Revive Liverpool

Chapter 5 First Arrival in Liverpool

As a loyal Liverpool fan, it is a pity that Li Nan has never been to Anfield in his previous life, so he has never been to a Liverpool game. This is probably what Li Nan regretted in his previous life.After time travelling, Li Nan finally has hope to make up for this regret.

On August 8th, Li Nan flew from San Francisco International Airport to London first, and then transferred from London to Liverpool, a port city located in the northwest of England. Many people know the famous attractions of Liverpool, because the city has produced the world's greatest rock band - The Beatles, so the Beatles Museum located at the Albert Dock on the Mersey River has become one of the destinations for many tourists traveling to Liverpool.In addition, another destination for tourists is the place where Li Nan is going-Anfield Stadium.

However, since Li Nan came to Liverpool early, he still wants to travel in Liverpool. Although he may come to Liverpool many times in the future, and may even settle here, but the first time he comes here, he feels a little different. He is full of longing and longing. Li Nan visited some tourist attractions recommended in the travel guide, such as Liverpool Cathedral, and the Chinatown next to Liverpool Cathedral, which is the first Chinatown in Europe.I believe that all Chinese who have been there can always find a little bit of home when they see the huge archway in Chinatown.The most important thing is that the Chinese restaurants here are not only cheap, but also taste good, you might as well try it. (Of course, I have never been there, nor have I eaten, it is just written in the travel guide)
Li Nan, who had been shopping in Liverpool for a long time, felt a little bored. After all, the most famous cultural landmark in this city, the Beatles, he didn’t particularly like, or Li Nan didn’t particularly like the genre of rock music. Li Nan didn’t deny that the Beatles’ music was particularly good, but he just didn’t like this band that much.

After touring Liverpool, Li Nan found the hotel he had booked and checked in. Tomorrow he was going to watch the match between Liverpool and West Brom. It was one of Liverpool's rare victories in the first half of the season. Anyway, going to see this game by himself will not leave him any regrets.At the same time, I also hope that I will not bring any butterfly effect to the team, causing the team to lose even the rare victories in the early stage.

The game started at three o'clock in the afternoon local time (ten o'clock in the evening in BJ time), so Li Nan was very free on the morning of the 29th. Li Nan could only play games in the hotel. After ten o'clock in the morning, he felt a little tired, so he decided to go out for a walk, drove to Anfield Stadium, and saw the Shankly Gate and the Shankly sculpture.Next to the gate is the Hillsborough Victims Memorial.Li Nan also went forward to mourn, expressing sympathy for the victims.

After walking through the Paisley gate, Li Nan entered the museum of the Liverpool team.Li Nan's emotions were aroused, perhaps just like the feelings of Beatles fans visiting the Beatles Memorial.

In this way, Li Nan recalled the past glory of Liverpool through the trophies and objects in the museum. 18 English top league titles, 5 UEFA Champions League titles, 3 UEFA Cup titles, 7 FA Cup titles, 8 English League Cup titles and more.

It was three o'clock in the afternoon in a blink of an eye, and the third round of Liverpool's 2010-11 Premier League season officially began.Sitting in the VIP box, Li Nan was filled with emotion when he saw the century-old stand opposite.Although the stadium did not seem to be full, many fans came to watch the game. The Liverpool fans still sang "YOU'LL NEVER WALK ALONE" loudly to cheer for the team.

With the passage of time, at the end of the game, Li Nan was still worried about whether there would be a butterfly effect and Liverpool could not win again. At this time, the Spanish golden boy Torres’ lore helped the team take the lead, and the score was kept [-]-[-] until the end of the game. Liverpool finally won the first Premier League game of this season. However, Torres’ expression after the game made every Liverpool fan feel confused and helpless for their team.

After watching Liverpool's game, Li Nan felt uncomfortable and hated when he thought of Liverpool's miserable record in the first half of the season. What did the team think, and let Hodgson, a local coach who had been in the mid-range team and the relegation team for many years, come to coach Liverpool. In Li Nan's view, the reason why Liverpool had such a poor record in the first half of the 10-11 season was entirely because of this Hodgson. Hodgson's coaching style could not be integrated with Liverpool at all.

At the same time, it is unbelievable that Hodgson is thick-skinned enough. Every time the team wins, he praises his tactics;How can such a head coach manage a giant team like Liverpool well.Although the team is at a low point, there are never many stars. Gerrard, Torres, Mascherano, etc., that one is not well-known, but a little-known old coach who has been mixed in the mid-range team and the relegation team. He is not qualified.Still losing the game and always complaining about the players, I really don't know the heights of the heavens and the earth.

When Li Nan was about to leave the box, there was a knock on the door outside the box. Li Nan was a little surprised. He was watching a football game in the box, why would someone knock on the door?
Li Nan shouted with some doubts in his heart: "Please come in."

After the door opened, two men came in, and one of the men said to Li Nan: "Hi, I'm George Gillette, this is Tom Hicks, I think you should have known us a long time ago, and you seem to have a grudge against us."

Li Nan smiled, but did not speak.I really have a lot of complaints about the two of them in my heart.It was they who brought Liverpool to the brink of bankruptcy.

George Gillette continued: "We learned from your press conference that you want to buy Liverpool, and we do intend to sell Liverpool, so let's go straight to the point, what is your valuation for Liverpool?"

Li Nan replied: "The price of 4 million U.S. dollars I mentioned at the press conference, I came back and thought about it carefully, I think this price is still a bit inflated. I think the price of 3.5 million U.S. dollars is a price I am more satisfied with. What do you think of the price?"

　Thanks to Yuri Heribin for voting for the first recommendation ticket for this book, and it is also the first recommendation ticket I received, and I am still a little excited.And how should I respond to the comments of book friends?
　　


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