Chapter 181 The top scorer, advanced to the quarterfinals!

The 2017 FIFA U20 World Cup group matches in Bangzi have concluded one after another. The top two in the six groups advanced to the top 16, and the other four best third-placed teams advanced to the top 16.

Li Qing's England U20 team was drawn against Costa Rica U20. This team's performance in the group stage was quite satisfactory, so when the draw results came out, the domestic media in England had determined that England U20 had half a foot to advance to the quarterfinals.

Of course, such reports are obviously disrespectful to their opponents, but the whole world, including Costa Rican fans and media, do not believe that they can upset England U20. After all, this is not the Costa Rica national team that performed miracles in the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.

Who gave England U20 an almost perverted Li Qing?

With 31 goals in 15 games in the Premier League, he won the top scorer in the Premier League.

A level event like the World Youth Championship is really not difficult for him.

For details...you can refer to the final round of Group A when England U20 defeated South Korea U20 with a big score.

The England U20 Youth Team faced the Costa Rica U20 Youth Team at the Jeonju World Cup Arena in the fourth game of the 1/8 finals. Before this game, they were Venezuela U20 Youth Team VS Sushi Country U20, South Korea U20 Youth Team VS Portugal U20 Youth. Team and Uruguay U20 Youth Team VS Saudi Arabia U20 Youth Team.

These three games undoubtedly attracted attention from Asia. Of the four teams representing Asia in the World Youth Championship, only Yue Nan missed the top 16. The remaining three teams naturally became the spirit of Asian fans. sustenance.

Li Qing did not pay attention to the game, but he saw the results. The Venezuelan U20 youth team, which defeated the German U20 youth team and the Mexican U20 youth team in the group stage, did very well and defeated the Sun Country U20 youth team 1:0.

I don’t know if the South Korea U20 youth team was beaten by the England U20 youth team led by Li Qing in the last round of the group stage. It fell behind 0:3 in less than half an hour. If not for Li Sangxian’s late game To win back a victory and save face, the South Korea U20 Youth Team, as the host nation, will suffer two undignified defeats.

Seeing that South Korea U20 was eliminated, the Spanish media, Italian media and fans were particularly excited!

Some things can be forgotten, but some things...can't be forgotten!

Uruguay's U20 youth team also won relatively cheaply, defeating the Saudi Arabian U20 youth team 1:0 with de la Cruz's penalty kick.

The match of the England U20 Youth Team was held at 8pm local time in South Korea. The Jeonju World Cup Arena, which could accommodate 43,348 fans, had an influx of more than 40,000 fans, which was even higher than the number of fans when the South Korea U20 Youth Team faced the Portugal U20 Youth Team. many.

On-site commentator He Wei, the commentator of Tianchao 5, said ecstatically: "Is the packed Jeonju World Cup Arena the prosperity of the World Youth Championship? No! It is the attraction brought by Li Qing! As the top scorer of the new Premier League, His charisma is huge!”

"In addition to the majority of domestic fans from the motherland, local South Korea fans and neutral fans who travel to South Korea also account for a considerable share. From this, it is not difficult to see that Li Qing's degree of attention is quite high..."

Li Qing became the biggest star of the England U20 youth team at a young age. He has been the focus of the Costa Rica U20 youth team since the beginning of the game. However, most of the players in the Costa Rica U20 youth team are playing in the domestic league or the Mijian University League, and their abilities are limited.

Li Qing, who has been tempered by the defense of the English Premier League defenders, is still able to face the defense of the Costa Rica U20 youth team. He helped the England U20 youth team open up the situation through personal breakthrough early.

The first one to score was his club teammate Alexander-Arnold. He continuously cut inside on the right side of the offense to win Arnold a chance to get a pass. When he attracted enough defensive attention, he spiked the ball toward the baseline with the inside of his left instep.

Arnold stepped in at high speed, waited for several stops, and fired a low shot to help the England U20 youth team open the scoring.

The knockout round is not as good as the group stage. Losing means elimination. The Costa Rica U20 youth team consciously strengthened its offense, but the consequences were disastrous.

Li Qing's iconic counterattack with the ball helped the England U20 youth team expand the score in the 13th minute, and the scoreboard showed the score to 2:0.

China Channel 5 commentator He Wei looked at Li Qing in the broadcast and said with a smile: "I have to say that Li Qing's overall strength is much higher than every player present. His ability should not participate in this level of competition. If the England U20 youth team does not win the championship, I think Li Qing’s ability will be wasted.”

Commentator Zhang Lu laughed and said: "You can't say that. The World Youth Championship is also a stage, and the championship is also the highest honor for this age group. There is no precedent in the world to win the top league championship at the age of sixteen, so in essence "Li Qing is still a young player."

At this point, the conversation changed: "It is said that the French genius Mbappe does not plan to participate in the World Youth Championship, but I heard that Li Qing will represent the England U20 youth team in the World Youth Championship, and he has also decided to represent France as a senior national team player. The U20 youth team competes in the World Youth Championship.”

The England U20 youth team, which is leading by two goals, consciously slows down the offensive pace. The World Youth Championship is a tournament system. The biggest feature of the tournament system is that the interval between games will not be too long. Often, the players have not recovered their physical fitness. Get ready for game two.

Many players in the England U20 youth team have played three group matches, and their physical reserves are not as good as at the beginning of the game. In order to go further in the next knockout rounds, it is extremely important to reduce physical consumption as much as possible.

Li Qing didn't have any worries in this regard. He ran very well and didn't act like a big name. Solanke, who was originally dissatisfied with him for grabbing the No. 10 jersey, gradually realized how naive his idea was.

Before the end of the first half, Li Qing directly assisted Solanke to expand the score to three goals.

After scoring, Solanke took the initiative to hug Li Qing. Seeing this, head coach Simpson felt happier than the team scoring.

The two top strikers have cleared up their old feud, which will have a huge positive effect on the England U20 youth team's pursuit of the World Youth Championship.

There is a huge gap in the overall strength between the two teams. The score of 3:0 basically means that the suspense of this game has been lost.

In the second half, the England U20 youth team consciously made adjustments to the main players. Li Qing was substituted in the 68th minute, but the score had become 4:0 at this time, and the game had completely lost suspense.

In the end, the England U20 youth team defeated the Costa Rica U20 youth team 4:0 with Li Qing's two shots and two passes, which helped England avenge the humiliating defeat suffered in Brazil three years ago by the adult national team.

With two goals and two assists in this game, Li Qing, who only participated in two games, rushed to the top of the World Youth Championship scorer list, and also ranked first in the assist list.

5 goals and 4 assists in two games are even more goals than many teams contributed in the group stage!

After playing in the 1/8 finals, the England U20 youth team did not stay too much in Quanzhou. They took the high-speed train directly to Tian'an to prepare for the 1/4 finals. Their opponent was the winner of the Mexico U20 youth team and the Senegal U20 youth team.