And after the 21st century, although Ajax gradually sank into the Europa continent, Liverpool is still the traditional top four of the Premier League, and they even lifted the Champions League trophy again in 2005, leaving the fourth Champions League trophy in history forever in this great club.

'Mr Martin, I have to tell you that we have drawn the next draw and our opponent will be Liverpool.' De Boer said to Joel on the phone in a bitter voice.

Joel was stunned, when he was in charge of Tottenham Hotspur, Liverpool, rival in the league, staged an Istanbul miracle in the Champions League, snatching it from the Big Ears Cup that AC Milan had almost held in his arms! What a glorious Liverpool was back then! Although today's Liverpool is not as good as before, Liverpool's record this season is extremely bad, and coach Benitez is facing resignation, but their giants are still there! The spirit of the team, Gerald, is still there!

"I see, you can come back first." Joel's voice was a little heavy, the opponent he drew was really difficult to deal with, no, it should be difficult to deal with.

The next morning, there was a new change to the squad fixture schedule, with Liverpool vs Ajax on 11 March and Ajax vs Liverpool on 18 March marked in red.

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"Hey, Kim, you know what? Our next opponent in the Europa League is out. VanderWiel saw Leng Fei, who had just walked into the training base, and went up to say hello.

"Europa League? Who is the opponent? Leng Fei asked casually.

"It's Liverpool! In 9 days we are going to England, to Anfield! VanderWiel seemed excited, pointing to the schedule on the wall.

"Liverpool?" The expression on Leng Fei's face was a little strange and a little excited, Liverpool's home stadium is the famous Anfield Stadium, in fact, the scale of Anfield Stadium is not as large as Amsterdam Athletic Stadium, but Anfield Stadium is much more famous than Arena Stadium (Amsterdam Stadium), and his host Liverpool is even more legendary.

Although Leng Fei is not a fan of Liverpool, he still respects this legendary team.

Two days later, Ajax played away at Sparta Rotterdam, the last game before the Liverpool game, Joel did not rotate the line-up, most of the main players were on the pitch, and goals from Emanuelsen and Frenkie de Jong in the first half opened the door for the team, and then Suarez sealed the win from the penalty spot in the second half, and Ajax comfortably swept three points and three clean sheets from Sparta Rotterdam to return to Amsterdam.

After this game, Leng Fei's automatic salary increase clause was activated after the number of league appearances on the team's contract reached 25, and Leng Fei's salary was increased from 1,200 euros per week to 12,000 euros per week, and Leng Fei finally got the average salary of ordinary first-line members of the team.

Now, both Ajax's coaching staff and the board of directors have focused on the next 16-16 final of the Europa League that Ajax will play in, against Liverpool, the traditional semi-finals of the Premier League!

After learning the news, some live media in China canceled the live broadcast of the 16th final of the Europa League between Juventus and Fulham, and changed the live broadcast of Liverpool vs Ajax.

In the past two days, the Ajax team's training ground, you can hear people talking about Liverpool everywhere, from the manager, to the reserve team members, everyone attaches great importance to this game, even if the Europa League journey comes to an end at the feet of Liverpool, Ajax will not let go of the few opportunities to play against strong teams in recent years.

The night before the Ajax first team left for England, Joel summoned all the first-team members to the team's collection room.

'As an Ajax player, you should know more about Ajax's history than I do. Joel said, walking over to a crystal box covered with a red curtain, and slowly removing the curtain, "Guys, look at the merits of the seniors! ”

As the red curtain was lifted, a silver trophy stood silently in a crystal box, flanked by two large handles, which looked like the two ears of the trophy. Handle, yes, it's the St. Bride Cup, as it's often called, that teams that won the UEFA Champions League.

Now, without the hustle and bustle of winning the championship and the cheers of the people, it stands there quietly, it is the second big ear cup in the world, the real big ear cup, it no longer waits for the next person who temporarily owns it, nor does it stand on the high altar and look down on the people fighting for it, it already has an owner - Ajax.

