Football Modifier

May 13th at 15:00 pm!

The sun is still releasing its scorching heat in the sky, but around Anfield Stadium there are countless fans who are not afraid of the sun, wearing thick red Liverpool scarves, shouting "Long Live Liverpool" like soldiers about to embark on the battlefield. "Slogans, waiting in line to check in.

In one hour, Liverpool's home game against Crazy Lee and his Newcastle is about to begin.

This is the first time that the "god on the sidelines" has visited Anfield. Although they have seen and heard about Madman Lee's reputation many times on TV and print media, the Red Army fans are eager to test this man who saved English football. Are the Chinese really as magical and invincible as the legends say!

Because at Anfield, Red Army fans also have their own pride - Rafael Benitez, a legendary Spanish coach who achieved the most incredible magical comeback in the history of the Champions League on that night in Istanbul.

This will be a magical collision of magical games!

In addition, the return of Michael Owen, once the most favored child in Anfield, has also made Liverpool fans full of contradictions: on the one hand, everyone is happy that Owen can return to the top of the game under the command of Crazy Lee. , on the other hand, they don’t want Owen to give Liverpool an embarrassing defeat by scoring in tonight’s game!

After a while, there was a sudden commotion among the fans in the distance!

It turned out that the bus with the Newcastle club logo was carrying the Magpie players slowly towards the external player tunnel of Anfield Stadium.

The opponent has arrived!

Suddenly, countless white middle fingers and overwhelming curses converged on the bus.

This is not because Red Army fans hate Owen and Crazy Lee, it's just a habit of treating their enemies. Because the battle has already started in advance at this moment. When you come to Anfield, you are Liverpool's enemy!

This is Anfield!

It's Anfield, the Red Army's Liverpool!

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Forty minutes later!

In the melodious and high-pitched chorus of more than 40,000 fans who sang "You'll Never Walk Alone" floating over the Anfield Stadium, the referee Andre Marriner, who was wearing a sky blue referee uniform, took the first place. A man walked out of the player tunnel, followed by 22 green warriors from both sides wearing their respective team jerseys who were going to fight in a few minutes!

At this moment, huge cheers erupted from the stadium stands!

Once a comrade of Michael Owen, now the red soul of Liverpool, Gerrard turned around skillfully, smiled and waved his arms to the stands, just like Owen did here five years ago, easily taking away the once upon a time gift from the crazy fans. The applause and cheers that belong exclusively to Michael Owen at Anfield!

The camera zooms in.

Since they are also the captains of their respective teams, Michael Owen and Gerrard were the first to walk out of the tunnel side by side, both following closely behind the referee! The broadcast camera cleverly gave a close-up of Irving's face, allowing every fan to see it clearly through the stadium's electronic screen.

All the older generation of Red Army fans were surprised to find at this moment that Irving, who was once as innocent and young as the boy next door, had unknowingly turned into a mature man. The messy beard on his chin and the hint of maturity in the corner of his eyes and eyebrows tell every fan who has ever liked Irving——

The golden boy is no longer young!

After three years of ups and downs, when the former storm-chasing boy returned to Anfield, although the knife of time had erased Owen's original sharp brilliance, the golden boy who had learned to bury murderous intentions But it became even more terrifying!

For Michael Owen, a season of struggle and struggle is destined to use his feet in these ninety minutes today to make Benitez, the Spanish man who once drove him ruthlessly away from Anfield, regret it!

Completely regret it!

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Soon, as usual, Liverpool players lined up to shake hands with Newcastle players!

When Owen, Gerrard and Carragher held hands together, the flashes of countless cameras on the sidelines lit up at the same time. Because in the past two years, Owen has missed all Newcastle players due to injuries. against Liverpool, so today’s handshake is more like the first conversation between the former leader of the Red Army and the current soul of Anfield!

Even the fans in the stands were silent at this moment!

