1381 International Champions Cup warm-up
Qin Xiong's vacation is over, and during his trip to Australia, he taught his son Qin Ye two swimming styles, one is freestyle, the other is backstroke, and as for breaststroke, Qin Ye has been able to swim since the day he knew how to swim.
He first sent his family back to Liverpool before returning to China, with the first stop being Beijing, the capital of China.
The arrival of the whole Liverpool team in the Chinese capital was a crowd of thousands of people, and a dense crowd of fans came to the airport to welcome Liverpool.
As far as the eye can see, the city is full of red armor!
Chinese fans wore Liverpool jerseys to warmly welcome the European champions.
Qin Xiong was finally able to be taken away from a part of the superstar aura.
After all, Qin Xiong is the captain of the Chinese national team, and his appearance rate in front of local fans is relatively high, and domestic football news is inseparable from Qin Xiong every week.
Liverpool's other stars, such as Steven Gerrard, Marcos Alonso, new signing Thiago Silva, etc., are clearly different, and their presence in China has made fans go crazy.
The Reds Liverpool prepared for the summer training friendly match in the Bird's Nest, and the atmosphere of the team was very relaxed in the open training session, Qin Xiong and new signings Thiago Silva and Cabaye talked and laughed, and also exchanged football skills, which made the reporters on the sidelines very excited.
This time it was not just Liverpool who came to Asia, but also Aston Villa, Everton, and Tottenham Hotspur.
It is known as a warm-up tournament for the Premier League Asian Cup.
The four teams are drawn in groups to play the knockout round.
It is relatively easy for Liverpool to prepare for the new season, and it is natural to come to China to earn popularity and participate in some sponsor activities. Play two warm-up games. And then it will leave.
The first warm-up match was between Liverpool and Aston Villa.
Koeman did not send an absolute main starter. Got some young players and substitutes playing the first half.
As a result, Liverpool were 2-0 up by Aston Villa in the first half of the warm-up game.
Koeman was replaced by Qin Xiong, Steven Gerrard and Suarez at half-time.
After these three came on the court, they combined with Cabaye, Baines, Kuyt and other players who were originally on the field, and gradually reversed the decline, scoring three goals in 30 minutes in the second half to complete the reversal.
It's actually a warm-up game. Even the opponent Aston Villa did not give it all out, and in a relaxed match-to-head game, Liverpool finally won the game 4-3.
Although it is a pre-season warm-up game, the British media is also paying attention to Liverpool's preparations.
Especially the performance of the new signings, Cabaye has not yet fully integrated into Liverpool, and Thiago Silva has performed in the middle, after all, it is a warm-up game, and the requirements cannot be too high.
Three days later, Liverpool played Tottenham in the final of the Premier League Asian Cup at the National Bird's Nest Stadium.
Liverpool sent the main team to the field first, and ravaged Tottenham like chopping melons and vegetables. In the second half, substitutes were sent on to observe the performance.
In the end, Liverpool won 4-2 against Tottenham.
After earning eyeballs and huge financial benefits from the trip to China, Liverpool immediately went to the United States.
Since 2009. In order to open up the North American market, a friendly match named the International Champions Cup will be held in the United States in the summer.
Due to the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, there was no international Champions Cup last year.
In the summer of 2011, one of Europe's most well-known giants came to the United States for a pre-season warm-up match.
The participating teams include Manchester United and Liverpool in the English Premier League, Barcelona and Real Madrid in La Liga, Juventus in Serie A, and Benfica in the Portuguese Super League.
As well as teams in the United States such as the Los Angeles Galaxy and the Vancouver Whitecaps to form the Eastern United Army and the Western Alliance, as well as the traditional strong teams of North America and Mexico, America and Guadalajara.
The participating teams are clearly divided into high and low levels, which can be described as different strengths and weaknesses.
Although there are many teams participating, there is a grouping system, and some teams do not meet each other, and each team plays three games at the same time.
Liverpool's three games were against Eastern United States, Juventus and Real Madrid.
Koeman is very happy with this kind of event, which on the one hand helps the team to increase income, and on the other hand, it also makes the warm-up more meaningful.
The promotional poster of the new season of the Premier League in the American market has come out, and in Times Square in New York, Qin Xiong landed in New York wearing a huge poster of Liverpool's jersey and heroic, becoming an important star of the Premier League to open up the American market.
Under such stimulation, Qin Xiong's Liverpool naturally attracted more attention from American fans, of course, although the Americans were enjoying the game in a very leisurely and relaxed manner, Liverpool still showed great sincerity to participate.
In the first battle against the New England Revolution in the Eastern Coalition of the United States, Liverpool opened fire on all cylinders.
Qin Xiong scored a hat-trick, Suarez scored twice, and new signing Cabaye also scored from distance after coming off the bench.
Liverpool's 6-0 win over the American team gave the American audience a glimpse of what Europe's top level football is really like!
In the second warm-up match against Juventus, Liverpool's goal was to run in with the whole team.
The pace of the game has become slower, and although Juventus has improved year by year since returning to Serie A, it is still far from the top in Europe.
In the confrontation with Liverpool's slow and logical confrontation, Liverpool gained the advantage in the game with more patience and composure and more abundant attacking means.
At full-time, goals from Raul and Thiago Silva helped Liverpool win 2-0 at Juventus.
The final match was against Real Madrid, and it was the finale.
Real Madrid led by Jose Mourinho is completely different from the Real Madrid when Qin Xiong played, and it can be described as unrecognizable.
Real Madrid, who once carried the banner of attack and pursued attacking football, has been turned upside down.
In its place was Mourinho's anti-anti-philosophy, utilitarian philosophy.
It was a match between Real Madrid and Liverpool against the goal.
Real Madrid's defensive counterattack is booming, Liverpool's ability to break dense defense is at its peak, and the two teams show their strengths in the game of limitation and anti-limiting, which may not be as one-sided as the first two games, but it brings fans another kind of confrontation to watch.
In the game, Cristiano Ronaldo burst Johnson on the left side with a counterattack and scored two goals.
Qin Xiong on Liverpool's side was not to be outdone, a set-piece ball made Casillas lose face, and after cooperating with Gerrard's collision with the wall, he broke through Ramos in front of the penalty area and then pushed the goal.
Qin Xiong, who also scored twice, caused defensive chaos in front of Real Madrid's goal with a long-range shot in the final moments of the game, and Suarez sent the ball into the goal with a follow-up shot in the chaos.
Liverpool defeated Real Madrid 3:2, the International Champions Cup ended with three consecutive wins, and won the championship of this tournament with a goal difference advantage over Manchester United! (To be continued.) )