Football: The strongest post-zero generation

The weather in England was still cold in January, with only a few degrees Celsius, and the players on both sides were wearing heavy down jackets at the beginning of the warm-up until they were fully warmed up.

With an hour to go before the start of the game, almost all the reporters who followed the academy were in place, and their cameras were all focused on Manchester City's academy trio, followed by Liverpool's top scorer Glenn McCauley and second scorer Li Qing.

The focus of local journalists was on Jadon Sancho, Phil Foden, Li Qing and Brewster, who believed that England would be the ones who would decide the game.

Neil Crichelli and Lee Carsley looked at the warm-up players, and they didn't know what they needed to do, and it was up to the players to see how the game went.

Neil Critschley is looking at Li Qing, in his opinion, if Liverpool U18 wants to go further, Li Qing needs to continue his previous league performance.

Lee Carsley's eyes swept over Sancho, Foden, Diaz, and Nmecha, and if it weren't for Nie Gonzalez, who was poached by Guardiola himself from La Masia, was injured and unable to play, the attacking lineup for this game would have been more luxurious, but he firmly believes that even without Nick Gonzalez, he can rely on this luxurious squad to beat Liverpool Under-18 and advance to the round of 16.

In the handshake between the players of the two sides, Li Qing couldn't help but look at Sancho, Foden and Diaz, the three masters of Manchester City's academy, Foden and Diaz are relatively handsome, but Sancho is a little precocious, but they are very polite.

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FA Youth Cup, like the National Youth Premier League, is taken care of by the FA, and the matches are broadcast live, but compared to the early access signal of professional matches, the live broadcast of the Youth FA Cup is only visible from the official start of the game.

"Beep~".

With a long whistle from the referee, the 2016-2017 English Youth FA Cup 1/16 season between Manchester City U18 and Liverpool U18 was officially announced.

City's Under-18s at home were quick to take advantage of the kick-off, but fortunately Neil Critchley was well-positioned before the game, and the attacking quartet of Jadon Sancho, Foden, Diaz and Nmecha did not show the power they should.

Li Qing was not assigned too many defensive tasks before the game, his task was mainly to catch counterattacks, and defense was more for show.

Due to the fact that Liverpool Under-18s have done a lot of work on defending before the game, Foden, who is good at organising attacks in midfield, has been frozen, and Sancho needs a serious lack of speed space, resulting in Nmecha at the top of the field not being able to provide effective support.

The Spanish Diaz is the only normal Manchester City Under-18 player, with his feet being extremely delicate and his dribbling accuracy making it difficult to break unless three players defend.

The first shot came from Jadon Sancho after breaking down the right and missing the target.

In the minutes that followed, City's Under-18s realised that penetration in the middle could not open up the situation and then attempted a series of long-range shots from outside the box, but the percentage was a little low.

Even if he was lucky enough to hit the goal, he would be saved by Grabara, who reacted quickly.

In general, in the first ten minutes of the opening game, Manchester City's U18 attack was thunderous and rainy, and Manchester City fans watching the game from the sidelines shook their heads again and again.

Manchester City's Under-18 manager Lee Carsley frowned and failed to score in successive attacks, which was a huge concern for the defence.

Liverpool U18's most threatening Li Qingding is like a dagger against his throat at the front, as long as there is a wind and grass, it is possible to seal the throat.

In the 19th minute, Foden, who was good at finding space, played a long diagonal pass to Nmecha, and the two passed in unison, and the ball also bypassed the head of central defender Mastersen, but goalkeeper Grabara expanded the defensive area, and he jumped high to grasp Foden's diagonal long pass firmly in the palm of his hand.

Instead of controlling the tempo as he had done in the previous few minutes, Grabara suddenly made an arrow step, and the right hand that was gripping the ball used inertia to throw the ball out.

Looking at the football in the air, Manchester City's Under-18 manager Lee Carsley suddenly realized something, and there was a faint uneasiness in his heart.

Grabara's strong hand toss is certainly not for nothing, but to look for Li Qing!

Most of the eleven goals scored by Li Qing in four games were scored through long-distance running, and as the head coach, Lee Carsley studied it thoroughly, and the players on the field did not need to shout deliberately, and the players on the field pounced quickly.

"Hopefully we can finish defending. "

Sometimes, though, the more you worry about something, the more something happens.

Previously, the team had a half-court offensive drill, the central defenders were pressed through the half, the fullbacks almost acted as wingers, Li Qing had a talent at a glance, and the goalkeeper could be seen attacking from a distance, a few seconds ahead of the defenders.

In the fast-paced world of football, a goal can be scored in a matter of seconds.

Central defender T. Willison can play at left-back and central defence, and his quicker role as a central defender in this game is largely to effectively curb Li Qing's speed.

Li Qing's vision was wide, and his eyes lit up during the run, and he took advantage of the situation to use the inside of his left foot to lead the football to the right front, that is, the right sideline, so that the football was far away from Tyrek Willison who was coming at great speed from the middle.

Next, naturally, is acceleration!

It took only a second for him to increase his speed to an incredible stage, and T. Willson realized that it was a stupid decision to fight for speed with Li Qing, and he decisively chose to hit someone and foul him.

Unexpectedly, Li Qing, who seemed to be thin, was not knocked down, he staggered to stabilize his body, but it was T. Willisun, who took the initiative to hit people, was subjected to a huge reaction force and staggered and fell to the ground.

J. Giovinny, another central defender who had slowed down, cursed secretly and had to grit his teeth to chase back.

But...... It's already too late.

Li Qing, who gradually stabilized his figure, accelerated again, quickly crossed the middle line with the football, and killed diagonally in the direction of the penalty area.

Goalkeeper A. Muric watched central defender J Giovinni get farther and farther away from Li Qing, he sighed and abandoned the goal.

However, at this moment, Li Qing picked up his left foot, and the inside of his instep quickly kicked towards the bottom of the ...... football

A bald middle-aged man standing in the northeast corner of the stadium watched Li Qing's shooting action and blurted out: "Hanging shot?".