Chapter 1342 Champions League Derby
Before the UEFA Champions League match between Liverpool and Manchester United, various news about the game were constantly reported by the major media in England, and there were even some fake news.
The most exaggerated news, Li Wei couldn't help laughing after reading it. It turned out that Manchester United had secretly contacted Lewandowski. Take Lewandowski away from Liverpool with a release clause of [-] million euros.
Li Wei does not know whether Lewandowski has signed a contract with Manchester United in private, but Li Wei can be sure that there is absolutely no liquidated damages in Lewandowski's contract.Moreover, Lewandowski only signed a new contract with Liverpool last summer. In other words, as long as Liverpool is unwilling to sell, Lewandowski has to stay in Liverpool for at least four seasons!
Although the morals of these newspapers were shattered, it was precisely because of the overwhelming news that the first round match between Manchester United and Liverpool in the quarter-finals of the Champions League on April [-] attracted the attention of countless people.
The tickets for this game are also beyond the sky-high price. Some media reported that the game was played in the famous West Stand of Old Trafford, which is the Stretford Stand (similar to the KOP Stand at Anfield Stadium). On the ticket website livefootballtickets.com, Stretford Stand tickets cost up to £2100!And it’s not sold as a single ticket. Ticket buyers must buy two at a time, which is equivalent to a total price of 4200 pounds. In normal times, tickets at the same location are only worth 68 pounds.
According to the latest exchange rate, 1 British pound is equivalent to 10.4 yuan, which means that European fans may need to pay more than 5 yuan to watch a football match!This has not yet calculated the travel expenses and accommodation expenses that foreign fans need to bear to watch the game.
This horrible ticket price also exposed the enthusiasm of the fans for this game.
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On the night of the game, there was still an hour before the game, and the Old Trafford stadium was almost full.And outside the football field, there are countless fans holding cardboards, hoping to buy a precious ticket from fans who are unable to watch the game because of urgent matters.
Some Liverpool fans did not hesitate to take risks, entering the stadium with tickets for the Manchester United fan zone bought from scalpers.They will be surrounded by Manchester United fans, and one may be beaten up.But in order to watch the game, these Liverpool fans can't care so much.
It's really disgusting that Manchester United's executives in this Champions League final are too disgusting. They are only willing to give Liverpool [-] away tickets. For this reason, Liverpool fans organized a group to protest to UEFA. In the end, under UEFA's interference, Manchester United was relentless Reluctant to increase the number of tickets to [-], but after reaching this number, he refused to increase the number of tickets for Liverpool on the grounds of "stadium safety issues".
How can a mere [-] tickets meet the needs of Liverpool fans?
There are also desperate Liverpool fans who enter the stadium with tickets from the Manchester United fan area.
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Players from both sides played, the captains of the two sides exchanged team flags and badges and guessed coins to choose sides. Manchester United won. They chose the kick-off right, and Liverpool won the right to choose sides.Liverpool opted for the side half that was closer to the Liverpool fans stand.
In the stands, the fans of both sides sang the team songs with serious expressions, but this is Manchester United's home ground after all, and what I hear in my ears is more of Manchester United's team songs, and I can only faintly hear Liverpool's team song "Never Walk Alone" .
But that's enough for the Liverpool players, they know they're never alone!
Sky TV brought in Carragher's partner Gary Neville to comment on the Champions League game.There is no doubt that the positions of the celebrities on both sides are very clear. Carragher supports Liverpool, and Gary Neville naturally supports Manchester United.
Carragher excitedly began to explain: "The match is about to begin! In the 2013-2014 UEFA Champions League quarter-finals, Manchester United VS Liverpool, both sides have the strongest starting lineups in this game! Let's take a look at the starting lineup of both sides. !"
Gary Neville interjected: "In order to go all out for this game, Manchester United did not hesitate to hide most of the main players in the last round of the league, so this game has changed a lot from the previous game."
"Goalkeeper: De Gea. Four backs: Phil Jones, Ferdinand, Vidic, Butner. In the midfield, Fellaini, Carrick, and Giggs form a three-midfield. On the front line, Valencia, Rooney and Welbeck with the trident."
Carragher also decisively began to introduce his home team: "Liverpool's Navas is starting again. This Costa Rican goalkeeper has become the biggest surprise for Liverpool this season! His performance in the Champions League is also very trustworthy. As for the defender, Kyle Walker, Benatia, Papastathopoulos and Ricardo Rodriguez form a back four, midfielder Gerrard and Pogba double midfielders, Hazard as the core of the attack, and the striker inside Marr, Lewandowski, James Rodriguez 'NLJ' continue to start!"
Gary Neville: "Judging from the lineups of both sides, neither side is prepared to be conservative in this game, and it is very likely that there will be a goal battle!"
The referee sounded a "beep" whistle on the field, and the game began!
The pace of the game was very fast, neither side had any temptations, and the game just started with one word - do it!
Liverpool's side is a high-post press, and Manchester United's side is flying on both wings, even with a bit of no-front tactics, because Rooney often retreats to take the ball to organize attacks.
Levi is very aware of Rooney's role for Manchester United at the moment. It is precisely because of Rooney's importance that Manchester United will renew Rooney's contract with a high salary. It is said that the weekly salary is as high as 30 pounds!
This salary is now generally around 15 to 20 pounds among Premier League stars, which is completely outstanding.
You must know that Manchester City, which has always been known as a local tyrant, gave their offensive core David Silva a weekly salary of only 20 pounds.
Arsenal's top salary here is Ozil, and his weekly salary is only 19 pounds.
The capitalists of Manchester United are willing to give Rooney such a high weekly salary. Apart from the commercial value of Rooney, they naturally understand the importance of Rooney to Manchester United now.
Levi also specially arranged for Pogba to mark Rooney during the game, not to lock Manchester United as the core of the offense. As long as Pogba can contain Rooney's 60.00% performance in Manchester United, it is enough to reduce Manchester United's offensive power by at least [-]%.
Pogba also received menacing boos from Manchester United fans on the football field. They will not forget that this dark-skinned Frenchman came out of Manchester United's youth training!Pogba also played three times in the Manchester United team during the 2011-2012 season.Now he's a Liverpool player!They also played a dirty defense against Rooney, who they considered the "king" level.
As long as Pogba entangles Rooney, it is a boo, as long as Pogba has the ball, it is a boo.
However, Pogba played very calmly and was not affected by the boos from the stands.