Football: The strongest post-zero generation.

Chapter 293 The hope of the whole city
Liverpool has already secured first place in Group C. The end of December is the Premier League's unique Christmas schedule. It is expected that many of Liverpool's main players will take turns, but Anfield Stadium is still full of seats and the atmosphere is fanatical.

Li Qing was sitting on the bench, talking and laughing with Wijnaldum, as if the game on the field had nothing to do with them.

Rome's Olympic Stadium scored an early goal. Dzeko opened the scoring for Roma, which was sitting at home. It didn't take long for Shaarawy to help the home team expand the score, but head coach Di Francesco was still frowning and not happy at all.

Because the score of the other game he paid attention to was still 0:0.

In other words, if Liverpool and Atletico end the game with the current score, Roma will not be able to advance to the top 16 even if they score 100 goals.

However, the bigger blow was yet to come. Liverpool, playing as a semi-main force, conceded a goal in the 30th minute. It was Griezmann who helped the visiting team score.

Until the end of the first half, the sixth round of the Champions League group stage between Liverpool and Atletico Madrid was still 0:1.

The home team goes first and the away team goes last.

The first half of the match between Roma and Karabakh at home ended with the scoreboard showing 4:0. However, since Atletico Madrid was leading, there was no way for Roma to qualify even if they won goals at home. Therefore, Roma coach Di Francesco and Roma Fans are praying that Liverpool's leading striker Li Qing can come on as a substitute.

Many Roma fans even left messages on the INS and Twitter accounts of Li Qing and Liverpool head coach Klopp, hoping that Li Qing could come on as a substitute in the second half of the game.

What’s interesting is that a large number of Atletico Madrid fans also came to the two people’s INS and Twitter accounts to join in the fun and leave messages, expressing their hope that Klopp would not send Li Qing to play. Some Atletico Madrid fans even played emotional cards with Li Qing, saying that Atletico Madrid had The richest man in the Celestial Dynasty sponsors, hoping that the Chinese player Li Qing can show his respect...

In the second half, the game changed sides again, and Li Qing had not yet come on as a substitute. Roma fans were anxious and wished that Klopp would let Li Qing come on as a substitute.

Time passed by second by second. Seeing that Klopp had no intention of sending Li Qing to play, Simeone continued to strengthen the attack through adjustments, hoping to expand the score as much as possible. By then, even if Li Qing came on as a substitute, he would only equalize the score...

After all, for Atletico Madrid, one point is enough to qualify.

Di Francesco's attention at Rome's Olympic Stadium has always been on his assistant, or to be precise, the mobile phone in his hand. The game has reached sixty minutes, and he couldn't help but ask: "Tony, what's the score?" How much? Did Lee play?"

"Atletico Madrid is still leading Liverpool 1:0 as a guest, and Li hasn't appeared yet..." Before Tony could finish his words, he looked at the live broadcast at Anfield Stadium: "Di, good news!"

"Is Li going to appear?"

Di Francisco asked subconsciously.

"That's right!"

Hearing Tony's answer, Di Francesco, who was wearing glasses, felt like tears were filling his eyes, and he raised his arms and shouted, as if the team had scored a goal in a derby match.

The home Roma fans in the auditorium obviously also received the news, and the entire stadium fell into extreme carnival at this moment!
Li Qing, the hope of the whole city, finally came on the bench!
This scene was caught by the on-site director. Arecio, the commentator of Italian National Sports TV, raised his eyebrows: "Di Francesco and all the fans in the audience were excited. Could it be that Liverpool scored two goals in a row?"

Commentator Angelo confirmed the score, shook his head and said: "Atletico Madrid is still leading Liverpool 1:0... Hey, it's Li who is coming on as a substitute."

Arecio nodded lightly: "No wonder you are so happy."

