The next day, September 12, the entire Spartak Moscow team took a bus to Ewood Park, Blackburn’s home ground.
We didn't encounter any difficulties along the way. Maybe the fans of the British Empire looked down on the evil Soviet team at all. Even the famous football hooligans didn't cause any trouble. Instead, some Spartak fans who followed the team to the UK made some news.
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After changing his equipment, Lin Supo clearly felt that the atmosphere in the locker room was more serious than usual.
The team's performance is better than last season, but because many players are young, they were basically in the youth team or on the bench last season and have never experienced the baptism of a major competition, let alone starting in the Champions League against the Premier League champions.
It is inevitable to be nervous at this time.
The coach's speech did not have a very good effect, which made Lin Supo a little worried.
When they arrived in the player tunnel and saw the opponent's players, the Spartak players became even more nervous.
Just like when Europe used to look at the Soviet Union and always felt that the Soviet Union was going to beat them up, Russia, which is now fully "impressed with foreigners", is naturally psychologically weak when facing the noble Premier League team.
Lin Supo, whose career has only lasted three months now, has become the most comfortable person.
His self-regulation ability is very good. He has become a professional player himself. Facing Blackburn, he is only more famous than the players in the Russian Super League.
There is tension for sure, but it is for the Champions League, not because of Blackburn.
As a fan in his previous life, he had no regard for non-rich clubs. If he faced AC Milan or Juventus, he might be more nervous.
Even if Blackburn had good results and a strong lineup, it would be difficult to put so much pressure on him.
Because he was a forward, he happened to be standing in the same row as Shearer. Lin Supo immediately said hello in the English he learned in school: "Hi, Alan, I am your fan."
"Hello."
Hiller forced a smile and nodded, but he looked serious and his smile was not friendly, and he looked very majestic.
"When the game is over, can we exchange jerseys?"
This sentence has exceeded Lin Supo's limit, so his grammar is a bit strange.
Fortunately, he gestured and spoke, and Hiller understood.
Shearer has encountered this kind of thing a lot, so it was not surprising. He nodded and agreed to exchange jerseys at the end of the game.
Lin Supo still wanted to strike up a conversation, but unfortunately his English proficiency was limited. He was scratching his head for a long time. His teammates reminded him to come out, and he walked out with the referee team.
boom--
The atmosphere at Ewood Park rushed towards me, and it was more than ten times more lively than in the tunnel.
"Wanderer, go, go, go, go~"
"We are all river people!"
"Alan, come on, kill them and let the evil Soviets see how powerful you are."
Blackburn's full name is Blackburn Wanderers, and its nicknames include Wanderers and Riversiders. In the UK, there are many teams named Wanderers (Rers, Wanderers). The original meaning is that the team pursues honors and does not want to win.
Afraid of long distances and wandering. Blackburn's nickname is actually derived from the full name of the club, which is the second half of "Bla Rovers". The most typical example of the word "Rangers" is Glasgow Rangers.
It is Sky Sports' ace pair Martin Taylor and Andy Gray who are responsible for commentating today's game.
Andy Gray is a Scottish international. He joined Sky Sports in 1992 after retiring. Martin Taylor debuted much earlier. He commented on the first game in 1974 and joined the BBC in 1990. The BBC and Sky Sports merged.
Martin Taylor becomes Premier League chief commentator.
"Today's game is the highlight. Spartak Moscow has a strong dominance in the Russian Super League."
Martin Taylor gave Spartacus high praise.
"Yes, although many important players were poached in the summer, Spartak Moscow's performance in the league has been a winning streak. There are currently very few teams in European football that have won all the leagues. Of course, the Russian Super League
The intensity is not comparable to the Premier League."
Andy Gray said with a smile.
"It is worth mentioning that Spartak has a Chinese player. When I saw the list, I thought I had made a mistake. I didn't expect that someone in China could play football."
"Hey Andy, you're biased."
"Maybe, who knows, the Chinese guy hasn't scored a single goal now, so there's nothing wrong with what I said."
In an era when the Internet was not widely available, not to mention Chinese players, the Chinese were very mysterious to Europeans. Most of their understanding of the Chinese came from television stations, such as the infamous BBC.
Various stories and underworld filters.
Many fans in front of the TV were laughing at the evil Soviets for allowing the Chinese striker to start, as if Blackburn had already won.
Lin Supo stood on both sides of the referee with his teammates, and the exciting Champions League theme song played, and he began to get excited.
Such an atmosphere, coupled with the music that matches the occasion, can really make people immerse themselves together.
The blood in his body was burning, and he had an inexplicable urge to fight hard for the Champions League and the Champions League trophy.
Is this what a big competition feels like?
Lin Supo liked it very much.
He felt that he was born for this kind of scene.
The roar of the away fans gave him more motivation.
Soon, the song ended, the players from both sides returned to their own half, and the captain went to guess the coin.
The lineups of both sides were also introduced.
Blackburn starting line-up: Tim Flowers/Graham Leshaw, Colin Hendry, Yin Pearce, Henning Berg/Atkins, Tim Sherwood,
David Baddie, Stuart Ripley/Alan Shearer, Mike Newell.
, Yuri Nikiforov, Konovalov, Shaparev/Lin Supo, Alexander Shirko.
Spartak only had two non-Russian players in the starting lineup, Samarron and Lin Supo. Samarron is Brazilian, and Blackburn Rovers except full-back Berg were all from the British Isles.
Not many people go abroad to play football these days.
Of course, in comparison, Blackburn's players are much more famous both now and in the future. Today's starters are all international players, including the captain of England, Norway, Scotland and many British Isles internationals.
These people are basically active in football after retirement, and they all have outstanding achievements.
Noticing that his teammates were still nervous, Lin Supo, who was waiting to guess the coin, immediately raised his right arm and roared.
The slogan "One for everyone, everyone for one" instantly rang out in the Spartacus formation.
Martin Taylor found it very interesting and commented: "It seems that Lin is very popular and has a high status in the team."
"Yeah, hehe."
"Yes, and his name is very interesting. His name is Lin Supo. Lin is the surname and Supo is the given name. His name sounds a lot like SUPER, SUPER Lin, Super Lin. It sounds very powerful!"
"Can a striker who can't score goals be very good?"
Reality gave Andy Gray an answer.
These days, it is very popular in the Premier League to give the opponent a kick at the beginning, but they never expected that it was Spartak who gave Blackburn a kick.
Newell passed the ball to Shearer just after kick-off. Lin Supo's flying tackle came first and knocked the ball away from Shearer's feet.
Shearer, who was completely unprepared, was instantly knocked over. He looked at Lin Supo who was running out to grab the ball. He couldn't help but groan in his heart. Is this how fans greet each other? I don't read much, but I also feel that something is wrong!
