position where the football fell.

He did this the first few times, he always found the landing point of the football to complete the first point of contention, but because the formation was too flat, no teammate could come up in time to pick him up. So every time the football is knocked down by him, it is in the hands of the opponent.

This time, however, defending his Adam. Jones found that Li Qingshan no longer jumped up to fight for the header like he had done the previous times, but stood in place, leaning on him with his back, squeezing back little by little, just like a back-to-back singles in basketball. More than eighty kilograms of weight squeezed in Adam. Jones's body, he couldn't fight at all, he could only be squeezed back by Li Qingshan little by little, and he used his hands and feet to make the final struggle.

This is the football falling from the sky, Li Qingshan's chest is padded to the side, but he doesn't control it to stop farther, but with his skills in stopping the ball, he can stop such a kick and play well.

Adam. Jones was pinned down by him, and there was no way to grab the football. Li Qingshan turned around and caught up with the football that was stopped by him.

Adam. Jones stumbled, it was too late to chase Li Qingshan.

Single Knife!!

Li Qingshan won a single knife!!

This is an opportunity created by him using his strong body and accurate judgment of the landing point!!

There was an open field in front of Li Qingshan, and he went forward to kill the opponent's goal, but the spread was a little bigger, and goalkeeper James Spencer dropped out of the goal to block his one-on-one knife.

"Shot?!"

Li Qingshan was thinking about shooting skills in his mind at the moment, however, he had never shot with his feet since he was a child. In a hurry, he could only think of the heavy artillery he had trained last night.

At this time, James Spencer was getting closer and closer to him, and in a hurry, Li Qingshan clenched his teeth, tightened his right calf, and caught up with the football in two steps.

"Bang !!!!!!!!"

The sound of the kick was so loud that everyone's hearts skipped a beat.

James Spencer only felt a gust of wind fly over his head, and the grass clippings from Li Qingshan's shot fell in front of his eyes.

"Did you shoot high?"

He turned his head hopefully, only to find that the ball had hit the underside of the crossbar, and after hitting the net, it had landed on the turf inside the goal.

He even forgot how to celebrate the goal, scoring with his foot was a big hit in his football career. Li Qingshan has strengthened his confidence in stopping the ball and shooting training at this time, if he has the basic ability to stop the ball and protect the ball and shoot, his role will be several times greater than now.

Carl on the sidelines. Marginson couldn't help but shake his fist at the sight of the goal, which is the center forward he would like to see.

However, the next few attempts ended in failure, either the ball was stopped too big or the shot was too outrageous.

This is the first time Li Qingshan has participated in the team's training, in fact, with his current header ability, there is no problem at all to establish himself in the team of FC United.

But Carl. Marginson's ambitions don't stop there.

FC United have embarked on plans for a new stadium, and a stadium that is entirely a team is a big deal for a team. But relying on their own financial resources to build a new stadium can also cause financial difficulties for the team.

For example, the Premier League giants Arsenal, even Highbury, which has a glorious history of 93 years and has witnessed one championship after another in the history of Arsenal, even if Highbury Stadium, which carries the memories of countless gun fans, Arsenal Club has to choose to leave this land.

The reason is simple, Highbury can only accommodate 30,000 fans. It was less than half the size of its biggest rival at the time, Old Trafford. In terms of annual ticket revenue alone, Arsenal trails Manchester United by almost £3,500.

In 1999, Arsenal's board of directors approved plans for a new stadium to double the capacity of 60,000 people in Ashburton Grove, not far from Highbury, which is what we see today as the Emirates Stadium.

However, as a result of the new stadium, Arsenal secured a £260 million loan from a banking group led by the Royal Bank of Scotland, which at the time had a loan tenure of 14 years. In just 14 years, such a large loan was repaid, and the arsenal has since gone to the road of "house slaves". Arsenal cut back on team spending, tightly controlled budgets, and even bought economy class tickets for players to go out to training and games.

After all, the ticket is only a small amount of money, and Arsenal is even more economical in the transfer market. From 2003, when the Emirates Stadium was heavily built, to 2011, when the loan was paid off at Highbury, Arsenal's net transfer expenditure over eight seasons was just £21 million (i.e. transfer fees minus income). In the same period, Manchester United, Liverpool, and Tottenham all exceeded 100 million, and the emerging forces of Chelsea and Manchester City both exceeded the 400 million mark. Even the team's captains Vieira, Thierry Henry, Gilbert Silva, Galla, Cesc Fabregas, Van Persie and other captains have left the team one after another, leaving behind the sadness of the Gunners fans and the words of good deeds.

Even the Premier League's giants are under financial pressure to build a new stadium, let alone FC United, which is still in the amateur league at this time.

As the meritorious coach of the team, it is natural to consider the financial situation of the team. For amateur teams, the biggest source of income is being able to play a game at the home stadium of a Premier League team, and sometimes the revenue from ticket and broadcast fees is even worth the team's budget for a year or two.

However, ambition needs strength to support it. Karl was well aware of this. This idea of his became even stronger after Li Qingshan's arrival. For a team, having a dominant and powerful center can give you a lot of tactical options when it comes to playing against strong teams.

He looked at Li Qingshan, who kept trying to pick up his teammates on the field but returned again and again in vain, his eyes burned.

He pointed to the players on the field and said to assistant coach Roy, "I'm going to bet on that kid!" ”

Roy looked in the direction of his finger, and he was pointing at the big man on the field, who had been soaked in sweat - Li Qingshan.