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Chapter 182 This is Anfield!

Chapter 182 This is Anfield!

Since December, the temperature in Italy has dropped sharply, and this winter seems to be colder than previous years.

Although Prandelli has always emphasized in front of the media that the team will not be greatly affected by Mu Jianfeng's absence, they still lost three points in the next round of away games against Chievo.

Although Montorivo took the lead with a long-range shot, goals from Chievo's Pinzi and Sardo quickly gave the hosts the lead.

And Gilardino fell into an inexplicable downturn in this game again, leading to such a score that was finally maintained until the end of the game.

As a result, after this game, not only the media and fans were discussing Fiorentina's Mu Jianfeng's dependence, but the team also began to discuss it faintly.

And all this made Gilardino feel very uncomfortable.

But Gilardino did not express it, but continued to train with the team, preparing for the Champions League group match three days later.

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Mu Jianfeng, who has returned from injury, followed the team to Liverpool, an industrial city in England, preparing to participate in the team's last Champions League group match of the season.

Even though they had already avoided the first place, Prandelli planned to hide Mu Jianfeng in the snow.

However, before the game, the club's top executives found him and told him that many of the game broadcasters made it clear that the live broadcast would only be arranged when Mu Jianfeng played.

It was related to the club's income and external publicity. After seeking the advice of the team doctor, Prandelli finally brought Mu Jianfeng and arranged to start the game.

Anfield is a four-star stadium selected by UEFA. The main color of the entire exterior wall is white, and the color of the seats is red consistent with the color of their home team uniform.

And when the Fiorentina players came off the pitch, they were hated by many England fans.

In this regard, Mu Jianfeng heard the chatter of his teammates and realized that there was a deep-rooted conflict between Liverpool fans and Italian fans-the Heysel tragedy.

This is a tragedy that occurred in the 1985 UEFA Champions League final, the neutral venue chosen by UEFA, the Heysel Stadium in Brussels, Belgium, due to disrepair.

In the game at that time, the match between Liverpool, Juventus and neutral fans was originally configured on a one-to-one basis. Due to the long-term residence of many Italians in the local area, the actual number of Italian fans entering the stadium was double that of English fans.

Conflict broke out between Liverpool fans who felt unbalanced and Italian fans.

As a result, during the game, fans from both sides continued to insult and throw behaviors, which eventually led to mutual fights.

At this time, a tragedy happened. The stands that originally belonged to the neutral fans collapsed because they could not bear the pressure!

This resulted in the crushing and killing of 39 Italian fans on the spot and the injury of more than 300 others.

After this incident, it is said that in order to change the status quo of England’s long-term isolation outside Europe and improve the image of arrogance left by people, Mrs. Thatcher instructed the FA to punish Liverpool and even the entire England team—— English teams are banned from participating in the three major European cups for five years, and Liverpool for seven years!

This made Liverpool fans feel very innocent, because UEFA, which chose the stadium at the time, did not punish anyone - although both Liverpool and Juventus applied to switch the final final venue because the stadium was in disrepair before the game. .

The collapsed stands originally belonged to third-party fans, but were bought by Italian fans, and almost all Italian fans eventually died.

But it is undeniable that throughout the incident, Italian fans also acted provocatively.

But in the end all the responsibility became the responsibility of the Liverpool fans.

They shouldn't be provocative, they shouldn't be drinking before a game, they shouldn't even be watching their team play!

Fans of other English teams who were suspended for this reason also hated and blackened Liverpool fans.

This also led to the fact that almost everyone habitually blamed the injured Liverpool fans for the first time after the Hillsborough tragedy happened four years later!

Therefore, in the eyes of many old Liverpool fans, they have a complicated feeling for the Italian team, with hatred, unwillingness and even a trace of jealousy.

In their view, the grand occasion of the small World Cup in Serie A was entirely due to the suspension of the English team due to this incident, which led to the rapid decline in the influence of the English league, which allowed the Italian league to take the opportunity to be brilliant.

And Liverpool has been in a slump since then, from the famous "Red Devils" Liverpool in Europe to slowly becoming an ordinary team.

It was not until the arrival of Benitez in recent years that he regained his position on the top of Europe.

But the Champions League of the Premier League has never been able to touch...

Also because of this, when Mu Jianfeng got off the bus with his teammates, he was overwhelmed by the loud noise coming.

Some fat men with big arms and round waists screamed ferociously at the Fiorentina players, as if once they escaped from the constraints of the on-site security, they could pounce on and tear all the Fiorentina players apart!

Mu Jianfeng could hear countless vicious insults in their Liverpool dialect, it was really like a group of hooligans!

The police officers in charge of security at the scene looked alert, and kept asking the Fiorentina players to quickly leave the player tunnel and enter the stadium to avoid accidents.

It was in such a tense atmosphere that Mu Jianfeng and his teammates filed into the visiting team's locker room.

It wasn't until the door was closed that the noise outside suddenly became much quieter.

At this time, the teammates began to change their game clothes and check their sneakers.

And Prandelli took the time to make minor tactical adjustments based on the opponent's actual starting list after participating.

It wasn't until the team members changed into their costumes that Prandelli saw that the time was almost up, so he clapped his hands, and after attracting everyone's attention, he said loudly:

"Hi guys!

Although we have obtained the qualification to appear in the first place, we still have to strive for victory in this game, because the attention received by this game is out of order, let me say more!

However, everyone must also ensure tactical integrity, we must play more patiently, and at the same time do not get injured.

Finally, if the other party comes to you, then you are welcome!

do you understand! "

"understand!"

The Fiorentina players responded in unison, then looked at each other again, and laughed.

The Fiorentina players are in a good mood at the moment, because the pressure is not on their side at all. Even Liverpool has to look at the result of another Lyon game.

If Lyon wins over there, then this game is meaningless.

So for this game, the older players can still pretend to have seen the big scene, while the younger players are almost looking around with the mentality of visiting.

Of course, there are also those who take pictures with DV and camera.

It wasn't until they pushed open the door of the locker room and there was a huge din that they seemed to remember that this game might not be easy.

While waiting to play, in the player tunnel, Mu Jianfeng raised his eyes and saw the famous line of words:

"This is Anfield!"

It seems to be telling all the teams who come here to compete that the fighters here will never give up easily!

(End of this chapter)