Volume 1: When Heroes Appear, People Pay Attention. Chapter 95: The Racial Talent of the Turkish Team

After all the sixteen quarter-finals of the Europa League, that is, the Europa League, UEFA conducted a draw ceremony.

The two teams competing in the next round of quarter-finals will be drawn.

Before the draw ceremony, those who hated Chen Yingxiong hoped that Liverpool would be drawn to Inter Milan, and the two heroes would fight. Then Liverpool would be eliminated by Inter Milan, and Chen Yingxiong would never have the chance to talk nonsense in front of them, which would make them sick.

But it backfired.

Liverpool did not draw Inter Milan.

Their opponent is a Turkish team that is neither strong nor weak - Besiktas.

Just talking about the comparison of strength between the two sides, Besiktas is obviously not Liverpool's opponent.

But Besiktas has an advantage, that is, they are a Turkish team.

What advantage does the Turkish team have?

It really counts.

Whether it's Besiktas, Galatasaray, or Fenerbahce, one of the most striking features of the Turkish team is that their home court is very, very scary - this can be regarded as their "racial talent".

There was once such a scene that vividly illustrates what the atmosphere of a Turkish stadium is like - two Turkish teams were playing, and the visiting team players took a corner kick. At that time, the corner flag area was like hail, and there were all football fans. All kinds of debris were thrown from the stands, ranging from lighters, coins to mobile phones. Some people even removed the seats and threw them down.

Even if such a situation occurred in England and Italy, areas with a high incidence of football hooligans and stadium violence, it would be regarded as a very serious incident. Maybe the referee will call the game aborted, riot police will intervene, and mass arrests will begin.

The media began to criticize stadium violence and football hooligans for polluting the pure sport of football.

But in Turkey, in that game, not only the players, but also the referee turned a blind eye to it.

The only protection was about twenty heavily armed riot police holding shields between the free throw players and the stands, but this still couldn't stop the debris raining down from the stands.

However, the penalty kicker acted very calmly. He just picked up the debris in the area where he stepped, threw it away, and then kicked the football out like he had done throughout the game.

In November 2003, on the same stadium, England and Turkey had a fight after the game. At that time, Turkey's player Alpay was because of mocking Beckham who missed a penalty kick during the game and for being beaten after the game. Due to his active performance in Douzhong, he was expelled from Aston Villa, the Premier League team he was playing for at the time.

In the 2005 German World Cup qualifiers, Switzerland defeated Turkey in an away game and won a ticket to the German World Cup. After the game, a large-scale brawl broke out between the two sides in the tunnel. As a result, the visiting Swiss were outnumbered. Not only because their opponents are tough Turkic knights, but also Turkish riot police. The Turkish police beat them hard and threatened to "cut their throats." Many Swiss players were injured. Among them, the most seriously injured one was stepped on the vital part of the root of the big tui, causing internal bleeding and was rushed to the hospital for treatment. , and a catheter was inserted, only to find out that he was still urinating blood the next day. His teammates were scared to tears. All Swiss players were beaten and frightened to varying degrees.

After this conflict, Sheffield United head coach Warnock, who had coached Hao Haidong, opened a "Weekly Lessons Learned" column in the British "Independent". In response to this incident, he clearly stated in the beginning of the column: " Lesson number one, never lead a team to Turkey without body armor and kung fu training.”

This is how he recalled the game between Switzerland and Turkey: "Every time a free kick was taken, eight Turkish players rushed up and pushed the referee from different angles. The referee could not give a red card at all, because in that case the whole It’s time for the Turkish team to go... I love Turkey and Istanbul is a wonderful city, but I don’t want to bring my team to play here. Maybe I should threaten my players like this: If you don’t get promoted at the end of the season, then Let’s go to Istanbul!”

Irish star Cascarino also wrote an article in the "Times": "The incident in Istanbul on Wednesday reminded me of the last time I played for the Irish team, which was the 2000 European Cup play-offs against Turkey. Player We all love an exciting atmosphere, but it's another thing when your heart beats faster because your life is in danger. The Turkish police are part of the problem, they are not here to protect you, but to remind you, You are a foreigner, this is their country, and you are alone. A Swiss player is injured and hospitalized. Does FIFA have to wait until a player dies in Turkey before FIFA will impose severe sanctions?"

