At 9 a.m. on the seventh match day of the Korean Junior High School Championship, players from Yangzhi High School and their opponent in the eighth-knockout match, Seoul Namdong High School, stood on the sidelines of the No. 1 football field at the National Youth Training Base in northern Seoul, as the referee inspected their equipment.

At this stage of the tournament, whether it is the referee team sent by the Korean Football Association to enforce the law or the players participating in the tournament, they are much more concerned and nervous than the group stage, after all, it is a single-legged knockout match, and there is no room for too many mistakes by the players and referees.

In the past, most of the players and coaches from other schools watched from the sidelines during the group stage, but today there are obviously a lot of parents of players and observers from the youth department of the Football Association with small books and drawings around the stadium.

Every year, in the championships at all levels in South Korea, as long as the knockout stage is reached, the Korean Football Association will send relevant observers to record the situation of each knockout match.

If a player plays well and is recorded in the observer's key observation list, then as long as his form does not fluctuate too much, he will receive a notice from the Football Association within a week after the end of the tournament, as long as the player and his parents agree, then the Football Association will introduce them to the youth training bases of major professional football clubs, and these young players will also receive a winter training organized by the Football Association every winter.

In terms of youth training, the hard work of the Korean Football Association can be seen, but all of this is a flower in the mirror for Li Kong. Even if he performs well, his nationality is destined that the Korean Football Association will not use the valuable youth training resources given by major clubs on him.

Li Kong knew that it was absolutely impossible for him to accept the change of nationality, no matter how weak the Chinese national team was, it was the only national team he wanted to play for! Playing for his country and wearing that red jersey was a dream he had insisted on since he was a child! Therefore, he would never be able to play for the South Korean team in the future.

So why does the Korean Football Association still spend so much effort to train him? Is it hard to train him so that he can face South Korean football in the Asian arena in the future?

Li Kong asked himself, he would definitely not do such a "stupid thing", and the Korean Football Association would throw him in the youth training base of any small club, even if he was worthy of him.

Therefore, he has only one purpose, to directly let the scouts of big clubs or the heads of the youth department see his performance, and then persuade the club to devote resources to developing him!

After all, the club and the Football Association are different, the Football Association must give priority to cultivating domestic talents and taking care of the interests of the country, but the first thing the club must protect is the rights and interests of the club.

No matter which country's professional football clubs, the first thing they value is definitely profits, if the training of this player can bring them benefits, whether it is to train themselves in the future to improve the team's performance, or sell it for cash, only profitable, they will not hesitate to pour the club's resources into this player.

Therefore, Li Kong had already called "that person" last night, although I don't know if he is reliable or not, whether he gave him a business card last time to tease himself or really, Li Kong has to give it a try.

Otherwise, only in the final can it attract the attention of those big clubs, but there are too many uncertainties on the football field, and Li Kong really can't guarantee that he and his teammates can bring the team to the final, so he must look for opportunities now, find every possible opportunity to "sell" himself!

Li Kong looked around the court, trying to find the figure of the uncle he met last time at Korea University, but there were really more people around the court, and most of them were crowded together, and the referee had already signaled the players of the two teams to play, so Li Kong had to restrain his thoughts and walked onto the court.

Thinking of the uncle's cheerful promise last night, Li Kong couldn't help but murmur in his heart: "Uncle, don't fool me......"

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Ji Lie was already around the stadium of Li Kong's game at the moment, and I saw him wearing a pure white shirt, black sports shorts, and a pair of big sunglasses, standing in the crowd, looking at Li Kong, who was wearing the captain's armband and cheering for the players.

It's just that the sunglasses cover most of his face, making it impossible to see his facial expression at the moment, as well as the emotions called surprise and excitement in the eyes under the sunglasses.

He was holding a form in his hand, and on the top left of the table was a photo of Lee Kong, and at the bottom of the photo, Lee Kong's grade, nationality, and data on his appearance in the regional league in Jeollabuk-do for two years and in this tournament were neatly listed.

"You kid, you really surprised me......"

Ji Lie lifted the sunglasses on the bridge of his nose and muttered to himself.

This game is the home of Namdong Middle School in Seoul, so they kicked off first, and after Li Kong and the players cheered each other on, they all settled down.

About another minute later, with the referee's whistle, the eighth-knockout match officially began!

The three forwards and Li Kong built the first line of defense in front of Namdong Middle School, and the moment the midfielder of Namdong Middle School advanced with the ball, the three forwards of Yangzhi Middle School and Li Kong directly surrounded them.

Seeing this, the forward midfielder of Namdong Middle School hurriedly divided the ball, Li Kong made a gesture and slowly retreated, and the two forwards of Yangzhi Middle School quickly surrounded the players who took the ball from Namdong Middle School.

