Football: The strongest post-2000s Chapter 144

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The Stick Nation was full of confidence in Son Heung-min, who had been scoring goals consecutively recently. Liverpool local media and media did not engage in a war of words with the Stick Nation media. In their view, Li Qing’s form was clearly much better than Son Heung-min’s.

How many goals has Son Heung-min contributed since the start of the season?

How many goals has Li Qing contributed since the start of his professional career?

Son Heung-min only contributed 19 goals and 7 assists in all competitions, while Li Qing contributed 17 goals and 9 assists in 12 games in all competitions. If Li Qing played a full season, his statistics would definitely leave Son Heung-min far behind.

Facing the denigration from Liverpool local media and media, Son Heung-min held a grudge, thinking that he would unleash his power in the upcoming FA Cup and help Tottenham advance to the final.

His performance in the second half of the league away to Liverpool was indeed not good enough. Now that he had adjusted his form, he didn’t believe that he still couldn’t defeat a sixteen-year-old boy!

This summer, White Hart Lane Stadium was going to be demolished and rebuilt on the original site into a new White Hart Lane Stadium that could accommodate 50, 000 fans. Tottenham players hoped to achieve more victories at White Hart Lane Stadium in the remaining time.

An hour before the match, the starting lineups of the two teams appeared on the FA Cup official website.

Son Heung-min and Li Qing, who were watched by the Stick Nation and media, both started, which was very good news for the fans who were waiting anxiously in front of their televisions.

Tottenham’s formation was Pochettino’s usual 4- 2- 3- 1 formation: goalkeeper Lloris, defenders Vertonghen, Alderweireld, Dier, and Trippier, double defensive midfielders Wanyama partnering Dembélé, three attacking midfielders Son Heung-min, Alli, and Eriksen, with Harry Kane at the very front.

Liverpool’s official formation was 4- 3- 3: goalkeeper Mignolet, defenders Milner, Matip, Lovren, and Clyne, midfielders Wijnaldum, Henderson, and Emre Can, forwards Coutinho, Firmino, and Li Qing.

White Hart Lane Stadium, which could accommodate 36, 000 fans, was already packed an hour before the match began, and hundreds of millions of fans were waiting in front of their televisions for the match to start.

As the classic “Glory, Glory Tottenham Hotspur” played, both teams’ players, led by the famous blind referee Atkinson, walked onto the pitch from the player tunnel. A deafening roar instantly swept through the stadium.

Li Qing looked at the packed White Hart Lane Stadium and fell into thought. Sometimes small stadiums also had their advantages. With enough fan support, at least there was no need to worry about the atmosphere.

During the pre-match handshake, as Li Qing followed his team to shake hands with each Tottenham player, fans and Stick Nation fans in front of their televisions widened their eyes, afraid of missing any exciting moments.

Facts proved that Li Qing and Son Heung-min did not have any pre-match drama. They simply shook hands, not even exchanging glances.

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“The team in white jerseys and white shorts is the home team, Tottenham. They are attacking from the left to the right of your broadcast screen. The away team, Liverpool, is wearing their traditional red jerseys and red shorts, attacking from the right to the left of the screen. Now, the away team, Liverpool, is launching the first attack…”

Le Sports commentator Zhan Jun said excitedly.

According to Liverpool’s recent usual strategy, the ball quickly reached Li Qing’s feet on the right wing. He directly faced Son Heung-min, who mainly played as a left winger.

However, both of them were forwards, and their defensive abilities were bound to be insufficient, especially for You Min.

He was annoyed. Two months ago, in the match at Anfield, Li Qing had intercepted his ball and scored a goal. Therefore, he wanted to cooperate with Vertonghen and Wanyama to dispossess Li Qing and then launch a quick counterattack.

Playing at home, they had to launch a lightning attack.

Li Qing saw the Tottenham defenders looking at him menacingly. His slightly heavy, youthful handsome face smiled. He did not break through, but passed the ball horizontally to Emre Can in the middle.

Immediately, he actively ran forward, waiting for a pass from his teammates.

Constantly running, Li Qing realized that Wanyama was always subtly blocking the passing lane, and left-back Vertonghen seemed to be consciously approaching. He had a premonition that as soon as the ball was passed, Vertonghen, a notoriously dirty player, would definitely come over.

Son Heung-min really wanted to redeem himself, but Li Qing didn’t have the ball at his feet, and as a winger, he was supposed to mark the opposing full-back. If he followed Li Qing forward, Clyne might get a lot of attacking space.

Defeating Li Qing and regaining face was urgent, but the overall interests of the team were greater.

If he could, he would rather disregard personal gains and losses.

Liverpool’s first attack of the match ended with Firmino’s shot in the penalty area. Due to interference from Alderweireld, the shot was off target.

In the next few minutes, both sides had their share of offense and defense, but overall, Tottenham, playing at White Hart Lane Stadium, created more threats.

Son Heung-min and Harry Kane, the twin stars, created opportunities one after another, forcing Mignolet to make brilliant saves, which caused waves of cheers from the stands.

In the eyes of the home fans, a goal… was only a matter of time.

Liverpool’s previous attacks had no real threat, but Tottenham manager Pochettino did not let his guard down, because Li Qing had been very low-key during this period, showing no intention of breaking through, as if he was waiting for something.

Judging from Li Qing’s recent form, if he suddenly accelerated with the ball, the threat would definitely be huge.

He looked up at Vertonghen, saw that he was focused, and his worry naturally decreased a lot.

In the eighth minute, Li Qing stood with his back to the goal, looked left and right, and seeing that Wanyama was out of position, he quickly signaled Henderson to pass the ball.

Henderson kicked the ball quickly towards the right flank of the attack.

Li Qing raised his left foot to control the ball, but suddenly felt a strong impact from his back. His entire body involuntarily fell forward, rolling several times on the ground.

“Beep~”

Although the referee Atkinson was “blind” (a common saying for referees who miss calls), he did not ignore such an obvious foul. He blew his whistle, signaling Vertonghen for a foul.

Vertonghen didn’t even look at Li Qing, shrugging his hands innocently.

Liverpool manager Klopp was furious and stood on the sidelines loudly protesting Vertonghen’s foul.

In his opinion, the action… was too big, at least worthy of a yellow card.

Atkinson didn’t even give a warning, which made Klopp and his coaching staff very dissatisfied.

Li Qing, however, stood up as if nothing had happened, stretched, and looked at Vertonghen with a half-smile.

He knew Vertonghen’s dirty tactics, but he didn’t expect him to be so ruthless even against a minor. Fortunately, this handsome guy was strong and could withstand the impact, otherwise he would have to rest for a few weeks.

Hmph!

Face your judgment!

Dirty player!

Vertonghen noticed Li Qing’s gaze, raised an eyebrow, and was very confused.

Logically speaking, shouldn’t he be afraid?

Why did he subtly see a hint of provocation?

The Le Sports commentator watched the slow-motion replay, frowning: “Vertonghen’s action was really big. Fortunately, young Li Qing is fine, otherwise Klopp would have exploded…”_

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