Before the start of Liverpool's first game of the new Premier League season against Tottenham Hotspur, the entire stadium applauded for a minute for the recently deceased Robson.
When the kick-off ceremony was over, the game officially began.
Gerard and Torres stood in the center circle to kick off. The referee, Dowd, blew the whistle and Torres gently touched the ball. Gerard swept the ball to the left and passed it to Qin Xiong.
The moment Qin Xiong touched the ball, White Hart Lane resounded with ear-piercing boos.
The Tottenham fans would not forget the days when Qin Xiong played for Arsenal. He brought great pain to the Tottenham fans. In addition to the damage he directly inflicted on Tottenham Hotspur in the North London derby, the glory he brought to Arsenal also made Tottenham Hotspur unable to lift their heads in front of Arsenal.
Now that Qin Xiong was back, even if he was a Liverpool player, the Tottenham fans were not ready to let him go.
Listening to the ear-piercing boos and the clamor of the audience lingered in his ears, the close-range pressure was even more oppressive, and the rhythm made one's blood boil. His opponent wildly rushed towards him, and the blood in Qin Xiong's body seemed to boil.
Returning to the passionate Premier League, he realized at this moment that he missed it!
Qin Xiong, who was not afraid of any pressure, calmly passed the ball diagonally back to Alonso. As Keane rushed up, Qin Xiong also turned forward. After brushing past Keane, Alonso's pass came as scheduled.
Qin Xiong strode into the half of the field and dribbled quickly along the left side. He stopped the football before he encountered Giorgio Luca and turned horizontally into the middle.
Heddlestone rushed towards him bravely. At this time, Qin Xiong decisively passed the ball to his teammate.
The football he passed seemed to be passed to Torres.
But the football's rolling trajectory was behind Torres, as if it was a pass that lacked tacit understanding.
Just as Palacios heaved a sigh of relief, Gerard cut diagonally into the right side of the penalty area and ran from behind Torres to receive Qin Xiong's pass.
Only then did people realize that Qin Xiong's pass was not meant for Torres at all!
"Beautiful pass. Qin Xiong's pass is still full of concealment. Judging from his condition, there is no problem with his handling of the ball."
"Martin, don't jump to conclusions. The match has just begun."
Gerard's diagonal control of the ball attracted the attention of King and Hector. He then knocked the ball diagonally to the front left. Torres cut diagonally to the front right in front of Basson and took the opportunity to receive Gerard's pass. After taking a step forward, he directly raised his leg to shoot!
His movements were coherent and smooth.
The football flew straight to the bottom right corner of Tottenham Hotspur's goal. The goalkeeper, Gomes, had already moved to the near post. This time, he pounced horizontally and blocked the ball out of the end line!
White Hart Lane seemed to have experienced a small earthquake. The home fans in the stands made a noise of horror. Redknapp's face was tense and nervous on the sidelines.
"Liverpool created an offensive threat at the start of the match. Torres's shot almost opened the scoring. We can see that Liverpool's coordination in the attack in the front field is fast and smooth. Torres, Gerard, and Qin Xiong, these three world-class players combined together to play a great power."
Gerard's corner kick did not create a threat. He drove the ball to the back of the penalty area where no teammates could receive it.
The pace of the Premier League was the fastest in the world. The Tottenham Hotspur team was not to be trifled with, especially since they also had good offensive players and a reasonable configuration.
In the fourth minute of the match, Modric thought clearly in the midfield and passed the ball to Lennon. The electric mouse Lennon broke through Glen Johnson's defense on the left flank with speed. Then his pass hit Carragher and bounced out of the end line.
Tottenham Hotspur's corner kick, Hoddleston grabbed a header opportunity in the chaotic penalty area. Unfortunately, the football was a little far from the goal and did not create a threat.
This was Qin Xiong's first official match on behalf of Liverpool. He played as the left winger, but in fact, his role was an attacking midfielder.
It was impossible for him to be able to switch roles back and forth between an attacking midfielder and an inside winger from the beginning.
It was not an issue of his ability, but whether he could work together with the team.
In order to integrate himself into the team faster, he now had to first fix his role and let his teammates familiarize themselves with it. When everyone's tacit understanding reached the ideal value, the team could better adapt and cooperate with Qin Xiong's role change.
In the seventh minute of the game, Mascherano intercepted the ball under Keane's feet in the middle of the backfield. He passed the ball to Alonso in the middle, who kicked the ball straight ahead.
Gerard, who was behind him, also kicked the ball and diverted the ball to the left flank.
Liverpool's transition between offense and defense was so fast that it was even a little dazzling.
Before Qin Xiong touched the ball, the full back, Joel Luca, and the midfielder, Hoddleston, rushed towards him together. When the football rolled in front of Qin Xiong, Qin Xiong used the tip of his right foot to deftly kick the ball behind Joel Luca. Then he started running wildly on the spot to the empty area behind Joel Luca.
Tottenham Hotspur's defensive line players saw Qin Xiong jump the ball past Joel Luca and immediately divided their players to help defend the edge of the penalty area. Basson!
At the same time, Palacios retreated into the penalty area to cover the defense.
Qin Xiong used his speed to rush past Joel Luca's defense and sprinted to the front of the end line. He regained control of the football before Basson.
Basson was clear-headed and did not rush to intercept Qin Xiong. He stood firmly in his defensive position.
Qin Xiong kicked the ball to the outside and Basson followed him closely to move. Qin Xiong immediately spiked the ball in the direction of the end line and connected the technical movement of the flower insertion kick to the middle.
Before Basson could turn back to move back, he saw the football fly from his side to the area in front of the goal behind him.
He immediately looked back and saw Torres cut in diagonally from King's side. Facing the flying football, Torres directly swung his head to attack the goal!
White Deer Lane was once again in an uproar.
Torres's header slid out of the goal and missed the goal by a hair's breadth.
He once again created psychological panic among the home team fans in White Deer Lane.
Torres wiped his face in disappointment after seeing that the football did not hit the goal range. But he immediately looked at Qin Xiong and gave Qin Xiong a thumbs up. At the same time, he was also reflecting.
He only started when he saw Qin Xiong's pass. It was already fast enough. But if he could have started one or two seconds earlier, he would have had better options to deal with the ball and the result would have been very different.
When he was an opponent with Qin Xiong, all he saw was how awe-inspiring Qin Xiong was.
But when he became a teammate with him, Torres needed to think about how to walk in the same rhythm as Qin Xiong.
He knew that Qin Xiong could make him perform even better and stimulate his strength even more.
Torres silently said to himself as he walked back: I have to do better next time!
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