Chapter 122: A Show of Strength, a Lightning Goal

Chapter 122: A show of strength, a lightning goal, next

"Beep~"

Accompanied by the referee Oliver's whistle.

The last quarter-final of the 2016-2017 FA Cup officially began, and the Manchester United fans at Old Trafford subconsciously burst into a huge boo for the Liverpool players who kicked off.

"wuwwuwuuuuuuu——"

Feeling the overwhelming booing, Li Qing raised his eyebrows. He wanted to pass the ball, but he decided to teach the Manchester United fans a lesson, so that they would know the consequences of offending him!

Ibrahimovic thought Li Qing was going to pass the ball, and he didn't even stretch his legs. He could only watch Li Qing depressedly as he crossed the center circle of Manchester United's half and rushed to his own defensive half.

As a 36-year-old veteran, his physical function has declined greatly. In many cases, he can only pretend to defend. In order to reasonably allocate physical energy, even useless movements and grabbing the ball will be abandoned. He looked at Li Qing from behind, wondering how powerful this Liverpool supernova, who was called the new darling by the English media, was.

Rashford turned a corner and joined Pogba to defend Li Qing.

Li Qing used the inside of his right foot to dunk the ball to the left in advance. Rashford, who turned from the left side of the defense, accelerated horizontally to the middle. He raised his eyebrows with strong explosive power, realizing that Li Qing's explosive power seemed to be stronger.

Li Qing followed the rhythm of the dunk. Facing Pogba's scramble, he used the inside of his left foot to dunk the ball to the right front. The front of his foot pushed against the ground, and the huge reaction force allowed him to speed up in a flash.

Fried meatballs!

The Liverpool fans who traveled with the team subconsciously shouted loudly, but they were at an absolute disadvantage in number and had no way to break through the huge booing blockade created by Manchester United fans.

Rashford's eyes lit up, and without any thought, he pushed the ground with the front of his left foot, stretched his right foot forward, and used the huge reaction force brought by his left foot to complete the shove.

However, at this moment, Li Qing took a step forward with his right foot, stepped on the football and pulled it back. At the same time, his body turned 90 degrees clockwise with his right foot as the axis, facing the direction of attack, and then stepped on the ball with his left foot alternately and pulled it back, facing the direction of attack again.

"aoaoaoooooo——"

The Manchester United fans who were booing subconsciously exclaimed.

"The three forwards are Rashford and Ibrahimovic..."

New England Sports commentator Jin Xiangkai was still announcing Manchester United's starting lineup to the audience and fans. Seeing Li Qing complete a wonderful move, he changed the topic: "Marseille turn!"

Manchester United left midfielder Damian consciously approached Li Qing from the beginning of the game. After seeing Li Qing pass Rashford with a Marseille turn, he quickened his pace and stretched out his right foot to try to steal the ball.

Li Qing had a broad vision and was calm in the face of danger. Facing Damian's steal, he calmly used the outside of his right foot to push the football to the right front, and the football just stuck to the grass and passed between Damian's legs.

Jin Xiangkai was just about to report the remaining starting players of Manchester United again, but when he saw Li Qing's spectacular dribbling moves, his emotions continued to rise, and he said loudly: "Damian made up for the defense quickly, but Li Qing was even faster! He passed Damian with a simple crotch pass!"

Andy Gray, the commentator of British Sky TV, was passionate in his commentary: "The fourth one! Li gave the home team Manchester United a head start in the opening stage!"

Right back Arnold quickly moved forward, and Li Qing dribbled forward.

Pogba is fast, tall, and has long legs. He has a wide field of vision and comprehensive skills. He can pass and shoot. The only shortcoming is that his defense is not active enough. Since the game has just started, he is naturally relaxed in his heart and does not think that Li Qing will bring much substantial pressure to the defense.

Head coach Mourinho stood up before he even got comfortable in the coaching seat, walked to the coaching command area, stared at Pogba with his eyes, and was furious.

