Volume 2 Chapter 89 The Fate of the Piercing
Liverpool, who are out of the Champions League, are relaxed for a while, and this season in terms of lineup, they have been difficult to fight on both fronts, and the difference is the rotation of attacking players.
Take down the front four (To, Jay, Ma, A), and the rest of Liverpool's squad can only hover around ten.
If it weren't for the successive outbursts of Torres, Gerrard, and Mackin on the offensive end this season, Liverpool would not be sure where to go.
Now they are disappointed, but they are also completely relieved, and three days later, at Anfield, their last and most important home game of the season.
Win, regardless of the outcome of the other teams, they will be crowned Premier League champions of the 0708 season!
It's going to be a moment of jubilation for Liverpool, it's beyond words!
Because of this moment, Liverpool fans did not have any disappointment or complaint about the team's failure to reach the Champions League final, they did not have time, and all their energy was waiting for three days later.
All the fan organizations and scattered fans are frantically trying to buy tickets, but in addition to selling out, they are still sold out!
It's sold out early!
They even squeezed more than half of Manchester City's away tickets, causing a strong displeasure from Manchester City.
But at this moment, even if Liverpool Club risks being fined by the FA, it will not bird Manchester City.
What kind of game is this? The stands are full of celebrities, almost all of the Liverpool fan groups will be in attendance, and there are countless club relationship tickets to take care of.
Needless to say, it is difficult to find a ticket in the stadium, even outside the stadium, the club has decided to temporarily rent more than a dozen large screens and place them around the stadium to meet the needs of tens of thousands of fans who cannot enter the stadium.
Experts and police have put in place security measures urgently, and they estimate that at least a hundred thousand people will gather at the Anfield-centred road, which is the result of the temporary closure of fan lanes at Liverpool Airport and high-speed rail stations.
Otherwise, hundreds of thousands of fans from all over the world will pour in, and with local fans, the city will simply not be able to carry it.
In addition to the tickets, the surrounding businesses in Liverpool are also highly listed, sold out, sold out, all sold out!
They sweated profusely and urgently transferred goods, completely frightened by the crazy buying enthusiasm of the fans.
Journalists from all walks of life also gathered early, and now when you go out shopping in Liverpool, you will meet the media team with microphones and cameras.
They ask in broken English in all sorts of accents if you're a Liverpool fan, how you feel about the upcoming game, how you'll celebrate if you win the title, Balabala.
Of course, this includes Li Wei, but he is also accompanied by Duan Xuan, and they not only have to interview, but also cooperate to produce a feature film that is considered a huge feature film in the sports column: "Chinese Storm"
season one!
All the scenes in it are filmed in real action, combined with video footage and interviews, and the theme is to review Mackqin's legendary debut from the championship to the end of the season.
Maybe even if Liverpool can win the championship in the future, they can't replicate the scene at this time, this is their first Premier League title that pierced their fate, and the weight of its status can be explained in words.
Mackin is in a particularly special mood, excitement is only secondary, the most important thing is an indescribable feeling.
It's as if a big drama he rehearsed has finally reached the moment when the curtain is about to close, and he has won full applause, but he can only look behind the scenes, looking outside and smiling quietly.
After the whole Liverpool squad returned from Stamford Bridge, they were only allowed to go home once that night, and the next day Melwood was all closed, and the players and coaches stayed in accommodation for three days.
The first is to shield the influence of the outside world on the players, so that they can rest and prepare for the game with peace of mind, and the second is to worry that the outside fans will cause chaos and hurt the players if something happens.
In the past two days, the state of the whole team has been very excited, and even Hyypia and Gerrard have insomnia, they have been waiting for too long, and it is difficult to control the moment they really get.
There were only 16 players who could go to Anfield and get into the pitch, and the rest of the players had no choice but to sit in the stands and wait for the game to end.
Everyone wants to be one of the sixteenth, but no surprise, it will still be the sixteen-person rotation this year.
What's more heartwarming is that Colwill also came to the team to report, his surgery in the United States was successful, he has been recuperating for most of the year, and has been recovering from private training.
At the end of the season, he will be a free agent like Hyypia, and this championship medal is the best farewell gift for them (Colwill did not make enough appearances, and the club paid for his special application).
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Liverpool time, 4 May 2008, 3.30pm.
