Chapter 4 Football Spirit

In the live broadcast room of Sky TV, Erickson was speechless by Wan Sheng's refutation. He wanted to question Wan Sheng's so-called "opportunity", but he did not expect Wan Sheng to say such a remark.

'Losing is great'! ?

It sounds great, but as long as you're a head coach, you'll know it's utter nonsense!

The goal of every team will be to win, not to persist until the end, otherwise how could this nasty Chinese just keep running on him with 'England always doesn't win'? As a result, when it comes to his mouth now, it has become "as long as you stick to the end, losing is also great".

This has come and gone, in the end, it's all my fault!

Eriksen doesn't have a 'great loss' mentality. He doesn't know if Wansheng is right or not, because everyone will have different views on this issue. For example, there are certainly no major European clubs now. The ball will say nonsense like 'great loss', even Liverpool, who are three goals behind, will not say that. Their goal must only have one, and that is to beat AC Milan and win the game. , get the highest honor on behalf of the European champion - Big Ear Cup!

If they can persevere to the end, it is for this purpose!

It is obviously unreasonable to achieve greatness only by persevering to the end, but it is impossible for Eriksson and Wansheng to debate this. This is not the right occasion. Rickerson has understood the gap between himself and these Premier League managers - he really has no advantage when it comes to fighting.

Let's take a look at this young man who has only been in the top league for one season. He also asked the same question. He actually left himself speechless from both positive and negative aspects... As long as this gap exists, he is still young. It is better to speak, otherwise, even if it makes sense, it will become unreasonable after it is said.

Erickson was stunned!

So Erickson wisely stopped talking. Even if he had any doubts about what Wan Sheng said, he just gritted his teeth and didn't say a word at all, as if he had completely become a nodding machine, asking him to express his opinion. He also pretended to be inscrutable.

People who don't know the inside story will definitely be puzzled. But those who know the insider know that this war without gunpowder has ended with Erickson's "voluntary surrender".

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In fact, there are many people who have the same idea as Eriksen, especially those who have in-depth research on football, even more that Liverpool have no chance at all.

Although the young former Derby County manager mentioned some football spirits such as 'losing is great' and 'respecting until the end' is very exciting, but reason tells many people that no matter how much Liverpool Perseverance. No matter how persistent you are, there will be no chance.

This is football. is reality!

AC Milan is too strong. They are so strong that Liverpool can't fight back at all. They are so powerful that they scored three goals in one first half. They are so powerful that everyone believes that as long as the opponent makes mistakes, they can still do it. Continue to expand the score.

This is AC Milan, this is the giant club made by modern football!

It is also because of this powerful strength. AC Milan was able to stand out in the Champions League and enter the final with an overwhelming result. In this they are the exact opposite of Liverpool - their way to the final is pretty smooth!

so......

Despite what the young coach said, Liverpool still had no chance.

But there are also people who support Wan Sheng, that is, commentator George Woodgate, who often explains Derby County games, and fell in love with Derby County led by Wan Sheng as early as a year ago.

George Woodgate likes Derby County because of the tactics and beautiful football played by Derby County. On the other hand, Derby County is also a miracle team. Their performance in the past season was a miracle. It is more expressive than the miracle of a game, and the person who created this miracle is in front of him, that is, the Wansheng of the 'football spirit'.

Wansheng has created a miracle in itself. When he talks about the spirit of football, he is naturally very convincing.

So he believes Liverpool still have a chance.

In addition, Wansheng also has thousands of fans and supporters!

These fans are not only Liverpool fans, but also other teams. The reason why the team supports Wansheng is very simple - what they watch is a passion. The suspense of strength has long disappeared, so what is the meaning of the game itself?

AC Milan win, or Liverpool win, has anything to do with them?

What they're looking for is a passionate game, a great game, not a show that doesn't have any suspense early on.

So they are very supportive of Wansheng!

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Wansheng didn't know that there were so many fans supporting him, he just said what was in his heart.

At half-time, there was a few minutes to comment on the game, Wan Sheng also continued to talk about his views, "Like I said just now, I think Liverpool still have a chance, the three-goal gap is a bit big, they want to win You have to go on the offensive and get in shape..."

"With the current situation of the two teams, it is not easy to achieve these two points. It depends on how Benitez adjusts."

"At this time, the individual performance of the players is actually more important than the team's tactics and strength. The Liverpool team, the most worth looking forward to is their captain Steven Gerrard, he is a natural leader."

"If Liverpool have a chance, then I believe it will be about Gerrard!"

"We should focus more on Gerrard, even if he doesn't have the ball..." Wan Sheng made a small joke and continued to talk about AC Milan, "AC Milan first half The performance was perfect, especially with their talented midfielder Kaka, the Brazilian has shown unparalleled talent. He will be one of the best players in the world for the next few years, I am sure of that."

