May 13 at 15:00 p.m.!

While the sun was still unleashing its heat in the sky, there were countless fans around the Anfield Stadium who were not afraid of the sun, wrapped in thick red Liverpool club scarves, chanting slogans like soldiers about to step onto the battlefield, waiting in line for the ticket to be entered.

With an hour to go, Liverpool's home game against Crazy Lee and his Newcastle United, will begin.

This is the first time that [God on the football pitch] has visited Anfield, and although he has seen and heard the prestige of the madman Lee many times on TV and print media, Reds fans are eager to test whether the Chinese who saved English football is really as magical and invincible as the legend!

Because at Anfield, Reds fans have their own to pride – Rafael Benitez, a legendary Spanish manager who pulled off the most incredible comeback in Champions League history on a night in Istanbul.

It's going to be a magical collision magic game!

On top of that, the return of Michael Owen, once Anfield's most favoured child, has also filled the hearts of Liverpool supporters with conflicts: on the one hand, everyone is happy that Owen can return to the top of the game under the madman Lee. On the other hand, they don't want Owen to give Liverpool an embarrassing defeat by scoring tonight!

After a while, there was a sudden twitch in the fan base in the distance!

It turned out to be a bus with the Newcastle club logo on it slowly driving the Magpies to the outer players' tunnel at Anfield Stadium.

The opponent has arrived!

Suddenly, countless white middle fingers and overwhelming insults suddenly converged on the bus.

It's not because of how much Reds fans hate Owen and Lee, it's just a habit of treating their enemies. Because the battle has started in advance at this moment, coming to Anfield, it is the enemy of Liverpool!

Here, it's Anfield!

It's Anfield of Liverpool for the Reds!

…… Forty minutes later!

Amid the melodious chorus of more than 40,000 fans in "You'll Never Be Alone" floating over the Anfield Stadium, referee Andre Marriner, wearing a sky-blue referee's uniform, was the first to step out of the tunnel and be followed by 22 green warriors from both sides who would be fighting in a few minutes' time!

At this moment, a huge cheer erupted in the stadium stands!

Once Michael Owen's comrade-in-arms, now Liverpool's red soul Gerrard skillfully turned, smiled and waved his arms to the stands, just like Owen did here five years ago, easily leading away the applause and cheers that once upon a time belonged to Michael Owen at Anfield!

The camera zooms in.

Since they are also captains of their respective teams, Michael Owen and Steven Gerrard were the first to walk out of the players' tunnel side by side, and they both followed closely behind the referee! The broadcast camera cleverly gave Irving a close-up close-up of his face and made it clear to every fan through the stadium's large electronic screen.

All the older generation of Reds fans were surprised to find that Owen, who was once as innocent and young as the boy next door, had unknowingly become a mature man. The messy beard stubble on the chin and the mature vicissitudes of the eyebrows tell every fan who has ever liked Owen that the golden boy is no longer young!

After three years of ups and downs, when the former boy who chased the wind returned to Anfield, although the carving knife of time has erased the original brilliance of Owen's body, the golden boy who learned to bury the killing machine has become more terrifying!

And for Michael Owen, a season of struggle and struggle is destined to make Benitez, the Spanish man who once ruthlessly drove him away from Anfield, regret it with his feet in today's 90 minutes!

Utter regret!

…… Soon, as is customary, Liverpool players lined up and shook hands with Newcastle players!

When Owen and Gerrard and Carragher held hands together, the flashes of countless cameras on the sidelines lit up at the same time, because in the past two years, Owen has missed all the games between Newcastle and Liverpool due to injury, so today's handshake is more like the first conversation between the former leader of the Reds and the soul of Anfield!

Even the fans in the stands were silent at this moment!

Forcing ~~~~ The whistle finally sounded, Newcastle captain Michael Owen played the first touch of the game in Newcastle, and the merciless boos for the away team players in the Anfield stands did not sound at the first time, and it seems that even the KOPs are not used to booing Michael Owen!

