[Football] Crown of Thorns

英格兰当地时间8月26日星期日下午15点，2012/13赛季英格兰超级联赛第2轮的焦点战在安菲尔德球场开战，利物浦在主场迎战来访的上赛季联赛冠军曼彻斯特城队。

In last week's league opener, the most notable giants' record was not so good, Arsenal drew 0-0 with Sunderland, Chelsea beat Wigan Athletic 2-0, Everton 1 Manchester United beat Manchester United 0-3, Manchester City narrowly beat Southampton 2-5, and the Red Army almost lost the game and barely tied.In addition, there were two big scores in the first round. Fulham beat Norwich 0-0, and the Royal Garden Rangers beat Swansea 5-[-].

Judging from the results of the first round, the results of several Premier League giants are not very good.

Liverpool drew 3-3 away at West Brom in the first round of the league. Although it was a draw, judging from the whole game, this was the worst opening game for the Red Army in recent years. Defender Agger also became the first player in the new season. Players who receive a red card will be suspended for the second round of the league.

At Anfield Stadium, today's home commentator Anthony is sitting on the curved round seat sofa with guests beside Liverpool star Robbie Fowler and club press officer Matthew, doing various interpretations and warm-up work on today's game.

Because the first 11-man roster of both sides has just been broadcast, the three began to interpret the roster.

"Judging from the starting 11 selected by Mr. Rodgers, except for the newcomers who have been transferred, the other players in general only scored 33 goals in the league last season. .”

Anthony asked the question first. Although he is the home team's commentator, he will not let go when it is time to be sharp.

Special guest Robbie Fowler, as one of the most famous shooters in the history of the Red Army, has a very gentle expression. "The number of goals scored is not the best choice for evaluating players. It mainly depends on the results."

"So Robbie, are you satisfied with the club's results last season?"

Liverpool finally ranked eighth in the league last season, lost 2-1 to Chelsea in the FA Cup, and won Cardiff City on penalties in the Carabao Cup. Such a result made Liverpool almost have no chance of entering the Europa League No, and such a result is really a heartbreaking situation for all Red Army fans.

Fowler was silent for a while, "The players have tried their best, and I believe they will perform well in the new season."

Probably because he found that his topic was inappropriate here, Anthony changed the topic, "Mr. Rodgers hid a number of leading players in the Europa League qualifiers in the middle of the week, Gerrard, Suarez, Scott and Glenn Johnson and Da Gama did not play with the team, from this it can be seen that Mr. Rogers attaches great importance to today's game!"

"We can't be careless when dealing with our first opponent in the league. Manchester City is a strong opponent. As the champion of the Premier League last season, today's game is bound to be very difficult."

"In addition, our defender Agger was suspended with a red card, and another defender Enrique may not be able to play due to injury, which added a few suspense to the game..."

"Then Matthew, what do you think of today's game?"

After chatting with Fowler, Anthony threw the question to their press officer, Mr. Matthew.

Matthew smiled. He glanced at the picture in the notebook computer in front of him. Now the players have walked out of the locker room and are about to enter the stadium through the tunnel.

"Manchester City beat Southampton 3-2 in the first round of the league. It was not an easy game for them as the defending champions, but Aguero was injured and it is said that his injury will make him miss 2-3. Zhou’s game. And their defender Richards and midfielder Barry are also missing due to injuries. From this point of view, their overall offensive and defensive line will not be too easy. In addition, Manchester City’s away performance has not been satisfactory. So I believe Liverpool will be able to beat the opponent at home today."

"Haha, Matthew, you are right, we will definitely win."

Anthony turned his head and spoke to the camera in front of him, while waving the Red Army scarf in his hand.

At this time, Gama was following the team through the narrow descending passage, and without looking up, he saw the famous phrase "This is Anfield" (This is Anfield), and the Red Army players would stretch out their hands and slap them when they passed by. There, Jia Ma imitated them and patted on it, then walked down the steps and entered the stadium along the narrow passage.

This is the first time he has officially set foot on the Anfield stadium except for the visit. When he walked out of the passageway, his eyes immediately brightened, as if the whole stadium suddenly penetrated his eyes. Accompanied by the singing in the stadium, there was so much A feeling of spaciousness stimulates me, but in fact, in terms of the number of people it can seat, this stadium is much smaller than the Westfalenstadion.

However, the feeling that rushed to the face was completely different.

