Chapter 24: Is it hard to score goals on your head?

Sanders never took his eyes off the opponent's No. 9 brunette big man when he entered the court. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoBefore the game, the coach had already given him the task of marking the opponent's high striker.

The manager's emphasis on the opponent's high school striker made Sanders very unhappy.

"There's a high striker in front of me?"

Sanders pouted, he was nearly two meters tall, one hundred and ninety-eight centimeters tall. As a tall centre-back, he is confident in his head-up effort.

It's a pity that his gaze is destined to be dark, and Li Qingshan didn't notice that there was a big man behind him watching him closely.

Before the game, captain Dean Stott lost the coin guess and was given the right to pick the edge. FC United won the kick-off.

After the referee's whistle, the game officially began.

Li Qingshan ran towards the opponent's half and stood in front of the opponent's two central defenders. At this time, one of the opponent's players suddenly ran in front of him.

"Hey, little man, don't show off your ridiculous header in front of me!"

Li Qingshan has never been caricatured as a dwarf, and his nickname is generally a big man or something. When he turned around, he saw the back of a giant man with a height of two meters turning away.

This made Li Qingshan, who was about to say something, touch his nose.

This time the attacking FC United did not succeed in moving the ball to the front court, and the opponent cut off the ball and was pressing the attack. Li Qingshan glanced at the player who had just provoked him, and the opponent was still staring at him.

Li Qingshan turned his head and ran back to his own half of the court to defend, although his defensive skills are not good, but it is also good for multiple people to intercept in the midfield.

Grantham frustrated FC United with their first attack, which ended with a long-range shot from near the arc of the penalty area that met the ball from the baseline.

Marginson stood on the sidelines. Grantham's attack gave him a hint of danger. However, the amateur league is like this, and sometimes the double reversal is completely unknown, and the opponent's personnel changes and tactical play are difficult to obtain before the game.

Grantham don't often look at FC United before a game. The reasons why they did it were one was that it was their first fight up to the seventh division; The second is that FC United is not as unknown as other amateur teams, but they were on the front page of major media when they were formed.

Marginson could only observe Grantham's tactical play during the game. Grantham don't seem to be an English team, relying mainly on short passes and wingers' dribbles to bring in attack. Their left winger dribbled well, with Grantham's first shot coming when he stomped on the right side of the box a few times before swaying right wing-back Lee Neville down the line and into the box, before slotting a triangle to the edge of the box for the midfielder to finish with a shot from the midfielder. It's a pity that it missed.

Grantham manager McGee also stood on the sidelines, he was only in his thirties this year, and he looked much younger than Marginson, who was already in his fifties next to him. He was not annoyed when he saw his own shot missed, but smiled and applauded to express his appreciation for the attack.

After Li Qingshan saw the opponent's shot missed, he ran towards the vicinity of the opponent's penalty area, ready to receive the goalkeeper's big kick

However, this time, goalkeeper James kicked out of the sideline, and James, who sent this bad serve, hurriedly greeted his teammates and apologized. James' goal-line skills and reflexes are among the best in the amateur league, but unfortunately they are much worse at his feet.

But this is an amateur league, where can players be required to pass every skill.

The serve gave Grantham a throw-in, and they quickly passed the ball to the left with their centre of gravity on the side.

The opposition's left winger received a pass from his team-mate again, and Lee Neville stepped forward to defend, Neville's one-on-one defensive ability was among the best in the FC United team, but he couldn't keep up with the opponent's rhythm now, and the opponent easily shook him off. The last time he attacked the opponent's bottom triangle pass, it was a dangerous shot, and this time Neville deliberately blocked the opponent's bottom line to prevent the opponent from breaking through. This time, however, the opponent suddenly cut inside to brush him off and then suddenly fired a shot at goal.

The shot sent Lee Neville into a cold sweat, and he turned his head to see goalkeeper James fall to the ground and save the ball off the line, and he couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief.

"Nevi, keep an eye on him!!"

James yelled at him after falling to the ground and pounced on the ball.

The two successive attacks created a threat and made the Grantham fans at home particularly excited, with them wildly waving scarves, flags and singing cheering songs, adding to the excitement of the stadium.