"Shevchenko didn't do it either. Many Italian media rated him very highly, and even said he was the best striker in the world. If he hadn't played in Serie A, he might even have won the European Golden Boot! ?"

"Oh no. I'm not looking down on him. But he's more of a teammate to score goals, if he changes to a team...I mean if, then it's not easy for him to do well, other The team has no Kaka, no Seedorf and Pirlo to play for him. Crespo is better than him in this regard. It's a pity that neither Ancelotti nor Mourinho seems to like it very much. Crespo..."

In fact, about Crespo, Wan Sheng is still very puzzled.

Last season, Crespo moved to Chelsea for 2,600 euros. Then, due to the injury problems that lasted the whole season, he only played 17 times for Chelsea, but he scored 11 goals. This efficiency is definitely quite high. . But after Mourinho arrived. He actually loaned him directly to AC Milan. On this point, Wansheng can only understand that 'Mourinho is creating space for Drogba to play', after all, with Crespo in, Drogba's playing time will definitely be affected.

Crespo is playing for AC Milan this season. He cannot compete with Shevchenko for the main position. He can only compete for playing opportunities with Inzaghi and others as a second striker, but he also has 26 appearances and 13 A goal scored.

This kind of efficiency is not low at all!

You must know that Crespo belongs to the 'second striker' in AC Milan. It's not just second in position, it's second in teammates' passing choices. When Shevchenko and him have a chance at the same time, teammates will definitely give priority to passing the ball to Shevchenko, and as a second striker, Crespo often creates opportunities for Shevchenko. Because of this, He also has a splendid seven assists.

Crespo who performed like this is definitely not bad, not to mention the world's top, and Wansheng can see it more clearly. Crespo's strength assessment is purple, that is to say, his comprehensive ability evaluation as a striker is in ' Above 90', this is absolutely world class.

But he is not likeable at Chelsea and AC Milan... Perhaps the only explanation is Crespo's age, he is 30 years old after all.

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At half-time, talking about the next game format, talking about the players of the next two teams, the time has slowly passed.

Wan Sheng became the protagonist of the live broadcast room, not to mention it. At the same time, in Liverpool's dressing room, Gerrard, the captain, felt a little heavy. In the first half, he knew the difficulties of AC Milan, and also learned those things. The strength of the opponent, what impressed him the most was the opponent's young star Kaka.

Kaka's dribbling speed is too fast!

Gerrard felt that he was running with the opponent throughout the first half, following the opponent's shadow. In his impression, he had never encountered a player who dribbled the ball so fast. The speed is already fast enough to deal with most dribbling players, but he feels that he is out of touch with the lightning-speed Kaka.

As for Gattuso, who provoked himself, Gerrard didn't feel anything.

Gattuso looks very aggressive, but it's not scary at all, because he feels that he will not be injured or threatened against Gattuso, and Gattuso has no ability to score goals.

What Gerrard is most afraid of is the kind of midfielder who is very skilled - Riquelme, Kaka, Ronaldo!

Such players, their football is 'break-through-bang-goal'!

At the end of the first half, Gerrard was already feeling very unhappy. Not only was he trailing three to zero, in fact, as a player, he didn't need to think so much. Gattuso left the stage with a smug smile, an expression that made people angry.

There were also two other Milan players waving to fans and families as they left the field...

So disgusting!

There was silence in the Liverpool dressing room.

Everyone sat there motionless, and after a while, a player started talking, no blame, no complaints.

Gerrard clenched his fists, stood up and shouted to the crowd, "Guys, what's wrong with us? The coach told us to focus and make no mistakes. And the whole first half was one-sided, we haven't even started yet."

"Don't let Milan kick us 5-0, I don't want to be massacred." Carragher continued.

Gerrard knew the team needed a boost,

Benitez stepped forward, and he pressed his hands down and began to talk about the adjustment, "Everyone is quiet. Finnan goes down, Haman comes in, our three defenders are enough. The main task of Hamann and Alonso is to Defend. You two must watch Kaka. Smitchell is at the back, Steven moves forward, attacking with Garcia and Baros. Pirlo doesn't run much, watch him, don't let him Pass. Hold the ball..."

Benitez didn't say much. But it's the point. He rarely does morale-boosting work, but it's enough to tell the players what to do, but this time he did some thought work, "Don't keep your head down, don't forget, you're here for Liverpool. Fight. For the fans, keep your heads up too. Don't let them down. Believe in yourself. Give yourself a chance to be a hero!"

Although it was clearly written on the scoreboard that Liverpool were behind 0-3, the Liverpool fans at the scene were still persistent. They sang "you will never walk alone" and expressed their feelings to the Liverpool players in the locker room through singing. support.

No matter how difficult it is, the fans will support us through the ups and downs, we will never walk alone!

Gerrard shouted excitedly: "They haven't given up, and we can't give up! These fans have spent a lot of money and come all the way here to support us. We must not let the fans down. If we can score a goal, the fans will Will support us even more. That way. We can get another one!"

