Chapter 3 Return debut

The month-long training camp passed quickly, and during this more than a month, in addition to normal training, the club also arranged several warm-up matches for the team. However, the opponents are very average, either amateur teams or MLS minor league teams, and the New York Red Bulls won easily.

And time flies, and the start of the new season is getting closer and closer.

Major League Soccer kicks off on March 18 with just one game on the day, the playoff finals winners Colorado Rapids playing at home against the New York Red Bulls.

The Colorado Rapids, one of the original 10 veteran teams in Major League Soccer, have been tepid in the major leagues, winning not a single trophy until 2010, winning only two Eastern Conference titles in 1997 and 1999.

It's just a big surprise that this team of mainly local players stumbled all the way after barely making the playoffs in 2010, but in the end, all competitors were knocked down, and the league championship trophy was lifted for the first time in history - never won any trophies, and the first time it won the cup was the league championship, which made countless people exclaim that this dark horse has been blackened to the end.

But in any case, the Colorado Rapids is the league champion, and the strength should not be underestimated, so before the opening game, more people are optimistic about the Colorado Rapids playing at home, even if there are many superstar players in the New York Red Bulls, but a team that has not even qualified for the playoffs, how much strength can it compete with the league championship?

During the holidays, the Colorado Rapids, who won the MLS title for the first time in the club's history, made a big addition to the team's squad, although they still insisted on a strategy of localizing players, but the new additions were also good.

In comparison, the New York Red Bulls have been a bit of a shabby game this winter. They only signed three good homegrown young players - two of them were just to increase the team's bench thickness and rotate some of the main players, and one was Qin Shou's friend and friend Papasto, the fast Stevenson school team striker was eyed by the Red Bulls, but his ability was not up to the level of playing for the professional team, so his fate was even more tragic, and he was still fighting in the second tier of the Red Bulls.

Fernando, the head coach of the Colorado Rapids who just led the team to the league championship. Fernando Clavijo said before the race: "We have brought in a lot of quality players this season, and yes, our goal is still to win the play-off season. So, we're going to beat the opener and win until the playoffs, all the way to the championship! ”

That confident and arrogant posture almost completely missed the New York Red Bulls.

Red Bull boss Dietmar, by contrast, is much more low-key, but he is equally confident: "Our best signing is the return of players. Let's wait and see. ”

American cowboys naturally like to worship strong and arrogant people, so Kravino's posture is the demeanor of a strong man in the eyes of many people, while the low-key and humble Dietmar is seen by them as a lack of confidence - only those who have no faith will show weakness.

Therefore, more people are inclined to play at home, and the Colorado Rapids will easily win the game.

And when the opening game officially began, everyone lowered their heads and began to look for debris all over the ground.

In the first minute of the game, many fans were still holding their tickets and looking for their seats, and the first goal of the game was born.

Qin Shou, who started the game in this game, was directly inserted into the opponent's hinterland like an offline arrow at the same time as the whistle sounded. From this point, you can see the gap between American football and European football. Blitzkrieg can be found in any league in world football, but the attention it gets in different leagues is different. In England, the attention of the players is very focused at all times, even if you don't know what you are going to do, but at least there are defenders around you to interfere with you. And in the United States, just like at this moment, Qin Shou rushed forward, and while the players of the Colorado Rapids were stunned, they just watched Qin Shou, as if they wanted to see what the young Chinese player wanted to do.

What does Qin Shou want to do?

Of course you want to score goals!

Knowing Henry, he didn't delay, and he kicked the ball forward with a long pass near the halfway line. His pass is very particular, giving an advance amount, just so that Qin Shou, who has already raised his speed, does not have to stop, and is very comfortable to carry forward and continue to rush forward.

Henry and Qin Shou, the two friends, are really full of tacit understanding!

Qin Shou, who was sprinting at full speed, looked like a Ferrari racing car moving forward at extreme speed, and the players of the Colorado team were still stunned in a daze, Qin Shou had no scruples, and rushed directly to the front of the penalty area thirty meters like a whirlwind.

The Colorado team finally had players coming to their senses, and some people were terrified and wanted to rush to the defense. But it was too late, the unguarded Qin Shou easily got up with his feet, and a powerful burst of fire hit the goal directly.

Before the Colorado goalkeeper could react, the ball had already flashed through his eyes like lightning and crashed headlong into the net.

What makes people feel extremely funny is that the goalkeeper only turned his head at this moment, looked at the black and white elf in the door, opened his mouth wide, and looked at Qin Shou, who was already cheering and celebrating, with a hellish expression.

The quick-eyed cameraman snapped the shutter and snapped the shot, and after the game, the photo was sold for a good price – a lot of the media used it as a sports headline with the headline "The Horror of the Home Goalkeeper – He Saw a Fierce Bull!" ”。

The score became 0:1, with the home team in front and the away team in the back.

At this time, only 13 seconds had passed on the electronic watch outside the venue.

Prior to that, Major League Soccer's fastest goal was scored by a man named David. Created by Kleber's native American player, it took 1 minute and 31 seconds.

Qin Shou was 1 minute and 18 seconds faster than him.

In other words, Qin Shou set the record for the fastest goal in Major League Soccer.

The Red Bull players rushed up and slapped Qin Shou's head excitedly.

"Well done, Qin!"

"You kid, you've been in England for a few months, and you've become so perverted - no, even more perverted than before!"

