718, twenty-six years of waiting
May 15th.
Three whistles sounded over the hawthorn field.
"Drip, drip, drip!"
"Competition...... It's over! ”
Zhan Tianjun's voice was much calmer than seven days ago, but it was still full of strong feelings that could not be concealed:
"Liverpool beat the last opponent of the season, West Bromwich Albion, 7-1! With 98 points in 38 rounds, they won the first Premier League title in the team's history with an almost perfect scorecard! ”
"Hehe," Zhang Lu smiled:
"If I had to find a fault, it would be that Ronshit only played 65 minutes in this game and his league goal tally failed to ...... any further."
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Lonshit did have some regrets, as he was substituted by the manager on 65 minutes.
He scored just four goals in the first 65 minutes, bringing his Premier League goal tally to 95.
Only 95 goals were scored in 32 games, an average of less than 3 goals per game, which is simply weak!
It's a shame that we didn't hit the 100-goal mark......
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Despite being away, the West Brom fans gave him a round of applause, which surprised him slightly.
Perhaps he should not be surprised, as West Brom have confirmed that this summer, the owner surnamed Lai from China will become the club's new owner.
It is probably the existence of Long Shute that has played a certain catalytic role, and things that would have happened a little later in history have been unveiled in advance.
During the period 2015-2016, a number of Chinese business predators collectively set their sights on Europe's mainstream football leagues, and there were a number of acquisitions.
Suning won 70% of Inter Milan's shares for 750 million euros, and the whole of Europe is lamenting: the century-old Milan derby has finally become a civil war for the Chinese.
Although Wanda's boss Wang is not so arrogant, he has also used nearly 100 million euros to become the third strongest team in La Liga and the second largest shareholder of Atletico Madrid, which has sprung up in recent years - if it weren't for the fact that Atletico Madrid's boss is too conservative, no one doubts that Boss Wang can buy him short at will......
IDG has also become the second largest shareholder of Lyon FC, the former seven-time champion of Ligue 1, with a sum of 100 million euros.
The founder of Plateno Group and 7 Days Inn has bought Nice in Ligue 1 and bought Balotelli, who is in declining form, from AC Milan's boss Li, ready to let Ba Shen lead the team to take off in Ligue 1......
Rastar Interactive acquired a 56% stake in Espanyol, Barcelona's city rival, for 60 million euros, and Jiang Lizhang owned 98% of the shares of Granada, which is also La Liga, for 40 million euros.
Compared with these cases of tens of millions of euros or even hundreds of millions of euros, Heli Wansheng 8 million euros into The Hague of the Eredivisie, Leders 7 million into the French B Sochaux, and ORG invested 7 million yuan to buy 59.95% of the shares of the French B team Auxerre, which can only be regarded as a few inconspicuous small shrimps, and they are not even qualified to introduce a column in the domestic media.
In English football, Chinese capital can be seen everywhere:
TTA ended up a mired Birmingham City, a Championship team, from Chinese owner Yeung Ka Shing.
United Ruikang and Fosun International followed suit, becoming the sole owners of the Championship powerhouse Aston Villa and Wolves at a price of 78 million and 45 million pounds respectively.
Chinese Culture and CITIC Capital spent $400 million to acquire a 13% stake in City Football Group, the parent company of Manchester City FC, becoming one of the seven largest shareholders in control of Manchester City.
From the Premier League, Serie A, La Liga, and Ligue 1 giants, to Ligue 2, La B (third tier), and even some Eastern European unpopular leagues, you can see the shadow of Chinese capital.
Despite the fact that a lot of Chinese capital ...... There is no sense of presence in the eyes of the domestic public at all, but this does not affect them in the slightest to spend a lot of money in the market to stir up the storm.
Perhaps because they felt that these people were a bit excessive, or maybe they were just worried about the outflow of assets, China quickly studied and introduced a series of control plans to strictly restrict domestic capital investment in the overseas sports industry, and this trend quickly weakened.
For the Chinese capital behind Liverpool, there are also some different voices.
For the sake of political security, several bosses with state-owned enterprise backgrounds have withdrawn from the club one after another, and Long Shute has no opinion, because after a year of buffering and development, now his assets have swelled again, even without these partners, he is fully capable of eating the entire club!
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“e are the CHAMPIONS!”
At the Hawthorn Stadium, the two presidents of the English FA and the Premier League presented the championship trophy and medal to Liverpool.
The only regret is that because it is an away game, when Lonshette lifted the trophy high, there were only more than 4,000 Liverpool fans left in the stands, which seemed a little less shocking from a visual point of view.
But even with just over 4,000 fans, the frenetic atmosphere created created created gave the illusion that this was Anfield.
Countless people burst into tears, countless people burst into tears, and countless people looked up to the sky and howled!
Since 1990, they have been out of the picture.
At that time, Liverpool was still the only hegemon in English football, and no team could shake their position.
Although they briefly missed out on the title, everyone thought it was just a lion nap.
One-year, two-year, three-year ......
Five-year, eight-year, 10-year ......
Fifteen years, twenty years, twenty-five years......
Snoozing has become a nightmare, and the overlord has become a laughing stock!
If it weren't for Gerrard's efforts to turn the tide in Istanbul in 2005, Liverpool would definitely become the most unworthy "giant" in European football!
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The nightmare of 26 years finally woke up at this moment, and Liverpool waited for the 26-year-old Ronshette.
They finally had the man who ended everything.
The cruel reality is that if it weren't for the arrival of Long Shute, the red Sharp Bird would probably have to wait a long time.
Maybe it's three years, maybe it's five years, maybe it's ...... It's been a long time again.
In an increasingly competitive Premier League, it is simply impossible to win a league title with a healthy financial operation and limited investment from American owners!
Only miracle men can truly save Liverpool.
Boss Henry can't do it, and neither can Uncle Klopp.
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Late at night on May 18.
Long Shute was 25 years and 364 days.
He stood on the pitch of the Europa League final.
Queue up, shake hands, guess coins...... These procedures are over, and the final battle is coming up for 90 minutes or even 120 minutes.
Their opponents are La Liga powerhouses Sevilla, who have dominated the Europa League for two consecutive years.
Because of the consecutive Champions League titles, the Europa League is even nicknamed the "Sevilla Cup", although it is a joke, but it also fully shows that Sevilla is not a weak team, even last year's Champions League champion Barcelona, failed to beat them in the UEFA Super Cup, thus missing out on the six crowns.
Liverpool fans certainly know that the final was a disappointing 3-1 result, with the Reds still taking the lead despite a largely passive decision, but then Sevilla netted three goals in quick succession to hand the English suffer a heavy defeat.
In this game, the referee team's decision became the target of public opinion after the game, they repeatedly made unfavorable decisions against Liverpool, and directly ignored Sevilla's handball in the box at least three times, so that this final is also known as "Liverpool football team lost to Sevilla handball team".
For his part, Lonshit didn't study the details of that match closely, he even glanced at the score and left the system data behind.
This Liverpool team and that team in history have changed dramatically, looking at the game in another time and space...... It doesn't make any sense.
"Hey, brothers."
At this moment, Long Shute gathered all the starting team members around him, and eleven people formed a large circle.
"See the stadium?"
He pointed to the stands around him:
"The St. Jacobs Park, home of the Swiss champions Basel, with a maximum capacity of 40,000 people, shouldn't be where we want to be."
Some players were slow to react and didn't understand what he meant at the first time.
Just listen to the captain of Liverpool wave proudly:
"This is the last time we will play in the Europa League!
I promise that from next season onwards, every season of the UEFA Champions League is where we should play!
Kill Seville! With a victory...... Say goodbye to this low-level event! ”