Chapter 329: Assist with a Kick

Liverpool won a free kick in the backcourt. Guardiola replaced Gundogan, who was good at attacking and defending in the midfield, with Bernardo Silva. De Bruyne, who originally played on the right, returned to the familiar center.

Gundogan grew from an unknown player to a German international. It was all because of Klopp's insight during his coaching of Dortmund. The two had a very good relationship in private, so when Gundogan was substituted, Klopp took the initiative to hug his former proud student.

The commentator in the on-site commentary booth also casually mentioned the past of the two, and then the attention was turned to the wonderful game that started again.

Manchester City, who are good at ground control, no longer have the control as at the beginning of the second half, but Guardiola's tactical thinking is very obvious, that is... to expand the score again and kill the game!

Milner's defensive ability is not particularly good, but he has a good attitude in the game, covers a large area, and plays a very important role in the central defense. In addition, he has rich game experience, so he can use one person as two people.

Guardiola, standing in front of the visiting team's coaching bench, raised his eyebrows. The attacking left side was paralyzed as expected due to Li Qing's influence. Bernardo Silva was replaced in order to blossom on the attacking right side. However, Bernardo Silva, who had just been substituted, still needed to find his game form. Liverpool's defense stabilized the backcourt defense while Milner was fighting fires everywhere. Manchester City's offense really had no good way for a while.

The fanatical atmosphere of the new Wembley Stadium has declined to a certain extent, but as long as the football is given to Li Qing's feet, the huge cheers like a tsunami will quickly sweep the entire stadium.

Aguero's long shot outside the penalty area was not confiscated by Karius. Liverpool switched from defense to offense. Li Qing stayed in his own half. Fernandinho hesitated and did not wait for Li Qing. Through his two minutes of observation, Li Qing returned to the right side, that is, to Sane and Danilo. If he followed Li Qing for a long time, the space behind him would be a fatal space.

"aoaooaoaooooo——"

After several consecutive passes, the ball rolled to Li Qing who stayed in the backcourt to receive it. A huge cheer rang out over the new Wembley Stadium. Aguero, who had not yet replayed the ball, was just pretending to do it, but the effect was naturally ineffective. Li Qing turned around and accelerated and rushed over.

Sane and forward midfielder De Bruyne looked at each other and decided to press forward.

Li Qing did not break through, but passed the ball to Wijnaldum with his left foot, and then ran to the right side of the attack. Wijnaldum, who received the ball, passed the ball back to Van Dijk with his left foot. The latter faced the right and passed the ball to Arnold with great force.

Since Sane was following Li Qing, Arnold, who got the ball, did not rush to pass the ball, but walked forward with the ball for a few meters until he passed the center line to attract Sane and Aguero to come closer.

Arnold's breakthrough ability has declined greatly since he changed to a defender. He passed the ball horizontally to Henderson who received it, and the latter passed it directly to Li Qing without stopping the ball. The Liverpool fans in the audience burst into cheers again.

Danilo was in position for the first time, and Li Qing rarely took the ball and broke through, but passed it to Firmino in the middle, and then quickly went around to the right sideline and ran forward.

Firmino and Li Qing had practiced such passing and cutting cooperation countless times in the training ground, so the weight of the pass was just right.

Li Qing's sudden start was very terrifying, and the early outward movement undoubtedly increased the difficulty of Danilo's defense, who was already passive.

Like a red lightning flashing across the right side of the court at high speed, Danilo, who was a little slower in reaction, couldn't even commit a foul.

Guardiola, who was standing in the visiting team coach's command area, was anxious and felt a certain amount of pressure.

Firmino's pass was very early, which brought Li Qing's speed advantage to the extreme. Otamendi didn't dare to step forward to commit a foul, so he chose to stand still. In addition, he had a targeted study on Li Qing before the game and knew that Li Qing was a left-handed player. There was only one possibility for him to get the ball on the right side - cut inside!

Don't panic!

Don't panic at all!

Otamendi kept giving himself psychological hints, but it was useless. The more he hinted, the more nervous he became.

After Li Qing caught up with the football, he slowed down his dribbling speed. Otamendi blocked Li Qing's path to cut inside, and they kept a safe distance of about two meters, fearing that Li Qing's instant burst of starting speed would not be able to keep up.

Otamendi was worried about Li Qing cutting inside, and naturally ignored the possibility of Li Qing passing the ball on the right.

Of course, he could also suddenly accelerate and slip into the penalty area from the bottom line. The problem was that Otamendi kept a safe distance, which allowed him to make up for his lack of explosive power, thereby playing a role in clearing or fouling.

Firmino and Mane had entered the penalty area, one in front and one behind, but because Li Qing's current ball control environment only had one way to cut inside, Kompany and Kyle Walker, who were defending the two, mainly focused on grabbing positions.

Klopp and Guardiola, who were standing in the command area of ​​the home and away coaches, focused their eyes on Li Qing, wondering how he would make a choice in this environment.

The crazy atmosphere of the new Wembley Stadium was rising, and the cheers were getting louder and louder.

At this moment, Li Qing was facing the baseline, with the sole of his right foot on the football. Otamendi thought that Li Qing was going to suddenly move to the left to open up space and start cutting inwards, so he took another half step back. However, Li Qing quickly put down his right foot that was stepping on the ball, and as a support, he moved his left foot behind his right foot and kicked the football that was still there.

That's right!

Li Qing used the skill [Flower Kick]!

The football kicked out by him quickly flew into the air. Otamendi never thought that Li Qing would use the flower-shaped kick to cross the ball, so he did not make any blocking action. He could only turn around and watch the football fly to the front of the goal with an obviously irregular arc.

"What? Flower-shaped kick to cross the ball?"

Juli TV commentator Zhan Jun was stunned for a moment, and his voice suddenly rose eight degrees.

Goalkeeper Ederson looked at the trajectory of the ball, and after a little hesitation, he lost the best opportunity to attack.

Although Kompany, the central defender defending Firmino, was experienced in the game, he did not expect Li Qing to have such a trick, and forgot what to do for a moment.

Liverpool players did not forget what to do.

Goal!

Boy!

Firmino flashed in front of Kompany at lightning speed and met the falling football. It was not until then that he realized what he should do as a central defender.

Defend!

But Firmino, who he was defending, had flashed in front of him, raised his right foot to meet the ball, and shot with the arch of his foot.

The ball changed its trajectory and flew to the near corner of the goal, that is, the lower right corner of the goal. Goalkeeper Ederson subconsciously fell to the ground to save the ball but failed to touch the ball...

"Gooooooooooooooal——"

The iconic elongated voice of Sky TV commentator Andy Gray sounded in the live broadcast room of the new Wembley Stadium.

Firmino, who was sure that the ball had entered the net, turned a corner and smiled as he pointed at Li Qing who had made the assist. The two embraced passionately to celebrate the release of the huge pressure from the equalizer.

Head coach Klopp roared to the sky, venting the huge pressure that had been pent up in his heart for some time.