This incident aroused the fury of FIFA. It stands to reason that Turkey should show weakness, right? No! You all underestimated the madness of the Turks!

What is Hell's Home Field? The home stadium of hell is a home stadium that even FIFA can’t clean up!

FIFA President Sepp Blatter issued a strongly worded statement, saying that Turkey and Switzerland will be severely punished. Swiss players said that they are ready to be suspended, even if they cannot participate in the World Cup, because "they can escape from Turkey." I'm lucky enough..."

Turkey reacted strongly. Turkish media said that Blatter was "taking human life lightly" and called him a "rogue president." At that time, Turkey's head coach Terim was also in the provincial capital. The international football community was biased against Turkey: "We Turks must act in unity. They are biased against Turks. Even if nothing happens, opponents will use this bias to against Turkey."

The conflict even escalated into a diplomatic dispute. Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Shaheen issued a statement saying: "I cannot accept that Turkey is singled out as the wrong party. I regret to hear that the international football team has not released the match report before it is announced." With such a statement from the United President, he is speaking as a Swiss football player, not as a president." The Swiss Foreign Minister responded tit-for-tat by saying that the treatment of the Swiss team was "unacceptable."

In short, it is definitely not unexpected for a game to cause a diplomatic dispute in Turkey.

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From these examples, everyone can know to some extent what the atmosphere is like in Turkish stadiums.

Any team from other European regions will feel huge pressure when they come to Turkey to compete. If their mental quality is worse, they may simply become weak and lose their status. Many teams, even if they are wealthy, would not want to play in Turkey.

Although we are always used to saying that a certain stadium has a warm atmosphere and will cause a lot of psychological pressure on the away team, it is the "Hell's Home" or "The Devil's Home", but you must know that the origin of this term is Turkey-in 1993, Manchester United challenged Turkey and Canada away from home. When Galatasaray played in the stadium, Galatasaray's football fans put up a very famous banner in the stands, saying: "Welcome to Hell!" From then on, the reputation of "Hell Stadium" spread like wildfire, shocking the whole world.

Later, the Turkish team's home stadium continued to strengthen their concept and brand image of "Hell's Home Stadium" to the world.

Leeds United football player was stabbed to death, stadium brawls, racial discrimination... Various scandals surround Turkey's stadiums, good or bad, and they have become part of the "Hell's Home Stadium".

But now this word is overused. Many courses are actually not "hell" or "devil" at all. The most authentic "Hell's Home" and "Devil's Home" only exist in Turkey.

Because you go to those other "hell stadiums" and what you lose might be a game win. And if you go to Turkey's "Hell Home" to play, what you may lose is your life...

We are all professional players. Playing football is just like workers going to work or farmers farming. It is a job.

Since it's work, it's just a living, so there's no need to sacrifice your life, right?

Although Shankly said "Football has nothing to do with life and death, football is higher than life and death", but there is no need for those of us to be martyrs.

Those European teams really can't keep up their spirits when playing in a place where they may lose their lives...

So with this in mind, Liverpool's draw against Besiktas is not considered a weak team.

Moreover, Besiktas plays home first and then away. In order to defeat their opponents at home, they will definitely take full advantage of their home court advantage!

Of course, Liverpool is not totally without a chance.

Liverpool had played against Besiktas in the UEFA Champions League group stage in 2007. At that time, Liverpool lost to Besiktas 1:2 away from home. After returning to their home court, Liverpool replaced Besiktas. An 8:0!

Therefore, as long as Liverpool doesn't lose too many away games, they still have a chance to defeat Besiktas when they return to home.

This draw result can be said to satisfy both those who support Liverpool and those who hate Chen Yingxiong.

People who support Liverpool obviously think that Liverpool is stronger than Besiktas and passing the test will not be a problem. Maybe after returning home, Liverpool can replicate the 8:0 miracle in 2007 against Besiktas. Couldn't Chen Yingxiong take the opportunity to score goals? It's not impossible to score twenty goals in one game.

People who hate Chen Yingxiong think that Beksitas can completely defeat Liverpool at home. When Chen Yingxiong's fiery temper meets the fiery atmosphere of hell's home court, there may be some stories they like to hear...such as The hero had a conflict with the opponent's player and was ejected with a red card. In this case, he would have no chance to complete his twenty goal goal this season. Liverpool, which lost Chen Yingxiong, would also be eliminated by Besiktas. .

This makes everyone happy! ! .