After returning from the dinner, Yang Yang used the time before going to bed to finish reading the book that recorded the history of Liverpool.

There are plenty of details on why Everton's Goodson Park and Liverpool's Anfield are so close and how the two city rivals came to be.

The book also chronicles the Heysel and Hillsborough massacres and their impact on Liverpool.

Among them, what makes Yang Yang most profound is that Liverpool is still fighting for the Hillsborough tragedy even now.

In just a few years, this top team that once swept the Europa League was banned from the mainstream European leagues, and even felt exiled, and since then, Liverpool has not won a league title.

This also made Yang Yang somewhat understand the mood of some Liverpool local players and fans.

After winning two Champions League titles, they are clearly hungry for league titles.

It's not just an honor, in a way, it's more like a consolation after years of absence.

It can be said that from the establishment of the Premier League to the present, these four words have been deeply engraved on the soul of Liverpool, they have never believed in fate, and they have never accepted fate, they believe in the power of resistance and perseverance.

After reading this book, Yang Yang's understanding of Liverpool has also deepened, and he has a deeper understanding of the inheritance that Gerrard and Carragher have expressed intentionally or unintentionally all day long.

Perhaps, in the increasingly utilitarian professional football environment, spirit, inheritance, feelings, etc., these ethereal things will be ignored by many people, or even belittled, but as Dalglish said, these make Liverpool great, if there are no more of these things, then Liverpool is still Liverpool?

Other teams are struggling to survive, so they can be ignored, but Liverpool's goal is always to get back to the top of Europe, so they have to protect the things that make the club great.

This is Yang Yang's own understanding.

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The next morning, Raiola visited.

The Italian fat man mainly brings the situation in European football in recent times, and some of the things he has learned.

At the same time, he also had the purpose of this trip, which was to send a new pair of sneakers to Nike.

This is a clause in Nike's sponsorship contract, and new sneakers are sent every three months, the purpose is to hope that Yang Yang will cooperate with them in publicity, and Yang Yang practices very hard, and the sneakers wear out quickly.

New shoes are always a little awkward to wear, so Yang Yang usually wears old shoes for competitions, and new shoes are used for training.

"I've received a lot of news lately, it is said that Manchester United are also working hard Cristiano Ronaldo, the Portuguese has already been in the internal competition of the team, and it is expected that he will be very high in the ranking this time, and even hope to enter the top three."

Judging by the current situation, only the top three in the World Footballer of the Year ranking are the most valuable.

Yang Yang and Kaka will certainly occupy two of these spots, as they are not only the leaders of the Champions League champions and runners-up, but also the most popular superstars, and there is no doubt that they occupy the top two, the difference is who can grab the first place.

As for third place, it may seem unremarkable, but it is also a title that countless professional footballers have coveted for a lifetime, and it is only natural for United to want to put Cristiano Ronaldo in the top three.

"Isn't there any movement in Barcelona?" Yang Yang was very strange.

"Ronaldinho's performances over the past year have been too sluggish, Barcelona are in the round of 16, empty-handed, he hasn't had any results, and his form has been up and down, and the last year has been in a clear decline."

Raiola analyzed the current situation, "As far as I know, Barcelona is currently focusing on Messi, the Argentine is now even higher in the Barcelona team than Ronaldinho, and externally, his development momentum is not lost to the Brazilian superstar at all, and how amazing Barcelona's ability to operate is that we can't imagine." ”

Yang Yang nodded, he had heard of these things.

If you want to say that the most capable star in the world, it must be the two giants of Barcelona and Real Madrid, especially Real Madrid during the Florentino period.

Although it has only been six years since the Galacticos, Florentino's gameplay has never been seen before, and in a way, he has completely changed the way professional football clubs play, especially in the operation and brand management of top superstars.

So much so that until now, it is still difficult for any superstar to resist the temptation from Real Madrid.

The name is like a lot of magic that makes anyone want to be here.

Of course, if Calderón and Mijatovic continue to toss like this, I am afraid that this sign will be smashed by themselves, and it is unknown what will happen in the future.

"Don't worry about him for these things." Yang Yang shook his head, he didn't have too much mind to deal with these things, "You help me do two things." ”

"What's the matter?"

"I've been using Apple for the last few months to sell IPHNE, and it's feeling pretty good, and I'm going to invest a little more money in this company and buy their shares."

