Super Prophecy Master

Chapter 189 Red Army Spirit
Many fans all over the world know Liverpool Club. They are one of the traditional strong teams in the Premier League. Together with Manchester United, Arsenal and Chelsea, they are also known as the "Final Four of the Premier League". They have a very glorious and rich historical heritage.

What is Liverpool's 'Red Army spirit'?It's hard for most people to answer.

"Red Army Spirit" is a general term, and to explain "Red Army Spirit" is inseparable from a classic song - "You'll Never Walk Alone".

This song is the soul of 'Reds' Liverpool.

'Red Army Spirit', for the Liverpool team, can be simply understood as a tenacious will and never-say-die spirit; for the Liverpool club and fans, it can be understood as the eternal emotion between the team and the fans.

Liverpool is a century-old club in the long history of British football. With 39 championship trophies in important events, it is still one of the most successful clubs in the history of English football.However, it is not only the "crowded" honor room at Anfield that attracts supporters, but more importantly, the admirable profound heritage and unique tradition that the Red Army has.

It has a glorious past in the 20s and 70s, and it has also been hit hard by the Heysel and Hillsborough tragedies, but what remains unchanged is the eternal bond between the club and the fans like "You will never walk alone". deep emotion.

Wealthy families are not built in a day.

Just like the 'blue army' Chelsea, even if they won the Premier League title, the Champions League also has quite dazzling results, they are still considered 'upstarts', they only have the strength, but not the background and spirit, this kind of team has a rising investment performance Soon, due to the lack of 'spirit' in the team, most of the players chose to join Chelsea because of money, treatment or honor, and they would leave as soon as there was a problem.

The giants are different.

A wealthy club with heritage and spirit will have enough supporters to allow them to set sail again even if their results are poor in a short period of time. For the Liverpool club, the unique cultural atmosphere and many excellent spiritual qualities of Liverpool people are the only way to achieve success. It is a key factor to ensure the club's continued glory and the emergence of so many great players.

Music historian Paul Dunola commented on the team song "You'll Never Walk Alone": "There is a great and united atmosphere in this city, and this song shows a style that is completely in line with the city. The overall rhythm of the idiosyncrasy. The people in Liverpool really feel that they are obsessed with the special affection for the land, and they always gather in large numbers. The song is very effective, they really feel a kind of kinship It’s such a touching feeling.”

This is the special emotion that Liverpool brings to people, which makes the Red Army supporters tightly united and gives the team unreserved support. Kop is the name of Liverpool fans, the exclusive name given to these supporters of Liverpool Football Club.Liverpool fans are the greatest crowd in the world and their support for the team is unconditional.

To what extent is this unconditional?

"They will contribute their last penny to you." The comment of Shankel's classic quotations has been affirmed by many people.

The people of Liverpool are born with a spirit of unity. Whether it is the fall of the mid-20th century or the successive tragedies in the 80s, they cannot defeat the people of Liverpool. It is a kind of perseverance and perseverance like "you will never walk alone". Just like the persevering and indelible Chinese civilization, all Liverpool supporters believe that no matter how difficult the team is, the rise of the Red Army is only a matter of time.

This is the so-called 'Red Army spirit'!
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Zhang Yang talked about the "Red Army spirit" in his Weibo update, but more people don't understand the "Red Army spirit". Ordinary fans who are not die-hard Liverpool fans judge the outcome of the two teams. It is the strength of the lineup.

AC Milan is undoubtedly more powerful than Liverpool.

The general opinion of the public is that AC Milan can win without any suspense, so the view of publicizing support for Liverpool is very special.

on domestic Weibo.

The vast majority of fans are not optimistic about Liverpool's victory. They think that AC Milan is stronger and has a greater hope of winning the Champions League.

Of course it doesn't matter.

Personal opinion is different, so it's not a big deal.

On the eve of the big battle in Istanbul, the topic of 'AC Milan VS Liverpool' was too big, and there was a lot of attention in the country.

As the only Chinese coach coached in Europe, Zhang Yang's views will naturally attract a lot of attention, and many so-called 'football analysts' have also begun to quote and comment, and basically none of them agree with Zhang Yang's views--
"The spirit of the Red Army may be the source of Liverpool's resurgence, but this cannot be the key to judging the outcome of a game!"

"AC Milan is also a giant, with richer historical background than Liverpool! Two teams are playing against each other, and it is meaningless to talk about historical background!"

"The outcome is in the hands of the Milanese. As long as they can perform normally, Liverpool will not even have a chance!"

This is still better.