Push~~~~

The whistle finally sounded, and Newcastle captain Michael Owen touched the ball for the first time in the game after winning the ball in the challenge. The merciless boos directed at the away players from the Anfield stands were not heard. After the first ring, it seemed that even the KOPs were not used to booing Michael Owen!

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Li Tongfan did not choose the invincible 4-3-3 formation in this game, but unexpectedly returned to his best 4-1-2-1-2 with both wings flying together——

On the forward line, Michael Owen partners with high center forward Ameobi, Alan Smith serves as the attacking midfielder, Juan Mata and Duff occupy the wings, and Joey Barton appears in the defensive midfielder position. On the back line from left to right are Habibie, Steven Taylor, A-Faye and Jose Enrique.

Goalkeeper Given.

As for the opponent Liverpool, Benitez resorted to his old routine of 4-4-2.

The goalkeeper is Spaniard Reina, and Argentine teenagers Insua, Daniel Agger, veteran Hyypia and vice-captain Carragher form the Red Army's defense. Passing expert Xavi Alonso and midfielder Mascherano sit in the midfield, while Norwegian hunk Riise and team spirit Gerrard sit on both sides of the midfield. Anfield's new golden boy Fernando Torres and Dutch forward Kuyt are responsible for the important task of destroying the Red Army on the front line.

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After the game started, Newcastle habitually launched Cheng Yaojin's three-point attack, striving to give their opponents a head start on their momentum. Irving knocked the football back to Alan Smith behind him. After receiving the football, Smith did not pass it back. After a brief observation, he passed the ball to the left winger Juan Mata.

Defending Mata on the wing is Gerrard, the soul of the Liverpool team.

Although Gerrard's best position is as an attacking midfielder, his defensive ability cannot be underestimated, because anyone who knows football knows that the Liverpool captain is definitely the most balanced offensive and defensive player in Europe. Players, if you show off your breakthrough skills in front of Gerrard just because he is an offensive player, then wait until you lose the ball!

Therefore, in order to avoid delaying the opportunity, Juan Mata did not choose to break through as Gerrard expected, but directly passed the ball diagonally into Liverpool's penalty area!

In the restricted area!

Newcastle high center forward Ameobi reluctantly sent the football to Michael Owen outside the penalty area during the competition with the Finnish veteran. Owen did not hesitate because the opponent was Liverpool, and immediately bent his bow and prepared to shoot...

According to statistics, in the seven games in the second half of this season, Irving has scored no less than three long-range shots from this position, and his shooting success rate is extremely high! Therefore, the exclamations of the KOPs in the stands could not help but sound at this moment...

However, this seemingly fatal shot did not happen in the end!

Because just 0.01 seconds before the instep of Irving came into contact with the football, a red figure rushed out of the diagonal stab without hesitation, stabbed the football out first, and then slammed into Irving under the influence of inertia. Together!

Mascherano!

This top offensive destroyer in football, who is as famous as Ghanaian Buffalo Essien in FM2008, easily destroyed Newcastle's raid with a brutal tackle and collision. And from the perspective of football rules, this was a steal that made reasonable use of the body, so the referee did not call a foul!

The game continues!

The football produced by Mascherano fell to Carragher's feet. The Liverpool vice-captain immediately made a long pass to find Gerrard in the frontcourt!

An excellent counterattack opportunity for Liverpool!

Gerrard immediately jumped high and used the back of his head to accurately pass the ball to his teammate Kuyt. Kuyt took the ball and quickly ran to the right wing of Newcastle's penalty area and made a fake pass near the baseline. It was so deceptive that after Newcastle full-back Jose Enrique made a blocking move, the inside of the arch of his foot suddenly knocked back strangely...

The one who caught the football was...

Gerald! ! !

A name that could be fatal for any team

Three seconds later, the unguarded Gerrard appeared in Kuyt's passing path!

The Liverpool team faced the fast-rolling football with a huge arc and sent the football high into the Magpies' small penalty area!

This is a fatal pass!

