Chapter 62: Two Encounters with Everton
On January 17, Neville and Wang Zhen were talking. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
The two sides should reach a consensus on the commemoration of the Hisborough massacre.
The reason is that this tragedy is an important memory of the entire city of Liverpool, not just the memory of the Liverpool family.
In the 20th year of the Everton and Liverpool massacre at Heathbourg, the first game was on January 20.
The two were worried that the reporter would shoot something, so they made an appointment to talk at Wang Zhen's house.
As a result, the two talked very consistently, and when they were about to reach an agreement, they glanced at the TV and suddenly came with news.
That is, the draw for the fourth round of the FA Cup, Liverpool drew Everton.
That's a bit tricky.
It stands to reason that the top management should be informed of this immediately, but the owners are not liked by the fans and they do not understand what Liverpool's anniversaries are for.
Wang Zhen immediately called Gerald and asked him to come over.
And Neville also called Moyes.
Gerrard came to see Neville and couldn't squeeze out a smile, this guy used to be a Manchester United player, now the captain of Everton, Gerrard can't treat him as a friend.
After Neville had a phone call, the three of them discussed together.
It was unanimously decided that the original plan remained unchanged, because the 20th was Liverpool's home stadium, and the fourth round of the FA Cup on the 25th happened to be Everton's home stadium, so it could be commemorated directly and continuously.
Every year on April 15th, Liverpool Day is the only day of the year when fans can enter Anfield and step on the turf.
However, this year, there will be a Champions League match on April 15, and with Liverpool's strength this year, no one believes that Liverpool will be kicked out in the quarter-finals.
Therefore, the commemoration on April 15 will be cancelled this year.
Everton and Liverpool are two clubs that play each other, and it is the perfect time for the anniversary.
After the agreement was reached, Gerrard personally called the team's general manager, Rick (the general manager is Rick, but the rights of the team are in the hands of the manager and the chairman) to inform him of the agreed results.
The team also expressed their support.
On the same day, Everton's official website was the first to publish the news: "Twenty years of Heathbourg, the whole Liverpool has entered into nostalgia for the past, nostalgia for family and friends, Everton Club expresses deep condolences for the tragedy, we will hold a memorial event at halftime of the fourth round of the FA Cup on January 25." ”
It is impossible for Everton fans not to know about the official memorial event released by Everton, and this news is actually to ask fans to refrain and not cause disputes in the game.
At the same time, just over a minute later, Liverpool responded almost second, and on the official website, a news release was released: "Thank you Everton Club for your efforts to commemorate the tragedy, and I hope that we will invite 235 Liverpool fans who participated in the game at that time and 230 relatives of the victims of the tragedy (Everton fans) to attend the commemoration on January 20." ”
The meaning of Liverpool's news is also very simple, these two games, I hope Liverpool fans can also maintain restraint and not cause disputes.
January 20 came in a hurry, and unlike any previous game, this time the team song chorus was not led by DJ, and the team captain of the year, Alan Hansen.
Alan Hansen walked onto the runway with a cane, and his leg was also the price to pay for Liverpool's title.
"Thank you to the fans of the whole city, to be able to gather together today to mourn our loved ones, friends, comrades-in-arms, thank you to every fan who was there, thank you to every fan in front of the TV, you will never walk alone."
"When you've walked through a storm, you're never alone. The Highlands raised their heads, and were not afraid of the darkness. At the end of a storm, there was a golden sky, and a lark's melodious silver song. ”
The distant singing seems to make people go back to 1989, back to the time of that year.
"Keep walking, keep walking, because of the hope in your heart, and you will never walk alone! You'll never go it alone! ”
The singing ended, and there was no screaming or clapping as usual.
Countless fans shouted together: "We want the truth, we want the truth!" ”
Until this moment, everything that year has not been announced.
The most unfortunate thing about Liverpool is that the prime minister of the year was Margaret Thatcher, the most hated head of government in the history of Liverpool.
Two tragic incidents, two times ignorant of the truth, ignoring the truth, directly punished Liverpool.
If the Iron Lady appears at Anfield at this time, there is a chance that she will be beaten.
Due to Thatcher's irresponsibility, the two tragedies of the year were all blamed by Liverpool and Liverpool fans, but in fact, in the two tragedies, the caliber of the fans on both sides was very consistent, and there was no fan matter at all.
Every year, the Liverpool Echo newspaper will point to a major mistake in the police that year, which led to the tragedy, and lie afterwards in an attempt to cover up the truth.
But the fact is, but the police, a total of dozens of people, their confessions, can prove that tens of thousands of fans lied?
Not really.
All the files of that year have been sealed in the dust, and they have been sealed as the top secret files of the English police for 30 years.
Every anniversary, Liverpool and the surrounding media will strongly urge the police to release the original files.
To date, however, no one has taken this responsibility.
It's ridiculous that something abominable has happened, but no one has been judged or held accountable for it.
The two tragedies were the beginning of Liverpool's failure.
The game began with the fans chanting the slogan of the truth.
Liverpool are united, Everton is not willing to do more entanglement, since the derby is not counted, then save the strength.
In the end, Liverpool won the game 2-0.
This will be followed by the FA Cup fourth round away to Everton, which is the official commemoration of Everton.
At Liverpool, it always confirms the saying that football is higher than life.
However, when Wang Zhen watched the old fans in pain in the midfield, he was a little entangled.
In Liverpool, Heathbourg is something that can't be bypassed, and Wang Zhen also understood the reason for it, and communicated with the fans at the time.
Some fans have lost their sons, some have lost their husbands or brothers, but they are still Liverpool fans, and they firmly believe that even in heaven, the victims hope that Liverpool will always be strong.
As soon as the game was over, Gerrard found Wang Zhen and was going to drink tonight.
Wang Zhen didn't drink, but he had to accompany him, this was a team activity, and it was a positive event.
If the whole team can go a little later, or someone fouls someone gets injured in the game, then even a minute of injury time is more.
Then, Wang Zhen and the others will not encounter this incident.
It's as if a football rolls a little longer, someone takes a shower for a few more seconds, a car kicks the accelerator hard, or Mascherano drinks a little faster.
Let Liverpool's group of people meet.
At 10:56 p.m., 30 seconds sharp, everyone came out of the bar, passed by another bar, and heard a man standing at the door of the bar, with his back to the outside, say, "Damn Liverpool......"
The crowd looked sideways, and the man said the next thing: "Damn Liverpool fans." ”
Before the sentence was finished, a figure had already rushed over, and Gerard drove at full speed, like lightning, and flew up with a kick in the back of the man's heart.
Seeing that Gerald was on, Daniel in the back only shouted one word: "Fight!" ”
(To be continued.) )