Chapter 911 England and Scotland
Chapter 911 England and Scotland
John Mortensen was puzzled by what he saw, but the commentator on the Scottish side had already given an explanation: "Manchester City's players looked very calm, but this was just an forced calm..."
He firmly believes that none of these Manchester City players can really keep calm amidst the crazy shouts of Celtic fans... No, maybe Rong is an exception, but even so, so what?
Rong is only one person, but football is a team sport. If the other ten people do not perform well, what is the use of Rong Guang alone?
Thinking of this, the Scottish commentator is very confident in winning the game.
In addition to the cheers for the home team, there are boos for the visiting team.
This is especially evident after the start of the game. As long as Manchester City players have the ball, there will be a burst of boos from the stands.
And when Rong Guang got the ball, the boos were the loudest.
It's not that Celtic fans are upset about Rong Guang.
Rong Guang was actually shot while lying down.
The boos of the Celtic fans were mainly for the Manchester City team, because Manchester City is a team from England.
The Celtics are a Scottish team.
Scotland and England have had a feud since time immemorial.
The famous Hollywood movie "Braveheart" that everyone has seen tells the story of the Scots resisting the English invaders.
This movie can help everyone understand why some Scots are dissatisfied with the English.
Historically, the Scots were actually the Celts, while the English were the Britons ruled by the Roman Empire.To the Britons, the Celts of the north were barbarians.Later, the British were conquered by the Anglos and Saxons of the Germanic nation. Through continuous mixed marriages, a new nation-the Anglo-Saxons were formed.
Later, after years of civil wars, the Anglo-Saxons unified and established the later England.
And some of the Britons who refused to succumb to the rule of the Anglo-Saxons retreated to the back of the British Isle, merged with the Celts there, and slowly became the Scots of later generations.
The Celtics team can be very clear about who they represent and their attitude towards the English just by looking at the name.
Scotland and England also had a close "honeymoon period" in history, and later large-scale wars broke out, and almost all of Scotland was annexed by England. The story told in "Braveheart" happened during the Scottish War.
Although later, due to various reasons, Scotland was eventually merged into England and became a country.But in Scotland, there are still many people who yearn for independence.
Especially after many of Britain's overseas colonies became independent one after another.
The full name of the United Kingdom is the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and the name speaks volumes.
It is the United Kingdom, not a republic, nor the United States, because this country is composed of many federations. In its heyday, there were many overseas colonies, such as Hong Kong, Australia and New Zealand...
The real homeland of the United Kingdom should be England. Wales, Scotland and Ireland are relatively independent. Later, Ireland became independent, leaving only Northern Ireland. However, Northern Ireland is also fighting for independence every day, which makes the British royal family a headache.
Scotland is no exception. It has always wanted to be independent, and hopes to become independent through a referendum.
Therefore, many people in Scotland do not regard themselves and the English as people of the same country.
In football, this emotion is even more obvious.Because football is a war in an era of peace, the Scots will definitely not be able to defeat the mighty England militarily, but they can gain national self-esteem by defeating the English in football.
This is also reflected vividly at the national team level.
Why are all other countries national teams, but Britain is divided into several representative teams?
England, Wales, Scotland.
Among them, the Welsh team is basically playing soy sauce, while England and Scotland were a pair of evenly matched rivals in the early days.
For a period of time after the birth of modern football, Scottish football had the upper hand. Later, after the development of English football, the England team finally defeated Scotland, which reversed the balance of power between the two sides.
Until now, England has become a strong team in the world, but Scotland has always been weak.
So when playing against England, the Scottish team will always try their best to beat England in football and be able to make them happy for a week.
Similar things also happen in countries like Spain. Catalonia and the Spanish central government, the Basque Country and the Spanish central government all have similar contradictions, which are also reflected in football.
Teams from the Basque Country, such as Athletic Bilbao, and representative teams from Catalonia, such as Barcelona, are always particularly energetic when they play against Real Madrid, which represents the Spanish central government, and it is not very easy for Real Madrid to win when these teams are at home.
Football plays an important role in allowing opposing parties to vent their emotions in peacetime.
And back to the game between Celtic and Manchester City, the antagonism between the two sides has religious reasons in addition to historical and political reasons.
England's state religion is Protestantism, and as long as you see the name Celtic, you can know that this is a team that supports Catholicism.
