Football: The strongest post-zero generation

Crystal Palace has been famous for robbing the rich and giving to the poor in the past two seasons, and Liverpool's ability to reverse Chelsea and win the league title last season was largely due to Crystal Palace's upset victory over Chelsea.

However, Liverpool's record against Crystal Palace in the past two seasons is very good. They have won four games and the Liverpool players who have resumed training are in good condition. Klopp is full of confidence in the next game. Even if he takes 10,000 steps back, there is no way to defeat him away from home. For Crystal Palace, it is not difficult to win a draw.

With the last eight games of the league left, there is some room for error.

Liverpool's guest challenge to Crystal Palace was the first match of the 32nd round of the 2017-2018 Premier League season. Former Tottenham player Townsend penetrated the goal guarded by Mignolet with a world wave to help the home team open the scoring.

The 1:0 lead also extended to the end of the first half. In the second half, the team changed sides and fought again. Li Qing, who had been targeted by Crystal Palace players in the first half, suddenly exerted his strength and returned Crystal Palace's world wave, helping the away team equalize the score.

Ten minutes later, Li Qing assisted Mane, who came on as a substitute, to take the lead, and the 1:2 score continued to the end of the game.

Liverpool once again led second place Manchester City by nine points with one game in hand. However, the next afternoon Manchester City, who played with a semi-main lineup, defeated Everton 3:1 as a guest and tied the points at six points with one more game in hand. point.

Of course, as the league rounds become fewer and fewer, Manchester City coach Guardiola and the players realize that the possibility of winning the league championship is slim, so they focus most of their attention on the upcoming Champions League quarter-finals.

The most interesting league game this round is actually the London Derby. Chelsea faced Tottenham at home. Morata was equalized by Eriksen after scoring one goal first. Then Dele Alli scored two goals to tie the score. Set at 3:1.

At the end of the 32nd round of the league, the top spot is still Liverpool, which has one game less.

As the time comes to April, football media around the world are paying attention to four important European cities: Liverpool, Turin, Barcelona and Munich.

The first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals between Liverpool and Sevilla at home is the first match day of the Champions League in midweek. Another game that is played at the same time is Juventus at home against the defending champion Real Madrid.

Liverpool is the leader of the Premier League this season, has won the League Cup, and has also advanced to the semi-finals of the FA Cup. It has been a full year and two since they defeated Wolves in the fourth round of the FA Cup in January last year, and then defeated Crystal Palace as a guest in the league. No losses in months.

This campaign is again at home at Anfield. Almost all media and fans around the world are optimistic that Liverpool will defeat Sevilla at home.

Why?

Since the end of January last year, Liverpool has only had one draw at home and won all other games. No one can ignore the ultra-high winning rate.

Montella, who took over as head coach of Sevilla in November last year, did not admit defeat when interviewed by the media. He said that since the team could eliminate Manchester United at Old Trafford, they can also defeat Liverpool at Anfield.

Navas, who switched to his old club Sevilla from Manchester City, is full of confidence and said Anfield is not difficult to conquer. As long as they work together, they can unseat the Premier League champion.

The Liverpool players did not quarrel with the Sevilla players, but the Liverpool fans couldn't bear it. The team they supported was the best team in world football and had the most efficient scoring players. A team that won the La Liga title last time How could a team whose league title dates back to 72 years ago defeat Liverpool at Anfield?

There was a burst of cynicism from Liverpool fans. Whether it was the team's historical honor or the team's status in world football, Sevilla could not compare with Liverpool, and a continuous war of words broke out.

It wasn't until the day of the game that Liverpool dropped slightly a few hours before hosting Sevilla at Anfield.

The Anfield Stadium, which can accommodate 54,000 fans, was packed. The last time Liverpool participated in the Champions League quarter-finals was back in the 2008-2009 season, but they were eventually eliminated by Chelsea that season and missed the semi-finals.

After nine seasons of Champions League quarter-finals, Liverpool fans had waited too long, so they filled Anfield Stadium two hours before the game started to create a fanatical home atmosphere.

In the KOP stands, a large number of fans have prepared mosaic drawings under the planning of the fans association, waiting for the game to start before displaying it to fans around the world.

There was still an hour before the start of the game. Players from both sides came to the stadium to warm up one after another. Li Qing felt the fanatical atmosphere rushing towards him and frowned: "I always feel that Anfield today is different from before."

Arnold looked around, a little confused: "It's nothing different."

"The atmosphere seems to be more enthusiastic than before."

Li Qing pointed to the KOP stands, where the dancing Liverpool fans and fans waving flags were harder than before.

When the Liverpool fans from the KOP stands saw Li Qing pointing towards them, they erupted with even greater momentum, one wave after another.

"aoaoaooaooooooo——"

"You deliberately guided me!" Arnold felt there was no difference: "Hurry up and get ready for the next game."

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The Liverpool fans in the audience were very enthusiastic. Almost everyone's focus was on Li Qing, and the deafening cheers continued almost until the end of the warm-up.

Jesus Navas, who returned to Sevilla last summer, looked at Li Qing, who was praised by all the Liverpool fans, and frowned. In order to limit Li Qing's speed, head coach Montella placed him at the back. The purpose of this position is to use speed to counter speed when Li Qing takes the ball and counterattacks quickly.

In the past year, the person with the fastest rise in fame and strength is Li Qing. In the 29th round of the Premier League last season, his Manchester City lost to Liverpool led by Li Qing at home.

Rather than losing to Liverpool at home, it is better to say that it was a loss to Li Qing. Navas, who was sitting on the bench, was particularly impressed.

The forty-minute warm-up time was over, and players from both sides returned to the locker rooms one after another to prepare for the upcoming first leg of the quarter-finals.

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they are the best team

They are the ultimate team

most important event

victorious division

Master of Kings

great team

champion

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As the UEFA Champions League theme song "Champions League" played on the radio at Anfield Stadium, the starting players from both sides of the game led their ball boys and followed the referee team into the stadium from the players' tunnel.

At the same time, 25 volunteers stood in the middle of the stadium, pulling the UEFA Champions League's five-star and beautiful round logo canvas up and down, and coupled with the exciting UEFA Champions League theme song, everyone in the stadium felt excited.

In the KOP stands, Liverpool fans held up mosaic drawings to form a huge Liverpool team emblem. There was a sentence on the lower edge, which translated into Chinese means: The European Overlord is back!