Football: The strongest post-zero generation

Chapter 76 A dead horse becomes a live doctor
Chelsea players wildly celebrated the opening goal as a guest. Chelsea fans in the audience were particularly excited because they knew through their mobile phones that Arsenal was trailing Watford 0:2 at home in another game that kicked off at the same time.

The third-ranked Tottenham challenge Sunderland as a guest is still 0:0. If the games are ended according to the current score, Chelsea's lead will be points, and there are still rounds left in the league. Unless he takes the initiative to die, the league championship this season is certain!

Conte's iconic celebration was presented at Anfield Stadium, and the very unhappy Liverpool fans responded with boos. However, Conte was so shameless that the louder the boos, the more excited he became.

Li Qing, who was sitting on the bench, couldn't help but snorted in English: "You loser Kong."

"It's true that we have no future." Ma Nei nodded lightly and echoed Li Qing's words.

Liverpool, who were lagging behind, strengthened their offense after the restart. Chelsea, who based their offense on defense, responded easily. The three central defenders composed of Azpilicueta, David Luiz and Gary Cahill cooperated tacitly and complement each other. The trident of Coutinho, Firmino and Lallana was not given any chance at all.

The three midfielders composed of Wijnaldum, Henderson and Emre Can are not as good as the dark and hard Kante and Moses in terms of creativity and offensive and defensive hardness. Coupled with the tall and strong Matic and Ma Kos Alonso, Liverpool seems to be suppressed in all aspects.

Chelsea center Diego Costa has never been a good opponent. Lovren and Matip have to battle with him from time to time, and at the same time they have to control their emotions to avoid being irritated by him and losing control of their emotions.

Half an hour into the game, Liverpool fans at Anfield Stadium sang "You'll Never Walk Alone" to cheer their team on.

Unfortunately, Chelsea players did a very good job in all aspects. It can be said that they perfectly completed the defensive tasks assigned by head coach Conte, thus achieving a watertight defense.

Until the end of the first half, the score did not change again.

The Chelsea players shown in the broadcast were smiling broadly. In stark contrast, the Liverpool players were frowning, obviously thinking about the possible consequences of losing.

They are ten points apart from each other. If they lose, the point difference will widen to thirteen points. By then, let alone competing for the championship, getting a Champions League seat will be a problem.

Head coach Klopp looked particularly heavy and frowned.

The Liverpool fans in the audience were not much better. Affected by the scene, the atmosphere they created dropped to the lowest point since the start of the game.

Li Qing and the substitute players entered the court one after another to warm up and prepare for the second half of the game.

As the main player, Mane warmed up very seriously, obviously thinking of playing in good condition in the second half.

The fifteen-minute intermission passed quickly, and players from both sides returned to the court one after another. Perhaps Klopp and Conte were very satisfied with their formation in the first half and did not make any personnel adjustments before the start of the second half. .

But despite this, the on-site director gave a meaningful broadcast picture.

The camera first showed Coutinho and Lallana, who did not perform well in the first half, and then showed Mane, who returned from the African Cup of Nations.

Lux Sports commentator Zhan Jundao: "The sluggish performance of Coutinho and Lallana is the key to Liverpool's lack of achievements in the first half. If the performance does not improve in the second half, maybe replacing Mane may be a good choice."

Klopp has made corresponding tactical changes during the halftime break. Whether the game can be successful depends on the performance of the players on the field. However, Liverpool has not yet created enough threats, and Chelsea's offense is overwhelming.

After Moses passed Milner on the right side of the penalty area, his long-range shot hit the goal post, scaring the Liverpool fans in the audience into a cold sweat.

Perhaps dissatisfied with the performance of the players on the field, Klopp shouted to Mane on the bench: "Sadip, come back in ten minutes."

Chelsea, who were in the lead, gave up as soon as they got good, leaving only Hazard as a defensive counterattack point. Facing Chelsea, which was almost fully defensive, Klopp's Liverpool really had nothing to do.

In the 60th minute, Liverpool took the lead in making substitution adjustments, replacing Coutinho with Mane who was still sluggish. Mane is fast enough, but his foot skills are not delicate enough. Facing Chelsea's defense, it is easy to lose the ball, and even almost caused the ball to be lost.

Klopp turned his head and looked at the bench, contemplating. The team's bench currently has players with excellent technical abilities except Origi and Li Qing.

Origi is still a little immature, and Li Qing's skills are good enough and he is the best in the team, but he is not yet 16 years old. It is obviously unfair to him to let a young player shoulder the heavy responsibility of Liverpool's equalizer. .

"what can we do about it?"

Time passed by minute by second, and the scoreboard still showed 0:1.
The home team goes first and the away team goes last.

Five minutes into the game, Chelsea made the first adjustment of the game. Fabregas replaced Willian to enhance the accuracy of passing during the counterattack.

The long attack did not bring results, and Klopp had to consider making adjustments to his personnel.

On the offensive end, only Origi and Li Qing are left, and no matter who they replace, they may not be able to make an impact.

Could it be...making changes to the midfield?

Looking back at the bench, there is only defensive midfielder Lucas...

Li Qing, who was sitting on the bench, noticed from the corner of his eye that coach Klopp looked excited. He kept shouting in his heart: "Call me! Call me! Call me!"

However, what was waiting was just a sigh, and no one from Klopp shouted.

Just like that, the game time came to seventy-five minutes, and there were only fifteen minutes left before the end of the game.

If the game ends according to the current score, Liverpool will likely be surpassed by the Manchester City duo who will play tomorrow night, thus falling into the Europa League.

This possibility must not happen for Klopp. After two minutes of discussion with his assistants Buvac and Kravitz, he finally decided to treat the dead horse as a living horse doctor.

Miracles don’t happen every time, but if you don’t try, how can they happen?

Assistant coach Buvac shouted to Li Qing who was watching the game: "Li, go warm up, time is limited, come back in five minutes!"

"what?"

Li Qing was stunned for a moment and didn't react.

"Don't you want to play?"

Buvac rolled his eyes.

The next moment, Li Qing's explosive power was perfectly displayed. When Buvac looked around, Li Qing had already gone to the warm-up area.

(End of this chapter)