Chapter 317 Freeze the King of Free Kicks and Advance to the Top 8 of the Champions League! (Updated

Li Qi saw the opportunity and blew up Benzema from behind, oh, he took the ball away from him.

And because he stopped the ball and half turned around after retreating, his center of gravity must have been unstable, and he was just right to be knocked down by Li Qi who came from behind and intercepted the ball.

To be honest, Li Qi's interception was very clean, and he was able to get away with one stab. In fact, Benzema bumped into Li Qi who was moving at high speed, and the overturned car...

But let’s not talk about Benzema who could only lie on the ground and complain. After stealing the ball, Li Qi had a smooth road in front of him, facing the center of Lyon’s penalty area and the goal!

It was a rare opportunity. Li Qi took two steps forward and was about to enter the top of the penalty area, then pretended to shoot from a distance...

So Squillaci, the only one who had a chance to stop Li Qi, subconsciously raised his foot, but the latter immediately knew that he had fallen into a trap: With such a rare opportunity, if the No. 17 in red really took a long shot from this distance, then he would really have to thank him!

Then Squillaci really saw that Li Qi was actually faking a shot and passing the ball: he lightly passed the ball behind him, but he had just raised his leg and had no time to react to intercept or chase back, and next to him was the Cristiano Ronaldo he had just been entangled with!

In this ball, Ronaldo was definitely not offside, because he was still in front of Squillaci after Li Qi passed the ball; it was just that Ronaldo was facing the goal, which made it convenient for him to speed up, and Li Qi's pass was not fast, but just right, so Squillaci couldn't stop it, neither the ball nor the man could stop it.

Ronaldo rushed into the penalty area in two steps, caught up with the ball, drew his bow and arrow, and shot with his left foot!

The ball whizzed past Kupet’s armpit and into the near corner of the net…

C罗打进了本赛季的欧冠第6球，也帮助曼联在第30分钟首开记录，在第二回合1比0领先于客队里昂，而两回合的领先优势更是扩大到了3比1。

In this way, Lyon has to score at least two goals to have a chance to enter overtime.

However, the goal was like the bell that sounded the end of the round in the boxing ring. After celebrating passionately, Manchester United retracted their formation and started to pass the ball back at a slow pace.

Lyon, who had just been eager to attempt a sneak attack, was no longer in a hurry to counterattack after falling behind. They just stayed on the defense and did not move out easily.

After all, chasing two goals away from home is difficult, but it is conceivable. But if we lose the ball again, how can we score three goals in a row at Old Trafford? Isn't this a miracle?

Oh, you said it will be commonplace in ten years? That would be a bit shocking for the fans in 08...

Li Qi, who had just achieved his KPI of assisting Ronaldo, also took up his defensive position breathlessly and kept a low profile for a while. After all, high-intensity full-court pressing could not be sustained forever. In fact, if Lyon could hold on for another two or three minutes, Manchester United would also stop to catch their breath.

Also, is Ronaldo just one goal away from Best's single-season record of 32 goals? Oh oh oh! It seems that it is only a matter of time before Ronaldo becomes the person with the most goals in a single season in the history of the Red Devils.

After the game, we have to blackmail him. Oh no, let Ronaldo treat us to a meal to celebrate the victory in advance...

So with fifteen minutes left in the first half, both sides returned to the cautious probing in the first ten minutes of the game. The scene was uneventful and a bit boring.

The home team had the advantage and had fought hard for ten minutes, so they needed to conserve their energy and catch their breath;

The visiting team wanted to hold out in the first half and then fight desperately in the second half. After all, they had to score two goals in a row to have a chance to enter overtime. If they couldn't defeat Manchester United in one go and then Manchester United came back to steal one, then it would be all over.

So Manchester United went into the halftime break with a score of 1-0, and then the original team changed sides in the second half.

Although Lyon did not make any substitutions in the midfield, it was obvious that Perrin made some formation adjustments;

In the first half, Ronaldinho, who was locked down by Fletcher and Carrick, retreated deeper, even avoiding Li Qi's side with the same large defensive coverage, and got closer to Ronaldo to keep warm, oh no, to survive.