Looking up at the packed stadium and seeing the enthusiasm of the Red Army fans, especially the die-hard fans in the legendary KOP stands, Gama took a deep breath.

Really, it's completely different!

Although I don’t know what is different, but Gama recalled the game in Germany, and then reflected on today’s feeling, he still feels that the atmosphere in the entire stadium is still different—the Hornets fans are also enthusiastic. Uniform and uniform, the Red Army fans are more enthusiastic and unrestrained, um, well, there seem to be more girls (is that the point)...

In the studio, Anthony saw that the players had come out. He took out a piece of paper and pointed it at the camera, "Now I will broadcast the starting lists of both sides."

利物浦：25-雷纳；34-凯利、16-科茨、37-斯科特尔、2-格伦-约翰逊；24-乔阿伦、8-杰拉德、10-达加马；29-博里尼、7-苏亚雷斯、31-斯特林。

曼城：1-哈特；5-萨巴莱塔、4-孔帕尼、28-科洛-图雷、13-克拉罗夫；7-米尔纳、42-亚亚-图雷、34-德容、8-纳斯里；32-特维斯、45-巴洛特利。

"...Judging from Manchester City's roster, there is no obvious addition to Manchester City's lineup this season. Of course, I have heard that they are looking for Swansea's winger Sinclair. It is said that the two sides have reached an agreement...no matter what the opponent buys Such players, we will not be afraid of them..."

In the commentary room, listening to his family's commentary being so excited while talking about the opponent's lace news while encouraging his own team's Anthony, Fowler chuckled softly.

安东尼看一眼他，面不改色的继续进行数据报告，“……我们和曼城在历史上一共交锋165次，利物浦81胜42平42负占据明显优势。而其中利物浦坐镇主场对曼城的成绩是48胜20平14负。而自从英超联赛成立以来，我们双方共交战32场，利物浦14胜13平5负同样占据绝对优势，在主场对曼城的成绩是10胜5平1负，可以说我们完全占据了上风……”

After a long list of facts, Anthony asked Fowler, "Robbie, what else do you think?"

Fowler smiled, "What surprised me was that Rodgers boldly proposed a young player. He dared to send Sterling in today's game against Manchester City. This young player who was born in 1994 and was under 18 years old started with Suarez. With Borrini on the front line, people are very impressed with his performance. The midfielder is still dominated by Gerrard. The combination of the newly transferred Da Gama and Joe Allen is also very impressive. I would like to know how this is What kind of changes will the combination make in our midfield..."

"To be honest, I am also looking forward to the performance of my new midfield partner," Anthony said with a smile, "Especially Vasco da Gama, I have been curious about him for a long time, such a handsome young man not only reminded me of that sentence, He should not have such amazing talent with such beauty, but God gave him both, oh, he is so favored, the favored one makes me jealous~~”

"Haha, I think there is one more thing to add, even if he has that kind of beauty and talent, he shouldn't have a strong will and a fighting spirit, but he has both. What else can I say, I can only say this Talented people are God's favorite~~"

Matthew answered.

Fowler laughed, "If I was still playing on the field, then I would definitely envy having such a midfielder who can play for the forwards. All professionals who have watched Portugal and Dortmund in the past two years can see it." Come out, Vasco da Gama's role in the team, I'm looking forward to his performance."

On the court at this time, Gama and his teammates gathered around Gerrard, listening to the captain's loud voice of encouragement, they clapped their hands one by one.

Gama, who was about to enter the pitch, looked up at the stadium again, and said involuntarily: "But to be honest, I really didn't expect that there is not even a big screen in Anfield Stadium. This configuration is too shabby."

Gerrard next to him glanced at him, "I'm really sorry, our stadium is too dilapidated."

"Steven."

"how?"

"I feel like you've been unkind to me since I made the official transfer, and it breaks my heart."

Gama said to Gerald solemnly with a sullen face.

Gerald was silent for a second, and then slapped Gama on the back, "If you want me to be friendly, win the game."

"...Steven!"

"What?"

"Your way of doing this is usually called killing the donkey."

"...Then you have to wait until you're done grinding before you kill, you illiterate."

Gerrard slapped Gama again, this time on Gama's PP.

Then Gerrard ran away.

"I rely on!"

Watching Gerrard's back with a big smudge label on it, Gama silently raised two middle fingers in his heart.