[Football] Crown of Thorns

On September 9, British local time, the fifth round of the 23-2012 English Premier League will be held at Anfield Stadium. The two sides of the match are the Red Army Liverpool and the Red Devils Manchester United. .

At the same time, this is also a very important game. For today’s home team, Liverpool, this is a long-awaited publicity-the British government officially released the investigation report on the truth about the Hillsborough tragedy last week, making The Liverpool fans who lost their lives and were hurt in that tragic incident all those years ago have their grievances avenged.

Before the game, the staff sent a red T-shirt with "96" printed on the back to the players who participated today.

After receiving the T-shirt, Gama looked at Gerrard—he remembered that the media had reported that Gerrard’s cousin had died in that tragedy—the expression on Gerrard’s face was very complicated, full of emotion and emotion. Nostalgia, there is also an emotion that cannot be expressed.

The locker room was quiet, everyone was looking at the captain of the Red Army, watching him touch the number 96 with his palm, watching him put the T-shirts on his body, at this time, the players put the T-shirts on their bodies one after another, no one laughed Laughing, everyone looks very serious.

Walking out of the locker room, the locker room of the visiting team was also opened. The players of today's opponent, the Red Devils Manchester United, also wore the red T-shirts on their jerseys. The same commemorative shirts represented everyone's attitude.

Accompanied by the live music, all the fans sang "You Will Never Walk Alone". In the three stands of the stadium, the fans held up cards and spelled out the patterns of "96", "Justice" and "Truth". Wearing a T-shirt with "96" printed on the back, he held hands with his caddy.

Sir Bobby Charlton, who has been less public in recent years, also came to the scene. On behalf of Manchester United, he presented flowers to Ian Rush, the representative of Liverpool. Then the captains of both sides Giggs and Gerrard released 96 red balls together. Balloons, they represent the victims of the tragedy that year, to comfort the victims.

Players from both sides shook hands with each other. Evra and Suarez, who had a dispute over Suarez's 'racial discrimination' incident, shook hands to resolve the grievances between them last season.

When Gama shook hands with the opposing player, he held Nani's hand very hard, curling his lips with a half-smile.

Nani twitched her paw silently, but didn't twitch.

Looking up at Gama, Gama added more force, Nani grinned, "Shiko!"

"Hehe~"

"...I'm afraid of you, I have a gift."

"Hehe~"

"Really, in the locker room, for you during the intermission!"

"You, give, me, remember!"

"........."

Gama let go, and then continued to face the next player, yo yo, an acquaintance.

Gama faced Van Persie and smiled at him. The corner of Van Persie's lips twitched and he nodded and walked over. The next Manchester United player... was another acquaintance.

Jia Ma took the initiative to step forward and hugged the other party.

The Japanese who was embraced by Gama looked a little shy and embarrassed and hugged Gama back.

When the two played in the same club, they had never been so close. However, when they met again in the UK after leaving Germany together, the two former teammates, who were not familiar with each other, couldn't help but feel a little bit of emotion and sadness in their hearts. .

"...Dagama and Manchester United's No. 26 Kagawa Shinji both came from Dortmund in the Bundesliga, and they also moved to the Premier League this season..."

"Hello, audience friends, it's 13:30 noon, and the focus of the fifth round of the Premier League is the match between the Red Army and the Red Devils is about to begin..."

"Today's home team Liverpool, Rodgers has a 433 starting lineup: 25-Reina; 34-Martin Kelly, 37-Skrtel, 5-Ager, 2-Glenn Johnson; 8-Gera Germany, 24-Joe Allen, 10-Dagama; 29-Borini, 7-Suarez, 31-Sterling."

“客队曼联的首发阵容是一个4231的队型：13-林德加德；2-拉斐尔，5-费迪南德，6-埃文斯，3-埃弗拉；11-吉格斯，16-卡里克；7-瓦伦西亚，26-香川真司，17-纳尼；20-范佩西。”

"...Judging from the roster, Rodgers did not make much change to the team's starting lineup...Manchester United's captain Vidic did not appear on the roster. From the data point of view, in the past three double red games In the meeting, Vidaqi has received a red card... In addition, Ferdinand, De Gea and Giggs started in rotation today, and Giggs, who participated in the double red meeting for the 45th time today, served as the captain of Manchester United..."

"Having said so much, Rick, what do you think of today's game?"

