Chapter 375: Istanbul Outlook

() "FA Cup miraculous comeback, 10-man Liverpool beat 10-man Arsenal" - The Mirror

"A script that Shakespeare can't even write, the Red Army is a shocking reversal!" - "As" newspaper

"God gave Liverpool one more hand and one foot." - "Team Newspaper"

"The red frenzy in the Premier League: Liverpool's road to revival is far from over." β€”β€”Shengjing Daily

"Leave the car to protect the handsome, Liverpool chess is one higher!" β€”β€”"Southern Sports News"

The news of Liverpool's FA Cup victory spread all over the country overnight.

In China, who doesn't know Tang Wu now, who doesn't know Liverpool?

A small League Cup title can make the domestic media brag about it, and now that the FA Cup has won again, the domestic media has set off another frenzy of agitation.

Preach?

Hehe, Tang Wu is worth advocating.

Even if the leaders and some Weibo big Vs have repeatedly and twice advised the media to be careful about killing Tang Wu, and to be low-key.

But under the stimulation of the old neighbor South Korean media, these domestic media couldn't hold back for a long time, and they spread Tang Wu's achievements one by one.

And there's so much to write about in this game.

Gerrard's handball, Tang Wu's save, Senderos's foul, Cisse's penalty, Liverpool's victory, and some media even printed a newspaper for this magical game, recording the game throughout.

Although the most crucial shot of the game was caused by Gerrard's handball, the media took a few more looks and found that if it weren't for Tang Wu's two consecutive extreme saves, Gerrard would not have had time to run back to the goal line.

In other words, if Henry's single knife had been scored the first time, there would have been nothing to do with Gerrard later.

It's still Tang Wu's awesome!

At this moment, the media directly blew Tang Wu into the sky, and was even named the most influential sports figure in China in the 21st century.

You must know that in this era of table tennis, gymnastics, basketball, diving, women's volleyball, etc., it is incredible that a football player can overshadow Yao Juju and Guo Jingjing and others in the limelight and news.

But those who doubted it couldn't help but keep their mouths shut as they watched Liverpool's performance in the final moments.

Tang Wu is not Li Tie, nor is he Shao Jiayi.

Tang Wu is the main force of Liverpool, the absolute main force!

Many fans couldn't help crying when they saw Gerrard put the captain's armband on Tang Wu's shoulder when he left the field.

Maybe at this moment, like Gerald, they have a hundred reassurances about Tang Wu taking on this important responsibility.

After the FA Cup, Liverpool are a complete double.

Because the country does not know much about the Premier League, when they heard that Chelsea only had one title and Liverpool had two, they also gave a thumbs up, thinking that red was going to surpass the blue one.

Every time I hear such an assertion, people like Zhan Jun, Huang Jianxiang, and Liu Jianhong who understand football are unwilling to refute it.

Is there any point in refuting the other party?

Anyway, these fans are all fans of Tang Wu, so it's okay for them to worship Tang Wu. Instead of figuring out the relationship between the Premier League, the League Cup and the FA Cup, let them memorize four words: "Tang Wu NB!" ”

After winning the FA Cup, the whole of Liverpool was in revelry from that evening until the next afternoon.

For fans, ten birds in the forest is not as good as one bird in hand.

Benitez has done a great job this season.

fourth in the league and retained a Champions League place next season; League Cup winners, FA Cup winners. What can be obtained has already been obtained, and what has not yet been obtained also has a chance.

That night, he called a meeting of the players to discuss the final game of the season.

As Morientes and Manuel Pellegrino did not qualify for the Champions League, they both took an early holiday.

The rest of the Red Army members, who could still walk, came to the office and listened to the tactics laid out by Bei Bald.

"Tentative starting line-up: goalkeeper, to.."

For some reason, when the players heard this, they felt a burst of relief in their hearts.

What about AC Milan?

What about Kaka? And what about Shepchenko? What about Pirlo?

We have the best goalkeeper in the world!

Even if the alien Ronaldo temporarily wears a red and black jersey, the Red Army players will dare to fight him!

After the FA Cup, Sky TV compiled a statistics on the ratings of Premier League players for a season.

Blues defender John Terry is the highest rated defender with an average score of 7.6. This score is known as a phenomenal score, as no other player has ever reached such a high score in the past years.

Tang Wu only scored 7.5 points to rank behind Terry because of his small number of league appearances. According to those commentators, as long as TO attends one more time to help Liverpool win one more game, Tang Wu will be rated higher than Terry.

