On the evening of October 22, Anfield, Liverpool, England.

As the Real Madrid players walked out of the tunnel one after another, the entire Anfield stadium suddenly erupted in a thunderous cheer.

All the Liverpool fans in the stadium got up from their seats and applauded the Real Madrid players who walked out of the tunnel, while also shouting Yang Yang's name hoarsely.

The whole stadium, even the staff on the sidelines, applauded vigorously, and even Liverpool's head coach Rodgers quickly greeted him, and warmly stretched out his hand to Yang Yang from a distance, shook hands with him vigorously, and welcomed him.

It also represents a gesture for Liverpool.

Although Yang Yang has been away from Liverpool for many years, for players like him, he will not only be regarded as a famous legend by Real Madrid, but also regarded as a famous legend of his own club in Liverpool and Ajax.

Back then, the teammates who used to play side by side with Yang Yang in Liverpool are now few left.

The captain is still Steven Gerrard, the central defender is Skrtel, and Gareth Bale, who was known as Yang Yang II at the time, has now become Liverpool's leading star, and the youngster Sterling who has emerged in the last year or two has shined in the Premier League.

So far, Raheem Sterling has been regarded by many British media as Yang Yang II, as if they were optimistic about Gareth Bale at the beginning, but the Welshman has not reached the heights expected of him by the outside world, and has been mired in transfer doubts for two consecutive summers, and almost went to Manchester United this summer.

Yang Yang warmly hugged Gerrard amid the cheers of the audience.

The two fought side by side, advancing and retreating together, and Gerald was Yang Yang's landlord, over the years, although the two have seen each other less, the relationship has never been bad, and it is even more joyful to reunite after a long absence.

"I sold the house you lived in." Gerard suddenly told Yang Yang a bombshell news.

"Sold?" Yang Yang was a little surprised, if he remembered correctly, Gerald's family lived there later.

For the house where he has lived for three years, Yang Yang is still very impressed, there is a small garden behind the house, in front of the house is a row of burly peach trees, there is a big park not far away, he used to exercise in the park every day, and Su Ye's favorite thing is to sit in front of the window on the second floor and admire the peach trees outside the house.

"I've moved to a new house now, and it's useless to keep the one you lived in, and the economy has been sluggish in the past few years, and there is no point in renting a house, so I sold it to Rogers."

"Rogers?" Yang Yang was a little surprised, and then looked at the Liverpool manager in the distance.

Gerald nodded, "He liked the house so much, the family lived there. ”

Of course, because it used to be the house where Yang Yang lived, Rodgers had to spend some more money when he bought this property from Gerrard, after all, as a head coach, he really wanted to rub Yang Yang's aura.

Yang Yang was noncommittal about this, if it weren't for Gerard talking about it, he would have forgotten what the house he lived in looked like.

Now he lives in the La Morareja neighborhood of Madrid, everything is very comfortable, the environment and the surrounding facilities are good, he is used to living there, there are no other superfluous ideas, and naturally he will not mind Gerard selling his own house.

"That's a really good place." Despite this, Yang Yang still said with regret.

Gerald nodded, and there were his memories too.

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Off the pitch, Liverpool's fans and players have given Yang Yang courtesy.

Even the Real Madrid players in the dressing room before the game were surprised by Liverpool's high-standard reception of Yang Yang, after all, Yang Yang represented Liverpool's opponent in this game.

But on the other hand, it can also be seen that Yang Yang's achievements in Liverpool are still remembered by Liverpool to this day, especially in recent years, Liverpool's performance has declined significantly, and it is full of nostalgia for Yang Yang's era.

In the stands, even Liverpool fans shouted that they hoped that Yang Yang would be able to return to Liverpool in the future, even if it was to retire.

But Yang Yang just looked at this kind of thing, and didn't pay too much attention to it.

Fans talk about feelings, but club managers talk about interests.

Besides, with the continuous growth and maturity, Yang Yang also clearly realized that many times, many things, really can't go back.

It's like back then, he once thought that when he was old in the future, he would return to play for Ajax, just like Van der Sar, Bergkamp and others, and finally retire at the starting point of Ajax, which is also a pretty good choice.

But now, he was a little shaken.

Is it really late in your career that you have to continue to struggle and continue to struggle on the court? Or do you want to retreat from the rapids?

When it comes to him, money is often unimportant, and he continues to stay on the pitch, more because he can't let go of football, after all, he has been playing football for more than ten years, or even more than 20 years, and suddenly one day he wants to put it down, who is willing to let it go?

But at the age of struggle, not to continue to stay on the pitch is to let fans see the twilight side of their heroes?

