Football: The strongest post-zero generation

The 7th round of the 2017-2018 Premier League season is over, and the league has ushered in a two-week break.

Li Qing has performed well in the league and the Champions League, and is naturally selected for the new round of the England national team squad.

As England had already qualified from the group ahead of schedule, manager Gareth Southgate was the main player in the final two rounds of the group stage against Slovenia and Lithuania, and Li Qing played as a substitute in both games.

Despite his lack of playing time, Li Qing still scored three goals and provided an assist in the limited game time, helping the England national team to achieve 39 games unbeaten in World Cup qualifiers and European Championship qualifiers, with a win rate of more than 75%, truly the king of qualifiers.

Because of Li Qing's birth, the English media believes that the England national team will definitely make a big difference in next year's World Cup.

Harry Kane is already a world-class goalscorer, and now he has Li Qing, who is scoring goals, and with England's current ability to play three lines, it is almost difficult to find an opponent.

At the end of the final round of the group stage of the 2018 World Cup in Russia, the qualifying places on all continents have almost been settled, and Dutch fans are sad, the green and yellow national team did not perform well enough in the two-year qualifiers, and finally missed the main match of the World Cup in Russia, and even did not qualify for the play-offs, which is embarrassing.

Including the host country Russia in the European zone, there are 14 places, of which nine places will be determined in the main event, namely France, Portugal, Germany, Serbia, Poland, England, Spain, Belgium and Iceland.

The eight best group runners-up are Switzerland, Italy, Croatia, Denmark, Northern Ireland, Sweden, Ireland and Greece, meaning that the final four spots in the European zone will be produced by eight teams.

Due to the limited international break in October, all continents except for Asia will have to wait until the next international break.

After the international break, the focus of the sports media gradually turned to the 8th round of the 2017-2018 Premier League season, and Manchester United and Liverpool, who had won 6 and drawn 1 in the first 7 rounds, accumulated 19 points, will play a battle at Anfield.

However, before that, the 30-man shortlist of the European Ballon d'Or announced from the official website of "French Football", the official INS, and the official Twitter account temporarily attracted the attention of the media and Li Qing.

The European Ballon d'Or nominee list is not much different from the World Footballer of the Year shortlist, both led by football duo Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi, last season's Champions League champion Real Madrid occupies 1/4 of the quota, with a total of seven players selected, namely Ronaldo, Modric, Ramos, Kroos, Benzema, Isco and Marcelo.

Barcelona have three players selected, namely Messi, Suarez and Coutinho, who moved to the whistle this summer.

Four of last season's Premier League and FA Cup winners were selected: Roberto Firmino, Sadio Mane, Jordan Henderson and Li Qing.

Among them, Li Qing, who was only 16 years old at the time, was finally concerned, which is equivalent to saying that he was shortlisted for this year's World Footballer of the Year, the European Golden Boy Award and the European Golden Ball Award, achieving an amazing record that has never been seen in the history of world football.

In addition, Lee is the youngest candidate for three individual glory.

Li Qing, who has been selected twice before, waited for the official website of "French Football" to be announced early this time, and he couldn't help but raise his arms and chant when he saw his name appear.

While it will be difficult for him to beat Cristiano Ronaldo, who wins both the Champions League and La Liga, in the European Ballon d'Or selection, the shortlist proves that he was one of the best performers of all 2017.

Chelsea, Tottenham, Manchester City and Manchester United also have players on the shortlist for the Ballon d'Or, but judging by the end of the 2016-2017 season, the English media feel that Li Qing is the most promising.

If Li Qing has no hope, then players like Eden Hazard, N'Golo Kane, Harry Kane, De Bruyne and Pogba are even less likely to be elected, so the English media are touting Li Qing in the hope that he can be recognized by more professional peers.

Looking at various media reports, Li Qing had a fluttering feeling.

Of course, he didn't lose himself in the media and fan touting.

As the most authoritative player award in world football, the European Ballon d'Or Award is unquestionable, if Ronaldo does not have the Champions League, Li Qing can wrestle with Ronaldo, the problem is that Ronaldo has league titles in addition to the Champions League.

Coupled with Ronaldo's super personal influence, Li Qing's chances of winning the European Ballon d'Or are very low.

Thousands of miles away in the East, the Celestial Empire (I heard that it can be used) The domestic media's reports on Li Qing are even more overwhelming, using all the words of praise that can be used.

As the clock wore on, the world's football media and fans focused their attention on the port city of Liverpool in the north-west of England, where there will be a veritable battle for the top spot at Anfield Stadium on October 14 at 12:30 p.m. local time.

Home team Liverpool has 19 points in 7 league games, 6 wins and 1 draw, scored 24 goals and conceded 9 goals, and has 15 goal difference, Manchester United and Liverpool have the same points, the difference is that Manchester United scored 21 goals and conceded 2 goals, and the goal difference is 4 more than Liverpool.

In addition to the battle for the top spot and the double red derby title, this game also has the strongest spear and shield battle in the Premier League in the new season.

Liverpool have scored 24 goals in seven games, the most of any of the 20 Premier League teams, and Manchester United have three fewer goals in attack than Liverpool, but have only conceded two goals in seven games, an average of 0.29 goals per game, making them the best defensive team in the Premier League so far this season.

The two teams met three times last season, twice in the league, once in the Carabao Cup, a two-legged draw in the league and a trip to Manchester United in the Carabao Cup.

In terms of statistics, Manchester United is more advantageous, since the establishment of the Premier League, the two sides have met 50 times at the league level, Manchester United has the advantage of 27 wins, 10 draws and 13 losses, 12 wins, 5 draws and 8 losses in 25 away games, and has only lost one in the last six seasons.

In the total of 198 meetings in history, Manchester United also has the upper hand, 79 wins and 5465 losses, but it is interesting that Jurgen Klopp's Dortmund and Liverpool have the upper hand against Real Madrid and Manchester United, which Mourinho once coached, with 3 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss.

The Premier League double red club often breaks out a lot of war of words, Manchester United and Liverpool celebrities fight each other in the air, and the fans of both sides are also scolding during this time, but the managers and players of both sides are more restrained.

In the blink of an eye, the day of the match came, which means that the first leg of the 2017-2018 Premier League season will soon begin. _

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