The whole of Anfield has been surrounded by countless fans from the inside out, and the decibels of the stadium have reached the highest level ever.
And since the beginning of the morning, there has been no stopping.
Buses from Liverpool and Manchester City were able to enter Anfield through a green lane opened by thousands of police officers.
They drove straight into the stadium, and the police, fearing to create chaos, did not allow them to park outside the stadium.
Sun Jihai did not enter the competition squad, but only congratulated Ma Qin on the phone, and his little brother may be about to step on their shoulders and be crowned.
Sounds like a dream!
The voices of hundreds of live media rang out at the same time, including the Zhan Jun trio in a cramped cubicle in the Anfield North Stand.
The VIP seats in the North Stand are filled with countless club celebrities, as long as they can be called, they all came to the scene today, as well as many players and coaches' families.
Of course, the most important ones are the members of the club's board of directors and the FA officials who came to prepare for the trophy ceremony.
Mackin was still a substitute for this game, but this time it was a normal rotation, he just played half of the Champions League three days ago, and he did not play the full fitness this time.
The Premier League trophy was placed at the entrance to the tunnel, and the Liverpool players came out with greed and eagerness in their eyes.
At four o'clock in the afternoon, with the referee's whistle, the much-anticipated game officially began.
"Let's walk through the storm ...... hand in hand", the stadium and the stadium suddenly sang and roared, soaring into the sky.
A storm is blowing rapidly, tearing apart everything that tries to stand in its way, without exception.
You can't imagine what it is like now, with more than 100,000 people holding Liverpool's red scarves aloft and completely encircling the green field inside that looks like a square inch from the air.
"Holy!" When I saw the aerial camera in the live broadcast signal shooting the entire Anfield footage from a high altitude, countless fans in front of the TV gave such a tone of particle!
In addition to the shock or shock!
The former European Red Devils are now awakening again, this is not Istanbul, but Anfield, the fertile soil that gave birth to it, and the battlefield where it is recorded!
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The atmosphere on the sidelines and off the pitch was excessively enthusiastic, and on the field, the whole Liverpool team looked a little nervous.
Liverpool's nervousness, stumbling on the ball and even Gerrard's several mistakes.
Manchester City was originally based on defense under Eriksen, and this game was extremely ugly!
But fortunately, media fans have been mentally prepared for this situation and are not in a hurry, as long as this game can be won, no matter how ugly the scene is, they can accept it.
"Oops, Torres, it's big", "Gerrard, stop big", Zhan Jun completely turned into a diehard in the commentary seat in this game, and kept telling the players on the field not to be nervous!
On the big screen high in the stadium, there is an area that broadcasts the score of Manchester United in real time, and Manchester United is currently leading 1-0.
As the game progressed, the Liverpool players who saw the score became more and more impatient, but fortunately, Manchester City's attack did not pose much of a threat, and they now have no desire.
Twenty minutes later, there was a shift on the big screen, Manchester United led 2-0, and some fans in the stands began to gnaw their fists nervously.
Liverpool went even more frantically attacking, crossing, long-range shooting, and then continued to cross, long-range shooting!
There really is no better way to deal with Eriksen's tuned defensive line.
The young Joe Hart was completely out of shape, and this kind of high-profile game also gave him an adrenal surge, and if he had a clean sheet against Liverpool, he would have made a big name!
"Don't worry, don't be nervous, we can win", Benitez in the dressing room at half-time really doesn't really feel good at decompressing the team, the more he says that, the more nervous the players are.
So in the second half, Liverpool's entire team looked even more stiff and almost scored a goal on the counterattack.
"Benitez has to bring on Mark as soon as possible and put Liverpool's strongest attacking combination on the pitch so they can have more hope of scoring goals, and with just one goal, Liverpool will be completely released from this intense pressure," McManaman exclaimed.
In the 60th minute of the second half, Benitez finally couldn't stand it anymore and replaced Benayoun with a still bandaged Macklin, and Kuyt still returned to the left midfield.
To be honest, Mak Qin was also a little nervous, or trembling with excitement, in such a hot atmosphere, it was almost impossible to maintain absolute calm and calm.
So he retreated a little deeper, trying to use short and medium passes to slowly connect Liverpool's frontcourt, and when the rhythm stabilized, their performance would naturally go up.
