Football: The strongest post-zero generation

"Beep~"

With a long whistle from Michael Oliver, the first match of the 5th round of the 2018-2019 Premier League season officially kicked off. Tottenham, who had the advantage of kicking off, played very cautiously, passing the ball through the midfield and backcourt before giving the ball to the forward. field.

The disadvantage brought about by Son Heung-min not starting the game is relatively obvious. His breakthroughs and long-range shots can bring potential threats to Alisson's goal. Lucas is not slower than Son Heung-min, and his breakthrough ability is even stronger, but how much is the final kick? It's a bit off, but according to the starting lineup given by Pochettino, it is more inclined to defend and counterattack, using Son Heung-min as a surprise player.

The three midfielder combination of Winks, Dier and Dembele, except for Dier who is purely defensive, Winks and Dembele both have certain offensive organizational skills, which can relieve Eriksen's organizational pressure.

However, Liverpool launched a high-position pressure at the beginning. Li Qing, Mane, Firmino and Salah were like four sharp arrows darting into the center of Tottenham's defense. Neither Winks nor Dembélé dared to go too far. Taking the ball, Alderweireld, who was confident in his personal footwork but lacked courage, received Winks' return pass and directly passed the long ball to Harry Kane in front.

Van Dijk leaned against Harry Kane to prevent him from taking off. The football flew over their heads and was easily picked up by Joe Gomez. Liverpool then switched from defense to offense.

Arnold did not stick to the ball and directly gave the football to Li Qing who had space to receive the ball. Eriksen and Dembele rushed over immediately. Li Qing took the ball and broke through Eriksen but was used by Dembele. Foul stop.

The referee Michael Oliver blew the whistle to indicate that Dembélé had committed a foul. Perhaps considering that this was Tottenham's home court, he neither gave a card nor a verbal warning, and just regarded it as a very ordinary foul.

Li Qing, who was sitting on the ground, followed Wijnaldum's outstretched right hand and stood up, helplessly spreading his hands. Before the game, he guessed that Tottenham's defensive strategy was to focus on fouls, but he didn't expect that Tottenham players were The transition from offense to defense will be so decisive, it seems... the performance of this game will be greatly affected.

Liverpool head coach Klopp immediately ran to the fourth official and complained that the player's foul was obviously with tactical intention and should be given a yellow card or a verbal warning. The fourth official was helpless and the penalty was Michael Oliver's business. As the fourth official The four officials can only play a supervisory role but cannot change on-field penalties.

Pochettino, who was standing in the command area of ​​the home team coach, held his breath. The end of the team's crisis does not mean that it will be solved once and for all. There will be continuous problems in the future.

Li Qing is a magical player, and he will only get more courageous as he fights in the next round, just like his victory over his motherland Argentina in the first round of the World Cup group stage. In the following games, he will be out of control, and the strong players will guarantee a minimum of three goals.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but pray to God, hoping that the three defensive midfielders would avoid receiving yellow cards as much as possible in the first half and prepare for a desperate counterattack in the second half.

Son Heung-min stayed on the bench in order to catch Liverpool off guard!

In the subsequent game time, Li Qing encountered multiple fouls from Tottenham players. When faced with defensive actions that were not particularly dangerous, referee Oliver usually just blew the whistle to indicate a foul without even giving a verbal warning, so that Liverpool in the audience Fans and head coach Klopp showed strong dissatisfaction.

However, this is Tottenham's home court, so we can only swallow our anger.

Tottenham fans said before the game that they would not boo the hero Li Qing, but this does not mean that Li Qing will fight back when he is fouled by his own players. After all... Tottenham is their home team, and Li Qing has not been fouled. actual harm.

Obviously, Tottenham's targeted deployment before the game was very good and did not leave much offensive space for Li Qing. The offensive combination of Mane, Firmino and Salah has been affected by relying on Li Qing for a long time and did not do well. So much so that Liverpool's offense relies more on crosses from the two wings.

But in the competition for high points, the national team combination of Alderweireld and Vertonghen is obviously more dominant. Firmino is 1.81 meters tall, and Mane and Salah are both 1.75 meters tall. , obviously unable to pose a real threat to Alderweireld and Vertonghen when properly prepared.

Li Qing didn't have any good performance. The pace of the game was very fast. Tottenham focused on defensive counterattacks. When the ball was available, he handed it directly to Eriksen and Lucas, and used the efficient counterattack brought by fast passing to Alisson. Guarding the goal poses a threat, and the number of participants is very limited. Even if the football is interrupted, there will not be a situation where less is used to defend more.

Time in high-level matches often passes very quickly. In the blink of an eye, twenty minutes have passed. The scoreboard still shows 0:0. Taking advantage of the dead ball opportunity, the on-site director gave Li Qing a close-up shot of his face. China 5 Channel commentator He Wei changed the topic: "Li Qing was too tightly defended during this period. He didn't have many opportunities, let alone perform."

"But the fans in front of the TV don't need to feel upset. Li Qing's characteristic is that he will always bring you unexpected surprises when you don't expect it..."

As soon as he finished speaking, Arnold threw a ball from the right sideline. Li Qing took the initiative to raise his hand to ask for the ball. Eric Se immediately passed it. Dembele and Dell both leaned over in unison, preventing Li Qing from easily taking it. Ball opportunity.

Arnold didn't hesitate. He followed the tactical gesture given by Li Qing and threw a sideline ball that landed at chest height. Eriksen tried hard from behind. He never expected that Li Qing was leaning back and was about to use his strength. Erikson's eyes only felt dark, and his body instantly felt a huge oncoming momentum, and he involuntarily stepped back.

Dembele and Dier were in tandem, ready to defend, and Winks was also ready to defend. Together with left back Rose, it seemed that Li Qing had attracted the attention of the four defenders, and Eriksen was hit by Li Qing. After a moment, I still haven't recovered, which means that Tottenham only has five players to defend other Liverpool offensive players.

Faced with the reinforcement of the two men, Li Qing pushed the football outward with the outside instep of his left foot, widened the angle, and passed the ball directly without any adjustment. The football shot up from the ground and flew across the sky from the right side of the attack to the left rib of the penalty area. , the on-site director switched the camera and saw Mane leading the football toward the goal with his chest like a wild horse.

Lloris and Alderweireld raised their hands at the same time to signal that Mane was offside. The assistant referee was unmoved and followed Mane's forward motion according to his own judgment and moved quickly along the sideline toward the baseline.

In other words...not offside!

"damn it!"

Loris cursed secretly in his heart while abandoning the door and attacking.

Mane handled the ball very calmly. Facing the attacking Lloris, he chose a low shot. The football rolled quickly under the armpit of Lloris who fell to the ground and hit the snow-white net in the lower right corner of the goal...

"The ball is in! The ball is in! Li Ma's connection shows its power again!"

China Channel 5 commentator He Wei's voice rose an octave higher.