"Still buying? You now own five million euros in this company. Raiola wondered.

Since January 2007, when Apple CEO Steve Jobs released the first iPHNE phone, the company's stock price has been rising, which has also made Yang Yang's original purchase of shares rise with the tide, multiplying several times.

"I'm quite bullish on this company." Yang Yang said very seriously.

Raiola smiled wryly, "I remember, you seemed to say that it was purely for liking, how did it change?" ”

"It's making money." Yang Yang smiled honestly and unceremoniously.

The Italian fat man almost fell, if he didn't make money, it was pure interest, and when he made money, he became a vision, or you cow!

Yang Yang doesn't invest much, most of them are handed over to Wei Zheng to take care of, he has only invested in the stocks of two companies, one is a penguin, and the other is an apple, but he didn't expect that the stocks of both companies have risen and soared, so that Raiola regretted it a little, why didn't he buy a little with him in the first place?

"But I've heard that the reviews of the new phone are also mixed." Raiola said.

As soon as Apple released the mobile phone, Yang Yang asked the Raiolato people to bring back several copies from the United States, except for himself, Su Ye and Raiola, the others were given to relatives and friends in China.

But for this kind of fresh electronic products, Raiola is really not used to it, and it is not easy to use, so it didn't take long for him to switch back to Nokia, and he always felt that how could something like an Apple mobile phone have a market?

"It's true that it's not mature enough, but I believe in Steve Jobs, and I think there's a lot of potential, so you can help me buy a little bit more stock in this company, and we're making money now anyway."

Raiola had no choice but to agree.

He is Yang Yang's agent, but many times, the agent also plays the role of running errands.

"They are going to be launched in Europe in November, you can help me contact me by the way, and when the time comes, I will buy a hundred copies, and I will give them as gifts."

Since pioneering at Ajax, every year before Christmas, Yang Yang has given a gift to his team-mates, staff and coaches, sometimes electronics, sometimes something else.

After all, the annual expenditure on this block is about tens of thousands of euros, but it is completely within the scope of Yang Yang's acceptance, because this is less than his weekly income, but he can always win the favor of his teammates and staff, why not?

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At 20pm on Wednesday evening, Liverpool take to Anfield to host Carabao Cup rivals Cardiff.

Leading the Premier League standings, and the Champions League group stage is about to qualify, Liverpool does not have too much energy to invest in the cup competition, especially the team's recent form and injuries are indeed very distressing, so Benitez has not done his best.

Steven Gerrard, Yang Yang, Xavi Alonso and Mascherano were among the stands.

Although it was known early on that the team would not be at full capacity, the Anfield stadium was still packed, with more than 40,000 fans in total coming to watch the game, and the attendance was still very hot.

This is also a great feature of Liverpool fans, who are 100 per cent supportive of the team, no matter what the game is.

Perhaps due to the heavy rotation and the large number of substitutes and young players, Liverpool did not perform well on the pitch, and the team's attack was more disorganized, even if they were slightly better than their opponents in terms of overall strength, but they did not show convincing quality.

Benayoun opened the scoring for Liverpool in the opening three minutes after the restart, but Cardiff equalised in the 65th minute, and just a minute later, Benayoun took it upon himself to take the lead again.

After that, neither side was able to find the back of the net again.

Benayoun was voted Man of the Match after scoring twice, and Lucas Rewa, who joined this summer with the title of Player of the Match in the Brazilian League, also played the full game in this game, and his overall performance was okay.

Whether it is from the game or from the training, it is not difficult to see that Lucas Rewa has not yet adapted to the Premier League, but the club is still full of confidence in him.

The Premier League has long been seen as a disaster for Brazilian players, with very few Brazilian players succeeding in the Premier League, with Arsenal's midfielder Gilberto Silva by far the most successful.

As for whether Lucas Rewa can succeed, it is up to him.

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Liverpool won, and everyone is in a good mood.

After the game, Yang Yang and other main players went to the locker room to congratulate their teammates, and when they returned, they met a number of media reporters, and when they were interviewed, they were all happy with the team's victory.

And when Yang Yang was asked if the Catalan media thought that his goal against Arsenal was not considered a five-man streak, Yang Yang smiled and said that he didn't care.

"Doesn't count? It's okay, I'll find another opportunity, and I'll try to get another one. ”