First, he showed off in the first half, but because he fought too hard and his physical strength was not slack, Balotelli replaced him with No. 31 Sterling, a talented Liverpool forward.
Immediately afterwards, Kaka, who had been mediocre in recent warm-up matches, came off and was replaced by No. 12 Moutinho. Jay came off, No. 14 Meireles came on. Reus came off, and No. 19 Olic came on.
Finally, except for my sister-in-law, the other three players in the back line were also changed.
As a result, after the second half of the game started, Liverpool's only remaining starters were Adler, his sister-in-law, Li Yi and Suarez.
"Beep!" As the referee blew his whistle, the game between the Red Army and QPR continued.
After 2 or 3 minutes of the second half, the savvy audience quickly discovered the difference in Liverpool's second half.
First of all, because the Jays were off the field, the captain's armband of the Jays came to Li Yi's left arm.
Secondly, Suarez, the buck-toothed girl who was pushed to the wing by Balotelli in the previous games, has returned to his favorite center position.
Third, with the Portuguese midfielders Moutinho and Meireles taking the field, Li Yi's position also followed the trend, moving from the defensive midfielder to the attacking midfielder position.
All these changes seem to indicate that in the new season, Rogers may face a lot of happy troubles. The trouble is that there are too many people available!
Why do you say that? So far in the warm-up matches, I have said more and less, but one thing is for sure, that is, the fans will definitely not question Lei Zhenxiaxia's blood exchange now.
This chapter: Madman (Hand Beat)
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He couldn't help but look at his left arm. After taking a few steps, he looked at his left arm again and saw the seemingly ordinary captain's armband on it. Li Yi couldn't explain exactly how he felt.
Captain! He has become the captain of the Red Army! Although Rogers and Team Jay had already predicted the news about Li Yi when the team was assembled, hearing about it and becoming reality are always two different concepts.
Li Yi, who had initially thought that the captain was nothing special, realized after he personally took on the role of captain of Liverpool that after wearing this inconspicuous little thing, it felt as if there were two mountains weighing on his shoulders.
Even taking one more step makes it difficult to breathe!
Well, as a player, Li Yi is already outstanding enough, but as a captain! He still has a long way to go!
"Hi, Artus, what are you doing?" Seeing Li Yi sleepwalking at the beginning of the second half, as Li Yi's good friend, Olic took advantage of the dead ball situation, came to Li Yi's side, and took the picture
After patting Li Yi on the shoulder, he asked with concern.
"Huh?" When someone touched his body, Li Yi instinctively walked out of his dazed state. When he turned around, he found that the person calling him was Olic. Li Yi squeezed out a smile that was uglier than crying and replied shyly.
to "I'm fine."
"Is it really okay?"
"fine!"
With his right hand, Olic gently touched the beard on his chin. After confirming again and again that Li Yi was fine, Olic was about to leave. But just as Olic turned around, he keenly caught Li Yi looking at his left arm from time to time.
look.
Turning around with a "whoosh" sound, Olic said affirmatively, "I know! This is your first time as captain, Artus, are you nervous?"
"Uh!" His voice was revealed by his friend, and Li Yi simply stopped hiding it and nodded. Li Yi admitted, "I don't know if I'm nervous from time to time, but I just feel like I can't let go!"
\Can't you just play as usual? Or do you think this thing is the tightening spell of Sir Tang in the story "Journey to the West" you told me that day?"
Li Yi raised his head in confusion and glanced at Olic. Li Yi asked seriously, "Is it really okay to be as usual?"
"Pa!" He hit Li Yi hard on the back, and Olic said exaggeratedly, "You burst out, you perform well as usual, and I don't mind if you give me 3 assists! Haha!"
After saying that, before Li Yi could react, Olic quietly left.
"Uh! Haha!" After carefully considering Olic's words, Li Yi found out that this is really the case. Isn't he just a captain? What's the big deal? As long as he can perform as usual and help the team win everything
Opponent, no problem will be a problem!
Li Yi, who finally figured it out, cleared away the haze and stretched. However, just when he opened his hands, Li Yi found that there was a burning pain in his back?
Seeing Orchi's tiptoeing back, Li Yi finally remembered the entire incident.
