Chapter 101: Looking Behind at Li Qing

Li Qing performed well in the fifth round of the FA Cup, with a goal, an assist and an offensive plan, helping Liverpool beat Leicester City at home.

At the routine press conference after the game, the media reporters who asked questions fired at Klopp, asking him why he didn't bring Li Qing to the press conference again.

Klopp said seriously: "Li said he was still young and would wait until he was 18 years old before accepting media interviews. Really, I'm not lying to you. If you don't believe me, you can go and ask him."

All the reporters present rolled their eyes and said in their hearts: "You are a bad old man!"

The media reports in the British Isles once again revolved around the super star Li Qing who had performed extremely well recently, but not long after, the focus of the mainstream media in the British Isles and Europe quickly shifted to the losing Leicester City.

Why?

Leicester City executives announced the termination of the contract with Ranieri!

Li Qing was very surprised to see the media reports. If he remembered correctly, Ranieri should have been dismissed after the first round of the Champions League quarter-finals.

What, in advance?

Could it be... the effect of his butterfly?

Besides, it is hard to understand why the meritorious coach was fired before the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals.

However, many fans believe that firing Ranieri is in line with the trend of football, even though he led the team to unexpectedly win the league championship last season.

This season, except for advancing to the round of 16 as the first in the Champions League, the league is simply a mess, only one point ahead of the relegation zone.

The loss of Kante last summer had a great impact on Leicester City, but don’t forget that Leicester City still has Vardy and Mahrez, and there is no problem on the offensive end. The back line has maintained the integrity of last season, plus the summer reinforcements, and the strength should have increased.

It is under such circumstances that Ranieri, as the head coach, is absolutely responsible for the league Waterloo.

Li Qing shook his head and focused on the next round of the league.

Unfortunately, the league opponent next week is Leicester City, which is welcoming the new head coach.

But before that, there are still the Champions League knockouts and the League Cup finals worth paying attention to.

At 8pm local time in Great Britain, the FA Cup quarter-final draw was finalized. Liverpool's opponent was difficult to beat, and it was Manchester United, which was taken over by Jose Mourinho.

The senior executives who participated in the draw on behalf of Liverpool felt very speechless. In addition to the giants Manchester United, Manchester City, Tottenham and Arsenal, there were three weak teams that advanced to the FA Cup quarterfinals.

Millwall from the English League One, Lincoln City and Middlesbrough from the fifth-level league.

Except for Middlesbrough, which was a little bit of a headache, Millwall and Lincoln City were simply ideal opponents for the semi-finals.

Often in the quarterfinals, the giants will become serious.

No matter how small the mosquito is, it is meat!

Liverpool head coach Klopp did not go to the scene, but he watched the live broadcast, and when the team drew Manchester United, his mouth twitched obviously.

Why did Tottenham draw Millwall, Arsenal draw Lincoln City, and Manchester City draw Middlesbrough?

And his team has to face the strongest Manchester United?

It's unscientific!

Not all Liverpool fans are depressed about the draw. Li Qing is quite excited. According to the home and away games reflected in the draw, Manchester United will play at home, which means that Li Qing will go to Old Trafford with the team.

The European five-star stadium known as the Theatre of Dreams.

Mourinho's team is good at defensive counterattacks, and Klopp's team is also good at counterattacks. The difference is that Mourinho emphasizes midfield and backcourt defense, which is often called parking the bus, while Klopp emphasizes the team's high-position pressure.

The essence of the two is the same, but the difference is that they give fans a different sense of déjà vu, which leads to different reputations.

With the prevalence of the kiti-taka tactics promoted by Guardiola, it seems that fans all over the world like to watch the tactical style of passing the ball into the goal, which is called offensive football.

Mourinho's bus-parking tactics have been labeled as anti-football. Although Klopp's team also counterattacks quickly, his style of play emphasizes speed, requires more physical fitness from players, and is more radical, so it is more popular. Mourinho's bus-parking is a steady and steady type, which is easily labeled as negative.

Li Qing used to admire Mourinho very much. When he came across Manchester United led by Mourinho, he naturally wanted to test the power of Mourinho's bus-parking.

Is it the sharp spear that pierced Chelsea and Tottenham's defenses in succession, or is Mourinho's shield stronger? He is looking forward to it.

Before the start of the FA Cup quarter-finals, Liverpool still has two league games, one home and one away, which are away to Leicester City and home to Arsenal.

It is worth mentioning that the day before Liverpool's away challenge to Leicester City was the 2016-2017 League Cup final, and Manchester United decided the first champion of England this season at Southampton at the new Wembley Stadium.

Li Qing has a good memory. Since he admires Mourinho, he remembers Mourinho's achievements when he took over Manchester United more clearly. If nothing unexpected happens, Manchester United defeated Southampton in the League Cup. In addition, Manchester United also won the Europa League this season, and thus participated in the Champions League next season as the Europa League champion.

Counting the Community Shield championship at the beginning of the season, Mourinho won the small treble in his first season as Manchester United coach, which is perfect.

Back to the point, Li Qing watched the live broadcast of this game at home. There were no surprises in the process and results of the game. With Ibrahimovic's lore, Manchester United narrowly defeated Southampton 3:2 and won the championship.

The next day, Li Qing went with the team to Leicestershire, East Midlands, central England, to challenge Leicester City, which had changed its new coach.

From the starting lineup, Li Qing did not appear in the starting lineup, but the fans basically knew that Li Qing was still young and it was not a good thing to play as a starter too early. Instead, he would play a greater role as a substitute.

The person who took over the position of head coach of Leicester City was Craig Shakespeare, Ranieri's assistant. I don't know why, this team that has been in a slump this season has been completely renewed under Shakespeare's leadership.

Vardy, who had not scored in the past eight league rounds, actually helped Leicester City open the scoring at the King Power Stadium.

Before the end of the first half, Milner headed the ball in the penalty area and cleared it not far away. Leicester City midfielder Drinkwater, who was outside the penalty area, made a long shot to help the home team expand the score to two goals.

The on-site director gave a close-up shot of the visiting team's bench with great meaning, or more precisely, to the super star Li Qing who has performed well recently.

The Liverpool fans sitting in front of the TV did not feel depressed because the team was two goals behind, but were full of expectations.

The team fell behind and then overtook Wolves, Chelsea and Tottenham in succession. They believe that this game is likely to develop in the same way.