Chapter 20: Oolong all wonderful

　　 The national team game is over and the league war is rekindled.
　　 On October 17, in the 8th round of the Super League, Dundee United played at home against the Celtics, one of the Scottish doubles.
　　 The half-month rest period can allow the players to rest well, but it does not make the players suddenly rise in strength.
In the face of the powerful Celtics, Dundee United had a tenacious battle against the opponent. At one time fans thought that they could get a draw at home, but they were defeated by the opponent's England forward Gary Hooper in the 90th minute. The lore, 1:2 lost the game.
　　 Lee Chenglong's performance can only be said to be quite satisfactory. After all, there is a gap between the overall strength of the two teams, and his current level is not up to the level of forced Carry competition.
　　 Losing this game did not cause Dundee United to be blamed. In the eyes of the media, Dundee United was able to make the Celtics almost lose points, which is already a good performance.
　　 But Peter Houston is still a little worried. The team has just won a few games in a row and then lost to the Celtics. He is worried that this will interrupt the team's good competitive state.
　　 So in the team's training class, Houston is more serious.
　　 "Pass the ball~~ Pass the ball, Bruce has just given his chance, why not pass the ball?"
　　 Lee Chenglong was still very happy to hear Houston call such words.
　　 He didn't speak like that before, but the changes now prove that Jackie Lee's role in this team is becoming more and more important.
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　　 October 23, the day of the 9th round of the league.
　　 At Motherwell in the northeast of Glasgow, Peter Houston rarely talked before the game started.
　　 "We just lost a game last weekend. We must win this weekend. Everyone must get back the feeling of winning as soon as possible."
　　 The new season has started for two months. Dundee United has experienced consecutive victories and consecutive unwinners. At present, the team’s main 442 lineup has basically stabilized.
　　 Goalkeeper: Dusan Penis, a Slovak, was introduced from the Slovak League in the summer of 2009. He was the team's main goalkeeper last season.
　　 Defenders: Sean Dillon, Paul Dixon, Gary Kenneth, Scott Severin.
　　 Except for left back Dillon who is Irish, the other three are Scottish. The center-back double team came out of Dundee United's own youth training. The strength is average but the winning cooperation is quite tacit. The right back Severin is produced by the Aberdeen youth training. After moving to several teams, he joined Dundee United.
　　 Midfielder: Craig Conway, David Robertson, Stuart Armstrong, Jackie Lee.
　　 Dundee United’s midfielder is in a concave position, with the two wing backs standing a little bit forward, and the two midfielders standing back, more like in the midfielder position.
　　 Left midfielder Conway is a small 170 cm tall player with fast speed and agile feet. Most of the team's tactics require him and Li Chenglong to create opportunities for the forward.
　　 David Robertson is an all-around midfielder, who can do everything offensively and defensively, but he can't do everything well. This is also a typical product that English football is always cultivated. Once trained, it will be an all-around midfielder.
　　 Forwards: Joan Daley and David Goodwell.
On the front line is the most common combination of one high and one fast in English football. The Irishman Joan Daly is 191 cm tall, but this product has no outstanding features except that he is tall enough and strong. He can only compete for the high ball as a tactical center. Dribbling is not as good as Goodwell's 175 cm running position.
Motherwell was fourth in the Soviet Super League last season and one of the Scottish teams participating in the European Championship this season. Their situation is slightly better than Dundee United because they successfully passed the third round of the qualifying round, but in Lost to the Danish team Odense in the qualifying play-offs.
　　 Speaking of which, of the five teams participating in the European War in the Scottish League this season, four have now returned home, and only one Glasgow Ranger is still working in the Champions League group stage.
Dundee United lost to Liverpool in the third round of the qualifier. The other two teams that qualified for the UEFA Cup, in addition to Motherwell, also had a Hibernian team. They were defeated in the third round of the qualifying round. Slovenian team Maribor doubled out, worse than Dundee United.
As for the two teams participating in the Champions League, the Rangers directly advanced to the Champions League group stage as the champions of the Soviet Union last season, and the Celtics went to the Champions League qualifying round as runners-up, losing to the Portuguese Super League team in the third round of the qualifying round. Braga, then fell to participate in the UEFA Cup qualifier play-offs, and lost to Utrecht in the Eredivisie, was completely eliminated from the European war.
