Football: The strongest post-zero generation

On November 24, the thirteenth round of the 2018-2019 Premier League season started a big battle.

The Premier League giants Liverpool play against Watford in an away game. Everyone is waiting to see whether Liverpool can continue its winning streak and expand its winning streak.

At the same time, in another arena, Paris Saint-Germain was at home and ushered in its 14th round opponent Toulouse.

Less than nine minutes into the game, Cavani, the leading striker of Paris Saint-Germain, opened the scoring after receiving a pass from his teammate. This put greater pressure on Liverpool, who were playing away from home.

Of course, most of the pressure is on Klopp. After the game started, major media commentators and commentators were not optimistic about Liverpool's game today.

Even though Liverpool beat their opponents at home in the most recent meeting between the two sides in March, in the eyes of others, Watford, a team that is barely in the middle of the Premier League, still has its own home court advantage.

Because Watford has won five of the past seven home games in the Premier League, including defeating Tottenham at home.

Therefore, this time the Red Army Liverpool visit Watford, they will definitely face a severe test from the home team, especially since many of the main players in Liverpool's starting lineup for this game are not present.

In the defense, Gomez accepted a rotation, Lovren and Van Dijk partnered as central defenders, the two full-backs remained unchanged, Robertson and Alexander-Arnold, midfield captain Henderson was injured, and vice-captain Milner got the opportunity to play with Viner Doom.

Klopp's formation today is 4231. The midfield and frontcourt personnel have changed a lot from the previous game. Lallana, Shaqiri and Li Qing lined up, with Firmino at the front.

This is the first time such a lineup has appeared this season. Anyone with a discerning eye can see that the key to Liverpool's game still lies in the performance of star Li Qing.

If Li Qing's performance is stable, then it shouldn't be a big problem for Liverpool to take all three points. However, if Li Qing is frozen by the opponent, whether Liverpool can escape from Watford's home court will definitely be a big question mark.

As a result, Watford showed their strong home strength to Liverpool from the beginning of the game. In the second minute of the opening, Watford forward Deulofeu got a single chance to score after receiving a pass from his teammate.

However, Deulofeu was already in an offside position when he received the ball, so the goal was ruled invalid, but it also shocked many people into a cold sweat.

After that, both sides played very cautiously throughout the rest of the first half. Neither team took more than five shots in total. Li Qing seemed a bit inactive on the court, which made the Liverpool fans who came with the team to watch the game very worried.

Because Liverpool's usual style of play is to use high-intensity running at the beginning, and the players themselves create enough offensive opportunities, so under normal circumstances, Liverpool can easily lead the opponent by a large score in the first half.

Once the opponent is dragged into the second half and the deadlock has not been broken, Liverpool's performance will be unstable due to excessive physical exertion in the first half, and the opponent will seize the opportunity to score.

Obviously, Watford's coach had some tactical arrangements for his players in today's game. After all, no matter how strong Liverpool's players are, they are still very tired after so many days of intensive club and national team games.

Not many of Watford's players have national team duties, and they are playing at home, so they are physically superior to Liverpool.

Therefore, it is a good tactical arrangement for Watford's head coach to decide the outcome of the game in the second half.

But what he never expected was that in the Liverpool dressing room at halftime, the players were not as tired as he imagined.

Klopp looked at Milner with a half-smile at this time, "My captain, it's already half time. When are you going to do what you promised me?"

Milner was a little embarrassed. After looking at Li Qing again, he said with a little hesitation: "Sixty, oh, no, seventy minutes before the game, I promise to break the deadlock."

Klopp raised his eyebrows and said, "This is what you said. If you can't do it, you will understand when you go back."

Milner's face suddenly turned bitter when he heard this, and he felt a little regretful when he thought of what he had promised Klopp before.

At the beginning of the second half, Milner pulled Li Qing uneasily and asked in a low voice: "Li, we are brothers, and the rest is all up to you!"

Li Qing originally wanted to tease Milner, but when he noticed a certain position in the stadium stands, Li Qing immediately became serious and said, "Captain, don't worry, I will take care of everything!"

After speaking, Li Qing ran towards the field, but thinking about the scene on the training field two days ago, he still couldn't help but smile.

Not to mention that curiosity killed the cat, Klopp became curious about the magical potion in Li Qing's thermos flask. He just took a whiff of the smell in the thermos flask and immediately felt sick and vomited.

At that time, Milner and others laughed heartlessly and almost died. As a result, Klopp, who was quite angry afterwards, decided that if Milner and others failed to score in today's game, he would double their training volume as punishment. .

Moreover, Klopp also specifically obtained Li Qing's consent. In order to avoid physical strain caused by Milner and others during additional training, Li Qing will specially give them a cup of "love soup" to supplement their physical fitness.

Milner and others, who had already had nightmares about Li Qing's medicine, collapsed in fear. Gomez even caught a cold because of it, which is why he missed today's game.

But Milner and Lallana could not escape. They had tried very hard in the first half, but their efforts did not translate into goals. As a result, Klopp's "threat" during the halftime break made them feel very oppressed.

In fact, Li Qing also had a sense of urgency. Tong Shenbing was watching the game in the VIP room of the stadium at the moment to understand whether his strength after drinking the medicine was stronger than before. If Li Qing could not perform well in this game, Tong Shenbing would consider giving him more!

So in the second half of the game, Li Qing began to exert his strength. In the 67th minute, Firmino passed the ball to Li Qing who broke into the penalty area. Li Qing passed the ball directly to the middle without stopping the ball. Milner made a cross in the middle and scored, fulfilling his promise.

Ten minutes later, Liverpool got a free kick opportunity. Li Qing got the opportunity and shot directly into the opponent's goal corner, expanding his lead.

In the last minute of the game, Li Qing's shot from the center was saved by the opponent's goalkeeper. Lallana, who was already a little anxious, got ahead of Firmino and headed the ball into the net, finally breathing a sigh of relief.