Chapter 271 Prepare for a Rainy Day and Strive for the First Place

FIFA's 2017 awards ceremony ended, but the controversy caused by the selection results has not ended, especially the world's best team. There is no problem that Real Madrid, which won the league championship and the Champions League, occupies five seats. The problem is that Barcelona, ​​which only won the King's Cup, still occupies three seats, which is very puzzling.

The annual world's best team, the players selected are naturally all players in the world, but the finalists are limited to La Liga and Serie A. If Neymar had not transferred to Paris Saint-Germain, Ligue 1 would not even appear.

The Premier League's attention is crushing La Liga and Serie A in terms of data, especially the viewing and intensity are even better. It is in this context that the world's best team is inevitably questioned.

Although Li Qing deleted his Instagram and Twitter, this operation was more than ten minutes after it was sent out, which means that many fans saw Li Qing's tweets and Instagram and took screenshots.

However, Li Qing is not the only one who bombarded FIFA's selection, so Li Qing will not be pushed to the forefront by the media.

After all, there are a lot of players and celebrities who question FIFA's selection.

The world's best team is controversial, and the ranking of the world footballer is even more confusing, which has aroused heated discussions among major media and fans.

In addition to the Spanish and Italian media, which benefited from it, authoritative media such as the English media, German media, French media, and Dutch media have collectively bombarded FIFA's selection mechanism.

Li Qing, who returned to Liverpool, quickly gathered his mood and prepared for the next home game against Huddersfield. As for the League Cup 1/8 finals, he did not enter the 18-man roster. According to Klopp, such a game is not worthy of the team's top scorer.

Leeds United has limited strength and has no way to put pressure on Liverpool, which is mainly composed of substitutes and youth team players. After 90 minutes of the game, Liverpool, which has the home advantage, beat the opponent 3:0.

Liverpool coach Klopp let Li Qing rest in the League Cup. In addition to preparing for the league, there is also the fourth round of the Champions League group stage this season in Rome at the beginning of next month.

The game at the Olympic Stadium in Rome can only qualify from Group C two rounds in advance if it wins, and it can also lock the first place in the group. Such a winning benefit is something that no one can refuse.

As a newly promoted team, Huddersfield has actually performed quite well so far this season, with 3 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses in 9 games, ranking 12th with 12 points. In the last round, they even had a shocking upset, defeating Manchester United 2:1 at home.

The Liverpool team, who were at home in this game, were very careful to avoid following in Manchester United's footsteps.

The Premier League is the most intense league in the world, and relegation teams and weak teams often unexpectedly draw or defeat giants and quasi-giant teams, so being fully prepared is beneficial without any harm.

"Leeeeeeeeeee——"

Before the game started, the Liverpool Club held a presentation ceremony for Li Qing, and the Liverpool fans in the stadium burst into a huge cheer like a tsunami to welcome the new European Golden Boy Award winner and Puskas Award winner.

The on-site director gave Li Qing a long close-up, and the fans sitting in front of the TV could clearly see that Li Qing was holding the spherical gold-plated European Golden Boy Award trophy in his left hand and the bronze Puskas Award trophy in his right hand.

He Wei, the commentator of China Channel 5, looked at Li Qing who was holding the trophy with both hands and said loudly: "I believe that the fans in front of the TV are not only proud but also regretful at this time. The only flaw is the signature of the trophy. In time, I hope that some domestic institutions can truly contribute to China's football. Super talents like Li Qing must be in their hands! At that time... for us, it will be truly proud..."

The fans in front of the TV fell into deep thought and were full of worries.

After 90 minutes of fierce battle, Liverpool defeated Huddersfield 3:0 at home with the goal of Li Qing, the top scorer, and Firmino.

Rival Manchester City defeated West Brom 3:2 away, and the difference between them is still 2 points.

In another focus battle, Manchester United, who lost unexpectedly in the last round, defeated Tottenham 1:0 at home, giving the opponent two consecutive defeats.

After the weekend league ended, the focus of the Liverpool team quickly shifted to the fourth round of the Champions League away challenge against Roma. According to the current C group points, Liverpool can lock the first place in the group in advance as long as they win, which is very attractive to Liverpool, which needs to focus on the domestic league in the future.

Locking the first place in the group in advance means that the remaining two group matches, away challenge against Qarabag and home game against Atletico Madrid, can give the team a very relaxed preparation environment!

The Premier League will speed up in December, especially the Christmas devil schedule. Many teams often have to play at least three high-intensity games in a week. With the addition of the League Cup, the schedule will be more intensive.

Liverpool coach Klopp looked at the team's next schedule and frowned deeply.

You don't know until you see it, and you'll be shocked when you see it.

Starting from the end of the international match day in November, the team will play two consecutive games a week until the end of the Christmas devil schedule.

From the home game against Southampton on November 18 to January 1, 2018, a total of 14 games will be played in 43 days, an average of one game every three days.

Horrible!

Klopp was looking at the schedule and wondering if he could give up on the League Cup quarter-finals in December.

As a head coach who likes to pursue victory, Klopp does not want to give up any game, so his idea is to challenge Roma in the fourth round of the group stage.

The day before the game, that is, at 10 am on Monday, the entire Liverpool team took a flight from John Lennon Airport to Rome Fiumicino Airport.

Just after walking out of the airport, in addition to the Liverpool fans who arrived in advance holding banners and slogans and making huge cheers, more local Roma fans booed, and even many Roma fans shouted insulting words.

Li Qing and most of the Liverpool players raised their eyebrows and felt that the Roma fans were too rude.

For this reason, there were also conflicts between Liverpool fans and Roma fans. If it were not for the sufficient airport security personnel, it would be very likely to escalate the situation further.

The entire Liverpool team is trying hard to show the home team Roma a little color in the fourth round of the Champions League group stage tomorrow night, so as to let the Roma fans know that some people cannot be offended casually.

The whole team adapted to the venue in the afternoon. Roma's home stadium is the Olympic Stadium, which is not a professional stadium, but a comprehensive stadium. The stadium is the main stadium in Rome and can accommodate up to 105,000 fans, including 80,000 seats and 25,000 standing seats.

Considering safety factors, the standing seats in any stadium cannot be sold as tickets in the Champions League. This means that the maximum number of fans that can be filled in the Olympic Stadium in the Champions League is 85,000 fans.