And the fans of FC United, who were sitting in the corner, were a little frowning.

"Neville can't seem to stand up to the opponent's left winger"

"Twice in a row!"

"Is there anything that can be done about Maternson?"

"We haven't organized an attack yet!"

The expression on Irma's face at the moment is also not optimistic, and the opponent has a player with strong breakthrough ability, which makes it difficult for FC United to defend. In fact, sometimes the ability to break through is the most difficult attacking ability to defend, and like Dutch winger Arjen Robben, all defenders are wary of his penetrating in-cut shot when defending Robben. Irma, of course, knows this as a long-time fan. The team's defense was in a difficult situation.

"Adam, Adam!!"

Marginson was also a little unsettled, and he called out to central defender Adam. Jones.

"Pay attention to the assistant defense on the right, you go help Neville!"

Marginson didn't have a good way to do it, Lee Neville couldn't stop the opponent's breakthrough alone, he could only add one defender.

Grantham's corner was also on target, with centre-back Saunders snatching the ball into the spot, heading it just over the crossbar.

After holding his head a little in regret, he ran back to his defensive position. When passing by Li Qingshan, he said, "See, Chinese." After speaking, he patted his shiny bald head.

Li Qingshan squinted at the other party, and his opponent was stepping back and provoking himself with his eyes. I feel inexplicable to this bald giant who has repeatedly provoked himself.

This time, James's big kick was finally a little accurate, Li Qingshan occupied the football landing point and stopped the football, protected the ball and divided the football to the right, and then turned around and inserted it in front of the penalty area.

Nick on the wing received a pass from Li Qingshan, and the opponent had already forced two defenders one after the other, and he did not have room to break through, so he passed the ball to Dean Stott, who came to answer.

Stott took the ball and glanced in the direction of the penalty area. Where Li Qingshan is being entangled by the opponent's tall and scary central defender. If it were someone else, Stott would have controlled the ball a bit and looked for a suitable open pass.

However, since there was Li Qingshan in the penalty area, he did not hesitate to hoist the football close to the penalty area with a curling ball. He has great trust in Li Qingshan's ability to compete for a high-altitude landing point. Just look at all the defenders of FC United who were abused by Li Qingshan in training.

Li Qingshan saw the path of the ball in his mind the moment he saw Dean pass the ball, and he moved to the area suitable for the jump and fight for the top under the pull of the opponent's tall central defender.

Sanders clinged to his opponent, and when he saw the opponent suddenly pass a high-altitude ball into the penalty area, he couldn't help but smile contemptuously, just one point in the penalty area, and he was tightly clinging to himself, what threat could he have?

Just when he was about to press Li Qingshan with his chest, he jumped up and down to clear the ball out of the penalty area. Li Qingshan jumped forward suddenly, jumped high, and turned his head before him to hit the goal.

The goalkeeper didn't react and the ball slipped into the net without warning.

Grantham's goal was conceded in what seemed to be a casual tentative attack from FC United. This caused the singing of the home fans, who were originally excited to sing, to a sudden halt.

It's as if the tape recorder was taped.

What's going on? We started with momentum and were dangerous with a couple of shots. There is only one point in the penalty area with this cross, and we also have a tall man who is almost two meters tall, so he was scored a header?

Grantham fans were a little stunned.

The Grantham manager on the sidelines was also furious at the goal, which he believed was the result of a lack of focus on the defence.

The Grantham players on the pitch were not much better, and they threatened several attacks in the opening period, and it looked like the opposition goal was already shaky, but the opponent's first tentative attack pried open their door, which was too much of a morale blow.

The bald giant Sanders was a little depressed at the moment, he had obviously suppressed the opponent with his height advantage, and it looked like the football in the air was about to hit his head, and he could easily clear the siege with a shake of his head, but he thought that the opponent suddenly took a step forward and jumped up to put the ball into the gate when he was fighting against him.

The FC United players didn't care about this, they stepped forward to hug Li Qingshan to celebrate the goal, but Li Qingshan did not come forward to celebrate the goal with them, but turned and walked away.

Just when they were wondering, Li Qingshan had already walked up to Sanders, who was still annoyed by his defensive mistakes, and spread his hands.

"I'm sorry, is it hard to score goals on your head?"