Chapter 33 Do You Want to Learn Long Pass From Me?

The news that Li Qing signed a contract with Gestifute, owned by Mendes, spread quickly, but because it was during the Spanish national derby, it did not become the focus of fans. After all, Li Qing was only a little famous in Merseyside, and was still a little weaker than Sancho, Foden, Hudson-Odoi and other talents in England.

There were still ten days before Christmas. Li Qing got a month-long vacation after finishing his last class at the Blue Coat Middle School, and school would not start until the middle of next year.

But the vacation did not come for Li Qing, because he still had to train for a week at the Kirkby Youth Training Academy to prepare for the National Youth Super League and Youth FA Cup 1/16 finals in the middle of next month.

As usual, he came to the U18 Youth Team's dedicated training ground at Kirkby Youth Training Academy early and found that someone had arrived earlier than him.

Looking around, the middle-aged man was wearing a Liverpool training shirt and had a standard athlete's figure. He didn't look like a teammate at all.

Could it be... Oliver Morgan, who also serves as a physical trainer?

But he quickly overturned this possibility, because the middle-aged man had a flat head, while Oliver Morgan had medium-long hair.

Who is that?

Huh?

Why does he look so familiar?

It seems like I have seen him somewhere before.

It was not until Li Qing walked to the edge of the court that he saw who the man was, and he was stunned.

Because that man was Liverpool's legendary captain-Steven Gerrard!

The longest-serving captain in Liverpool's history, the captain with the most games, and the record holder for European goals in the team's history.

Gerrard saw someone coming from the corner of his eye, and his mouth slightly raised. He raised his right foot and kicked the falling football forward. Li Qing subconsciously stepped on the fast-rolling football under his feet.

"Hi, you came to the training ground so early, I guess you are Qing Lee?"

Li Qing was stunned for a moment. Isn't this Qing Lee his English name?

It feels like Gerrard is greeting him!

"Yes, yes."

He nodded excitedly, and became extremely excited, a little incoherent: "You...you are Steven Gerrard? Liverpool's longest-serving captain?"

"Yes, I am the Steven Gerrard you are talking about."

Gerrard had a smile on his face, and he pointed his finger at the football under Li Qing's feet. The latter immediately understood and kicked the football back. Gerrard placed the football, took two steps back, and said to Li Qing: "Li, do you think I can hit the intersection of the left goal post and the crossbar of the opposite goal?"

Li Qing did not answer immediately, but looked up and roughly estimated the distance in his mind. The distance between the two points was at least 80 meters. He said uncertainly: "It's so far, it shouldn't be possible to kick it?"

"Hey~"

Gerrard smiled slightly and lowered his head to run.

"Boom~"

The football flew up into the air, with obvious top-down rotation, and slowly fell after flying more than 50 meters. Then, in Li Qing's surprised eyes, it hit the intersection of the left goal and the crossbar 80 meters away with a "bang".

Damn!

So accurate?

Is the person in front of him Gerrard or Beckham?

"What?"

Gerrard looked at Li Qing proudly.

"Uh... very accurate."

In fact, Li Qing wanted to say that it was a guess, right?"

Gerrard has rich life experience, so how could he not see the far-fetchedness in Li Qing's words?

So, he took out three more footballs from the iron basket and placed them near the place where he had just kicked the ball.

"Watch it."

Gerrard's casual expression became focused, and after retreating to a sufficient distance, he kicked the football three meters in front of him one by one.

The landing point was as accurate as the previous long pass, just like a copy, hitting three times in a row.

"Oh my god! It's so accurate! "

When Li Qing saw the third football hit the same position, he blurted out subconsciously, with a face full of shock.

In fact, it is not difficult to understand Li Qing's reaction. Gerrard's fans always talked about his powerful long-range shot and his ability to score after joining the attack. When he played for Liverpool, Xabi Alonso made long passes and dispatches, and Beckham and Lampard made long passes for the national team. There was no need to use his long pass ability, so many people ignored Gerrard's long pass ability.

Gerrard was very satisfied with Li Qing's reaction. He put his left hand in his pocket naturally, patted Li Qing's shoulder with his right hand, and said calmly: "It's easy to hit the target, but it's hard to do it in a real football game."

Li Qing looked at Gerrard's back and nodded slightly. A real football game must be a race against time. The opponent's defensive players will never give the offensive players an easy environment to handle the ball.

Thinking that Gerrard has an extremely accurate long-range shot, the long pass transfer in the game must be very accurate.

Gerrard looked at Li Qing with a smile: "Do you want to learn long passes from me? "

As soon as the words fell, Li Qing's expression immediately became excited, his eyes sparkling: "Are you willing to teach me long passes?"

"Of course!"

Gerard took out a few more footballs from the iron basket and randomly placed them on the grass, then took a football training pole and placed it about fifty meters away.

"Kick it for me, the target is the vertical pole, no matter where it is, as long as you kick it, it's fine."

Li Qing nodded attentively, retreated to a sufficient distance, and kicked the football according to the footwork he had in mind.

"Boom"

The football flew into the air, and unlike the straight up and down kick by Gerrard, it had a slight arc, so that the landing point was slightly off and did not hit the pole.

"Li, there are a few problems with your footwork and the position of the ball."

Listening to these words, Li Qing was like a good student eager for knowledge, staring at Gerrard intently, with a puzzled look on his face. Gerrard smiled and continued: "The general position of the long pass is from the second big toe bone to the ankle, that is, here."

As he said, he squatted on the ground and pinched the inside of Li Qing's left foot with his hands.

Li Qing gave an expression of "I see", and Gerrard stood up with his hands behind his back: "There are three types of long pass footwork, namely, backspin long pass, forwardspin long pass and side spin long pass. Your previous long pass touched the ball a little off, and the footwork you chose was a side spin kick that was biased towards the cross."

You don't know until you hear this, it turns out... there are so many ways to long pass!

I really benefited a lot!