It's also interesting.

In the new team, the first person to make friends with Yang Yangpan turned out to be his former opponent Kuyt.

The reason is not unusual, both of them came out of the Eredivisie, and they both joined this summer, they have a natural sense of closeness to each other, and they have competed with each other before, and they know the roots, and Kuyt is also convinced by Yang Yang.

But the second person to fall in love with Yang Yang was the calm-looking and rational Xavi Alonso.

The Spanish midfielder happened to stand with Yang Yang during a training break on the first day and talked about his Porsche Cayenne.

"I've heard that the most special Cayenne in the world is in your hands, so give me a chance to see it."

Luxury cars, this is one of Xavi Alonso's hobbies.

Yang Yang was also refreshed, saying that his car was still in Amsterdam, and it would take a few days to transfer it, and he would definitely satisfy Xavi Alonso's curiosity at that time.

And the two began to talk about this topic.

It turned out that Harvey Alonso and Reina went to buy this car because the media published a photo of Yang Yang's Porsche Cayenne, which made Yang Yang a little flattered, but as the global spokesperson of the Porsche Cayenne, Yang Yang of course had to dutifully maintain Porsche's brand image and be a Cayenne car blow very undisciplinedly.

As a result, the three owners of the Porsche Cayenne quickly hooked up, and they also made an appointment to find an opportunity to drive together three different Porsche Cayenne of the same color to go out for a ride on the beach.

Substitute goalkeeper Dudek had wanted to get over for a chat, but was quickly kicked out of the Porsche family group because his Carrera was stolen in June, prompting the Polish goalkeeper to lash out at the shameless thief for stealing the only European championship medal of his career.

Frightened, Yang Yang hurriedly thought carefully about whether his medals for the Champions League and the League Cup were still there.

Finally, he vaguely remembered that it seemed to have been thrown in a suitcase in the Netherlands.

"Why don't you go to UEFA and make up for it?" Reina reassured.

Unexpectedly, Dudek was even more angry.

"Make up for a fart? What do you think that's that? That's the Champions League winner's medal, if you lose it, it's gone, where can UEFA make it up to you? Dudek almost vomited blood.

Everyone laughed, what an unlucky guy!

In the end, it was Gerrard who stepped forward to reassure his teammates, and said that if the team continued to work hard to win another Champions League, then Dudek could win another championship medal, so he should be comforted.

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Talking nonsense after training, but training is very hard and serious.

Steven Gerrard and Carragher, as the team's vice-captains, are always the first to start training, with a very serious attitude and meticulous execution of the requirements of the coaching staff, without the slightest discount.

The two captains are still like this, and the other players who follow naturally do not dare to relax.

Sometimes, attitudes are really contagious.

Yang Yang really has a feeling that Liverpool's atmosphere, even if a player who is used to being lazy comes, he will become conscientious and dare not slack off.

Because people are social animals, in this dressing room, represented by Gerrard and Carragher, plus the response of players such as Heypia, Xavi Alonso, Finnan, etc., everyone trains strictly, and no one is willing to be lazy.

That would be to exclude oneself from the locker room.

The enthusiasm of the captain and the veteran players is the most contagious, their demonstration makes everyone consciously obey, every training session is done with all their best, and every action is done meticulously.

Liverpool have also done an excellent job off the pitch, which makes the players, including Yang Yang, ask themselves that there is no other option to return the game except to give everything they have and do their best to play.

The atmosphere is really unique and infectious.

Yang Yang only felt it on the first day of his arrival, and was deeply infected.

And he really likes the atmosphere.

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As the contact deepened, Yang Yang gradually discovered more.

For example, Liverpool's two captains often organise off-site events, sometimes on weekend fishing trips, sometimes with their families and children on a sea trip, or camping somewhere......

I heard that there are many players in the team who like to play golf, and there is a golf course opposite Melwood, where Liverpool players are regulars, and the players often team up to play there.

Life off the pitch is rich, but on the pitch, the players train extra hard.

Although Yang Yang came to Liverpool at the highest price, he has always been self-disciplined, and he is also the hardest player in the team, and he does not dare to slack off, which also makes him quickly recognized by his teammates.

After all, many people are worried that Yang Yang's youth will become arrogant when he becomes famous, but now it seems that there is obviously not.

The only thing that worries Yang Yang is that the gym's fitness coach Giusto Lillo has created some physical strength training for him that he can't adapt to, which is very different from Winston Bogard's previous training.

For this reason, Yang Yang also specially chatted with Paco Yesterdam and Giusto Lillo, and offered to propose that he could strengthen his physical strength to fight, but it should be controlled without sacrificing speed, explosiveness and flexibility.

This has also been recognized by head coaches Rafael Benitez and Yesterdam, after all, Yang Yang's most threatening thing is his speed and explosiveness, especially the subsequent flexible change of gear, if he loses these, then his threat will be greatly reduced.

