binnovel Chapter 646 Ending the Game
Chapter 646 Ending the Game
For the top clubs in the Premier League, the League Cup is just a competition for training substitutes and youth players. After all, in the minds of English people today, the status of the FA Cup is much higher than the League Cup.
However, the main reason why the League Cup is not taken seriously lies in the prize money. The current sponsor of the League Cup is Thai beverage giant Carabao, and the sponsor of the FA Cup is Emirates Airline.
The FA Cup winner's prize is two million pounds, while the League Cup's prize money is only one hundred thousand pounds, with the runner-up receiving half that amount.
Mane joked with Li Qing that the combined bonuses for the League Cup champion and runner-up were less than half of Li Qing's weekly salary. Based on this alone, it would be difficult for the League Cup to attract attention.
Of course, the League Cup is still very attractive to the teams in the middle and lower reaches of the Premier League. After all, they have not had the strength to win the league championship for a long time, so they can win the League Cup to boost morale without the top teams paying attention.
At the same time, the most important point is that you can regard the League Cup championship as your second way to participate in the Europa League the following year.
In this way, small and medium-sized clubs can use the League Cup to gain opportunities to play against strong foreign teams, and thus be featured on more TV and newspapers, obtain more ticket and TV broadcast revenue, and expand their influence.
If you accidentally get an upset and achieve good results in the Europa League, it will definitely be a great joy for the local fans!
Therefore, clubs like Bournemouth are obviously much more concerned about the League Cup than Liverpool.
Of course, it's not that Liverpool doesn't pay attention to it. It's also because the number of injured and injured players in the team has increased recently, the league has entered the sprint stage, and the FA Cup is about to start. The club's senior management has discussed with Klopp and has made the appropriate decision to abandon the League Cup.
After all, once they win this round of the League Cup, Liverpool will usher in two semi-finals with Tottenham in January. In January, Liverpool still has three league rounds and one FA Cup to play. If the FA Cup enters the next round, One round, and there will definitely be another round at the end of the month.
In other words, excluding the League Cup games, Liverpool will have at least four games to play next, which will be a severe challenge to the players' physical strength.
But as a head coach, Klopp has his pride. Although he has made compromises, he has not completely selected players from the youth team in terms of personnel arrangements, and has decided from the beginning that Li Qing will start. s arrangement.
Liverpool is the team that has won the most League Cup titles. Once they win this year, Liverpool will not only successfully defend the title, but also win the League Cup for the tenth time.
From the beginning of the season, Klopp has promised himself that he must defend all the championships he won last year. Li Qing also spoke out about dominating the country and Europe, so the two of them, the old and the young, have basically determined this game. The tone of the game.
Of course, in the lineup, there are indeed not many main players arranged. The goalkeeper is Mignolet, and the defense is Morello, Randall and Anthony and Connor from the youth team.
In the midfield, Camacho, Wilson, Curtis Jones and Marko Grujic received starting opportunities, while the forwards were started by Origi and Li Qing.
In this game, Liverpool's defense was under great pressure. There was no way to do it. With none of the main players on the field, Klopp gave them the task of not conceding a goal in the first half.
This is the first time Klopp has given such an instruction to his players at his home stadium. Except for Li Qing, the other Liverpool players' noses were almost turned upside down with anger.
But Bournemouth, with all their main players on the field, did give Liverpool a big test. In the last round of the league, their offensive power was still very eye-catching. Although the team conceded three goals, they also scored. Scored three goals.
Therefore, Bournemouth is a team that is absolutely strong in offense and weak in defense. Therefore, this game is destined to be a goal battle. Therefore, nearly 40,000 fans poured into Anfield Stadium.
The Bournemouth players came with the confidence to win. After they got Liverpool's starting lineup, they were surprised when they saw Li Qing's name. After seeing the names of other people, their hearts skipped a beat. deal.
No matter how powerful Li Qing is, he is just one person. Liverpool's lineup is almost entirely substitutes and youth team defenders, making the Bournemouth players think they will win this game.
But from the beginning, the game was not as beautiful as they imagined.
Thirty minutes have passed, and Liverpool have not conceded a goal or scored a goal, and the same is true for Bournemouth.
At the end of the first half, the situation was still the same. Bournemouth still did not score a goal. Of course, they were glad that they did not concede a goal.
During the halftime break, Klopp did not make any tactical arrangements in the locker room. He only said: "In the second half, you all listen to Li Qing. You can play how he arranges you to play. If anyone is disobedient, you will be kicked." Put him in his place!"
Klopp's words left the Liverpool players dumbfounded. They all looked at each other at a loss, and Klopp had already left the locker room.
Li Qing was also taken aback, but he quickly calmed down, and then said to his confused teammates with a smile on his face: "Do you want to win and play with Tottenham? Then come with me!"
In today's game, to be honest, Bournemouth played very hard, but the reason why they have not been able to break the deadlock on the field so far is that they lack a shooter who can end the game.
Although Solanke appeared in the game, he was not the main force. It would not help to let him play now without getting used to the team.
Although Li Qing's position on the field is as a forward, he is actually positioned further back. With the blessing of talented [offensive organizer] and [unstoppable], Liverpool's defense players today, under the leadership of Li Qing Next, running is more active than usual.
Of course, active running is one thing, running well is the key. With a solid defense, the opponent lacked players to end the game, so when the two sides were deadlocked until the last moment, Li Qing began to show off his power.
In the 85th minute of the game, Liverpool got a free kick opportunity in the frontcourt. Li Qing made the penalty kick, and the Anfield stadium was filled with joy.
Five minutes later, Li Qing activated the [Superstar Moment], directly killing the game. The Bournemouth players looked at the cheering Liverpool players in disbelief.
The top management of Liverpool in the stands were helpless about this. Having reached the semi-finals of the League Cup, the club could not compete in two rounds of semi-finals and still maintain a giving-up attitude.
Klopp was a little bit pleased that such a lineup could actually defeat his opponents. It seems that defending the League Cup this year is not a luxury!