Chapter 293 The hope of the whole city

Liverpool has already secured the first place in Group C. The end of December is the unique Christmas devil schedule of the Premier League. It is expected that many of Liverpool's main players will take turns to rest, but Anfield is still full and the atmosphere is enthusiastic.

Li Qing sat on the bench, talking and laughing with Wijnaldum, as if the game on the field had nothing to do with them.

Rome's Olympic Stadium scored early. Dzeko, who was at home, opened the scoring for Roma. El Shaarawy helped the home team expand the score soon, but head coach Di Francesco still frowned and was not happy at all.

Because the score of another game he was concerned about was still 0:0.

That is to say, according to the current score between Liverpool and Atletico Madrid, even if Roma scored 100 goals, it would not be able to advance to the round of 16.

However, the bigger blow was still to come. Liverpool, who played with half of the main players, lost a goal in the 30th minute, and it was Griezmann who helped the visiting team score.

Until the end of the first half, the sixth round of the Champions League group stage between Liverpool and Atletico Madrid was still 0:1.

The home team was in front and the visiting team was behind.

At the end of the first half of the match between Roma and Qarabagh at home, the scoreboard showed 4:0, but because Atletico Madrid was leading, even if Roma won 10,000 goals at home, they would not be able to qualify, so Roma coach Di Francesco and Roma fans were praying that Liverpool's top scorer Li Qing could come on as a substitute.

Many Roma fans even left messages under Li Qing and Liverpool coach Klopp's Instagram and Twitter accounts, hoping that Li Qing could come on as a substitute in the second half of the game.

Interestingly, a large number of Atletico Madrid fans also came to the Instagram and Twitter accounts of the two to join in the fun and leave messages, saying that they hoped Klopp would not send Li Qing to play, and even Atletico Madrid fans played the emotional card with Li Qing, saying that Atletico Madrid was sponsored by the richest man in China, Wang, and hoped that the Chinese player Li Qing would show mercy...

In the second half, Li Qing had not come on as a substitute yet, and Roma fans were anxious and wanted to let Li Qing come on as a substitute on behalf of Klopp.

Time passed by second by second. Seeing that Klopp had no intention of sending Li Qing to play, Simeone kept making adjustments to strengthen the offense, hoping to expand the score as much as possible. At that time, even if Li Qing came on as a substitute, he would only equalize the score... After all, for Atletico, one point is enough to qualify. Di Francesco at the Olympic Stadium in Rome has always focused on his assistant, or more precisely, the mobile phone in his assistant's hand. The game has reached the 60th minute, and he couldn't help asking: "Tony, what's the score? Is Li on the court?" "Atletico Madrid is still leading Liverpool 1:0 as a guest, and Li hasn't come on the court yet..." Tony didn't finish his words, looking at the broadcast screen of Anfield Stadium: "Di, good news!" "Is Li going to play?" Di Francesco asked subconsciously. "That's right!" Hearing Tony's answer, Di Francesco, who was wearing glasses, felt tears welling up in his eyes, and he raised his arms and cheered, as if the team scored a goal in the derby. The home fans of Roma in the audience obviously also received the news, and the whole stadium fell into extreme carnival at this moment! Li Qing, the hope of the whole city, finally came on the bench!

This scene was captured by the on-site director. Alessio, the commentator of the Italian National Sports Television, raised his eyebrows: "Di Francesco and all the fans were excited. Could it be that Liverpool scored two goals in a row?"

The commentator Angelo confirmed the score and shook his head: "Atletico Madrid is still leading Liverpool 1:0... Hey, Li is going to come on the bench."

Alessio nodded slightly: "No wonder they are so happy."

At the same time, Liverpool fans at Anfield Stadium burst into thunderous cheers: "aoaoaooaoooooo——"

Diego Simeone, the head coach of Atletico Madrid, who was standing in front of the visiting team's coaching seat, twitched his mouth obviously. Seeing Li Qing come on the bench, he felt a strong sense of uneasiness.

Then, he made tactical adjustments, requiring the team to retreat to their own half to defend, especially to strengthen the defense against Li Qing.

Li Qing came on as a substitute in order to break Ronaldo's record of 11 goals in the group stage in the 2015-2016 Champions League. Thomas targeted him as soon as he came on the field, and he knew it would not be easy to score in this game.

Before the game, Li Qing had studied Group C. Atletico Madrid only needed to not lose to advance to the top 16 of Atletico Roma, which means that Atletico Madrid had made preparations to maintain a draw before coming to Anfield!

However... he has a hang-up, and is not afraid of Atletico Madrid's targeted defense.

In the last round of the league, due to the limited overall strength of the challenge against Brighton, Li Qing did not use the skill [Superstar Moment] at all, just to contribute to the goal in this game.

Of course, before that, he needed to find a chance to kick, otherwise the goal would not be completed.

Thomas had played most of the game, and his physical energy was seriously consumed. His running enthusiasm had declined to a certain extent, and Li Qing saw it.

Li Qing, who played as a number 10, led Thomas to complete several sets of variable speed return runs in the middle. Thomas, who was not in good physical condition, immediately couldn't bear it and began to pant with his hands on his hips.

Diego Simeone saw it all, but with no extra cards in his hand, he had no choice but to hope that Thomas could break through his physical limit with his amazing willpower.

Facts have proved that physical shackles are not so easy to break. Seeing that the time was almost up, Li Qing raised his hand to ask for the ball. Emre Can, who will leave the team at the end of this season, passed the ball without hesitation. Thomas Mao Zujin pressed forward, but Li Qing opened his legs, passed the ball, and then used his right foot as an axis to complete the turn against Thomas, who came forward to defend.

Thomas, who had reached the limit of his physical fitness, originally wanted to commit a foul, but a football appeared in his sight. Out of instinct, he stretched out his right foot to make a clearance. As a result, his right foot seemed to be filled with lead and could not be lifted, and the supporting left foot was not up to par. He felt weak and fell to the ground.

Kirk and Saul did not expect Thomas to suddenly fall to the ground, and their reaction was half a beat too slow.

Li Qing seized this opportunity and swung his left foot thirty-five meters away from the door, using the [Superstar Moment].

"Boom~"

The football flew towards the upper left corner of the goal like a cannonball.

Goalkeeper Oblak had already made the fastest reaction in his life, but his outstretched right hand was still just a little short of the ball.

"Goooooooooooal——"

Sky commentator Andy Gray's trademark drawl sounded.

Commentator Martin Taylor seamlessly shouted: "This goal is Li's 11th goal in the Champions League this season. He tied Cristiano Ronaldo's single-season Champions League group stage record set in the 2015-2016 season. ! If another goal is scored in the subsequent game time, then... the new Champions League group stage scoring record will belong to Li——"

China Channel 5 commentator He Wei was ecstatic: "Fans and friends in front of the TV! Seeing Li Qing score a world wave, do you think it was worth the long wait?"

"I don't know what the fans in front of the TV think, but anyway... I think it's worth it!"

Commentator Xu Yang said loudly: "There are still more than twenty minutes left in the game, and there is still a lot of time left for Li Qing, but... it is not good news for Atletico Madrid, which can qualify with a draw."

At the Olympic Stadium in Rome, assistant coach Tony shouted excitedly at Di Francesco: "Goal! It's Lee!"

"marvelous!"

Di Francesco raised his arms and shouted!

At the same time, the Roma fans in the audience seemed to have received good news from Anfield Stadium. Suddenly, the entire stadium fell into extreme frenzy.

It is no exaggeration to say that the entire city of Rome was shaken by excitement at this moment.