"We are one of five clubs in the world that can have it forever." Joel's commentary sounded slowly, accompanied by photos of the past and the Big Ears Cup in the exhibition room, and the Ajax players had the illusion that they were watching a historical documentary: "Every Big Ears Cup, if you can stay in one club forever, then there is no doubt that any club is the best club in the world, and so are we." ”

"Once upon a time, the continent of Europe trembled because of us, but sorry boys, it can only be the past for us, when our predecessors took it with both hands and left it in Amsterdam forever, we can only see this eternal moment from some photographs and documentaries, we can't witness this moment in person, and from now on, we can't create this moment for the time being, so what we can do now is try to get closer to this moment." Joel looked at his disciples, although what he said was a bit exaggerated, but as long as it can stimulate the morale of the players, why not exaggerate?

"Tomorrow we are going to challenge a great team with a similar history as ours, and they are Liverpool, and as I said before, the teams that can always have it are the best clubs in the world, so why not Liverpool? That's right, the shit media and the bricks don't like us to move on in the Europa League, yes, no one expects us to get a win or even a draw at Anfield, but, guys, remember, we're one of the best clubs in the world! Tomorrow we will challenge Liverpool, who are also one of the best clubs in the world, and we want nothing else but Liverpudlians to see the temperament of our best club in the world! We don't lose anyone! ”

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Many players listened to Joel's words and gradually began to bow their heads and ponder, Ajax faded out of the sight of the people of the world, the trend is the key factor, Ajax's own indisputability is also a fact, the current Ajax, the only thing to be proud of is the rich heritage and youth training facilities left by the predecessors, Ajax to embark on the road of revival, must re-establish their own spirit!

Although it is impossible to build the spirit of a team in a sentence and a half, Joel's words at least served as a pre-war encouragement and prepared Ajax for tomorrow's trip to England.

The next morning, all the members of the Ajax first team boarded the flight to Liverpool, England, in addition, more than 1,000 Ajax diehards followed the team to England, Van Holmst's family asked for leave from their respective companies and schools to go to England, and Wanwan Liella and others also asked the school for leave to go to the scene to watch the game, it was impossible to book tickets, but Leng Fei still had a few tickets in his hand, and gave them to Wanwan and Liella.

It is said that Lavinho is also coming, and he cheekily asked Leng Fei for a ticket, but Leng Fei only had a few tickets, and after giving them to Wanwan Liella and Van Holmst's family, there were no tickets in his hand, but in the end, Leng Fei still paid for one to give to Lavinho, after all, this guy also went to the scene to support himself and Ajax, a ticket, is not a piece of cake for professional players?

At Liverpool Renon International Airport, Leng Fei took a deep breath and said silently in his heart: "Liverpool, I'm here!" ”

Today, the weather in Liverpool is very pleasant, the temperature in England entering early spring is around 18 degrees Celsius, the weather is also unusually clear, and there is no weather forecast to say that the weather will change at night.

The Liverpool staff who came to pick up Ajax led the Ajax players to a hotel in the Anfield region, with an afternoon to go before the start of the game, and the Ajax players who had just experienced a long course needed plenty of rest and acclimatis.

At noon, after the Ajax players finished lunch at the Anfield Hotel, Joel gathered the team and asked the players to rest well in the hotel and not go out, and meet in the hotel lobby at 5pm.

Leng Fei came to the room booked by Ajax, because there was nothing to do, Leng Fei lay on the bed and fell asleep, and when he got up, it was four forty-five.

Standing up from the bed, Leng Fei waved his arm and kicked twice: "Well, yes, it should be in the best condition." ”

Thinking of the new task of the "Superstar Development Plan" last night, Leng Fei couldn't help but smile bitterly, the title of the mission was very concise and clear: "Score an away goal at Anfield!" ”

The difficulty of the task is five stars, the reward of the task is relatively rich, there are as many as 1.5 points of free distribution of attributes and 1 point of shooting accuracy attribute bonus, and a little bit of a very small bonus of other attributes, about 0.1 points or so for some items, after continuous task training, Leng Fei's data is better than at the beginning, shooting accuracy has risen a little, dribbling speed and accuracy have risen a little respectively, and the explosive power has also risen to 95, it should be said that the data is very gorgeous.

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Ajax's team bus came to the outside of Anfield Stadium, the Ajax soldiers have been stunned by the fiery red, although Ajax's home stadium is also full of vibrant red, but when it comes to Liverpool, Ajax still can't help but be surprised by this sea of crimson, it is like a red abyss hell, and the enemies who come here to invade her will be buried forever in this crimson red sea like a bloody ghost.