Chapter 290 Breakthrough in Self, World Cup Group Draw

I don’t know if the Premier League had long expected that Li Qing would break his single-season record of 31 goals last season in the 14th round of the league. The 14th round of the league when Liverpool challenged Stoke City as a guest was the last game in November. Contest.

Of course, everything is a coincidence. There are five other games played at the same time as Stoke City VS Liverpool, namely Arsenal VS Huddersfield, Bournemouth VS Burnley, Chelsea VS Swansea, and Everton. VS West Ham United, Manchester City VS Southampton.

In the focus game at Bet365 Stadium, Li Qing made his debut. Stoke City head coach Mark Hughes fulfilled his pre-match promise and kept a close eye on Li Qing. However, Li Qing was in very good condition. He helped the visiting team in the seventh minute of the game. Opening the scoring.

A powerful long-range shot knocked Grant's guard away from the goal.

Juli TV commentator Zhan Jun was ecstatic: "Li Qing's 31st goal this season! He tied his personal record of 31 goals scored last season! This game has only started seven minutes, leaving him still time to continue scoring goals. Very sufficient!”

Falling behind early, Stoke City players had to step up their attack in an attempt to equalize the score.

In the 20th minute, Li Qing made a long pass, Salah reversed the ball behind Shawcross, and the ball passed goalkeeper Grant and hit the empty goal.

Two goals behind, Mark Hughes' team no longer cares about restricting Li Qing, because... Stoke City is in poor condition this season. It has only scored 13 points in the past 13 rounds, only 3 points ahead of the relegation circle.

Li Qing, who lacked multi-player defense, was very active. He helped Liverpool expand the score to three goals in the 39th minute.

"Oh-My-God!"

Sky TV commentator Andy Gray said loudly: "Scored twice! Li contributed his 32nd goal this season! 32 goals in 14 games, incredibly efficient! He is now one step closer to Andy Cole and Alan Shearer only has two goals left in his 34 Premier League goals in a single season!”

Perhaps due to the limited ability of his opponent, Li Qing did not play very well in the second half, and his enthusiasm was not particularly high. Seeing that the team was leading by three goals, Liverpool head coach Klopp decisively replaced Li Qing to prepare for the next devilish schedule. Prepare.

In the end, Liverpool defeated the home team Stoke City 3:0 with Li Qing's two goals and one assist at the Bet365 Stadium, winning ten consecutive league victories and continuing to rank first in the league with 40 points.

Manchester City's home performance is relatively stable. With the goals of Aguero and Sterling, they narrowly defeated Southampton 2:1 and ranked second in the league with a difference of two points. Manchester United, which ranked third, is already 8 points behind, which means that this season The battle for the league title is likely to be between defending champions Liverpool and Manchester City.

The 14th round of the 2017-2018 Premier League season ended. The British media, European mainstream media and sports media around the world basically reported that Li Qing broke his personal record of 31 goals in 15 games last season in just 14 games.

A large number of media reporters and fans believe that Li Qing's single-season Premier League record set by Andy Cole and Alan Shearer will most likely be broken in the next round!

Liverpool's opponent in the next round is newly promoted Brighton. Judging from the comparison of their strengths, Li Qing, who has contributed 32 goals this season, is not to say that he is 100% able to break the Premier League single-season scoring record. It is very possible to at least equal the record.

However, as the time came to December 1, the focus of the world's media quickly shifted to the Kremlin Concert Hall in Moscow.

The 2018 Russia World Cup group draw ceremony will be held at the Kremlin Concert Hall as scheduled!

At about 8 o'clock in the evening, Li Qing was in the mansion with Solanke and Alexander-Arnold to watch the live broadcast of the World Cup group draw that concluded a series of cultural performances. It started with the return of the Hercules Cup by Klopp, the German player who won the last World Cup.

Looking at the glittering Hercules Cup, Li Qing's eyes were full of yearning.

Arnold turned to Li Qing and asked, "Li, do you want to lift the Hercules Cup?"

"certainly!"

Li Qing looked at the huge LCD TV screen and said without blinking, clenching his fists until the screen switched: "The World Cup championship is my goal!"

Solanke and Arnold looked at Li Qing's confident eyes with envy. They thought that when they were sixteen years old, they were still playing in the National Youth League and the FA Youth Cup, but the sixteen-year-old Li Qing had already become a global star. Focus.

Judging from his excellent performance, he will definitely be a main force in England's participation in the World Cup in Russia.

Twenty-year-old Solanke doesn't have much confidence in himself. Coaches in tournament-based games tend to focus more on bringing in defensive players. The number of forwards is destined to be limited, especially with super forwards like Harry Kane and Vardy, and wingers are still With such outstanding international players as Sterling, Li Qing, Chamberlain and Rashford, it is difficult to occupy a substitute spot.

Arnold is very confident. He has become Liverpool's first choice at right back this season. If he can continue to perform well this season, not to mention the main right back, there will definitely be no problem as a substitute!

The two looked at the TV with different thoughts. It had been more than a year since Li Qing traveled through time, and he didn't quite remember the results of the 2018 Russia World Cup group draw. In addition, coupled with the changes in the FIFA rankings brought about by his little butterfly, It is likely to affect England's position rankings and draw results.

This time the group classification is based on the FIFA rankings in October, which means that the large number of points brought by successive defeats of Germany and Brazil in November will not be effective, which leads to England's embarrassing ranking.

According to the team classification, England, ranked eighth in the world, should be the seeded team, but the host Russia automatically enters Group A to occupy a seed seat, which means that England, ranked eighth, can only be relegated to the second-tier team.

The other seven seeded teams are Germany, Brazil, Portugal, Argentina, Belgium, Poland and France.

The draw ceremony is based on the principle of avoiding the same continent, but since there are 14 participating teams in Europe, there will be a maximum of 2 European teams in each group.

The group draw is very rigorous, and a total of eight world football celebrities are invited to serve as draw guests, including Maradona, Cannavaro, Puyol, Blanco, Cafu, Forlan, Banks and Simonyan .

Except for the host Russia, who is destined to be placed in Group A to participate in the opening game, the other seven seeded teams have their own groups in the subsequent draw.

Portugal was assigned to Group B, France was assigned to Group C, Argentina was in Group D, Brazil was in Group E, Germany was in Group F, Belgium was in Group G, and Poland was in Group H. The eight seed teams were settled, and the atmosphere at the draw became tense. Even Solanke and Arnold, who were sitting in front of the TV, felt nervous.

The first second-tier team to be drawn was Uruguay, which naturally appeared in Group A. The next team to be drawn was Spain, which means that the two teams from the Iberian Peninsula appeared in Group B. The atmosphere at the draw was obviously better. Upward trend.

Denmark was the third European team to be drawn out and was placed in Group C. When the fourth second-tier team was drawn, the entire concert hall was in an uproar.

"I go!"

Solanke and Arnold's pupils shrank at the same time and exclaimed.