Football: The strongest post-zero generation.

Chapter 338 Leveling the Record

The Champions League theme song made people excited, as if it had inexhaustible power. Li Qing noticed the TIFO show displayed by Liverpool fans in the KOP stands and subconsciously clenched his hands.

European overlord!

Liverpool!
came back!
"Beep~"

With the whistle of German referee Bruchy, the first leg of the 2017-2018 Champions League quarter-finals began.

The Italian Montella, who took over as head coach of Sevilla in November last year, lined up the strongest lineup for this game. The players positioned in a 11 formation, with goalkeeper Soria, defenders Navas, Kjaer, Lenglet and Etienne. Scudero, Nzonzi and Pizarro partnered as a double midfielder. The three forwards were Joaquin Correa, Franco Vazquez and Sarabia, with Ben Yedder at the front. .

Liverpool at home also has the strongest lineup, with goalkeeper Karius, defenders Robertson, Van Dijk, Joe Gomez and Alexander-Arnold, midfielders Milner, Henderson and Chamberlain, and forwards Mane and Phil. Minuo and Li Qing.

Liverpool, who had a kick-off advantage, quickly launched an offensive. Sevilla, who was visiting as a guest, was obviously well prepared and responded with an iron barrel formation.

Montella, the head coach who was born in Italy, has defensive blood all over his body. Although he has only coached Sevilla for five short months, he has already given Sevilla what he can instill.

In Montella's plan, the team will first defend Liverpool's three goals, and then wait for an opportunity to counterattack. Even if they cannot retreat at Anfield, they will still take away one or two priceless away goals.

Liverpool's offensive capabilities are the best in Europe, but their defense is in stark contrast. As long as they seize the opportunity...

"aoaooaooaooooooo——"

Montella was thinking about it and was suddenly startled by the huge shouts that sounded over the Anfield Stadium.

His attention instantly returned from nothingness to reality. Li Qing, who had caught the ball, pushed away the defending Nzonzi and Navas and directly faced the central defender Lenglet.

"Foul!"

Montella subconsciously took a step forward and shouted at the players on the field.

In fact, the players on the field have their own judgment of the game, and there is no need for Montella to remind them. The most important thing is... there is no foul opportunity!

Lenglet stepped forward to defend, and Li Qing flicked the football to the left with the instep of his left foot. The football rolled towards Firmino who was standing at the top of the penalty area, then bypassed Lenglet and continued to run forward.

Firmino directly inserted the ball diagonally into the space behind Lenglet, which was the direction of Li Qing's advance. Goalkeeper Soria abandoned the goal and struck out.

It's a pity that Li Qing took the ball away one step ahead of time, which meant that Soria's attack was in vain. He could only watch Li Qing face an empty goal...

"Goooooooooooooal——"

Sky commentator Andy Gray's trademark drawl rang out from the Anfield studio.

"The ball is in! The ball is in!"

China Channel 5 commentator He Wei shouted with excitement: "Li Qing helped Liverpool open the scoring in the first minute of the game! The fastest goal in the Champions League this season! He received Firmino's through ball. The ball passed the attacking goalkeeper Soria and hit the empty goal, 1:0!!"

The Liverpool fans in the audience burst into loud cheers, one wave after another. Liverpool coach Klopp raised his arms and shouted, venting the huge pressure of scoring the first goal and leading both sides.

Sevilla is indeed the weakest opponent to advance to the quarterfinals of this season's Champions League, but the biggest feature of the football game is that it is full of uncertainty. Don't be afraid of ten thousand, just be afraid of the worst.

After Klopp celebrated the goal excitedly, he made a tactical gesture towards captain Henderson, indicating that the players should play steadily and not be impatient.

Manchester United's overthrow by Sevilla at home is still fresh in his mind, and Liverpool, who he coaches, does not want this to happen.

It was really uncomfortable for Montella to concede the goal first as a guest, but as a professional football coach, he knew that it was common for him to concede the goal first. Before the game, he had expected to concede the goal first at Anfield, but he did not expect to concede the goal first. It's so early.

Even if they conceded the first goal as a guest, Sevilla did not show their fangs, giving people the feeling that they wanted to maintain the 0:1 score until the end of the game.

Perhaps it was the warning brought by losing the ball. Sevilla's subsequent defense was very good, especially the defense against Li Qing.

Li Qing was closely guarded, and Liverpool's offensive threat was greatly reduced. However, other Liverpool players began to show off their power, using the Sevilla players to defend Li Qing with more and less, and began to create threats on the left.

In the 18th minute of the game, Henderson passed the ball straight to the left. Mane got the ball and cut in and shot was blocked. Chamberlain, who got the ball, faked a shot and dunked past Pizarro, who was defending, and then used his right foot to make a sudden move. Cold arrow.

The football was like a cannonball, flying towards the upper left corner of the goal, beyond the reach of goalkeeper Soria.

The score displayed on the scoreboard has changed from 1:0 to 2:0.

The reactions of Klopp and Montella were in stark contrast, with the former being ecstatic and the latter shaking his head and sighing.

Everyone is lucky. Sevilla head coach Montella believes that the team may still advance to the semi-finals of the Champions League!

I have thought about losing as an away game, but as long as I get enough away goals, what about conceding goals?
As a result, Sevilla tried to attack and scored an away goal at Anfield.

Liverpool's tactics under Klopp are very mature. Seeing that Sevilla was about to counterattack, he took the initiative to ask the team to retreat half-court and let Sevilla, whose offensive ability was not outstanding, attack.

After a long period of dominance without scoring, Sevilla players became a little irritable. In addition, many players participated in the Champions League quarter-finals for the first time. They lacked understanding of the compact rhythm of the Champions League and had no good coping strategies. Even the main players So does Coach Montella.

In the 42nd minute of the game, Li Qing's long shot from outside the penalty area during the counterattack helped Liverpool expand the score to three goals.

Juli TV commentator Zhan Jun shouted excitedly: "Liverpool leads Sevilla 3:0 at home. As long as this score is maintained until the end of the game, there is more than 90% possibility of advancing to the Champions League this season. Semifinals!"

Under the cheers of all the Liverpool fans, Liverpool regained control of the game. However, considering that there was a Merseyside derby on the weekend, the entire Liverpool team consciously stopped playing and conserved their energy.

A three-goal win over Sevilla at home almost guarantees that they will advance to the Champions League semifinals this season. There is absolutely no need to continue scoring goals. It would be troublesome if Sevilla accidentally scores an away goal.

In the 67th minute of the game, Li Qing took advantage of a direct free kick to help Liverpool score another goal, turning the score into 4:0. Li Qing also increased his number of goals in the Champions League this season with his hat trick in this game. to the 17th goal, thus tying Cristiano Ronaldo's single-season scoring record set in the UEFA Champions League in the 2013-2014 season.

(End of this chapter)