Green Dragon

Chapter 598 First Show, Resurrection!
August 8th is a very auspicious date.

Manchester United got off to a good start to the new season with a 1-0 win over Tottenham at Old Trafford.

The only goal scored was not by the home team's many attacking players, but by Tottenham's full-back Kyle Walker's own goal...

The Red Devils, who started the game first, immediately became the top of the standings.

A day later, Liverpool challenged their first-round opponents, Stoke City, nicknamed 'The Potters', at the Britannia Stadium.

Stoke City does not have much glorious history, but they have always been a difficult bone in English football.

What's more... In the last game of last season, they gave Liverpool a miserable season with a bloody 6-1, and also gave Gerrard an unforgettable farewell battle...

"I know there are some people who have just come here and they don't really understand our humiliation, but I must say that if there are three games this season that must be won, then the opponents of these three games must be Manchester United, Everton. , and Stoke City!"

Rodgers inspired his players in the cramped visiting dressing room:

"Perhaps we should be thankful that in the first game of the new season...we can wash away our humiliation!"
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8 month 9 day.

16:[-] UK time.

8 a.m. New York time.

Steven Gerrard, who had just come out of the bathroom, sat on the sofa in the living room.

He subconsciously turned on the TV and switched the channel to the paid sports channel.

A dozen or so familiar red figures came into view:

Mignolet, Klein, Skrtel, Lovren, Badstuber (not familiar with this one), Henderson...

Yes, Captain Henderson.

Gerrard couldn't help but feel a little emotional, can this 25-year-old young man successfully take over his own banner?
You know, the 25-year-old Gerrard is already a world-class super midfielder, and he also won the soul-stirring Istanbul miracle at the age of 25!

The 25-year-old Henderson is not even top-notch in the Premier League!
He... is still too young!
Gerrard glanced over the new captain of the Red Army, and then fell on the same 25-year-old young man behind him.

Red jerseys, white numbers.

8 number.

Gerald's eyes seemed to freeze at this moment, he thought he saw his own shadow.

There is no tradition of number retirement in the football world, but all Liverpool fans have had a hard time accepting another number 8 for quite some time.

Gerald's mind may not have this idea.

So his mood is extraordinarily complicated.

But when he saw that the new No. 8 position was even further back than the new captain, his mood became a little strange.

Long Shute... Really want to hit the back? -
Liverpool's new No. 8 stands in front of the two central defenders. His 1.8-meter-four figure is not particularly tall, but it makes people feel insurmountable.

Partnering with Long Shute in the midfielder is the Brazilian Lucas, another Brazilian Coutinho is the left midfielder (or an inside-cut left forward), Henderson and Milner are two local midfielders Standing side by side, Sturridge is at the front.

Although Rogers wanted to use more of the three central defenders system, he chose the more cautious 4231 in the face of Stoke City, which had bloodbathed him before.

With Long Shute's tactical level, the biggest weakness of this lineup is the right. As a right forward, Milner does not have too good speed. Whether it is dribbling or breaking through, he seems clumsy, and his overall skills are far inferior to the left. Coutinho is flexible and delicate, so he is naturally not a big threat to Stoke City.

Behind Milner, Klein, who is a full-back, works hard, but his strength is not as good as that of AC Milan's Abate. special like that...

And what about Long Shute?
Former Liverpool abandoned player Charlie Adam dribbled the ball forward in front of Long Shite. This midfielder who was once praised by Ferguson as "footwork is worth 1000 million" has a good adjustment footwork, and it is said that he has the demeanor of Beckham.

Then Long Shute watched him slowly flick the football in front of him, and then slowly swung his left foot, assuming the posture of passing the ball to split the side...

Before Adam's left foot landed, the football had already disappeared, along with the red No. 8 player who had just defended in front of him! -
This is Long Shute's first steal and counterattack in the Premier League!
The Red Army No. 8 who completed the steal did not feel a sense of accomplishment, because his opponent's movements were as slow as slow motion...

Stoke City's midfielder also has an old opponent of his-the Dutch player Afele who once played for PSV Eindhoven and Barcelona, ​​but he only gave Longchute a background.

Maybe it's been too long without a formal game, or maybe it's because he hasn't fully adapted to the position of the midfielder. After stealing the ball, Long Shute's first reaction was not to pass the ball, but to take the ball himself...to the opponent's penalty area!
Lucas and Henderson were directly overtaken by him, and Coutinho, who was waiting on the left, failed to receive the pass. Everyone watched a red figure drive straight along the middle. He was left behind in the blink of an eye!

When Long Shute took a shot before the Stoke City defender, the Potters' players suddenly woke up!
They seemed to remember at this moment:
What I am facing is not a cat or a dog, but the Oriental Dragon who has monopolized the Golden Globe Awards for 3 years!

The unreasonable explosion, the unstoppable force, the rapidly spinning football, the shot that went straight to the dead corner... Stoke City goalkeeper Butland had no choice but to do it!

Alan Smith, the commentator of Sky TV, stood up excitedly:

"After a lapse of one year and [-] days, this green field finally waited for the comeback of the Chinese mad dragon! His first dribble burst into a goal. He used this performance to prove that he is officially back!"

Zhan Tianjun, the commentator who returned to the Premier League, trembled slightly:
"415 days ago, the Chinese captain was leading the national team to compete in his first World Cup. Luo and Messi could only look at his back and shake their heads and sigh.

But fate made a huge joke with him. Even with the most advanced medical technology, he shook his head and said no to the possibility of his return to the green field. Almost everyone believed that his football career ended sadly at the peak moment.

But he was never the man who bowed his head to fate. The long wait resulted in a goal in the 3rd minute of his debut.

Still a steal that is accurate to the centimeter, or a fast solo ride, or an astonishing change of direction, or a goal with an antelope's horn...

He told the whole world in the most special way:

The crazy dragon from the east is officially resurrected today! "

(End of this chapter)