Volume 1: The Male Is Out and About, People Pay Attention Chapter 98: It’s Midnight and You Can’t Let Anyone Sleep
Phil Gibbs and the others arrived in Istanbul before the Liverpool team arrived. They did not leave directly. Instead, they took their luggage and went directly to the airport pick-up port.
There, they met several other groups of fans who had come from Liverpool to cheer them on.
After these people gathered together and exchanged simple greetings, they all took out folded scarves, flags, slogans, and portrait posters of the football stars from their bags.
Start waiting for Liverpool's players to come out of the tunnel.
There are many media waiting for Liverpool with them, and the vast majority are from the UK, followed by Turkish and Chinese media.
This scene is no different from any away trip. You don't feel the tension that caused the club to issue a warning.
The air in Turkey is no different from the air in England.
The Liverpool fans chatted with each other while waiting and looking forward to it.
About half an hour later, the airport announced that the flight from London had landed. The fans gave the first cheers as Liverpool players were on this flight.
After waiting for another twenty minutes, Liverpool's players finally appeared in the channel with the flow of people!
Liverpool fans cheered and sang "You'll Never Walk Alone". They waved flags and banners as they sang and paid tribute to Liverpool's players.
Among the Liverpool players, captain Gerrard and Chen Yingxiong were the players who received the most cheers.
This game was so difficult that Gerrard had to end his training early and returned without fully recovering from his injury. However, it is still uncertain whether he will play in this game. His comeback is more of a symbolic meaning as the captain travels with the team, which is a boost and encouragement to the team's morale. When the team encounters difficulties, the spiritual leader can fully play his role.
Chen Yingxiong is an important figure for the team to survive in the away game. His goal is the guarantee of Liverpool's victory. Even if Liverpool loses, as long as Chen Yingxiong can score away goals for the team, the team can maintain its advantage.
So these two people are the ones that fans have high hopes for.
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"It looks like a lot of people are here!"
"The fans are so enthusiastic!"
"Hi, beauty!"
The players were very excited to see so many fans coming to greet them at the airport during the away game. Although many of them looked tired due to travel, this did not prevent them from greeting the fans at all.
There are also some popular players who will be called to the edge of the channel to sign autographs and take photos with fans.
Chen Yingxiong naturally couldn't run away.
Looking at the happy interaction between his players and fans, Martin O'Neill frowned slightly.
The players have simple ideas and won't care so much, but the head coach is different. He would actually rather not see so many Liverpool fans here.
Because the more fans who come to away games, it means the greater the probability of danger.
Martin O'Neill hopes that not a single Liverpool fan will come, and that the team can be more focused and fly back to the UK immediately after the game. This is the safest, because no matter what, the team will find the police to protect them, so the players are actually not in danger.
But fans are different. They lack discipline and their whereabouts are unpredictable. Naturally, they lack protection. They are most likely to conflict with others when wandering outside. Fans also like to drink. A person who is originally quite gentle will turn into a thug if he drinks too much. If both parties are drunk, then a little spark can cause an explosion.
But there is no point worrying about this now, everyone is here...can we still drive them all back?
He could only continue to pray in his heart.
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In order to ensure that they would not be disturbed, and at the same time to cool down the game, Liverpool's visit to Istanbul was really low-key.
First of all, they delayed their departure from the UK to Turkey. Instead of coming here two days in advance to adapt to the venue, they only arrived one day in advance and arrived in the afternoon of local Turkish time. In this way, you can adapt to the venue, train, get some sleep, and leave after the game tomorrow night. This avoids staying here for a long time. This also prevents the fans who follow them from coming to Istanbul too many days in advance. During the game, wander the streets of Istanbul to avoid problems.
At the same time, Liverpool Club did not inform the media in advance which hotel they would stay at. This is to prevent Turkish fans from making early arrangements to harass Liverpool players.
But they will always come and stay, so this news can't be kept secret for long...
We arrived in Istanbul in the afternoon and went directly to Inonu Stadium for adaptive training. The players were very tired, so they rested early in the evening and had a tactical meeting the next morning.
I thought this would allow the players to have sufficient rest time and would not affect the next day's game.
Who would have thought that Liverpool's wishful thinking turned out to be wrong!
Don't think that if you don't reveal the name of the hotel in advance, Bexitas fans will not be able to find it. When Liverpool arrives at the hotel, confidentiality loses its meaning.
So when the Liverpool fans had fallen asleep at night, they were woken up by the huge noise...
About a hundred Besigintas fans gathered on the road below the hotel, beating gongs and drums, singing loudly and swearing. At this time, the vuvuzelas, which are world-famous because of the World Cup in South Africa, also gave full play to their effectiveness. The various noises drove many Liverpool players out of bed.