One of the most famous cross-city derbies in the world, the "time-honored" Scottish cross-city derby is actually a battle between two teams that support different religions, which is why it is so hot and fierce, and even causes troubles among the people.
The Glasgow Rangers support Protestantism, while the Celtics support Catholicism, so they are all "heretics" in the eyes of each other. In order to gesture to the heretics, there have been cruel Crusades and various wars in history. What is a mere city derby?
Now that the Celtics are playing against Manchester City at home, it is like a war between Catholics and Protestants.
So the Celtics fans in the stands were crazy.
Whenever a Manchester City player has the ball, it is a storm of booing.
In the past, Celtic fans used this kind of storm to cause a lot of trouble for many teams who came to the Celtic Park to play. Even the Glasgow Rangers fell in front of them.
Amidst their booing, Celtic took the lead 8 minutes into the game when Greek striker Samaras opened the scoring for the team.
When Samaras scored a goal, you couldn't hear anything except the cheers in Celtic Park. Even if two people shouted loudly facing each other, you could only see his mouth move, but you couldn't hear what he said.
"Look! This is the home of the Celtics!" The Scottish commentator said loudly. "1:0! The Celtics are leading! They made a good start!"
If it weren't for the directional microphone right next to his mouth, his voice would have been drowned out by cheers.
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Being behind and cheering like the opponent's fans showing off their might, it stands to reason that the Manchester City players should feel panicked, right?
No.
When the TV broadcast cut to close-up shots of several Manchester City players, there was no look of bewilderment or pain on their faces, and their eyes looked in different directions.
But in the end they all converge on one point, on one person.
In fact, it's not just them, other Manchester City players who didn't get close-up shots also looked at it immediately after losing the ball.
Not only on the pitch, but also the Manchester City substitutes, Manchester City coaches and Manchester City fans who traveled with the team off the pitch, as well as the live cameras and the Manchester City fans in front of the TV.
At this moment, their eyes were all on one person.
That man stood in front of Manchester City's penalty area, and the Celtic players who had celebrated their goal ran past him. He was like a reef in a torrent of water, allowing the water to flow past him separately, but he remained motionless in it.
He yelled towards the goal: "Throw the ball over!"
Goalkeeper Joe Hart quickly turned around and fished the football out of the goal, then threw it to Rongguang.
Rong Guang stretched out his hand to strike the football, held it in his arms, and stretched out his right hand to lift the yellow captain's armband on his left arm.
No panic, no pain, no annoyance with his head in his hands, he turned and ran the football towards the middle circle.
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The referee blows his whistle, and the game restarts amid the cheers of the Celtics fans.
Manchester City kicked off after conceding the ball.
After Berbatov kicked the football to Rongguang, Rongguang turned around and made a move to pass the football back, but the football was hooked under his feet and turned around suddenly!
Wipe away from the side of the Celtics forward Samaras who rushed up!
Just after breaking through Samaras, Rongguang made another move to distribute the football to Berbatov, who was supporting him diagonally in front. This tricked the Celtics forward Sean Maloney, who was originally in front, to take a step to the side. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Rongguang moved the football forward and accelerated in a straight line!
Breakthrough from Maloney's side again!
Cheers from Celtic fans in the stands turned to boos.
"Rong! Two people in a row! He didn't intend to pass the ball...Is this going to break through directly to the opponent's goal?!" John Mortensen shouted.
"It's useless! There are all our people in front! Rong's breakthrough will definitely be stopped, even if it is a foul, it doesn't matter! Rong's breakthrough looks meaningless, as if he was irritated by a missed ball, but he is just a reckless man who has lost his mind!" the Scottish commentator asserted.
What he said seemed to be right, because as soon as he finished speaking, Rong Guang passed another Celtic player, and was knocked to the ground by the No.4 Celtic player!
foul!
The referee's whistle sounded.
The boos turned into cheers again -- Celtics fans applauding the foul.
"Look, what am I talking about? This kind of breakthrough is meaningless. Getting a free kick in the frontcourt is already considered the best result, and this free kick is still so far from the goal. What's the use? Rong wants to stage a breakthrough of personal heroism, but he is facing the entire Celtic team, and he is doomed to fail!"
What the Scottish commentator said before was fulfilled, and he was triumphant.
(End of this chapter)