Chapter 427 Can't he be more humble?(1/2)
"Congratulations to Liverpool for winning the FA Cup in England!"
"In the FA Cup, they eliminated Manchester United, Chelsea, and finally defeated West Ham United in the final to win the championship. This championship trophy is full of gold, which is an interpretation of their outstanding performance."
"Liverpool have also performed well in the league this season, they won the third place in the league, only one point less than Manchester United, they have the league's top scorer, and in thirty-eight rounds, they have only lost three games."
"In European competitions, Liverpool is one of the best teams in England. They will compete with another England team, Arsenal, against the St. Berede Cup at the Grand Stadium in Paris. This is the highest honor of European clubs and represents the Champions League championship!"
“That’s the game four days later!”
"But this night belongs to Liverpool, they should celebrate this championship; it also belongs to all Liverpool fans. This is the seventh / no / wrong / FA Cup championship in Liverpool's club history. The last time they won the FA Cup was in the 2000-2001 season across the century. That season, the FA Cup was also their only honor worth mentioning, but this season they performed better. They have won the Community Shield Cup, and with the upcoming Champions League final, we can expect them to win three championships."
"Liverpool fans will also look forward to it!"
"They were the Champions League champions last season and reached the final this season. If they can beat Arsenal to win the championship, they will create a new history after the European reorganization - to win the Champions League championship again and win the championship again and again. Perhaps it is not an exaggeration to call it the revival of the dynasty."
"It's too far from the last Liverpool dynasty, so far that many Liverpool fans can't remember it. But now they may be able to look forward to the establishment of the dynasty - as long as they can beat Arsenal."
On BBC Radio and Television, after Liverpool won the FA Cup, the scenes on the TV were all celebrated by Liverpool players. Every player hugged each other when they met. In the camera switch, you can see the smiling faces of Gerald, Zhang Tiehan, Hypia, Alonso and others. Everyone has joy on their faces to win the championship.
On this evening, Liverpool fans were excited and excited.
The FA Cup champion, this championship is by no means comparable to the League Cup champion. Perhaps fans in other countries do not understand why English fans care so much about a cup, but only English people know that this cup is their rare pride in world football - England is the birthplace of football, they created and launched this sport, and the FA Cup is also the oldest event they have created. But now English football has not been able to dominate the world, and other countries, such as Italy, Brazil, etc., perform better than them in the world. Because of this, English fans care more about the FA Cup, which not only represents their football history, but also represents their expectations and pride for English football.
At the end of the TV screen, there was a group photo of the entire Liverpool team. Benitez was half-squatting in the front of the team with the trophy in his hand. A group of players behind him waved to the camera.
Zhang Tiehan stood next to Benitez, in a very conspicuous position.
He also had a smile on his face. His fist clenched with his right hand was raised high, which looked a bit ferocious, but it looked a little funny.
"This is a photo taken by a reporter, it's really not good!"
Zhang Tiehan sat on the sofa, half-wrugged Lola and said, then he picked up the remote control and turned off the TV.
Lola squeezed into his arms and smiled, "You look so stupid."
"Dare you say I'm stupid?" Zhang Tiehan looked down and gave up a smirk at the corner of his mouth. He reached out to scratch the itch of the little woman in his arms, "Look, you still talk about me."
"Stop making trouble!" Lola opened the hand that was causing trouble and squeezed into Zhang Tiehan's arms with force.
The two of them squeezed on the sofa like this. For a long time, they both closed their eyes and felt the warmth and happiness of this moment.
After passing by, I don’t know how many of them are, but Zhang Tiehan suddenly spoke, “Lola.”
"Um?"
"Let's get married." Zhang Tiehan said.
Lola looked up and glared at Zhang Tiehan, saying nothing, but her body squeezed tighter.
"Yes, I mean getting married." Zhang Tiehan straightened his body and looked at Lola and said sincerely, "Let's get married. I have thought about it. We should prepare to get married. If we get married this year, you will be a mother at this time next year, and our lives will be much more stable. I want to marry you, really want to marry you, marry me."
Lola glared at her again, but said nothing.
"Do you agree?" Zhang Tiehan was a little nervous when he saw Lola's appearance. He really never thought that he would be rejected.
Lola raised her head and looked at Zhang Tiehan. A strange flashed across her face. After a long time, she kissed with a slightly red face, "Zhang, I am willing to marry you, but do you not even have a ring for proposal? It's better if you don't have a ring and have a bouquet of flowers!" She couldn't help but call Zhang Tiehan with her little hands.
Zhang Tiehan immediately became embarrassed.
He had never thought about asking for marriage before, but it was so warm tonight that he suddenly wanted to marry Lola and so he said it. But thinking about it, engagement is a big deal, and his proposal is really a failure without even a ring.
He decided to come back again after buying the ring.
