Chapter 340 New Champions League Single-Season Goal Record

Chelsea and Manchester City were eliminated at home one after another, and Liverpool was the only Premier League team to advance to the quarterfinals of the Champions League. Since Liverpool won 4-0 at home against Sevilla in the first leg, they basically occupied one of the top four places in the Champions League.

In the second leg of the last Champions League quarter-final, because Real Madrid defeated Juventus 3-0 in the first leg, almost all media and fans around the world believed that Real Madrid occupied the last top four place in the Champions League.

In this way, the top four of the Champions League are one Premier League seat, two La Liga seats and one Bundesliga seat.

Of course, the biggest feature of football is that it is full of uncertainty. Chelsea and Manchester City did not turn the tables at home, which does not mean that Sevilla and Juventus cannot turn the tables. Therefore, the second legs of the last two Champions League quarter-finals held at the Pizjuan Stadium and the Bernabeu Stadium still attracted a lot of attention.

The Pizjuan Stadium is a famous La Liga devil's home stadium. Sevilla is a famous La Liga powerhouse that often beats Real Madrid and Barcelona at home, so Liverpool, as a guest, is cautious when the situation allows.

However, it is necessary to rotate. Li Qing and Firmino rotated in this game, and Solanke and Salah replaced them.

The forward line made some rotations for the remaining leagues and Champions League semi-finals of this season. The season is coming to an end, and the players' physical fitness has reached a critical point. In particular, Liverpool's tactical style of play is particularly challenging for the players' physical reserves. Therefore, Klopp's rotation can be said to be forced by the situation.

Liverpool, without Li Qing's attack, always felt something was missing when playing at the Pizjuan Stadium. As the home team Sevilla players adapted to Liverpool's style of play and gradually took the initiative in the game, Sevilla's offensive was like a tide amid the cheers of more than 40,000 home fans.

As the only three consecutive champions in the history of the Europa League, they have their own confidence!

What about the Premier League leader?

What about winning at home against the four of us?

Ben Yedder, the biggest contributor to Sevilla's elimination of Manchester United in the second leg of the Champions League quarter-finals, helped the home team open the scoring in the 29th minute, tying the total score to 1:4.

"aoaoaooaoooooooo——"

The home team scored a goal first, and deafening cheers rang out over the Pizjuan Stadium. The fanatical atmosphere of the devil's home stadium rose to the level of purgatory, wave after wave, as if endless.

The broadcast screen showed Li Qing sitting on the bench. He Wei, the commentator of Tianchao Channel 5, said: "Liverpool is still too dependent on Li Qing. Without Li Qing's pressure on the field, Sevilla's attack is too easy to pass through the midfield."

Liverpool coach Klopp realized the situation and immediately made corresponding tactical adjustments to the difficulties encountered by the team. Wijnaldum, who was relatively forward, was pulled back and closer to Emre Can and Milner, so as to play the role of suppressing Sevilla's attack in the middle.

The defense was very good, but the offense did not improve.

Klopp shook his head. Solanke's ability was not enough to be Liverpool's substitute striker, or he overestimated Solanke's growth rate. However, due to the 4-0 home win over Sevilla, there was a lot of room for maneuver in the away game, as long as they did not lose by a large score, they could advance.

Besides, Li Qing and Firmino were also sitting on the bench!

Sevilla's 1:0 lead lasted until the end of the first half. In the second half, Sevilla, who needed three goals, stepped up their attack. The two flanks pressed hard, and Liverpool also played two consecutive quick counterattacks. Unfortunately, Mane and Solanke missed their chances, resulting in the 1:0 score on the scoreboard not changing.

In the 57th minute of the game, Klopp took the lead in adjusting the lineup. Li Qing replaced Salah, who started but failed to contribute to the team's offense.

Li Qing came off the bench and made outstanding contributions to Liverpool's offense. His breakthroughs and passes could cause huge exclamations over the Pizjuan Stadium. Sevilla coach Montella had no better solution and had to ask Banega, who had returned from injury, to provide targeted defense for Li Qing.

As for N'Zonzi, he has a bigger task.

Banega, who was trained by the Argentine giant Boca Juniors, has never been a good kid. He often uses small moves in defense, which annoys Li Qing. However, Banega's moves are very secretive and referee Roki often cannot see them.

Li Qing, who was annoyed by the continuous small moves, glared at Banega fiercely. Banega, who had rich experience in the game, had a gleam in his eyes and had a way to deal with Li Qing.

However, Banega obviously underestimated Li Qing, who even Messi did not pay attention to. In a subsequent attack, Li Qing used an extremely chic man-ball split to pass through the crotch to get past Banega, who was too aggressive, and avenged himself.

Banega has been famous for a long time and has never been a good person. How could he tolerate being humiliated by Li Qing?

But what he found was very tragic. He wanted to foul behind him but couldn't catch up with Li Qing's forward dribbling speed. Li Qing, who made continuous cooperation with Solanke and Mane, came to the left rib of the attack. He took advantage of N'Zonzi's fighting and retreating to complete a powerful long-range shot.

This long-range shot using the skill [Superstar Moment] was full of power and the angle was tricky. Goalkeeper Soria flew to the side and didn't touch the ball.

The football hit the snow-white net. Li Qing, who was annoyed before, turned to face the annoyed Banega and made a signature shrug to celebrate the goal.

Banega didn't get angry but laughed, with a bloodthirsty light in his eyes, and shouted, as if to say: Boy, you wait!

He Wei, the commentator of Tianchao Channel 5, said in a loud voice: "Another world wave! Li Qing scored his 18th goal in this season's Champions League! Create a new Champions League single-season goal record! An incredible new height!"

"This height may be difficult to be broken for a long time in the future!"

Commentary guest Xu Yang shouted with excitement: "Liverpool is 100% going to advance to the semi-finals of this season's Champions League. I believe Li Qing will definitely score in the two-round match. The 19th, 20th, 21st... Wait, why not?"

Sky TV commentator Andy Gray's momentum did not diminish after the iconic elongated voice, and people had to admire his strong lung capacity: "A new Champions League single-season goal record! Liverpool leads Sevilla with a total score of 5:1. Li still has at least two games. How much will he increase his single-season Champions League goal number?"

"You who are sitting in front of the TV need to guess boldly. What is the specific number... Excuse me, I don't know..."

Commentary guest Martin Taylor laughed.

Juli TV commentator Zhan Jun looked at Li Qing on the broadcast screen and spoke eloquently: "April 12, 2018 will be a day worth remembering in the world of football! Dear viewers, KOPs, come and cheer for the young Chinese player! The game is not over yet, let's see...how many goals he can score!"