Chapter 50 Free Kick Quickly Opens

The Youth FA Cup system is basically the same as the Adult FA Cup system. The Adult FA Cup is a one-off match from the beginning to the final, and the final will be held at the new Wembley Stadium. The Youth FA Cup is a one-off match from the first round to the quarter-finals. The venue is determined by drawing lots, and the winners of the semi-finals and finals are calculated based on the home and away rounds.

The 1/16 finals of Manchester City U18 against Liverpool U18 at home is a one-off match. If the game ends in a draw, the two sides will play a 30-minute overtime. If the overtime cannot determine the winner, the game will enter a brutal penalty shootout.

Of course, the regular time of 90 minutes has not yet ended, and the overtime and penalty shootout are still a long way off. Li Qing, the youngest player in this game, naturally clenched his fists. Although his team's defense is not strong, he wants to help the team advance to the top 16 by himself!

Previously, agent Mendes had communicated with the first-team coach Klopp, saying that Li Qing's current strength is several levels higher than that of U18 players, and there is little value in being promoted to U23 for training, and he hopes to be able to enter the first team.

If there is no position in the first team, then the club hopes that Li Qing will be allowed to train in other teams.

Klopp made it clear that he decided to stay in this Youth FA Cup. If he performs well, he can enter the first team, otherwise he will be loaned to teams willing to provide playing opportunities.

The three goals can be said to be extremely outstanding, but Li Qing does not want to experience the feeling of losing, so he decided to help the team score another goal to overtake the score in a limited time and advance to the top 16 of the Youth FA Cup.

Liverpool U18 coach Neil Critchley made personnel adjustments before the game resumed. He replaced Glenn McAuley with Brewster to increase the tacit understanding between the frontcourt players and Li Qing.

The score returned to a balanced state, but time was running out. Both sides became cautious in attacking. The threatening balls that Manchester City U18 had been trying to pass a while ago were rarely passed. Obviously, they were worried that the high-return and low-success-rate passes would be seen through by the opponent, thus launching a high-quality counterattack.

Of course, this is also related to the decline in the players' physical fitness. Once the ball is cut off, it is difficult to have the physical strength to chase back. Even if the chase is timely, what about the next time?

Li Qing's physical fitness has also declined, but the head coach did not assign him a defensive task, so he was still able to sprint at full speed for more than ten minutes into the game.

Manchester City U18 head coach Lee Carsley saw that Li Qing was still in good physical condition and realized that the situation might be very bad, so he took advantage of a dead ball opportunity to pull Foden to explain.

So, this Youth FA Cup 1/16 final entered the slowest moment since the start of the game.

The game entered a slow rhythm, and Liverpool U18 players got a rare breathing opportunity. The scene became stalemate and no one could do anything to anyone.

Ten minutes passed quickly in the stalemate. When the game came to the 85th minute, the three substitutions available to both sides had been used up. Unfortunately, the stalemate of the score could not arouse the players' determination to score, which led to the score being unable to change.

As the game time was getting shorter and shorter, Li Qing found that Manchester City U18's defense was getting more and more layered, especially his active offensive right wing.

In order to face goalkeeper A. Muric, he had to overcome five levels and kill six generals. With his current skills, dribbling and ball control values, it was difficult to do so, so he secretly bought two five-star technical cards in the system mall and waited for the opportunity to use them.

Sancho, Diaz and Foden, the three star players, were affected by the decline in physical fitness, and their offensive enthusiasm declined, but it did not mean that they did not want to attack, but they were accumulating physical strength and waiting for the opportunity to kill the game!

Goals scored during this period were tantamount to lore!

In a blink of an eye, three minutes had passed in the game. Diaz's dribbling in front of the penalty area was intercepted by Harvey White, and Liverpool U18 got the opportunity to switch from defense to offense.

According to the arrangement of head coach Neil Critchley, the ball should go to Li Qing as soon as possible.

Dillman, who came on as a substitute, rushed to Li Qing as soon as possible and committed a foul before he received the ball.

The referee blew his whistle, indicating that Dillman had committed a foul.

Li Qing had a wide field of vision and saw that the Manchester City U18 players were replaying slowly. He suddenly realized that this might be a good counterattack opportunity.

He quickly stood up from the ground, stopped the football that he had fallen and held in his arms, and then quickly kicked it to Brewster, who came on as a substitute.

Brewster and Li Qing seemed to have a natural tacit understanding. He passed the football forward without stopping.

Dillman, who committed a foul, was still talking to the referee when he suddenly heard a roar from behind: "Defense!"

At the same time, Dillman felt a strong wind coming from his side. He turned around and saw that... it was Li Qing, the most threatening player of Liverpool U18!

Oops!

Almost all Manchester City U18 players thought that Liverpool U18 would take a leisurely free kick from the backcourt, and their running back speed was relatively slow. It was not until Brewster kicked the ball to Li Qing that they suddenly realized something...

Li Qing dribbled the ball forward quickly, and Latibodière, whose physical strength had obviously declined, bumped into Li Qing from the side with a yellow card on his back, but he obviously underestimated Li Qing's speed and overestimated his own speed, and the two did not have any physical contact.

To outsiders, Latibodière looked more like he fell to the ground while running.

Manchester City U18's two central defenders T. Wilson and E. Francis quickly returned to defense, keeping a distance from each other, and the defensive midfielder Giovanni reached out to pull Brewster who was trying to connect.

Li Qing, who was dribbling the ball, could quickly understand the situation even without looking up. He quickly dribbled the ball across the center line and took the initiative to dribble the ball to find T. Wilson and E. Francis.

Manchester City U18 had three defenders in the backcourt, and head coach Lee Carsley felt annoyed instantly. When everyone's attention was on the court, he rushed to the sidelines and roared loudly: "Foul!"