But Lola had already stood up and was ready to take a shower with a towel. "You wood, you are not allowed to enter my room today." Before entering the bathroom, Lola pointed at Zhang Tiehan and said.
Zhang Tiehan smiled and rushed over quickly, picked up Lola, "I'll sleep on the sofa today, but let's wash together."
"Let me down!" Lola screamed.
The plot of the bathroom will not be described more, please read the subjects.
The next day, all Liverpool trained normally.
At this time, most of the teams in England have been disbanded, most professional players have already entered vacation, and national teams have made final preparations for the World Cup in a month, but Liverpool is still training. Their journey of this season is not over yet, and they still have a final match for the Champions League.
This is the most important game!
Benitez does not stipulate what training to do, but everyone is doing their own training seriously. The team's absolute main force is trying to make the team win the championship. Not everyone can understand the taste of defending the Champions League championship. At least in the past twenty years, except for them, other players have no chance to defend the title.
If they have this opportunity, they must work hard to seize it.
Those substitutes are also training hard, not only for victory, but also for the sake of good performance when playing. The Champions League final is a world-renowned game. If they can perform well in the game, they will definitely double their value.
Zhang Tiehan is naturally the absolute main force.
After coming to the team, he sat alone in training. No, goalkeeper Reina accompanied him, two people, one of them doing shooting training and the other doing goalkeeper training. Reina actually doesn't like to do this kind of training with Zhang Tiehan. After all, he always faces such powerful shots. Even as a world-class goalkeeper, he will have a headache. But when Zhang Tiehan pulled the position down about 30 meters, Reina still agreed. Even if Zhang Tiehan shot the ball at this position, he could save it calmly.
Now Reina has a good understanding of Zhang Tiehan. Generally speaking, when no one defends, Zhang Tiehan is allowed to kick off from 30 meters away. Basically, Reina can save two of three goals, which is very helpful for his reaction speed training. Zhang Tiehan is quite satisfied with his efficiency - although only three are entering one, you should know that his shot is 30 meters away, and he just shoots a straight and powerful shot. This efficiency is also a bit terrifying. Generally, when a player shoots at such a long distance, when the goalkeeper is prepared, it is good that ten can enter one, and it depends on a lot of luck. After all, the distance is too far, and the goalkeeper has enough time to react. Moreover, the football has flew thirty meters and has not much strength to reach the goal. Only Zhang Tiehan can kick such a shot.
All morning, Zhang Tiehan was doing shooting training.
He knew that he would train others, and he would not improve much if he had too little time. Shooting was his old profession. He did a good job of shooting and found a good feeling of shooting. Then he would be more likely to score goals if he had a chance in the game. Only goals could bring victory to the team.
What he thought was very simple. As the game approached, all he needed to do was to stay in shape.
In fact, other Liverpool players are also doing this, but the methods are different. Some players are free to move, just to get the ball or play football games, while some players are doing tactical training under the guidance of an assistant coach, such as defensive position training, etc. They are all doing training that can ensure their condition or quickly integrate into the game.
This is Liverpool's preparation before the finals.
Two days before the game approached, before the entire Liverpool team went to Paris, there was news about England. Eriksen had already finalized the roster for England to go to Germany's World Cup, and yesterday many players had already arrived in London to gather.
In the roster, Zhang Tiehan, Carragher and Gerald were selected. This is the final list. That is to say, after participating in the Champions League final, the three will rush to the Wembley Stadium in London to participate in the preparations for the England team's World Cup.
"The training will last for two weeks," Eriksson smiled bitterly in an interview. "To be honest, I really don't want the Champions League final to be Liverpool and Arsenal. I will have seven players to come in a few days, which has forced us to postpone the collective training for the World Cup for a few days, especially most of these players are strong."
Erikson's words can be understood by reporters.
In Liverpool, Gerrard is the main force of the England team, and Carragher will also have a positioning between the main force and the substitute. He is also a very important player in the England team. Although Zhang Tiehan, although he has not actually participated in the game on behalf of the England team, no one thinks he will be a substitute. Now Rooney is injured. Whether he can participate in the World Cup is also said that the only choices for the forward line are Zhang Tiehan and Irving.
Perhaps Zhang Tiehan also has a competitor, that is the young player Walcott from Arsenal
This is the most unexpected guy on the English roster of this World Cup. He has never been on the English roster before. No, it should be said that he is too young to enter, even though he is not eighteen years old.
This is a genius.
There is no doubt.
A very coincidental phenomenon is that when the coach who coached Walcott felt shocked when he saw him at first.
The first one to be optimistic about him was Redknapp, who coached in Southampton at the time and was Walcott's first professional coach.
"He is a shocking genius and has a bright future," said the coach who was the coach of Southampton at the time. "Seeing him reminds me of Joe Cole, who I coached at West Ham. He has excellent belt control skills, which is exciting."
