Chapter 570: Two Goals Ahead

In general, in football matches, if a player is injured, the referee will blow a timeout when he finds out. However, if the attacking team is still attacking, the referee will not blow the timeout in the principle of favoring the attacking team until the ball is dead.

Therefore, Kassai finally blew the whistle normally this time, without favoring anyone. The players of Shakhtar Donetsk had no choice but to disperse when they saw the referee make the final decision.

Head coach Fonseca was worried at this time, and he didn't pay much attention to Li Qing's goal. His eyes were fixed on the team doctor on the field. When he saw the team doctor rushing down the field and waving to send another stretcher, his heart suddenly skipped a beat.

Are both of them injured? If Kovalenko and Stepanenko are fine, it's fine. If both of them can't play again, how can this game be played?

But no matter what, before Kovalenko and Stepanenko receive treatment and the head coach makes a substitution decision, Shakhtar Donetsk can only play with nine players.

The visiting team lost two players in the midfield, and the opponent played in a 3-4-3 formation, so there was a big gap in the middle. Liverpool seized the opportunity, made a comeback, and soon reached the opponent's goal again.

Firmino turned and shot directly outside the penalty area. The football drew a straight line and flew towards the goal with a whistle. As a result, the ball hit the near post hard, making a crisp sound.

Goalkeeper Piatov was shocked and sweated. He hurriedly searched for the ball and wanted to resolve the crisis quickly, but Firmino's shot was very powerful this time, and the ball hit the post and bounced high.

There was chaos in front of the goal of the Donetsk Miners team. The fans, the coaches of the home and away teams, and all the substitutes on the sidelines became nervous again.

Stepanenko and Kovalenko, who were receiving treatment on the sidelines, were also very nervous. Fortunately, the ball bounced too high and formed an arc in the air.

Even if this kind of ball falls, it is not comfortable for the players to shoot. If the ball is stopped and then played, the opposing players have already formed a siege, and there will be no chance to shoot at that time.

But at this moment, the Liverpool fans in the stands exclaimed again.

"wowoowowoooooooo——"

Stepanenko and Kovalenko's eyes widened. Li Qing didn't know when he had run to the landing point of the ball. He jumped high directly. His whole body turned in the air. While his right leg was turning, the instep of his foot hit the ball hard.

Overhead hook! Goalkeeper Piatov did not react at all. The football flew into the goal and hit the net less than one meter away from him.

The ball went in. Li Qing scored all the goals for the team and performed a big four!

With the wonderful overhead kick, Liverpool secured a two-goal advantage in three minutes.

After landing, Li Qing looked back at the ball that fell into the net, and immediately turned back to run towards the KOP stand not far away. Huge cheers came from the KOP diehard fans stand.

Anfield Stadium was like an erupted volcano, and it was out of control. The cheers like a tsunami swept the entire stadium in an instant.

The fans of the Donetsk Miners, who had less than a thousand people, were completely silent in this ocean of joy.

Head coach Klopp's iconic fist-pumping on the spot was presented again, and the coaching staff and substitute players also burst into deafening cheers.

After nearly 70 minutes of suppression, Liverpool finally led their opponents by two goals at their home court. Although there were still more than 20 minutes before the game, every Liverpool player firmly believed that their team would definitely win.

And many Liverpool players noticed one thing, their talented player Li Qing seemed to be planning to break the record in this game.

Since the reform of the Champions League in the last century, only two players have scored five goals in a single game, one of whom is Messi.

In the second leg of the 2011-2012 Champions League quarter-finals, he scored five goals in the opponent's goal, becoming the first player to score five goals in a single game since the Champions League was reformed.

Ironically, the second player to score five goals in a Champions League game is Liverpool's opponent today, Shakhtar Donetsk.

In the third round of the 2014-2015 Champions League group stage, the visiting Shakhtar Donetsk Brazilian striker Luis Adriano scored four goals in the first half, and he scored another goal in the second half, becoming the second player to score five goals in a single game since the Champions League was reformed.

So Liverpool fans began to get excited. Their team's players are about to become the third player to score five goals in a single game since the Champions League was reformed, and they can witness this grand occasion on the spot. What else can be more exciting than this?

Shakhtar Donetsk head coach Fonseca was livid at this time. The team's loss of the ball again certainly made him annoyed, but what caught him even more off guard was the report from the team doctor just now.

Stepanenko tore his calf muscle and Kovalenko dislocated his ankle, and they will not be able to play in the next game.

In desperation, Fonseca could only send substitutes Lulangao and Maxim who had not even completed warm-up, but Fonseca was full of crisis.

Fonseca's sense of crisis soon became a reality. Lulangao, who had just come on as a substitute, kicked the ball directly to Liverpool's central defender Van Dijk when he kicked the ball away. Van Dijk kicked it directly to the front court.

Because after the substitution, Shakhtar Donetsk strengthened its attack. Van Dijk kicked the ball across the half court. The ball landed in the direction where only two Shakhtar Donetsk defenders, and Li Qing happened to be there.

Li Qing ran to the landing point of the ball. The two Shakhtar Donetsk defenders, Cretso, who was closest to Li Qing, immediately pressed forward, but was blocked by Li Qing and could only watch Li Qing stop the falling ball lightly at his feet.

Cretso knew the threat of Li Qing and moved in advance to grab the ball from Li Qing's feet, but Li Qing took a step forward, but the foot with the ball directly knocked the ball into the penalty area behind him, and then turned around quickly to get rid of the opponent.

Breakthrough! The fans at Anfield stood up at the same time and stared at the court.

At this time, another defender Odes was already in position, but there was still some distance from Li Qing, but the 1.94-meter Shakhtar Donetsk defender underestimated Li Qing's acceleration and overestimated his own speed.

Odes thought he could clear the ball with a flying tackle, but Li Qing directly dribbled it past him. Then Li Qing got rid of the last defender and shot directly.

The moment Li Qing shot, the whole stadium became quiet. Almost everyone looked at the slightly curved ball, ready to witness their heroic moment.