Chapter 241 European Golden Boy Award Nomination
Li Qing helped Tong Shenbing, who was unable to move, to visit the luxurious and modern mansion purchased by Li Qing, which had a gym, indoor swimming pool, game room, multimedia room, kitchen...
In order to reward Tong Shenbing who came from afar, Li Qing cooked a large table of dishes. Solanke and Arnold, who came back in the evening, just caught up. Tong Shenbing had already learned from Li Qing that he had two roommates, and it was not surprising, but a little embarrassed.
She remembered that Li Qing had said the reason for finding Arnold and Solanke as roommates, and she couldn't help laughing.
In the evening, under Li Qing's soft and hard persuasion, Tong Shenbing finally agreed to stay in the mansion in Hale District, Cheshire before school started.
Because the materials used in the mansion are all top-notch, the sound insulation facilities are very good, and Solanke and Arnold did not hear any strange sounds when they slept at night, but Li Qing seemed to be a little weak in the recovery training on the second day.
Head coach Klopp saw it in his eyes. He knew Li Qing because he was too hard in the game the day before yesterday, so he took the initiative to find Li Qing after the first training session and expressed his condolences to him.
Without Li Qing, the team he coached would have suffered a crushing defeat at the Etihad Stadium.
At the weekend, they would face Qarabag, the first round opponent of the Champions League group stage, at home. He decided to put Li Qing on the bench.
Li Qing waved his hand without blushing and said seriously: "It is my duty to give everything for the team! Boss, don't worry, I will recover as soon as possible and face the next first round of the Champions League group stage with a new attitude!"
At the same time, he kept reminding himself in his heart that young people must take care of their health!
Time passed very quickly. The 2017-2018 Champions League group stage kicked off. Liverpool's first round of group stage against Qarabag at home was the second match day of the Champions League, which was the standard Champions League start time of 8:45 pm on Wednesday.
Last weekend, Liverpool played a thrilling game with Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium. The atmosphere at Anfield Stadium in the Champions League in the middle of the week was fanatical, and the deafening cheers lasted for a long time.
The team song "You'll Never Walk Alone" started from the first minute of the game and lasted until the end of the game.
Karabakh is a football club in Azerbaijan. Being able to participate in the Champions League is the implementation of the new Champions League policy. Otherwise, this team will not be able to participate in the Champions League, which symbolizes the highest level of world football, for a hundred years.
Affected by the low overall level of domestic football, Karabakh's strength is definitely not very good, so it is expected that Liverpool will knock on the door just five minutes after the start of the game.
The one who helped Liverpool score the ice-breaking goal was Li Qing, who shined last weekend. He received Emre Can's straight pass at the front of the penalty area and stopped and passed into the penalty area. Facing the blocking central defender, he chose a very smart low shot, and the ball rushed to the far corner of the goal along the grass.
The national goalkeeper from Azerbaijan had no choice but to watch the ball rush into the net.
With the first goal, the second goal became easy.
Li Qing sent a precise long pass on the right side of the attack, and Mane, who was running at high speed, dribbled the ball directly into the penalty area. Facing the central defender who was not in place to defend, he directly shot the ball into the far corner with his right foot. The goalkeeper was distracted by his sight, and it was too late for him to save the ball when he saw it.
With a two-goal lead, Liverpool consciously slowed down the offensive rhythm, but Karabakh's defense was really bad. Li Qing easily passed two defensive players in front of the penalty area. His long-range shot was particularly powerful and the angle was not tricky, but Karabakh's goalkeeper was limited and failed to save the ball.
When the whistle sounded at the end of the game, the scoreboard showed a score of 7:0. The top scorer Li Qing performed a hat trick, and Salah, Firmino, Mane and Chamberlain each scored a goal.
Those media reporters who followed Li Qing were very surprised. Li Qing has scored 17 goals and 4 assists for Liverpool since the Community Shield, and 11 goals and 2 assists in four league rounds, far ahead of the scorer list.
Lukaku and Harry Kane, the leading striker of Tottenham, who scored in four consecutive rounds at the beginning of the season, were speechless. They scored 11 goals at the beginning. How can they continue to play with you?
In the first four rounds of the league, Crystal Palace, the second-to-last team in the league, and Leicester City, the fourth-to-last team, only scored 11 goals in total.
So scary!
Li Qing, who was in a hot state, once again became the headline news figure of major media. What made people a little dissatisfied was that Liverpool coach Klopp still did not allow Li Qing to participate in media interviews alone. Only Lu Lu, who was promoted to the editor-in-chief of the Premier League section of Dongqiudi, could occasionally get news of Li Qing's interviews.
After finishing the Champions League group stage, Liverpool quickly shifted their attention and came to the home court to face Burnley in the 5th round of the league and the League Cup 1/16 finals to challenge Doncaster.
In fact, with the end of the international match day, Liverpool, as a top team, has entered a consecutive double match week, and this situation will continue until the international match day in October.
Head coach Klopp has a headache recently. After playing Burnley at home, he will have to play four consecutive away games. First, the League Cup 1/16 finals, then the King Power Stadium to challenge Leicester City, which is currently ranked fourth from the bottom, and then the second round of the Champions League group stage, the Calderon Stadium to challenge Atletico Madrid.
Finally, the St. James Stadium to challenge Newcastle United led by Liverpool's meritorious coach Benitez.
In the home game against Burnley, Liverpool won 3:1 at home with goals from Li Qing, Salah and Arnold, but because Manchester United beat Everton 4:0 at home, Mourinho's Manchester United ranked first in the league with a goal difference advantage.
Considering the consecutive away games next weekend, Klopp made some adjustments to the team lineup, challenging Doncaster with a lineup mainly composed of the youth team + substitute players. Despite this, Liverpool, with its strength advantage, won the game 2:0 away.
The next day, a news released on the official website of Italy's Turin Sports Daily attracted the attention of media and fans around the world.
The European Golden Boy Award, founded by the European authoritative football media Turin Sports Daily, announced a list of 25 candidates. This is an award for the annual player under the age of 20 who plays for European clubs since 2003.
Li Qing, who performed well in 2017, is on the list. In addition, outstanding young players such as Mbappe, Dembele, Donnarumma, Jesus, Joe Gomez, Pulisic, Rashford and others appear on the candidate list.
Say that Li Qing is the best player in 2017, there will definitely be media and fans who sneer, but it is definitely undisputed to say that Li Qing is the best young player in 2017.
It is also because Li Qing appeared on the list of candidates for the European Golden Boy Award that the other 24 candidates are more or less like accompanying the prince to study.
So much so that the French media "France Football" and "L'Equipe" official INS account spoke up for Mbappe and Dembélé. It is not to question Li Qing's performance in 2017, but to let a player who was shortlisted for the "World Footballer of the Year" candidate compete with Mbappe and Dembélé for the European Golden Boy Award, which is a bit too bullying!