"Fuck!!" Li Yi spat in the direction of Olic, and Li Yi wrote down the account for Olic!
On the court, Li Yi finally figured it out. Off the court, Rogers' frown was finally relaxed.
"It seems that Li Yi has withstood the pressure as captain!" Rogers thought to himself with a slight nod.
Li Yi can be a barely qualified captain, which is definitely good news for Rogers.
In addition, Rogers was also very comforted when he heard fans on the sidelines chanting Li Yi's name from time to time. Those lovely fans probably don't know that Li Yi is now the captain to pave the way for the new season.
This is the boiling frog strategy proposed by Rogers after discussing with Li Yi and Gerald!
After all, if Liverpool suddenly took over Gerrard as captain at this time and put the armband on Li Yi, the backlash they would face would definitely not be easy.
It's the best way to erode the fans' perception bit by bit like this and make them unknowingly accept that Li Yi is the captain.
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The game continued, and Li Yi, who had emerged from the slump, finally returned to the midfielder and frontcourt, who can play any position! In the past 5 minutes, he sent 2 threatening balls to his teammates.
Unfortunately, because he was not very confident in Li Yi's passing, Suarez made a small mistake in the connection between passing and running.
Although he received the pass from Li Yi twice in the end, it was a pity that his reaction was half a beat too slow, which caused the qpr defender to catch up. Suarez was unable to change the score on the field.
At 60 minutes into the second half, the score on the field remained at 3-0, with Liverpool leading.
Seeing that Moutinho and Meireles did a great job in the past 15 minutes, building a solid barrier in front of the back line, Li Yi was relieved to comply with Rogers' request and no longer recycle in depth!
During the halftime break, Rogers told Li Yi that his long pass should be used to press the bottom of the box. If he uses it one after another, one day, his opponents will develop various countermeasures and let him use this weapon.
Completely ineffective.
After all, long pass occupies a long word. No matter how incredible Li Yi is, the time required for a long pass is not too short. If you encounter a defender who is prepared, fast, and responsive, Rogers feels that Li Yi's
Long passes may not have much effect.
It is different now that Rogers has arranged this position for Li Yi. As long as Li Yi can receive the pass from his teammates immediately, it is almost certain that Li Yi can cause a bloody storm in any opponent's defense!
"Bang!" While Li Yi was still thinking wildly in the midfield, QPR's attack had come to an end!
Successfully blocking the opponent's forward and destroying QPR's cross out of the penalty area at the first point, my sister-in-law showed off her ability as a world-class central defender.
When the ball flew out of the penalty area, the second landing point was grabbed by Moutinho who was defending outside the penalty area.
Facing his own goal, Moutinho kept coming for the ball and directly kicked the ball far away from his own dangerous area.
"The positioning is good, but it's a little rough!" Rodgers, who was writing furiously on his notebook off the court at this time, made the following comment after seeing Moutinho's rescue.
Indeed, for the ball just now, there were actually no QPR offensive players around Moutinho. Although it is safer for Moutinho to make a direct clearance, Rogers has seen Li Yi's calmness and perfectness when facing this kind of ball many times in training.
processing method.
Therefore, it’s not that Moutinho is bad, it’s just that comparing people to others will lead to death, and comparing goods will lead to throwing away.
However, while Rogers was working hard, no one noticed. Although Moutinho made a random barb clearance this time, the direction of the ball's flight was pointed directly at the center circle of his side at this time.
Li Yi!
When Thiago Silva made a clearance, Li Yi, who decisively started the full-court analysis, couldn't help but smile after analyzing the placement of Moutinho's clearance.
Moutinho's kick was really awesome! Compared to himself, he didn't have to give in too much! Because Li Yi was sure that if he went there and didn't conduct a full-court analysis, it would be nothing more than that!
Standing firmly on the spot, the contact between his feet and the ball instantly released the force, and Li Yi easily stopped Moutinho's "pass" at his feet.
Li Yi, a monster, took the ball, and the bloodshed in the first half was still vivid in his mind. How could qpr dare to neglect? Without hesitation, almost at the same time as Li Yi received the ball, qpr's 4 trailing defenders sent two of them towards Li Yi.
However, before the two defenders who came forward from QPR could add up their speed, Li Yi, who had just turned around, accidentally passed the ball at his feet...
