Chapter 345 Champions League Semi-Finals

Liverpool beat Chelsea 4:1 at home and advanced to the 2017-2018 FA Cup final. Their opponent in the FA Cup final at the new Wembley Stadium is Manchester United, which defeated Tottenham.

Manchester United, which was eliminated in the Champions League quarter-finals, has not been feeling well during this period. The good start at the beginning of the season was wasted by the core midfielder Pogba, and he kept persuading him. With the "God" Ibrahimovic joining the MLS on a free transfer, no one in the team can suppress Pogba, which caused Manchester United to perform poorly in the second half of the season.

Tottenham was eliminated in the FA Cup semi-finals, but no one was optimistic that Manchester United would beat Liverpool, which was in its heyday, at the new Wembley Stadium.

The two Reds in the FA Cup final have appeared twice in the history of the FA Cup, but they all date back to the last century. The most recent FA Cup final was in the 1995-1996 season, when Manchester United defeated Liverpool 1:0, and the winning goal was scored by Manchester United's "King" Cantona.

The last time was the FA Cup final in the 1976-1977 season. Due to the long time, the two games have no reference value. The local media in Liverpool and the English media have no intention to focus on the FA Cup final after the league.

The most urgent task is the first leg of the Champions League semi-final at Anfield Stadium four days later.

As the only seedling in the Premier League, Liverpool naturally shoulders the responsibility of the Premier League team's performance in the Champions League.

The most glorious moment of the Premier League was three seats in the Champions League semi-finals for several consecutive seasons. As time goes by, the dominance of the Premier League teams is not as good as before. The last Premier League team that advanced to the Champions League semi-finals was Manchester City two seasons ago, but unfortunately it was eliminated by Real Madrid, which eventually won the championship.

The last time a Premier League team advanced to the Champions League final was six years ago. At that time, the unpopular Chelsea defeated Bayern in overtime at the Allianz Arena and won the Champions League.

Except for the 2012-2013 season when Bayern won the Champions League, the Champions League titles in the following four seasons were won by La Liga teams Real Madrid and Barcelona, ​​of which Real Madrid won three Champions League titles and Barcelona won one.

Back to the point, Liverpool was originally favored to advance to the Champions League final, but with Li Qing receiving two yellow cards in the second round of the Champions League quarter-finals, Liverpool's odds of advancing all increased, which means that bookmakers are not optimistic about Liverpool's prospects of advancing.

Li Qing's personal ability is indeed very outstanding, and he can often play a role in turning the tide, but when the Champions League comes to the semi-finals, Barcelona is a world-class top team. Without Li Qing, Liverpool's overall strength will at least drop by two levels, so even if Liverpool plays at home in the first round, it is not optimistic.

Liverpool head coach Klopp, who was interviewed by the media during the period, was full of confidence. He said that Liverpool is a strong team and its strength will not be greatly reduced due to the absence of Li Qing. He also said that it takes two rounds of matches to decide the Champions League final. He is confident that he can lead Liverpool, which has achieved 50 rounds of unbeaten in the league across the season, to beat Barcelona at home and pave the way for advancing to this season's Champions League final.

The Catalan media is notoriously picky. Almost as soon as Klopp finished the media interview, he made targeted satires on social media such as Twitter, INS, and Facebook.

Klopp knew that few media reporters had good intentions, so he had been mentally prepared. After the media interview, he focused all his attention on the preparations for the first round of the Champions League semi-finals.

Li Qing missed the first round of the Champions League semi-finals. He was not on the team's first round preparation list. Klopp originally gave him two days off, but Li Qing was idle, so he followed the whole team to prepare for the first round of the Champions League semi-finals.

Although Li Qing missed the first leg of the Champions League semi-final, he hopes to fight side by side with his teammates and beat Barcelona at home.

As the first leg of the Champions League semi-final approaches, former Liverpool players Suarez and Coutinho have become the focus. Before Li Qing won the Player of the Month award, Liverpool had no player win the Player of the Month award for more than two years, and the last Liverpool player to win the award was Suarez.

The 2013-2014 season was the most likely season for Liverpool to win the Premier League since the founding of the Premier League. As a result, the captain Gerrard's accidental slip caused the efforts of the entire season to go to waste. Despite this, no one will ignore Suarez's contribution.

The fact that Sterling and Sturridge were able to perform at a high level that season was also directly related to Suarez, which is also the fundamental reason why Sterling and Sturridge's status both declined after Suarez switched to Barcelona.

Liverpool fans remember Suarez's contribution in their hearts, and also said that Liverpool will always be Suarez's home. Suarez said in an interview with "Echo" that he would not celebrate his goals...

Another former Liverpool player Coutinho did not receive such treatment. Compared with the striker Suarez who left with regret, he was obviously treated like a shattered world.

Some extreme Liverpool fans have made harsh remarks on Coutinho's official personal social network, and the insults are endless, so that Coutinho has to temporarily close the comments.

In a blink of an eye, the first match day of the Champions League in the middle of the week has arrived. The first leg of the Champions League semi-final between Bayern and Real Madrid at home will soon kick off, and the entire Barcelona team will also take a flight to Liverpool to prepare for the first leg of the Champions League semi-final at Anfield tomorrow night.

Li Qing, who missed the first leg of the Champions League semi-finals, kept encouraging his teammates. Liverpool fans saw this and did not blame him for getting a red card in the second leg of the quarter-finals. On the contrary, many Liverpool fans believed that Li Qing was deliberately taking revenge on Solanke, because Li Qing did not defend much in the past. Even if he participated in defense, his actions were very clean and he basically did not kick anyone.

Through slow-motion replay, Li Qing's side tackle was obviously aimed at Banega's right ankle. From this, it can be easily seen that Li Qing stood up for his teammates regardless of personal gains and losses.

Coupled with Kirkby's youth training academy background, Liverpool fans all worship him as God.

Of course, more Liverpool fans are willing to call him the King.

The first Champions League match day was held at the Allianz Arena in Munich. After 90 minutes of fierce battle, the defending champion Real Madrid reversed Bayern 2:1 away with goals from Marcelo and Asensio, laying the foundation for advancing to the Champions League final.

At 8:45 pm the next day, the first leg of the Champions League semi-final between Liverpool and Barcelona kicked off. Li Qing, who was suspended, sat in the team's VIP seat. He was accompanied by Liverpool club executives and agent Mendes to watch the game.

Liverpool failed to advance to the Champions League final this season. In addition to Li Qing's performance in the second leg at Camp Nou, it also depends on Liverpool's first-leg home game against Barcelona.

If they lose by a large margin at home, then... Li Qing's efforts in the second leg are likely to be ineffective.