Chapter 39 Manchester will never throw in the towel to Liverpool

Although it's just past noon and there are still a few hours to go before the 6pm game, the Sky Sports staff in charge of broadcasting the game are already busy on the pitch as they prepare for the 6pm game. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Although this game was a game of great disparity, it still attracted the attention of many fans because it was a gimmick such as the duel between Manchester United Rebels and Liverpool.

In addition to Liverpool fans, many Manchester United fans will also follow this game, and most Manchester United fans do not have much ill will towards FC United as a team. There are even a lot of good feelings.

Sky Sports ace commentator Andy Brown, who was in charge of commentating the game. Gray was already sitting outside the TV truck. He held a steaming cup of coffee in one hand and a thick stack of papers in the other. It's all about both teams in this game, and he has to write it down before he explains.

In fact, most of this information is about FC United, and the long-term commentary on the Premier League's Andy. Gray is very familiar with Liverpool. But he doesn't know much about FC United.

It took a lot of effort on the part of Sky Sports staff to collect all this information. Most of this is the media coverage of FC United's performances this season and the early days of their establishment, especially their elimination of second-division side Hereford United.

As for FC United's player information, thanks to the well-developed internet and FC United's official website management team, Sky Sports is directly copied from the player's information on it.

Andy. Gray looked down at the stack of papers, occasionally taking a sip of his coffee. His commentator partners, who won't be there until this afternoon's game, are two guest commentators from Sky Sports, two big names – former Manchester United star Gary. Neville and former Liverpool star Jamie Redknapp. Gary. Neville retired from Manchester United last year and is a member of United's Class of 92 who has spent his entire career at the club. After retiring last season, he became an assistant coach with the England national team. Jamie Redknapp spent more than a decade at Liverpool.

Bringing in retired stars from two opposing teams to narrate a game is an old TV routine. Different positions can create conflict points, which is more interesting and attracts the audience.

About FC United, Andy. Gray doesn't know much, and he doesn't know anything about FC United's players. In order to be able to make mistakes in the game and be as fluid as possible, he has to keep the personal information of these players in his head, and if he waits until he needs to use it, it may be too late - who knows what will happen on the field when he looks down and goes through the data.

This information is not too detailed, but simply records the player's name, jersey number, height and weight. There are even players who only have something as simple as a name and a number. These things are copied from the official website of FC United, but there is certainly no way to compare the management system of an amateur team to that of a professional team. Especially for amateur teams, there is too much mobility and randomness of players.

There are more than 30 players registered on FC United's official website, but only 15 players have played this season. This is a relatively stable team framework.

The first thing in front of him is the starting eleven of FC United, and it is these eleven who start every game, and there is not much change. These 11 men are the strongest team can with, and fortunately these 11 players were absent today without injuries or suspensions.

However, one of their starting eleven has also left the team (Nicks) this month, which shows the mobility of players in the amateur team.

The information of the main players of the team is considered to be complete, in addition to some basic information, there is a short text introduction below each person.

Andy. Gray looked down at the information of these players one by one, and he had to memorize them carefully, if nothing else, this was the starting lineup of FC United for this game.

He soon saw a name with a completely different style from the name he had seen before - LiQingshan

How should this be pronounced? Andy. Gray frowned. He struggled to spell out the syllables of the name.

He then looked down, and the names of other players were followed by heights and weights, and there was an extra line below this player - nationality China.

Chinese?

Andy. It dawned on Gray that it was no wonder that the format of such a name was so out of place.

A Chinese playing in an English amateur team?

He quickly became interested in the player. Perhaps many TV viewers will also be interested in this player, whether the Chinese player who plays in England or the amateur team. It's so unusual.

In the past few years, some Chinese players played in the Premier League, such as Li Tie in Everton, Sun Jihai in Manchester City, Li Weifeng and Fan Zhiyi. However, in recent years, not only the Premier League, but also other European leagues have rarely seen Chinese players.

Andy. Gray is not quite the same, and will see a Chinese figure in a seventh-tier team.

Why is he on the team?

He is 1.92 meters tall, weighs 86 kilograms, and is a striker.

Scored 34 goals for the team so far this season!!

Andy. Gray was shocked that even in the amateur league, for a player to score so many goals in the middle of the season, it was quite a terrible goal-scoring efficiency.

He then looked down, and it was an introductory text about Li Qingshan.

“..... He is the only foreign player in our team. He is an international student at the University of Manchester and has joined our team because of his love of football. He's got amazing physicality, he's good at crushing opposition defenders and heading at goal, he's a goal machine, and he's the guarantee of our team's winnings. ”

An international student player?

Andy. Gray drew a horizontal line under his name, and he had to pay more attention to this player, it must be a good gimmick in the game when the time comes.

And in distant China, there is also a person who is looking at Li Qingshan's information.

Zhang Jun is an ace commentator for online sports broadcasters, and he is also a Liverpool fan. However, it was not for this reason that he chose to comment on this game. Instead, he found out that Liverpool's opponent actually had a Chinese player. This was quite unexpected.

Generally speaking, TV stations will not broadcast games like this, and in China, there are not many TV stations that have the right to broadcast the game, and most of them will arrange a strong dialogue, such as Liverpool's game against an amateur team, and generally no TV station chooses to broadcast it live. However, thanks to the development of the Internet, fans can now choose to watch the game live online, not just on TV.

Now in such a game that is not very popular, there is a Chinese player in it, which is different. Zhang Jun realized that if the news spread, the match might not get any less attention than a strong conversation.

In China, many fans most want to see Chinese fans play in Europe's top five leagues, which has almost become the obsession of many fans. However, in the downturn of Chinese football in the past few years, the youth training has not been accepted, and now it is difficult to find powerful young players even in the Chinese Super League team. With the rise in the popularity of Chinese football, Chinese players with certain strength have become the target of coaxing by various Chinese Super League teams, and the record of player transfer fees has risen again and again. In this case, how can any team be willing to let go of the core players in their team.

As a result, in such a game, a Chinese player actually appeared.

After reading Li Qingshan's information, Zhang Jun opened his Weibo and wrote:

Zhang Jun commented: FA Cup third round FC United Manchester VS Liverpool. Tune in as a mysterious Chinese player takes to the action! ”

This Weibo was quickly reposted and left by many fans, and it was quickly targeted on the Weibo hot list. In an FA Cup match, there was actually a Chinese player on the stage, and fans were speculating and asking at the bottom.

The most reliable comment was topped with a hot comment: "Could it be that Liverpool brought in a young Chinese player?" ”

For a while, many Chinese fans were aroused by this Weibo to pay attention to this game.

Just when various media and TV stations were warming up for the game, the fans at the scene had already entered the stadium. FC United fans pulled out a long banner that read:

"Manchester will never throw in the towel to Liverpool!"