Chapter 301: Taking advantage of the situation

The total distance was 9,450 meters.

Nine shots on goal, two goals.

Seventy-eight passes, with a success rate of 63 per cent.

Zero tackles, nine successful one-on-one breakaways of eighteen and two threatening passes.

This is the answer of Anfield's new golden boy Fernando Torres in the final Premier League game of the 07-08 season. By any measure, such a statistic is the perfect answer for only an absolutely good striker, but even then Fernando Torres was not the best of the game.

It's not just because Liverpool lost...... Mainly because on this crazy afternoon at Anfield, someone did it better than Torres – Michael Owen!

The whole course runs 10,000 hundred and 30 meters.

Five shots on goal, two goals.

A lore assist.

Violated twenty-one times.

Forty-five passes, a success rate of 53 percent.

Two key tackles, eighteen one-on-one breakaways and seven dangerous passes.

That's what the post-match stats set out for Owen's afternoon at Anfield, and as an 'assassin' striker who is not known for his stamina, Owen's efforts in terms of distance have undoubtedly put the midfielder to shame. Although he was endlessly disturbed by the close movements of the Argentine monster Mascherano in the game, Michael Owen was far lower than Torres in terms of pass success rate, number of shots, and breakthrough success rate...... But all the statistical disadvantages were insignificant in the face of the game's killer assist delivered by Owen in the 90th minute!

Because, it was this assist that made Liverpool have to swallow the bitter pill of defeat at Anfield. What made Torres even more embarrassed was that less than 30 seconds before Owen sent the attack, he could have done the same to help Liverpool finish the game, but the new golden boy's forced shot on goal was only to be turned into a golden boy by Newcastle.

The battle between the old and new golden boys has come to an end!

Michael Owen used a key assist to explain what it means to be "ginger or old spicy"!

Even Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez, who was dismissive of Owen before the game, seemed to lower his head of pride held high, and the Spanish manager's huge change of attitude at the post-match press conference made everyone think: "Michael has long been bought into the ranks of Liverpool's all-time great goalscorers, everyone at Anfield misses him, there are proposals for the club to recall Michael, and I want to say: why not? ”

Journalists' eyes quickly lit up: Isn't the rumor that Liverpool want to buy back Owen groundless?

In the face of poaching, how will the unruly madman Li deal with it?

It looks like this transfer period in the Premier League is going to be buzzing with the presence of Crazy Lee.

…… Of course, Michael Irving was not the only one who made a big splash in this game, and it is needless to say that other Magpies players received high ratings, and the "middle finger" of the madman Lee triggered another round of public opinion frenzy.

So, when the Magpie Bus led the "expeditionary convoy" back to Newcastle, the British Isles media finally came flooding with commentary on the game.

A paradoxical feeling gripped every fan's nerves, because in some ways the fact that Newcastle beat the Reds away to Liverpool was both expected and a surprise to the British Isles.

It is expected to be because since the birth of the madman Lee two years ago, no manager in European football has shown the ability and signs to shake the myth of the madman Lee Quansheng, so when the "middle finger of the god of war" of the madman Lee appeared again in the more than 60 minutes of the game, it seemed that the fall of Anfield had already been doomed...... And it is a big surprise, because even with the bonus of the Crazy Lee curse, even if it is not uncommon in football to defeat the strong with the weak, but just by virtue of Newcastle's staffing that is several points worse than the Reds, it can really reverse the Reds Liverpool at Anfield, which has to be regarded as a big upset in the 07-08 season.

In view of this, the Telegraph has made a very interesting special issue.

The newspaper's chief football expert, David Enbasque, carefully analyzed the classic cases of Newcastle's away challenge against Tottenham Hotspur, Manchester United away and Liverpool away this season, which can be recorded in football textbooks, from the psychological tactics of the madman Lee before, during and after the three games, starting lists, substitutions, and tactical changes...... In the end, "Every Telegraph" mysteriously concluded: Crazy Lee directed everything, whether it was Martin Joel, a new star in the coaching world, or Alex Ferguson and Rafael Benitez, who had long been "immortals", they were all played by Crazy Lee between applause.

Of course, not everyone agrees with David Enbasque's conclusions, and the facts do not seem as exaggerated and mysterious as those of David Enbasque...... However, there is one thing that has been agreed in the media in the British Isles - Crazy Lee is definitely the first person in the history of football to be able to play the role that a manager can play in the outcome of a game.

Even crazy because of the existence of the phenomenon of "crazy Li Quansheng myth", the important surname of the head coach has become more and more prominent, and the status of the football head coach of large and small clubs in the five major European leagues has been invisibly raised to a new height!

…… When the clock struck 12 o'clock on May 11, the dust finally settled on the 2007-2008 Premier League season.

The Red Devils Manchester United successfully defended their Premier League title thanks to a crazy performance by Portuguese winger Cristiano Ronaldo.

The Blues were a little too late in the second half of the game and were relegated to second place.

The most disappointing and lamentable are the Arsenal Arsenal.

Arsene Wenger and his disciples were still leading in the second half of the league and the Gunners fans collapsed once again, and finally settled in the league standings. As a result, there has been renewed demand from Gunners supporters to buy in experienced big-name players to enhance the team's competitiveness in the league.

Rafael Benitez, on the other hand, are fourth in the Reds after Liverpool lost to Newcastle in the final round.

But the position in the league table doesn't really tell us a lot about the Reds' decline this season. Manchester United, Chelsea and Arsenal, the top three in the table, are separated by only two points, but they are in Liverpool...... The Reds are seven points clear of third-placed Arsenal after 38 rounds.

It's no wonder that KOPs are thinking about getting Michael Irving back because the team's competitiveness in the league is really disappointing.