In fact, this situation in the Soviet Super League is also the norm in the European minor leagues. Each season there are three, four or four or five teams to participate in the European war, but most of them are buried in the qualifying games, and only a few. Can survive to enter the race.
　　 So Platini claimed to carry out the restructuring of the European War, so that more small league teams can enter the European War. This really confuses many small league football associations, let these people vote for Platini.
　　 After all, regardless of whether the major league or minor league football associations, the voting qualifications in their hands are the same.
　　 A little bit of damage to the interests of the big leagues can please a lot of small leagues and get votes in their hands. Platini is still very good at playing politics.
　　 Peter Houston has always worried that the team's state will be affected after losing to the Celtics, and it turns out that his worries are correct.
　　 The match between Dundee United and Motherwell had just begun and there was an accident.
Less than one minute after the opening, Motherwell midfielder Jamie Murphy made a low-threatening pass. Dundee United right back Severin rashly stepped forward to intercept and blocked the ball with one kick. Into his own goal.
　　 And still broke through the crotch, goalkeeper Penis stood in front of the goal and did not react, the football went through his crotch and rolled into the goal.
　　 "Haha, it's beautiful. The Dundee United defender showed us how to break the goal through the crotch, but he seems to have got the goal wrong." The Scottish commentator also mocked the opening "break".
　　 Houston yelled and bounced on the sidelines for a long time, finally let everyone cheer up and start to counterattack.
　　 The effect was not bad. In the 33rd minute of the first half, Li Chenglong came to the center to cooperate with his teammates. Left midfielder Conway drove the ball into the penalty area and tripped by the opposing defender. The referee awarded a penalty.
　　 Dundee United’s first penalty shooter was Goodwell. He did not live up to the efforts of his teammates and took the penalty steadily.
　　 In this way, the two teams ended the first half match 1:1.
　　 "Good performance, continue to play like this, we can win this game."
　　 At halftime, Houston was still complimenting his players, but shortly after the second half began, he yelled again.
　　 In the 49th minute, Motherwell played the ball from the side to the Dundee United penalty area. Dundee United’s left back Dillon made a header and wanted to push the ball out of the baseline.
　　 But he was obviously not in the state. A header was made into a goal by him, and he flew directly into the dead corner. Penis could not touch the ball in his flying save.
　　 "It's another~~~ Another one!!"
　　 "The two full-backs of Dundee United took turns performing wonderful performances. This game is really interesting."
"Look at Dillon's header. Regardless of the power angle, it is perfect. I don't think any goalkeeper can save such a header. The only flaw in UU Reading www.uukahnshu.com is that it has been pushed into his own home. goal."
　　 "Dillon and Severin proved to us a football truth: in a football match, scoring may be very plain, but the own dragon is absolutely wonderful!!"
　　 "The head coach of Dundee United, Peter Houston is blushing now. I'm sure he must be angry with his guard."
　　 "If I remember correctly, this was Dillon's second own goal this season. He scored 2 own goals after only 9 rounds in the league. Does he want to compete for the Golden Boot award?"
　　 In the continuous teasing of the commentator, the game continued.
In the 55th minute, Brother Moon scored the ball in the middle, Lee Chenglong caught the ball from the right and rushed forward, but was followed by the opponent's defender. Lee Chenglong barely made a pass and was blocked by the opponent's foot, but the ball was not blocked from the sideline or The bottom line, but bouncing and rolling not far behind.
　　 Li Chenglong turned back and swept the ball directly to the penalty area with his left foot.
　　 In the penalty area, Goodwell moved well, just ran to the passing route, volleyed against the ball, and the ball flew directly into the opponent's goal with great speed.
　　 "The Dundee United side reacted quickly. After only a few minutes, they evened the score again."
　　 Actually, this goal was the last goal of the game.
　　 In the next time, the two teams both attacked and defended each other, but failed to grasp the opportunity. In the end, the two sides shook hands with a score of 2:2.
　　 "This game was obviously not fair enough. We scored four goals, but in the end we could only get a draw." This is what Li Chenglong said when interviewed by reporters on the sidelines after the game, which can be regarded as an expression of dissatisfaction.
　　 This defender is too pitted. Two own goals in a game, no one can stand it.