In the first half, Lyon's offensive was completely unorganized. In addition to Manchester United's strong pressing in the midfield and frontcourt, a big reason was that Juninho, the core of Lyon's organization, was frozen;

So Benzema had to retreat to provide support, and Li Qi seized the opportunity to score, allowing Manchester United to take the lead in this game.

In the second half, Lyon had to fight to the death, and the prerequisite was that they had to activate Juninho first. Otherwise, the midfield would not be able to hold the ball, and there would be no one to organize the support. It would not be able to break the game by relying solely on long passes to Benzema and Ben Arfa - the rough results were seen in the first half.

When Juninho imitated Pirlo and retreated to the defensive midfielder position to get the ball, Lyon's midfield organization became a little smoother. And after the 50th minute, Perrin saw that the effect was good, so he didn't wait and commanded the entire army to press forward and attack!

Lyon was obviously well prepared this time. They must have been practicing this set of assault tactics this week, and they played with great vigor.

In the 53rd minute, Benzema received the ball and broke through, then set up his shot. Juninho, who came in from behind, received the ball and made a powerful long shot from 30 yards away. Fortunately, Li Qi returned to defense in time and interfered, causing Juninho's shot to miss the goal frame.

Two minutes later, Lyon made a comeback. This time it was Ben Alfa's turn to cut inside and take a long shot with his left foot from the outside of the penalty area. Fortunately, the ball was slightly higher than the crossbar.

Then, three minutes later, Castren also made a long shot of about 30 yards. Although it missed again, it was obviously not far from the center of the target.

Although Lyon's attack was mostly long-range shots, just like in the first half, they did find gaps in Manchester United's defense and began to continuously improve the quality of their long-range shots.

Moreover, because Lyon used long-range shots to end the attack, it did not leave Manchester United with many good counterattack opportunities.

This made Li Qi a little anxious, and he wanted to switch positions with Anderson who was still running aimlessly in the frontcourt: As long as Manchester United's three midfielders stabilized the front area of ​​the penalty area, Lyon's long-range shooting routine would naturally be useless. You can't score a goal with a 45-degree long-range shot, right? Do you think you are Ronaldinho?

Just when Li Qi grabbed Anderson and wanted to talk about position substitution, Lyon almost equalized the score in the 62nd minute!

Benzema received a long pass from Juninho, successfully leaned on Ferdinand and turned past him, and passed the ball in time before Fletcher tackled and sent the ball into the side of the penalty area.

Keita, who had just come on as a substitute, used his physical and stamina advantages to force his way past Evra and fired a powerful shot from a small angle from 12 yards on the left side of Manchester United's penalty area!

The ball had already passed Van der Sar who was blocking the near corner, but fortunately, with the blessing of the Red Devils' ancestors, the ball finally hit the near corner post with a bang and bounced out of the bottom line.

Manchester United escaped a disaster, but they also felt the pressure and threat from Lyon. This Ligue 6 champion for consecutive years still has strength;

Although on paper they are certainly not as strong as the home team Manchester United, but if they concentrate their time on the 45 minutes of a half and fight Manchester United to the death, the outcome is hard to say, because if Lyon can catch up with one goal, their morale will surely be boosted!

If Lyon scored a second goal by chance and the game was dragged into overtime, the outcome would be unpredictable...

However, when Li Qi was still trying to explain to Anderson the position change and Carrick and Fletcher's return to the middle, Sir Alex Ferguson also understood it on the sidelines. At the next dead ball, he directly replaced Anderson, who was a little lost throughout the game, with Tevez.

Let Tevez play as Li Qi's left winger, let Li Qi return to the center and form a strong midfield with Carrick and Fletcher.

Li Qi, who could return to the middle with justification, quickly divided the work with Carrick and Fletcher: You two are responsible for the back, and I will go to the front to catch Juninho!