At the same time, Liverpool fans at Anfield Stadium burst into thunderous shouts: "aoaoaooaoooooo——"

Standing in front of the visiting team's coaching bench, Atletico Madrid head coach Diego Simeone's mouth twitched visibly. Seeing Li Qing come on as a substitute, he felt strongly uneasy.

Immediately, he made tactical adjustments and asked the team to retreat to their own half-court defense, especially to strengthen the defense against Li Qing.

Li Qing came on as a substitute to break Cristiano Ronaldo's record of 2015 goals in the group stage set by Ronaldo in the 2016-11 Champions League season. He was targeted by Thomas when he came on the field. He knew that it would not be that easy to score in this game. Li Qing had done some research on Group C before the game. Atletico Madrid only needs to not lose to advance and beat Atletico Roma in the top . In other words, Atletico Madrid should make preparations to maintain a tie before coming to Anfield!
But...he has a hang-up and is not afraid of Atletico Madrid's targeted defense.

In the last round of the league, they challenged Brighton as a guest. Due to his limited overall strength, Li Qing did not use the skill [Superstar Moment] at all, just to contribute goals in this game.

Of course, before that, he needs to find a kicking opportunity, otherwise the goal will not be completed.

Thomas has played for most of the game, and his physical energy has been severely exhausted. His motivation to run has declined to a certain extent, and Li Qing can see it.

Li Qing, who plays the tenth position, led Thomas to complete several sets of speed-changing turns in the middle. Thomas, who was not in good physical fitness, immediately couldn't bear it and began to pant with his hands on his hips.

Diego Simeone saw it, but with no extra cards in his hand, he had no choice but to hope that Thomas could break through the physical limit of his body with his amazing willpower.

Facts have proved that physical shackles are not so easy to break. Seeing that the time was almost up, Li Qing raised his hand to ask for the ball. Emre Can, who will leave the team at the end of this season, passed the ball without hesitation. Thomas Mao Zujin pressed forward, but Li Qing opened his legs, passed the ball, and then used his right foot as an axis to complete the turn against Thomas, who came forward to defend.

Thomas, who had reached the limit of his physical fitness, originally wanted to commit a foul, but a football appeared in his sight. Out of instinct, he stretched out his right foot to make a clearance. As a result, his right foot seemed to be filled with lead and could not be lifted, and the supporting left foot was not up to par. He felt weak and fell to the ground.

Kirk and Saul did not expect that Thomas would suddenly fall to the ground, and their reaction was half a beat too slow.

Li Qing seized this opportunity and swung his left foot thirty-five meters away from the door, using the [Superstar Moment].

"Boom~"

The football flew towards the upper left corner of the goal like a cannonball.

Goalkeeper Oblak had already made the fastest reaction in his life, but his outstretched right hand was still just a little short of the ball.

"Goooooooooooal——"

Sky commentator Andy Gray's trademark drawl sounded.

Commentator Martin Taylor seamlessly shouted: "This goal is Li's 11th goal in the Champions League this season. He tied Cristiano Ronaldo's single-season Champions League group stage record set in the 2015-2016 season. ! If another goal is scored in the subsequent game time, then... the new Champions League group stage scoring record will belong to Li——"

China Channel 5 commentator He Wei was ecstatic: "Fans and friends in front of the TV! Seeing Li Qing score a world wave, do you think it was worth the long wait?"

"I don't know what the fans in front of the TV think, but anyway... I think it's worth it!"

Commentator Xu Yang said loudly: "There are still more than twenty minutes left in the game, and there is still a lot of time left for Li Qing, but... it is not good news for Atletico Madrid, which can qualify with a draw."

At the Olympic Stadium in Rome, assistant coach Tony shouted excitedly at Di Francesco: "Goal! It's Lee!"

"awesome!"

Di Francesco raised his arms and shouted!

At the same time, the Roma fans in the audience seemed to have received good news from Anfield Stadium. Suddenly, the entire stadium fell into extreme frenzy.

It is no exaggeration to say that the entire city of Rome was shaken by excitement at this moment.

(End of this chapter)