Fengba Greenery

Chapter 34 Invitations to Professional Teams and the FA Cup
Chapter 34 Invitations to professional teams and the FA Cup
This happy mood was maintained until Li Qingshan came to the training ground.

But he found that today was a bit different. Usually when he came, Nick had already started his training.Today Li Qingshan found Nick sitting alone on the lawn of the field, surrounded by a pile of scattered footballs.

"Hi, Nick, I'm here." Li Qingshan walked forward and said hello.

Nick glanced back, and turned his head away.He opened his mouth, as if he wanted to say something, but he didn't speak.

At this time, the carefree Li Qingshan finally found out that something was wrong with Nick.

"Do you have anything to say?" Li Qingshan walked to Nick and finished.

"That..." Nick raised his head suddenly, "There is something."

"On the way to training, I ran into Graeme Turner."

Li Qingshan frowned, expressing that he had never heard of this name.

"It's the head coach of yesterday's team, Hereford United." Nick explained.

"He said Hereford United wanted to sign me. He liked my speed."

Li Qingshan's originally happy mood was instantly clouded.He also wanted to say something, but in the end he didn't speak.Who wouldn't be tempted to receive an invitation from a professional league team?

He finally asked: "You agreed?"

Nick looked up: "Yes, I want to play in the professional league."

He paused and continued: "From childhood to now, everything revolves around football. If I can't play football, I don't know what else I can do."

Li Qingshan didn't know what to feel in his heart... a little envious, a little disappointed, maybe a little yearning.

"Good luck, Nick." In the end, Li Qingshan didn't say anything.

However, the news that Nick was favored by the Second Division team quickly spread within the team.Many people have come to ask if Nick is real.After getting Nick's acknowledgment, everyone had different reactions, some were envious, some were indifferent, and some wanted to persuade him to stay but couldn't speak up.

For a seventh-level amateur team, it is not uncommon for a player to be poached by the professional league, but it is not unheard of.Most of the people in this team have received professional football training, and it is not surprising that some of them are qualified for the ability requirements of professional leagues.

Especially this season, they have maintained a complete victory in the league so far, and eliminated a team from the second division in the FA Cup.Maybe next season more players will be poached by other teams. FC United is just an amateur team. If there is a better development opportunity, how many people can not be tempted?

The news that Nick will leave the team soon caused a little disturbance within the team, but it did not affect the team's performance in the league.They will face a fifth-tier non-league team, Mansfield, in the second round of the FA Cup on November 11.

There is still more than a month before this game, and before that, they will play six rounds of the league.

In these six league rounds, FC United and Manchester finally suffered their first loss of the season. On November 11, they lost 17:3 at home to Rachel Olympic.Although Li Qingshan scored twice in the game and assisted Nick to help the team score three goals, the team's lax defense allowed the opponent to score four goals.

After losing this game, FC United's winning streak this season ended at [-] consecutive victories.Broke the winning streak record in team history, but did not break the winning streak record in the league.

This made Li Qingshan feel a little regretful, he was still thinking about breaking the league winning streak and maybe getting a football training camp reward.

Ma Jinson didn't care too much about the loss of this game. After all, they have won [-] consecutive league rounds. If you count the three FA Cup qualifying games and one FA Cup match, they have already won [-] games this season. No wins, no losses, not even a draw.This is a rather terrifying record. After all, players are not robots. When the record of winning streak becomes a kind of pressure, it is not a big problem to lose a league that has nothing to do with the overall situation at an appropriate time.

At least it is much stronger than losing the second round of the FA Cup.

This round of lottery is undoubtedly a good lottery for FC United, and the lack of a league team has greatly reduced the pressure on Makinson.If you play well, it will no longer be a dream to lead the team to the third round in history.

Of course, it is not so easy to eliminate a fifth-level team. For Mansfield, getting FC United is even more of a top pick.

To some extent, it is more difficult for FC United to draw a fifth-level team, because the strength of the fifth-level team is undoubtedly much stronger than that of the seventh-level FC United.Moreover, FC United had just eliminated a second division team in the last round, so Mephisto naturally didn't have much thought of underestimating the enemy.More importantly, the winners of this round will advance to the third round of the FA Cup, when teams from the English Championship and the Premier League will also join in. Ticket revenue is also a windfall for an amateur team.