As a central midfielder, not to mention full defense, at least the attitude needs to be correct, right?

Herrera felt great pressure. Li Qing broke through Manchester United's midfield defenders one after another. Damian on the wing had not returned to his position yet, and Pogba returned to defense in a Buddhist way. This meant that he was now the only barrier in front of the three central defenders.

Li Qing brought the ball to an area about 40 meters away from the goal. Herrera fought and retreated. Li Qing did not give him time to think. He flicked the ball in the middle with the outside of his left foot, and the ball quickly rolled to Firmino who was waiting in the middle.

As the only barrier in front of the central defender, Herrera had to retreat to the middle again.

In a flash, a clear crack appeared in Manchester United's defense line.

Pogba, who was good at reading the game, realized something, but he was still some distance away from the defense line, and he could only pray in his heart...

Firmino took the ball one step, attracted Herrera's defensive attention, and passed it to Li Qing who was advancing to the right rib at high speed.

It was not realistic for Herrera to pull back to the left rib to defend, which meant that Li Qing was directly facing the entire Manchester United defense line!

At the same time, Arnold's running position also changed from advancing to the right to diagonally penetrate the space behind the left central defender Rojo.

Rojo knew before the game that Li Qing had a strong ability to break through, so he was not worried about Arnold. He mainly followed Smalling to keep a close eye on Li Qing.

Li Qing used the outside of his left foot to dribble the ball horizontally to the middle, and Rojo followed to the middle.

Herrera returned to defense with all his strength, ready to complete the defense with Smalling and Rojo, even if it meant committing a foul.

“wuwwuuuuuu——”

The boos above Old Trafford were getting louder and louder, trying to affect Li Qing who was dribbling inside.

Li Qing didn't hear the boos from Manchester United fans at all. He just wanted to help the team get the first goal!

With a broad vision, he saw the range of Arnold's forward advance and suddenly passed the ball with the inside of his left foot. The ball rolled along the grass from the right side of the top of the penalty area to the unmanned area on the left rib of the penalty area behind Rojo.

The on-site director quickly switched the camera, and the commentator of New England Sports, Jin Xiangkai, shouted: "——Arnold!"

Smalling, who was dragged at the back, raised his hand to signal Li Qing to be offside, but the assistant referee was unmoved.

Li Qing passed the ball very comfortably, Arnold cut into the penalty area at high speed, and Firmino and Mane followed and accelerated into the penalty area.

In a flash, the Manchester United penalty area became panic-stricken.

No one expected that Manchester United would experience this situation less than half a minute after the game started!

Valencia, Phil Jones, and Smalling were completely attracted by Mane and Firmino. Rojo had to turn around to defend Arnold again, and only Herrera was left to defend Li Qing.

But Li Qing was explosive and fast, and Herrera, who was already two steps behind, was left behind.

Manchester United coach Mourinho was anxious and thought: "Don't do a reverse triangle."

Perhaps the more you fear something, the more likely it will happen. Arnold ran and completed the reverse triangle pass before Rojo fell to the ground to block it.

The broadcast screen quickly switched, and Sky TV commentator Andy Gray stretched out his voice: "Li——"

The fans watching the game through the live TV broadcast clearly saw Li Qing raised his left foot on the right rib of the penalty area, and there was no defensive player within two meters of him.

This... is very desperate for Manchester United fans!

Li Qing pushed the ball rolling on the ground with his left foot arch, and the refracted ball quickly rolled along the grass to the far corner of the goal.

Smalling, the central defender, had no time to react, but subconsciously turned his head to look at the goal as the ball moved forward.

Goalkeeper De Gea, who was standing in the near corner, got off the ground very quickly, but Li Qing's shot was very tricky at an angle and the ball was fast, so De Gea could only declare that he was out of reach.

The football almost passed the goal post on the left side, crossed the goal line, and hit the snow-white net.

Who would have thought that Li Qing would launch a blitzkrieg at the beginning of the game?