There was hardly any shouting on the pitch because the noise and decibels created by the fans were so high that they even tingled the eardrums a little!
At 3:0, the score of Manchester United on the scoreboard changed again, and Mackin even heard a more rapid heartbeat in the whole field!
In the 74th minute of the game, Mackin finally completed a continuous pass between Torres and Gerrard, Dunn pushed down Torres who wanted to turn and accelerate outside the penalty area, and Liverpool won a direct free kick.
"Good opportunity! Mackin had scored two left-footed direct free-kicks in that position," exclaimed Peterson.
"That's right, it's him, he's holding the ball to the tee, and Manchester City are nervous about the wall"
The mood of all Liverpool fans was extremely nervous, and there were still more than ten minutes left, and the team had not scored a goal......
More than 100,000 people inside and outside the stadium cheered and stopped, all the fans in the bars and in front of the TV prayed with their hands, and the MKQ18 fans in the stands collectively pointed to the sky and chanted words in their mouths.
The expectation for this free-kick is no less than that of David Beckham's match against Greece in the World Qualifiers that year.
City lined up a five-man wall with Joe Hart nervously directing at the far post. Liverpool's scramble for a header tugged at the Manchester City defenders, with the referee blowing a number of stops until two topazes were given to ease up.
As soon as Mackin saw that the height of the wall expelled by Manchester City was not short, and then he saw Joe Hart constantly turning his head to aim at the near post, he knew that they must have seen the footage of their free-kick.
Gerrard and he stood behind the ball on the left and right, knowing how to cooperate without discussion, which was a tacit understanding that had slowly formed.
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, he counted his steps back, meticulously, and even the size of his stride was the same.
Finally he breathed a sigh of relief, relaxed, and began to ponder where to kick the ball and how hard to exert it.
The ball was about 20 meters from the goal, just on the right side parallel to the top of the arc of the penalty area.
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"Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard and Chinese star Mackin stood behind the ball together", Zhan Jun also said a little nervously, "Now Liverpool only need one goal"
Many Liverpool fans in front of the TV in China began to "boom" nervous teeth chattering, and there was a special urge to go to the toilet, but they endured it and were reluctant to leave even for a second.
"Toot", no matter how long the process is, there is a moment when it comes to the end, and with the referee's whistle, Gerrard and Mackin start to run at the same time.
Some fans in the stands even covered their eyes, not daring to look at it again, and when they were very close, it was torment......
Gerrard and Mackin ran almost at the same time, and the flashing lights suddenly exploded, and the sidelines and stands were like the night sky, quickly flashing a succession of stars.
Steven Gerrard took two steps ahead of Mack, stomped heavily on the left side of the ball with his left foot, and then picked up his right leg, which City thought should be Mackin in charge, but now they can't afford to be unguarded.
Gerrard's right leg quickly swept over the ball, quickly flashed to the side, and then stepped on the right side of the ball with a right foot, and the inside of his left foot kicked the ball in the middle and lower part of the ball.
"Gerald..., it's cover, Mark ......"
The human wall and Joe Hart were still affected, the cover was so realistic that if they were really indifferent, Gerrard would most likely turn into reality and kick it in one shot.
The ball flew up as usual in a trajectory like a thousand times, over the human wall that had not yet reached the highest point, and plunged headlong into the dead corner of the near post.
Joe Hart looked at the ball and sighed.
"Roar...... Boom ......", such as a flash flood, such as a landslide and a crack, like a rocky piercing the air, like a storm crashing waves!
The whole city was roaring, and Anfield really started to shake, it was really shaking!
“Goal… al… Al, Mark, free-kick scored, he kicked open the door of the champion, the trophy in front of him was shining gold", all the commentators in the North Stand shouted.
The members of the board of directors and the celebrities all stood up in a hurry, cheered and embraced, blushed their cheeks and messed up their hair, and forgot all about the gentleman's manners.
The Liverpool Red Knights, including the bench, frantically rushed to a point to gather, and the river flowed into the sea!
If it weren't for the fact that the game was not over, the fans in the stands would have rushed into the stadium long ago, but now they still have to be patient, and their legs are uncontrollable and eager to try.
There are still ten minutes, and the eighteen years of wind and rain will be over today!