The Tubingen native who arrived in Liverpool two days in advance settled into the hotel in a low-key manner, adapting to the venue under the arrangement of UEFA in a low-key manner. He passed through the Shankly Gate with a pilgrim-like mood and took a picture of the famous phrase.
slogan.
Liverpool Football Team was founded in 1892, and Tübingen Youth was founded in 2000. There is a 108-year difference between the two teams! No matter what achievements the Tübingen Youth have achieved, in this stadium that echoes with cheers for a century, they all put down
Proud.
Even if Liverpool is at a low ebb!
Anfield Stadium is different from other world-famous stadiums in that it chooses a rare boxy shape. This is directly related to the fact that Liverpool’s most enthusiastic fans are from the working class. This industrially developed city has a
It has a strong character and an industrial aesthetic. The square shape is precisely the aesthetic feature of this city. Therefore, after many expansions, its tough shape has been retained.
And this toughness is also reflected in the support of the fanatical fans for the team. Especially the fanatical KOF fans. Their income level could not buy the best tickets at the beginning, so they could only stand in the cheap area behind the goal.
Cheering for the team gradually became their holy place. At its peak, more than 20,000 standing fans could pour in. At that time, the stands did not have roofs. They were there no matter how cold the winter or the heat, whether it was raining, snowing or sunny.
Cheering for the fans. Later, after all the seats were converted into seats, they could hardly sit still. Not to mention sitting, standing in the crowd with flags flying, arms waving, and banners held high, they could hardly see the whole game. This was not the case.
It’s hard for people who have watched football live to understand, because TV broadcasts have become accustomed to the best viewing angle from the main stand. But at the scene, standing behind the goal, in an extremely noisy crowd, you have to face flags, arms, and banners.
The vision is messy and divided. It is really not a fanatic fan, and the experience of watching the game is very poor. Fanatic fans basically don’t care about the team’s skills and tactics, whether the cooperation is good-looking, they just shout, just shout, and score goals.
The task is completed if you shout the loudest in one moment.
In other words, all their energy except singing is to shout "Okay!" the moment they score a goal.
So this is really a cultural belief. Interestingly, the most enthusiastic fans of world-famous teams are often like this. Their income is not high, so they gather in the stands where the sight is not good. This is the case for the Milan duo
, Manchester United is like this, Bayern is like this, and even Real Madrid’s fans are standing in the south stand behind the goal and waving handkerchiefs. The only exception is Camp Nou. Their fanatical fans are standing in the southwest stand, which is the main stand.
The grandstand opposite the grandstand.
With the occurrence of two fan tragedies, although Liverpool fell into a low ebb, the club and fans formed a closer relationship because of the shared grief. Especially after the Heysel tragedy in 1985, Liverpool was involved in many problems.
All British teams were unable to participate in European competitions for five years. Amid the abuses from fans across the UK, there was only one way to be more united. In the Hillsborough disaster in 1989, dozens of KOF were dismissed due to poor organization of the tournament.
He died in an accident, but had to bear the blame of the perpetrator of the tragedy for decades without being vindicated. The grievance, grief and anger lingered in the hearts of Liverpool FC players and fans, prompting them to unite more closely.
It is precisely because of these complex historical cases that Anfield has such a unique charm. For fans here, the football team is not only a victory or defeat, but also a belief and a heritage, and it is the cultural charm of this city.
a part of.
Suffering has always been an external factor that drives people to unite.
After the Tübingen youth came to Liverpool, several Chinese players who also paid close attention to this game also arrived one after another.
The first one to arrive was naturally Li Tie! Not only because he was the first to know Wang Ai, a young man from Tubingen, but they have known him for six years so far... Well, six years is not a long time, but think about how old Wang Ai is? First
The Idiot Cup was the earliest formal game that Wang Ai participated in. Li Tie, who was at home on vacation at that time, went to watch the game on a whim and invited Zhang Yin to the game. Although Li Tie was not the guide on Wang Ai's football path, he did not help.
He is too busy, but from now on, he is the first person to form a relationship between Wang Ai and Liaozu. At the same time, Li Tie and Bai Guanghai, Luo Tongliang and Zhang Yonghai of the Tubingen team all grew up together, and even more
He is Chen Yang's "lifelong enemy", even though he and Qu Bo are teammates on the national team.
Of course, the more important thing is that Li Tie is close to him. His Goodison Park Plaza and Anfield Stadium are just across the street. If he didn't come first, Lao Bai would have to come and scold him.
Today's Lao Bai is the best player of his generation. If I ask you about being the top scorer in the UEFA Cup and the quarterfinals of the UEFA Cup, do you accept it? In the early years, he didn't have the guts.
Fortunately, Li Tie took the initiative to call Wang Ai after hearing the news. When the Tubingen team landed at Liverpool Airport, Li Tie came to pick them up.
All the teammates met and were filled with emotions... Li Tie came up first and gave Lao Bai a kick, and then the two started wrestling on the spot.
Don't think too much, these wild kids who play football, how do you expect them to reunite after a long separation and recite poems to each other? They fought for a long time, and the airport security guards came over to stop them.
Among the six people in the group, they were born in Liaoning and Shenyang, and five were teammates of Zhang Yin's Liaoning Football Youth Team. The age difference between them was less than three years. They spent their childhood, adolescence and youth together, and by chance in a foreign country.
Meeting each other is particularly close.
"Huhu, I asked you, Xiaobai, how did you develop your physique? Well, back then, you looked like a stick. Now look at your body shape, huhu! Did you go to play football or practice bodybuilding?
?" Li Tie gasped and leaned against Luo Tongliang, looking like he was having an asthma attack.
"The body is the capital of playing football!" Lao Bai laughed loudly and was extremely heroic.
That night, Li Tie went to the hotel where the young people in Tubingen settled to have a gathering with everyone. It wasn't that he didn't want to treat him, it was because he couldn't afford it! Of course, British food was not expensive for him, but he couldn't handle the number of people coming! The original buddies
Can’t one be left out? That’s five. Can’t we not invite Wang Ai? Can’t we not invite Qu Bo? Can’t we leave Director Xu? That’s seven, what about the remaining players? You can only invite Chinese people to co-author
?Don’t say that Tübingen Club can’t agree to form such a small gang. Are you, the main star of the Premier League, embarrassed? If you want to invite the whole team, you have to hold a PARTY, and a PARTY of this level is not a gathering of domestic buddies.
One food stall and two small barbecue meals can be done. Spending 10,000 pounds is nothing at all. So Li Tie calculated his annual salary of 200,000 pounds... It would be better to come to your hotel to borrow flowers and offer them to Buddha.
The second one to arrive was Fan Zhiyi.
This chapter has been completed!