Green Dragon

Chapter 74

"go ahead!
Go forward with the hope in your heart!

But you'll never walk alone,
you'll never Walk Alone……"

Long Shute once heard this song in a dream four years ago.

But today, this song really echoed in his ears.

On the evening of March 2009, 9.

Amidst the singing of [-] Red Army fans, he stood right in the middle of Anfield!
Directly opposite him, stood the captain of the opposing team - 29-year-old Steven Gerrard!
The coaching staff has told him how important Gerrard is to this Liverpool team.

With Harvey Alonso leaving the team and Mascherano being injured, Gerrard is the absolute core of Liverpool's offense and defense. At the same time, he is the spiritual leader of the Red Army!banner!soul!

If he can be contained, Liverpool's offensive and defensive rhythm will definitely become chaotic!

Number 8 vs. Number 8!
Stop Gerald!
This is Long Shute's task today! -
Long Shute was looking at Gerrard, and the captain of the Red Army was also looking at him at the moment.

It's just that Gerald is much calmer than Long Shute, who is facing a formidable enemy.

Are you kidding me?
Who is he?
Steven Gerrard!
England's best midfielder of the 21st century!

Since 2003, he has been the best 11 player officially rated by UEFA every year!
In the past 2008, he was also one of the best 11 players identified by FIFA!

How many storms and waves has he experienced?

The little guy on the opposite side, he has only played football for a few days? !
—Of course, these are voiceovers.

Gerrard is definitely not an arrogant person, but for him, a "star of hope" and "young genius" like Long Shute who performed well at the beginning of his debut but soon fell silent, he Already seen too much.

Especially in English football, where the media is highly developed and everyone likes to brag about each other, talented teenagers are like sand that doesn’t cost money.

Among other things, just those little kids from the Liverpool youth training team, who played well today and scored a goal, that is Fowler's successor, the new king of Anfield, Owen II, and then they will never see it again any news...

What's more, everyone knows the current level of the Dutch league. The best player in the Dutch league may not be able to sell 2000 million euros in the transfer market. A Chinese who has just played professional football for two months The little player... how good will he be?

Everyone knows that pride is the enemy of victory, but when their side has a clear advantage, they will inevitably become proud.

Gerrard is also human, and the coaching staff also emphasized before the game that they must strive to win with all their strength, but when he stood on the court, he still couldn't get nervous.

Although he didn't want to admit it in his heart, when faced with a young-looking little Maotou, he still couldn't help but underestimate the enemy.

When seeing Ajax captain Suarez walking towards him, Gerrard even had another thought in his mind:
Hurry up and send these little guys away, there will be a league match between Liverpool and Chelsea three days later!

This is the battle of the Premier League focus!
What is the point of this game?
Look at those little guys on the other side who haven't even grown a beard on their mouths!
What else is there to play in this game?
Wake up, Liverpool must be a big victory!
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"Hello, everyone, this-is-Allan-Smith..."

Alan Smith, Sky's ace presenter, turned on the microphone and started working late into the night.

Sky TV, headquartered in the UK, is undoubtedly one of the most influential TV organizations in Europe. It has always had the exclusive rights to broadcast the UEFA Champions League for many years. Of course, they will not miss this confrontation between Liverpool and Ajax.

The commentator is also well-known in England Martin Taylor: "After the first round of the group stage, the situation in Group E was a little surprising. Liverpool, which was originally considered to be significantly stronger than other opponents, faced the weakest team in the group. Debreson, who only achieved a small victory with a one-goal lead, and Lyon, the Ligue [-] overlord who is also considered to be the favorite to qualify, was defeated by Ajax at his home court by two goals. It seems that Van Basten is not Satisfied just to enter the Champions League group stage."

"I don't agree with your statement, Martin," Smith shrugged, "Lyon is no longer the overlord who created seven consecutive league championships. The loss of main players in the past two years has been too serious. They have declined and lost to Ajak. This is not an accident. As for Liverpool... They also lost their midfield commander Harvey Alonso, and they still need a little time to adapt. After two weeks of running-in games, their current state in the league is not bad , and now it is their home court, I think Benitez will not let Van Basten take advantage of anything... What's wrong? Why do you look at me like this?" He noticed that his partner's eyes were a little strange.

Taylor smiled: "In the Premier League, I have never heard you praise Benitez and Liverpool so much..."

"Well," Smith, who is a well-known Arsenal player, looked righteous, "As an England commentator, in an international arena like the Champions League, facing a Dutch club, of course I have to cheer for the club of my motherland! "

Taylor pushed his glasses, smiled and shook his head: "The Italian referee blew the whistle to start the game, and Liverpool launched an offensive..."
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Liverpool's attack was interrupted just beyond the center circle.

Their captain, the midfielder, Gerrard originally planned to dribble the ball from the middle circle to the top of the penalty area, and then use his iconic long shot to mark Mawei to the young people on the opposite side, but he only took three meters. The football was robbed.

It was Ajax's No. 8 player who completed the grab.

After conceding the ball, Gerrard even stood still for a while.

He didn't see the opponent's movements at all!
He just felt that just as he was about to speed up, a black shadow suddenly rushed up in front of him, and then...then the ball under his feet disappeared!
That kid... so fast? ! -
Long Shute's speed is of course that fast!

Van Basten didn't give him too many tasks, and his defensive goal in this game was Gerrard alone!

If even Long Shute, who is recognized as the number one in Ajax's man-to-man defense, can't complete this task, then Van Basten may have a headache.

Now...it's Benitez's turn to have a headache!
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Benitez didn't get a headache so quickly.

After all, the game has just started, and it is not uncommon for Liverpool to enter the state slowly - otherwise in the first half of Istanbul, they would not have conceded three goals in a row...

Ajax's counterattack was also unsuccessful. Although Long Shute's long pass was received by Emmanuel Sen, Liverpool's right back Glenn Johnson rushed up extremely bravely. Kicked off Ajax's No. 7.

Emmanuel Nursen rolled on the sideline, knelt on the ground and looked at the referee, wanting to complain about the opponent's rude violation, but the referee from Italy did not respond to the physical collision, and instead signaled the Dutch full-back Get up quickly, don't pretend to be pitiful!
Johnson didn't look at him at all, but swung the ball hard, and left the Dutchman behind in two or three steps!
Ajax left back Bruno Silva hurriedly spread his legs, ready to stick up, but Johnson directly swung his right foot and slammed behind the football!

"Oh!"

The ball soared from the turf, drawing a curved arc.

Silva, who was one step behind, didn't even have time to make a flying block, so he could only watch the football spin and fly towards Ajax's penalty area.

There were tall and burly Vertonghen and Oleg at the front of the small penalty area, but between them, a golden hair suddenly shone!
"Fernando...Torres!"

Alan Smith shouted excitedly.

I saw the red No. 9 player jumping high from the gap between the two defenders, immediately attracting everyone's attention.

The oblique long pass sent by Johnson seemed to be attracted by the long golden hair of the Spanish golden boy, and flew to him impartially!
Torres shook his head vigorously in the air!

His movements are quite stretched, and with his flowing blond hair, it seems like a beautiful picture scroll frozen in mid-air.

"boom!"

But this muffled sound made this picture scroll unable to become art.

The Anfield goalposts...reject a header from their own striker!
(End of this chapter)