Chapter 137 Win-Win-Win?

As the fifth round of the European Qualifiers for the World Cup in Russia, where England will face Lithuania at home, is approaching, the focus of the local media in England has almost returned to this focus battle.

The World Cup in Russia will have to wait until next year. It is not urgent to call Li Qing into the England national team. Instead, England U20 head coach Simpson and U17 head coach Cooper are dissatisfied with the efficiency of the English Football Association.

Li Qing is not eligible for the England adult team for the time being, but he is eligible for the Youth World Cup held this year in these two age groups!

A full man does not know the hunger of a hungry man!

The U20 youth team has young talents such as Ojo, Ejaria, Solanke and Lookman on the offensive end, but they are several levels lower than Li Qing who conquered the Premier League.

The U17 youth team also has such problems. It is undeniable that Sancho, Foden, Hudson-Odoi and other new stars with unlimited potential are already very good, but compared with Li Qing, they are several +1 levels lower.

Although such news reports will make England U20 and U17 national youth players dissatisfied, Li Qing has participated in England U18 National Super League and Youth FA Cup, and the players who have played against him know how powerful he is.

Especially since Li Qing has proven himself in the Premier League, players who have opinions can only keep it to themselves. Who makes Li Qing stronger?

England is preparing for the European qualifiers for the World Cup in Russia, and the men's football team is also preparing for the Asian qualifiers for the World Cup. The difference is that England is currently ranked first in Group F, and the men's football team is ranked last. Since they only got two draws and two points in the first five rounds of group matches, there is only a theoretical possibility of qualifying with five rounds left in the group stage.

Marcello Lippi, the famous Italian coach who took over the men's football team, is leading the team to prepare for the sixth round of the World Cup qualifiers, and the opponent is the favorite country of qualifying, South Korea.

Compared with the men's football team, which only has two points, the South Korean men's football team has much more points, and they are ranked second in the group with 10 points.

The last and second place, plus the overall strength is clear at a glance, many media and fans think that this game is without any suspense, even many domestic media and fans think so. Li Qing, who traveled through time, knows that if nothing unexpected happens, the men's football team will beat the Korean men's football team without Son Heung-min 1:0 at the Marshal Sports Center in Star City.

Li Qing has super offensive ability. The men's football team preparing for the game is naturally affected by the media and fans. In order to allow the national football team to prepare for the game with peace of mind, the top leaders of the Football Association held a press conference at the headquarters of the Football Association in the capital, saying that there is no precedent for naturalization of men's football, and naturalization of players is not considered for the time being. It is hoped that domestic media and fans will focus on the men's football team in Star City preparing for the World Cup qualifiers.

The implication is very obvious. The Football Association will not spend time to introduce Li Qing, who has the blood of the descendants of Yan and Huang.

Li Qing was very disappointed when he saw the report of Dongqiudi. He had already stated in Dongqiudi that he was a human being. As long as the Football Association came forward to solve the problem of introducing special talents, he could represent the team to participate in the World Cup qualifiers.

According to historical trajectory, the men's football team is only two points away from the play-offs, and these two points can be won back by drawing with Syria in a neutral stadium...

Now it seems that he thought too much.

The Football Association is very arrogant.

At 7:35 pm on March 23rd, Beijing time, which is 12:35 pm local time in Great Britain, Li Qing watched this World Cup qualifier on TV live.

This game was exactly as he remembered it. Yu Xiaobao's header helped the men's football team beat South Korea 1:0 at the Marshal Sports Center, rekindling the men's football team's hope of entering the Russian World Cup finals.

The domestic media's attention was all focused on the miracle that the men's football team might create, temporarily forgetting the Football Association's displeasure that Li Qing had no intention of naturalizing him.

However, in the subsequent away game against Iwolves, they were beaten back to their original form, losing 0:1 to Iwolves, the first in the group. With five points in seven games, the men's football team is already 12 points behind the top Iwolves, and eight points behind the second in the group, which means that with three rounds left in the group stage, the men's football team still has a theoretical possibility of qualifying directly from the group.

Fans with a little thinking ability know that this possibility is almost zero.

Even the possibility of overtaking Uzbekistan and getting third in the group is very low. After all, not everyone knows like Li Qing that Uzbekistan only got one point in the last three rounds.

The men's football team lost to Iwolves, which basically means that they can prepare for the 2022 Qatar World Cup in advance.

So, there are voices in the domestic media to naturalize Li Qing again.

It is said that if the men's football team naturalizes Li Qing, it would be a piece of cake to beat Iwolves away?

In fact, head coach Lippi agrees with the domestic media's statement that Li Qing should be naturalized, but the Football Association is unwilling to kick off the naturalization.

It was not until a deputy director of the office saw a report in the authoritative media "Sports Weekly" that mentioned that Li Qing might become the Yao Ming of the men's football world that his eyes suddenly lit up.

What he saw was not the revival of football, but another purpose.

When Yao Ming went abroad, the Basketball Association asked for 50% of his income as training fees. Didn't Li Qing want to represent the men's football team?

With a precedent, then contributing 50% is not too much, right?

If I really think it's too much, 40% or 30% is fine!

Li Qing was not trained by the Football Association, and the training fee is not suitable, so let's change it to caring for domestic youth training!

The deputy director of the office felt impressed by his own intelligence and was overwhelmed.

If Li Qing agreed, the Football Association would eat meat and he would drink soup. The leaders above would certainly agree to the proposal of naturalizing Li Qing. At that time, the domestic media and fans would cheer, which meant that he, the Football Association and the fans could win three times!

The international match day in March ended, and the players returned to their respective clubs one after another. Liverpool, which resumed training, will focus on the Merseyside Derby at Anfield Stadium on April 2.

Liverpool's home game against Everton was the first game of the 30th round of the league. The time was 11:30 noon. This time period was not a suitable time for kick-off, but Liverpool was in very good overall condition.

The game took the lead in the eighth minute. Li Qing, Firmino and Coutinho made continuous wall-to-wall cooperation at the top of the penalty area. Coutinho moved forward to attract defense. Mane received Li Qing's pass in the penalty area and shot low into the far corner.

Ten minutes later, Liverpool expanded the score. Li Qing made a precise long pass to Milner, who made a high-speed run. The latter passed the ball directly to the middle of the penalty area without stopping, and Firmino expanded the score.

Before the end of the first half, Li Qing received a surgically accurate through ball from Coutinho and pushed it into the penalty area. Facing Jagielka's defense, he chose to shoot at the far corner. Goalkeeper Robles sighed at the ball and helped Liverpool kill the game.

The only flaw was that in the second half, defensive player Lovren was distracted and Pennington, who played for Everton in the Merseyside Derby for the first time, scored a goal.

In the end, Liverpool defeated Everton 3:1 and won the 22nd Merseyside Derby in the Premier League.