Football: The strongest post-2000s Chapter 058

Liverpool’s performance in 2017 was baffling, especially for Liverpool fans.

The last match of 2016, a victory over Manchester City, had brought them within four points of league leaders Chelsea. However, with two draws and one loss in the league, that four-point gap widened to ten. This led some media outlets to declare that Liverpool had already withdrawn from the title race this season.

After all, one team was in great form, while the other was in a slump.

The outcome seemed to have been determined long ago.

LeSports commentator Zhan Jun was a Liverpool fan, but he, too, was not optimistic about Liverpool’s league prospects, and even less so about the upcoming FA Cup fourth round.

The FA Cup was known as a hotbed for upsets, and Liverpool also had to contend with a crucial home match against Chelsea. As a result, they would undoubtedly hold back in the FA Cup two days prior. Wolves, from the English Championship, would surely be aware of this and would naturally want to seize the opportunity to at least force a replay, thereby increasing the club’s revenue.

In Zhan Jun’s opinion, a slumbering tiger might be gnawed away by a pack of ravenous wolves.

Of course, as a Liverpool fan, Zhan Jun still harbored a certain degree of hope.

What if?

Zhan Jun was LeSports Sports’ top commentator, poached by them, and also a Liverpool fan, so he certainly wouldn’t miss this FA Cup fourth-round match between Liverpool and Wolves at home.

Furthermore, Wolves had been fully acquired by the Fuxing International consortium for £ 45 million in June last year, making them the first English team to be wholly owned by capital. This alone was enough to make them a focal point of interest for domestic fans.

In the early hours of that morning, Zhan Jun finally got the 18-man squad list for the FA Cup from the Liverpool official website.

To be an undisputed well-known commentator in China, besides his excellent commentary skills, his fairness in commentary was widely recognized, even when commenting on his home team, Liverpool. To make the commentary more interesting, he would often record the resume of each player on the matchday squad list in his personal commentary notes before the game, to avoid being too boring during the commentary.

Among the 18-man squad list he saw on the Liverpool official website, Zhan Jun had already recorded the resumes of seventeen players. These resumes included when the player started playing football, when they entered which youth academy, their performance during that time, and even recent celebrity gossip and interesting anecdotes about certain players were promptly grasped, earning him the title of an encyclopedia of Premier League players.

However, when he saw the last name on the list, he felt a bit confused. The nationality was shown as Great Britain, but the name spelling was very strange: Qing · Lee.

The spelling of the surname was fine, but the spelling of the given name was very Chinese.

So, he went to the Liverpool official website to inquire.

However, the content provided by the official website was very limited, only showing relevant news about Li Qing’s continuous promotions within three months, from U 15-U 16 to U 18, and then directly promoted from U 18 to the first team by head coach Klopp.

Upon seeing this news, Zhan Jun’s interest immediately grew.

What kind of ability did this young British player with a Chinese-spelled name possess to be continuously promoted!

The official website of the English National Youth Premier League, the official website of the Youth FA Cup, the Kirkby Youth Academy’s official website, and Google search were all common methods used by Zhan Jun. Moreover, over the years, he had been focused on live broadcasting the Premier League and often went to Premier League team venues for live broadcasts, so he had his own network of contacts.

Meanwhile, back home, Li Qing immediately entered the system.

He would be on the substitute bench at Anfield tomorrow afternoon, and his mood was still hard to calm down, still high. Although he had long been mentally prepared, there would still be some excitement and nervousness when he truly became the focus of attention. To perform well if there was a chance to play, he hoped to draw a crucial offensive talent.

For example, dribbling, skill, long shots, or shot power.

As the saying goes, it’s better to do it directly than to think too much. He directly used his mind to switch out the lottery wheel.

The pointer went from static to dynamic, and finally gradually stopped at seven o’clock. The system prompt sound followed: “Ding! Congratulations, Host, you have obtained the talent [Dribbling Master]!”

“Holy crap! This is good stuff!”

Hearing the talent reward from the system prompt, Li Qing blurted out.

There was no need to look at the talent analysis; just hearing the name was enough to know how awesome it was.

As a winger, dribbling certainly couldn’t be too weak; on the contrary, it had to be strong enough, otherwise, it would be difficult to put pressure on the opponent’s defense.

What was the purpose of him often buying five-star technical cards in previous training and matches?

Wasn’t it to show off his superior dribbling and footwork?

With the Dribbling Master talent in hand, it essentially meant that he would no longer need to frequently purchase five-star technical cards in the future!

This would save a lot of gold coins.

According to his plan, as he played in the first team, his stamina, which had not yet reached excellent levels, would certainly not allow him to play the full match. At that time, he would naturally need to purchase stamina potions in the system store.

Compared to almost all 5-gold coin cards, stamina potions were six times more expensive, and the recovery effect for a single match would be halved with increased usage.

According to the text description of the stamina potion, a single bottle could restore 50% stamina, meaning that the second use in a single match would only restore 25% stamina, the third use would restore 12.5% stamina, and so on.

Super stamina potions did not have this problem, but they were more expensive than ordinary stamina potions, costing 80 gold coins.

Getting back to the point, the effect brought by [Dribbling Master] was clearly reflected in the data. His original dribbling of 73 instantly became 91, randomly increasing by 18 points, and dribbling also became Li Qing’s second 90+ attribute.

It is worth mentioning that since being promoted to the first team, Li Qing has also made many changes through reality and the system. Strength has gone from 60 to 61, stamina from 65 to 67, skill from 77 to 78, shot power from 55 to 62, ball control from 68 to 70, short pass from 60 to 62, crossing from 61 to 64, long pass from 85 to 86, and off-ball movement from 70 to 75.