Lvyin Fengmo

Chapter 24 Core
"Here is the opening match of the 13-14 Premier League season brought to you by Sina Sports. The Red Army Liverpool sits at Anfield and faces the Potters Stoke City. I am the commentator Zhan Jun."

"Liverpool's main striker Suarez was suspended for irrational fouls last season. The Red Army can only rely on the strength of Sturridge alone. Can he provoke the leader?"

"Liverpool's offensive is very strong, but their shots can't be converted into points. Have the fans in the stands missed Suarez?"

"The game has entered the 37th minute. Aspas made a direct pass from the middle. He accurately found Sturridge, who was at the top. Sturridge! A direct shot from the penalty area line, this goal scored! Liverpool break the ice!"

"The game is over! With Sturridge's goal in the 37th minute, Liverpool scored a good start!"
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"Enrique made a cross from the left, Coutinho missed it, and Sturridge started his own performance! After he passed Luna and Guzan in a row, he raised his leg and shot from the right side of the small penalty area, absolutely dead end!"

"The game is over! Sturridge scored the only goal of the game! Liverpool won two consecutive victories!"
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"Liverpool got off to a fantastic start in the 4th minute! Gerrard took a corner kick, Agger stepped forward, and Sturridge, who was ambushing in the back zone, headed the ball into the net with the back of his head!"

"This abandoned player from Chelsea has scored in three consecutive games. He almost single-handedly carried Liverpool to 9 points!"
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"Sturridge! It was Sturridge's goal that sounded the clarion call for Liverpool! The Premier League player of the month in August felt hot on his feet! He couldn't stop at all!"

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The start of the 2013-14 season for Liverpool was actually a bit difficult. Suarez’s suspension made the strikers stretched. Fortunately, Sturridge stepped forward and scored 4 goals in 4 games. The highlight performance helped the team gain 3 wins and 1 tie The undefeated record temporarily ranks first in the standings.

In the League Cup match on August 8, Sturridge also led the team to advance with a brace.

But Sturridge's strength alone is limited after all, and he can't keep winning forever.

On September 9, in the fifth round of the league, Liverpool ushered in a challenge from Southampton at home.

The "saints" at this time have not yet become fellows who are specially plucked by Liverpool. They also have Lallana, Lovren, Klein, Lambert, Luke Shaw, Schneiderlin, Ottoman in their formation. Swaldo, Wanyama, Chambers, Fonte and other elite players - 40% of these players will join Liverpool in the future...

It was destined that the two clubs would rub off brilliant sparks. Croatian defender Lovren blasted away the city of his future club with a header, maintaining the 1-0 score to the end, and also gave Liverpool the first goal of the new season. A loss.

Immediately after three days, Liverpool lost to rival Manchester United by the same score in the third round of the League Cup, and the head coach Rogers couldn't sit still.

Fortunately, Suarez finally lifted the ban and came back, and scored twice in the first game, helping the team beat Sunderland 3-1, and stopped the team's decline in time.

Compared with the unstable state of the first team, the youth team performed smoothly in the U18 league. They won 6 consecutive victories at the beginning, scored 37 goals in total, conceded only 3 goals, and pointed to the league championship.

The "WF Cup" Golden Boot and MVP Lu Feng has completely secured the top position of the youth team. He blasted 4 goals in the 13 league rounds he played, averaging 3 goals per game, almost surpassing the original No. [-] team. First-shooter Ryan Kent squeezed onto the bench.

Fortunately, he didn't continue to show off his power, and Ryan Kent's starting position was preserved because... In order to participate in the Asian Youth Championship qualifiers that started on October 10, Lu Feng was called back to China by the National Youth Team two weeks in advance.

A total of 2014 teams participated in the 37 Asian Youth Championship qualifiers, which were divided into 9 groups (two groups had five teams, six groups had four teams, and one group had only three teams), The top 16 teams advance to next year's finals.

The calculation method of the results is quite complicated. To put it simply, only by getting the first place in the group can we be 100% sure of qualifying.

The three opponents of the Chinese team in the same group have already been determined: Japan, Malaysia, and Macau, China.

"Our only opponent is Japan, Malaysia and Macau are not enough to stop us, but this does not mean that you can underestimate the enemy, but must attach great importance to it."

In the first meeting after the training camp, head coach Li Bing analyzed the situation of the team:

"In order to ensure qualifying, we need to score as many goals as possible in Malaysia and Macau. In order to achieve this goal, we need to give more shots to players who are better at scoring, understand?"

He didn't directly name anyone, but almost everyone's eyes were on Lu Feng alone.

This little guy who participated in the official training camp for the first time (the WF Cup is a friendly match) avoided their gaze, and couldn't help showing a shy smile that was harmless to humans and animals.

Compared with the semi-disabled lineup in the WF Cup, the current national youth team has completed the assembly. Tang Shi, Deng Hanwen, Micro Motion, Wei Shihao, Wei Jingzong, Long Wei, Cheng Jin, Min Quanxin, Xiang Xubai, Chen Zhechao, Wang Jinxian, Fu Yunlong, Liu Wei and other well-known stars of hope were all present, and it seemed that they were also star-studded.

In this 23-man roster, almost all players were born in 95. Like Lu Feng, they belong to the 96 age group. There are only two people, Huang Bowen (small) and Wang Jinxian. The smallest one.

But after only two in-team trainings, he used his foot skills to conquer these teammates who were a little older than himself, which also proved that the head coach's trust in him was not unreasonable!

The preparation time was only two weeks, Li Bing locked the lineup on 451 from the very beginning, no matter who was the forward center, Lu Feng was the shadow killer cruising behind him!
October 10th is coming soon, and all teams will face their opponents in the first round of the group stage.

Japan's U19 is indeed worthy of the name of super power, a clean 6-0 cut Macau, China to the ground.

But this is not the most disparate score in all groups. In another group, Australia U19 slaughtered Macau's neighbor...Hong Kong, China with a 7-0.

And Vietnam U19, who was in the same group as Australia, was not to be outdone, and 6-1 bloodbathed another team with the word "China"...Chinese Taipei.

Fortunately, the Chinese National Youth Team did not continue this humiliation. Facing Malaysia, the number one football powerhouse in Southeast Asia, they also scored a bloody big score at home with all their main players:

8-1!

Lu Feng scored two goals in the first and second half respectively. The data of 4 goals and 1 pass allowed him to completely secure his position as the core of the attack. Xiang Xubai scored twice with a header. Wei Shihao and Deng Hanwen scored respectively. Malaysia could only Relying on a random long shot to score a face-saving goal.

Three days later, the second round of the group stage continued.

Japan's U19 was a little unacceptable in the away game and only won 5-1.

The Chinese National Youth Team, who continued to sit at home, did not have any intentions to soften their hands when facing their compatriot Macau team. They directly let the Lotus Brothers end in a 10-0 game, and bid farewell to next year's main match.

There are still many games with big scores in other groups:

Thailand 7-0 Brunei.

South Korea 5-1 Laos.

Vietnam 5-1 Hong Kong, China.

Iran 6-1 Lebanon.

Saudi Arabia 5-0 Tajikistan.

UAE 5-0 Maldives.

Uzbekistan 5-0 Nepal.

Qatar 7-0 Turkmenistan.

On October 10, the qualifiers ushered in the final round of competition.

Just like what Li Bing said before, the battle for the top spot in this group is between China and Japan who have the same 6 points!

(End of this chapter)