Chapter 503 The only Young Man in England Who Conquered Away Games
The first player selected at the 2018-2019 UEFA Champions League group draw and UEFA Champions League awards ceremony was the UEFA Champions League Best Forward. There was no suspense about this award. Li Qing, who contributed 26 goals and 7 assists in the 2017-2018 season, was successfully elected.
Under the attention of the front court guests, football legends and active players, Li Qing slowly stood up, slightly adjusted the black suit jacket tailored for him by Armani, coughed lightly, and walked onto the podium.
The award after the Best Forward was the Best Midfielder, which was won by Real Madrid midfielder Modric. The Best Defender was Liverpool center back Van Dijk. The Best Goalkeeper should have been Karius, but he made two super huge mistakes in the final, which led to the change of the Best Goalkeeper and became the Real Madrid goalkeeper Navas.
The UEFA Champions League Best Player and the Best Forward were no suspense. Li Qing contributed 26 goals and 7 assists in 12 games. He was the biggest contributor to Liverpool's regaining the Champions League title after 13 years, so there was no suspense about this award.
Under the attention of the whole audience again, Li Qing walked onto the stage and received the personal silver trophy symbolizing the best player in the Champions League.
The best female player was won by Wolfsburg women's football player Hader, and the UEFA Fair Play Award was won by Georgian captain Kashia.
All the individual awards were won, and the next was the Champions League group draw ceremony that fans all over the world paid attention to.
The defending Champions League champion Liverpool was drawn to Group C. The other three opponents in the same group were very limited, namely Lyon, Shakhtar Donetsk and Hoffenheim, which was a very good draw.
Liverpool had a good draw, but the other two teams from the Premier League were drawn into the death group.
Tottenham was drawn into Group B with Barcelona, Eindhoven and Inter Milan, Manchester City was drawn into Group C with Paris Saint-Germain, Napoli and Red Star Belgrade, and Group A was also a death group, with Atletico Madrid, Dortmund, Monaco and Bruges drawn together.
There are eight groups in total, and three of them are death groups, which will certainly attract the attention of the world's media and fans, especially Manchester City, which was drawn into the death group again. It is a pity.
In the past, Manchester City has always violated the financial fair play rules launched by UEFA, and was targeted by UEFA and drawn into the death group many times. What Manchester City fans did not expect was that they were finally drawn into the death group after calming down UEFA's anger...
Of course, this is not particularly stressful for Guardiola and Manchester City players. Whether it is Paris Saint-Germain or Naples, it can only bring pressure to Manchester City without causing actual threats.
Qualifying from the group, why not?
The 2018-2019 UEFA Champions League group draw and UEFA Champions League awards ceremony ended. The coaches and players who participated in the ceremony returned to their respective teams one after another to prepare for the last domestic league before the international match day in September.
Except for the Premier League, the league teams are also trying to complete the last-minute transfer to create greater possibilities for the new 2018-2019 season.
Liverpool will play Leicester City at the King Power Stadium in the 4th round of the 2018-2019 Premier League. The match will be held at 12:30 noon on September 1, which is 7:30 pm in the capital, a very suitable time for Chinese fans to watch the live broadcast.
The focus battle between Leicester City and Liverpool at home is also the first game of the 4th round. It has attracted a lot of attention. It can even be said that fans who like to watch football games will focus on this event.
Liverpool has been unbeaten in 57 rounds across the season in the past. If they can remain unbeaten at the King Power Stadium, the record will be raised to 58 games. Leicester City, who is at home, naturally does not like Liverpool to create a record that is completed by stepping on their heads. Therefore, the whole Leicester City team is full of fighting spirit and the fans in the audience are also passionate.
Leicester City, who is at home, sent out the strongest lineup, goalkeeper Schmeichel, defenders Chilwell, Maguire, Morgan and Pereira, double defensive midfielders Mendy and Ndidi, forwards Albrighton, Maddison and Gray, and Vardy is at the forefront.
Except for Joe Gomez replacing Matip, no other positions have changed for Liverpool.
Leicester City coach Pierre has been concentrating and holding his breath since the first second of the game, with his fists clenched naturally, fearing that a slackness would cause the team to lose the ball.
The Leicester City players on the field played very hard. They did not neglect the battle because of the big difference in strength between the two sides. On the contrary, they were full of fighting spirit and looked like they were going to arm wrestle with the league leader Liverpool.
In order to avoid losing the ball, Liverpool played more conservatively and focused on defense at the beginning.
The treatment that Li Qing enjoyed was the same as other stadiums in England, which was not available to many teammates. As long as he got the ball, there would be huge cheers as violent as a tsunami.
"aoaoaoaooaooooooo——"
Liverpool survived Leicester City's opening three-pronged attack and began to organize a large-scale attack. The football came to Li Qing's feet again, and a loud cheer rang out over the Royal Power Stadium.
The fanatical atmosphere that came to his face made Li Qing somewhat embarrassed. After all... this is Leicester City's home stadium.
In order to repay the love of the home fans, he decided... to score a goal.
Li Qing, who was defended by Ndidi and Mendy, did not choose to dribble forward, but used the outside of his right foot to flick the ball forward, and the ball was passed to Salah who retreated to receive it. Arnold pulled over and Chilwell's attention was completely attracted by Arnold. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Salah dribbled horizontally from the right side of the attack to the inside line.
Mendy had to make up for the defense, and Ndidi only partially focused on Li Qing, after all, Salah's ability to get the ball and break through was also very strong.
"wuwuuwuwuuuuuuuu——"
The boos were overwhelming, and Salah, who was dribbling, was not affected at all. He made a false impression of going into the penalty area to trick Maguire into taking a step back. Salah changed his tactics quickly, flicked the outside of his left foot, opened up the space, and swung his left foot.
Mendy was glad that he had a prediction in advance, quickly made up for the position, and stretched his legs to block Salah's long-range shot.
Salah quickly put down his raised left foot and flicked it to the left. The angle was about 90 degrees from the goal, and the angle was larger. Ndidi, who was defending Li Qing, shrank his pupils, and he didn't have time to think about it, so he moved over.
Li Qing suddenly started, accelerating from the middle to the right front, which was the right side of the top of the penalty area.
Salah attracted Ndidi and Mendy to defend, and without any hesitation, he raised his left foot and quickly dropped it. This time, he no longer flicked the ball to the left, but used his heel to knock the ball behind him.
"wowowowoooooooo——"
The boos over the Royal Power Stadium were instantly replaced by exclamations.
The target of Salah's left heel knocking the ball was Li Qing, Liverpool's most capable scorer!
At this time, he was unguarded!
This... is the most terrifying place.
Li Qing stood outside the top circle of the penalty area with his left foot, and quickly raised his right foot, hitting the football like drawing a bow and arrow. A muffled sound of 'Boom' suddenly exploded, and the football rose from the ground with great force and flew quickly to the upper right corner of the goal.
Goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel's pupils shrank, and he subconsciously made a side dive on the spot. However, the power and angle of the football kicked by Li Qing were excellent, and the lack of arm span caused by his lack of height restricted his save distance. When his body momentum came to an abrupt end, his fingertips were at least ten centimeters away from the football...
These ten centimeters are a world of difference.
"Gooooooooooooooal——"
Accompanied by the iconic elongated voice of Sky TV commentator Andy Gray, the Leicester City fans at the King Power Stadium also burst into thunderous applause for Li Qing's outstanding performance.
Juli TV commentator Zhan Jun smiled and said: "Li Qing is likely to be the only player in the Premier League who can conquer away fans! No... Now it is most appropriate to describe him as the king of football."