Guys with bad personalities, or those who deliberately attracted the attention of the onlookers, began to directly target them, "Support Liverpool? Worse!"

"If Liverpool can win the championship, I will eat two big pumpkins live."

The review comes with a picture of two giant pumpkins.

"Liverpool can win the championship? Hahahaha... Actually, this is a little joke made by Zhang Yang!"

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Domestic comments are like this, and comments on Weibo in Europe and the United States are not very good.

Except for some Liverpool fans who are full of favor for Zhang Yang's solidarity, most other fans are not optimistic about Liverpool.

However, England fans account for the vast majority of publicized European and American microblogs. They also hope that Liverpool can win the championship. After all, Liverpool is an English club, so there are not many objections.

The noise on Weibo is in full swing.

Zhang Yang didn't care about other people's comments. After a few glances at Weibo, he and Andy toured the ancient city of Istanbul.

Istanbul has a long history. It was built in 658 BC. At that time, it was still on the headland between the Golden Horn and the Sea of ​​Marmara. It was named Byzantium. After more than 300 years, it was rebuilt as the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire and renamed For Constantinople, also known as New Rome.

It became the capital of the Ottoman Empire in 1453.

The name of Istanbul existed for at least a hundred years before the Ottoman Empire conquered it. For example, in 1403, the Spanish king sent an envoy to meet Timur the Great, and the envoy passed Constantinople. It was mentioned in the memoirs that the Greeks also called this place It is Istanbul, but Western countries believe that the Ottoman Empire is the invader here, so they still insist on calling this place Constantinople.

The long history has also created ancient cultural heritage. There are more than 40 museums, more than 20 churches, and more than 450 mosques in Istanbul. The beautiful buildings themselves and the large collection of cultural relics are vivid witnesses of the intersection of East and West. It has attracted countless tourists to visit.

The two of Zhang Yang played around for a day, and they didn't go to the Olympic Stadium until five o'clock in the afternoon, and entered the live broadcast room of the BBC program group.

It was on a platform on the third floor of the auditorium, along the fence with the best view of the game.

The official match started at [-]:[-] p.m., and the BBC's live broadcast started at [-]:[-] p.m. Zhang Yang and Lineker had a discussion, and soon got back to work.

But in the previous time, there was no need to say anything. Even Lineker was just like a broadcast, introducing Istanbul and Turkey, the Olympic Stadium for the game, and UEFA’s promotional activities before the game according to the written content. etc.

When the time came to 07:30 in the evening, the TV camera switched to the live broadcast room.

Zhang Yang straightened his clothes, smiled at the camera, and then Lineker started, "Welcome to the BBC live broadcast room, I am the commentator Gary Lineker, sitting on my left is today's Special guest, Millwall manager, Zhang Yang from China."

"Hi everyone, I'm Zhang Yang, and I hope that I can join Gary in presenting a wonderful live broadcast of the UEFA Champions League final!"

After the set beginning, Lineker began to introduce the two teams participating in the Champions League final - AC Milan and Liverpool, and then the screen turned to the stadium, the two teams have entered the stadium to warm up, and Fans have long occupied the auditorium, and the fiery scene also showed the unusual nature of the battle. The shouts at the scene became the background music of the live broadcast.

Finally arrived at the interaction between the commentator and the guests, Lineker asked, "Zhang, what do you think of this game? I heard that you posted a Weibo to support Liverpool. Are you supporting Liverpool?"

Zhang Yang said with a smile, "Yes, I am optimistic that Liverpool can win the championship."

"But I think AC Milan has a better chance of winning. In current European football, AC Milan is one of the top teams. It can also be seen from previous games that AC Milan has an overwhelming advantage and broke into the In this final, Liverpool's promotion process was not smooth, they almost failed to appear in the group stage, although beating Chelsea in the semi-finals was wonderful, but it was also a very dangerous victory..."

While talking about the strength of AC Milan, Lineker also mentioned the gap between the two teams by the way.

Zhang Yang stated his point of view, "As I said on Weibo, the 'Red Army spirit' is the key to today's game. Anyone who understands the 'Red Army spirit' should know that Liverpool should never be underestimated. A team that can handle the pressure in extreme circumstances."

"The whole world is not optimistic about Liverpool, but it doesn't mean they will definitely lose..."

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Zhang Yang's repeated emphasis on the 'Red Army spirit' has won great favor from Liverpool fans, but for other fans, not many people agree with this statement.

Most people think that AC Milan will win easily.

When the game started, Zhang Yang also thought that 'AC Milan has an absolute advantage' when he judged the first half of the game. The half will definitely belong to AC Milan."

