Fengba Greenery

Chapter 15 The first warm-up match

Chapter 15 The first warm-up match

Lille Football Club is a team participating in the Welsh Football Premier League. Its home field is located at the Corbett-Sports Stadium (Corbett-Sports) in Lille, Wales. There are only two low stands and can only accommodate up to [-] spectators.A slight fence around the perimeter is what separates the court from the rest of the surrounding area.

Just like FC United's home court, Li Qingshan couldn't believe it was the home court of a professional team.

This is actually a sports park. Rows of woods divide many football fields, basketball courts, tennis courts and many flat grasslands.

Such a large green court is located in a park surrounded by residential areas, which is rarely seen in China.Li Qingshan looked envious--if there were many such venues in China, the foundation of Chinese football would be better than it is now, not to mention whether it will have any impact on professional football, at least many children who like to play football will no longer use it. Overwhelmed by the venue.

Even though Lille's home court is a bit rough, it doesn't mean that Welsh football is very backward. You must know that Cardiff City in the Premier League is the Welsh team. The Welsh team also has stars such as Giggs, Bell, and Ramsey. The strength cannot be underestimated.

The red bus stopped in the parking lot of the Corbett Stadium. Li Qingshan just jumped off the bus when he saw a familiar figure.

"Lee!" Alma waved to him.Beside her, there is a group of FC United fans following the away game.Although it was a warm-up match, many fans followed to the away game.

He was not a person who was recognized by the fans, and the other players were also stopped by their friends.

This is the case with this level of competition, the relationship between players and fans is very close, they are even very good friends themselves.Said it was a game, it was more like a social event. In the name of football, everyone went outside on a sunny weekend afternoon to relax their body and mind after a week of work.

Makinson did not prevent the players from getting in touch with the fans. FC United's players are not like stars. They often go to the pub for a few drinks with the fans after the game.

"What a coincidence, we came to your bus as soon as we arrived." Alma pointed to the red bus behind Li Qingshan. "Will you play, Lee."

As soon as this question was mentioned, Li Qingshan's face brightened a lot, and his voice became louder: "I'm starting this time."

Alma laughed: "Then I will cheer for you, Li!"

Then he pointed to the jersey in his hand: "Is this your jersey?"

Some fans around were also attracted, after all Li Qingshan is a new face in the team.

Li Qingshan unfolded his jersey, revealing the number "9" on it

"Wow, the main number!" some fans exclaimed.

At this time, fans rushed up, wanting to see the player wearing the team's No. [-] jersey.Li Qingshan's tall and strong body made the fans feel at ease.

At this time, Ma Jinson clapped his hands and shouted: "Okay, guys, it's time to warm up."

Li Qingshan bid farewell to Alma, and followed Ma Jinson into the stadium.

After watching Li Qingshan leave, Alma led the fans straight to the back of the stadium goal. There were no stands or seats, and they stood on the sidelines, holding on to the railing.

The position behind the goal has traditionally been reserved for die-hard fans.The most famous fan stands of all clubs must be located behind the goal, such as the KOP stand at Anfield and the South Stand at Westfaron Stadium.

A group of people rushed to the back of the goal. The men protected Alma in the middle and took a place behind the goal.After standing still, I started to talk about the next game.

"The team's new big man looks very capable..." the chubby freckled Cody John said while stuffing French fries into his mouth.

"You know again? I think it's better to keep the strike partner from last season. Matthew performed so well last season." The thin Philip on the other side of him habitually sang the opposite tune.

"Hey, Lee is someone I scouted for the team" Alma who was beside them interrupted their conversation. "and….."

Alma bought a pass.

"And what?" asked Fat John.

"And he will still be your classmate," Alma said.

"What a coincidence..." Philip laughed. "Then we'll have to cheer for him later."

At this time, the sun is still slowly slanting to the west, and the FC United fans occupying the position behind the goal are directly shining.The harsh sunlight made Alma squint her eyes.

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The players of FC United came to the visiting team's dressing room.After changing clothes in the locker room, Makinson explained the tactics to the players.

FC United's tactics are very simple. In fact, in England's low-level league matches, everyone's tactics are very simple. Most of them are long passes, trying to beat teams that play technical skills at their feet. Not far in the lower leagues.Because the movements of this kind of game are very rough, but there are very few fouls.The standards of referees are very wide. In general professional leagues, actions that must be fouled are just commonplace in this level. If every action is blown, a game cannot be played coherently.

The game style of the League One League is enough to make some Premier League players lament that the League One game is a rugby game. If they come to the seventh-level league, they probably won’t think it’s a football game at all, but an unrestricted fighting competition... ...

"The opponent is stronger than us, and we will defend and counterattack this time." This is obvious. No matter what the opponent is, it is still a professional team, and its strength is much stronger than FC United.

"Try to pass the ball to Dean," Makinson then said to the players. "Dean, you take the ball and pay attention to where Lee and Nick are."

The players nodded in their seats.

"Don't stick to the ball at the back, pass forward when the ball is broken"

"Li, control the high-altitude ball in the frontcourt, pass the ball to Nick, and you go to respond to Nick's cross."

Ma Jinson's tactics are as simple as that. He uses Dean, Nick, and Li Qingshan to attack. He doesn't have any targeted deployment for the opponent.Because he doesn't know much more about this opponent than the players sitting here, and everyone knows nothing.This level of competition is like this, amateur teams don't have scouts who specialize in collecting opponent information.The most important thing is to play yourself.As long as you can play your own level, winning is not difficult.

When the FC United players walked out of the dressing room to warm up, there were more fans on the pitch than before, and the enthusiastic Lille fans flocked.Except for the low stands on both sides, more and more fans gathered on both sides of the stadium, enclosing the stadium with three layers inside and three layers outside.Some fans even climbed up the landscape trees around the stadium and sat on the forked trunks to look down.There is also a small hill next to the stadium, and a group of watching fans gathered on the top of the hill.

In England, the birthplace of modern football, the football tradition is very strong.On such a sunny Sunday afternoon, I came to the simple park court with my friends to watch my team play a game with their opponents. Regardless of winning or losing, we went to the bar for a drink after the game, and spent a wonderful time like this weekend.

Li Qingshan followed his teammates into the field to warm up.

Behind the goal in this half of their warm-up is the gathering place of FC United fans.They chanted cheering slogans for the team neatly.However, their voices were immediately overshadowed by the fans of the home team.Fans on both sides started fighting before the game even started.

This is also part of football culture, cooperation and confrontation.

After the warm-up was over, the substitute players returned to the bench. Although it was only a warm-up match, the set of procedures before the game was quite formal. The captains of both sides came out to guess the heads and tails of the coin.

In the end, Dean lost the right to pick a side and got the right to kick off.The opponent chose the side facing away from the sun, that is, the west half. In this way, FC United and Manchester United had to face the glare of the sun during the game in the first half, which would obviously limit their performance.

Li Qingshan stood on the left outside the middle circle, moving his ankle and wrist joints, waiting for his opponent to serve.

(End of this chapter)