Giusto Lillo also agreed to adjust his training plan for Yang Yang.

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With the deepening of the pre-season training camp, Yang Yang also quickly integrated into the team.

On 15 July, Liverpool played their first warm-up game, away at the lower divisions of Wickersham.

The game was held away from home, and the scene was crowded with fans who heard the news, many of whom came for Yang Yang.

But what is disappointing is that although Yang Yang followed the team to the away stadium in this game, he did not play.

He just got a feel for the atmosphere of the game in England and the movement of the fans in the stadium.

Compared to the Eredivisie, it is very different.

In addition, what Yang Yang noticed was that the defensive actions of the Wickham players were relatively large, the law enforcement standards of the Premier League referees were relatively loose, and the pace of the game was fast, so sometimes it felt particularly tense and exciting.

In the end, Liverpool beat Wickers 2-0 thanks to goals from youngsters Paul Anderson and Kuyt.

A few days later, Liverpool played their second warm-up game, again away from home, against the lower division Crewe.

This time, Yang Yang simply did not even enter the squad, not only him, but also Gerrard, Carragher, Crouch and Xavi Alonso and other players who participated in the World Cup, did not participate in these two warm-up games.

In the end, with the goal of the seventeen-year-old Lindfield, the opponent won 1-0.

Both of these warm-up matches were clearly appetizers, and the real core and main players were not on board.

But the next three warm-up matches were the highlights, namely against Germany's Kaiserslautern, Switzerland's Grasshopper and Germany's Mainz, of which, the last one will be a duel between Yang Yang and Zheng Zhi, which has attracted the attention of domestic fans.

Meanwhile, having finished third in the Premier League last season, Liverpool will have to play in the third qualifying round of the Champions League in August, where the draw will be Israel's Maccabi Haifa.

However, due to the recent intensification of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and the unstable situation in Israel, Liverpool is making a request to UEFA to arrange the second leg away from home to other neutral countries, such as Cyprus.

Liverpool then played their third warm-up game, playing a warm-up match against Kaiserslautern in the Bundesliga in Liechtenstein.

The two sides played to a 3-3 draw.

Yang Yang came on as a substitute in the 66th minute, passing and shooting well.

Interestingly, players including captain Steven Gerrard and Xavi Alonso were not in the squad, so much so that after Luis Garcia was injured, the team was unable to make substitutions, and Benitez simply replaced Reina.

As a result, the Spanish goalkeeper played well in the frontcourt, and after receiving an assist from Yang Yang, he used the goalkeeper's footwork to kick off the goal, hit a long-range shot, and even scored.

The excited Spanish goalkeeper rushed all the way to Yang Yang, apparently celebrating the first goal of his career.

All the fans in the stadium also burst into laughter.

The Liverpool players who came with the team also cheered for Reina's goal.

In the end, the two sides were tied 3-3.

This warm-up game also attracted the attention of the media around the world, Yang Yang, who played for Liverpool for the first time, was snatched by Reina, no way, this goalkeeper can score goals when he goes up to play the striker, how can it not be a novelty for media reporters and fans?

The fourth warm-up game was played in Zurich, Switzerland, with the likes of Yang Yang, Steven Gerrard, Carragher, Crouch and Kuyt all coming off the bench in the second half, but Xavi Alonso was still absent from the squad.

In the end, Liverpool lost 1-2 to the Swiss Grasshoppers.

Yang Yang scored another goal.

But although he scored two goals in a row, Yang Yang obviously felt that his physical condition was not good, and he was a little not excited, but he couldn't say what was going on, he just felt a little uncomfortable.

Yang Yang also immediately fed back his problems to the coaching staff, but the coaching staff guessed that it might have something to do with his good form in the World Cup, and didn't pay much attention to it, but put Yang Yang on the bench in the fifth warm-up game against Mainz.

This time, in addition to Yang Yang, Liverpool sent the main force to play, but I don't know if it was absent for a long time, Liverpool's cooperation was very rusty, and the game was very average, but Klopp's Mainz performed very violently.

In the end, Mainz won 5-2 at home to Liverpool, and Yang Yang came off the bench to provide an assist.

Zheng Zhi, a teammate of the national team, scored a goal in the game.

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On the evening of August 9, Liverpool's Anfield Stadium.

Yang Yang made his debut after joining Liverpool.

The opponent was Maccabi Haifa from Israel.

Yang Yang started and after only ten minutes of play, he received a pass from Sissoko on the left side, quickly dribbled inward, and after shaking off the defender, he suddenly volleyed with his right foot and hit a curling ball that pierced Maccabi Haifa's goal.

But just as he was about to rush out to celebrate his goal, there was a sharp pain in his right foot.

He immediately realized that something was wrong!

Miserable! Hurt!