Lvyin Fengmo

Chapter 67 Clouds
Jorge Mendes' status in Portuguese football is indeed quite remarkable.

Only a week after Lu Feng made his decision, the Liverpool club received a fax from Portugal.

Mendes finally appeared at Lu Feng's home again:
"If you join them in early January, Sporting can guarantee you at least 1 appearances, including at least 6 league start, and in addition, they will pay you extra bonuses for appearances and goals."

Lu Feng said sincerely:

"Thank you, Mr. Mendez, I know you must have put in a lot of effort."

He is also considered a professional player, and he has followed a lot of transfer news in his previous life. If it weren't for Mendes' face, it would be absolutely impossible for the other party to make such a guarantee.

Seeing his client so sensible and polite, Mendes is also very pleased:
"In addition to the different football styles, Portugal and England are very different in language, climate, diet, and the environment of the new team. Although I will try my best to help you adapt, you must also be mentally prepared. .”

Lu Feng nodded:

"You're right, maybe... you should help me find a Portuguese translator now?"

It's only half a year on loan, so he doesn't need to learn Portuguese - not to mention there's not enough time.

Mendez whistled softly:
"Happy to serve you, my respected customer."
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Sometimes the human heart is so wonderful.

When Lu Feng didn't think about loaning out, he prepared every game of Liverpool as if he was facing a big enemy. He wished he could play in the first half; but after he made the decision to go out on loan, could he be a substitute? Appearance, it seems to become less important.

Rogers can certainly observe his obvious changes, but he doesn't care.

It is quite normal for young players who do not get enough opportunities in the first team to rent out or even transfer directly.

Lu Feng's predecessor, striker Adam Morgan born in 1994, once set a record of 13 consecutive league goals in the youth team, but moved to the third-tier team before he was 20 years old.

Lu Feng's good friend, Jordan Ibe, also chose to rent out for three months in the second half of last season, but in the new club, he did not get as many playing opportunities as expected.

Loaning is a double-edged sword. Perhaps players can be tempered and honed in a new club, but more young players will gradually lose their inspiration and ambition during the long-term loan career until they have no ball to play.

After all, every time you arrive at a new club, it means starting all over again. Not everyone can seamlessly connect, quickly adapt to the new environment, and immediately show the best of themselves in front of the new coach and new teammates.

In any club, hard training may not necessarily be recognized by the head coach. Every head coach will consider more complicated factors, and the world of adults will never be so simple and naive.

After the national team match week, Liverpool ushered in the 13th round of the league.

Rodgers surprised everyone by hiding retired England captain Steven Gerrard at Anfield.

Liverpool, with a turbulent military spirit, fell into a bitter battle at home. Stoke City threatened the city guarded by Mignolet time and time again with the combination of former Red Army generals Crouch and Diouf.

The team was in trouble. Gerrard started to warm up in the 27th minute, but was booed by the visiting fans. The Liverpool captain looked livid, but was pushed on the bench by the coach again.

Lu Feng, who was also sitting on the bench, had mixed feelings with Gerrard.

He smelled something bad.

At ordinary times, no matter how inflated Rogers is, he would not humiliate the spiritual leader of the team so much.

The reason why he dared to do this must have been instructed by the high-level.

The club executives who have won the league championship are already satisfied. They think that their prestige has reached its peak... It's time to clean up a group of old guys who can't keep up with the times!

The captain of the Red Army who had been warming up for half an hour was not replaced until 75 minutes. Liverpool also finished the lore 10 minutes later by full-back Johnson. Rodgers, who aimed to keep the victory, quickly replaced Couti with central defender Lovren. Neo, Lu Feng, who is useless on the defensive end, is of course not within his consideration.

Three days later in the Champions League match, Gerrard finally returned to the starting lineup. The captain of the Red Army, who had been away from the game for nearly 20 days, was a little uncomfortable.

This game was played with some ups and downs:

Ludogretz scored first in the 3rd minute, but was immediately equalized by Lambert.

Henderson helped the Red Army complete the overtake in the 37th minute, but the home team, unwilling to fail, completed the lore in the 88th minute...

What is incomprehensible is that, in the case of double matches a week, Rodgers did not make any personnel adjustments except for replacing Sterling in the 82nd minute. He just let 10 starters + 1 substitute finish playing. 90 minutes of play.

In the league a few days later, Gerrard, who started again, did not waste his chance. He led the team to a 3-1 victory over Leicester City with one pass and one shot, proving once again that he is not old.

However, this kind of performance seems to be useless. In the 15th round of the league, Rogers put him on the bench again...

This round of news headlines became "Gerrard's replacement is difficult to save the savior"...

In the final round of the Champions League group stage, Liverpool and Basel also played inextricably.

The Swiss team turned Anfield into their home court and established a one-goal lead early on.

Liverpool's long-term onslaught was fruitless, and Markovic, who came off the bench, was sent off with a red card because of the opponent's exaggerated performance.

At the last moment, Gerrard equalized the score with a direct free kick, helping his beloved team advance to the knockout stage in a thrilling manner.

Even a fool can smell the gunpowder between Rodgers and Gerrard, but the head coach, who is backed by the club, remains calm.

The reason he gave was: "Everything is to prepare for the next game."

For this reason, Gerrard can only admit.

Because... the 16th round is the double red meeting between Liverpool and Manchester United! -
April 12, 14:1 p.m.

This focus fight takes place earlier than all the others.

Manchester United ranked third, while Liverpool only stayed in the ninth position. The difference between the two teams reached 3 points.

However, the Red Devils at home were full of injuries. After the two main players Ferdinand and Vidic left the team, the two defenders Smalling and Rojo were both absent due to injuries, and the other main defender Phil Jones had just recovered from injury. When he came back, he could only play as a partner with Evans, and because two full-backs were admitted to the hospital at the same time, Van Gaal could only change the formation to three central defenders. Veteran Carrick temporarily retreated to help the two teammates defend together , and in the frontcourt, Manchester United, which is short of major generals, even had to send James Wilson, a young player who had just turned 19, which shows how stretched their troops are.

Liverpool, which double-killed their rivals last season, originally thought that they had a psychological advantage, coupled with a well-organized lineup, they could at least be invincible, but they did not expect that after 90 minutes, Van Persie, Mata and Rooney used three pills. The goal nailed Liverpool directly to Old Trafford!
Three goals completely defeated the century-old enemy, and the ills that Liverpool had accumulated for half a season finally broke out!

(End of this chapter)