In third place is Chelsea's Frank Lampard, with Thierry Henry fourth with 7.3 points. As for Manchester United's Ronaldo and Wayne Rooney, they only have 7.1 points, which is not as good as Fulham's Edwin van der Sar.

The day after the FA Cup, Arsene Wenger made a surprising statement in the News of the World.

"When the new stadium is built, there will be a new coach who will lead the team into a new era and I hope to take on a new challenge..."

Walt?

The professor is resigning?

What's going on?

The professor's remarks caused a stir in the British media, and several newspaper media and television stations reprinted each other.

If the professor were to leave Arsenal, it would be an absolute earthquake for the Premier League.

Arsenal reacted quickly to the news, with chairman Hillwood saying: "Arsene Wenger is the most successful coach in the club's history, why is he leaving? If he is not willing to continue in the coaching role, we will put him in a new position, such as technical director or board member. ”

In other words, no one wants this Frenchman, who looks a bit like a professor, to leave at this critical moment.

But in fact, there is nothing wrong with the News of the World's report.

Wenger himself did not come out to refute the rumors, and came out to explain that they were all Arsenal's top management. Suffice it to say that the threat of resignation was a move by Arsene Wenger to "turn defensively into attack" after the FA Cup defeat, using the opportunity to put pressure on Highbury's hierarchy.

Although the Gunners have been empty of all four this season, everyone knows that Arsenal cannot do without the professor.

Before the construction of the Emirates Stadium, banks and investors were reluctant to lend money to Arsenal.

But it was only when they knew the length of the professor's contract with the gunman that they finally paid for it.

Professors are extremely important to Arsenal, but that doesn't mean the top of the board will give Wenger the power to bring in talent.

Limiting transfer funds is their first step.

Arsenal have struggled financially in recent years due to the construction of a new stadium.

When Manchester United brought in Rio Ferdinand for 30 million and Rooney for 27 million; When Chelsea spent 300 million in two years, Wenger could only bring in Van Persie for 4 million and Eboue for 1 million.

With such investment, it makes sense that Arsenal will be out of the Champions League prematurely for the seventh consecutive year.

Even Henry couldn't help but be in front of the camera and came out to attack the Arsenal hierarchy, "Our investment is not even comparable to Tottenham and Birmingham!" ”

Arsenal had promised to give Arsene Wenger 40 million in the summer, but the Telegraph later revealed that the Highbury hierarchy had abruptly reversed the decision and intended to continue to tighten the finances.

Arsene Wenger wants to renew contracts with Pire, Ljungberg, Bergkamp and even pay a high price to poach Liverpool's Tang Wu.

However, many players are very dissatisfied with the club's calculations, and so far, none of the heroes have been able to renew their contracts. Not to mention spending a lot of money to poach people.

What's more, Cole's private contact with Chelsea shocked the team. His agent pointed out that the club first promised Kerr a weekly salary of 60,000, and suddenly changed it to 50,005 when he signed, which made Kerr very angry.

Arsene Wenger also questioned the club, "For Β£5,000, are we going to lose Cole?" ”

The board of directors spread their hands: "This is our final bid." ”

With his team on the verge of falling apart, Arsene Wenger had no choice but to take the most extreme of measures and threaten the club with his departure. Although this will expose Highbury's internal feud, it may be the only way to make the hierarchy understand the seriousness of the team's problems.

Sure enough, Arsenal said a day later that they would provide Arsene Wenger with enough transfer funds to bring in three key players in the summer. But Tang Wu is not included.

'We will strengthen our squad in the summer and Bergkamp will stay here. ”

In addition to Bergkamp, Ljungberg will complete a contract extension within 10 days.

Arsenal are also preparing to renew the contract of defender Gilberto early, and defender Cole has changed his mind after Wenger's hard persuasion.

The only way to beat Chelsea and Liverpool next season is to expand the team. It wasn't until Arsene Wenger gave an ultimatum that Arsenal made up their minds to change their style.

The board of directors made a big concession to the professor, but in the professor's view, these were just the things the club should do.

As for Tang Wu, the professor could only watch him continue to wear Liverpool's jersey and fight for Liverpool. It's like United's little Ronaldo.

On May 24, just one day later, the Champions League final will be played in Istanbul, the only city in the world that straddles Europe and Asia. This ancient city, which has a history of nearly 3,000 years and witnessed the rise and fall of the ancient Roman and Ottoman empires, is once again in a frenzy for football.

