Chapter 482: World Cup Draw
After the game against Newcastle, Gerrard hooked Owen around the neck and caught up with his old friend.
Opposite the light-hearted smile on Gerald's face was Owen's helpless face.
Back at Anfield, instead of getting what he wanted, Owen lost what he had.
When the fans chanted Tang Wu's name in unison, he knew that from this moment on, no KOP would remember the former boy who chased the wind, only the guy who blocked the wind at the door.
The next day's Echo said, "TOM has become the face of Liverpool through and through, and he has even surpassed captain Steven Gerrard to become the spiritual leader of Liverpool!" ”
The Mirror also reported: "Owen, who has returned to the old place, has personally put the red crown on the head of another man. ”
Even domestic official media and CCTV personally commented on the game, believing that Tang Wu is an example of "not abandoning and not giving up", and a "leader" who does this in the "true sense". Such a public figure should actively advocate and carry forward such a positive behavior.
CCTV's roll call and praise made Tang Wu the spokesperson of "positive energy" for a while. When it comes to Tang Wu, even those aunts who are walking in the park know that he is a role model for the new era.
Tang Wu's extreme save even caused a lot of sensation among the domestic people, whether it is a field or a game between primary and secondary school students, one by one is like drinking doping, every ball must be fought, the ball must be grabbed, and no one will give up if they do not fight until the last moment.
Not only have the stadiums become hot, but the emergency rooms of community clinics and hospitals have also seen many patients with skin injuries.
"It's kicking again!" By the end of the day, the interns and nurses could see at a glance the source of the wounds.
The most interesting of the media covering the game was The Sun. Although there are grievances with Liverpool, Tang Wu has become a public figure in the Premier League, so they will not give up rubbing the popularity of Liverpool and Tang Wu.
However, this time they took a different path, not starting with Tang Wu's extreme save and the frustrated Owen, but using an enlarged photo to aim at Tang Wu's left foot soaked in turf.
Tang Wu's left hand has been seen by everyone, with six fingers; What about Tang Wu's left foot? Do you also have six toes?
In the picture of "The Sun", Tang Wu is wearing socks on his left foot. But under the rain wash, the socks stuck to Tang Wu's skin. The distribution of the toes of Tang Wu's left foot is faintly visible. Judging from the outline, Tang Wu did not have any extra toes on his left foot!
"The Sun" posted an article jokingly: "It's a real hammer! TOM just has six fingers, not six toes as we think! ”
The title of "Six-fingered Goalkeeper with Five Toes" has attracted the attention of a large number of fans, and with the help of the newspaper "The Sun", Tang Wu showed off his left foot in front of fans all over the world!
Even many fans laughed after reading the report: "This is a flavorful report!" ”
On December 29, the 19th round of the English Premier League was contested with seven matches. Liverpool face city rivals Everton away for the 202nd derby and the 173rd meeting in the league.
Everton have suffered three consecutive league defeats recently, with Kilbani, Valente and Will coming in for McFadden, Osman and Krudrup respectively.
After Liverpool's last game, Tang Wu still maintained a record of not conceding a goal in the season. Volnock, Sissoko and Cisse replaced Reese and Luis respectively. Garcia and Morientes played.
Liverpool took the lead in the 11th minute, Sissoko headed in halfway, Cisse stopped the ball, Gerrard headed through the ball, Crouch successfully countered offside and shook Martin on the right side of the box to shoot into the empty net.
In the 18th minute, the Reds extended their score. Finnan's cross from the right was cleared and Gerrard's powerful shot from 25 yards down the middle was just wide of Yabo, but goalkeeper Martin had no choice but to send the ball straight into the bottom left corner of the goal. It was his 14th goal of the season.
In the 68th minute, Everton suffered another blow. Phil. Neville was booked for a nasty foul on Sissoko, and the former Manchester United midfielder was sent off after accumulating two yellow cards.
The smell of gunpowder on the field gradually increased, and Crouch, Beattie, Gerrard, and Arteta received yellow cards one after another.
In stoppage time, Mikel Arteta fouled Garcia again and was sent off after accumulating two yellow cards. Counting today's two red cards, this is the twelfth red card for the two teams in a league derby after the Premier League restructuring.
On December 31, Liverpool defeated West Bromwich Albion 1-0 at home, and the high-ranking Crouch scored with a header.
On 2/01/06, Liverpool beat Bolton Wanderers 1-0 away. Louis. Garcia's late goal kept Liverpool a constant threat to Chelsea.
Chelsea have been on a winning streak during the Devil's schedule, and Liverpool are not one step behind, and even maintain the trend of overtaking at any time.
Since the next game will wait until six days later, the Liverpool players, who have played one game for three consecutive days, finally found a respite for the time being.
On January 4, Beijing time, the 07 Asian Cup qualifying group draw was held in Kuala Lumpur, the headquarters of the AFC.
To add to the suspense, the draw process starts from Pot 4 and determines the groups of the fourth, third, second and first teams in turn. As the team in the first pot and the No. 2 seeded team, the Chinese team won the lottery as desired. The opponents in the same group are Iraq, Singapore and Palestine. Compared with Japan, South Korea and Iran, the Chinese team has won the lottery, and it is not surprising that the qualifiers will be very easy.
As the champion of the last Asian Cup, this "level" competition naturally does not require Tang Wu to come out. Tang Wu is used to come out of the horse is this year's World Cup.