Lineker asked with a smile, "If the first half belonged to AC Milan, would Liverpool still have a chance?"

"That's why I talked about the 'Red Army spirit', which is the perseverance in the game that can only be highlighted in adversity!"

Zhang Yang's natural words were not recognized, and Lineker didn't think it was meaningful, especially for the fans in front of the TV.

Finally the game started.

Zhang Yang didn't intend to be in the limelight, he just acted as a guest normally, most of the speaking power was in the hands of Lineker, and Zhang Yang only said a few words when Lineker asked questions.

But the fans in front of the TV soon realized that Zhang Yang's occasional words were the most important.

When the game started, Kaka broke through from the right and was brought down, and then Pirlo took a free kick. Lineker immediately asked, "Liverpool played tenacious defense at the beginning of the game, Zhang, what do you think of this kind of play? How about the law?"

Zhang Yang said, "It's hard to say whether the style of play is useful, but Traore is a bit too reckless. AC Milan has Pirlo, and it is too dangerous to give them a chance to set the ball. I think this ball, as long as you cooperate, there is a chance to hit it." It’s coming in, and there’s great hope.”

Pirlo has already taken a set kick. It was a low and flat ball. Maldini, who was ambushing on the outside, volleyed with his right foot 12 meters in front of the goal, and hit the ball directly into the net.

Lineker didn't have time to say anything, and saw that the game was going on according to what Zhang Yang said. He suppressed his surprise and shouted, "The goal is scored! Maldini helped AC Milan take the lead! The score became 1-0 !"

At this time, only 52 seconds away from the kick-off.

No one expected the goals to come so quickly, thinking of what Zhang Yang said just now, 'Traore is too reckless', this is really the case, give AC Milan a chance, and they will be able to convert them into goals.

After the call for a goal, the match between the two teams restarted. AC Milan had a one-goal advantage, and they still crushed Liverpool in the situation.

Liverpool even have very few chances to counterattack.

AC Milan's strong strength is undoubtedly revealed. During this period, Liverpool can only defend passively, and occasionally play an offensive, which will not threaten AC Milan's goal.

In such a game, Liverpool can't see a trace of victory.

During the game, Zhang Yang occasionally made comments and predictions. He didn't say much, but every time he said it quite accurately, once again amazed the fans in front of the TV.

When the time came to No. 308 minutes, seeing that the score had not changed, Lineker took advantage of the gap and asked, "AC Milan has completely suppressed Liverpool with its strong overall strength, but Liverpool's defense is also very tenacious. Zhang, Do you think there will be goals in the first half?"

"There will be."

Zhang Yang's answer was unexpected, "AC Milan will still score goals, every defense must have a loss, it is too difficult to prevent AC Milan from scoring just relying on tight defense."

"Didn't you support Liverpool?"

Zhang Yang said, "Yes, but I also said that the first half will belong to AC Milan."

After 2 minutes, Liverpool launched a fast break. Garcia was brought down in the penalty area. Liverpool failed to apply for a penalty kick. In the dispute with the referee, AC Milan launched a quick counterattack. After Seedorf and Pirlo passed, Kaka went forward Dribbling the ball forward for nearly 30 meters, facing the blocking of 3 defenders at the front of the penalty area, the instep of the right foot flicked to the right side, Shevchenko broke into the penalty area and pretended to shoot, but in fact he made a low pass with his right foot to the back post.

The ball slipped past Carragher, and Crespo shot the empty goal with his right foot five meters in front of the goal!

2 is better than 0!

When the score became 2-0, Liverpool's chance of winning was very small. It is rare for a Champions League final to be reversed, let alone two goals behind.

Just when many people thought so, AC Milan quickly scored the third goal. After Kaka got rid of the marking player, he passed the right foot from the center line to the back of the defense line. Crespo faced the attacking Dudek. The penalty area line lobs the lower right corner.

3 is better than 0!

"There is no suspense!"

When AC Milan scored the third goal, Lineker said decisively, "Although it is said that there is a gap between the two teams, I did not expect the game to end so quickly. AC Milan led by three goals at halftime. Liverpool won't stand a chance!"

"This match may be the most suspenseful Champions League final in history!"

"Half time, forty minutes, the game is over..."

After hearing this, Zhang Yang laughed, "I don't think so. It's the beginning. I still support Liverpool. I'm not a Liverpool fan, but with the tradition of 'Red Army spirit', Liverpool will not give up the game easily."

"So, I actually think that the second half of the game will be even more exciting!"

(End of this chapter)