[Football] Crown of Thorns

英格兰当地时间11月11日，周日下午16点，2012-2013赛季英超第11轮最后一场压轴大戏，切尔西坐镇斯坦福桥迎战利物浦即将拉开战幕。

Stamford Bridge was full of seats, except for some Red Army fans in the stands, the entire stadium was almost a blue ocean.

"Chelsea coach Mr. Di Matteo has a starting lineup of 4231 today. Judging from the starting lineup, Ashley Cole, who has been deeply involved in the rumors of transferring to Paris Saint-Germain recently, failed to appear in the starting lineup. Ivan Norwich and Terry, who has officially returned after a 4-match suspension, partnered in central defenders, Azpilicueta and Bertrand separated on the wings, Veloso and Ramires partnered in midfield, Mata, Oscar and Hazard Behind the single arrow Torres..."

"...Liverpool formed a 532 defensive lineup, and the old captain Carragher made his debut..."

The starting lineup of both parties:

切尔西：1-切赫；28-阿斯皮里奎塔、2-伊万诺维奇、26-特里、34-伯特兰；29-维罗索、7-拉米雷斯；10-马塔、11-奥斯卡、17-阿扎尔；9-托雷斯。

利物浦：1-琼斯；2-格伦-约翰逊、47-威斯顿、23-卡拉格、5-阿格、3-恩里克；8-杰拉德、24-艾伦、10-达加马；7-苏亚雷斯、31-斯特林。

Judging from the historical records of the two teams in various competitions, the two teams have played 163 times, and Liverpool has the upper hand with 74 wins, 33 draws and 57 losses.

Judging from the home record, Chelsea has the upper hand against the Red Army at home, with 81 wins, 44 draws and 17 losses in 20 games.

If you only look at the league, Liverpool has an advantage with 64 wins, 28 draws and 46 losses.

Last season, the two teams played 4 games in the Premier League, the FA Cup and the League Cup. Liverpool had 3 wins and 1 loss.

Among them, in the Premier League, Liverpool 2-1 away and 4-1 at home double-killed the Blues.

"Today's game is also Terry's official comeback after being suspended for four games. Let us look forward to his performance..."

The commentator of the Stamford Bridge and the guests around him said so.

The Red Army fans who heard his words and failed to buy tickets outside the stadium booed loudly, which made the local police who maintained order outside the stadium a little nervous.

"Bah!"

There are also many fans who raised their middle fingers and repeatedly poohed to express their contempt for the host and Terry.

In September of this year, the FA officially announced the punishment for Terry's racial discrimination case: the Chelsea captain had racially discriminated against Ferdinand in the game against Queens Park Rangers in October last year. Terry was banned for four domestic games and fined £10.

Although Terry was acquitted by Westminster Court in London in July this year, the FA immediately filed charges against Terry, pointing out that Terry made insulting remarks about Rangers player Ferdinand involving racial discrimination.Although Terry has always denied that he is a racist, but referring to the racial incidents involving Red Army striker Suarez, Terry is naturally impossible to escape punishment.The FA imposed the punishment after a hearing in September.

Therefore, the Red Army fans will naturally not let this ridicule go, even if they can't enter the field, they will boo the Blue Army.

The players in the stadium naturally didn't know that the commentary of the host on the spot had already aroused opposition from the fans outside the stadium.

At the entrance of the passage, the first sentence Gama and Veloso met when they met was "Wash my neck and wait."

"Oh Xiko, you are so naive~~"

…………

"Why the neck?"

"Because you want to bite?"

"Or a kiss?"

This is the 'whispering' of the players around after hearing the conversation between the two.

Gama OR Veloso: Can you eavesdroppers think more cleanly?

But the captain of the blue army standing in front turned his head and put his finger on his lips, "Here, here, kiss here!"

Jia Ma rolled his eyes back, "What's so good about kissing a stinky man."

Veloso: == Xiko, you really don't look like our Iberian romantic and funny man at all.

Gerald also turned around, "Shiko, you can't discriminate against men."

Gama: == When I don't know if you all kiss men on the court! ! !

Haha laughter came from the passage, Gama rolled his eyes at the group of boring men, wrapped his arms around Veloso's neck, and whispered.

"You came out earlier than me just now, did you see Steven?"

Veloso thought for a while, "I see, why?"

"Did he kiss?" Gama looked around and raised his chin at a handsome guy standing behind, "Kiss that man?"

Joe Allen, who heard Gama's "stealing words", immediately covered his mouth with a burst of laughter.

Following Gama's expectations, Veloso was speechless, "...your thoughts are too dirty, Xiko."

"Tsk tsk, it's obvious that you are thinking too much, I just want to ask if they have any intimate greetings."

Jia Ma firmly refused to admit that his thoughts were going astray.

"I did not see."

Veloso rolled his eyes.

After whispering and gossiping together for a while, Gama looked down on Veloso, "You don't even have this information, you are really useless."

"Fuck, you think I'm so boring to care about those things."

"It's not that secrets in the locker room cannot be revealed."

Gama taunted him.

"You~~" Veloso curled his lips, "Why don't you tell the story of the Red Army's locker room?"

"Hehe~"

"Oh, you're big!"

…………

At this time, the front referee team was ready to play under the leadership of the referee Weber. The two quickly returned to their respective teams to stand up, and then followed the two captains out of the court.

