Hero of the Penalty Area

Chapter 311 Thank you, Jamie (see second monthly pass)

Everyone was marveling at the spectacular scene around the TV, but Gerrard sat alone on the periphery.

At the last tactical meeting before the game last night, head coach Martin O’Neal announced the starting lineup. As the team’s captain, Gerrard was not among them.

Not only was he surprised, but the other teammates were also surprised.

In the last game, Gerrard came off the bench without any physical problems, which proves that his body is capable of the game.

But O'Neal still pressed him on the bench.

In such an important game, as the captain of the team, but not able to start, this is a very heavy blow for Gerrard. Why did he work so hard to come back, isn't it just to catch up with Manchester United in the final?

This season they will give the league title to the deputy captain Carragher as his parting gift. At the same time, he himself is very eager for this championship. So in such an important game, he doesn't want to be absent.

Now he was placed on the bench by the head coach.

After the tactical meeting, he wanted to talk to the head coach. He hoped to get a reasonable explanation. He didn't expect O'Neal to come to him first.

O'Neill told Gerald all he had in mind.

Letting Gerrard come off the bench is not to worry about Gerrard's body, but to "pretend to be a pig and eat a tiger".

He wants Manchester United to further reduce his vigilance. Chen Yingxiong is "not in good shape". If he is the captain on the bench, Manchester United will probably underestimate the enemy even more.

In the second half, when the time is right, Gerrard will be sent on the field, taking advantage of Manchester United's failure to give the opponent a fatal blow!

This is the idea of ​​Martin O'Neill.

This reason is reasonable and reasonable. From a strategic point of view, playing in the second half of the game can not only ensure enough physical strength, but it can also be unexpected.

Gerrard accepted the boss's explanation, but he always had an idea in his heart that he couldn't let go of, and he still thinks about it.

That is, at the most critical moment of the team, he seems to gradually lose his role. What the team needs now is not him, but Chen Yingxiong...

I think every time Liverpool encountered danger and reached a cliff, who stood up to turn the tide?

It's him Steve Gerrard.

In Istanbul in 2005, he scored the first goal for Liverpool in that big reversal and blew the horn of Liverpool's counterattack.

In the 2006 FA Cup final, after two goals behind West Ham, it was Gerrard who stepped up to help the team equalize twice. Especially when the game entered the 90th minute, everyone thought that West Ham United could win the FA Cup home, but Gerrard shot nearly forty meters in front of the goal and evened the score.

In the end, Liverpool defeated West Ham United, who had suffered a nervous breakdown, in a penalty kick.

The two games have one thing in common, that is, Liverpool have been behind by two or three goals, and then completed the feat of equalizing, and dragged the game into overtime and penalty shootouts, and Liverpool's opponents had no one. The exception was a mental breakdown in the penalty kick.

The spirit of Liverpool has always been a feature they are proud of, and Gerrard is the spokesperson of this spirit, and he has rescued the team from crisis several times.

But now, the team does not need him to save, the team has a new savior.

Although a long time ago, Gerrard was mentally prepared to accept such a reality-no matter how good he was, he would get old. He will change from an absolute core to a player who can be rotated, from a player who can be rotated to a substitute, and finally from a substitute to retirement... If he is unwilling to accept this arrangement, he can only choose when he has not become a substitute. Just retire.

As for leaving Liverpool to find another place? After he won the fifth Champions League trophy for the team, he didn't think about it again. He must retire in Liverpool.

But when this reality really began to lift the veil in front of him a little bit, Gerrard felt that he was not as strong as he imagined, and he could not accept the result calmly and calmly.

He felt disappointed. For the first time, he felt that this team no longer needed himself, and he became a superfluous person...

Having been the core of Liverpool for more than ten years, he suddenly couldn't accept this reality.

There was a bit of distress in his heart.

But he is the captain, and he can't tell people everywhere, that would destroy his image in the minds of his teammates and make his own captain weak. In this case, when the team needs themselves, teammates are afraid they will not trust themselves as much as before.

At the same time, before such an important game, he couldn't take a walk in this low mood, let alone a fight with the coach. Infighting is the most terrible disaster. This is why he agreed to be a substitute after listening to the head coach's explanation yesterday.

