Lord of Greenery

Chapter 551 Temporarily at the top of the list
In the first round of the Champions League group stage, there were no unpopular games.

Napoli, Inter Milan, Barcelona and Borussia Dortmund, who played on the same day as Liverpool, all won.

Although the UEFA Champions League is also a knockout type cup match, there are relatively few upsets, and the teams that can enter the knockout round are basically strong teams.

The most eye-catching thing in the group stage is not the Liverpool game, but the contest between Inter Milan and Tottenham.

In this game, Inter Milan defeated Tottenham 2:1 at home and won the most critical opponent in the group stage.

As for the match between Liverpool and Ajax, not many people actually care about it.

After all, Liverpool won, and the score was only 2:1, which is not an upset.

Compared with Liverpool's overall performance, everyone is more concerned about Li Ze scoring his first Champions League goal in Liverpool in this game.

Before, when he was still an Inter Milan player, he scored 121 goals in the Champions League for the team. Now he is still overwhelming Messi and Ronaldo, occupying the top scorer list in the history of the Champions League.

Now, Li Ze has raised this record to 122 grains, which is a statistic that only future generations can look up to.

When it comes to this data, what everyone feels most is not the fight between the gods among the three, but a little pity for Raul.

The Atletico Madrid-born Real Madrid legend, nicknamed Lord of the Rings, has many regrets in his career.

At the peak age, he failed to win the Golden Globe Award and was upset by Owen. The England Golden Boy can be said to be one of the most watered Golden Globes.

In the Spanish team, as the team's number one superstar, Raul's performance in leading the team has not been very good.

In the 2008 European Cup, Aragones didn't even let him into the squad, but the Spanish team won the European Cup.

The last and most regrettable point is that Real Madrid, as the most successful football club in the world, even for an iconic player like Raul, it is difficult to retire in Real Madrid.

Now, when fans talk about the players from 20 years ago, when they talk about the best players, no one thinks of Raúl.

Even when it comes to the best striker, Raul is rarely mentioned.

What the fans talk about more is Batistuta, Ronaldo, Shevchenko and Henry.

In fact, in that era, Raul had the highest number of goals in the Champions League, and No.2 Ruud van Nistelrooy had more than a dozen more.

But with the upgrading of football, Raul's number of goals in the Champions League has been surpassed by Ronaldo, Li Ze, and Messi. The former top scorer in the Champions League is now not even in the top three.

Raul's last pride is gone now.

Even in Real Madrid's historical scorer list, he was widened by Ronaldo.

This is a problem of the times. The rules of football back then were different from those of the present, not because the players were not good enough.

It's just that Ronaldo and their heroes are good, and they won't retreat because of one or two goals.

But Raul, whose playing style is relatively ordinary, has gradually lost the value of discussion.

What everyone is more concerned about now is, how many goals can Li Ze increase his Champions League goals in the rest of his career?

Although Li Ze's state has declined a lot now, the Champions League does not only have knockout matches, but also group matches.

With Li Ze's level, it is not a problem to score a few goals in the group stage.

Looking at the current appearance, there is no problem for Li Ze to increase his number of goals in the Champions League to 140 before retiring.

If he can really do it, he will have twice as many goals in the Champions League as Raul!
On the other hand, although Ajax's performance was very good, it was only a Champions League group match. Ajax still lost the game at their home court. No matter how good their performance was, it was meaningless.

Only true Liverpool fans and Liverpool players can understand the strength of this Ajax team.

In Group C, where Liverpool are, another game was played on the same day.

At Hoffenheim's home court, they successfully drew with Naples 0:0 and scored 1 point.

In this group, Hoffenheim's strength can be said to be the weakest.

All they can fight for is the third seat.

Ranked third in the Champions League group stage, at least they can still participate in the Europa League.

All players may be able to perform in major European arenas. The Champions League is not acceptable, and the Europa League is also acceptable.

If they lost to Naples at home, it would be better for Hoffenheim not to think too much.

After two games, Liverpool accumulated 3 points, Hoffenheim and Naples also accumulated 1 point, Ajax accumulated 0 points, and Liverpool temporarily ranked first in Group C.

A good start in the Champions League group stage is naturally something to celebrate, but Liverpool has no time to celebrate.

The Champions League away game has just been played, and it is the sixth round of the league in less than three days.

Liverpool's opponent in this round is "fellow" Southampton, who only supported Van Dijk's Southampton for Liverpool in the summer.

Originally, Southampton's strength was not as good as Liverpool's. Now that the strength is changing again, Southampton is not even Liverpool's opponent.

Liverpool sits at home and never planned to let the three points go by from the very beginning!
In the first 15 minutes, Liverpool played quite well. Although the Southampton players felt a lot of pressure, they were still able to bear it.

At the beginning of 10 minutes, Liverpool suddenly accelerated the pace and caught Southampton by surprise.

In the 22nd minute, Li Ze received a header from Mane's cross and opened the scoring for Liverpool.

"Lee! It's Lee again! He scored his fifth league goal of the season!"

"He's getting better and better!"

Li Ze himself felt relatively flat.

It really should be said that getting used to this stuff is scary.

He once scored more than 50 goals in the league alone in one season!
Compared with that time, now he has scored 6 goals in 5 games, which means it is medium.

Although Li Ze was also very happy, he was not very excited when celebrating, but his teammates seemed much more excited than him.

However, Liverpool players seem to be too happy too soon.

In the 27th minute, Arnold made a cross.

Li Ze looked at the ball, didn't think much about taking off again, and broke through Southampton's gate again with a header.

After landing, Li Ze's first reaction was not to be happy, but to realize that his position was similar to the position when he scored the goal just now!

Southampton almost scored two consecutive goals in the same position!
Without Van Dijk, there seems to be a lot of problems with their defensive positioning.

What was displayed in front of the fans was Li Ze, who was expressionless celebrating even if he scored twice.

Some fans think he's pretending, while others think it's cool!

On the field, Southampton's players still don't know that falling behind by two goals is not the end, but just the beginning!
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