After playing two commercial games, Liverpool still have to play in the next international Champions Cup, so they remain in the United States.

The 2016 International Champions Cup is divided into three regions:

The main arena is located in North America, including Liverpool, Real Madrid, Barcelona, AC Milan, Inter Milan, Bayern, Leicester City, Chelsea and other teams play here.

In Australia, there are three strong teams in the Australian zone: Atletico Madrid, Juventus, and Tottenham Hotspur against local teams.

The newly established China region was created only last year, and three popular clubs, Manchester City and Borussia Dortmund, were invited to form a triangle.

But unfortunately, the Manchester derby, which is the main event, was temporarily canceled before the start of the game due to light rain and poor quality of the Bird's Nest turf!

Guardiola is okay, he just expressed regret, but Mourinho did not save face for the Chinese organizers at all, he returned to England directly with the Red Devils after a wild spittle, which disappointed Chinese fans at the same time, and made the image of Chinese football in the world continue to deteriorate.

I'm afraid that this can't be blamed on the magic bird to play a big name - the dignified National Olympic Sports Center, a maintenance fee of 200 million yuan a year, in this kind of critical moment for the world, propaganda for the cause of socialism, not only did not prepare carefully, but presented a vegetable field to everyone, if Long Shute was present, it is estimated that he would also turn his face and not recognize people!

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There is not much to describe in the warm-up commercial games, anyway, Liverpool, who did not play, can beat Barcelona 4-0, Paris Saint-Germain can easily defeat Real Madrid 3-1, and AC Milan can also stubbornly beat Bayern Munich in the penalty shootout, which probably reflects that these scores do not have much gold.

After all, many of the players who have participated in the national team are still going through the recovery period, and young players like Neymar are still playing in the Olympics in Brazil, most of the teams are not in the best condition, and the managers of the teams are still in the stage of scouting players and experimenting with tactics, and winning or losing is not too important.

Although unimportant, Liverpool, who own Lonsette, still lifted the trophy with three wins, taking more than $10 million in ticket revenue, merchandise sales, broadcast shares, and $2 million in prize money - at their feet, Barcelona, AC Milan, and Chelsea.

Originally, the organizers hoped that Liverpool would be able to participate in the North American and Chinese competitions successively, after all, they had such an innate advantage as Lonshit, but Lonshit himself refused such an arrangement.

Because their journey is long enough, adding more projects will only make everyone more tired.

It's not cost-effective to pay a mere millions of appearance fees.

Of course, if the appearance fee can be increased to tens of millions, I am afraid that no matter how tired Long Shute and his teammates are, they will have to grit their teeth to participate......

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"Congratulations on such a successful pre-season and hope you enjoy your last night in the United States."

After all the commercial matches, Gerrard, as the host, invited the whole team to a party in the evening, and almost the whole team was invited to the appointment, except for a few people who had no contact with Gerrard.

Gerrard is not a long-sleeved nightclub master, although he has fought with others in the wine hall and even fought in court, but his talent for picking up girls in nightclubs is definitely not at the same level as Ronaldo, Rooney, Balotelli and other real party bigwigs......

So the parties he organises are relatively boring, where everyone gets together, eats something, drinks something, and then talks about Liverpool, football and life.

Fortunately, the overall thinking of Liverpool's players is relatively simple, and their lives are quite simple, at least slightly better than Lonjut's teammates in Milan.

The three Brazilians, such as Coutinho, Firmino and Lucas, bear little resemblance to their compatriots and even have a stronger professionalism than their European counterparts, otherwise they would not have stayed in the small village of Liverpool.

The players got together in twos and threes, and Gerrard was surrounded by his successor, Henderson, who he had chosen and groomed for three seasons, and Ronshit, who had taken only three months to take the central position.

"I've only been away for one season, but there are a lot more new faces in the team than I expected......

Gerrard looked at the players on the pitch and saw that there were only 11 of his team-mates who had played with him in the Premier League – and that's all about homegrown youth players like Ibi.

Henderson also said with feeling:

"yes, a lot of people have come and a lot of people have left, but we're getting stronger and stronger now, Steven."

Lonshette did not comment because most of the transfer decisions were made with his consent.

He just pulled up some information from the system slightly, and then took a few brief glances:

"Steven, do you remember when you returned to Melwood Training last winter?"

Gerald thought for a moment:

"What do you mean?"

Ronshette picked a glass of white wine from the waiter's plate walking around the field and took a sip:

"My invitation to you, of course. I asked you once half a year ago, and you said that your new contract has just begun, and now, I ask you again, can you give me the answer? ”

Gerald was slightly stunned, and the forehead wrinkles on his forehead unconsciously deepened a lot.

He thinks too much.

You have to think about your physical condition, you have to weigh the pros and cons of returning to Liverpool, and you have to worry about whether you can get consistent playing time......

"Steven, I'll tell you a secret."

Ronshite put down his glass:

"The biggest shareholder of Liverpool FC today is surnamed Long."

Gerrard was taken aback, and Henderson, who was next to him, almost dropped his glass.

I only heard Long Shute continue with a blank face:

'But the reason why I invited you is not for other reasons, but because, as the captain of the team today, I want to have an experienced Liverpool player by my side, but ...... I will not put the responsibility of destroying the city and the burden of turning the tide on your shoulders, because I am by your side, and we can meet all opponents together. ”

Gerald's body shuddered involuntarily.

It was as if he had returned to Istanbul, Wembley, Anfield.

As the captain of the team, he used to encourage his red teammates with the same words again and again.

Now, however, he has become an object of encouragement......

Gerald pondered for a long time, and finally replied:

"The season times are not the same in the big leagues and the Premier League, so I can't leave mid-season......

Before he could finish his words, he was unceremoniously interrupted by Long Shute:

"You coward!"

Coward?

Gerald's gaze suddenly froze, for he was extremely unfamiliar with the word.

In his long career, he has never heard anyone say this about himself, whether it is a teammate or an opponent!

I, Steven Gerrard, have always been a Liverpool icon and a symbol, always the indomitable fighter in the red number 8...... How can it be a coward?!

"What exactly are you afraid of?"

Long Shute's gaze was so sharp that it seemed to split him in half:

"Are you worried that Liverpool will lose the title when you come back to the team?

Or are you worried that you won't be able to get the same status and treatment as before? ”

"No ......"

Gerald found himself unable to find a place to interject in front of the other party.

Ronshette's voice drew everyone's attention.

Henderson wanted to explain for the old captain, but under the pressure of the current captain, he also did not have the courage to speak!

Just listen to what Long Shute said:

"I'll give you ten seconds to make one final consideration, Steven, are you going to continue to play as a substitute in the American football desert, or are you going to go back to Liverpool and win the most desired and important trophy of your life?"

The entire party hall suddenly fell silent.

Everyone closed their mouths, and only a heavy gasp could be heard.

Gerald's brow had never been tighter than it was today, but his forehead lines had stretched out into a wilderness at the last moment.

He lifted his chin, and there was a distinct tremor in his thick voice:

"Dragon...... I...... I want to go back! ”

"I want to train at Melwood Base!"

"I want to play at Anfield!"

"I want to wear the red shirt with the Liverpool logo again!"

"Dragon, if possible, I, I want to play football for Liverpool for another two years! Until I actually retired! ”

Long Shute finally laughed.

There was a round of applause at the party.

Ronshette opened his arms to Gerald:

"Welcome home, Steven!"