"Hah, 13 seconds! Qin, you have set a new record! ”

Qin Shou didn't know that he had created the fastest goal record in the United States, but when he heard the congratulations from his teammates, he also seemed very happy, he pursed his lips and said with a smile: "It's so slow, I thought it was within 10 seconds, it seems that the speed is still not fast enough!" ”

Qin Shou's remarks of "pretending to be 13" immediately caused his teammates to laugh.

"Boom!"

"Wow, brothers, look in the sky, there are cows flying!"

"Let's not brag so much, okay? You're pretending to be too much, aren't you? ”

……

After a short celebration, the game continued.

More than 30,000 home fans at the scene were still exclaiming for Qin Shou's incredible speed just now, and the New York Red Bulls scored again.

Three minutes later, Qin Shou, who scored the first goal of the 2011 MLS, added another assist to his stats.

In England, Qin Shou has repeatedly staged a good show of taking the ball forward and connecting several people, and in the American league, which is much lower than the Premier League in terms of league grade and player quality, Qin Shou is even more handy.

Qin Shou made a series of breakthrough moves in the midfield, and after a series of dazzling shakings, he left the three defenders behind. Immediately after a pick-and-roll pass, the ball was picked into the box. Henry, who had successfully countered offside, did not wait for the ball to fall, and met the ball from 12 yards in the penalty area, and the football drilled into the opponent's door for the second time.

0:2!

Less than four minutes into the first half, Arsenal were already two goals ahead.

Before the game, the confident Colorado Rapids was shot by the New York Red Bulls led by Qin Shou and Henry, and the two goals were a little confused.

There was also silence in the stands, with many fans gaping their mouths wide open and dumbfounded - the team conceded two goals so quickly? Are you sure your opponent is just a fish belly that hasn't even made the playoffs? Are you sure we were last year's league winners?

The home fans were in a state of panic and frustration.

Of course, the opponents and fans were stunned, but Qin Shou and his teammates were not stunned. For Qin Shou, after the baptism of a high-intensity, high-confrontation and high-level top league like the Premier League, and then returning to play in the United States, Qin Shou only feels relaxed - the level here is indeed more than one grade lower than that of Europe.

Qin Shou had already consciously started to retreat - the game was only less than ten minutes old, and he lost interest in this game a little, the overall strength of the Red Bull team was much stronger than that of Colorado, the overall situation was decided, he didn't need to charge in front, he decided to hide behind the scenes and practice his organization and passing skills.

If anyone knew that Qin Shou used such a professional game as a practice ground, they would probably be so surprised that they spit out a mouthful of blood.

In the subsequent game, Qin Shou completely incarnated the team's midfield organizer, running actively, he smoothly connected the front and back courts, and his one-foot pass could often be passed to the feet of his teammates in front of him in a timely and accurate manner. And his teammates are also very convinced of Qin Shou's ability, as long as there is a ball, they will pass the ball to his feet, and he will control the rhythm of the team.

When he was at Arsenal, Qin Shou admired two people, one was Rosicky and the other was Cesc Fabregas. Although the latter has a poor relationship with him, it is undeniable that Cesc Fabregas is indeed a top-class midfielder with great quality. His dribbling and passing are what make Arsenal win games and, more importantly, he has a great ability to score goals. On the other hand, Rosicky has a bit more of a breakthrough ability and a bigger picture, with the Czech veteran being more adept at making sudden passes after a break.

What these two have in common is their playmaking skills and excellent passing, which is a big factor in their ability to be the heart of the team.

Qin Shou likes to score goals, and he is determined to become the most proficient scorer, but now his position is a midfielder, the so-called skills are not pressing, players who can score goals and organize and pass the ball, presumably in the circle of professional football will be more popular, right?

By secretly observing Fabregas's playing style, coupled with Rosicky's guidance from time to time, Qin Shou also has his own experience. His style is completely different from Xiaofa and Rosicky, and his foot skills are also delicate and excellent, but his greater characteristic is that he is fast, whether it is running speed or passing speed, Qin Shou is very fast - so now in the game, Qin Shou fully exerts this characteristic, fast catching, fast passing, or fast breakthrough and then fast passing.

The world's martial arts, only fast is not broken.

As long as you can be one step ahead, you will be ahead everywhere. What's more, modern football is becoming more and more intense, and Qin Shou's speed can drive the whole team to follow suit, so if the whole team is fast, it will definitely bring more pressure to the opponent.

That's what Qin Shou is doing now.

Under his quick pass, the entire New York Red Bulls team was mobilized by him, every player was running, and every player was actively looking for space.

In this case, the Colorado Rapids felt the pressure increase and the defensive line showed more flaws.

In the 28th and 39th minutes of the first half, the New York Red Bulls scored two more goals, with Cahill and Thierry Henry scoring respectively. It is worth mentioning that these two goals are related to Qin Shou, the former is Qin Shou's direct assist, and the latter is planned by Qin Shou.

With a four-goal lead in the first half, the second half of the game was meaningless.

However, Rao was the same, and Red Bull still scored two goals again in the second half. In the 57th minute, Qin Shou's long-range shot from outside the penalty area broke the goal again and scored twice. Qin Shou was then replaced, and the Red Bulls slowed down the pace of attack. In stoppage time, Red Bull captain defender Marquez took advantage of a corner kick to send the ball into the Colorado door for the sixth time.

6:0!

It was the final score, and the New York Red Bulls got the season off to a good start with a big win.

And Qin Shou also used two goals and two assists to hand over a dazzling answer for his debut back to the American Professional League.