Since the Heysel tragedy in 1985, Liverpool have not reached the Champions League final for 20 years. Liverpool, who are in a period of recovery, have a stronger quest for the title than Champions League regulars Milan, and they have been gone for far too long. Re-emerging where they once fell, and regaining their former glory, is an irresistible temptation for the Liverpool manager.

Both teams arrived in Istanbul on Monday. Although the flight was delayed by an hour, this had little to no impact on AC Milan.

When they arrived in Istanbul, the players all seemed calm and relaxed.

Two of the most striking towers rise from a seafront boulevard, one for each of the two finalists, the Renaissance in Milan and the Crowne Plaza in Liverpool.

After the two teams arrived at the hotel, the first thing was to eat.

As usual, Milan brought their dedicated chef with them. The group of chefs who arrived early brought with them a large selection of Italian food, from Parmesan cheese and ham to pasta. As soon as the team arrives at the hotel, they are served a light lunch of sliced ham, cheese, fruit and bread.

Liverpool's pre-match meal is also mainly light, with some orange juice and bananas. As for specialties such as Turkish-style kebab (bread and kebab), the players won't be able to try it anymore. Benitez has a strict diet that allows everyone to taste the famous Turkish coffee at most.

Training and press conferences, Milan "grabbed" the opportunity. On Tuesday at 18:30 p.m., AC Milan had an acclimatization training at the Atatuk Stadium.

Liverpool entered training at around 20pm local time.

As in previous build-ups, Benitez insisted on releasing his starting line-up until the day of the final, while the Spaniard said in an interview last weekend that he had devised three plans for Milan's tactics. As for which set to use during the game, it will be temporarily adjusted according to the condition of the players on the day.

But no matter how it is changed, Tang Wu is the established fact that the starting goalkeeper is the given, and even if it is not confirmed by Bei Bald, the media will be sure that the news is true.

Is it a calm and heavy red and black strip? Or is it the passionate military bright red? This summer is destined to be red, and Istanbul has opened its arms to this great red showdown.

Judging by the reaction of the fans, it is clear that Milan, who have reached the final twice in three years, is more optimistic.

On the streets, you can see female fans in Milan jerseys from all over the world, except China.

Indeed, the knights of San Siro are qualified to receive the worship and blessings of these fans. These innocent maidens turned into devout believers, giving their beloved knights a send-off rose, looking forward to their triumph.

Not to mention the club's heritage, not to mention the strength of the players, just looking at the appearance, these Italian men are enough to impress the hearts of fans.

The sunny and handsome Brazilian boy Kaka, the deep-eyed Pirlo, and the Yushu wind device Yuxuan Sheva.

Whichever player takes to the streets will cause the female fans to scream.

At this point, Liverpool really fell behind.

In addition to the delicate face of Tang Wuna's Asian will attract the attention of female fans, even players such as Garcia and Gerrard are difficult to attract the attention of fans.

The European arena has always been the highest stage of football, and the ownership of the Champions Cup has become the token of the king in the eyes of everyone. After the smoke of gunpowder filled, some people fell down regretfully, and some people stayed in drama. Even the fans who come here to watch the game are the most picky.

But the good thing is that Liverpool fans are definitely no less than Milan in terms of numbers, as more than 30,000 Chinese fans came to Istanbul this week.

Many fans who couldn't buy tickets didn't mind whether they could enter the game at all, they just wanted to come to a foreign land and cheer for Tang Wu.

Istanbul's hotels, hostels, B&Bs and even bars are saturated, and these Turks have probably never seen so many Chinese in their lives.

This is the first time that Chinese has shown his football mania in the world.

Football is global, and Chinese also love football!

At half past seven o'clock in the evening on May 25, Beijing time, CCTV Channel 5 officially launched a pre-game preview after the news broadcast.

"Sheva's sharpness is consistent, and Cisse's rebirth is just right;

Kaka and Garcia, whose youth is more valuable;

Andrea Pirlo and Steven Gerrard, who is the best midfielder;

Nesta and Hyypia, who can be the nightmare of the strikers;

Dida and Tang Wu, who is the master of the flutter;

Ancelotti and Benitez, how many percent did Sun Tzu learn the Art of War?

At 2:45 a.m. on the 26th, Istanbul, Turkey, everything was ready, only the whistle sounded.

Nothing can stop the splendid performance, let's wait and see the ultimate beauty of Europa! ”