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Due to losing the game against the Celtics at home, Dundee United was once again overtaken by Hearts in the standings and fell to fourth place, which also made Dundee United have to fight with their backs and go to an away game in the next round. Hearts slammed.

So in the past few days, Peter Houston has been much stricter in training. Anyone who dares to be lazy in training will be scolded by him.

You must know that Peter Houston was not like this before. He is not the kind of head coach who likes to scold people at every turn.

This also made the atmosphere of Dundee United a little tense, and there was a feeling that a big battle was coming.

The upcoming 27th round of the Soviet Super League can indeed be said to be a war that is about to break out.

"The upcoming two top games", this is the report of the well-known Scottish media "Daily Sports" for the next round of the league.

"The Soviet Premier League is undoubtedly a stage that belongs to the two time-honored Rangers and Celtics, so in the standings of the Soviet Premier League every season, we can see that there is a clear dividing line between the first group and the second group. group."

"It's the same this season. In the current standings of the Soviet Super League after 26 rounds of the league, the Celtics rank first with 64 points, and the Rangers, who have one round less, rank second with 62 points. Still bitten to death."

"But if we continue to look down, the current third place is Hearts, they only have 51 points, and there is a gap of 11 points from the second-placed Rangers. This is a points gap that is almost impossible to recover. "

"Because even if the Rangers lose every game and Hearts win every game, Hearts will need four games to catch up, and the Rangers will also lose in the make-up game. This is almost It’s impossible, so far this season, Rangers have only lost three games in Scotland, one of which was against Celtic, their old rival.”

"At present, there is a gap of more than 10 points between the first group and the second group, and this gap is likely to continue until the end of the season."

"In the next round of the league, both the first group and the second group will have their own top battles."

"The first is the Glasgow derby between Rangers and Celtic, which is a standard genuine top game. Celtic needs to beat Rangers and open the points gap to more than three points, so that they can even out their own points. The disadvantage of one game. Rangers naturally want to beat Celtic and return to the top of the table again, so that they can maximize their advantage of having one less game."

"The top battle of the second group is naturally the match between Hearts and Dundee United. We can call it the 'small top battle'. This is a direct competition for the Europa League qualification next season."

"Currently, Dundee United are 2 points behind Hearts in one less game. They urgently need to beat Hearts and return to the top position of the second group. Because their opponents in the less game are Rangers, one makes them not too much. Opponents with great confidence to win, so their one round less is actually not a big advantage.”

"Of course, if we can't win, an away draw should be an acceptable result. Continue to bite the score and wait for the opponent to make a mistake..."

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On February 19, 2011, in the 27th round of the Scottish Super League, the Dundee United team came to Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland, where they will challenge the league's direct rival Hearts.

When the Dundee United team appeared at Tyne Castle Stadium, the home of Hearts, they immediately received a booing package from Hearts fans.

Hearts' performance in recent years has been relatively stable, and they can qualify for a European competition almost every year. In addition, they are located in Edinburgh, the capital and second largest city in Scotland, so they naturally have a large number of supporters.

The lineup of Dundee United has not changed in this game, it is still the main 442 formation.

Goalkeeper: Pernis;

Guards: Sean Dillon, Paul Dixon, Gary Kenneth, Scott Severin;

Midfielders: Craig Conway, David Robertson, Stuart Armstrong, Jackie Lee;

Forwards: Goodwell, Joan Daly.

Peter Houston's intensive training in recent days is still effective. At the beginning of the game, the entire Dundee United team performed very positively.

So only 6 minutes into the game, Dundee United got a chance.

Hearts held the ball in the backcourt, and Dundee United aggressively stepped forward. Craig Conway on the left intercepted the ball from defender Webster, and immediately transferred the ball to Brother Moon in the center.

Before the Hearts players could react, Brother Yue put the ball into the penalty area in advance, and Li Chenglong inserted it from the right rib in time.

