Football: The strongest post-2000s Chapter 025

The Liverpool U 18 youth team is currently ranked third in the North Division, only behind Manchester City U 18 and Manchester United U 18. Due to the 2- 2 draw in the Manchester Derby at Carrington, Liverpool U 18 was given a chance to overtake Manchester United youth team and climb to second place in the league.

However, with the opportunity in front of them, whether they can seize it still depends on Liverpool U 18’s performance.

Glenn McAuley is Liverpool U 18’s top scorer. From the start of the match, he was tightly marked by Middlesbrough youth team players, getting very few shooting opportunities, which led to Liverpool U 18’s offense being all talk and no action.

The first forty-five minutes of the first half ended with a score of 0- 0.

Li Qing, sitting with Brewster, was already eager to try, waiting for head coach Neil Critchley’s call, but two consecutive substitutions had nothing to do with him.

Frustrating!

In the blink of an eye, the match reached the seventieth minute of the full game, and the score was still 0- 0. If the game ended with the current score, the top three positions would not change, and they might even be caught up by fourth-placed Blackburn U 18.

It wasn’t until the seventy-fifth minute that Li Qing heard head coach Neil Critchley’s voice, like music to his ears: “Li, go warm up, come back in ten minutes.”

Ten minutes later would be the eighty-fifth minute, so… would that be too late?

He thought so in his heart, but his body reacted very quickly. He quickly took off his heavy down jacket and ran towards the warm-up area.

Five minutes of regular time can be said to be very short, but if you add injury time, it will be at least eight minutes.

To score a goal, eight minutes, that’s enough.

Or rather, five minutes of regular time would be enough for him to score.

His strength is already good enough to play in the Premier League; playing in the National Youth Super League should be a piece of cake, right?

At the same time, Adekanye’s envious gaze deeply fixated on Li Qing, who was running to warm up. He suddenly felt that this winter seemed even colder, so cold that he couldn’t help but shiver, and he unconsciously wrapped his down jacket tighter around him.

In the eighty-sixth minute, Brewster’s shot went wide of the goalpost. The referee blew his whistle, signaling a substitution on the sidelines.

Li Qing, wearing jersey number twenty-eight, replaced number nine Glenn McAuley.

Although Glenn McAuley was very reluctant, he still had to obey the coach’s arrangement. However, he did not complete the normal exchange ritual with Li Qing – a high-five.

Adekanye and Glenn McAuley were clearly in the same group. Li Qing had already guessed this outcome, so he had no emotional fluctuations. In fact, he became excited because of the system’s prompt.

“Ding! Congratulations to the host for completing the task [Replace Bobby Adekanye as starting winger, participate in the National Youth Super League], gaining 5 ability points and 10 gold coins.”

Head coach Neil Critchley, on the other hand, raised an eyebrow, thinking that Glenn McAuley lacked sportsmanship.

However, his attention was quickly drawn to Li Qing, who came on as a substitute. With only four minutes of regular time remaining, whether they could break the deadlock and win depended on Li Qing, whose ability was clearly superior to their own players.

English players are generally strong. Although Li Qing now weighed fifty-seven kilograms, he was still thinner than most Middlesbrough players. Middlesbrough U 18 head coach Liddle’s nervous mood gradually calmed down.

Liverpool, playing at home, would definitely strengthen their offense in the final period, but the last substitution was not a tall center forward. Does that mean they would continue to pass and control to find opportunities in the last few minutes?

If that were the case, then… they would gladly accept one point.

This match was Li Qing’s first U 18 game, and he cherished it especially. After receiving the 5 ability points reward, he mindlessly added all of them to the [Strength] stat, making it reach the passing line of 60.

His seemingly slender body contained no small amount of power!

The football, after multiple passes, rolled along the grass to Li Qing’s feet on the attacking right wing.

As soon as he controlled the ball, two Middlesbrough U 18 defenders appeared in front of him, and another defender was watching intently in the ribs. It would be a bit difficult to complete a successful breakthrough.

Then again, where there’s a will, there’s a way!

As a man who wanted to challenge for the world’s number one position on the green pitch, how could he stumble in a U 18 match?

Li Qing raised his right index finger and extended it forward, signaling right-back Johnstone to run forward.

The attention of the defending player near the outside line was instantly drawn to Johnstone, who was running along the sideline. Just then, Li Qing, controlling