naaapseattle Chapter 286 The Shadow of Youth
Chapter 286 The Shadow of Youth
Chapter 286 The Shadow of Youth
"Of course I'm a Liverpool fan! I've always been!" The old man looked over 60 years old, with a pair of green eyes, and looked energetic.
"In other words, you came here today to cheer for Liverpool!"
"Of course, I also bought tickets!" The old man didn't care why the reporter asked such a stupid question, he shook the tickets in his hand and continued: "For more than 40 years, I will attend every derby in the same city to cheer for Liverpool, this time No exception!"
"Oh! God! That's really enviable!" The reporter exclaimed, "Do you still remember the city war in 1967? It was the fifth round of the FA Cup, and the venue was also at Goodison Park , while the game was being shown on the screens at Anfield at the same time."
Before the reporter finished prompting, the old man's eyes slightly opened, releasing a bright light.
"Of course! Of course I remember!"
"Are you sure?"
The corner of the old man's mouth was cracked, and he seemed to have an obvious double chin.His earlobes are large and his hair is grizzled.
The reporter had to look through a lot of materials to find that game. He really didn't believe that the old man in front of him would remember it in a flash.
"Of course! I played that game!"
"What?" The reporter's jaw dropped in shock, and he quickly asked, "Uh, I heard that right, you mean."
"Yes, I was Liverpool's goalkeeper at the time!"
"really?"
"of course it's true!"
"Whoa! I'm so lucky!"
Speaking of this, both of them laughed.
The reporter never expected that he would interview a legendary goalkeeper from the Shankly era.
"Sorry, could you please remind me of your name?" The reporter put on an honorific.
"Tommy Lawrence." The old man answered quickly.
"Oh Tommy, nice to meet you! Can you tell us which part of that game stood out to you the most?"
"It was a fantastic game! Aaron Ball scored the winning goal in that game."
"That's right, it's true!"
"Of course, I still remember his goals."
The old man who was the main goalkeeper in Liverpool from 1957 to 1971, his eyes lit up unconsciously when he was asked by reporters about the game.
As he recalled, the corners of his mouth rose slightly.
His eyes passed through the reporters and the cameras, as if he had returned to that day in 1967, standing in front of the Liverpool gate and looking at his teammates in front of him.
He seemed to be dozens of years younger in an instant, chatting with reporters, and couldn't wait to show a wonderful save.
Isn't the history we read just the vigorous youth of others?
After the two chatted about the memory of that game, the reporter looked at the time and saw that it was almost time for the players from both sides to enter the field, so they accelerated the pace of inquiry.
"Then what do you think about this game, Tommy?"
"Oh! This game!" The old man woke up from his memory and said without thinking: "We still won't lose!"
"why?"
"TOM! We can't lose with Tom on the field!"
"TOM? TOMMY?" The reporter joked, "You mean you're going to play too?"
TOMMY can be regarded as an intimate usage of TOM in some cases.
"Oh, no! No, no, no!" Tommy Lawrence quickly shook his head, "TOM is much better than me, and he will lead Liverpool to a new peak, where there are honors we have never touched. "
"Tommy, you are too modest!" The reporter praised.
Nicknamed the Flying Pig, Tommy Lawrence helped Liverpool win two league titles and an FA Cup.
"No no!" Tommy still shook his head, "What Tom can achieve is unprecedented. He can help Liverpool win at the last moment. This is no longer something an ordinary goalkeeper can do!"
Seeing that Tommy Lawrence praised Tang Wu so much, the reporter hurriedly hit the rails: "According to the latest news, Tom won No.3 in the Golden Boy Award issued by the Italian "Torino Sport", and the top two are Chris."
"Really? Is what you said true?" The old man interrupted the reporter again after hearing that Tang Wu had won the third place. Obviously, he didn't want to know who the two players ahead of Tang Wu were.
"Of course it's true. I think you'll be able to buy a newspaper with this news after mentioning the competition!" The reporter smiled.
"Oh! My God, I just said, I just said he can do it!" Tommy Lawrence clenched his fists with both hands, two fists as big as sandbags dangling in front of the reporter, and he himself seemed extremely excited.
"This is no ordinary award!" The reporter added.
"That's right, that's right, this is not an ordinary award!" Fei Tianzhu was already so excited that he couldn't help himself, as if he was the winner of the bronze boy.
"There are a lot of great players who have come close to this honor, so it's a big prize!" the reporter continued.
"That's right, that's right!" The old man's brain couldn't keep up for a while, so he could only repeat what the reporter said.
In fact, the selection of the Golden Boy Award only started last year, and the winner of the first Golden Boy Award was the Dutchman Van der Vaart.However, after van der Vaart's "glass man" attribute was exposed in the past two years, he did not achieve the achievements that "golden boy" should have.On the contrary, No.2 Kaka became the chosen one after joining AC Milan.
But the reporter was right.
Those who can be called the golden boy are all excellent players from various countries.
Like Raul, Beckham, Owen, these people have also been known as "golden boys".As for Lu Xiaopang, this award can be regarded as "deserved".
Following the cheers in Goodison Park, the reporter was also very interested, and hurriedly ended the interview and let Tommy leave.
After bidding farewell to reporters, Tommy Lawrence trotted into Goodison Park, swinging his legs hastily.
As a man in his 60s, he would not be annoyed if a strange reporter delayed him for a few minutes to watch the entrance ceremony.In his mind, what has been echoing is the Liverpool team and the young man who is the last line of defense.
When Tommy Lawrence squeezed into the red mountains and plains, like a leaf flowing into the ocean, insignificant, drifting with the current.
But the old man did not rush to find his position, but stood with the fans, tremblingly took out a red and white scarf from his arms, held it high above his head, and sang softly.
" You'll never walk alone
Walk on, walk on, with hope in your heart
And you'll never walk alone
You will never walk alone
"
Looking at Tang Wu, who put his right hand on his left chest and sang the team song loudly with his teammates standing in a row, Tommy Lawrence seemed to see his youthful shadow again.
(End of this chapter)