Coach, I want to play football!

Ye Qi rushed over and got the ball before Maya Yoshida returned to defense. Without stopping, he rushed forward and shot with a shovel!

The distance was so close that goalkeeper Foster had no time to react and the ball entered the net before the opponent fell to the ground.

Zhan Jun: "The goal was scored!! Ye Qi..."

Before he finished speaking, he realized something was wrong.

Liu Yue immediately added: "Is this ball offside? Let's take a look."

Just when Ye Qi was already preparing to celebrate, the referee blew his whistle, pointing not at the center circle but at the goal.

Ye Qi was stunned and subconsciously turned to look at the linesman on the sidelines, only to see that the linesman had indeed raised his flag.

Offside?

Ye Qi was still a little confused, obviously not knowing that he was in an offside position.

Captain Henderson went up to communicate with the referee, who firmly believed that it was offside.

Ye Qi no longer struggled with the referee, because there was not much time left for Liverpool.

Zhan Jun: "Oh? This ball is indeed offside. Ye Qi subconsciously moved forward when jumping from the wall, and then the ball hit Van Dijk's head. He happened to appear at the moment when Henderson sent a through ball. Offside."

Liu Yue: "Full-back Butland is very smart. He took a few steps forward. If he had not taken the initiative to go out, but turned around and ran into the small penalty area to defend, Ye Qi's ball would not have been offside.

"Hey, I didn't expect that instead of retreating to find the ball, he pressed forward and caused an offside!"

Zhan Jun nodded: "Yes, the ball was offside at least by more than one body. It is obvious that there is no argument and the goal is invalid."

Foster heaved a sigh of relief, sweat dripping from his forehead.

During this period, he was the most uncomfortable person in the Southampton team, because the opponent's attacks came one after another. Even if he doesn't score a goal, or maybe he doesn't hit the goal frame, it puts a lot of pressure on him because he has to stay highly focused at all times.

This is very tiring!

Foster threw the ball on the lawn in the penalty area, then pressed forward with both hands, signaling to his teammates to press out. He would not kick short, but would kick wide.

Van Dijk and Maya Yoshida, who stayed near the penalty area, slowly pressed forward.

When Ye Qi saw it, he could only retreat. After all, he was in an offside position.

An offside goal kick is, in a sense, a set piece in the backcourt. Therefore, Ye Qi cannot go up to grab the ball. Otherwise, if the opponent puts the ball on the grass in a sports battle, he would have rushed forward to suppress the goalkeeper.

Foster struggled for a long time without getting the ball out. At this time, the referee directly blew the whistle and showed goalkeeper Foster a yellow card.

Zhan Jun: "Foster was given a yellow card for deliberately delaying time!"

Liu Yue said: "Although they led [-]-[-] at halftime, life was not easy for the Saints after the second half. They were flustered by one wave after another of Liverpool's attacks."

Zhan Jun nodded: "I guess Foster himself didn't expect that the second half would be so difficult."

After being warned by a yellow card, Foster's actions were much crisper. He directly took a run-up and then kicked the ball away with his big foot.

Sean Long took off in the frontcourt to compete for the top, but he could not compete with Lovren.

Lovren took off and directly headed the ball back. Jai Rodriguez, who came to the central position, received the ball, but as soon as he got the ball, he was intercepted by Henderson who was returning to defense.

As Davis came up and counterattacked on the spot, Henderson immediately gave the ball to his midfield partner Wijnaldum.

Wijnaldum immediately made a long pass to find Firmino in front. At the same time, Ye Qi quickly followed up in the middle and moved forward. Mane and Lallana on both sides were also outflanking.

Firmino used his chest to remove the ball. Because his back was facing the direction of the attack, he took the ball and turned around.

Then I saw the movement at three o'clock in the frontcourt, preparing to release the ball.

As a result, at the moment when he wanted to pass the ball, Yoshida Maya, who came up, took advantage of Firmino's just turning around and was unstable with the ball, and fell to the ground to tackle!

Firmino picked the ball, originally intending to pass it, but was tackled by Japanese defender Maya Yoshida onto his supporting foot. Unable to maintain his balance, Firmino fell to the ground.

"what!!"

Zhan Jun: "Foul!! This is a malicious foul!!"

Liu Yue: "Yoshida Ma, be careful, he has a yellow card!"

Ye Qi, who was pushing forward, looked back and saw that the referee had stopped the game, so he could only stop.

Maya Yoshida immediately came up to apologize to Firmino and patted the Brazilian on the shoulder.

"Simi Marseille, Firmino-chan!"

Although Firmino knew that the opponent did not want to destroy him, because he felt that the opponent's last kick was to retract his foot, and the position of the kick was also the position of the shin guard.

If Yoshida Maya really wants to cause trouble for herself, she can leave her feet alone or step directly on her insteps, which don't have shin guards.

But even though the kick was on the shin guard, it still hurt!

So Firmino ignored the opponent and rolled around while touching his ankles.

Soon Wijnaldum came up and squeezed Maya Yoshida away, thinking that the Japanese were coming to cause trouble.

Van Dijk also came up because he saw Wijnaldum being aggressive and worried that a conflict would break out between the two sides. He and Wijnaldum, who are both Dutch, had an easier time talking to each other.

Lallana quickly came up and separated the players from both sides, although they were both a little angry with each other. But when the players on both sides saw that Lallana was causing a fight, they gave up.

After all, Lallana still stands out in front of the two teams.

Zhan Jun: "Sure enough, Yoshida Ma was sent off because she got the second yellow card. In this way, two topaz cards were automatically upgraded to ruby ​​cards."

Liu Yue: "There is nothing we can do about Maya Yoshida's foul, because if Firmino turns around and passes the ball, then the frontcourt will be Ye Qi, Mane, and Lallana hitting Southampton's Van Dijk and Van Dijk. There are two Galdos, which is very dangerous."

The team doctor came on the scene to check on Firmino's injury. Fortunately, the problem was not serious, just a bruise.

Zhan Jun: "Firmino can't afford to be injured, because Liverpool has no substitutions. If Firmino is injured and goes off the field, their advantage of playing one more player will be gone."

Finally, when the storm calmed down, the game time had reached 89 minutes, and the fourth official on the sidelines had already raised a sign indicating 3 minutes of stoppage time.

Zhan Jun: "In the last 3 minutes, let's see if Liverpool, with one extra player, can use these last 3 minutes to create opportunities!"

From the free kick near the arc of the center circle, Henderson took a short shot directly to Wijnaldum who was pressing up.

The Dutch midfielder quickly separated the sides and then plugged in!

Lallana and Mane switched sides. He received Wijnaldum's pass on the right and then passed it to Klein who was on the side.

Klein did not go down, but passed the ball to the middle at an angle of 45 degrees!

Van Dijk beat Ye Qi to hit the ball and made a clearance!

But Firmino, who followed up, grabbed the second point and immediately gave it to Mane who inserted his ribs.

Without saying a word, Mane hit the goal directly and hit the midfielder Romeu.

Ye Qi, who retreated, grabbed the ball, but Davis and Van Dijk were soon in front of him. He could only give the ball to Wijnaldum who came in behind.

Wijnaldum hit center back Galdos with a long shot. Tadic, who retreated, got the ball, but was intercepted by Henderson who came up from behind.

But later, Henderson's long shot missed the post, putting an end to the attack.