…… Lee didn't opt for the invincible 4-3-3 formation in this game, but surprisingly returned to his best 4-1-2-1-2 on both wings - with Michael Owen partnering high striker Ameobi up front, Alan Smith up front, Juan Mata and Duff on the wings, and Joey Barton in the midfield position. On the back line, from left to right, are Habibie, Steven Taylor, A. Faye and Jose Enrique.

Goalkeeper Given.

As for the opponent Liverpool, Benitez offered his old routine of 4-4-2.

The goalkeeper was Spaniard Reina, while Argentine youngsters Insua, Daniel Ag, veteran Hyypia and vice-captain Carragher formed the Reds' backline. Passing specialist Xavi Alonso and beast midfield Mascherano dominated the midfield, with Norwegian macho Rieser and team soul Steven Gerrard flanking the flanks of midfield. Anfield's new golden boy Fernando Torres and Dutch striker Kuyt are tasked with destroying the Reds up front.

…… After the start of the game, Newcastle habitually sacrificed Cheng Jin's head-on three-board axe, striving to give the opponent a dismount in the momentum of the opening game. Owen slammed the ball back to Alan Smith behind him, who received the ball and didn't pass it back, but after a little observation, slashed it into left winger Juan Mata.

Defending Juan Mata on the flanks was Liverpool's soul Steven Gerrard.

Although Gerrard's best position is in attacking midfield, his defensive ability should not be underestimated, because anyone who knows the ball knows that the Liverpool captain is definitely the most balanced offensive and defensive player in the whole of Europe, and if you flaunt your breakthrough skills in front of Gerrard just because he is an attacking player, then wait and concede the ball!

Therefore, in order to avoid delaying the fighter, Juan Mata did not choose to break through as Gerrard expected, but sent a diagonal pass directly into the Liverpool penalty area!

In the Forbidden Zone!

Newcastle striker Ameobi barely managed to get the ball to Michael Owen outside the box in a scramble with the Finnish veteran, but Owen didn't hesitate because it was Liverpool and immediately bent his bow and shot at goal...... Statistics show that in the seven games in the second half of this season, Owen has scored no less than three goals in this position, and the success rate of shots on goal is extremely high! Therefore, the exclamations of the KOPs in the stands have involuntarily sounded at this moment...... However, the shot, which looked like a fatal shot, didn't happen in the end!

Because just before Owen's instep touched the football, a red figure desperately came out of the stab, stabbed the football out first, and then collided with Owen fiercely under the effect of his habitual surname!

Mascherano!

The attacking vandals at football's top pitch, who were on par with Ghanaian Buffalo Essien in FM2008, easily disrupted Newcastle's raid with a brutal tackle. And from the perspective of football rules, this is a reasonable use of the body of the steal, so the referee did not blow the foul!

The game continues!

The football produced by Mascherano fell to the feet of Carragher, and the Liverpool vice-captain immediately made a long pass to Gerrard in the front!

A great chance for Liverpool to counter-attack!

Gerrard jumped high for the first time and flicked the ball to his teammate Kuyt with the back of his head, who quickly ran towards the right side of the Newcastle penalty area with the ball, and made a feint near the baseline to deceive Newcastle full-back Jose Enrique after making a block, and suddenly the inside of the arch of his foot was weirdly knocked back...... It was the ...... who received the soccer ball Gerrard!!!

A name that could have been fatal to any teamThree seconds later, the unguarded Steven Gerrard was already on Kuyt's passing path!

The soul of the Liverpool team met the fast-rolling football with a huge arc of the pass, sending the football high into the Magpies' small penalty area!

It's a fatal pass!

The height of the flight of the ball happened to be just beyond the bounce range of goalkeeper Given, but there was a noticeable drop after passing the goalkeeper. A clever pass allowed Fernando Torres, who had appeared ghostly at the back of the Newcastle goal, to send the ball into the empty net with just the strength of his lower back...... 1：0！！

“…… gooooooooooooooooooooooooal…… goal!!!!”

