Young Football Player

The national team match day is over. For Dundee United, the most critical month of the season has arrived.

In the next month, Dundee United will have five league games related to the final championship. At the same time, there will be two very difficult Europa League semi-finals. If they have played the semi-finals, they have to prepare for one more game Europa League final.

"As far as the current results are concerned, Dundee United has been successful this season. They have won a League Cup and secured a qualification for the Champions League. A long-established team, but this kind of success can only be regarded as ordinary success."

"If Dundee United can continue to exert their strength in the next month and beat Celtic to win the Scottish Super League title, it will be considered a great success."

"Even if they beat the Celtics to win the championship, they can also win the Europa League this season. That would be a super super success..."

When he got up in the morning, Li Chenglong saw Old John lying on the sofa watching TV, the sports channel on the TV, and the interview guest was talking about such words.

On April 14th, in the 34th round of the Scottish Super League, Dundee United went to an away game to challenge St. Johnstone.

This season, the Scottish Premier League, Dundee United and Celtic have secured two Champions League qualifications, and there are three Europa League qualifications, one of which will be reserved for the FA Cup winner, and the remaining two will be awarded by Mather Ware, St. Johnstone and Hearts contend.

So in this game, St. Johnstone wants to make a difference at home.

However, Dundee United did not give them a chance, scored a goal in each half, and won the game with a score of 2:0.

Li Chenglong sent an assist, and at the same time indirectly forced the opponent to play one less player.

At the beginning of the second half, Lee Chenglong hit the arm of the opposing Spaniard Fran Sandaza with a pass, and the referee came over and gave him a yellow card.

But this guy refused to accept it, and rushed to the referee and yelled, thinking that it was a ball hitter, and he didn't hit the ball with his hands on purpose.

So this guy immediately got a second yellow card for yelling at the referee and was sent off.

As a result, Dundee United was able to play one more player, and then Li Chenglong sent an assist to seal the victory.

While Dundee United won the game away, Celtic also won Motherwell 3-0 away.

Therefore, the point difference between the two teams has not changed, and the Celtics continue to lead Dundee United by one point.

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After winning St. Johnstone, the Dundee United team quickly returned to Dundee, preparing for the Europa League semi-finals in the middle of last week.

On April 18th, Diego Simeone arrived in Scotland with the sheet army, and many British media went to the airport to greet them.

Atletico Madrid is already a strong team in La Liga, and there are many stars in the team.

On the front line, there is the famous Tiger Falcao, who is known as the king of the Europa League. In the midfield, there are the Brazilian Diego who was once famous in Germany, the Turan Turan who is rising rapidly, and the famous Spanish star Koke. The Uruguayan Godin is also very famous, as well as the Belgian goalkeeper Courtois who is on fire in La Liga.

Atletico Madrid not only has many stars, but also the head coach Diego Simeone is also very topical.

In the 1998 World Cup, Beckham's red card was very famous, and Simeone was the direct maker of that red card.

This is the first time Simeone has set foot on British soil after the end of his player era.

Naturally, the British media should seize the opportunity to make a good hype.

Even the media from England rushed to Scotland.

When he came out of the airport, Simeone was Atletico Madrid's internal superstar, and many reporters came for him.

"Coach Simeone, there is a super rookie in the Dundee United team, Bruce Lee, who is called the Beckham of Scotland by the fans, do you know?"

"Have you thought about how to defend this new Beckham?"

"Have you figured out how to make his red card?"

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Simeone didn't speak the whole time, and walked ahead with a dark face.

Following behind, Falcao, who couldn't understand English, said strangely: "The coach is so popular in the UK. Almost all the reporters went for him."

Since joining Atletico Madrid, Falcao has been the most popular player in the Atletico Madrid team. Almost everywhere he played, reporters flocked to interview him.

But this time, Falcao felt left out.

On the other side, Courtois, who could understand English and knew about the incident between Simeone and Beckham, had a black line on his face and didn't know how to explain it.

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At 8:00 pm on April 19th, UK time, the first round of the Europa League semi-finals will start.

In this game, the momentum of the Tanatis Park Stadium was very strong.

The home fans were all uniformly dressed in yellow players, yellow flags were waving around in the stands, and there was a big mosaic of Jackie Chan's personal portrait.

"This is the first time in 25 years that Dundee United has reached the European semi-finals again, and it is also the third time in their team history that they have reached the European semi-finals, so the fans of Dundee United are very excited and enthusiastic."

"And Dundee United's opponents this time are also very strong. Although Atletico Madrid did not perform well in the first half of the season, since Simeone took over at the end of December, their performance has climbed steadily, and they have climbed from 10th in the La Liga standings. At the current fifth place, there is still a chance to compete for a Champions League qualification."

"And they performed better in the Europa League. Since Simeone took over, Atletico Madrid has maintained a complete victory in the Europa League."

"That is to say, in the previous knockout rounds, they all advanced by double-killing their opponents. The opponents they double-killed include Serie A Lazio, Turkish Super League Besiktas, and Portuguese Super League Sporting Lisbon. They are all very powerful teams. .”

"So this game is definitely a huge challenge for Dundee United."

The Scottish commentator is talking about the strength of Atletico Madrid, while the Chinese commentator Xinlang is talking about Li Chenglong's statistics.

"Currently Lee Jackie and Huntelaar are tied for the top scorer list in the UEFA Europa League with 9 goals, but Falcao has already caught up behind him. Falcao's goals have reached 8, only one goal away from Lee Chenglong. .”

"So this series is not just a battle for the final spot, but also a battle for the Europa League Golden Boot."

"In the Europa League last season, Falcao not only helped the Portuguese Super League Porto win the championship, he also scored 18 goals very explosively, becoming the player with the most goals in a single season in the history of European competitions. He also has the title of the king of the Europa League."

"And this season, Falcao obviously has the intention of defending the Europa League Golden Boot, and Jackie Chan is the stumbling block in front of him."

When everything is ready, the much-watched semi-finals of the Europa League officially kicked off.

At the beginning of the game, Atletico Madrid was very polite and took the initiative to give up the ball and let Dundee United attack.

So amid the cheers of the home fans, Dundee United attacked for 20 minutes, but found that every attack of their own seemed to hit a solid wall. Not only did they not create a threat, but the opponent's quick counterattack almost broke the goal.

Peter Houston on the sidelines began to scratch his head. He turned his head to look at the sloppy guy who was commanding in the coaching area on the other side, and realized that he seemed to have underestimated him.

Houston originally thought that the opponent was a temporary firefighting coach with no level, and a group of talented stars in the team, but he played a very conservative defensive counterattack, which was definitely not high.

But now when I see the truth, I find that this defense is definitely not something that ordinary coaches can train. Dundee United seems to have become a tiger eating the sky, and there is no way to say anything.

On the court, Lee Chenglong felt the most obvious. Before playing against the two German teams, he didn't feel how good the opponent's defense was.

But in this game, Li Chenglong found that the opponent could always limit the passes from his teammates, and he never received a comfortable pass.

Even if he managed to receive the pass, someone around him was trying to interfere immediately, and he wasted his efforts to pass one, and the other defense suddenly appeared in front of him like a flash.

Li Chenglong has truly realized what suffocation defense is.

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