“先从两队以往的交战历史来看，自从1992-93赛季英超成立以来，利物浦和曼联在过去20年40次交锋，曼联21胜8平11负占据上风。本场双雄会也是两支球队历史上的第186次交手。在前185次对垒中，曼联获得71胜略占上风，利物浦62胜，此外还有51次平局。而曼联在近5次做客安菲尔德球场的成绩是1平4负，可以说是并不占任何优势。”

"OK, so it seems Rick you are still optimistic about Liverpool?"

"I'm just saying it's possible for either side to win."

"Haha, ok ok, actually I think so too, of course I will support the Red Army, because this is my territory!"

"Hello!"

"What's wrong, what's wrong, I'm a Red Army fan, yeah!"

"...About today's game, there are still some tidbits that I can share with fans and friends," Rick put aside Anthony, who made his thoughts flying, and began to speak in a calm tone, "Today is the first time since Sir Alex Ferguson coached Manchester United. He played against Liverpool 53 times. He had a total of 24 wins, 13 draws and 15 losses against Liverpool before, and the Red Army coach Mr. Rodgers became the seventh Liverpool coach to face Sir Alex Ferguson... The Red Army teenager Sterling also became the opponent Manchester United's youngest Liverpool player, he is now 17 years and 290 days old..."

"The game is on!"

…………

Taking a breath, Gama passed the ball to Joe Allen, and the two played a one-two and handed the ball to Gerrard.

Gerrard kicks, long shot!

Manchester United goalkeeper No. 13 Lindegard, who replaced No. [-] goalkeeper De Gea in the starting lineup, struck out very quickly and took the ball down and threw it directly.

Shinji Kagawa judged the landing point of the football from the wing and rushed over to take the ball. At the same time, Gama also rushed over. The two bodies collided and the football bounced out. Giggs got the ball and passed it directly. In the middle, Nani rushed over to take the ball away, and Van Persie hit it as soon as he caught it.

Reina's performance was also very stable, jumping up in the air to take the ball off.

At the beginning of the game, players from both sides played a small climax.

The fans will not be stingy with their applause, and the enthusiastic cheering makes the air of the stadium suddenly burn.

Gama, who received the pass from the goalkeeper, controlled the rhythm and then passed the ball to the frontcourt.

It's a pity that Suarez's response was missed under the interference of the opponent's defense player, and the ball was passed out.

Shinji Kagawa steals and passes the ball. Ryan Giggs, who hits the home team's front court, shoots with his left foot at the top of the penalty area, and the ball misses.

Manchester United's offense excited the Liverpool players, and they also played a quick counterattack.

Reina threw the ball, Agger passed it to the frontcourt, Sterling passed it again, Suarez shot from a small angle on the right side of the penalty area, and was blocked by Lindegaard.

The football bounced back into the penalty area and was cleared by Manchester United defender Raphael with a header.

The Reds get a corner.

Gama ran over, Suarez ran two steps and saw Gama standing in the corner flag area, he grinned at Gama.

Seeing his white teeth felt uncomfortable, Jia Ma pulled his lips and waved him back.

Suarez withdrew to the outside of the penalty area, and Gama immediately kicked.

He sent a high-altitude curve ball, the ball landed behind the penalty area, and Suarez jumped up and headed the goal.

However, the ball was still jumped up and saved by Lindegard very alertly.

"Manchester United's number 13 is doing well!"

"The goalkeeper of the Danish national team doesn't have many opportunities to play at Manchester United, but I think he is a technical goalkeeper. As a goalkeeper, his ability to control the ball with both feet is very good. In this respect, he is a bit like Van der Sa."

"Haha, yes, he can pass the ball accurately to his teammates, which is an important advantage of him..."

The transfer of the ball between the two sides in the game was very fast, sometimes here and sometimes there, and then Liverpool got another corner kick.

Gama sent a tactical corner kick, the football was passed low to the front of the penalty area, Gerrard hit the goal with a strong shot from about 12 meters, but unfortunately the ball hit the side netting.

It was Manchester United's turn to attack.

The attack speed of the Manchester United players was very fast, and they quickly advanced to the Liverpool half. Seeing that the situation was not good, Martin Kelly, who was on the Liverpool defense, fouled Shinji Kagawa who dribbled in with the ball. He was penalized by the referee and awarded to Manchester United A free kick.

Nani took the penalty, but his free kick from the left 35 meters directly hit the goal but flew out over the crossbar.

