Young Football Player

Jackie Lee returned to Scotland, intending to rest in Dundee for a few days, and then have a round with Southgate, preparing to go to Turkey to participate in the World Youth Championship.

Back in Scotland, Old John was happy again, because he added a Golden Boot trophy and a championship gold medal to his collection rack.

Now, Li Chenglong is used to the old John keeping those personal honors for him. No matter what the Golden Boot, the best trophy, gold medal, silver medal or even bronze medal, they are all handed over to Old John for safekeeping.

Old John is also very concerned about this job. He has specially upgraded the security system at home to prevent these things from being stolen.

Of course, the money was all paid by Jackie Lee.

During his stay in Dundee, Jackie Lee also made an appointment with two old teammates, Vardy and Robertson, and went to the beach to bask in the sun together.

"Bruce, you wait, we will meet in the Champions League next season." Vardy is still talkative.

"Jamie, let's wait until you have played the qualifying round."

"Don't worry, we will definitely make it to the main match."

This year, under the leadership of Vardy and Robertson, Dundee United won a second place in the Scottish Super League and qualified for the Champions League next season, although they could not compete with the Celtics.

But as Lee Chenglong said, whether they can pass the qualifying round is still one thing, and even if they pass, they may not be able to meet Schalke in the main match.

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After a good rest in Dundee, Lee set off for London to join Southgate.

In order to prepare for the World Youth Championship, Southgate has actually led the team to train in London.

And the other players of this U20 England team had already arrived, and only Jackie Lee was the last to arrive.

Li Chenglong is currently the biggest player on this team, and it is normal to have some privileges.

"Bruce, you're finally here." When Southgate saw Li Chenglong, he came up and gave him a big hug as if he had seen the backbone.

After a series of excellent performances in the second half of the season, many English media are bragging for Jackie Lee. Naturally, some people are criticizing Hodgson, saying that he should give Lee Jackie Chan more opportunities to perform.

Hodgson also publicly stated that he would give Jackie Lee a chance in the future.

Under such circumstances, Southgate was a little worried that Jackie Lee would suddenly announce that he would not participate in the World Youth Championship.

After all, he is already a well-known star in European football. If Lee Chenglong regrets not going back, Southgate will have nothing to do with him.

Now that Jackie Chan is finally here, Southgate is relieved.

After Li Chenglong and the whole team practiced together for a few days, the whole team set off from London on June 18 to Turkey at the junction of the Eurasian continent to participate in the 2013 World Youth Championship.

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Speaking of Turkish cities, many people's first impression is Istanbul.

Istanbul is indeed the largest city in Turkey and the most famous city, but it is not the capital of Turkey.

The capital of Turkey is actually Ankara, their second largest city, which is geographically closer to the center.

Ankara was the first stop for Li Chenglong and his party when they arrived in Turkey.

When I came out of Ankara International Airport, there were quite a few fans waiting for the England team with signs outside.

But judging from the signs they raised, it was mainly waiting for Jackie Lee.

Li Chenglong is not only the biggest star of this England youth team, he can even be said to be the biggest star of this World Youth Championship.

To participate in the World Youth Championship, the oldest is 20 years old.

The players in this World Youth Championship include Jesse, Saul, Deulofeu, Paco, Suso, etc. in Spain, and Pogba, Tovan, Umtiti, etc. in France.

But when it comes to personal fame, they are completely inferior to Li Chenglong.

"Help me with my luggage." Li Chenglong asked Harry Kane to help him take the suitcase away, and he went over to sign these fans.

Since there are fans to support, of course Lee Cheng-Long is going to show it.

According to Southgate's arrangement,

During the World Youth Championships, Jackie Lee will partner with Kane as a double striker, so it is arranged for the two of them to cultivate a tacit understanding. They will sit together in the car and live in the same room.

Although the current Kane can be regarded as a well-known genius in Tottenham, he is still in the stage of being rented out to exercise everywhere. Compared with Li Chenglong, he is not at the same level at all, so he is also very knowledgeable, and his attitude is very low. Deputy recognizes Lee Cheng Long as the boss.

After a short delay at the airport, people from the tournament organizers soon arrived, and they would lead the England team south to Antalya, a small city in southern Turkey, where the England team is stationed.

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A total of 24 teams participated in this World Youth Championship.

Among all the teams, there are 7 teams in Europe including the host Turkey, 4 teams in Asia, Africa, South America, and North America, plus New Zealand in Oceania.

The 24 teams are divided into six groups, and the group matches will be held simultaneously in six cities in Turkey.

The England team is divided into Group E, the other three teams in the same group are Iraq in Asia, Egypt in Africa and Chile in South America.

In the group stage, the matches of Group E are basically held in Antalya.

After the group stage, the top two of the six groups and the four best-performing groups placed third, a total of 16 teams qualify together and enter the knockout round.

According to the general opinion of the European media, the biggest favorite to win this World Youth Championship should be Spain, the second is France, the third is England, and the fourth is Portugal.

This year's World Youth Championship, due to the upset of the South American duo Brazil and Argentina, they failed to qualify for the competition, so the top four favorites to win the championship were all taken by European teams.

In fact, speaking of the history of the World Youth Championship, the South American duo are the biggest winners of this event. Argentina has won the World Youth Championship 6 times, and Brazil has won the World Youth Championship 5 times. They are the two countries with the most championships.

Especially in the last 10 World Youth Championships, Brazil and Argentina have won 8 championships together, almost dominating the World Youth Championship.

Among the South American stars, well-known stars such as Maradona, Adriano, Messi and Aguero have led the team to win the World Youth Championship.

But this time, they were both absent, which was really a big upset.

Compared with South American teams, the results of European teams in the World Youth Championship are relatively dismal. Portugal is actually the team that has won the most championships. They have won the World Youth Championship twice.

The five European countries that have won the World Cup, England, Italy and France, have not won the World Youth Championship.

Not only did they not get it, these three teams never even made it to the final of the World Youth Championship.

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Not only will there be the World Youth Championship this summer, but Brazil in South America will also hold the Confederations Cup.

Although the World Youth Championship is the most influential youth competition, it is still a bit worse than the Confederations Cup.

Therefore, as the organizer of the event, Turkey, of course they want to run the game well and earn as much as possible for ticket money, sponsorship fees and so on, so they began to use the name of the biggest star Lee Chenglong to promote the event, hoping to win more Attention.

In this case, Li Chenglong also had to accept some media interviews and event promotion activities one after another.

Of course, these must be given money.

If you don't give money, who is willing to help you promote it?