Chapter Ninety-Nine: Idol and Peace

Like Liu Shijie, most of the other national youth players also came out with signature pens.

Speaking of which, Li Qingshan is a rare idol in the football industry in China.

Chinese football is really lacking in idols. The emergence of Li Qingshan has undoubtedly filled the gap in this regard.

Just like the basketball craze caused by Yao Ming back then, among today's young people, the football craze caused by Li Qingshan has also flourished.

Li Qingshan's mother, Gao Meimei, has many fans of Li Qingshan in her class.

A sports star can often play an immeasurable role in promoting a sport.

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On a football pitch in a suburb of London, the Under-18/19 boys led by Madaloni met Li Qingshan.

Although I have watched Li Qingshan's game on TV for a long time, it is through the TV screen, which is very different from seeing a real person.

Li Qingshan and the members of the coaching staff are very familiar with each other, Lippi's former assistants in Guangzhou, Madaloni and Li Tie, who are responsible for leading the team to England for training.

Li Qingshan chatted with the two coaches while looking at the young players who came out of the hotel.

These young people all turned their heads frequently to stare at Li Qingshan.

"That's Li Qingshan!"

"Real people look stronger than they look on TV!"

"Of course, this is a striker in the Premier League!"

"If only I were that good!!"

"Forget it, look at your little arms and legs!"

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The players whispered as they walked towards the pitch.

It's training time now, and without the permission of the coach, these young players don't dare to run over and ask for autographs or something........

Li Tie looked at these players and sighed: "This batch of thirty-two players is selected from one hundred and eighty young players in the 97/98 age group in the country, and the base number that can be selected is too small, and the football foundation of our country is too weak." ”

"There's no way around it, maybe it will get better in the future." Li Qingshan also sighed and said.

Li Tie glanced at Li Qingshan, who was standing next to him, maybe football sometimes really needs geniuses. Chinese football is unfortunate, but it is also lucky, because with the emergence of Li Qingshan, there are only more parents who are willing to send their children to the football field in the past two years.

Perhaps it is not a fantasy to wait until the national football team results are slightly better and reproduce the full-name football craze of the 90s.

Li Qingshan spent a day in the training base of the national youth, he trained with the players, and the ability shown by Li Qingshan in the training made the young players envious, which is indeed not the same level as domestic football.

Then after the training, I took a group photo with everyone and met the players' autograph needs one by one.

This naturally includes Liu Shijie.

Liu Shijie looked at the back of Li Qingshan leaving, and he suddenly clenched his fists: "Competing with such a player, life is meaningful!" ”

A teammate next to him listened to Liu Shijie muttering, so he asked, "What are you muttering?" ”

Liu Shijie said: "I said, I want to be such a player too!" ”

"Cut, just you? Let's play the Super League first........"

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Li Qingshan didn't know the impact he had on a young player.

When he returned to Manchester, United regrouped for their next Premier League fixture.

Li Qingshan's state is still stable, and now the English media are not surprised by Li Qingshan's goal, but Li Qingshan's failure to score will surprise them.

On 23 January, Manchester United host Southampton.

After the game against Liverpool, the whole Manchester United team seemed to relax a lot. As a result, United conceded less than six minutes into the game..............

Southampton winger Tadic used his pace to shake off Manchester United's blockade and fired home against David De Gea.

Tadic celebrated at Old Trafford after the goal, and the United fans in the stands were not yet able to recover from the blow of conceding a goal.

The 5-0 win over Liverpool in the last round gave Manchester United fans a lot of confidence, so how can they win at home to Southampton this time?

As soon as he started, Southampton slapped him in the face, and in the first six minutes, Southampton scored a goal, and Manchester United fell behind 0-1 at home!

In fact, if you analyze it carefully, Southampton's recent form is still good, they beat West Brom 3-0 in the last round of the league, and the league has won two in a row without conceding a goal. Counting the goal just now, Tadic has now scored in three consecutive league games.

In the face of such a well-formed Southampton team, Manchester United, who relaxed a little after the big win, it is not surprising that they were scored a goal by their opponents.

After taking the lead, Southampton immediately regained the lead, leaving only a quick winger Tadic up front for a harassing counter-attack, and they soon formed two tight defences in front of their own goal, leaving United to find a way to crack the bus.

Against such an opponent who has surrounded himself as a tortoiseshell, even Manchester United has nothing too good to do.

However, fortunately, Li Qingshan's air superiority can allow Manchester United to choose some simple and direct routines when they can't open the situation - that is, to hit the ball directly into the air above the penalty area.

However, if you simply pass the ball to the penalty area, the success rate is not too high, because Southampton is very careful to press Manchester United's ball-handlers, so that they can't comfortably pass the ball in the air.

However, after many attempts, it can finally get results.

Towards the end of the first half, United finally equalised.

Di Maria barely managed to cross the ball into the box when he was defended closely.

The ball was actually a bit big, Li Qingshan was originally pre-battle, but after Di Maria's cross, he quickly ran to the back point.

finally barely reached the football, but Li Qingshan had no way to directly head the goal.

So he could only head the ball a little and put the ball into the box.

At this time, a black shadow suddenly appeared in the sky above the restricted area.

Fellaini stepped in from the back row, and his height gave him an advantage in the box.

Maybe it was just a rub of his fluffy head, and the ball bounced into the goal from the other side!

One-to-one.

Manchester United equalised.

Neither side achieved anything in the second half. The score is 1-1!

Manchester United were held to a 1-1 draw at home by Southampton!

The draw was also the first time United have dropped points at home this season.

"Li Qingshan didn't score! The striker wasn't at his best this game, which is the most important reason why United failed to win this game. ”

Andy Gray said from the commentary seat.