Liverpool counterattacked, Glenn Johnson dribbled the ball and launched a fast break, the ball was passed to the middle, Suarez received it and passed it straight, Borini passed a shot from a small angle on the right side of the penalty area, but was blocked by Evans and was shot by Ferdinand Foot clearance.

Gama wiped off his sweat. It was only about 10 minutes into the first half. Manchester United's tight defense made Liverpool's offense fruitless. If this continues, the psychological pressure on teammates will increase, which is not conducive to the field. on the situation.

Gama yelled, and Gerald turned to look over.

Pressing down with both hands, Gama told Gerrard to pay attention to the back line and retreat to control the line of defense at any time.

Gerald watched him retreat.

Rogers on the sidelines also noticed the interaction between the Red Army captain and Gama. He thought about it but did not make an on-the-spot change of command.

From this aspect, Rogers' hesitation in commanding on the spot is a big problem.

At this time, Gerrard, who was retreating, got the ball. Gerrard dribbled the ball forward from the left and passed the opponent's player and then made a cross. Agger, who inserted in the back, grabbed the ball at the front goal of Manchester United. Immediately, Agger was caught Evans pushed and fell in the penalty area.

Gerrard ran forward and stretched out his hand, signaling to the referee for a foul.

The referee Halsey also ran over today, but with players from both sides pushing and pushing, Halsey believed that although Liverpool's Agger fell in the penalty area, this should not be considered a penalty. Evans' Defensive action is not a foul.

The penalty application was rejected by the referee Halsey. The Liverpool players looked very dissatisfied. Several players looked like they wanted to ask the referee for an explanation.

Seeing this, Gama and Gerrard separated their teammates and said that the game is the most important now.

After persuading his teammates to leave, Gerrard shook his head slightly at Gama, Gama smiled and ran away.

The next player was United's and then... Ferdinand went down during the tackle and had to be called to the sidelines by the referee to be treated by the team doctor.

Jia Ma thought for a while, he felt that this kind of obvious revenge is really not good... But looking at the referee's still unexpressed reaction, the corner of Jia Ma's lips moved, it seems that the referee's scale of punishment may be a bit big?

Ferdinand, who received treatment on the sidelines, raised his hand to indicate that he could continue the game and apply to return to the field, but seeing his walking posture faltering, Gama frowned slightly. He estimated that the Manchester United giant might be a bit seriously injured.

Gama, who retracted his gaze, licked his lips, then ran over to catch and pass the ball, the ball flew forward, Sterling stopped the ball and passed it again, Suarez kicked a shot from inside the arc of the opponent's penalty area, and the football flew to the goal The top corner hit the post and bounced out.

Hehe, I didn't enter again! ! !

Jia Ma pursed his lower lip, really, he really, really wasn't angry!

Sir, I am not angry! ! !

During Manchester United's attack, Carrick broke through with the ball... Gama accidentally hooked the ball away from his feet.

"Hahaha, this ticking away is really interesting."

"The timing was too coincidental. Carrick was a little bored, and the ball just disappeared after one step~"

Gama returns.

Sterling takes the ball and cuts in... Evra shovels directly outside the edge of the penalty area and knocks Sterling to the ground.

Referee Halsey awards a free kick to Liverpool.

Gama ran over.

He stared at Gerald, and Gerald stared back at him.

After looking at each other for two seconds, Gama squinted and smiled, "Steven~"

The sweet sound of ice skates made Gerald tremble twice, and he took a step back involuntarily.

Then Gama stood unceremoniously behind the football, staring at the goal in front of him.

"Look at this, it's Da Gama who made a free throw!"

"I think it's better for the team to determine the first free throw shooter as soon as possible. Judging from the previous game situation, Da Gama is worthy of his title of free kick master. The quality of his free throws is quite high..."

The referee blew the whistle, Jia Ma trotted two steps, and hit the goal directly with his kick.

It was a high-quality low-altitude curve ball. The ball went around the wall, flew over the side, and then drew a curve and rushed into the net.

Lindegard judged the wrong direction and could only watch the ball fly into the net.

Deafening cheers erupted at Anfield.

"Oh, it's incredible. So far in the five league games, Da Gama has played two perfect free kick arcs in four games!"

"awesome!"

"Hahaha, Da Gama, you did a great job!"

…………

In the 40th minute of the first half, the Red Army's new No. [-], Da Gama scored directly from a free kick, leading Manchester United [-]-[-]!