Football: The strongest post-zero generation

"Li, how is your illness? Is it okay?"

When Li Qing was about to feel shadowed by his wife's "love potion", Southgate, the head coach of the England national team, called him.

"Ahem..." Li Qing coughed weakly, tilting his nose and mouth, and opened the corners of his mouth slightly. Due to the physiological reaction of the taste buds, the saliva in his mouth was about to flow out, almost choking him to death.

"Uh... Okay, Li, you have a good rest. For the game against Croatia, you..."

"Coach, I'm fine!" After hearing the information revealed in Southgate's words, Li Qing's eyes suddenly lit up and he instantly became energetic. "My illness doesn't matter anymore. I will definitely show up at training tomorrow." base!"

"Ah?" Southgate was a little confused, "But you were still coughing so badly just now. Li, don't be brave. Anyway, we are already ahead of schedule..."

"No!" Li Qingyi interrupted Southgate again. "I am a member of the national team. I know my body very well. It is my duty to play for the country. If you don't believe it, you can arrange for a team doctor to come to me tomorrow." Check!"

Hearing what Li Qing said, Southgate hesitated, but finally couldn't help but said: "Okay, you report to the training base tomorrow, and I will arrange a team doctor to do a comprehensive examination on you."

"Yes, coach!" Li Qing hung up the phone, fearing that Southgate would change his mind.

Tong Shenbing heard the noise outside in the room, walked out and asked, "Who is calling you at this time?"

"Damn it!" Li Qing instantly made an annoyed expression, "Dear, I don't know who the bastard was who told the national team coach that I am fine. I have to join the national team tomorrow!"

"Ah?" Tong Shenbing was also a little surprised and said subconsciously: "Then you won't be able to drink the soup I prepared for you tomorrow?"

Li Qing shuddered subconsciously when he heard this, but with an apologetic expression on his face, "I can't help it, wife, I can't refuse the call of the national team. Why don't you wait until I get back to drink the soup."

"No, my dad said that once you start drinking this medicine, you can't stop it." Tong Shenbing struggled for a moment, and her face became firm, "It's okay, I will go to London with you tomorrow, and I will take the medicine by then. I’ll send you to the training ground.”

"Don't go to such trouble!" Li Qing's face turned pale.

"No trouble." Tong Shenbing said seriously: "Anyway, I've already said hello to you at my school. I can stay with you every day to supervise your taking medicine."

"Every day..." Li Qing's calves started to tremble. He didn't expect that his wishful thinking would not work in front of Tong Shen Bing.

"Honey, can I ask, how long do you need to drink this medicine?" Li Qing asked cautiously.

"My dad said, take a course of treatment first to see the effect." Tong Shenbing replied seriously: "A course of treatment lasts for three months. If the effect is good, then take another course of treatment to consolidate."

"Three months!" Li Qing almost jumped up, but suddenly thought of a possibility, and immediately asked with hope: "What if the effect is not good, then there is no need to drink it?"

"If the effect is not good, just increase the amount and drink it three times a day." Tong Shenbing answered without thinking, "It's just right. On the day of your national team's game, you can drink it for three days, and then you will see the effect."

Hearing what Tong Shen Bing said, Li Qing felt as if he had been struck by lightning. His eyes looking at Tong Shen Bing were filled with unspeakable fear.

It is absolutely impossible to drink it three times a day. The medicine must be effective. In the game against Croatia, I must score!

Li Qing had secretly made up his mind.

On the evening of November 18th, in the UEFA Nations League, Group A England sat at the new Wembley Stadium and welcomed the Croatian team.

This game is related to the fate of Croatia, because in the previous third round, Croatia narrowly defeated Spain 3-2 and ranked bottom with three points from three games, one win and two losses.

Although Spain has the same points as Croatia, because Spain has a greater goal difference than Croatia, this last game is crucial for Croatia.

All the games in Spain have been played, so as long as Croatia can draw England in this game, then Croatia can successfully get out of the relegation zone and remain in Group A, while sending Spain down.

From Croatia's perspective, England has now qualified one round ahead of schedule. They should not go all out in this game and will definitely send the second team for training, so this is a good time for them to grab points.

There is nothing wrong with Croatia thinking this way. After all, they have already learned that England's absolute main player Henderson has withdrawn from the national team due to injury, and Li Qing also did not appear in the warm-up match with Costa Rica due to injury issues.

According to intelligence, Li Qing will definitely miss this crucial game for Croatia, so the mentality of the Croatian team has become particularly relaxed.

But when they arrived before the game and saw their opponent's starting lineup, they were stunned.

Croatian head coach Dalic was completely dumbfounded. His opponent didn't even plan to give up in the last game. All the starting players were tough, and most importantly, Li Qing was also there. Wasn't he sick? Why did he start?

Not only the opponents were dumbfounded, but the English media were also dumbfounded.

The news that the media received before the game was that Li Qing would not play in this game. The England team, which had already qualified early, would focus on training to complete the last game of the group. However, no one expected that Southgay would Special would actually send so many main forces.

Especially the appearance of Li Qing, many people did not understand. Before that, everyone was mentally prepared that Li Qing could not play. After all, their team had already qualified, and there was really no need to send their main forward in irrelevant games.

But no matter what, Li Qing was able to appear on the stage, which instantly ignited the atmosphere of the fans at the scene, and the subsequent game made them shout that the tickets they bought were worth it!

Although most of the England players performed tepidly during the game, Li Qing's performance remained as stable as ever.

In the first and second half, Li Qing scored two goals with head and kick kicks, and even fought hard to get a penalty kick in the final stage of the game. If Li Qing's penalty kick was not missed by Kane, Li Qing's statistics would be even better.

However, this performance was enough to satisfy the fans at the scene. Although Croatia tried its best to get a goal back, it was unable to recover in the end.

In the end, England defeated Croatia and relegated their opponent. Li Qing judged the best player of the match after the game. England won the group first in four games and advanced to the semi-finals with head held high.