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Chapter 472 St. James' Park Stadium

Chapter 472 St. James' Park Stadium

St James' Park has a capacity of 6000.

Originally before Pei Wei took over, after Sir Hall’s investment, St. James’s Park, which could only accommodate 7000 people, could accommodate 5 people. With the team’s performance getting better and better, Pei Wei did not think about expanding the stadium again. Unfortunately, St. James’ Park is surrounded by streets on three sides, and the other side is close to Newcastle’s famous Rizes Park. Many social groups do not allow the expanded stadium to occupy this public green belt. The stadium is a complete waste, so Pei Wei can only expand on the original basis of the stadium. At that time, Hall had already expanded the west stand and the main stand by two floors. The capacity of the St. James Park Stadium was already the limit. Therefore, Pei Wei only added a layer of capacity to the other two stands, increasing the capacity by 30 people.

Under such circumstances, every home stadium of St. James' Park is almost full. Although it is impossible to reproduce the glorious scene of nearly 1930 fans pouring into St. James' Park in [-] today, the momentum of St. James' Park can still put great pressure on the visiting team.

There was a huge cheer at St James' Park as the Newcastle players lined up onto the pitch.

More than 5 Newcastle fans sang "Song of the Phoenix", and used this song to welcome the arrival of their hero!

"Benefits to Newcastle" is the official team song of the Newcastle club, while "Song of the Phoenix" is a song passed down from generation to generation by Newcastle fans!

When the Newcastle club entered the English League One for the first time, the fans affectionately called this team wearing the traditional black and white sword-striped jersey "Phoenix", and this team, like the legendary Phoenix, has experienced ups and downs, but has never regretted it.

Long Bisheng looked up at the stands. He hadn't seen this kind of scene for three years.

The German fans are also very enthusiastic, but Hoffenheim was just an amateur team after all, lacking the kind of fans who have been their loyal fans for generations, and the Germans are also famous for their calmness and reason. In the stands, they definitely do not regard the club and victory as their life like the Premier League fans!In this regard, even Leeds, which has been reduced to League One, their fans are crazier than Hoffenheim fans.

The fans of Newcastle, in addition to being equally crazy than the fans of Leeds, also have a little more pride.

Because their team is the team with the most stable performance in England in the past ten years, staying in the top four all year round. At the same time, they are also the team with the most stable performance in the Champions League.

This kind of achievement is not very surprising, but being able to maintain it for a full ten years is already the background of a wealthy family.

In this game, their opponent is the newly promoted Derby, which made Newcastle fans think that this game will be an easy victory.

Although Derby County also belongs to the kind of team with a long history and glory in the history of English football, their absence from the Premier League for more than ten years has turned them into a poor team.

At the same time, due to lack of finances, they did not introduce too many outstanding players after entering the Premier League. They still mainly played in the British Championship. The 25-year-old right forward Barnes is their most famous player.

In the first round of the league, they relied on Postiga's goals and tenacious defense to draw Blackburn [-]-[-] at home, but if they want to perform miracles at St. James' Park, no one thinks they can do it.

At the beginning of the game, Newcastle launched a fierce attack. The two full-backs frequently pressed for assists. With Essien and Carrick in the midfield, they did not need to spend too much on defense.

As the center forward of the team, Long Bisheng was naturally the first to face the opponent's defensive pressure directly, but with his style of play, he was never afraid of the opponent's fierce fights and physical collisions.

In the face of Newcastle's fierce attack, Derby only supported for 10 minutes.

Bell took a corner kick, and Long Bisheng attracted most of the opponent's defensive force in the front point - in the first 10 minutes, his impact power made Derby's defenders who were never afraid of physical collisions feel terrible - but he did not directly shake his head to attack the goal, but returned the ball to Bell's feet.

After the goal, Gerrard roared and waved his fists, and Newcastle in the stands also cheered for this midfielder who had broken through Newcastle's gate more than once-now the captain of the England national team belongs to Newcastle!