Sure enough, FC United Manchester underestimated the difficulty of this game.

They were already two goals behind each other in the 10th minute of the first half.Depressed, James Spencer scooped up the football from his goal and kicked it into the sky in a venting manner.

Markinson also frowned off the field. He was very dissatisfied with the team's state in the away game. The team's state seemed to be stuck in the last league loss.But he didn't have much better way. The team was still in a defensive and counterattack formation, but they couldn't prevent the opponent's onslaught in the first half.And the opponent's two long-range shots penetrated the goal of James' handle.The probability of long-range goals is not high, but now the opponent has scored two long-range shots after playing for 10 minutes, which makes FC United players helpless.

He glanced at Li Qingshan who was on the field. As the team's most important scorer, Ma Jinsen could only count on his performance now.

Fortunately, before the end of the first half, Li Qingshan created a set kick near the baseline, which was closer to the goal than a corner kick.

Li Qingshan then responded with a header from Dean Stott's free kick to get the team back.This goal also made Ma Jinson's hanging heart a little more at ease.

After this goal, the first half of the game ended quickly, and FC United entered the locker room with a score of 1:2.

The atmosphere in the locker room was a little silent. Apart from the fact that the team fell behind in the first half, it had something to do with Nick's departure.After this game, Nick will report to his new team.After all, Nick signed an amateur contract with the team, and he can leave the team at any time, but he still waits until the second round of the FA Cup before leaving.

He hopes to help the team advance to the third round.However, in the first half of the game, he didn't have many opportunities to perform. The opponent obviously knew the characteristics of FC United players.

Nick, who was originally a little introverted, was even more silent now.

Seeing the silent atmosphere of the team, Li Qingshan was inexplicably angry, and he stood up from his seat abruptly.

"We even eliminated the teams from the Second Division. This team is nothing."

The surrounding teammates looked up at Li Qingshan in surprise, Li Qingshan rarely spoke in the locker room, it was the first time he stood up and spoke like this today.

Seeing his teammates looking at him, Li Qingshan suddenly didn't know what to say next. Fortunately, the captain Dean Stott also stood up at this time.

"Li was right. We had a chance to score in the second half. Everyone knows the power of Li's header."

"That's right, I won't give them long shots in the second half!" Defensive midfielder David Butch also stood up and said.

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The teammates stood up to express their views, and the locker room quickly got rid of the previous silence.

Ma Jinson stood outside the door. He was a little worried about the morale of the team at first, but now he doesn't seem to worry much.

He pushed open the door and walked in.Start to arrange the tactics for the second half.

FC United's tactics in the second half were simpler. They seemed to have given up on the midfield. Except for Li Qingshan, the other players retreated to the penalty area line to defend, and moved forward as soon as the ball was broken.

Game No. 601 minutes, Li Qingshan took the ball with his back in the front court, and the opponent's defensive player tried to interfere with the steal, but now Li Qingshan is not what it used to be, relying on the physical advantage of his height and long legs, it is difficult for the opponent to grab the ball from his feet Come.

After observing Nick's running position out of the corner of his eye, he sweeps the football forward.Then turned around and ran towards the restricted area.

Nick used his speed to throw off all the defensive players and catch up with the football. He passed directly to the penalty area without stopping the ball.Li Qingshan jumped high in the penalty area, shaking his head and attacking the goal.In the case of judging the landing point in advance, it is difficult for the defensive player to defend successfully in this passive situation.

The ball went in! FC United equalized the score.

This kind of offensive coordination has often been staged in this season's games.

It's a pity that I won't be able to see it after this game, and Ma Jinson sighed in his heart.Although the team equalized the score, he did not appear very excited. He is now considering the offensive routine without Nick.

After equalizing the score, Manfest team pressed heavily, and finally Nick seized the opportunity to counterattack and scored the third goal. With this goal, FC United won another difficult victory in the away game.

Also advanced to the third round of the FA Cup!
The team led by Ma Jinson created the history of the team. For the first time in their history, they broke into the third round of the FA Cup!
(End of this chapter)