Football’s First Defender

The Premier League championship has always been a pain in the hearts of Liverpool fans.

When the Premier League was first established, no one would have imagined that Liverpool, the dominant European team in the League One era, would not be able to win a single championship in the Premier League era.

In the Premier League era, it was completely ruled by another wave of red represented by Ferguson.

The honor that Liverpool fans were once proud of, symbolizing the history of the top league team with the most championships, was eliminated by rival Manchester United one by one until they overtook them.

The total number of FA Cup titles Liverpool has also been surpassed by Ferguson's Manchester United.

The total number of championships for the entire team was also surpassed by Manchester United.

In the past 20 years, Liverpool fans have endured the ridicule from fans of their arch-rivals, but they can only fight back with the only remaining England team, the European champions with the most number of times, but they have been ridiculed by some fans as "ancient clay pots"...

Liverpool has always been moving forward in the dark. The miracle of Istanbul once made them see the light. The Liverpool team under Benitez made them think that it was possible to break the breakthrough of 0 Premier League titles.

But in the end, for more than 20 years, Liverpool still has no way to get their hands on the Premier League championship trophy.

The last top league title belonging to Liverpool was brought by Dalglish when he coached. When Dalglish returned to coach Liverpool three years ago, many people expected that the "king" of Liverpool could save the team.

Although Liverpool had an excellent record at that time and got rid of the decline after the loss of players at the end of the Benitez era, it is undeniable that Liverpool could only be regarded as a top team at that time, and there was still a long way to go from the championship team. gap.

When Dalglish's record was relatively stable, he chose to "give up" Liverpool, which puzzled many Red Army fans, especially handing over the coach to a "kid" who had only proved himself in the middle and lower teams , It made Liverpool fans a little bit "hate iron but not steel", suspecting that Dalglish had betrayed his responsibility.

But looking back now, Dalglish's initiative to give up his talents was so great.

"It's so fragrant"!

Marshal Rodgers brought his own philosophy of pass control and showed his excellent vision for selecting players.

Although core players like Yang Feng and Suarez were originally "gifts" left to him by Dalglish.

But Coutinho, Sturridge, Flanagan and Sterling from the youth training, these young people were all promoted and reused by Rogers' insight.

Young people can be champions too!

Manchester United did it back then, and Liverpool is not doing badly now.

Look at the age composition of Liverpool's midfield. Except for team captain Steven Gerrard, Liverpool's entire midfield, and even the whole team, hardly have many players over 30, and even nearly half of them are younger than 25 years old. With a future, it is enough to support Liverpool for an era.

Of course, that is for Liverpool to be able to keep these players and keep them at Anfield.

Don't think about the future now. For Liverpool, celebration is the theme at this moment.

"The fall of one giant family is, after all, accompanied by the rise of another giant family."

"The Red Devils, Manchester United, established a long-term dominance over the league title in the Premier League era. During this period, Arsenal launched an attack, Chelsea launched a challenge, and even Manchester United's city rival, Manchester City, won the league title."

"But no matter when, this season has undoubtedly hit Manchester United fans the hardest."

"The meritorious coach, who single-handedly established the core figure of the Manchester United dynasty, Ferguson, retired; the arch-rival Liverpool won the first Premier League championship trophy this year; the key is Manchester United itself, which has fallen into a quagmire this season and cannot extricate itself."

"Manchester United have lost the league title, but never like this season, from the beginning of the season was not competitive at all, and quickly withdrew from the championship group, and in the end even lost the Champions League qualification... "

"The rapid decline of Manchester United is in stark contrast to the aggressive Liverpool."

"Can today's young Liverpool, like 20 years ago, step on the giants of the past, ascend to the clouds and become the new ruler?"

The commentators were feeling emotional when the Liverpool players stepped onto the podium.

When the broadcasting momentum was relocated to the center of the venue, everyone had already seen all Liverpool members standing on the podium, and in the center of the stage was the Premier League championship trophy.

Anfield, which was noisy before, fell silent in an instant.

Instead of starting the final cup celebration, first listen to the speeches of the official Premier League award presenters.

The "long-winded speeches" of Premier League officials were not as offensive as usual.

Liverpool fans really like the "long speeches" by Premier League officials at this time. They are talking about the Premier League situation throughout the season, but the main focus is of course Liverpool, which won the first Premier League championship in team history.

Liverpool's strong offensive power, the team's excellent team atmosphere, and the excellent defense line led by Yang Feng have all become places to be praised.

Now that the official words are finished, it is natural that the moment of great attention has come. Liverpool wants the whole team to gather around one person and lift up their Premier League championship trophy.

"Stephen, it's your turn to go up and lift the trophy!"

Lieutenant Carragher, watching Gerrard behind him, reminded him that his duty as captain was also a privilege. At this time, it was time for the captain to go up, stand in the C position of the team, and hold up the championship trophy.

Carragher still remembers that in Istanbul that year, Gerrard raised the Big Ears Cup, and he was the second behind him to lift the highest European honor trophy.

This time, Gerrard came first, but the person who raised the trophy later must also "grab it".

"It's not me, it's you!"

"That's right, team deputy, our whole team has discussed it before, and you will be the first to lift the trophy."

"You are going to retire, we are still young, we can continue to win championships..."

Carragher did not expect that he would be directly pushed out by Gerrard and Yang Feng, and pushed in front of the long-awaited Premier League championship trophy.

"She's right here. I've been chasing her for 24 years. Now, I can finally kiss Fangze..."

Carragher looked at this silver trophy, recalled his career, and thought of many teammates who had fought side by side with him.

The goal of all Liverpool people is this championship trophy, but they all failed in the past, and as for myself, after playing willfully for one more year, I can really touch it as a professional player How could she not be excited?

When Carragher stood in front of the championship trophy, as if completing some kind of ritual, he bent down slowly and grabbed the handle with both hands.

When he first grabbed it, Carragher's hands trembled slightly.

But it was still firmly grasped immediately.

There was no sound at the scene, and in the silence, Carragher suddenly raised the trophy with all his strength.

A cry resounded through Anfield.

"we are the champion!"

"we are the champion!"

Even though it has been said many times, we are still the champions!