Chapter 157: To spit out, or not to spit out, that's the question.
Chapter 157 To vomit or not to vomit is a question.
When Rodgers got the opponent's starting list, he couldn't help but show a wry smile.
When he saw Li Qingshan being placed in the squad, Rogers was aware. Simeone is likely to put Li Qingshan in the starting lineup.
What do those superstars think, Rodgers knows very well that Li Qingshan is using Liverpool as a scoring tool. The Champions League Golden Boot, and even the European Golden Boot, is the goal of those super players.
The current group format is very bad for Liverpool, who are currently at the bottom of the league with just four points and only have a theoretical chance of qualifying.
In order for Liverpool to qualify, they must meet the following conditions.
1. In this game, Liverpool defeated Atletico Madrid and got three points.
2. Roma won away against Borussia Dortmund.
3. With all three teams accumulating seven points at the same time, Liverpool will try to get as many goal difference as possible in the final round against Atletico Madrid.
At the same time, these conditions are met, and Liverpool has the possibility of qualifying. Therefore, there is only one option for Liverpool in this game - attack.
What is the probability that these conditions will be met at the same time? It is said that the English are not good at mathematics, but there are still die-hard Liverpool fans to calculate - whether the calculation method is correct or not, but the final conclusion is very unoptimistic - the probability of Liverpool breaking through the group is only 0.001. It may be a little higher than winning the first prize in the lottery, but the difference is not huge.
However, Liverpool fans in China are used to this – this is certainly not the case where Liverpool often qualify for the final round of the Champions League group stage, and in fact this season is the first time Liverpool have played in the Champions League in recent years.
The reason why Chinese Liverpool fans are commonplace is, of course, because of our big country football.
If the only good news for Liverpool is that they are now injury-free, they are ready to go all-in, and before this round of the Champions League, they beat Leicester City to halt their slump in the league, and after this league win, they climbed from 15th to seventh in the league table, just five points clear of fourth-placed Manchester United.
Of course, the five-point gap is not small, but if it is only one step away from the relegation zone in the previous rounds, the situation is undoubtedly much better now.
This at least shows that Liverpool's overall form is on the upswing.
Rodgers looked at Atletico Madrid's other starters and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
The combination of Atletico Madrid's strikers is very strong - Mandzukic and Li Qingshan.
But their midfield has been largely a substitute who has not made many appearances this season. In addition to goalkeeper Oblak and two strikers, the player with the most appearances is actually teenager Saul.
It is said that the other party did not send a full main lineup to play, and Rodgers should be relieved, but Rodgers couldn't be happy at the moment. The same manager who led the team well last season. Rogers' fate was much more bumpy than Simeone's.
In the final moments of the league, I regretted losing the Premier League title. The players left from both sides and brought in players alone made Rodgers angry.
Atletico Madrid bought powerful players such as Griezmann and Mandzukic, and as soon as they came to Atletico Madrid, they quickly completed the run-in, plug and play. And what about the players that Liverpool made to provide to Rodgers? Lallana? Lovren? Balotelli? Emrejan? Richie Lambert? Malkovich?
After coming to Liverpool, this group of people were all unaccustomed to the soil, so that after Rodgers used it a few more times, he still trusted his main squad last season more, but unfortunately Suarez left Barcelona, and Sturridge used it for two minutes a month, which was completely unexpected. And Balotelli also didn't play at all in Liverpool, but there was constant off-field news, so the only striker Rodgers can count on now is Richie Lambert, an amateur player!
Of course, Li Qingshan is also an amateur player, but in comparison, Rodgers can only burst into tears.
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When Li Qingshan and his teammates stood in the players' tunnel at Anfield Stadium, a special sense of familiarity came to mind.
When United eliminated Liverpool, it was at his home turf, and Li Qingshan never came to Anfield, but this did not prevent him from missing this opponent.
After drawing Liverpool that year, the United Manchester team regretted that it was not drawn away.
United loyalist Mike Norton even spat on the slogan 'This is Anfield' that Bill Shankly put on top of the famous players' tunnel at Anfield.
Now Li Qingshan is standing above the stairs of this player's passage, and under his nose is the famous slogan.
As a player who came out of Manchester United, he naturally inherited some hatred for Liverpool to a greater or lesser extent.
He looked left and right, and the Liverpool players were all looking straight ahead with serious expressions.
But he can assure that if he dares to spit on the slogan on the wall, it is estimated that the two sides will soon have a big fight in the players' tunnel, and the incident will soon become big news all over the world.
To spit out, or not to spit out, that's the question.
In the end, Li Qingshan still resisted his impulse. After all, Liverpool and himself have no grievances in the past and no enmity in the near future, and he himself is not the kind of person who is very out of line.
Spit casually, it's too unqualified.
If you are away from home, you should still pay attention to your words and deeds, so as not to smear the Chinese.
After Li Qingshan figured it out, he finally took his eyes off the slogan.
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At this time, Anfield Stadium was already full. In the stands of the away team, a group of fans holding portraits of Li Qingshan and wearing red jerseys are particularly eye-catching, they are FC United players and fans. A group of Englishmen who stood opposite Liverpool.
Of course, the cameras on the scene also captured this scene in time.
"Oh, we see that Li Qingshan also has his own fans in England, a group of United Manchester fans. You must know that Li Qingshan started the beginning of his football career from United Man. He is a legend in this England lower division. Now that the legend has arrived in England and is still a sworn enemy against the team, they will of course show their support for Li Qingshan. ”
"Speaking of amateurs, Liverpool also have a striker in the squad who was an amateur. Richie Lambert. Of course, compared with Li Qi and Li Qingshan's achievements, they are much inferior. ”
"Okay, without further ado, players from both sides are starting to enter the stadium to the music of the Champions League theme song!"
"Will Liverpool be able to beat Atletico Madrid, who is not the main team, at home and finally stage a miracle qualification?"
"We'll see."