Chapter 211 The Arrogant Li Qing
At the beginning of the game, both sides were affected by their respective lineups and first focused on defense and then considered offense.
However, with the presence of Li Qing, Liverpool's offense became very simple. His breakthrough on the right side of the offense often caused panic among Atletico's defenders.
Less than five minutes after the focus battle began, two Atletico players had been warned by the referee. If this game was a formal game, it would not be a warning but a yellow gem card!
The fanatical atmosphere of the Allianz Arena became more and more fanatical as Li Qing's breakthroughs increased. Li Qing, who is good at breakthroughs, is as skilled as Messi and Neymar. If it is just a matter of viewing, Li Qing is even better.
His speed and technology are perfectly combined. In the process of breakthrough, he will also add some difficult Marseille turns or realistic high-speed changes of direction, which are full of viewing, making the fans in the audience excited and applauding.
When the time came to ten minutes, Li Qing gradually adapted to Atletico's defensive style. He consciously tried to make some choices that were directly threatening.
[Superstar Moment] has cooled down, but he thinks it is unnecessary to use it in the warm-up match, especially this kind of cheating method should be used as little as possible, otherwise it will become dependent, unless there is really no way to score.
In the 2016-2017 season, Li Qing used his superb footwork to break through to the penalty area to score, but this summer his scoring methods have become more comprehensive, and long shots outside the penalty area are also threatening, which makes it impossible for the Colchoneros to fully take care of both aspects.
Compared with letting Li Qing shoot in the penalty area, it is obviously safer to shoot outside the penalty area.
Besides, goalkeeper Moya is quite capable, and it is very difficult to score as long as Li Qing does not play a world wave.
Li Qing seized the mentality of Atletico Madrid's defensive players who only defended in the penalty area, and in the 17th minute, helped Liverpool open the record at the Allianz Arena.
A powerful long shot outside the penalty area was very accurate, and goalkeeper Moya could only declare that it was out of reach when he made a save.
The score was behind, and the bandit coach Simeone became anxious. The reaction of Klopp was in sharp contrast to him. He was leisurely and even went back to the coaching seat to chat with his assistant, as if the game had nothing to do with him.
In Klopp's view, as long as the score was ahead, victory was not far away.
Li Qing's ability to counterattack with the ball was really strong.
Simeone paced back and forth in the visiting team coach's command area, looking up at the court from time to time, with worry between his eyebrows.
The sharp knife Griezmann and Torres were very anxious. Li Qing had already opened the record, and they had not even got a shot so far. As players with rich experience in the game, they had already guessed what those media with no bottom line would write about them after the game.
In order not to become a laughing stock, Griezmann and Torres consciously tried long shots outside the penalty area.
Under the close defense of Liverpool's defensive players, neither Griezmann nor Torres found the best feeling of their feet, and finally fired anti-aircraft guns.
In addition to Griezmann and Torres, who were very uncomfortable with their kicks, Woodburn and Solanke were also very depressed. They had neither Li Qing's speed nor Li Qing's delicate footwork, and they had no good way to deal with Atletico's tough defense.
A few minutes after the game, Li Qing took the opportunity of a dead ball to find Solanke and Woodburn. The former was a teammate of the national youth team, and the latter was from the same youth training. He should help them in the warm-up match before the start of the season.
Listening to Li Qing's advice, Woodburn and Solanke had no doubts and decided to try it in the next game.
Torres received a long pass from the backcourt and headed the ball back against Klavan. Griezmann rushed the ball forward before Wiener Dumu stretched his foot, and without waiting for Gomez to block it, he directly completed a long shot at the top of the penalty area.
The kicked football was blocked by Gomez. Adam blocked his position in advance and headed the ball to Milner, who directly handed it to Li Qing who retreated to meet it.
Thomas and Sergi rushed towards Li Qing at the same time. Li Qing had no intention of taking the ball and breaking through. He had a wide field of vision and saw the extremely fast Woodburn rushing in at high speed. He passed the ball directly without stopping the ball, and the ball fell into the unmanned area of the backcourt defense of the Bed Sheet Army.
Since Atletico's attack was launched from the right side of its own side, which was Liverpool's defensive left side, the full-back position was relatively forward, and Li Qing attracted most of the attention from attack to defense. Woodburn, who was on the left side at high speed, almost faced the ball without being marked.
The 33-year-old goalkeeper Moya looked at the aggressive Woodburn and did not dare to attack.
Central defenders Lucas Hernandez and Jimenez were not the kind of fast central defenders, so they could only watch Woodburn run farther and farther, and finally chose to dribble past Moya and hit the empty goal.
The score on the scoreboard became 2:0. Atletico's head coach Simeone was very angry, but he was helpless. The team had just resumed training not long ago and its state had not yet fully recovered. On the contrary, Liverpool played at a very high state under the leadership of Li Qing.
Klopp was obviously in a very good mood. After cheering, he returned to the coaching seat again, crossed his legs, and looked very comfortable.
Before the game resumed, the broadcast screen showed Griezmann and Torres one after another. The two frowned, and the worry between their brows was very obvious. Obviously, they were very dissatisfied with their performance in this game.
However, Torres was very open-minded. He is 33 years old this year and is at the end of his career. Naturally, he cannot be compared with young people. Only Griezmann was annoyed from the bottom of his heart.
Before the end of the first half, Li Qing received a pass from Vinadum while running and faked a shot. He suddenly accelerated into the penalty area. The Atletico Madrid defenders did not have time to defend and were even half a beat late to commit a foul.
Lucas and Jimenez in the penalty area did not dare to make any moves. Li Qing took this opportunity to make a dry onion pull on the spot. The football rolled quickly along the grass and went to the lower corner of the goal. Goalkeeper Moya was blocked by a straight line and reacted two beats slower. It was too late to make a save. He could only walk into the goal again helplessly and kick the football to the front court helplessly.
3:0!
Liverpool led by three goals.
In the second half, Atletico Madrid stepped up their offense. Taking advantage of the opening three-pronged attack, Griezmann helped the team score a goal.
Griezmann, who scored a goal, was particularly excited and cheered loudly. At the same time, he consciously incited the Atletico Madrid fans in the audience to make even louder cheers.
Simeone is a man of temperament and is easily affected by the game. He also incited the fans to create a more fanatical atmosphere.
However, Li Qing used the plug-in [Superstar Moment] after the restart, and quickly helped the Red Army to expand the score to three goals again.
Li Qing appeared on the broadcast screen with an arrogant look, shrugged his shoulders, and looked helpless. Those Atletico fans sitting in front of the TV wanted to beat Li Qing...
The Colchoneros, who had originally been in high spirits, were beaten back to their original form by Li Qing's goal that dribbled past several players. Klopp took the opportunity to make multiple position adjustments, but Li Qing still stayed on the field until the 70th minute of the game.