510 Savage Pride(1/2)
Liverpool's spirit creates the miracle of Istanbul!
Classic = will, created by the great Liverpool people!
The brave Liverpool man writes the immortal Champions League epic!
Liverpool has saved 20 years of life and death, and the Zebra Legion repays the old debt 20 years ago!
Juventus won three consecutive games at the beginning, and Liverpool scored 4 goals and staged a miracle!
Yang Cheng has made the greatest classic and myth in Champions League history!
In the Battle of Istanbul, Caesar became the altar!
Liverpool, who fell into hell, was honored as heaven because of Yang Cheng!
Fans enthusiastically decide Liverpool's life and death, and KOP shocked the whole world!
Liverpool people prove themselves with their blood, and Juventus was defeated by a shocking reversal!
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The next day, the front page headlines of major newspapers around the world made a series of sensational news.
Unlike in the past, after each Champions League ended, some media always stood up to regret the losers, today almost everyone appreciated Liverpool, and they all believed that Juventus was convinced to lose.
To comment on the title of the New York Times, "In the face of classics, no matter how powerful the opponent is, he can only choose to surrender; in the face of myths, no matter how powerful the enemy is, he must have a noble head!"
At the end of the article, a reporter from the New York Times summarized this game with a sentence, "Chinese head coach Yang Cheng's Battle to the Gods!", which means that in the United States, which is in the football desert, they also believe that with this game, Yang Cheng will enter the football altar.
Pozzo, editor-in-chief of the Italian newspaper Milan Sports, wrote an article in person, praising Yang Cheng, a long-time friend, believing that no matter where he goes, he never forgot his football philosophy and he is always making progress.
"I remember it very clearly that I once went to Liverpool and had a meal with Yang Cheng. At that time, I asked him what the difference between football in England, Italy and Germany was different. At that time, he used a word to answer me, emotions!"
"He told me that German football is very rigorous. Even if they are technical, it is technicalized under a rigorous framework; Italian football is very calm, always tactical first, always stable; English football is very good, because football is not just football for the players and fans here."
"He told me that he likes the relaxing football atmosphere in Germany because he can enjoy the entertainment of football; he also likes Italian football's emphasis on skills and tactics, which can allow the head coach to play the greatest role; but he also likes Premier League fans because it gives football a deeper meaning."
"I told him that after so long contact, I found that he was constantly learning, integrating the rigor of the Germans and the tactical thinking of the Italians into his football tactics. Now, we can see that he has learned the essence of English football, their perseverance."
"He is a master of greatness, and I look forward to continuing to see Yang Cheng, who is only 33 years old. We hope he can continue to be on the football field, bringing us more joy and purer football fun."
Unlike the comments of Pozzo, the British Times' front page headlines directly give the Istanbul miracle a greater definition.
"This game will surely reorganize the development direction of football!"
In the column of the famous columnist Martin Samuel, he did not comment directly on this game, but instead told a past from the development of modern football.
"All of us know that the development of modern football should be said to have started with the Heisel tragedy 20 years ago. It was a watershed. Before that, European football was the world of English people. Liverpool, Nottingham Forest, Aston Villa, and England's teams have become the overlords of Europe one after another, arousing the vigilance of football in other countries."
"In the eyes of many people, English football looks very barbaric and always emphasizes some illusory and worthless spirits. They lack science as the foundation, their training is chaotic, players are drunk, commit crimes, and all kinds of scandals are endless, but they are always able to use their football philosophy to complete their redemption."
"Shankley said that football has nothing to do with life and death, football is higher than life and death, and this is the interpretation of English football."
"Hot blood, hard work, hard work, tears, sweat, tenacity... The Englishmen brought their football to every corner of the world in the most manly way, so that the whole world can feel the power of their football. They can lose because they firmly believe that they must win back!"
