Chapter 164: After the game

The Chelsea players hurried out of the pitch and the Chelsea fans in the stands were in fact much empty.

Facing Manchester United, who were sent off early, Chelsea could not attack for a long time, but were instead scored two such morale-damaging goals by Manchester United, and for Conte, his next headache is Chelsea's morale problem.

The United players didn't celebrate much on the road, as it wasn't their home stadium, and after a simple exchange of hugs, the United players walked into the tunnel.

On the TV screen, the final picture is still the back of Li Qingshan disappearing into the depths of the players' tunnel.

'Manchester United beat Chelsea to reach the last four of the FA Cup. But this game is not easy for Manchester United, in the first half of less than 20 minutes, Manchester United has already played one less, ten people to fight, and the face is not weaker than Manchester United's Chelsea, in this case, Manchester United can still win, relying on Li Qingshan's two shocking long-range shots!! Those two shots left the Chelsea players in high spirits and it wasn't until more than 80 minutes into the game that they were relieved, but time was running out for Chelsea! ”

Andy Gray turned his head and said to the camera.

In the post-match press conference, Conte was unconvinced.

'I think Manchester United had good luck in this game and we had bad luck. Conte said.

"You mean, Li Qingshan's two goals were balloons?" A reporter stood up and asked.

"Isn't it?" Conte asked rhetorically.

To be honest, there is an element of luck in any world wave, but sometimes you can't say that you can hit a world wave if you are lucky.

It's like Li Qingshan's two goals, let ordinary people kick, no matter how many times they kick, it is impossible to kick such a force - this is determined by the basic conditions of the body.

Conte was not in a good mood after the loss, so he simply answered a few questions from reporters and got up to leave.

Ancelotti was full of spring.

"Did he really say it was luck?" Carlo Ancelotti was interested.

'I don't think we're lucky, the lucky team doesn't get sent off early.'

"Do you think there was a problem with the referee's decision on Herrera?" A reporter stood up and asked.

Ancelotti, of course, would not have been fooled by such an obvious pit by reporters.

'I don't take the referee's decision too seriously, I'm just stating the facts, the fact is that we had one less player on the pitch after 20 minutes of the first half, 10 out of 10. If that's luck, I hope Conte can try it more in the future!! ”

"I think the luck that Conte said was Li Qingshan's two shots, two long-range goals near the centre circle, don't you think it's luck?"

"Of course not, I know Lee's ability best, he is the best player in the world at the moment, you can't measure him by the standards of ordinary players!" Carlo Ancelotti publicly praised Li Qingshan in front of the media as the best player in the world...

After the press conference, United returned to Manchester by bus.

On the way back, the players learned about their opponents in the FA Cup semi-finals through news reports.

Through the draw, Manchester United met Tottenham in the semi-finals! The other semi-final was between Arsenal and Manchester City.

However, the news of the draw for the semi-final tie is not as eye-catching as Manchester United and Chelsea in the quarter-finals.

In the next day's coverage, Fleet Street featured a highlight of the game.

"Luck or strength? The Chinese king sinks Chelsea with a shot in the middle circle! ”

"Ten men to fight, horror Manchester United continues to dominate England!!"

In order to grab more sales, the headlines of the media are more thrilling than the other.

Li Qingshan looked at it for a while and was not interested.

The focus of the media is still on whether Li Qingshan's goal is luck or not.

The media in England wrestle with this issue, which perhaps exposes the narrow-mindedness of their island nation....

Li Qingshan scored two world waves in a row, and the media frequently discussed whether it was luck rather than praising these two goals. If it had been an English player, Fleet Street would have been a different tone and rhetoric.

Li Qingshan no longer pays attention to media reports, and the team has a half-day holiday today - in fact, it is just a morning.

We will also assemble at Carrington in the afternoon, as the FA Cup semi-finals are followed by the 29th round of the league, with United heading away to Middlesbrough.

Despite reaching the semi-finals of the FA Cup, the pressure on the league has not eased much.

Chelsea are still clinging to their backs, and with the slightest slip-up in the game, Chelsea will be able to catch up and go head to head with Manchester United.

However, because of a hard-fought 90-minute battle in the FA Cup, Ancelotti still made a small rotation in this game!

Pogba was given a break and Michael Carrick came on.

Up front, Marcus Rashford and Jesse Lingard came to assist Li Qingshan.

Middlesbrough are now deep in the relegation zone and are the most desperate team in the league to pick up points, so even against Manchester United, Middlesbrough are united at home, limiting United's attack with aggressive running and ferocious midfield strangulation at home.

At the end of the first half, the score was still 0-0!

Carrick is indeed old, his athleticism is not as good as Pogba, and in the face of such a ferocious style of play as Middlesbrough, Carrick cannot play a role, which also caused Manchester United's attack to look monotonous and chaotic for a while.

In the second half, the Reds decided to keep it simple, playing more from the wings to create crosses from the wings.

Two full-backs took turns and two wingers were also involved in the attacking box on a regular basis.

Such a simple style of play may be very inefficient for other teams, but for Manchester United, especially for Li Qingshan, it is just right.

In the 67th minute, Sandro broke through to near the baseline and then passed the ball into the box.

This time, Li Qingshan grabbed the front point.

He looked back at the moon and headed the ball towards the back of the box to find the empty Jesse Lingard.

What Lingard had to do next was simple, he didn't even do anything, the ball hit him in the thigh and bounced into the goal.

"Lingard scored passively...."

The fans who watched the game were also happy.

Regardless of how the goal was scored, in short, it was a goal that was counted on Lingard's head, and Li Qingshan counted an assist.

The game ended 1-0 and United failed to score in the rest of the game.

The team has been playing a series of high-intensity games, and Manchester United are now showing a hint of fatigue.

But the international break is just around the corner, and that's what worries Carlo Ancelotti more than the Premier League's busy schedule...

After completing this match, Li Qingshan will return to China to participate in the fifth round of the World Cup qualifiers Asian round of 12 matches between the Chinese team and South Korea.