When Tevez came on the pitch, Li Qi went straight to the Brazilian free-kick master who had played for 20 minutes and let him experience the close and personal service that followed him like a shadow, so Lyon's ball supply to the front court was cut off again.

It can't be said that it's completely cut off, after all, there are still some passes from the wing and backcourt, it's a bit like a middle-aged man with bladder stones: intermittent, the line is not stable, it's randomly forked, and sometimes it even drips at the feet or the shooter...

It's just an embarrassment.

But Lyon still had to attack, after all, he had just seen a glimpse of hope;

So when Juninho was not effective, the back line could only press forward as a whole and ensure the stability of the ball by shortening the passing distance between the backcourt and the frontcourt. After all, there were only twenty minutes left in the game and there was not much time left for the visiting team!

However, just when Lyon pressed forward and prepared to make a last-ditch effort, Manchester United dealt another heavy blow to the visiting team.

In the 72nd minute, when Turan was holding the ball near the center circle and preparing to organize an attack on behalf of Juninho who was entangled with Li Qi, he hesitated for a moment before he saw a white-haired leg stretched out from the side and poked the ball away from his feet...

! ! ? ?

Tularan was horrified. Where did the hairy legs come from? Oh no, where did the person come from? But Tularan didn't have time to think about it and rushed forward to try to grab the ball that had lost control.

But Carrick in front of him would not give him this opportunity. He pushed the ball lightly and knocked it back behind Turan.

At this time, Tularan hurriedly turned around to see who was messing with him, and saw that the red-shirted No. 17 had left a big background for him and had already rushed forward with the ball: "Damn it! Wasn't this bastard entangled with Juninho? Why did he go around behind me and mess things up?"

Li Qi would never tell the ignorant Old White: This is to catch the enemy by surprise and attack them when they are unprepared. It is to take advantage of your habitual thinking and visual blind spots!

By the time Juninho realized what was happening, it was too late to warn him, so he could only rush to block Li Qi's possible counterattack route;

But it was useless. Li Qi didn't give the former any chance at all. He sent a straight pass to the right just after crossing the center line, and it happened to be behind Grosso who had already gone to Manchester United's half and had no time to come back...

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"Oh! Toulalan passed the ball too slowly! Manchester United launched a quick counterattack!" This is Miss Julian wearing headphones and watching the live video of the Champions League in the laboratory on the Apple laptop given by a scumbag on Valentine's Day!

You know, Chicago is six hours behind London. Julian should be studying at school right now, but she hasn't seen her boyfriend for a long time, so she secretly watches the game to absorb the hormones of her man...

"Junior Juninho tried to intercept Li Qi, but Li Qi sent a straight pass to the right, which was an open space! Wei Yi made an assist from the left but didn't have time to return to his position."

"Rooney receives the ball and rushes forward on the right! He's getting close to the penalty area!"

"You can't retreat anymore! Chris is coming!"

"Rooney made a cross pass in the middle! It was Tevez who followed up and let the ball pass! It was amazing! Squillaci was also shaken!"

"It's Cristiano Ronaldo at the far end. No one can stop him. He's in the penalty area! He's got a one-on-one chance!"

"Shoot! Ah! Kupet has done a great job by blocking Ronaldo's low shot..."

"Oh! Ditch oh! Ditch oh oh oh! Ditch oh oh oh! Ditch oh oh oh!"

"Rooney! Kupet failed to catch the ball and it bounced back into the penalty area."

"Rooney followed up in time and shot the ball into the empty goal!"

"No offside, the goal is valid! Manchester United's quick counterattack after a steal broke through Lyon's defense!"

"Manchester United is leading Lyon 2-0 and has one foot in the quarterfinals of the Champions League!"

"This is a frontcourt cooperation of the Four Little Swans! Ha! They started to perform with non-physical musical instruments on the sidelines again. Li Qi said that they are called the Magic Quartet, not the Four Little Swans. Haha, but I still think it sounds better to call them the Four Little Swans..."