Football: The strongest post-zero generation

The quarter-finals of the 2017-2018 Champions League season were all decided by Manchester City, Liverpool, Juventus, Real Madrid, Sevilla, Barcelona, Bayern Munich and Chelsea.

Compared to the Premier League teams in the round of 16 of the Champions League, the draw to reach the quarter-finals is much more balanced, with three each in the Premier League and La Liga, and one each in Serie A and the Bundesliga.

The draw for the quarters took place on March 16 at 12 noon local time in Switzerland at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, and the draw was still presided over by Marchetti, the head of the competition department.

Compared with the 1/8 final draw, the 1/4 draw has neither seeded teams nor so-called avoidance rules, which means that the top three of the Premier League and the top three of La Liga have a high probability of drawing a civil war.

The first team to be drawn was Barcelona, and the club hierarchy representing the other seven teams gasped, and even the Liverpool players who followed the draw felt a chill on their backs.

There is no danger, it is not Liverpool who is drawn to Barcelona, but Chelsea.

The third team drawn is Liverpool, and the whole Liverpool team watching the live broadcast of the draw is holding their breath, and many players are praying, hoping that it is not Bayern or Real Madrid, but Sevilla, the weakest team in the quarterfinals.

I don't know which Liverpool master opened the light in his mouth, and the opponent drawn in the 1/4 match was the weakest Sevilla.

Li Qing, who was sitting in the lounge watching the live broadcast of the draw, said cheaply: "Why don't you let me draw teams like Real Madrid and Bayern Munich? "

Jurgen Klopp: "......"

Liverpool team: "......"

Liverpool staff: "......"

The draw continued, with Manchester City drawing Bayern Munich and Real Madrid and Juventus, last season's Champions League finalists, automatically drawn together.

Liverpool and Sevilla's two quarter-finals are home and away, and the schedule is relatively unfavorable, but if Liverpool can take an early lead at Anfield, then there is a lot of room for error at the Estadio Pizjuan.

The 31st round of the 2017-2018 Premier League season started as scheduled, but the league was automatically postponed due to the clash between Liverpool's home league match against Watford and the FA Cup quarter-final against Southampton.

Southampton's 2017-2018 season was very poor, with just five wins in 30 league games, accumulating 28 points, just one point above the relegation zone, and it is clear that they have little chance of winning against Liverpool, who are top of the league.

The final result also confirmed that the gap between the two sides was indeed clear, with Liverpool beating Southampton 3-1 at St Mary's Stadium thanks to goals from Southampton veterans Sadio Mane, Li Qing and Roberto Firmino to advance to the semi-finals of this season's FA Cup.

The Liverpool squad entered a break in the first international break of 2018.

The Russian world is still more than two months away, and both the national teams and the teams that have not qualified for the World Cup have almost arranged international A matches on the national day.

The FA has arranged two warm-up matches for the England national team, namely the Netherlands and Italy.

England's first group stage opponent in the World Cup in Russia is Argentina, which is somewhat similar to the Netherlands, while Italy is similar to Iceland, which is equivalent to adapting to the tactical play of the two national teams in advance.

Ahead of the international break, the FA Cup semi-final draw took place at the FA headquarters on London's Queen's Street, with Liverpool drawing Chelsea and Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur meeting each other.

Li Qing is currently one of the best performers in the Premier League and the world, and an England international, and the FA cannot ignore this popular star, as early as a week ago the list of players announced Li Qing.

In addition to Li Qing, Liverpool was selected for the England national team, as well as Trent Alexander-Arnold, Jordan Henderson and Joe Gomez.

With the 2018 World Cup in Russia getting closer, England manager Gareth Southgate already has a starting line-up and a substitute in mind, so the friendly match at the Cruyff Stadium in Amsterdam is to run in the squad and make the most of the main force.

Goalkeeper Jordan Pickford, defenders Danny Rose, John Stones, Harry Maguire and Trent Alexander-Arnold, midfielders Jordan Henderson, Dier and Li Qing, forwards Marcus Rashford, Harry Kane and Raheem Sterling.

The Netherlands were also the main players, with goalkeeper Cillessen, defenders Van Dijk, De Ligt and De Vrij, midfielders Van Aanholt, Frenkie de Jong, Stroman and Wijnaldum, and forwards Depay, Dost and Promes.

Before the start of the game, the teammates from Liverpool had a shabby feeling in the players' tunnel, mainly Van Dijk and Wijnaldum were very jealous of Li Qing, they interceded in the players' tunnel, hoping that Li Qing could give some face in the next friendly matches, not like the Premier League averaged two goals per game.

Li Qing agreed very decisively on the surface, but when the football was at his feet, he couldn't control the number of sends, and 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 Cruyff Stadium.

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

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

Originally, he was playing in this friendly match, but now it seems that he has to show some real skills.

In the 24th minute, Li Qing successively collided with Henderson, Harry Kane and Rashford in the middle of the road, and Li Qing, who faced De Ligt head-on, made a long-range action with his foot raised, De Ligt subconsciously raised his right foot to block, Li Qing quickly retracted his left foot, ready to use his extraordinary starting speed to cut into the penalty area.

Where De Ligt is very thief in his heart, stretching out his foot to block the shot is a false shot, the real steal action is behind, he tiptoes forward with his left foot, and stops where Li Qing must pass to smash the ball.

"Fortunately, the frequency of the master's feet is fast!"

Li Qing muttered in his heart, his feet moved very fast, his left foot stretched out along the football to the right front, stepped on the football and pulled it to the left front, and the football that was originally rolling towards the right front suddenly changed its direction and rolled quickly towards the left front.

De Ligt obviously didn't expect Li Qing to react so quickly, it was too late to close his legs, and this defense was a one-shot deal, he couldn't even make a foul, so he could only watch Li Qing break through from his right side and enter the penalty area.

Van Dijk was too late to make up for the defense, Li Qing moved very quickly, and picked up a left-footed shot the moment he entered the penalty area.

The football quickly rolled to the lower right corner of the goal against the ground, and Barcelona's No. 2 goalkeeper Cillessen fell to the ground quickly, but it was half a beat slower than the forward acceleration of the football......

"The ball is in! Li Qing singled out De Ligt and then broke through Cillessen's ten fingers! England led the Netherlands 1:0!"

He Wei, the commentator of Celestial Dynasty 5, shouted. _

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