Chapter 478: Chasing the Wind
This is Anfield, Liverpool's home stadium.
Owen is familiar with it, but his teammates are not.
When a deafening cheer rang out from the stands, even Owen felt a little strange.
These cheers do not belong to him.
In the 32nd minute, Garcia crossed from the right. Crouch received the ball and knocked it to Gerrard, who started at high speed, and the Reds captain broke through the two-man defense and followed up with a powerful shot that flew through the Givens defence and into the net.
Seeing Gerrard score, there was a moment when Owen wanted to run forward and hug his former friend warmly.
When he reacted, he found himself wearing a black and white jersey.
That Anfield boy no longer belongs to Anfield.
Anfield's cry is rocking, and what could be more morale-boosting than the captain taking the lead?
In the history of the Premier League, Newcastle have been a smash hit. But as an old giant, more and more young people have forgotten the glory of the magpie.
If it weren't for Tang Wu and Xing Ye's "One Goal Fame" movie using Newcastle as the home team, even many young domestic fans would not know that Newcastle was a team that could once be compared with Manchester United and Liverpool.
In the past few years, the magpies have been working hard to earn four, but they have rarely succeeded.
When finishing in the top four of the league is a luxury, the team's heritage is slowly depleting.
Dissuaded by his friends, Shearer plans to postpone his retirement for a year.
Shearer has scored 199 goals for the Magpies so far, one away from becoming Newcastle's top scorer. It's not a difficult task for him with half a season left.
What he has to do now is to completely train Owen, England's golden boy, to become a pillar of Newcastle.
After Keane left Manchester United for the Premier League, Shearer's retirement became a matter of time.
The legend of the old era has no stadium that can accommodate him in the new era.
"Michael, don't care, it's just a ball."
The 35-year-old Shearer wiped the rain from his face, but the 25-year-old Owen's face was full of hesitation.
"Captain, Iā" Owen lowered his head, trying to say something, but he never knew how to express it.
"It's okay, we still have time, we still have a chance."
Looking at the crowded KOP stands, Owen's heart was full of bitterness.
As the former owner of the place, he knows how scary Anfield can be as the devil's home of the Premier League.
Although Liverpool's past league record is not particularly outstanding, the Reds are widely regarded as the "King of the Cup" and the "King of Home". Now that Liverpool have a one-goal lead at Anfield, it will take at least two or three times as much effort and a little bit of luck for the Magpies to equalise or even overtake.
After falling behind by a goal, the Magpies wanted to step up their attack, but the Liverpudlians did not give their opponents the slightest chance.
With the home fans in the 12th place, even with a one-goal lead, the ball has been kept at the feet of the Reds, looking for gaps in Newcastle to attack.
In the 39th minute, Garcia broke through at the edge of the penalty area to create a free kick, and Gerrard shot directly at goal, which was saved by Given. Morientes stepped in and Newcastle defender Bleble blocked it with his foot.
In the 42nd minute, Gerrard crossed from the left, Garcia chose to volley in front of the goal, and the shot did not eat the ball at the moment, and flew directly out of the bottom line without causing a threat.
In the 45th minute, Colwill took a corner kick, and Hyypia shook his head from a long distance to attack the goal very powerfully, but unfortunately the angle was too positive, and Gilven held the ball steadily. One minute later, Colwill tried to break through again on the left, and Owen, who returned in time, defended the Reds to defuse the attack.
In the second half, there was no substitution between the two managers.
However, after just two minutes, Liverpool doubled the lead again.
Morientes split the ball down the left and Colwill followed in with a cross. The three red figures in front of the goal rose high, and finally the tall guy Crouch grabbed the highest nod to hit the goal, and Given's pounce on the ball slowly rolled towards the goal. Getting up in a hurry, Givens quickly chased back and reached out to get the ball out of the goal line.
However, by this time, the linesman had already ruled that the goal was valid, and Liverpool were 2-0 up at home.
The large screen overhead was constantly replaying the image of Given's ball fishing, and from any angle, the ball had completely crossed the goal line.
It was an impeccable goal!
After being two goals down, Newcastle finally saw the situation clearly.
In the drizzle, the magpie withdrew its wings and tightened its defenses.
The Premier League is a long-term game, and if you are not a mortal enemy, there is no need to fight to the death in a league.
Newcastle and Liverpool were only rivals in the past to win four, and now Liverpool's goal is to win the title, but Newcastle is still obsessed with winning four. The echelons of the two teams are already different, so naturally there is no need to fight.
In the 64th minute, Alain. Shearer was substituted and the captain's armband was placed on Owen's shoulder. In Newcastle's frontcourt, only Owen was left alone.
"There's nothing to watch in this game, since TOM took over Liverpool, there has never been a time when they were equalised by two goals!" The KOPs in the stands were in a good mood, and Tang Wu's past record completely relieved them.
In this stormy weather, it was difficult for Newcastle's big-footed long pass to get past the midfield. Even if it flies by occasionally, it will be obtained by Tang Wu, who attacked in time.
Tang Wu perfectly interpreted the phrase "life lies in movement", standing motionless in front of the door in such rain for 90 minutes, and he would definitely be seriously ill after the game.
As the minutes passed, the managers of both sides began to replace the main players one after another to retain their strength, and all the players of Newcastle were slowly losing their fighting spirit.
In the 87th minute, when the KOPs stood in a row and sang praises, there was a gust of wind on the pitch at Anfield.
"Huhuhu~~~"
The wind was howling, and many of Liverpool's attacking players subconsciously covered their faces. Even Cisse, who had just been put on the pitch, kept rubbing his eyes as the rain blew into his eyes.
Taking advantage of the windy gap, Alonso tried to push the ball to his team-mates on the wing, but was surprised to find that the ball was no longer at his feet.
"Where's the ball?"
The Spaniard was shocked and quickly turned his head and stretched out his foot to reach the ball that had been scraped away. But with his back to the wind and rain, Babayaro stepped faster and stepped forward with a lunge to get between Alonso and the ball.
Alonso subconsciously reached out and wanted to grab Barbayaro's shirt. However, Babayaro did not mean to dribble forward, and after receiving the ball, he swung his left foot violently with the wind and kicked the ball forward hard.
"Huh?! Alonso made a mistake! ā
"Babayaro Long Pass!"
"Carragher..."
"Carragher is on top!"
At Zhan Jun's exclamation, Carragher, who miscalculated the wind and rain, jumped in a hurry, but the ball flew over his head.
"Not good!"
Carragher was startled, and before he could hit the ground, a black and white figure suddenly rushed to his side. In just an instant, he rushed behind him.
Irving!
The wind is blowing, and the boy chasing the wind is chasing the wind!