The interests of the team are higher than personal interests, and the name on the chest of the jersey is always more important than the name on the back.

Gerrard is a traditional English player and he understands this.

Now he can only sit on the periphery alone, without letting anyone disturb him.

At this moment, there was a person beside him suddenly.

Jamie Carragher sat down beside him.

"When the hero told me that he was going to give me a league title, I thought he was just comforting me and didn’t want to make my old guy too sad and could go easier. Now it seems that I was wrong, he I really intend to win a league championship." After sitting down, Carragher looked at the teammates who looked up at the TV and said that Chen Yingxiong was very conspicuous.

"The hero has this ability, Jamie." Gerrard adjusted his emotions quickly when he saw someone coming, with a smile on his face. "We know it since he first came to Liverpool, don't we? Otherwise, why would the King keep him at all costs?"

"I really hope he can stay here until he retires... Let him take your shift." Carragher turned to look at his old partner.

"Isn't he doing this?" Gerrard asked back, not avoiding Carragher's gaze.

Carragher turned his head back again, looked at Chen Yingxiong, and then sighed: "It's really old. Sometimes I have to admit that my body really cannot be used..."

"But you did a great job this half of the season, Jamie. You exceeded your goal and completed the task."

"I know my own body, Stephen. Actually, retirement is nothing for me. Doesn’t it just stop playing? What's the big deal? I will continue to work for the Liverpool club. The manager of Niang has already promised. To help me arrange a position in the coaching staff, I plan to start with the youth coach at the most basic level. Then you miss me, you can go to the youth team to find me, ha!" Carragher said and laughed.

Gerrard did not laugh with him, there seemed to be a moment of silence between the two.

Carragher said again, this time his voice was slightly low: "When deciding to retire, I only spent less than half the game, but I struggled very much in my heart. I kept repeating it. Ask yourself, if I don’t retire and I continue to insist, what contribution can I make to the team next season and next season? Most of the time I sit on the bench and occasionally play. I think I’m more The focus of work may no longer be on the football field, but in the locker room. I feel very unwilling. I think I should be able to hold on for a few years... But then I figured out that everyone has that stage. This There is nothing to be unwilling. When I entered the first team, I was a kid who didn’t know anything. We later took away the positions of the big guys...like Paul Ince, like Little Redke. Knapp. Do you remember Rush? The season I was promoted to the first team was his last season at Liverpool. In fact, the omnipotent Rush couldn't score many goals a few seasons ago. I still remember In 1992 he played only 16 league games due to injury and scored two goals in 1992... In the last season, he played 20 league games? Only five goals... If I remember correctly. That. At that time, I was thinking that such a great player could not withstand the invasion of time. I think my ending is definitely worse than him..."

Speaking of this, Carragher paused: "But, thank the heroes and them, and thank you, Stephen. My last season was so brilliant and successful. I'm much luckier than Rush, and you..." He turned Looking at Gerald. "I believe you are luckier than me, Stephen."

After he finished speaking, he stopped talking, just turned and raised his head, his gaze passed through the standing teammates, and cast onto the TV screen.

After a while, he heard Gerrard next to him say: "Thank you, Jamie."

Him: "Yeah."

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When it was time to board the car, Stephen Gerrard stood up first, slapped his hand to remind his teammates.

"Let's go! Let's go! Guys, what's the point of just watching in front of the TV? Go to the scene!"

Everyone heard the voice of the captain full of vitality and fighting spirit, and turned their heads to look at him.

Martin O'Neill was also attracted by Gerrard's voice. He knew that Gerrard was actually dissatisfied after being placed on the bench, but for the overall benefit of the team, he put the overall situation as the most important, he endured it. It's just that the mood has not been high.

Now that he looks like this, is he still a little bit depressed?

O'Neal didn't know what happened, but the result was what he would like to see.

If Gerrard is emotionally unstable, it will inevitably bring instability to the team.

In such a critical game, no instability is allowed to exist, because it is like a malfunctioning time bomb, and no one knows when it will explode.

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