Football: The strongest post-2000s Chapter 170

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Li Qing always felt that Tong Shenbing had changed, like a newly bloomed water lily, with freshness, shyness, and natural, uncarved tranquility. He didn’t know why.

However, scientific data shows that increased physical contact is beneficial for warming up feelings!

That night, Tong Shenbing leaned on Li Qing’s shoulder watching a TV series. Li Qing yawned, looked at the clock on the wall, it was already half past ten. He lowered his head and touched Tong Shenbing’s thick, black, and fresh-smelling hair: “Little Shenbing, it’s very late, go back to your room and sleep. I have to get up early for training tomorrow.”

“Ah? Oh… I…”

Tong Shenbing looked at Li Qing, wanting to speak but hesitating.

As an experienced man, how could Li Qing not know what Tong Shenbing was thinking?

But he obviously couldn’t do anything now, after all, actions below the neck couldn’t be described. So he asked seriously, “What’s wrong?”

“Nothing.”

Women are naturally reserved, especially innocent girls. She had already given an implicit look; if she said it outright, it would be meaningless. She just muttered in her heart, “Idiot.”

With the sound of the door closing with a “bang,” Li Qing shook his head helplessly, as if comforting himself: “I hope the divine beast can leave soon, and unveil the veil to the indescribable.”

Tong Shenbing covered her hot face with both hands, her heart rate clearly accelerating. After a long time, she came to a surprising conclusion: “Am I not attractive enough to him?”

So, she took out her phone and went to Zhihu to see if there were any similar posts.

She really found a similar case. The (original poster) talked about her emotional experience. Originally, the boy often made intimate gestures, but they were always rejected by the’s embarrassment. As time went on, the boy’s initiative became less and less, and instead, there was a distancing, until the two broke up and the boy revealed the real reason…

The finally concluded: “Girls can be reserved, but not too pretentious. When necessary, you should give boys a taste of sweetness, but also know when to stop and proceed step by step.”

“It’s really embarrassing.”

Tong Shenbing thought about it, and slowly fell asleep.

Around seven o’clock the next morning, Tong Shenbing woke up from her sleep. When she arrived in the living room, he was no longer there. Turning back to her room, she saw a sticky note on the door, which read: “Training resumes today, I won’t be back for lunch, you can sort yourself out. Oh, and… breakfast is in the pot in the kitchen, just heat it up a bit.”

Although Li Qing’s handwriting was very ugly, worse than a primary school student’s, she could feel the love contained in the words.

…

There are three days until the 2016- 2017 FA Cup final. Since the team will take the high-speed train to London on the morning of the match, Liverpool only has two days to prepare for the final.

Of course, Liverpool had already rehearsed their offensive tactics in the league, and head coach Klopp only needed to make corresponding adjustments based on Arsenal’s tactical characteristics.

At the same time, the FIFA U 20 World Cup held in South Korea has kicked off. Four players from the newly crowned Premier League champions have been selected: Sheyi Ojo, Ovie Ejaria, Trent Alexander-Arnold, and Li Qing. Among them, Li Qing will participate in the FA Cup final before flying to Seoul.

According to the schedule, Li Qing can only participate in England U 20’s last match against the host country, South Korea.

Getting back to the main topic, two days passed in a flash. The entire Liverpool team took the high-speed train to London on the morning of the FA Cup final to prepare for the final.

Liverpool has already won the 2016- 2017 Premier League title. If they can defeat Arsenal at the new Wembley Stadium, Liverpool will regain the double-crown title after thirty-one years.

English domestic media reports consistently focused on the Liverpool team. As the Premier League champions, Liverpool’s overall strength was significantly stronger than Arsenal’s. Coupled with Liverpool having a super striker who contributed 31 goals in 15 league matches and 7 goals and 2 assists in 4 FA Cup matches, in media reports, Liverpool was clearly the biggest favorite for the FA Cup title.

In addition, the three major European betting companies were very optimistic about Liverpool in terms of odds. The odds for the match to end in ninety minutes were 1:1.12, and these odds became lower and lower as the match time approached…

Regarding the outside world’s optimism about Liverpool winning the championship, Wenger and his players scoffed. In their view, Liverpool was just a pathetic team that won the league title by relying on a sixteen-year-old kid. As long as they restricted Li Qing in the FA Cup final, then… the championship would be within their grasp!

Undeniably, Liverpool’s offense was excellent, but… their defense was terrible!

Even if Li Qing managed to find a scoring opportunity, couldn’t they just score one more goal than him?

Wenger’s Arsenal has always been unreserved. This match, which concerned whether Arsenal would end the season empty-handed, might compromise with reality, but the changes would definitely not be too much.

About two hours before the match, both teams arrived at the new Wembley Stadium by bus. This stadium, rebuilt in 2007, is the home of the England national team and hosts the League Cup and FA Cup finals every season. It also hosted the UEFA Champions League finals in the 2010- 2011 and 2012- 2013 seasons.

The new Wembley Stadium is the largest dedicated football stadium in Great Britain, capable of accommodating 90, 000 fans. At this time, long queues formed at every stadium entrance, one after another.

Li Qing, coming from the player tunnel to the stadium, looked around. This stadium was the largest he had ever been to in his career, capable of holding a full 90, 000 fans. About half of the audience seats were filled, and the other half were filling up at a visible speed. He couldn’t help but murmur, “This stadium is really big…”

Vice-captain Milner, who happened to hear Li Qing’s murmuring, looked a bit nostalgic: “When you have a chance to go to Camp Nou, that stadium is truly big.”

He had played for Manchester City at Camp Nou in the 2013- 2014 and 2014- 2015 seasons, starting and playing the full match, but… without success.

Clearly, not conquering Camp Nou was one of the few regrets in his career.

“If possible, I really want to meet Barcelona in the Champions League next season and experience the legendary Camp Nou.”

Li Qing was full of longing, and a scene involuntarily appeared in his mind—he, having scored a hat-trick at Camp Nou, cupping his ear to listen, and Camp Nou… was silent.

Milner looked up at Li Qing, who was a few centimeters taller than him, and thought, “It’s good to be young.”

(PS: I’ll continue posting at noon, taking a break first to write new chapters.)_

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