This season, the former Liverpool captain is probably the most eager for games and honors. He chose to leave Liverpool and come to Newcastle just to fight for the honor of the league championship and the Champions League.

It is precisely because of this that he left Liverpool, where he was born and grew up, and came to Newcastle. Unfortunately, perhaps it was God's will, the two seasons he came to Newcastle happened to be the two seasons when Newcastle had nothing!

In Pei Wei's ten years in charge, the only two seasons in which Newcastle did not win any championships allowed Gerrard to catch up.

No matter how resolute a person is, I am afraid it will be difficult for such a blow.

Gerrard is 33 years old. Although he has excellent physical fitness and abundant physical fitness, many people think he can play until he is 40 years old, but he is a 33-year-old veteran after all. In his resume, although he has won the European Champions Cup, UEFA Cup, UEFA Super Cup, England FA Cup, England League Cup, England Community Shield and other championships, he just lacks a league championship.

The lack of success in these two seasons also aroused the vigilance of Newcastle’s board of directors. Newcastle’s current main lineup was successfully formed through gradual changes in the first two or three years after Pei Wei took over. Almost every player is an outstanding world-class player. Except for Messi and Gerrard who were introduced relatively late, other players have cooperated together for at least seven or eight years. The tacit understanding between them is the most important cornerstone of Newcastle’s brilliant achievements.

But no matter how good a player is, he can’t stand the time. Like Newcastle’s main lineup, Ribery is 30 years old, Gerrard is 33 years old, Carrick is 32 years old, Essien is 30 years old, Dawson is 30 years old, Petr Cech is 31 years old, Maicon is 32 years old, and Drogba is 35 years old. Except for Bell who is 24 years old, Messi is 26 years old and Taylor is 28 years old, all other players are over [-] years old. , the desire for victory is naturally not as good as before.

So since last season, both Pei Wei and Mourinho have started to gradually make the team younger. 24-year-old Long Bisheng, 23-year-old Mattock, 21-year-old Jose Baxter, 21-year-old John Bostock... plus Paul Huntington, who is the same age as Messi, and Walcott, who is the same age as Long Bisheng... The average age of the Newcastle team is definitely not as old as the average age of the main lineup.

What Mourinho has to do now is to gradually make the young players the main force, and replace some of the main players who are not as good as before.

But there are a few people that Mourinho can't change, and he is unwilling to change.

For example, Cech, for a goalkeeper, 31 years old is nothing. As long as Cech can maintain his current state, Newcastle will not need to worry about goalkeeper problems in the next five years.Another example is Essien. The 30-year-old Essien is still in excellent physical fitness. With him, there is no need to worry about the position of the midfielder.And let Gerrard play the absolute main force, what Mourinho values ​​is his fighting spirit and infinite desire for honor.

Therefore, Newcastle's main lineup is still stable, and Mourinho only uses new players to a limited extent. For example, in today's game, it was Huntington who replaced Dawson and Taylor, and Carrick was also on the bench. Bostock replaced him.

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"Two to zero! A beautiful goal! Bostock stuffed the ball at the feet of Long Bisheng. The Chinese striker turned around and broke through forcibly and hit the goal! The ball was saved by Derby goalkeeper Carroll, but Messi's eyesight and feet quickly made it into the net! These are his two goals in two league rounds. Messi is in a brave state! But this goal is thanks to his teammate Long Bisheng. If Long Bisheng hadn't attracted enough Derby defenders when he made a forced breakthrough, Messi would not have no one around him to defend! Now! The two hug each other!"

After scoring the goal, Messi ran towards Long Bisheng, then jumped onto Long Bisheng and waved his fist towards the stands. Long Bisheng laughed happily and patted Messi on the head after he landed, messing up Messi's hair even more.

Although Messi is two years older than Long Bisheng, Long Bisheng looks much more mature than Messi, and Messi doesn't care about his action.

"We lead by two goals, next, you have to find a way to score! Dragon!"

In the process of running back, Messi smiled and said to Long Bisheng.

Long Bisheng nodded, but still replied: "I will try my best to break the door."

(End of this chapter)