"But all this ended abruptly after the Heisel tragedy. Liverpool, which is the most English football-like, completely declined. With the decline of teams such as Nottingham Forest and Wimbledon, with the arrival of foreign head coaches such as Wenger and Hollier, as the Premier League replaced the previous League One and became the top English football league, everyone will find that everything has changed."
"The stadium seats were cancelled, and those low-income groups were excluded from faith. More and more gentlemen in suits and ties replaced them with doubts and tried to understand this belief, but in the end, they found that the so-called faith was actually backward, decline, and unable to keep up with the times."
"More and more high-tech in the training ground has replaced human roles. They will use everything through computers and calculate everything clearly. They will even plan every minute of every game very clearly. Players are no longer the masters of football, but become executors of computer programs."
"We can even believe that if someone had to execute football, they might even consider that if it weren't for football, they would have more execution ability if they hadn't had to do it, because they would never doubt their boss, and they would have to be full of time, they would not be old, complain, or have temper."
"We can see that the players' personality is becoming more and more mediocre, and making trouble off the court has become a taboo, because a large part of their income is linked to their image and needs to be obtained by selling their image. This makes them desperately maintain their image and cannot be tainted at all, otherwise they will be unable to get over money."
"This is a football era with high technology, high wisdom and high commercial value!"
"But this game, Liverpool, which represents the original English football spirit, once again reinterpreted the meaning of football with the most English, most manly football method, and reinterpreted the beauty of football that computers and robots cannot give."
"Who says England's football spirit is barbaric? Then, Liverpool used this game to prove something. The football that the world now advocates is high-tech for precision computing, so the bloodiness and nature of football have become barbaric and redundant. But Liverpool used this game to show the world the pride of barbarism!"
"Of course, the world is moving forward, and many bad things must be eliminated, so we are very grateful to Yang Cheng, who eliminated some decadent and bad things in Liverpool and brought them some better things, but his greatest contribution is to retain the kind of barbarism, blood and manly flavor in Liverpool!"
"This is a superstitious world, but the biggest superstitious thing in the world is that superstitious technology will make everything better for us!"
Martin Samuel's remarks are very exploratory. To a certain extent, they are not only football, but also involve all other aspects. They are very biased, but they are worthy of research and have caused a huge response.
However, unlike his profound meaning to the Battle of Istanbul, the parties involved Liverpool did not have the slightest awareness. They just completed the final and they just didn't want to lose.
Perhaps, many things are like this, and everyone will try hard to attach their own understanding to what they agree with.
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Yang Cheng really didn't think so much, he was sitting on the plane, thinking about some questions.
For example, after dinner last night, he went back to the hotel to sleep and did not go to the appointment. I wonder if they would want to kill themselves with a knife?
A flight attendant... Oh, he should have asked Aunt Kong to come over to remind him that the plane was about to land.
After Yang Cheng thanked him, he looked behind him. Many crazy players were sleeping on the plane, woke up one by one and yawning. These guys went crazy all night last night, but they were all restricted to the hotel. Otherwise, they would be unable to make any trouble when they went out, so it would be fun.
"Boss!" Gerald was behind Yang Cheng.
"What's the matter?" Yang Cheng turned around and saw the bloodshot Gerard from the gap in the seat.
The latter smiled, "Wait a minute, you take the trophy and take us down!"
There must be many Liverpool fans waiting at John Lenon Airport, and the players all think that Yang Cheng should be in the front.
This is a respect for him and a recognition of him.
Yang Cheng smiled, "Is it necessary? You guys go ahead, I'll walk at the end!"
He has no need to compete with the players because no one can deny his role. And if he gives the limelight to the players at this time, he can also establish a good impression of him in the minds of the players and promote internal harmony of the team. Why not do it?
"But..." Gerald still wanted to fight for it.
"I said you go ahead, you go ahead, unless you want all of us to squat on the plane and not get off."
Gerald and Carragher looked at each other and nodded together, and could only accept the head coach's arrangement.
To be honest, after two years of getting along, they all know Yang Cheng's character more or less, so they don't force it.
