After playing two business games, Liverpool will still participate in the next International Champions League, so they still stayed in the United States.

The 2016 International Champions League is divided into three major competition areas:

The main battlefield is located in North America, including Liverpool, Real Madrid, Barcelona, ​​AC Milan, Inter Milan, Bayern, Leicester City, Chelsea and other teams participating in the competition.

In the Australian region, Atletico Madrid, Juventus and Tottenham have three strong teams that play against local teams.

The newly established China region last year also invited three popular clubs, Manchester City's twins and Dortmund, to form a triangle event.

Unfortunately, as the highlight, the Manchester City Derby was temporarily cancelled before the start of the game due to the light rain and the poor quality of the bird's nest turf!

Guardiola was fine, he just expressed regret, but Mourinho did not give any face to the Chinese organization. After squirting a slut, he directly brought the Red Devils back to the UK, which disappointed Chinese fans and made the image of Chinese football in the world worsen.

I'm afraid this cannot be entirely blamed on Magic Bird for being a big shot - the National Olympic Sports Center, which has a maintenance fee of 200 million yuan per year. At this critical moment when facing the world and building momentum for the socialist cause, not only did it not prepare carefully, but instead presented a vegetable field to everyone. If Long Shute was present, he would probably turn his back on his face!

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There are not many things to describe in the warm-up business matches. Anyway, Liverpool, who has not played in Longshute, can beat Barcelona 4-0, Paris Saint-Germain can easily defeat Real Madrid 3-1, and AC Milan can also stubbornly defeat Bayern Munich in the penalty shootout, which probably reflects that these scores do not have much value.

After all, many players who participated in national team competitions are still going through recovery periods, while young players like Neymar are still participating in the Olympics in Brazil. Most teams have not adjusted to their best state, and the head coaches of each team are still examining the players. In the experimental tactics stage, winning or losing is not very important.

Although it is not important, Liverpool, which has a unique and unique position, still won the championship trophy with a total of three games, and took away more than 10 million in ticket revenue, peripheral sales, broadcast share, and a winning prize of 2 million US dollars. At their feet, Barcelona, ​​AC Milan, and Chelsea were the ones who fell under them.

The organizer originally hoped that Liverpool could participate in North America and China games one after another. After all, they had such an innate advantage as Long Shute, but Long Shute himself refused such an arrangement.

Because their journey is long enough, adding projects will only make everyone more tired.

It's really not cost-effective to have a mere million appearance fee.

Of course, if the appearance fee can be increased to tens of millions, I am afraid that no matter how tired Long Shute and his teammates are, they will have to grit their teeth and participate...

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"Congratulations on your success in the preseason and hope you enjoy your last night in the United States."

After all the business competitions, Gerald, as the host, invited the whole team to hold an evening party. Except for a few people who had no intersection with Gerald, almost the whole team was invited to the appointment.

Gerald is not a nightclub master who is good at dancing. Although he once fought with others in the bar and even went to court, his talent for picking up girls in the nightclub is definitely not at the same level as real bigwigs such as Ronaldo, Rooney, and Balotelli...

So the parties he organized were relatively boring, which was to get together, have some meals, drink some wine, and then talk about Liverpool, football and life.

Fortunately, the overall thinking of Liverpool players is relatively simple and their lives are relatively simple, at least they are slightly better than Long Shute's teammates during his time in Milan.

The three Brazilians like Coutinho, Firmino and Lucas have almost no similarity with their compatriots and predecessors. They can even show a stronger professional spirit than European players, otherwise they would not have stayed in the small broken village of Liverpool.

The players gathered together in groups of three, while Gerald was his own successor, Henderson, who had been appointed and trained for three seasons, and Long Shute, who had won the core position in just three months.

"Although I have only been away for one season, there are a lot more new faces in the team than I thought..."

Gerald looked at the players on the court, and there were only 11 teammates who had competed in the Premier League with him - this also included local youth training like Ibi.

Henderson also said with emotion:

"Yeah, a lot of people came and a lot of people left, but we are getting stronger now, Steven."

Long Shute did not express his opinion because most of the transfer decisions were implemented after his consent.

He just pulled out some information from the system and then took a few simple glances:

"Steven, do you remember what happened when you returned to Melwood Training Base last winter?"

Gerald thought for a moment:

"What aspect are you referring to?"

Long Shute picked a glass of white wine from the waiter walking around the field and took a sip:

"Of course it refers to my invitation to you. I asked you once half a year ago, and you said that your new contract has just begun. Now, I ask you again, can you give me an answer?"

Gerald was slightly stunned, and the head-up marks on his forehead became much darker unconsciously.

He has to think too much.

You have to consider your physical condition, weigh the pros and cons of Liverpool, and worry about whether you can get a stable playing time...

"Steven, let me tell you a secret."

Long Shute put down his wine glass:

"Liverpool Club's largest shareholder is now named Long."

Gerald was surprised, and Henderson beside him almost threw his cup.

I heard Long Shute continue with expressionless expression:

"But the reason I invite you is not for other reasons, but because, as the captain of the team today, I hope that an experienced Liverpool player will stand by my side, but... I will not put the responsibility of destroying the city and driving the tide on your shoulders, because, I am by your side, we can welcome all the opponents together."

Gerald's body trembled involuntarily.

He seemed to have returned to the former Istanbul, the former Wembley, and the former Anfield.

As the captain, I have encouraged Red teammates with the same words again and again.

But now, I have become the object of encouragement...

Gerald pondered for a long time and finally answered:

"The season time of the major leagues and Premier League is different, I can't leave midway through the season..."

Before he finished speaking, Long Shute was interrupted unceremoniously:

"You coward!"

coward?

Gerald's eyes suddenly became dull because he was extremely unfamiliar with the word.

In his long career, he has never heard anyone comment on himself like this, whether it is a teammate or an opponent!

I, Steven Gerrard, have always been the symbol and symbol of Liverpool, and have always been the unyielding fighter wearing the red No. 8... How could it be a coward?!

"What are you afraid of?"

Long Shute's eyes were so sharp that it seemed to be able to split him in half:

"Are you worried that Liverpool will lose the championship after returning to the team?

Or are you worried that you will not be able to get the same status and treatment as before?”

"No……"

Gerald found that he couldn't find a place to interrupt in front of the other party.

Long Shute's voice attracted everyone's attention.

Henderson wanted to explain for the old captain, but under the pressure of the current captain, he also did not have the courage to speak!

I heard Long Shute say:

"I'll give you ten seconds to make your final consideration. Steven, are you going to continue to play substitutes for others in this football desert in the United States, or return to Liverpool to win the most desire and most important trophy in your life?"

The entire party venue suddenly fell into silence.

Everyone shut their mouths and could only hear a heavy breathing sound.

Gerald's brows were never as tight as they are today, but his head-up pattern stretched into a wilderness at the last moment.

He raised his chin, a slight tremor mixed in the heavy voice:

"Dragon...I...I want to go back!"

“I want to train at Melwood Base!”

“I want to play at Anfield Stadium!”

"I want to put on the red jersey with the Liverpool logo again!"

"Long, if possible, I, I want to play football for Liverpool for another two years! Until I really retire!"

Long Shute finally laughed.

A burst of warm applause rang out at the party.

Long Shute opened his arms to Gerald:
Chapter completed!