In addition to the traditional semi-finals, the team that appeared in fifth place in the table broke the eyes of the British Isles - it was Newcastle who were once at the bottom of the table!

Lee's dominance allowed the Magpies to miraculously grab 30 points in the final 10 rounds, eventually overtaking the likes of Tottenham Hotspur, West Ham United and Middlesbrough to qualify for next season's UEFA Cup with 58 league points.

The dream result sent the harbour city of Newcastle into a frenzy of celebration, with Lee Tong-fan and Sir John Hall taking the opportunity to announce the team's acquisition with Mick Ashley. The news quickly shook the European football world, and countless journalists frantically poured into Newcastle from all over the world like bloodthirsty sharks smelling blood.

…… May 18th.

Press conference hall at St James' Park, Newcastle.

“…… What was the reason for the acquisition of Newcastle? Quite simply, when I arrived here as head coach two months ago, I proudly admitted that I had been an avid Newcastle fan since I was a child, so when the team was in trouble in the league after Christmas, I thought it was my duty to do something for the team, and I didn't hesitate to contact Sir John Hall, who also loved Newcastle, and soon reached a joint deal to buy the club...... Luckily, now it's finally come true and I'm willing to stay here and bring countless trophies to Newcastle until the city doesn't need me anymore...... As for the new members of the club's board of directors, they will be meeting you this afternoon! ”

On the rostrum.

After explaining the reasons for his acquisition of Newcastle, Lee signed his name in the final purchase agreement in the presence of more than 500 journalists from major media outlets around the world.

Then, with a smile on his face, Lao Li shook hands warmly with his partner Sir John Hall and former Newcastle boss Mick Ashley, respectively, and posed for a photo with reporters, ignoring the fact that the crowd in the hall was already in a mess due to shock...... The crackling flash of wind was like a silver-white thunderbolt in the sky, and it continued to explode in the hall!

The excited flushed faces of the reporters and the countless microphones, mobile phones, and voice recorders that rushed to the rostrum showed what an amazing event was happening in this hall of less than 300 square meters.

Some unlucky people who couldn't go to the rostrum to take pictures and ask questions because the press conference was too crowded either shouted loudly, or simply ran out of the hall to take out their laptops and use the wireless network to release the news as soon as possible............ So, three hours later!

"Crazy Lee Creates a Miracle and Buys the Team as a Head Coach"

"Chinese into the Premier League's top giants"

Club, National Team, Team Owner...... What other miracle can Madman Lee bring? 》

"Foreign assets strike again, Newcastle say goodbye to English blood"

"Madness at the end of the season, made by Chinese"

All of a sudden, the attention of the media in various countries has shifted from taking stock of the big five leagues and evaluating the gains and losses of the big clubs in the 07-08 season to the acquisition of Newcastle by Crazy Lee. The overwhelming bombardment of public opinion has made almost every fan in Europe who is not deaf, dumb or blind know that there is a Chinese called Rice Bucket who has bought the ...... of the Premier League team "The Sun": this is the story of an incredibly successful man, from an obscure laid-off worker to an invincible surname manager, from a head coach who was entrusted under Calderon's power to a new boss who controls all the power of Newcastle club, and it took only two years for the madman Lee to ...... "Every Telegraph" : Until this moment I was finally completely sure: when this 23-year-old Chinese young man accepted the invitation of the FA to drive to Great Britain in an invincible attitude a year ago, he already had an ambition that is difficult for ordinary people to ...... The Week: When the madman Lee succeeded in drawing the first beautiful note belonging to the Chinese in England, as an Englishman I don't know whether to say lucky or unlucky, the only thing that is certain is: after the Americans, the Thais, the Arabs, the wolf of the Premier League is here again...... As: Real Madrid's youngest legend continues to extend his unstoppable dominance in England...... If, I mean, one day the madman Lee leads his black-and-white sword-striped warriors as an enemy into the Bernabeu, and that magical middle finger that still seems inexplicable is raised towards the galactic battleship, what would we do? Cheers or boos?

Marca: With Newcastle's madman Lee already on the verge of Chinese 1.3 billion, and Real Madrid's Fabio Capello struggling to compete with the Catalans for the trophy, last year's mythical season looks destined to be nothing more than a fond memory............ Of course, not all media outlets have praised the muffled man, and many have questioned the acquisition - Germany's "Kicker", with its characteristic rigor of the Germans, expressed concern about the madman Lee's approach: "...... Yes, he is an unbeatable manager, but it is still far from being the president of a football club with coaching talent, and it is estimated that Newcastle will have at least £30 million of bank loans due this summer, and the salaries of the team's stars and club staff will cost Newcastle at least another 30 million a year, plus stadium maintenance, youth investment, transfer budget...... Compared with the evaluation and analysis of "Kicker", the Catalan media, which had become a sworn enemy of Lao Li as early as a year ago, is not so friendly, and the new editor-in-chief of "World Sport" Gascodin, inherited the position of his predecessor Flores, and his tone was not without mockery: "As a poor man, the madman Li is arrogant enough to participate in the game of the rich Arabs in Russia, I am sure that Chinese will get a broken bankruptcy without any accident, because the record does not bring everything to a club......"

…… Six hours after the announcement.

The world media is still in an uproar, but Lee Tongfan and John Hall, another major shareholder of the Magpies, led the new board members of Newcastle to appear on the lawn of St James' Park for the first media conference!

To the surprise of reporters, the person who holds the chairmanship of Newcastle is not Lee Tongfan, who holds 51% of the Magpie's absolute shares, but John Hall, another major shareholder.

Aside from being a shareholder, Lee's only official position at the Magpies is as head coach.

(To be continued)