After receiving the ball very smoothly, Li Chenglong made a fake action of stepping on a bicycle to confuse the Icelandic defender Ejet Jonsson in front of him, and then flicked the ball with the outside of his right foot to the front right. With the space to hit the goal, he immediately Keep up with the kicker and hit the door.

It was a rush shot, as Hearts' defenders had already rushed over.

Li Chenglong had just finished shooting, and before he could recover his feet from the air, he was knocked down by the Lithuanian Salyukas who came to defend him.

This time, Jackie Chan didn't have a happy football, and the ball flew directly to the upper corner of the far end of the goal.

Because it was a goal in the penalty area, Hearts goalkeeper Kilo couldn't react at all. The ball had already flown into the net, and he just rushed over.

"Goooooooooal~~~~"

"Goal in~~~ shot from Bruce Lee!!"

"Hearts didn't seem to find his form at the beginning of the game, and the ball was intercepted by the frontcourt. Then Dundee United passed the ball into the penalty area continuously, and Bruce Lee completed the shot!"

"Only six minutes into the game, Dundee United took the lead. It was a perfect start for Dundee United, but it was definitely a bad start for Hearts."

Li Chenglong, who was knocked down, saw the ball scored, and rushed to the sidelines to celebrate with his teammates as soon as he got up.

If the ball hadn't been scored, Li Chenglong would have appealed to the referee for a penalty for the obvious collision just now. Although unlikely to be obtained, it is a necessary procedure and a way to put pressure on the referee.

On the football field, the referee will not blow the foul after the general shooting action is completed, unless it is a dangerous action that intentionally hurts people.

Therefore, those strikers who like to make penalties, they always have no good chance to hit the goal when they get the ball in the penalty area. As long as they have not hit the goal, they may make a foul and get a penalty.

The blitz goal at the opening caught the whole Hearts team a little off guard. They must also want to beat Dundee United at home, and they must have made preparations.

But now they conceded the goal in the first 6 minutes, which was obviously not within their expectations.

So they started to counterattack, the kind of counterattack that ignored the head and the tail.

This kind of counterattack looks aggressive, but it is very easy to fall back and be counterattacked. What Dundee United has to do is to seize the opportunity to counterattack as much as possible.

In the 27th minute, another Hearts attack came to nothing, as Lee blocked a pass in front of the penalty area and immediately gave the ball to Craig Conway on the left.

Li Chenglong's pass has a good amount of advance, allowing Conway to smoothly rush up the speed first, and then catch the ball forward.

As a result, Conway, who accelerated and charged, easily got rid of the Hearts players who wanted to intercept him, and came to the frontcourt smoothly.

This time Hearts' defense speed was not bad, and Conway did not let Conway counterattack and dribble alone to form a single-handedly.

Conway took the ball to the left side of the frontcourt and immediately knocked the ball back to the center. Both Lee Chenglong and Goodwell followed up in the center.

Li Chenglong was at the first point of receiving the ball. Facing the incoming ball, when someone was interfering behind him, he just raised his left foot and swiped lightly.

"Li~~~pass the ball directly~~~beautiful!!"

In the exclamation of the commentator, the ball seemed to be refracted by Li Chenglong's feet, changed direction and rolled directly to Goodwell's feet in the penalty area.

Li Chenglong's strike not only made Hearts' defenders unexpected, but even Goodwell was a little unexpected. He staggered to stabilize the ball under his feet, and then he kicked the goal and the ball went into the net.

"How did Bruce Lee think of it? The one just now was really amazing. He made such a clever pass without thinking."

"The first half lasted less than 30 minutes, and Dundee United had already led 2:0. The 18-year-old Bruce Lee performed very well with one pass and one shot."

Although the ball was scored by Goodwell, the commentator kept talking about Jackie Lee.

Li Chenglong really didn't think about it just now, and he naturally thought of passing the ball like that.

This may be an additional effect after the ball feel is improved. Sometimes the reaction of the feet is faster than the brain.