Chapter 104: High Pressure, He Wants to Win!
Liverpool's two goals were scored by Mane and Milner respectively, but everyone knows that the real hero is Li Qing. His substitute appearance completely changed the rhythm of the game, from the first gear directly to the fifth gear, first directly assisting Mane. Reduce the score and then use excellent foot skills to help the team win a penalty kick.
Leicester City's new head coach Shakespeare can't sit still and is ready to make adjustments to the team's personnel.
The emotions of the Leicester City fans at the King Power Stadium were obviously not as high as at the beginning of the second half. Compared with the Liverpool fans who came with the team, the home atmosphere they created was negligible.
"You'll Never Walk Alone" sounded in the away team stands, and the song became louder and louder as time went by.
The fighting spirit of the Liverpool players on the field has become more and more tenacious. In many five-goal competitions, they will use their momentum to grab the football.
In the 69th minute, Leicester City made the first substitution adjustment of the game.
On the 13th, Amartey replaced Sun Country international Shinji Okazaki.
J-Sports TV commentator Yujiko Bewatari from the Kingdom of the Sun said depressingly: "We can see Shinji Okazaki's efforts in this game. Now that he has retired, I hope that Leicester City can play in the remaining games." Don’t let down Shinji Okazaki’s efforts in the first 60 minutes during the game, come on!”
The Chinese working and studying in the Kingdom of the Sun sneered at this. Apart from his unique voice, this commentator was really useless. As a forward, Okazaki Shinji did not take a shot until he was replaced. He spent the entire game on defense. Let me ask... what is the use of such a striker?
Could it be that... the second son of Biandu read the media reports praising Zhang Chengdong?
Defensive forward?
Closer to home, Leicester City, which was beaten by Liverpool twice, became cautious. When the frontal attack could not open up the situation, they chose to actively give up the ball and honestly engage in defensive counterattacks.
As the one who sounded the horn for Liverpool's counterattack, Li Qing received the most attention in the game.
Sky TV commentator Andy Gray laughed: "Is Li really a boy who has just turned sixteen? I think... every defensive player in Leicester City is very afraid of him."
Considering that Li Qing had a precise long pass, Shakespeare sent out two or three people to focus on Li Qing. Two of them were frontal defense and side defense, and the remaining one was for supplementary defense by reading the game.
However, Li Qing has outstanding skills at his feet, is fast and explosive, and his body is not able to withstand confrontation. Apart from fouling, the defense of the two Leicester City players is really difficult to completely restrict.
In addition, except for Amartey, who came on as a substitute in Leicester City, the other players played for more than 70 minutes. Some players even played the entire first leg of the Champions League 1/8 finals three days ago, which was a physical exertion. It was quite obvious that he couldn't keep up with Li Qing's breakthrough rhythm.
Ndidi had official statistics before Li Qing came on as a substitute, leading the game with eight steals, but when Li Qing came on the bench, he had no chance to perform.
In order to suppress Li Qing's continued threat to the defense, he also paid a yellow card.
At this time, Amartey, who came off the bench, showed his effect.
In addition to his strong defensive ability and excellent running ability, Amartey also has a very high concentration on the game. In other words, he has high tactical execution.
As Li Qing was closely guarded, Liverpool's offense seemed to be stuck in the mud, and the time entered the 80th minute. The scoreboard showed that the score was still 3:2, with Last City leading Liverpool at home.
Shakespeare looked back at the bench and shook his head as he wanted to make a substitution.
The bench is still not deep enough.
Li Qing, who has not yet scored a goal in this game, worked very hard. He still ran vigorously even though he was closely monitored, and at the same time, he kept observing the position of Leicester City's defense.
In the blink of an eye, the game time came to 85 minutes, and the Leicester City fans in the audience showed their glory again, creating a fanatical home atmosphere and cheering for the home team.
Leicester City coach Shakespeare felt that there would be no accidents in the game, so he sat back on the coaching bench.
However, at this moment, as soon as his butt touched the coaching bench, the audience heard an exclamation: "aoaoaoooo——"
He stood up in a panic and walked quickly to the coach's command area. He saw Firmino, Mane and Coutinho forming a triangle to catch Amartey who was receiving the ball. Amartey was obviously facing the three-man defense. He lost his balance and made a mistake in his pass to Fuchs, which was passed directly to Li Qing who was blocking the passing route.
Shakespeare never dreamed that before Liverpool had created a great opportunity, they would make a passing error on their own initiative.
Fuchs, the left back who performed well in this game, gritted his teeth and chased after him, but how could his speed compare to Li Qing?
Central defenders Huth and Morgan are not known for their speed, and they were both born in 1984. As they get older, their ability to catch up has further declined. It is obviously unrealistic to compete with Li Qing for speed.
Huth, who was closer to Li Qing, couldn't control that much. He took the initiative to rush towards Li Qing, preparing to use a foul to delay Liverpool's quick counterattack.
He saw the moment when Li Qing was about to touch the ball, he fell to the ground and shoveled it, trying to stretch out his feet to block Li Qing's outbound football.
What he didn't expect was that Li Qing's raised right foot did not touch the ball, but used the ball of his front foot to pull the ball to the left.
So, the impulsive Hu Te quickly slid past one meter in front of Li Qing against the grass...
It was too late for Morgan to chase Li Qing who was pulling the ball forward. Goalkeeper Schmeichel made a quick decision and prepared to leave the goal.
Li Qing was very fast and was the player closest to the bottom line on Liverpool's offensive end, so Morgan did not dare to chase Li Qing completely. He had to be wary of Li Qing passing the ball to Firmino, but he was left behind by Li Qing after a few seconds of running on the right side of the defense.
The Leicester City players at the King Power Stadium booed crazily, hoping to influence Li Qing in this way.
But Li Qing only wanted to help the team equalize the score now, and did not pay attention to the psychological offensive created by the outside world. He dribbled the ball to the right side of the top of the penalty area, and goalkeeper Schmeichel left the goal.
When Schmeichel arrived at the penalty spot, Li Qing just dribbled the ball to the penalty area line. He stepped forward with his right foot and rubbed the toe of his left foot to the bottom of the football.
The football slowly took off into the air. Schmeichel looked at the ball and subconsciously stepped back. He chose to give up before taking two steps.
According to his judgment, unless he has enough time to react, everything will be in vain...
"Crazy game! Liverpool, the king of comebacks!"
Leshi Sports commentator Zhan Jun shouted hysterically.
Li Qing, who scored the goal, did not celebrate the goal. He bypassed the puzzled Schmeichel and scooped up the ball in the net.
Now it's just a draw, he wants to win!