Football: The strongest post-zero generation

The top eight teams of the 2017-2018 Champions League have all been decided, namely Manchester City, Liverpool, Juventus, Real Madrid, Sevilla, Barcelona, ​​Bayern Munich and Chelsea.

Compared with the top 16 teams of the Champions League, the draw for the quarterfinals is much more balanced, with three teams from the Premier League and La Liga, and one team from Serie A and Bundesliga.

The draw for the quarter-finals was held at 12 noon on March 16, local time in Switzerland, at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon. The director of the competition department, Marchetti, presided over the draw ceremony.

Compared with the draw for the 1/8 finals, the draw for the quarter-finals has neither seeded teams nor so-called avoidance rules, which means that the top three teams in the Premier League and the top three teams in La Liga are very likely to be drawn into a civil war.

The first team to be drawn was Barcelona. The club executives representing the other seven teams took a breath, and even the Liverpool players who were paying attention to the draw ceremony felt a chill on their backs.

After a narrow escape, it was not Liverpool that drew Barcelona, ​​but Chelsea.

The third team drawn was Liverpool. The entire Liverpool team watching the live broadcast of the draw was concentrating and holding their breath. Many players were praying, hoping that it would not be Bayern or Real Madrid, but preferably Sevilla, the weakest team among the quarterfinals.

I don’t know which Liverpool expert had the blessing, but the opponent drawn in the quarterfinals was the weakest Sevilla.

Li Qing, who was sitting in the lounge watching the live broadcast of the draw, said meanly: "Why can't I draw a team like Real Madrid or Bayern Munich? I strongly beg for a re-draw."

Klopp: "..."

The entire Liverpool team: "..."

Liverpool staff: "..."

The draw continued, Manchester City drew Bayern Munich, and Real Madrid and Juventus, the opponents in the Champions League final last season, were automatically drawn together.

The two quarterfinals between Liverpool and Sevilla are home first and away, and the schedule is relatively unfavorable. However, if Liverpool can take a big lead early at home at Anfield, then there will be a lot of room for error when visiting the Pizjuan Stadium.

The 31st round of the 2017-2018 Premier League started as scheduled. Due to the conflict between Liverpool's home game against Watford and the FA Cup quarter-finals against Southampton, the league was automatically postponed.

Southampton's performance in the 2017-2018 season was very bad. In the past 30 rounds of the league, they only won 5 games and accumulated 28 points, only one point more than the relegation zone. Facing Liverpool, the first in the league, they obviously didn't have much chance of winning.

The final result also verified that the gap between them was indeed obvious. Liverpool defeated the home team Southampton 3:1 at St. Mary's Stadium with goals from Southampton's old players Mane, Li Qing and Firmino, and advanced to the semi-finals of this season's FA Cup.

After the game, the entire Liverpool team entered a short intermission, and the first international match day of 2018 arrived.

The Russian World Cup will kick off in more than two months. Whether it is a national team that has advanced to the World Cup finals or a team that has not advanced to the World Cup finals, almost all of them have arranged international A-level matches on the international match day.

The English Football Association arranged two warm-up matches for the England national team, against the Netherlands and Italy.

The two warm-up opponents were more targeted. England's first group match opponent in the World Cup in Russia was Argentina, whose style of play was somewhat similar to that of the Netherlands, while Italy was similar to Iceland, which was equivalent to adapting to the tactical play of the two national teams in advance.

Before the start of the international match day, the FA Cup semi-final draw was held at the FA headquarters on Queen Street in London. Liverpool drew Chelsea, and Manchester United and Tottenham met.

Li Qing is currently one of the best players in the Premier League and even in the world. He is also an England international. The English Football Association cannot ignore this popular star. Li Qing was included in the list of players announced a week ago.

In addition to Li Qing, Liverpool also has Arnold, Henderson and Joe Gomez.

As the 2018 World Cup in Russia is getting closer, England head coach Southgate already has a starting lineup and a substitute lineup in mind, so the friendly match at the Cruyff Arena in Amsterdam is to run in the lineup and play the main players.

Goalkeeper Pickford, defenders Danny Rose, Stones, Maguire and Arnold, midfielders Henderson, Dale and Li Qing, forwards Rashford, Harry Kane and Sterling.

The Dutch team also played with all the main players, goalkeeper Cillessen, defenders Van Dijk, De Ligt and De Vrij, midfielders Van Aanholt, Frenkie de Jong, Strootman and Wijnaldum, forwards Depay, Dost and Promes.

Before the game started, the teammates from Liverpool were shabby in the player tunnel. It was mainly because Van Dijk and Wijnaldum were very afraid of Li Qing. They were pleading in the player tunnel, hoping that Li Qing would give some face in the next friendly match and not average two goals per game like in the Premier League.

Li Qing agreed decisively on the surface, but when the ball was at his feet, he couldn't control it at all. Van Dijk, who had not been broken through once in the Premier League and the Champions League, was broken through three times in a row by Li Qing in just ten minutes at the Cruyff Stadium.

Fortunately, the Dutch talented defender De Ligt made up for the defense and did not give Li Qing a chance to shoot.

After being blocked by De Ligt twice in a row, Li Qing finally looked at the 18-year-old central defender seriously.

Originally, he played conservatively in this friendly match, but now it seems that he must show some real skills.

In the 24th minute, Li Qing continued to hit the wall with Henderson, Harry Kane and Rashford in the middle. Li Qing, who was facing De Ligt, made a long-range shot. De Ligt subconsciously raised his right foot to block, and Li Qing quickly retracted his left foot, preparing to use his extraordinary starting speed to cut into the penalty area.

De Ligt was so worried that he extended his foot to block the shot, which was a feint. The real steal came later. He tiptoed forward with his left foot, blocking Li Qing's path to smash the ball.

"Fortunately, I am quick on my feet!"

Li Qing muttered in his heart and moved very quickly. He stretched his left foot along the football to the right and stepped on the football to the left. The football that was originally rolling towards the right suddenly changed its direction and quickly moved towards the left. Go away.

De Ligt obviously didn't expect Li Qing to react so quickly and it was too late to retract his legs. In addition, this defense was a one-shot deal. He couldn't even commit a foul and could only watch Li Qing break through from his right. , entering the restricted area.

It was too late for Van Dijk to make up the defense. Li Qing made a very quick connection and shot with his left foot as soon as he entered the penalty area.

The football rolled quickly to the lower right corner of the goal. Barcelona's second goalkeeper Cillessen fell to the ground very quickly, but it was half a beat slower than the forward acceleration of the football. In addition, Li Qingyao's shooting angle was quite tricky. Cillessen is beyond reach...

"The ball went in! Li Qing successfully challenged De Ligt and then broke through Cillessen's ten-finger pass! England leads the Netherlands 1:0 as a guest!"

China Channel 5 commentator He Wei shouted.