Chapter 99 How to Defend Against Li Qing

Li Qing was speechless about the East Asian Derby reported by the media and the Sun Country media. It was obvious that Sun Xingmin, who had competed with Okazaki before, was stronger than the diligent but limited Okazaki Shinji. But even in this context, Li Qing felt that it was a bit of a downgrade to compare the two...

It's not that he looked down on the Sun Country players, but... Okazaki Shinji's strength is really average.

The media and fans were full of expectations for this game. Leshi Sports, which has the exclusive live broadcast rights of the FA Cup, took the opportunity to make money and launched an event for fans to cheer for Li Qing.

Those fans who wanted to watch Li Qing's game had no choice but to spend money to buy virtual tickets to watch the fifth round of the FA Cup.

Who made China Channel 5 and other online TV stations fail to buy the secondary broadcast rights?

Back to the point, Li Qing, who had always been eager to start, finally got the starting position in this fifth round of the FA Cup, which was a sure win, and Arnold and Harry Wilson from the U23 youth team also successfully entered the starting lineup.

Leicester City also sent out a substitute lineup. Core players like Vardy and Mahrez did not even appear in the game list. Obviously... this is selective abandonment.

BBC commentator Lineker said in a deep voice: "It seems that Claudio Ranieri is really ready to give up the FA Cup."

Klopp had long known about Ranieri's strategic abandonment through Leicester City's 18-man list, but as an experienced professional coach, he knew that the lion would use all its strength to fight the rabbit, and he could not take it lightly even if he played at home.

Although many youth team players were sent out in this game, the central axis was the main players.

Mignolet, Matip, Wijnaldum and Firmino, plus Li Qing who has been in excellent form recently, it is basically a sure thing to beat Leicester City, who played as a substitute, at home.

Shinji Okazaki, who was highly expected by the media and fans of the Sun Country, started the game, but... he was destined to have a hard time performing, because Liverpool, who played at home, would definitely take the initiative in the game, and Leicester City could only passively defend.

Leshi Sports commentator Zhan Jun looked at Li Qing on the broadcast screen and smiled: "This is Li Qing's first time to play for Liverpool as a main player. I think the fans in front of the TV must want to know whether he will contribute goals in this game. In the past three substitute games, he contributed six goals and two assists. So... what about this game?"

Li Qing, who appeared in the starting lineup for the first time, was very excited. Standing in front of the plaque of "This is Anfield", he felt a strong sense of honor. He subconsciously clenched his fists and encouraged himself in his heart: "Come on! You must score a goal!"

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Anfield Stadium, for Li Qing, this stadium has undergone certain changes. His efficient goals and Kirkby Youth Academy identity have won more support from Liverpool fans.

In addition to posters, there are many banners and slogans.

As the team song "You Will Never Walk Alone" sounded, Li Qing, who was standing facing the main stand, instantly felt a sense of blood rushing again, and he wished that the game would start immediately.

About three minutes later, the fifth round of the 2016-2017 English FA Cup, Liverpool's home game against Leicester City, officially began.

Leicester City, who had the advantage of kicking off, played very directly. Drinkwater, who got the ball, made a long pass to Shinji Okazaki, a national player of the Sun Country, who was pulled to the left. However, he was obviously not as good as Arnold in judging the landing point of the ball. The latter headed the ball forward and the ball fell right to Li Qing who was assisting in defense.

"Leeeeeeeeeeeee——"

The fans of Liverpool Stadium in the audience subconsciously extended their voices to Li Qing who got the ball, obviously hoping to see another wonderful breakthrough performance.

Helplessly, Leicester City defender Ndidi chose decisively and pulled Li Qing at the moment he touched the ball. Li Qing, who leaned back, spread his hands and expressed his helplessness. The referee Anthony Taylor obviously blew the whistle, and the loud cheers made by Liverpool fans in the audience were instantly replaced by boos.

Obviously, this was a way for Liverpool fans to express their dissatisfaction with Ndidi.

In the subsequent game time, Li Qing was frequently fouled by Leicester City defenders, so that Liverpool coach Klopp frequently complained to the fourth official.

The game time passed quickly, and half an hour had passed in a blink of an eye. No one expected that the game that was considered one-sided before the game had not changed until now.

0:0

Taking advantage of the dead ball opportunity, the on-site director gave Li Qing a close-up shot of his face.

Li Qing, who appeared on the broadcast screen, frowned, making people feel a little confused.

Leshi Sports commentator Zhan Jun frowned and said: "Leicester City's defensive tactics are very effective. Liverpool, with Li Qing as the main attack point, has become a little weak on the offensive end. Now... it depends on how Klopp will modify the team's tactics..."

In fact, Li Qing, who seemed to be stared at, was not completely suppressed. Leicester City's defensive players had paid two yellow cards to defend Li Qing, and as the game went on, he slowly discovered some problems exposed on Leicester City's defensive end.

In the 34th minute, Li Qing received a pass from Wijnaldum while running. Facing the close defense of Ndidi, he did not choose to pass the ball out, but passed the ball horizontally to the middle and accelerated his feet.

Young Ndidi didn't think too much. He strictly followed the instructions of head coach Ranieri before the game and stayed close to Li Qing.

Ndidi stuck to Li Qing like a piece of ox-hide candy, but at this moment, Li Qing suddenly stopped on the spot with his left foot, and Ndidi subconsciously braked on the spot. Li Qing, who had the initiative, used his super explosive power to start again on the spot, and Ndidi, who had a strong defensive ability, followed suit.

At the same time, Li Qing stepped forward with his right foot, and quickly knocked the football to the right and back with his left heel, and stopped again. Ndidi couldn't keep up with the rhythm when he wanted to stop again.

Li Qing adjusted in small steps on the spot, and his body accelerated towards the position where Ndidi was originally standing!

No one expected that Li Qing, who had been restricted for a long time, would suddenly pass Ndidi. The water brother who was defending was half a beat slower. Li Qing directly used the outside of his left foot to push the ball to the middle of the court to accelerate, directly facing the entire back line.

Firmino, Harry Wilson and Sturridge, who had returned from injury, moved forward and took away three defenders.

It was not until he dribbled the ball to the top of the penalty area that central defender Huth realized the danger.

Li Qing was waiting for this opportunity. With a flick of the outside of his right foot, the ball rolled along the ground towards Firmino, who had stopped at some point. The latter passed the ball directly to the left side of the penalty area without stopping.

Central defender Wague looked at Li Qing, who was rushing in at high speed, and then looked at the ball that appeared in the defensive range. He chose to fall to the ground to clear the ball in a flash, but Li Qing kicked faster, and lightly raised his left toe and jumped over Wague.

The broadcast screen switched, and the LeTV Sports commentator shouted loudly: "Li Qing——"

Along with this shout, Li Qing looked up at the position of goalkeeper Schmeichel, stepped forward with his right foot, stood on the right side of the ball, raised his left foot, and quickly kicked the ball between the arch and the instep to the middle of the ball.

The ball quickly rushed to the far corner of the goal along the grass. Schmeichel's speed of landing was half a beat slower than the speed of the ball rushing forward. The Liverpool fans from Anfield Stadium stretched out their hysterical voices: Leeeeeeeeeeee——

The score on the scoreboard changed from 0:0 to 1:0.