The passionate voice of the narrator at the scene resounded through Anfield like the angry catharsis of a Jew who had finally escaped from the German death camp. Less than a minute after the game started, Newcastle, who were accustomed to sneaking up on the opponent at the first time, stole a chicken and couldn't reverse a handful of rice, and was fatally killed by a sharp counter-sneak attack by the opponent!

Anfield has never lacked ** in the face of goals, and this time it came especially fiercely!

After the narrator's high-profile catharsis, the rousing melody of "You'll Never Be Alone" began to roll back over the stadium like a hurricane raging in the Atlantic!

At this moment, the afterglow of the falling sun leaked the last trace of golden brilliance at the top of the stands!

On the green lawn beneath the red stands, goal-scoring hero Fernando Torres and Reds soul Steven Gerrard simply hugged each other before waving their fists excitedly to greet the equally excited fans. The former Atletico Madrid junior captain has broken the record set by the king of the small penalty area Ruud van Nistelrooy in his first season in the Premier League, and has quickly become Anfil's new favourite!

It's a heroic moment!

And just in the distance of the figures of Torres and Gerrard celebrating wildly, Michael Owen, who was knocked to the ground by Mascherano, did not rub his shoulders and stand up until this moment. In the process of the collision just now, the hard elbow of the Argentine beast waist smashed Owen's shoulder!

A heart-wrenching pain kept coming from his arm, but Michael Owen didn't make any complaints, but stood quietly on the lawn, watching his former teammates celebrate wildly!

What a déjà vu!

Not far away, the Argentine beast Mascherano, who successfully stole the ball at Owen's feet, stood on the turf with his hands crossed on his hips with a sneer and disdain, and looked at Owen provocatively!

The elbow collision just now was indeed intentional on his part!

Because manager Benitez reminded Mascherano when he set up tactics in the dressing room before the game, he had to take special care of Newcastle's dangerous mission Owen during the game! And the so-called special care has long been an "open secret" in Liverpool's tactics. Since joining the Reds, Mascherano has been particularly cared for by Chelsea's Didier Drogba and Shepchenko; There are Arsenal's Robin van Persie and Thierry Henry; There are Manchester United's Wayne Rooney and Luis Saha; And also...... In Mascherano's mind, this is just the most common tactic.

Moreover, through the steal just now, the Argentine beast waist found that among all the so-called dangerous players who have been "taken care of" by him, Owen is the least dangerous one.

That steal just now didn't even warm him up!

It's easy!

No challenge!

For Mascherano, Owen had left Liverpool before he joined, and the two had not crossed paths. So the Argentines didn't have a good impression of the former leader of the Red Army. The game will continue minute by minute, and Mascherano is convinced that this will not be the last time he will "take care" of Owen!

He took care of the former leader of the Red Army until he collapsed!

…… Fifteen minutes later, the Reds had scored again!

Vice-captain Carragher rarely assisted the front court, received Alonso's precise long-footed pass and shook off Newcastle full-back Jose Enrique's block, and forced a cross with a slight arc close to the ground!

The ball slid past the fingertips of Given, who struggled to save, bypassed the blocks of Steven Taylor and A-Faye, and once again came to the feet of the unguarded Fernando Torres at the back post, and Anfield's new golden boy easily pushed the empty net!

2：0！

And it is worth mentioning that this time Liverpool's goal was actually passed to Alonso after Mascherano cut off the ball at the feet of Michael Owen!

In less than 17 minutes of the game, Owen conceded twice to give the Reds captain and vice-captain an assist each, and Torres, the new golden boy who made up for Owen's departure, easily scored two goals!

At least judging from the game during this period, it makes sense for Benitez to get rid of Owen back then!

(To be continued)