A few minutes later, when the plane landed at John Lenon Airport, when Gerald, Carragher and Hepia three captains negotiated, they finally walked off the plane with big ear cups, one left and one right, and a burst of extremely warm cheers broke out from the entire John Lenon Airport.
"Long live Liverpool!"
"Gerard!! Captain!!"
"Jamie, you're a hero!!"
But the one who shouted the loudest was "Caesar!!! Caesar!!!"
The players walked out one by one, followed the last one out of the cabin. As soon as Yang Cheng appeared, there was an extremely warm cheer and cheering sound from the entire apron, and the fans even shouted Caesar's name crazily.
Yang Cheng waved to the fans, slowly followed Gerald and others, and walked off the plane.
The mayor of Liverpool came here to greet him with a group of senior officials and MPs, one of which was also a Chinese, who was elected after Yang Cheng had helped him call. This was the first Chinese MP in the UK.
Like all welcome ceremonies in the past, we always have to take some photos, welcome and so on. Then some representatives said a lot of thanks. In fact, this set is also popular abroad.
"The fans are already crazy. Almost the entire Liverpool has come out in full swing. All Liverpool fans have gathered in the city and the road is blocked!" Rick Parry said to Yang Cheng.
"It's understandable!" Yang Cheng said with a smile.
Having won a league championship, Liverpool was crowded with people. Now that he won this Champions League after his 20th anniversary, he won the Champions League, so why wouldn’t Liverpool fans go crazy? It is said that many people rushed back to Liverpool from Turkey overnight to prepare for this afternoon’s celebration.
"According to the recruitment notice sent by the national team before, many players have to rush to the national team today to report, so we decided to go on a tour around the city directly, and wait for you to talk to the players!" Rickparry said.
Yang Cheng nodded. He was as accommodating to the club as much as possible for such things.
In fact, Liverpool also accommodates Yang Cheng very much. For example, in the summer of the first two seasons, the teams were in Asia and the United States. Now this season, Yang Cheng decided to hold a low-key training camp in Europe. The club did not make things difficult for him, but carefully selected several suitable training places. In the end, Yang Cheng chose Italy.
This is really a coincidence, not intentional.
When the team walked out of the airport after a while, they boarded the unpeng-free double-decker bus. The players stood on the top of the bus, each holding the big ear cup tightly and slowly drove out of John Lenon Airport.
There are many private cars printed and dyed with Liverpool logos along the way, or the front of the car is followed by Liverpool flags. There are even many pickup trucks on the back row, which are even crowded with Liverpool fans. They all have oil paint on their faces. They shout when they see the team bus, and their voices are a little hoarse. It is conceivable that they must have been so happy last night.
Mounted police, **, auxiliary police... Almost all of Liverpool police officers were dispatched completely.
Especially when entering Liverpool's city, fans almost surrounded the team and made them have to form a defensive line around the bus to prevent fans from getting too close, for fear that they would overturn the bus.
There are too many people, and it is very likely to be crowded around!
They were blocked at the intersection of the city for an hour, and finally had to evacuate some fans, so that the bus could pass slowly.
This grand occasion even attracted Liverpool's mortal enemy. Many Everton fans took to the streets, but they did not dare to wear Everton's jerseys for fear of being accidentally drowned by someone spitting.
There are too many people, so there are all kinds of worries.
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The tour, which was supposed to be completed in one or two hours, did not end until after 8 pm. The bus was almost carried by fans and walked all the streets of Liverpool, and finally returned to Anfield Stadium, which was another bustle.
The team disbanded on the spot in the locker room at Anfield Stadium.
Yang Cheng looked at the group of players who were no longer excited and were more tired, and he felt funny in his heart because they didn't sleep all night last night and just slept on the plane for a while.
Carragher took advantage of everyone's time to send out a wedding invitation. The guy was going to get married, for fear that someone would be absent.
To be continued...