Today's game day coincides with November 11th, which is Remembrance Day in the UK. Its theme is: Advocating peace, anti-war, and mourning those who shed blood and sacrificed for the country's national justice.On this day, the whole of the UK will observe 11 minutes of silence. On the second Sunday in November, the Queen will lead the members of the royal family and the prime minister to present a wreath made of poppies to the Cenotaph in London.Every November, the British wear a small red flower on their bodies.A donation box and a box of small red flowers are often seen at the entrance of supermarkets, hotels, college concierges, and various receptions.After donating, you can get one flower, the amount is not limited.The earliest tradition of this anniversary and the little red flower comes from World War I. In 2, the then King George V designated November 11 as a day of remembrance to commemorate those who died in World War I.Then this day gradually evolved into commemorating all the soldiers who died.It was renamed Remeberance Day after World War II.

Therefore, the British are used to wearing poppies in November as a commemoration. One year, in the friendly match between the England national team and the Spanish national team, the England players asked to wear poppies. FIFA opposed this behavior, so the England team and FIFA FIFA There was a conflict, and finally Prince William wrote a very "righteous" letter to FIFA to protest, and finally got FIFA's approval for England players to wear poppies in the game.

Therefore, before the start of the game, players from both sides lined up at the entrance to welcome the veterans into the arena, and mourned the veterans of World War I in the middle circle.

After the ceremony of silence, the two captains began to perform their duties, and the players dispersed and stood in their positions, waiting for the start of the game.

"The game is on!"

"Good guy, the Red Army launched a strong attack at the beginning of the game. The Red Army's No. [-] Da Gama kicked off the ball in the middle circle. He pushed the ball lightly and knocked it back to Agger. Agger took the ball. He didn't pass the ball back to their midfielder, he just put in the assist..."

"Response, Suarez made a pass and passed the ball to the center... Suarez entered the left side of the penalty area to fight..."

Suarez fell heavily to the ground.

Defending him, the Blues defender Azpilicueta raised his hand high, indicating that he had not fouled.

The referee Webber made a gesture to continue the game, ignoring Suarez who was sitting on the ground.

Seeing that the referee did not intend to make a penalty, Suarez got up angrily and continued to devote himself to the game.

"Speaking of Suarez, after the start of this season, his scoring efficiency is not as good as that of the Red Army midfielder..."

"Haha, South American players have good skills, but sometimes they really love to fall to the ground..."

The Blues also launched an attack. No. 11 Oscar suddenly jumped out from the frontcourt and passed the ball away from Joe Allen. No. 17 Hazard got the ball and passed it straight to the front of the Red Army's half-court penalty area. On the left side of the upper penalty area, he hit the goal directly with his left foot. The ball flew out slightly above the crossbar.

"It's a pity, this offense is really beautiful, but I missed a good chance to score~~"

"Yes, the cooperation between Oscar and Hazard is quite beautiful, but the last blow failed to seize the opportunity..."

The Red Army goalkeeper Jones stood in front of the goal and waved his hand, and then he threw the ball directly. His throw was very powerful, and the football flew straight to the center circle. Gama quickly ran to the landing point to throw the ball Take it down.

Controlling the ball under his feet, Gama didn't dare to scan the field carelessly, his teammates had already rushed forward quickly.

Gama dribbled the ball and took two steps forward, and the Blues players had already surrounded him. Seeing this situation, Gama bluffed his shot, past Ramirerez who was pounced on him, turned his back to the opponent and took two steps horizontally With a smack on the heel, the ball flew out through the gap, and Gerrard took the ball and broke through.

But it was also the last blow. Just now, Oscar shot high, and the Red Army's Sterling's shot was directly embraced by the Blue Army goalkeeper Petr Cech.

In the opening 10 minutes, both sides scored sharply, but unfortunately, neither achieved results.

In the 12th minute of the first half, the Blues goalkeeper Petr Cech quickly threw the ball, and he initiated the Blues' counterattack.

The ball thrown by Cech was headed by Veloso and passed to Torres' feet.

Torres, who just missed out on Spain's latest squad, faced his old club Liverpool again. This is his fifth match against the Red Army since he left the Red Army. I don't know how T9 performed?

Well, the handsome blond guy performed very well. Torres made a beautiful pass near the midfield and broke through the two defenses of the Red Army. After the breakthrough, the cross from the right was still out of the threat area by Liverpool veteran Carragher.

The football flew to the other side, and the little Joe Allen sprinted to get the ball, then he raised his thigh, and the football passed to Gama's feet.

Gama received the ball, flicked and pulled the ball under his feet, turned around, and broke through.

Mata, the cute uncle, was staggered by Gama's action. Gama dribbled away with the ball. Mata, who helped him to the ground and got up immediately, followed closely behind, but Gama quickly made an arc from the front of the penalty area. A diagonal pass from behind the line, Suarez rubbed the ball above his head in the middle, and Gerrard hit the goal.

It's a pity that the angle of the ball was too straight, and it was directly hugged by Cech.

"Brilliant, Cech did a great job!"

The home commentator shouted loudly.

The Red Army fans inside and outside the stadium sighed in disappointment, but then they began to cheer loudly for their own team at the top of their voices.

But then Chelsea, who played at home, took the lead in the 20th minute of the first half.

The attacking Blues beauty Torres' shot was blocked by the Red Army's defense general Agger with his legs, and the Blues won a corner kick.

Uncle Mata ran over and took this right corner kick. The blue team captain Terry jumped high and made a beautiful head shake.

1-0, the Blues lead.

Terry's whole body collapsed and roared wildly, celebrating the goal wildly.

There was a sensation in the audience, the fans of the home team roared excitedly, and Stamford Bridge suddenly became a blue ocean of joy.

cut!

Gama spat and put his hands on his hips as he watched the Blues celebrate in front of him.

It was also a comeback after a suspension, but the limelight was taken away by the captain of the blue team, hehe, wait for me! ! !

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PS: This game is actually very dramatic~~