Chapter 121: A Show of Strength, a Lightning Goal

Chapter 121: A show of strength, a lightning goal·Part 1

Klopp looked at the Manchester United starting lineup handed over by Buvac, and his mouth curled up slightly. It is not difficult to see that Li Qing's excellent performance during this period has made Mourinho, who has always been cautious, a little conservative.

The formation is the most popular 3-4-3 in the Premier League recently, with goalkeeper De Gea, three central defenders Phil Jones, Smalling and Rojo, three midfielders Damian, Pogba, Herrera and Valencia, and three forwards Rashford, Ibrahimovic and Mkhitaryan.

It is easy to see that Mourinho's lineup is mainly defensive. In addition to preventing the uncertainty brought by Li Qing's starting appearance, a big reason is that Manchester United just played the first round of the Europa League 1/8 final with Rostov in Russia three days ago, and the physical fatigue caused by the long journey is more obvious.

In any case, Mourinho's starting lineup is unbeaten, but the specific effect still needs to be verified by the game.

Li Qing and Liverpool players appeared at Old Trafford to warm up. The four stands accommodated 80% of the fans. When the players of both sides returned to the locker room, the stadium was full.

The on-site director had sharp eyes. Many Red Devils players in this game appeared in the stands. Former Manchester United coach Ferguson and Bobby Charlton and his wife appeared in the VIP box of the stadium. Liverpool stars John Barnes, Carragher, Gerrard and others did not have such treatment. They sat in the Liverpool fan area.

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Li Qing slowly put on a gray long-sleeved base shirt, and then put on the third away jersey with a fluorescent green and dark gray design. Arnold nudged Li Qing with his elbow: "Li, why are you not excited at all?"

"What's there to be excited about?"

Li Qing was a little speechless, and said without blushing: "In the future, you will find that it is normal for me, your brother, to be on the starting list."

"Brother?"

Arnold rolled his eyes: "You are three years younger than me!"

"Isn't strength respected in the football circle? I am much better than you, so..."

Li Qing bent down to put on fluorescent green socks, raised his head and winked at Arnold: "By the way... Can you lend me your hairspray?"

Arnold: "..."

Klopp had some time to let the players tidy up their appearance before explaining the game tactics. As famous stars in the world football, they must want to leave a good image in front of the fans.

Even Klopp was conscious of protecting his image when he came to Liverpool as the head coach. He used to be the head coach of Dortmund with a big yellow tooth. Now?

The whiteness of his teeth is second only to Firmino, who has the whitest teeth in the team.

In addition, Firmino, the big show-off, has a lot of hair spray in his hand, and he applies it on his head as if it is free, and he only nods his head in satisfaction when he sees the meticulousness presented in the built-in mirror.

Li Qing took the Schwarzkopf hairspray handed over by Arnold and nodded with satisfaction: "Not bad, the same brand hairspray as Cristiano Ronaldo, I like it."

As he said that, Li Qing squeezed hard with his right hand, and a large amount of gel-like hairspray suddenly squeezed out of the small bottle mouth. He selectively ignored Arnold's distressed look, and approached Firmino's built-in mirror without blushing or beating his heart, and wiped it on his hair: "Robert handsome guy, please make way, thank you."

About five minutes later, Li Qing muttered to himself in front of the mirror with an intoxicated face: "You, after all, are the most handsome in the Liverpool team."

"Puff..."

"Cough cough..."

The head coach Klopp, Lovren and Firmino who were drinking water subconsciously sprayed a mouthful of water. The lucky Mane and Wijnaldum reacted and dodged, while the slow-reacting Origi and Henderson were sprayed in the face.

Li Qing looked at his teammates in confusion and said innocently, "Don't you think I'm handsome?"

Klopp: "..."

Bovać: "..."

Other teammates: "..."

"Well, it seems that you are inferior."

Li Qing washed his hands and said seriously.

Everyone: "..."

Time passed quickly. There were still ten minutes before the game started. The FA staff knocked on the door of the away team's locker room and reminded Liverpool players to go to the player tunnel.

The Old Trafford stadium tunnel is larger than the Anfield player tunnel. It can accommodate the starting players of both teams to enter the field at the same time. The substitutes did not stop and went directly into the stadium and sat down on their own benches.

Manchester United and Liverpool are international clubs. Many players in the team are international players. Wijnaldum and Blind are teammates of the Dutch national team. Mignolet, Origi and Fellaini are teammates of the Belgian national team. Milner, Henderson, Lallana and Phil Jones, Smalling are teammates of the England national team...

The live director connected the broadcast screen to the player tunnel and scanned them one by one.

Li Qing is the youngest player in both teams, but few Manchester United players underestimate him, because those teams that underestimated Li Qing were defeated.

Rashford is one of the few players in Manchester United who underestimated Li Qing. He is called the "magic boy" by the media and he doesn't want to share this title with others. He started the game at the same time. He wanted to use his performance to prove to the media around the world that he, Rashford, is the magic boy who can turn decay into magic!

Li Qing, who adjusted his mentality, noticed the hostility from Rashford. He glanced at it and didn't take it seriously.

New England Sports commentator Jin Xiangkai said loudly: "Li Qing started in this Manchester United game. I believe the fans in front of the TV have been waiting for a long time. Let's guess what kind of performance Li Qing will have?"

"In the past few games, most of the outstanding performances were at Anfield. The King Power Stadium is half the size of Old Trafford. The huge contrast will definitely have a great impact on Li Qing. Can he turn decay into magic like in the past games? Let's wait and see."

Leshi Sports commentator Zhan Jun said.

Sky TV commentator Andy Gray is full of expectations: "Jose Mourinho will use a defensive formation at home. Can the offensive trident composed of Lee, Sudeep and Roberto break through Manchester United's defense? Martin, what do you think?"

Martin Taylor thought for a while and said in a deep voice: "Manchester United's choice of defense at home is the right choice, but I don't know what the result will be. If they can defeat Liverpool through a quick counterattack, it's okay. I'm afraid that Liverpool's trident will be very powerful."

Accompanied by the commentary from the on-site studio commentator, the players of both sides followed the referee Oliver into the stadium.

Li Qing, walking in the middle of the team, had a different feeling. His last start was in the fifth round of the FA Cup against Leicester City at home. His only away game was against Leicester City in the league. Now he was starting against Manchester United away, and he felt a little uneasy.

However, this feeling did not last long. The current Manchester United is not the Manchester United of Ferguson's era.

The current Manchester United is not the best Manchester United of Mourinho's era.