Chapter Twenty-Eight: Team Adjustments

Hereford United, an opponent from the second division, who were relegated from the first division to the second division last season. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

This opponent was very disappointing to many FC United players, because Hereford United is not very famous, and the second is also a team in the second division, which is much stronger than FC United.

In the eyes of many players, the FA Cup draw will either draw a team with a big name so that they can get more attention, or draw a weak team, preferably a non-league team, so that the team can qualify.

Draw Hereford United, not very famous, not easy to play. There was no oil or water at all.

Li Qingshan took a sip of juice, in fact he didn't think the same way as the rest of his team-mates, he was looking forward to the FA Cup - he preferred the FA Cup to the league. Because it's only in the FA Cup, where any team is allowed to play, that he can meet opponents of a high level and that kind of game is exciting.

As soon as he thought that he could meet opponents in the Premier League and Championship in the FA Cup, Li Qingshan was extremely excited.

In fact, the cup competitions held by the Football Association are basically chicken ribs in other countries, and the league is the most important. But English football is very special, as the oldest football competition in England, and even the oldest football competition in the world, the FA Cup has always enjoyed great popularity, and the FA Cup has always been regarded as one of the most important championship honors in English football since the development of the English football league. This has also attracted countless teams aiming to win the FA Cup.

Until now, apart from the Premier League, the FA Cup has remained the most famous and popular competition. In 1962, the English Football League played the League Cup against the FA Cup, but now the League Cup is completely chicken.........

Only the 92 teams below the League League League have qualified for the League Cup, which severely limits the level of participating teams and does not make the competition more competitive.

On the contrary, the FA Cup, with open arms to welcome all teams to participate, is more influential. This may make many football people reflect on the fact that football is a grassroots sport, and only by involving more people can the sport be more vigorous.

For example, FC United, an amateur team in the seventh tier, got the chance to play a side in the second division of the FA Cup. This also made many amateur teams stage the feat of "slaying the dragon".

Before Li Qingshan came to the UK, he had watched the FA Cup on TV and even seen many amateur teams knock out professional teams.

He couldn't help but get up.

If only we could reach the FA Cup final........ At Wembley Stadium Stadium......... Live TV ..... One Goal Fame....... Sought after by countless media outlets.......

But he was reminded of the FA Cup game against sixth-tier side Salford, who struggled to win away from home. If teams in the sixth tier are struggling so hard, is there no hope for the teams in the second division?

Li Qingshan couldn't help but cast a shadow over the team's FA Cup prospects.

Of course, there is also manager Marginson, who is worried about the team.

Against Salford, Marginson was concerned about his team's defence. The team conceded two goals in a row in the first half, and with the attacking ability of the second division team, it is almost predictable that the team will concede more goals.

After drawing this opponent, Marginson was already collecting information about this team. Hereford United are bottom of the second division, scoring a lot of goals and conceding just as much, and it's a team that clearly has good attacking ability but a shaky defence.

In fact, no matter which professional league team FC United draws, it can only play the opponent's counterattack based on defense, and use the strength of an amateur team to play against a professional team? This will only lead to a more tragic death.

As for how to strengthen the defense, Marginson thought of adding a defender in midfield.

FC United's current formation is 442 in parallel positions, with Li Qingshan and Nick at the front, the two of them are basically not involved in defense, and the forward line partner of one high and one fast is invincible in the league, and the team in the seventh division has not been able to stop their defense.

However, it is a professional league team that they are playing against, and FC United do not have the luxury of having two players who don't have to be involved in defence when playing in a professional league team.

In the training of the day, Marginson announced a new team position, he pulled Nick back to the midfield, considering that Nick has received professional training, the basic skills are still guaranteed, let him add a midfield thickness in the midfield defense. The formation was changed to 451.

As for whether such a change will allow FC United's defense to withstand the impact of the professional league, we will only know after the test of the game.

At the end of the day's training, after saying goodbye to his teammates, Li Qingshan walked towards the door alone.

He had to walk through the training ground, and at dusk, most of the area around the place was empty, and if it weren't for the street lights on the side of the road, many people would think it was a wilderness.

On the way back, Li Qingshan kept thinking about his scoring ability.

He's now scoring with headers from close range, he needs to be close to the opposition goal, and he's also reliant on passes from his team-mates. That's fine in the league, but against a professional team, your team-mates don't have a lot of good crosses.

It was clear from the time we played Salford in the sixth tier that FC United couldn't get the same good passing opportunities as they did in the league.

Now Marginson has moved his team further back and played in the professional league, but it also puts him in a situation where he is often isolated up front.

The long-range shooting that I have been practicing is also ineffective, this kind of shooting skill still needs to be practiced constantly, and the long-range shooting thing is not very efficient in scoring, which is also very understandable, the farther away from the goal, the longer the football runs, and the goalkeeper has more time to save. And the probability of hitting the wrong is also high.

How do you find the back of the net when you're caught up in the middle of the game?

Li Qingshan didn't think too clearly about this question until he entered the world of football training camp again.

After entering the football training camp, Li Qingshan did not race against time to train as usual. Instead, he sat in the hall and confided his questions to Lin Guo.

"Actually, the long-range shooting you have been practicing can solve a lot of your problems, as long as you keep persisting." Lin Guo said.

'It's too slow and what I want is to be able to have a good idea in a week or two, before we play Hereford.'

Lin Guo tilted his head and thought about it. said: "Then you still have to find a way to strengthen your header ability, this is your strongest weapon at the moment." ”

'But it depends on the passing of teammates, and now our team's tactics are to swing the bus and there are not many opportunities for crosses.

"Then you use your ability to create crosses."

"What are you talking about?"

"Create a free kick."

"You mean to let me cheat on fouls? Isn't this a fake fall....."

"Wrong! It's a foul! ”

"Make a foul?"

"Yes, smart players use their bodies and their ball skills to force fouls, and you're strong and you have an advantage in that. Moreover, making fouls is not like the shooting you practice, it takes years of practice. As long as you're smart enough to make a foul. ”

"Do you practice foul making skills?"

"Of course!"

Li Qingshan opened the training system, and sure enough, he found the practice of making fouls.

Foul making: Smart players tend to take advantage of the rules on the field.

Looking at the description of this project, Li Qingshan was a little speechless. You must know that other practice items need to be repeated to have an effect, just like the stop ball he has been training for, showing that the time has been training for more than two months, and he has only increased his stop ball rating by three points, and the score of long-range shooting has increased from the original 37 points to the current 43 points, which is the result of his non-stop training every day for more than two months.

I really didn't expect this system to have a quick practice.

"Are there any other projects that can be rapid?" Li Qingshan asked a little greedily.

"Nope." Lin Guo replied very crisply.

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