Two days after the Premier League clash with Everton, the Liverpool squad departed for Basel to prepare for their Champions League group stage tie against Basel.

This is Liverpool's second group stage match in the 2014/2015 UEFA Champions League.

In the first round of the group stage, Liverpool beat Ludogorets 5-1, while Basel suffered a 5-1 defeat at the feet of Real Madrid on the road.

Therefore, this game with Basel is very important for both sides, Liverpool must win to ensure that they do not drop points before the direct confrontation with Real Madrid, and Basel, if they want to qualify for the group, this game must not be lost, and Liverpool must be won at home!

In fact, because this game is Jiang Chenxi facing his old boss Basel, although it is not a giant matchup, it still attracts the attention of fans.

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At the airport, Liverpool's teammates felt the special status of Jiang Chenxi and Salah, two former Basel players, especially Jiang Chenxi, in this city.

As soon as I got off the plane, I saw hundreds of fans there to greet the plane, holding banners.

It reads in English: Welcome home, our Chinese prince!

These are Basel fans, they are wearing Basel shirts, however, the shirt they are wearing does not belong to any of the current team players, this is a number 27 shirt, the name on the back of the shirt is: Jiang!

That's right, this is Jiang Chenxi's jersey number when he was in Basel!

A big number other than the eleventh, usually the number 27 is mostly a substitute player, but this number has a legend in Basel!

Of course, there were also some fans who wore Salah's No. 22 shirt in Basel at the time, but the number was obviously not as good as wearing Jiang Chenxi's jersey, after all, among Jiang Chenxi and Salah, the two Basel twin stars, there is still some emphasis in the hearts of fans, and Jiang Chenxi's status in the hearts of fans is more important than Salah. And at that time in Basel, Jiang Chenxi was the main attacker, and Salah was his assistant.

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Now this Basel. There are no players wearing No. 27 jerseys, on the one hand, because this number is not No. 7 or No. 9, No. 10 and so on, which are more popular numbers that symbolize special status, and the most important reason is that the predecessor of this number is Jiang Chenxi, a superstar worth more than 80 million euros used the number, and this number has a special meaning in the hearts of Basel fans, no one dares to wear this number, they are afraid that wearing this number will be compared with Jiang Chenxi from time to time, that is really Alexander.

Seeing hundreds of Basel fans coming to greet them, and seeing these fans holding caricatures and large posters of Jiang Chenxi and Salah, Liverpool's teammates were surprised and surprised.

They didn't expect that Jiang Chenxi and Salah had already left this team, and they were still so popular here. Especially Jiang Chenxi, because the fans who held the banner 'Welcome home, our Chinese prince' were wearing Jiang Chenxi's original shirt in Basel.

"It's hard to imagine that he's only been here for one season!" Deputy Henderson said.

"That's because when he's here, he's breaking all the records in the Swiss league!" "And we were in the quarter-finals of the Champions League and almost eliminated Barcelona. ”

When he said this, Salah had a lot of pride in his words, and he was not unhappy because the fans who welcomed him did not welcome Jiang Chenxi as many as the fans who welcomed Jiang Chenxi.

Jiang Chenxi was also very moved, he greeted these fans, shook hands with them, signed autographs for them, and took photos.

Other Liverpool players watched this scene, they were very envious, because they could feel the feelings of these Basel fans for Jiang Chenxi, this is a sincere feeling, these Basel fans really like Jiang Chenxi very much, imagine that if they leave Liverpool or a certain team in the future, when they have the opportunity to return to their old places, they will be even more moved, this is the best praise for a footballer.

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Balotelli was also moved, he was thinking that if he returned to Milan City to face his old club one day, would the Inter fans welcome him more, or the AC Milan fans cheered him more?

Liverpool manager Klopp was also slightly surprised when he saw this scene, he knew that Jiang Chenxi was very popular in Basel, but he didn't expect it to be so popular.

After waving goodbye to these fans, Jiang Chenxi boarded the bus with the whole team, and the bus traveled all the way towards the hotel booked by the team.

After arriving at the hotel, the Liverpool players once again saw Jiang Chenxi's popularity in the city, the hotel staff greeted Jiang Chenxi one after another, asked him for autographs and group photos, and some hotel guests learned that Jiang Chenxi had arrived, and even took out a No. 27 shirt of Jiang Chenxi in Basel from the backpack they had prepared long ago and asked him to sign it.

"I bought the number 27 shirt two years ago and wanted to get you to sign it, but it didn't take long for you to move to Dortmund." The fan sighed.

Seeing Jiang Chenxi signing on the jersey, this fan was very happy, "Now, my dream has come true, and it is my dream to have a Basel jersey signed by you." ”

"Thank you." Jiang Chenxi said that after two years, the fans here still remember him and still like him so much, and he is very happy.

On the other side, Salah is also signing autographs and posing for some people, the two players who have developed the best since coming out of Basel in years, and although they have left Basel, the fans are proud of them!

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At this time, after the fan put away Jiang Chenxi's signed jersey, he took out two Liverpool jerseys and asked Jiang Chenxi to sign them as well.

"You like Liverpool now, too?" Jiang Chenxi asked with a smile.

"Yes, because you were there." The fan nodded, adding, "Of course, Basel is my favorite. ”

"Basel has always been close to my heart too." Jiang Chenxi said, after signing a large jersey, he looked at another small jersey, "Who is this for?" ”

"My son, Fred! He's a big fan of yours! The fan said, with a proud expression on his face, "He's now playing for the Basel Juniors!" ”。

"That's cool!" Jiang Chenxi said with a smile, and he wrote on the trumpet jersey, "To future star Fred, come on!" Then, sign your name.

Not far away, Balotelli looked at him with envy, and at this time, a very strong (Zhuang third voice) girl found Balotelli, "Hello, can you give me an autograph?" ”

"Absolutely!" Balotelli nodded happily, he took the shirt, he was about to sign it, and then he realized that something was wrong, it was not his shirt, it was Sterling's shirt.

"What's wrong, Mr. Stirling?" The strong girl asked.

"I'm not Sterling!" Balotelli looked aggrieved......

ps: The 6th update, I feel like my body is hollowed out...... Brothers, ask for motivation, ask for a monthly pass, and get some energy.