Chapter 387: It's time for him to go to the water cooler
Shanghai Hongkou Stadium, a stadium capable of accommodating 35,000 people, actually poured 60,000 people, the ghost knows how to fit it, anyway, the whole of Shanghai is rushing to Wu Sanshi, and there are many fans from all over the country.
Although the match between Liverpool and Shanghai Shenhua was only a friendly match, it was broadcast live on both CCAV5 and Shanghai Sports Channel. This game is no less than any heavyweight regular match, the cheapest tickets are fried to 500 yuan a piece, and the most expensive is 8,000 yuan, you can imagine how great Wu Sanshi's appeal is.
And Benitez is also very face-saving, he will definitely give Liverpool No.7 a start, and enjoy the cheers of 60,000 people in the stadium. In the starry night, Wu Sanshi is the kindest star, and he is the only protagonist here.
Although the captain Gerard has not spoken more than ten words to Wu Sanshi, he is also deeply shocked by Wu Sanshi's influence in China. Hongkou Stadium is naturally no better than Anfield, but the fans here are just as crazy.
Benitez fielded a 442 lineup, with Torres not starting, but allowing Suarez and Wu Sanshi to form a double striker.
[4-4-2] Reina/Johnson, Carragher, Skrtel, Aurelio/Kuyt, Mascherano, Gerrard, Benayoun/Suarez, Wu Sanshi
Shanghai Shenhua's side, if you talk about it only in China, it can be regarded as a star-studded group, including Feng Renliang, Chen Tao, Dai Lin, Dong Xuesheng, Song Boxuan, Wu Xi, Jiang Kun and so on......
However, in front of Liverpool, the Chinese star is a fart.
After the opening, Shanghai Shenhua was quickly suppressed in their own half, almost immovable, the difference in strength between the two sides was too big, not at all at the same level, only 5 minutes into the opening, Kuyt inserted into the penalty area, received Benayoun's cross and scored with a header.
Liverpool looked not here for a warm-up game, but for a life-and-death battle, and they took it seriously and scored another goal in the 18th minute, with captain Steven Gerrard taking advantage of a long-range shot to extend the score for Liverpool, and the crowd cheered deafeningly.
However, Wu Sanshi and Suarez seemed a little silent, although the two of them were as forwards, but few balls were given to their feet, the Shenhua team didn't want to lose too badly, the heavy soldiers were concentrated near the big penalty area, and it was not easy for the two of them to get the ball.
After taking a two-goal lead, Liverpool finally began to change the style of play, Mascherano and Gerrard frequently made balls to Wu Sanshi in the middle, but the defense was too dense, Wu Sanshi wanted to take the ball into the penalty area to shoot is really not easy, he can only seek cooperation with Suarez, but it is still difficult to tear apart the defense of the Shenhua team.
In the second half, Suarez went down, Torres came up, Torres was too familiar with the team's style of play, and received Gerrard's through ball in less than three minutes, and then leaned on the defender of the Shenhua team to force a volley to score!
But the protagonist is Wu Sanshi! Wu Sanshi was unable to score for a long time, and the Chinese fans were even more urgent, and they continued to cheer for Wu Sanshi on the spot. Benitez seems to be aware of this problem, but he can't help it, in his team building philosophy, Wu Sanshi itself is not suitable for his tactical play.
took over, debuted in his own country for the first time, and Wu Sanshi's goal data was 0, and he didn't even have an assist.
After the game, the domestic media once again pointed the finger at Benitez, believing that Benitez's tactical reasons once again affected Wu Sanshi's performance.
Tencent.com bluntly said: Why did Wu Sanshi score so much in Espanyol, but he couldn't get even a chance to threaten the ball in Liverpool? The most depressing thing is that the opponent is still Shanghai Shenhua, not a European powerhouse! Such an opponent Wu Sanshi can't break the door, which is too much to say.
The new wolf network even suggested that Liverpool replace Benitez and invite Espanyol coach Ruby, so Wu Sanshi's goal will not be a problem, because Ruby has Wu Sanshi's instruction manual.
In his post-match interview, Wu Sanshi was as anxious as the media and fans, and he was full of confidence in himself.
'The goals are coming, and I haven't adapted to the way the team plays, so it's going to be a bit tough at first.
'As the game goes on, the goals will come.'
It's important to have that mentality, because if the player is in a hurry, it may be more difficult to play later games.
In this way, Liverpool and Wu Sanshi hurriedly bid farewell to Shanghai and came to the capital. In the capital, Wu Sanshi's popularity is still bursting, but Wu Sanshi still did not score in the match against Guoan......
In the third game in Guangzhou, Wu Sanshi's performance was much better, providing two assists to Suarez, but still no goals. But assists alone are not enough, what Wu Sanshi needs is to score goals!
The domestic media are boasting about Wu Sanshi's two assists, but the English media are already a little impatient with Wu Sanshi.
The "Daily Mail" put Wu Sanshi's name on the headline - a goal is hard to find, Stone has suffered a goal drought in his own country, and he can't even score in a warm-up game of this level, so what should he do in the Premier League?
The Times also seems to see clearly, and they say bluntly - Liverpool won the money, but lost the competition! The statistic of three games with zero goals is so embarrassing that perhaps even Benitez himself did not expect that the £38 million Stone would not even score in a friendly match.
Because of the goal shortage, Wu Sanshi has also received a lot of comfort, even the national team coach called Wu Sanshi, and his former teammate Casilla also sent text messages to comfort Wu Sanshi.
But Wu Sanshi still behaved calmly in front of the news media.
Obviously, it is like a scene where the emperor is not in a hurry, but the eunuch is in a hurry.
There is not much time left for Wu Sanshi, and in three days, they will go to Hong Kong to play a match against the South China team. If a team of South China's quality doesn't score again, it will be too much to say. Compared with the teams in the Chinese Super League, the team of Nanhua is even more dish.
In Hong Kong, Liverpool and Wu Sanshi are even more popular, because Hong Kong, like Guangdong, is quite hot for the Premier League, not to mention that there is a Chinese playing in Liverpool?
Many Hong Kong stars have found Wu Sanshi to sign and take photos through relationships, and in front of Wu Sanshi, they don't look like a star at all, even if Hong Kong's top four heavenly kings are the same......
"Three games without scoring, Stone really has no pressure to score? I don't believe it, I feel like everything he's doing right now is pretending. ”
"He must be tormented right now, not as he himself said."
BBC commentator McNamara was not convinced.
"If Stone doesn't score again, Liverpool can let him go to the water cooler, after all, as long as he enters the squad for the game, Liverpool will not lose, but if he plays? Hehe, when the overall situation has been decided, give three minutes ......"
"I said he couldn't do it a long time ago!"