Chapter 296 Curse

Liverpool reversed Atletico Madrid 2:1 at Anfield, winning six consecutive group matches and also kicked Atletico Madrid into the Europa League, because Roma, in the same group, defeated Qarabag 6:0 at home, reversing Atletico Madrid with a one-point advantage and becoming the second in the group.

Liverpool, which won six consecutive group matches, also became the seventh team in the history of the Champions League to win six consecutive group matches. The previous four teams had won six consecutive group matches in the Champions League six times in total, AC Milan in the 1992-1993 season, Barcelona in the 1993-1994 season and the 2002-2003 season, and Spartak Moscow in the 1995-1996 season. The remaining two times were achieved by Real Madrid, in the 2012-2013 season and the 2014-2015 season.

Liverpool also became the first Premier League team to win six consecutive group matches, and the team's top scorer Li Qing surpassed the 11-goal record set by Cristiano Ronaldo in the 2015-2016 season with 12 goals in five group matches.

However, Li Qing's goal efficiency is higher than Ronaldo. Two years ago, Ronaldo scored 11 goals in 6 games, while Li Qing only scored in 5 games.

To be precise, it was 4 games and 30 minutes.

Li Qing and Liverpool performed well, which was not acceptable to other Premier League rivals, especially the media from London and Manchester.

None of the teams that won six consecutive group wins in the previous six times had the last laugh!

Liverpool coach Klopp and player Li Qing both noticed the relevant reports from The Times and Manchester Evening News, and their eyebrows were raised. Many people in the West have religious beliefs and believe that such a curse cannot be broken, so Klopp is worried.

Li Qing, on the other hand, has no psychological burden. As a cheater, he has absolute confidence that he can lead Liverpool, which is not weak, to the end.

According to the original historical trajectory, Liverpool will also enter the Champions League final this season. At that time, as long as the head coach Klopp is persuaded not to use Karius, perhaps the two mistakes and the loss of the ball will not happen. In addition to the cheating effect, can they still not win the Champions League?

So Li Qing posted content on his Instagram and Twitter accounts: Any record or curse is meant to be broken. Don't believe it? Please refer to the various records I have kept since my debut.

If other players posted such content, they would definitely be criticized. The problem is that Li Qing can't be criticized. He has been synonymous with miracles since his debut. Maybe... he can really lead Liverpool to win the Champions League!

Klopp and other Liverpool players saw Li Qing's Instagram and Twitter content as if they had been given a shot of adrenaline, and they were full of confidence in the upcoming Champions League.

Curse?

What are you afraid of?

We have Li Qing!

After two Champions League match days, the 16 teams that advanced to the knockout stage of the 2017-2018 Champions League were all decided. The Premier League was the biggest winner, occupying five of the places, and all of them were the first in the group. Next was La Liga with three teams advancing, Serie A with two, Bundesliga, Portuguese Super League with one, Ligue 1 with one, Swedish Super League with one, Ukrainian Super League with one, and Turkish Super League with one.

The Premier League teams that won the first place in the group are not necessarily worth getting excited about, because Real Madrid, Bayern and Juventus did not perform well in the group stage and only qualified as the second in the group.

Except that Tottenham will not be drawn against Real Madrid, the other two strong teams may become Tottenham's potential opponents in the quarter-finals.

Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United and Chelsea were not in the same group as Real Madrid, Bayern and Juventus in the group stage, which means that they are very likely to become the opponents of the four Premier League teams in the quarter-finals, especially Manchester City, which is targeted by UEFA in the Champions League group stage and knockout stage every year.

However, the specific knockout draw will have to wait until the end of the Europa League match day, which is 7 pm on Friday night, European time, at Nyon, Switzerland, the headquarters of UEFA.

During this period, the entire Liverpool team was at the Melwood training base for the Merseyside derby on the weekend. Li Qing was also particularly solemn, because his Premier League goals this season have reached 34 goals, and scoring one more goal will create his own Premier League single-season goal record.

The Merseyside derby is different from other Premier League games. In terms of intensity, it can even rank first.

All this started with the establishment of the two teams. In fact, Everton was the first football club in Liverpool. At that time, Everton was the owner of Anfield Stadium. For various reasons, Everton moved from Anfield to Goodison Park. Businessman Houlding founded a new Everton football team in the original Anfield. Since the Football Association already had Everton, it was renamed Liverpool.

Everton is one of the 12 football clubs that founded the English Football League. In the more than 100 years since its establishment, it has only experienced relegation twice. In fact, Everton and Liverpool had a very good relationship at that time, because the city of Liverpool was full of fans of these two teams until Liverpool rose and dominated England.

There can't be two tigers in one mountain, which is clearly shown between Liverpool and Everton. Everton, as the big brother, was compared with the younger brother Liverpool. The game between the two teams gradually became gunpowder-like. Until the 1980s, the intensity of the Merseyside Derby reached its peak. In the first ten years of the establishment of the Premier League, Liverpool won the league championship six times and Everton won the league championship twice.

After the Heysel tragedy in 1985, the relationship between the fans of the two teams deteriorated greatly because Everton fans often blamed Liverpool fans for their loss of qualification for European competitions, which evolved into the extremely fierce Merseyside derby today.

Since the establishment of the Premier League, referees have shown a total of 21 red cards to players from the two teams in the Merseyside derby, which is the highest number among all opponents in the Premier League. Even the popular Double Red Club only showed 16 red cards, so it is said that It is no exaggeration to say that the Merseyside derby is the most brutal derby in the Premier League.

Mane is the one who trains most seriously in the team. Li Qing was very surprised. It was only after Henderson informed him in a low voice that he found out the cause and effect.

It turns out that Mane, who joined Liverpool last summer, was intentionally fouled by an Everton player in his first Merseyside derby and missed three months of the game. No wonder... he was so serious.

Li Qing took the initiative to walk towards Mane and said with confidence: "Sadip, as long as you run into position, I will send the ball to your feet! Defeat Everton!"

"I also want to score a goal, how can I score?"

Firmino said weakly.

"You..." Li Qing's mouth twitched slightly: "We'll wait and see when you can practice your final kick..."

At the end of the day's training, Liverpool goalkeeper Mignolet took the initiative to train with Li Qing and Firmino.

Li Qing was very smart and asked directly: "Simon, do you want to tell me?"

"Indeed."

Mignolet made a long story short. After hearing this, Li Qing smiled and said: "Tell Divock that I will definitely score more goals in the Merseyside Derby to avenge him."