Green Dragon

Chapter 637 The Most Familiar Captain

After the 5-1 reversal of Bordeaux, there is one last game in November.

On November 11, FIFA announced the final list of three players selected for the 28 FIFA Ballon d'Or.

There is no surprise, Messi, Ronaldo, and Neymar are lined up on the list in order.

But even Ronaldo and Neymar themselves know that they are just foils for others.

In 2015, Messi led Barcelona back to the top, won four championships in La Liga, Copa del Rey, Champions League, and UEFA Super Cup, and beat Ronaldo and Suarez to be elected UEFA's best player.

In addition, he also won the runner-up of the America's Cup in the national team-of course, for Argentina, the runner-up of the America's Cup cannot even be called an achievement...

Relatively speaking, Ronaldo has only won the La Liga Golden Boot, a personal honor, and has no way to compete with Messi. It is even rumored that the Portuguese has begun to decline. He has no regard for the overall interests of the club in order to collect statistics...

As for Neymar, his time has yet to come.
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On November 11, after more than 29 days, Long Shute finally appeared in Liverpool's starting list again.

"This is the 15th round of the Premier League 16/15 season. The Red Army Liverpool sits at home and faces Swansea Swansea."

Zhan Tianjun's voice sounded as expected:

"Affected by injuries and national team competitions, Liverpool's recent performance has been somewhat ups and downs. They can not only wash the Europa League opponents Rubin Kazan 15-0, but also lose unexpectedly to the Premier League underdogs like Crystal Palace. However, with Long Shu With Te returning to the starting lineup, the KOPs should be able to relax a bit, of course, Swansea fans may not want to see Long Shute..."

The camera moved slowly across the stands, and he saw a familiar face:

"Today, Liverpool's legendary captain, Steven Gerrard, was also in the stands, having ended his first (actually half) MLS season with a disappointing finish. , he will start winter training with Liverpool next month to maintain his form. Many Red Army fans are also looking forward to him being able to put on the red jersey again like Henry before him and play a game or two for his old club Contest……"

Zhang Lu suddenly interjected:
"But...does he have to change his number?"

Zhan Tianjun was taken aback for a moment, then he said haha:
"hey-hey……"

Zhang Lu glanced at him, he was young, why did he imitate my laughter?
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Based on Long Shute's selfish speculation, these Liverpool players may not have much respect for the legend Gerrard, otherwise, in his last game for Liverpool, the Red Army would never have such a humiliating 1-6 victory. A disastrous defeat to Stoke City, allowing their legendary captain to bid farewell to the club in such an indignified way.

It may be different for veteran players like Henderson, Joe Allen, Abby, Flanagan or local youth training, but they are either on the bench or on the hospital bed...

Therefore, even if Gerrard is watching the game from the stands, it does not have much motivation for Liverpool players on the field.

What's more, head coach Rodgers is reluctant to kill his old club Swansea.

When Long Shute completed a hat-trick and an assist in the 56th minute, and the score expanded to 6-0, Rogers replaced him to prevent the scorer from continuing to wreak havoc.

Long Shute did not express dissatisfaction with the head coach's substitution, let alone criticize him for lack of professionalism.

After all... everyone is human, even Long Shute, when he was playing for AC Milan, used the yellow card rule to avoid direct confrontation with Ajax.

Moreover, Rogers replaced him with Henderson who had just returned from injury, which meant to give the hard-working captain a little more time to find his feeling.

What's more, Liverpool has already secured the victory, with a three-pointer firmly in hand, they don't need to worry about whether it is 6-0 or 10-0.

The players hinted by the head coach suddenly became hopeless, and Swansea took the opportunity to score two goals in a row within 5 minutes, making Mignolet's good wish of winning a zero seal bonus immediately vanished...
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12 month 1 day.

Outside the Melwood training ground, there are usually dozens of fans waiting there.

As Liverpool's record gets better and better, more and more fans gather here, and even the number of paparazzi and reporters has doubled...

Fans want to take photos with their idols and get autographs, and those reporters hope to dig out some clues from daily training that allow them to play freely. Anyway, the principle that most English media adhere to is very simple:
Start with a picture, the news depends on editing...

But on this day, they were pleasantly surprised to find that a familiar Porsche Cayenne slowly drove into the gate of the training base.
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"Emmm, ahem..."

Rogers gathered all the players together as usual, and then cleared his throat:
"Starting today, you will welcome a new teammate, I hope you will not be too surprised later."

He raised his arms and looked at his watch:

"Why hasn't this guy arrived yet? Don't you worry that I'll wash him out again if you dare to play a big game in front of me?"

Several assistant coaches laughed.

Before the players could react, they heard a slightly hoarse voice from behind.

"Sorry, sorry, dozens of fans stopped my car..."

Steven Gerrard, the red warrior with deep forehead lines since he was a child.

Long Shute was not surprised to see the old captain here. Don't forget, he is the club's largest shareholder.

"You're three minutes late, Steven, the old rules, you haven't forgotten it?"

Rogers smiled and gave him a hug—although there may have been some minor issues between them, it didn't matter now.

Gerald frowned and nodded:

"I know, I'll run an extra lap."

The first captain, Jordan Henderson, who has returned from injury, sent a warm hug to his guide:

"Welcome home, Captain."

Looking at the successor he brought up with his own hands, Gerrard also showed a smile:
"Haha, Jordan, I'm so happy to meet you..."

His eyes finally fell on Long Shute.

The old and the young and the two No. 8 looked at each other in Melwood, but neither spoke.
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In today's society, no one is truly impartial.

For his number successor, Gerrard has also gone through a transformation process from being slightly unhappy-gradually accepting-convinced-to hope.

But let him pat Long Shute on the shoulder and say, "Brother, come on, the champion of my village depends on you"... It's really embarrassing.

But it is not important.

After running laps together, Rodgers directly assigned Longshut to Gerrard-or rather, Longshut asked Rogers to do so.
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The general warm-up activities are two-person groups, which can assist each other in training, and can also create a sense of competition and competition.

Gerrard certainly has no objection to forming a team with the number one superstar in the team. After all, this is also a status symbol. If you want to arrange a U18 teenager for him, he must feel that Rogers is perfunctory...

But he didn't expect the first conversation between Long Shute and himself to come so suddenly.

I saw his successor said to him while pressing his lunge:

"Steven, think about it, come back from the winter break? We can fight for the league championship together."

Gerald was visibly taken aback.

League champion?

(End of this chapter)