Long before Liverpool went to the Club World Cup, the draw for the World Cup was held in Hall 1 of the Leipzig Exhibition Centre in Germany. In order not to affect Tang Wu's Club World Cup match and the New Year's Day devil schedule, the deaf Football Association delayed sending a message to Tang Wu.
After all, Tang Wu can already be regarded as a "world public figure", although the national conditions are different, but the Football Association has to give Tang Wu a little thin face for many things, and does not put some "leadership shelf" in front of Tang Wu.
Tang Wu's struggle to this day is no longer under the control of a few unrealistic reports published by the domestic media. If the World Cup does not have Tang Wu's name, then the first one who fans will not spare must be the Football Association!
On the day of the World Cup draw, 11,000 people were seated in Hall 1 of the fantastic Convention and Exhibition Center, with 350 million fans from 145 countries watching live television.
The football players who participated in this draw included the top 32 managers except Pekerman, Havelange, Cruyff, Rummenigge and other famous names. Other guests included German President Köhler, Chancellor Angela Merkel and former Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, who delivered a speech before the draw.
The draw was hosted by supermodel Krum and TV host David Beckman, with German President Köhler and FIFA President Blatter taking the lead first. Teixeira, the Brazilian Football Federation, won the Gold Cup, which had been kept for four years, and it was handed over by Blatter to the president of the German Football Federation, Wölfeld.
After introducing the 32 participating teams, host cities and stadiums, and replaying a short video of the history of the World Cup, FIFA press director Siegel took the stage and the draw ceremony got to the point.
Siegel introduced the rules and procedures for the draw.
The 32 teams were divided into four pots, and the national football team was placed in the fourth pot along with South Korea, Iran, and Japan.
The draw is based on a maximum of 2 European teams in the same group, and teams from other continents cannot be in the same group.
As a result, Serbia and Montenegro can only be placed in the same group as Brazil, Argentina or Mexico. Germany was placed in A1 and Brazil in F1. This guarantees that the two teams will play the biggest three matches in Germany, and if the two teams qualify from the top group, they will only meet in the final.
Representatives of all continents and the next host country, South Africa, Pele, Cruyff, the Netherlands, Mateus, Mila, Kobe Jones, Masashi Nakayama, Karembu and Radebe came out to assist Siegel in completing the draw.
When Australia drew Brazil, the audience immediately burst into applause; When the Netherlands avoided the German team, everyone in the room was burdened with the weight. You know, the Dutch team, which is listed as the third pot, has the level of winning the championship!
The most sensational moment is that the Netherlands drew Argentina, and there were already two championship-level "big guys" in Group C, but I didn't expect Krum to draw Serbia and Montenegro to Argentina. At this moment, the representatives of Côte d'Ivoire could not sit still at all!
Maybe Drogba didn't expect that it would be so difficult to come to the World Cup after being so smooth sailing at the club!
The Netherlands was given to Argentina and the Czech Republic was given to Italy, and the group of death in this World Cup was basically decided.
In the fifth step of the draw, when the team in Pot 4 was determined, fans across the country widened their eyes and focused.
While the flags of Iran, Japan, Costa Rica, the United States, and even South Korea appeared, the five-star red flag was never displayed in the venue.
At this juncture, even many fans have doubts about themselves: did the national football team really enter the World Cup this time, and was the top ten match that Lao Tzu saw a fake top ten match?
When the flag of Trinidad and Tobago, a small country in North and Central America, also appeared at the end of Group B, fans were relieved that they finally knew the answer.
Looking at the big screen of the draw, only Group H is left with one empty seat at the end.
When the voice of "CHINA" sounded in the venue, all the staff stood up and applauded the success of the lottery ceremony.
looked at the national football team in the group that was assigned to Spain, Ukraine, and Tunisia on the screen, and clapped his hands dumbly and deafly, "Well, it's not bad." Not only did they avoid Brazil, but they also avoided Germany..."
Looking at the secretary who was also clapping his hands on the side, but with a wry smile on his face, he was dumb and curious: "Xiao Zhang, why are you sad?" ”
"No, nothing." Xiao Zhang shook his head and said.
"Little comrade, if you have anything to say, just say it directly!" He put on a bureaucratic expression, "I know Spain, Real Madrid and Barcelona!" It's definitely a strong team. But Tunisia and Ukraine, is it still difficult for Turkey and Costa Rica to play? ”
"Lord, Chairman... Shepchenko, uh, is the Mr. Golden Ball of Serie A AC Milan, which is from Ukraine. Xiao Zhang explained as best he could.
"Serie A? Mr. Golden Globe? He touched his chin.
Since Tang Wu won the Golden Globe Award, he has made up for the rules and importance of the Golden Globe Award. Hearing the secretary's answer, his face also became grim.
Ukraine may be a formidable enemy!
The dumb and deaf thought so.
However, in order to maintain his demeanor and not let his subordinates see his "shortcomings", he was dumb and deaf, and coughed: "I know." Isn't it AC Milan? The one who lost to Tang Wu in the Champions League final this year? Don't forget, we have Tang Wu, who is also Mr. Golden Ball, so what do you say Ukraine is afraid of? ”
"Yes, yes, yes..."Hearing the dumb and deaf stubborn answer, Xiao Zhang could only bend down and bow his head, constantly responding.