"Brothers, come on!"

One by one Liverpool players stepped forward to hold each other's hands and held them tightly.

They can't wait to get back on the field and get their hands dirty!

"For Liverpool!"

"For the fans!"

Simple slogan, but very useful.

Gerrard knew he was the captain, and it was the captain's responsibility to lead the team to fight back.

Coming to the stadium, listening to the deafening singing of Liverpool fans and the confusion of the AC Milan players opposite, Gerrard felt that he had regained his confidence.

Soon as the game went on, he felt that the AC Milan players were starting to slack off, as if they had done their job, and even if they lost a goal, Maldini and his team-mates would think the outcome would be 3-1.

In that case, let me try it!

Haman played, he shared the defensive task, and Gerrard was freed to try more offense!

In the 54th minute, Riise took the ball on the left, and Gerrard quickly followed up and broke into Milan's penalty area.

"If he can cross, I can shoot, Rise, hurry up and pass the ball into the penalty area!" Gerrard shouted in his heart looking at Rise, but unfortunately the ball was intercepted by Cafu, he looked at Around, thinking that the ball might be able to pass again.

Riise managed to get the ball in before Cafu intercepted again!

The ball is very fast!

Gerrard is more than ten meters away from the goal, and his position is not very good to shoot, but he uses the overhead to send the ball into the goal. AC Milan goalkeeper Dida opened his arms, but the ball still flew over his head into the net.

The ball is in!

Header!

Gerrard's goal!

It was also Gerrard's only header of the season, and he excitedly ran to the stands of the Liverpool fans, waving his arms at them and making them shout a little louder.

With Gerrard's goal, the miracle officially opened!

Just two minutes later, the veteran Hamann took the ball and passed the ball to Smicer, who was 25 yards away from the goal. Obviously, the Milan team did not feel that Smicer's position was any threat, and Seedorf was too lazy to stretch his feet. Go to intercept him, and Smitchell sends the ball straight into the goal.

Just one ball away!

After scoring the second goal, Liverpool went completely crazy. Many players realized that they could definitely score another goal and finally win. It felt like God instilled them in their will, they were so sure.

After three minutes, Jamie Carragher passed the ball to Baros near the penalty area.

Gerald is close behind!

Realizing Gerrard's good position, Baros chose to pass the ball over, and in a one-on-one situation, Gerrard had a good chance of scoring the ball, only to Gattuso tripping him.

Penalty!

Whole house shouts!

Xavi - Alonso took the penalty, his low shot was saved by Dida, but the Spanish boy reacted quickly, he followed up and kicked the ball into the net with his left foot!

3:3!

Everyone was shocked at this moment!

Wansheng, who was prepared in his heart, was moved by the football spirit displayed by Liverpool. It is difficult to imagine that in such an international competition, facing an opponent who is much stronger than the team and facing a situation of three goals behind, Liverpool did not give up. , they persisted until now, and managed to catch up with three goals in 6 minutes.

This is the 'football spirit', a belief, a firmness!

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"They did it! They did it!"

Wan Sheng has already shouted excitedly, "It's really beautiful! Gerrard! Smicer! Alonso! And Benitez... To be honest, I don't think much of this Spain. Man, but he did a really good job, with Liverpool like this, 3-3... I believe they will get the final victory!"

"This will be an extremely classic battle of miracles!"

At this moment, many people are as excited as Wansheng. Of course, some people are not, such as Eriksen. Although he was surprised by Liverpool's performance, it is by no means that Liverpool will win. There is still a lot of time. And it's just a draw.

But Eriksen did not refute Wansheng, because Liverpool are now "popular"!

Not to mention that Sky TV already supports Liverpool, which belongs to the English team, Liverpool's performance in just six minutes can definitely be called a miracle!

And what happened next made Eriksen not say a word until the end of the show-Liverpool successfully defended until 90 minutes, until the end of extra time, and ended 3:2 in the penalty shootout. game!

Seeing that on the field, all the Liverpool players rushed towards the goalkeeper Dudek, who had made great achievements, and even Carragher, who was lying on the ground, ran fast. This scene made many people feel unbelievable and take it for granted. !

At this moment, Wan Sheng sighed, "Congratulations to Liverpool, congratulations to Benitez..."

Erickson was silent.

In fact, the object of his surprise is Wansheng. Liverpool and AC Milan already have a gap in strength. This young man also talked about this before the game, but when Liverpool fell behind 0:3, how dare he say anything 'Football spirit' and think Liverpool have a chance of an equaliser?

He's a manager, not a Liverpool fan!

That kind of thing is only said by pure Liverpool fans, because they just support the team, but it doesn't matter if what they say makes sense!

But the young man said it, and Liverpool did.

Eriksen believes that tomorrow's sports news will belong to Liverpool, but Wansheng, as a special guest of this game, will definitely be one of the protagonists... And he, as a guest, can only do A set of green leaves. (To be continued ~^~)