Chapter 637 Competition

"Li, what's going on? What did you tell the coach?" Milner knew that the match must be because of Li Qing, so he went directly to the person involved.

"Relax, you'll find out later." Li Qing patted the vice-captain's shoulder and started to warm up. Milner could only walk away suspiciously.

The players who did not wait for the starting list also felt strange, but no one said anything. After all, no one would question the coach's arrangement, and many people believed that this was the most intuitive way Klopp wanted to to finalize the list.

Soon the warm-up was over and Klopp announced the roster for the match.

Alisson, Robertson, Van Dijk, Lovren, Alexander-Arnold, Wijnaldum, Henderson, Milner, Mane, Firmino and Shaqiri.

Mignolet, Klein, Klavan, Morello, Randall, Curtis Jones, Fabinho, Li Qing, Lallana, Sturridge and Origi first team.

After learning about this list, the players on both sides felt a little strange, because anyone with a discerning eye could see that captain Henderson's team was basically composed of main players, while Li Qing's team was composed entirely of substitute players. .

Is it training before the game? But why is Li Qing on the substitute team? Is it possible that in the game against Manchester City, the head coach is so confident that even the team's ace shooter is only going to come on as a substitute?

Questions were lingering in the players' minds, but the next arrangement made the players even more puzzled.

Klopp arranged assistant coaches Kravitz and Buvac as coaches of the main team, and he walked to the substitute team, and then said to Li Qing: "Okay, Li, arrange the tactics. Remember, the game only has thirty minutes."

The entire bench team was in an uproar and asked Li Qing to arrange tactics? Was there a mistake? No one denies that Li Qing is a good football player, but Li Qing comes to be the coach and arranges tactics. What the hell is this?

But the head coach had already spoken, and he was standing next to Li Qing. Although everyone was confused, they still looked at Li Qing patiently.

"The tactics are very simple, the same as usual training." Li Qing said concisely, "The defenders press closely to defend. Curtis, you must run every moment during the game to help the defense."

"Fabinho pays attention to protecting the ball. He must be decisive when playing the ball. Don't be afraid of losing the ball. Try to use through balls. Lallana, Sturridge and Origi must also come back to defend when they are not attacking."

"When attacking, we focus on Alexander-Arnold, and then choose Lovren or Robertson's side. Sturridge and Origi always pay attention to my movement. Today's goal depends on you."

After listening to the tactics laid out by Li Qing, Klopp looked a little weird. When the players were getting ready to play, he pulled Li Qing and said, "Li, you don't want to solve this game by yourself, do you?"

"Boss, watch the game patiently. In this game, I promise that there will only be assists and no goals!" Li Qing replied to Klopp with a smile and ran onto the court.

Seeing Li Qing and Lallana preparing to kick off, Mane on the side smiled and said to Li Qing: "Li, I will definitely beat you in this game!"

"That's right!" Firmino also said jokingly: "The losing team will treat the whole team to dinner!"

"Then prepare your money!" Li Qing pushed the ball to Lallana and ran towards the main half, and the game began.

It is said to be an intra-team match, but in fact the main team is a little relaxed. After all, the opponents are all substitutes or marginal players in the team, so it is inevitable that they underestimate the opponent.

The people on the back line are currently the team's strongest lineup. The midfield captain and deputy captain, plus Wijnaldum, are all players with very strong interception ability and good at physical confrontation with opponents.

So at the beginning of the game, in the midfield battle between the two sides, the main team obviously had the advantage. Seeing this situation, Klopp crossed his arms with a confident smile on his face.

Li Qing just told him that he found that the main lineup had a fatal problem, so he proposed to play this match for him to watch.

The current main lineup on the field is exactly what Klopp plans to arrange for the match against Manchester City. Of course, except for Shaqiri's position, which should be Li Qing's, it is basically the starting lineup in Klopp's mind.

In Klopp's view, this lineup must be defensive and offensive, so how could there be any fatal problems? He couldn't figure it out.

But it was Li Qing who said this, and Klopp had to pay attention to it, so this match happened. But so far, Klopp thinks that Li Qing is worrying in vain. Unless Li Qing breaks out, the substitute team will not score at all. Ball opportunity.

But within a few minutes, Klopp's expression became solemn, and the situation on the field had changed.

Although the main team can have a certain advantage in the midfield confrontation, it seems a bit chaotic in the offense. The team's speed is gone and mistakes have increased, especially the connection between the forward and the midfielder, which is almost severed. .

Firmino, Mane and Shaqiri now have to retreat frequently, otherwise it will be difficult to get the ball. This has reduced the offensive threat of the main team by more than one level.

"What the hell is this?" Klopp was intent on instructing, but suddenly thought that he was now the on-field coach of the substitute team, so he closed his mouth again.

As the coaches of the main team, Kravitz and Buvac had no good solution. They could only let the main players on the field find their own solutions. At this time, the situation on the field changed again.

Fabinho and Curtis teamed up to steal the ball from Henderson, and then Fabinho made a pass and accurately sent the ball to Li Qing, who was already running.

"Mark people, two guys up!" After losing the ball, Henderson immediately chased Li Qing, and Van Dijk and Lovren both pushed towards Li Qing.

After Li Qing got the ball, he did not choose to break through. Instead, he took two steps and quickly transferred the ball to Sturridge on the left.

After Sturridge caught the ball, Li Qing's previous tactical arrangements echoed in his mind. Faced with Arnold rushing towards him, he gritted his teeth and decided to break through with the ball.

The former genius striker of Liverpool and the Premier League Silver Boot striker looked very calm when facing his teammates from his club. While making continuous fake moves with his feet, he suddenly accelerated, intending to use his speed to eat Arnold alive.

Arnold was well aware of the power of the senior in front of him and quickly got into position, ready to take action at any time to destroy the ball at Sturridge's feet.

The two people dueled on the wing and immediately attracted everyone's attention. At this time, Li Qing's action made the main players on the field suddenly become nervous...