The flying height of the football was just beyond the bounce range of goalkeeper Given, but it dropped significantly after passing the goalkeeper. A clever pass allowed Fernando Torres, who appeared like a ghost behind the Newcastle goal, to easily exert his force on the spot and send the football into the empty goal with just the strength of his waist and abdomen...

1:0! !

“…GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL…GOAL!!!!”

The passionate voice of the on-site commentator sounded like the roar of a Jew who had narrowly escaped death and finally escaped from the German death camp, resounding throughout Anfield. Less than a minute into the game, Newcastle, who are accustomed to sneak attacks on their opponents immediately, failed to steal a chicken and lost a handful of rice. They were fatally hit by a sharp counter-attack from their opponent!

Anfield never lacks climax when facing a goal, but this time it was especially violent!

After the commentator finished speaking in a high-profile manner, the passionate melody of "You'll Never Walk Alone" began to roll over the stadium again like a raging hurricane in the Atlantic Ocean!

At this moment, the afterglow of the setting sun sheds its last golden brilliance on the top of the stands!

On the green lawn below the red stand, goal hero Fernando Torres and Red Army soul Gerrard simply hugged each other, and then excitedly waved their fists to greet the equally excited fans. In his first season in the Premier League, the former Atletico Madrid youth captain has broken the long-standing foreign aid first-season scoring record set by Ruud van Nistelrooy, the long-standing king of the small penalty area, and has quickly become Anfield's new favorite!

This is a heroic moment!

And far away from the figures of Torres and Gerrard celebrating wildly, Michael Owen, who was knocked to the ground by Mascherano, did not stand up until this moment, rubbing his shoulders. During the collision just now, the Argentinian beast's hard elbow hit Owen's shoulder hard!

A piercing pain kept coming from his arm, but Michael Owen did not make any complaints. Instead, he stood quietly on the lawn, watching his former teammates celebrate wildly!

What a familiar scene!

Not far away, Mascherano, the Argentine beast who successfully stole the ball from Owen's feet, stood on the lawn with his hands on his hips, looking at Owen provocatively with a sneer and disdain!

The elbow collision just now was indeed intentional!

Because head coach Benítez specially reminded Mascherano when arranging tactics in the locker room before the game that he should give special care to Newcastle's dangerous task Owen in the game! And the so-called special care has long become an "open secret" in Liverpool's tactics. Since joining the Reds, those who have been specially cared for by Mascherano include Drogba and Shevchenko of Chelsea; Van Persie and Henry of Arsenal; Rooney and Louis Saha of Manchester United; and...

In Mascherano's opinion, this is just the most common tactic.

Moreover, the Argentine beast waist found through the interception just now that among all the so-called dangerous players he had "taken care of", Owen was the least dangerous one.

The interception just now did not even serve to warm him up!

It was so simple!

No challenge!

For Mascherano, Owen had left Liverpool before he joined, and the two had never had any intersection. So the Argentine had no good feelings for the former leader of the Red Army. The game will continue minute by minute, and Mascherano firmly believes that this is not the last time he will "take care" of Owen!

He will take care of the former leader of the Red Army until he collapses!

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Fifteen minutes later, the Red Army scored again!

Vice-captain Carragher rarely assisted in the frontcourt. After receiving Alonso's accurate long pass, he shook off the blockade of Newcastle's full-back Jose Enrique and made a slightly curved ground-to-ground forced pass!

The football passed through Given's fingertips, bypassing Steven Taylor and A. Faye's blockade, and once again came to the feet of Fernando Torres, who was unguarded at the back point. The new golden boy of Anfield easily pushed the ball into the empty goal!

2:0!

It is worth mentioning that this time Liverpool's goal was actually initiated by Mascherano after he intercepted Michael Owen's foot ball and passed it to Alonso!

Less than 17 minutes into the game, Owen lost the ball twice, allowing the captain and vice-captain of the Red Army to get an assist each, and the new golden boy Torres, who made up for Owen's regretful departure, easily scored two goals!

At least from the games during this period, it made sense for Benítez to drive Owen away that year!

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