Football: The strongest post-zero generation

Chapter 94 Li Ma’s connection
Tottenham had no choice but to make substitutions when their offense showed no improvement. Harry Winks replaced Sun Heung-min, a national player who had done almost nothing in the game.

Sun Xingmin was stunned for a moment when he saw that the red number displayed on the substitution electronic board was '7'. Li Qing, who was next to him, had a sharp eye and kindly pushed Sun Xingmin, pointed to the sidelines, and said with a smile in standard English: "Hey ~You are about to be replaced.”

Li Qing's smile was natural, like that of the little brother next door, very sunny and incapable of anger.

Winks and Pochettino were also waving. Sun Xingmin looked a little irritable, but he must comply with the adjustments made by the head coach. Even considering that the team was still lagging behind, he had to take a step and ran to the sidelines to follow Winks completed the substitution handover ceremony.

Pochettino's intention of replacing Winks is very obvious, which is to increase the depth of the midfield, compete with Liverpool in the midfield, and then use Winks's performance of almost no loss of position to limit the counterattack expert Li Qing.

Winks' performance during his time as a substitute did meet Pochettino's expectations, but as the game went by, Li Qing also adapted to Winks' style of play.

Neither of them is strong enough and both have high football intelligence, but Li Qing is fast and explosive, and can often use sudden starts to get rid of Winks and Tottenham defenders.

Li Qing was heavily targeted by Tottenham's defensive players, indirectly liberating Mane and Firmino.

In the 67th minute of the game, Li Qing just received the football on the right, and he was directly defended by at least two defensive players. There were Wanyama and Alderweireld in the ribs, which was equivalent to saying that he personally It attracted four defensive players.

Faced with such a massive defensive situation, Li Qing smiled and passed the football to right back Klein.

This scene happened to be captured by the on-site director. LeTV Sports General Zhan Jun laughed and said: "It seems that Pochettino is very afraid of Li Qing. He was attacked by Ben Davis and Harry Winks as soon as he received the football." The frontal defense, through the live TV screen, we can also clearly see Alderweireld and Wanyama covering up from behind, this... is really unimaginable!"

From an angle that the fans in front of the TV couldn't see, Li Qing covered his mouth and said a few words to Mane. The two of them seemed to be walking across each other, as if nothing happened.

Pochettino, who had been paying attention to Li Qing, frowned. He clearly saw what Li Qing said to Mane, and felt a little uneasy in his heart.

The uneasiness gradually disappeared as time went by. After about five minutes, Li Qing, who was running sideways, hooked Emre Can. The latter didn't know why, but subconsciously passed the ball to Wenke. Both Si and Ben Davis had a conditioned reflex - to become nervous.

The corners of Li Qing's mouth raised slightly. His field of vision was extremely broad. It was like he had a bird's-eye view of the stadium in his mind, and it also showed the red and white positions of the enemy and ourselves.

Attacking the left rib, Mane was quietly running through the space exposed between Kyle Walker and Dier.

When Alderweireld directed the defense, most of his attention was on Li Qing's side, so that what happened behind him was invisible.

Kyle Walker noticed Mane moving forward, but at the same time he saw Milner running along the left sideline. He suddenly remembered Li Qing's assist for Milner's goal.

In the blink of an eye, he chose to run back slowly, because this way he could complete the rescue as soon as possible...

Of course, this clearance is a transfer of the ball in the direction of the attack.

Li Qing took the initiative to face the football. Tottenham's defense was no less than an alarm bell, and everyone was in high spirits.

Li Qing's right foot was standing on the ground, and the inside of the instep of his left foot kicked towards the middle and lower part of the football rolling against the ground.

The football soared into the air, flew from the right side of the attacking team across the middle of the field, and landed at the top of the arc in the penalty area.

Dell looked at the ball in the air and had already determined where it would land, but at this moment, a red figure suddenly flashed in front of his eyes, and the big number '19' on the back told him who it was. "Oops!"

Kyle Walker suddenly realized something, and his heart thumped.

The on-site director switched the camera in a timely manner, and Xinying Sports Jin Xiangkai's voice suddenly rose a few degrees: "Mane——"

"aoaoaoooooo——"

As the Anfield stadium erupted with huge shouts, Mane, who ran to the top of the penalty area, used his chest to lead the ball into the penalty area.

Goalkeeper Lloris abandoned the goal and struck out. Mane handled the ball very reasonably in the first step and did not panic at all even when faced with Lloris's attack. He even had time to look up and observe the angle of the shot.

Sooner or later, Mane stopped the ball with the outside instep of his right foot, then raised his right foot before the penalty spot and completed a very high-quality ground-breaking kick.

Lloris's body hit the ground very quickly, but he rolled forward faster against the grass...

The Anfield stadium erupted in an instant, with wave after wave of cheers spreading from the stands of the die-hard KOP fans to the entire stadium.

The Tottenham fans in the Anfield Road stands felt like crying. Our team failed to score a goal in many attacks. How could Liverpool score a goal in just a few organized attacks?

Not scientific!

Mane, who scored the goal, did not celebrate the goal alone. He smiled and turned to Li Qing, who sent a wonderful assist.

No matter which angle you look at, without Li Qing's early notification and accurate passing, he may not have scored in this focus battle.

Since Li Qing provided the assist, he must thank his teammates who are nine years younger than him.

Lux sports commentator Zhan Jun said with a smile: "This... is Liverpool's Li (pronounced Ni) horse connection."

The score displayed on the stadium scoreboard changed from 2:1 to 3:1.

There were still more than 20 minutes left in the game. Tottenham head coach Pochettino did not want to admit defeat easily. Before the game started, he made another adjustment to the lineup, and he substituted two people in a row, which is equivalent to his three substitutions. Use them all now!
Dembele and Alli, who were almost invisible in this game, were replaced by Sissoko and Janssen respectively.

Adjustments have been made, and whether or not the score can be equalized depends on the specific performance of the players on the field.

However, it is a pity that the guest Tottenham substitutes need time to adapt to the rhythm of the game. However, the morale-boosted Liverpool players did not give them this time, so the offense was flawless and devoid of threat.

The scoreboard showed 3:1 and did not change until the referee Oliver blew the end of the game. When the three long whistles sounded, the players on the field hugged Li Qing tacitly.

The on-site director keenly captured this scene. Leshi sports commentator Zhan Jun said loudly: "Liverpool can turn defeat into a victory at home. The young boy who appears on the scene should be credited with the first goal! If nothing else, the best player in this game , it is very likely that it is Li Qing who contributed one goal and two assists."

(End of this chapter)