The rapid retreat is undoubtedly a choice, although it is emotionally uncomfortable, but the long pain is better than the short pain, Zidane chose this one back then, so far, the fans' memories of him are still stuck in the red card and runner-up of the 06 World Cup.

Yang Yang hasn't made a choice yet, because he's not sure what he'll think, but there's no doubt that he, who has just turned twenty-eight, has already seen the future of retirement in the near future.

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Off the field is a warm scene of you and me, but when it comes to the court, the two sides are bayonet and bloody white-knives.

Even the Liverpool fans who praised Yang Yang were at the beginning of the game, as soon as Yang Yang got the ball, they immediately booed, which made Yang Yang a little surprised, but he didn't expect this group of "fickle" fans to change so quickly.

This stunned even caused him to lose the ball at his feet, which was directly tackled by Skrtel.

After the vicious Liverpool central defender broke the ball, he didn't let him grin at Yang Yang, laughing straight, as if to say, did you see me and was scared, so your feet were soft?

Liverpool also played not conservatively at all at home, pressing and playing fast after the opening game.

Gerrard hit a long-range shot from around 30 metres in the 11th minute, which was saved by Courtois.

It was a very powerful long-range shot, and it was clear that in front of his old friends, the thirty-four-year-old Gerrard still refused to accept his old age, but became more combative and energetic.

Perhaps stimulated by Liverpool and Gerrard, Yang Yang also began to become active.

In the twenty-third minute, Yang Yang took the initiative to retreat to respond, David Silva passed the ball to Yang Yang's feet, Yang Yang turned and divided the ball to the right side, handed it to James Rodriguez, and then turned around and sprinted forward quickly.

After stopping the ball with his right foot, the Colombian player rubbed his left foot lightly without thinking, and directly picked the ball into the penalty area behind the Liverpool defence, and it landed very well.

Skrtel and Lovren sandwiched Yang Yang left and right, James Rodriguez's pass fell behind Lovren, and the Croatian central defender took the lead to clear the siege, but Yang Yang interfered with him with a hidden small action, making his clearance action have some deviations, and he actually kicked empty.

The ball landed quickly, but Yang Yang took the first step to catch up, blocked Skrtel with his body, and kicked out with his right foot directly against the ball that landed, deliberately hitting a reverse direction, towards the lower left corner.

Liverpool goalkeeper Mignolet flew to the side, but Yang Yang's angle of hitting the goal was very awkward and sudden, which caught him by surprise.

In the end, the ball went into the net, 1-0!

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After conceding the goal, Yang Yang did not celebrate as much as before, but just stood in place.

Lovren looked unconvinced, he immediately caught up with the referee and told the referee that Yang Yang had a small move, but the referee Rizzoli from Italy smiled and asked rhetorically, "He has a small move, don't you have it?" ”

The Croatian centre-back was speechless.

If Yang Yang's small gesture can make the referee blow away his goal, then Lovren's small gesture is enough for Real Madrid to win a penalty.

The referee smiled and patted Lovren on the shoulder, as if to say, don't think so much, young centre-back, focus on the game!

Want to freeze Yang Yang?

It's something that all defenders in the world aspire to, but so far, almost no one has done it.

Because if you give him the slightest chance, even the slightest chance, he can turn it into a goal.

It's like just now, James Rodriguez's pass is in place, but without Yang Yang's interference with Lovren, without Yang Yang's blocking of Skrtel with his body, this pass would not have been converted into a goal.

And what does it take to do all of this at the same time?

Yang Yang retreated to respond, which means that he is diligent and timely to distribute the ball to the unguarded James Rodriguez, which proves his ability to read the game and the sense of cooperation, his quick back insertion, which represents his speed, and the small action to interfere with Lovren represents both his control of timing and anticipation of the ball's landing, as well as his cunning.

As for the end, blocking Skrtel with his body shows more about his physical fitness and confrontation ability.

You must know that Skrtel is 1.91 meters tall and weighs 81 kilograms, which is more than Yang Yang in terms of size and weight, and Skrtel is known for his physical confrontation in the Premier League, but under the confrontation just now, Yang Yang at least ensured that his body was not squeezed out.

Just imagine, a seemingly simple goal actually fully shows so many qualities of Yang Yang.

Rizzoli is an experienced referee, and he can naturally see clearly, at least in the attack just now, Liverpool's defense was completely broken by Yang Yang alone.

This is the first person in world football!

Even in the refereeing world, almost all of them give a thumbs up to Yang Yang's strength, ball quality and work ethic.

Even a lot of people are proud to be able to officiate his game!