In this way, Li Kong and a striker form a group, and the other two strikers form a group, their two groups of people are on both sides of the midfield, no matter which side of the midfield players from Namdong Middle School take the ball, there will be a group of people who will quickly come forward to grab, plus the game has just begun, the players of Namdong Middle School have not yet entered the state well, and it is inevitable that they will panic after being forced to pass the ball, although there is no mistake yet, but it seems that it will be sooner or later.

A striker from Namdong Middle School observed the running position of Li Kong and the two teams for a while, and then cleverly asked for the ball from his own midfielder, and then chose to break through from the middle!

You can't say that his choice was wrong, because he did take advantage of the defensive blind corner of Li Kong's front four to break through, but such an obvious loophole, didn't Li Kong and them think of it? You know, Yangzhi Middle School has been studying various defensive formations and positions in the past nearly a year and a half of rebuilding the team.

And today's opening "fishing position" with a pocket exposed on both sides is just a small defensive trap arranged by Yangzhi Middle School.

Sure enough, the striker from Namdong Middle School broke through, and as soon as he looked up, he saw the back of Yangzhi Middle School rushing towards him violently, and he was a little panicked and wanted to pass back, but a figure flashed behind him at the moment of passing.

It's Li Kong!

I saw that Li Kong was very alert, and stabbed the striker's return pass to the feet of Park In-ji, a winger from Yangzhi Middle School, and then he turned around and made a funny face at the Namdong Middle School striker who made a mistake, patted his butt and ran back, and by the way, he asked for the football and controlled it at his feet.

This scene made everyone on the sidelines happy, and Chi Lie was naturally no exception, seeing him laugh directly, shaking his head and scolding with a smile: "Stinky boy." ”

Li Kong in the field did not bother to care about the mood of everyone on the sidelines, he raised his index finger and made a "tactical one" gesture to his teammates on the field, and the two midfielders in front of him quickly returned to both sides behind him, firmly guarding the rib areas on both sides of the team, and the three forwards of Yangzhi Middle School quickly settled in front of the big penalty area of Namdong Middle School.

Originally, according to the original defensive counterattack tactics, it was enough to place a center forward in front of the big penalty area, but in the first group game, Li Kong let the other two wingers who should be swimming near the midfield also fall in front of the local big penalty area, and after achieving good results, Park Seong-hoon let the team temporarily maintain this formation.

In addition, the strength of Nandong Middle School was not very strong, so he was not afraid of any high-quality counterattacks from the opponent, so Li Kong boldly began to attack the defense line of Nandong Middle School.

Lee Kong and Park In-ji, the two fastest players of Yangzhi Middle School, took turns to attack the defense of Nam-dong on the side and in the middle, and even if they were sometimes caught and lost, the midfielders of Yangzhi Middle School were able to snatch the ball back through the "strangulation" tactic, and after a while, the defense of Nam-dong Middle School was disrupted by Yangzhi Middle School.

Originally, there is also a back and a central defender in the Nandong Middle School team who are youth players of professional clubs, and it stands to reason that their defensive strength is also very strong, but they can't stand Li Kong's entanglement, other people's offensive players are attacking around the defenders, Li Kong is good, every time he takes the ball, he seeks physical contact with the opponent's defensive strength and the back waist with good defensive strength, and knocks others around.

Don't take the ball, just fight with the opponent's central defender in the penalty area, and engage in tough "hand-to-hand combat" with the opponent again and again without fouling, which is more like the team's center than Che Endou, of course, Che Endou is standing outside the penalty area at the moment and expressing his pleasure, anyway, Li Kong has not done this once or twice.

In this way, Li Kong gradually entangled the two players with the strongest defensive strength in Nandong Middle School, and the other Yangzhi Middle School players naturally did not miss this time.

In waves of attacks, Park In-ji crossed after eating the full-back of Namdong Middle School again, Li Kong chose to rush forward very smartly, and the central defender and back of Namdong Middle School, who were very angry by him, followed him without thinking about it, but the football flew to the back of the goal in their stunned eyes and Li Kong's triumphant chuckle!

Cha Eun-doo, who was only followed by a short full-back, jumped up with ease and headed the ball into the close goal!

Ji Lie looked at this scene, clapped his palms, and shouted: "Clever!

After 1-0, Li Kong withdrew from the penalty area of Nandong Middle School, retreated to the midfield, and maintained the offensive rhythm, although he was not in the opponent's penalty area as a "-stirring stick", but he erected an interception barrier in the midfield, and constantly transferred the ball to the hole in the defense line of Nandong Middle School.

When Chi Lie saw Li Kong receiving the ball in the midfield, combing the team's attack in the frontcourt, he grinned with satisfaction: "This kid, is he showing me his organization and scheduling ability? Yes, very good!"

In this way, the situation of the game quickly shifted to the side of Yangzhi High School in the frustration of the players of Namdong Middle School......