Wenger was also shocked by Walcott, who compared the newcomer to Henry. “He can be as exciting as Henry. He has this potential, and I like the feeling of him dribbling, his unyielding momentum, and the calm he showed when it comes to making a decision. Henry is a good example for him, and there are some similarities between them, amazing speed and firm determination.”
The latest shocking thing was Erikson, "Choose Walcott to excite me, it's a gamble. But it's worth it. He's a real genius, an exciting genius. Maybe this is my biggest, bravest and wildest gambling, it's really gambling. When you take a 17-year-old guy to the World Cup, you naturally can't be sure of anything. But my feeling is that he's ready, I don't think he's nervous or stressed, we talked to many people who coached him before, and I think he can handle it."
Every coach was shocked by Walcott, but the media questioned Erikson's choice. With Zhang Tiehan and Irving on the England team's forward line, Rooney is likely to return from injury to participate in the World Cup. Even if Rooney is unable to play, there are outstanding forwards such as Crouch. No matter how talented Walcott is or how outstanding he is, he cannot be better than these players who have proven their strength.
"He is likely not going to get a one-minute chance to play," the Sun commented.
However, Zhang Tiehan, who is already in Paris, has no time to consider his "little national team competitor". After walking out of the airport, a reporter interviewed Zhang Tiehan. He thought he would be asked some questions about the finals, but unexpectedly, the reporter asked his opinion on Walcott, "Walcott? Who is he?"
So the Arsenal reporter was angry.
Zhang Tiehan did not react at the first time. The first impression of Arsenal's striker was Henry, either Borgkamp who was about to retire or Spanish boy Reyes. Has this guy Walcott ever appeared?
He also knew that Eriksen announced the roster of England's World Cup, but he didn't pay attention to it carefully. After all, he knew almost all the names on that roster. As for whoever the substitute player who occasionally entered, it had nothing to do with him for the time being. His main energy was still on the game against Arsenal.
What he knows is that Borgkamp is about to retire and will definitely not be able to play in this game. So, based on Arsenal coach Wenger's habit of setting up teams, Arsenal may only have one single striker Henry, and the substitute will be Reyes. Even if Arsenal has Walcott, it will be difficult for him to play in the game.
However, in England, Zhang Tiehan naturally heard Walcott's name. He knew that he was a young player from Arsenal, and he joined Arsenal during the winter transfer. He was worth 12 million pounds at the time. For a young player who had just turned 17, this was quite expensive. He asked, "Will Walcott appear?"
After hearing Zhang Tiehan say this, Arsenal media reporters were a little relieved. It turned out that this guy knew Walcott, but he just didn't react for a while.
A reporter immediately said, "Mr. Wenger has not announced the roster yet, but Walcott has joined England and is also a member of the World Cup this time. He will become your competitor. Can you give him a comment?"
This is what the seniors mean to evaluate the juniors.
Zhang Tiehan suddenly felt good. When he talked about the professional player circle, he saw that he was just looking for a guy who was his striker. Now he was a senior. He immediately smiled, "Walcott is very young and performed very well in his age. If he had a chance in the World Cup, I would score a few more goals and let the team determine the victory of the game early, perhaps this would give him some playing time."
"This is something I can do for him."
"Young people should have more experience in playing games, which is very helpful for their growth."
After Zhang Tiehan finished speaking, he pulled Gerald away, leaving behind a group of Liverpool reporters who felt funny and a group of Arsenal reporters who didn't know what to say and were a little stunned. Those neutral reporters thought Zhang Tiehan was very real.
That was it!
Walcott is a young forward genius in England, but he can't compete with Zhang Tiehan for the main position. He wants to play in the game. I'm afraid he can only count on England to score a few more goals. At that time, Erikson feels that he can use the game to train new players so that he can play.
Arsenal reporters felt resentful.
They suddenly felt that asking Zhang Tiehan Walcott's question was very stupid and naive. Before Liverpool and Arsenal's final battle, they took out Walcott and asked Zhang Tiehan to evaluate it. Isn't this just allowing Liverpool to beat Arsenal?
Henry should be said!
It's a pity that Henry is not an English player. After all, in addition to the Champions League, the most important thing in the World Cup. They have to talk about it and talk about England players. In this regard, Liverpool can really beat Arsenal. After all, Gerald and Zhang Tiehan are both the main players who can't play, and Arsenal only has one Ashley Cole, and they may not be able to get the starting position.
Liverpool came to Paris two days in advance. Benitez hopes that the players can adapt to the atmosphere here and the stadium, and perform better at that time. The Champions League final cannot tolerate any sloppyness. Benitez does not want the team to qualify for even a little mistake.
This is the 50th Champions League final, the 50th anniversary of the Champions League, and it is very meaningful to this event, so the final will be held in Paris, France, the venue of the first Champions League final.
Perhaps the only regret is that the two teams participating in the competition are England teams.
To be continued...