Many people opened the curtains one after another and looked dissatisfied at the fans below from the windows.
But they have no choice but to look at it this way. They can't even say bad words back because that would just cause more trouble. Before coming to Istanbul, Martin O'Neill had already warned all the players to remain silent. No matter what time, they should not speak to the outside world. They should remain silent when facing reporters and even more so when facing the other party's fans. .
Everyone also knows how terrible it is to challenge the Turkish team away from home, so they are all obedient.
The hotel Liverpool stayed in was an old hotel with a very traditional architectural style. It was not high, with the highest level being fourteenth floor. The entire Liverpool team stayed in a room on the tenth floor.
Because it is not high enough, the noise from outside is very clear.
The Dutchman Kuyt lives in the same room as Chen Yingxiong. He lay on the bed tossing and turning, but couldn't sleep.
I was already nervous enough, and I finally fell asleep, but my sleep was very light, and now I was woken up by the noise of those fans, which made it even harder to fall asleep.
He buried himself under the pillow, which had little effect. Finally, unable to bear it anymore, he sat up from the bed.
Only then did he realize that Chen Yingxiong was not on the bed next to him.
"Hero?" he called.
He was afraid that Chen Yingxiong would run down and challenge the fans.
"What for?"
Fortunately, Chen Yingxiong appeared in response and came out of the bathroom.
"Did you go to the bathroom? You can't sleep either..." Kuyt stopped talking mid-sentence and looked at the plastic bag held by Chen Yingxiong, and he seemed to smell something... Stink.
"What's in the bag?" Kuyt asked, pointing to the plastic bag.
"Shit and piss!" Chen Yingxiong's answer almost made Kuyt roll off the bed,...
Seeing the panic on Kuyt's face, Chen Yingxiong quickly comforted him: "Don't worry, this is a special garbage bag. It's waterproof and very tough! And it won't leak easily when I carry it..."
"That's not what I said!" Kuyt screamed in a broken voice. "what are you planning to do?"
"Of course it's to show the people below!" Chen Yingxiong pointed to the window. The Besiktas fans downstairs continued to yell and curse.
"You..., you are just like this..." Kuyt pointed at the bag and stammered. He couldn't say anything else. The thought of Chen Yingxiong carrying a bag of feces and urine made him feel sick to his stomach. .
It was so bad that the food I ate at night seemed to be churning...
"Uh-one." He quickly covered his mouth.
When Chen Yingxiong saw him like this, he was delighted: "You want to vomit? That's great! No... wait!"
Chen Yingxiong turned around and ran back to the toilet. As he ran, the contents of the bag swayed and emitted a strong, fresh... stench.
Kuyt couldn't bear it anymore, jumped out of bed and rushed into the toilet...
Before Chen Yingxiong even had time to put down what he was holding, he saw Kuyt rushing in, and he shouted: "Hold it!"
Then he kicked the trash can over! Very accurately, Kuyt leaned over, opened his mouth and spat everything in his mouth into the black garbage bag of the trash can...
Chen Yingxiong held a garbage bag in one hand, patted Kuyt's back gently with the other, and comforted him: "Spit up, spit out more...this little is not enough...".
Kuyt, who was just feeling better, heard Chen Yingxiong's words and "vomited" again, and vomited out more... This time, he probably even vomited out the lunch on the plane.
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After vomiting, Kuyt crawled back onto the bed weakly, leaving a mess on the floor and not caring to clean it up. But there was no need for him to clean it up.
Chen Yingxiong carefully hung the bag in his hand on the hook, and then began to deal with Kuyt's "future affairs."
He ran to the cupboard and got a condom.
Kuyt was lying on the bed, and when he saw him taking a condom, he became more energetic. Don't get me wrong, he was just curious.
"What are you doing with this?" he asked weakly.
But Chen Yingxiong was very happy: "This hotel is indeed a five-star hotel. The service is so good. I didn't expect that there are even condoms!"
"Are you still interested in doing that at this time?" Kuyt said, slightly raising his voice.
"Shit, who the hell has that idea! I'm just trying to hold water!"
After speaking, Chen Yingxiong ducked into the toilet and heard the sound of water.
After Chen Yingxiong was busy inside for a long time, he came out again carrying two bulging black garbage bags.
At this time, his face was serious, even... somewhat murderous.
Kuyt was stunned when he saw Chen Yingxiong like this. People who didn't know better thought that Chen Yingxiong was going out to kill people...
"Dirk." Chen Yingxiong said solemnly.
"Huh?" Kuyt's brain had lost the ability to think, and he responded reflexively.
"Turn off the lights!"