Chapter 101: Falling behind to see Li Qing

Li Qing performed well in the fifth round of the FA Cup, scoring a goal, an assist and an offensive plan to help Liverpool defeat Leicester City at home.

At the regular press conference after the game, reporters from the media who asked questions fired at Klopp and asked him why he did not bring Li Qing to the press conference.

Klopp said seriously: "Li said he was still young and would wait until he was 18 before accepting interviews with the media. Really, I'm not going to lie to you. If you don't believe me, you can ask him."

Every reporter present rolled their eyes and said in their hearts: "You are such a bad old man!"

Media reports in the British Peninsula once again focused on the super star Li Qing who had performed extremely well recently, but it didn't take long before the focus of the mainstream media in the British Peninsula and Europe quickly shifted to the losing Leicester City.

Why?

Leicester City executives announced the termination of Ranieri's contract!

Li Qing was very surprised when he saw the media reports. If he remembered correctly, Ranieri should have dismissed get out of class after the first leg of the Champions League 1/8 finals.

What, it’s early?

Could it be...that it was the effect brought about by his butterfly?

Moreover, it is really incomprehensible to fire a meritorious coach before the first leg of the Champions League 1/8 finals.

However, many fans believe that firing Ranieri is in line with football trends, even though he led the team to an unexpected league title last season.

This season, apart from finishing first in the Champions League and advancing to the last 16, the league is in a complete mess, only one point ahead of the relegation zone.

The loss of Kante last summer had a great impact on Leicester City, but don't forget that Leicester City still has Vardy and Mahrez, there is no problem on the offensive end, and the back line still maintains the integrity of last season. , coupled with summer reinforcements, it should be that the strength has increased.

It was under this circumstance that Ranieri, as the head coach, was absolutely responsible for the league's Waterloo.

Li Qing shook his head and focused on the next round of the league.

Unfortunately, next week's league opponent is Leicester City, which welcomes its new head coach.

But before that, there are still the Champions League knockout rounds and the League Cup final worth watching.

At 8pm local time in the middle of the week in Great Britain, the FA Cup quarter-final draw was finalized. Liverpool drew a tough opponent, Manchester United, who was taken over by Jose Mourinho.

The senior management who participated in the draw on behalf of Liverpool was very speechless. In addition to the giants Manchester United, Manchester City, Tottenham and Arsenal, there are still three underdogs who have advanced to the FA Cup quarter-finals.

Millwall from League One, Lincoln City and Middlesbrough in the fifth tier.

Apart from a slight headache for Middlesbrough, Millwall and Lincoln City are simply ideal opponents to walk away from in the semi-finals.

Often when it comes to the quarterfinals, wealthy teams will pay more attention to it.

No matter how small the mosquito is, it is still meat!

Liverpool head coach Klopp did not go to the scene, but he watched the live broadcast and his mouth twitched obviously when the team was drawn against Manchester United.

Why did Tottenham draw Millwall, Arsenal draw Lincoln City, and Manchester City draw Middlesbrough?

And his team has to face the strongest Manchester United?

It’s unscientific!

Not all Liverpool people are depressed about this draw. Li Qing is more excited. According to the home and away games reflected in the draw, Manchester United is playing at home, which means that Li Qing will go to Old Trafford with the team.

That European five-star stadium known as the Theater of Dreams.

Mourinho's team is good at defensive counterattacks, and Klopp's team is also good at counterattacks. The difference is that Mourinho emphasizes defense in the midfield and backcourt, which is often called setting up the bus, while Klopp emphasizes the team's high position. oppression.

The two are essentially the same, but the difference is that they give fans a different sense of déjà vu, which results in a different reputation.

With the popularity of the kiti-taka tactic promoted by Guardiola, it seems that fans all over the world like to watch the tactic of passing the football into the goal, euphemistically called offensive football.

The bus tactic promoted by Mourinho has been labeled as anti-football. Although Klopp's team also relies on quick counterattacks, his style of play emphasizes speed and requires higher physical fitness of the players. Radical, therefore more popular, while Mourinho's strategy is of the steady-state type and can easily be labeled as negative.

Li Qing admired Mourinho in the past. After traveling through time and meeting the Manchester United run by Mourinho, he naturally wanted to test the power of Mourinho's bus.

He is looking forward to whether the spears that pierce Chelsea and Tottenham's defenses one after another are sharper, or whether the shield put out by Mourinho is stronger.

Before the start of the FA Cup quarter-finals, Liverpool still have two league games, one home and one away, against Leicester City as a guest and Arsenal at home.

It is worth mentioning that the day before Liverpool's guest challenge to Leicester City was the 2016-2017 League Cup final, where Manchester United won England's first championship this season at Southampton at the new Wembley Stadium.

Li Qing has a good memory. Because he admires Mourinho, he remembers Mourinho's performance at Manchester United quite clearly. If nothing else, Manchester United defeated Southampton in the League Cup and the Europa League this season. The championship was also won by Manchester United, thus participating in the Champions League next season as the Europa League champion.

Including the Community Shield championship at the beginning of the season, Mourinho won the minor treble in his first season coaching Manchester United, which was perfect.

Closer to home, Li Qing watched the live broadcast of the game at home. There were no surprises in the game process and result. With Ibrahimovic's winning goal, Manchester United narrowly defeated Southampton 3:2 and won the championship.

The next day, Li Qing traveled with the team to Leicestershire in the East Midlands in central England to challenge Leicester City, which had a new coach.

Judging from the starting lineup, Li Qing did not appear in the starting lineup, but fans basically know that Li Qing is still young and it is not a good thing to play the main team too early. On the contrary, coming on the bench will play a greater role.

It was Ranieri's assistant Craig Shakespeare who took over as the head coach of Leicester City. For some reason, this team that has been in a downturn this season has taken on a new look under the leadership of Shakespeare.

Vardy, who had not scored in the past eight league games, actually helped Leicester City open the scoring at the King Power Stadium.

Before the end of the first half, Milner's header in the penalty area was not far away. Leicester City midfielder Drinkwater's long shot from outside the penalty area helped the home team expand the score to two goals.

The on-site director gave a very meaningful close-up shot of the away team's bench. To be more precise, it was a close-up shot of the super star Li Qing who has performed well recently.

The Liverpool fans sitting in front of the TV did not feel depressed because their team was two goals behind. On the contrary, they were full of expectations.

The team faced Wolves, Chelsea and Tottenham one after another, falling behind first and then overtaking. They believe that this game is likely to develop according to this plot.