The visiting team's locker room at Anfield is large and luxurious.

There are not only independent massage and rest areas, bathing areas, medical areas, tactical areas, but also simple fitness areas.

Of course, the color scheme in the visiting team's locker area is also bright red, which is full of symbolic meaning.

There is also a small restaurant next to the visiting team's locker room.

After a brief rest, the players went to the small restaurant next door to have their meal.

Gu Ran's exclusive nutritionist Loina also came with the team. She had already prepared an enhanced version of the magic lunch for Gu Ran in the players' restaurant.

While other players were enjoying the special food at Anfield Stadium, Gu Ran could only eat chicken breast and drink white snake grass water.

I want to eat people...

After lunch, the players returned to the visiting team's locker room to rest.

Some players took out their own handheld game consoles to play games, some players listened to music with headphones to relax, and some players laughed and talked with their teammates about the female fans they met in the bar a few days ago.

Gu Ran took his personal coach Jacob to do some simple indoor balance training.

Coach Jacob didn't expect that Gu Ran would still have to train at this time.

This is much crazier than when he was studying at Real Madrid...

At around 2 o'clock in the afternoon, there were sudden bursts of almost crazy cheers outside the stadium, which could even be clearly felt in the visiting team's locker room.

No doubt, this must be the Liverpool team bus entering Anfield Stadium.

As the home team, Liverpool should have conducted adaptive training in the morning. However, this game was just a friendly match and the opponent was a League One team, so Liverpool did not take it too seriously.

With the arrival of the Liverpool team, fans also began to check their tickets and enter the stadium.

The silent Anfield stadium immediately became lively.

The KOP stands were full early on.

The enthusiasm of die-hard fans is unquestionable.

Although season tickets cannot be used for pre-season tickets, the average ticket price for this pre-season game reached 42 pounds, far exceeding the usual ticket price of 9 pounds per game for KOP fans, but for KOP diehards, this price increase is nothing.

Even if the opponent is a League One team, the KOP diehard fans will definitely not be absent.

After experiencing various losses last season, KOPs really need a satisfying pre-season victory to start the new season.

"The clubs have made good arrangements! The first pre-season game is against a weak team in League One!"

"That's right, let's start with the weak team! Let's get off to a good start!"

"Liverpool! You'll Never Walk Alone!"

"What a pity, Torres is still on vacation! Lampard and others probably won't play either!"

"As long as we can win!"

"By the way, which team is the other side?"

"How should I know!"

The Phoenix team flag was waving wildly in the KOP stands, and the crazy fans sang the Beatles' "Hey Jude" in unison to warm up the audience.

At this time, fans from the Glorious Centennial Stand and the Main Stand also quickly entered the stadium to the singing of the KOP fans and sang along with the songs.

More than half an hour before the game officially started, more than half of the fans were already sitting in the Centennial Stand and the Main Stand.

It can be predicted that the attendance for this game will be good.

And in the Anfield Road stands reserved for visiting teams, most of the stands were occupied at this time.

And in the stands reserved for visiting teams - the Anfield Road stands that can accommodate more than 9,000 fans, most of the stands were occupied at this time.

At least 5,000 Southampton fans came to Anfield.

Many of them were wearing Gu Ran’s new No. 8 jersey.

Domestic fans such as MaxxRT were also invited to the scene and sat in the fifth row behind the visiting team's bench.

Unfortunately, their application for live streaming has not been approved yet, so they have no right to record this game and can only watch it on site to satisfy their own curiosity.

Sister Elizabeth Olsen also arrived at Anfield Stadium on time.

She was wearing a white dress today, and with her naturally melancholy expression, she immediately attracted the attention of the surrounding fans just by standing there.

Elizabeth is still unknown, so she doesn't have any idol baggage.

She looked at the ticket in her hand, then sat down confidently in the wives' seat in the first row behind the visiting team's bench.

Many Southampton fans couldn't help but wonder which player this beautiful long-legged girl belonged to.

Elizabeth is not the most dazzling person in the entire Anfield Road stands.

The most eye-catching scenery in the Anfield Road stands is the beautiful cheerleaders in miniskirts holding fan signs of [Gu Ran Global Support Club].

Although Elizabeth's appearance can crush any cheerleader when compared individually, the cheerleaders' advantage is that they are more numerous and more uniform.

They wore the same No. 8 jersey on their upper bodies, and those with miniskirts had to rely on the jerseys to cover up their short skirts.

When these beautiful cheerleaders stood up collectively, doing the Kang Kang thigh dance and shouting "Come on Gu Ran", the entire Anfield stadium was shocked.

The fans of KOP even stopped waving their team flags and whispered to each other: "Who is Gu Ran? The star player on the other side?"

"I don't know, I've never heard of this star's name!"

"Haha, Southampton Football Club is not good at playing football, but they are very good at doing things!"

"I've been watching football for half my life, but this is the first time I've seen a player bring a cheerleading team with him!"

"The game will start soon. Let's pay more attention to No. 8 and see who he is."

At this time, Elizabeth Olsen, who was sitting in the wives' group seat, opened her eyes wide in surprise. She couldn't help but look back again and again at the beautiful cheerleaders who were holding eye-catching signs such as "Gu Ran, I love you", "Gu Ran, let's get married", and "Gu Ran, you are my male god".

Didn’t Gu Ran say that he was just a newbie who had just got a professional contract?

Didn't Gu Ran say that he was a substitute among substitutes? Could it be that Southampton Club was so good to the substitute players? Elizabeth's face was full of disbelief.

On the other side of the field, "Happy Boy" Sterling, carrying a sports bag and wearing headphones, sat quietly in the stands behind the home team's bench.

Today's game is Liverpool's, but Sterling came mainly to watch Gu Ran play.

He really wanted to know how Gu Ran, who was able to crush him in the youth team competition, would perform in the first team.

At this moment, a burst of crazy cheers came from the direction of the main stand.

Linda, the owner of Liverpool, appeared in her seat on the podium in a red dress.

The Liverpool fans at the scene immediately shifted their attention from the Southampton cheerleaders to the beautiful lady boss! Almost all of the Liverpool fans stood up and cheered and applauded for the lady boss's arrival.

No one expected that Linda would show up at this warm-up match! This also shows that Linda really likes football and really likes Liverpool!

This made the already fanatical Liverpool fans even more excited.

The applause from Liverpool fans died down only when Linda and other Liverpool executives took their seats on the podium.

Linda glanced at the beautiful cheerleaders of the Gu Ran Global Fan Club, then turned to ask Michael Edwards, the technical analysis director, "Are you sure Gu Ran will play today?"

Edwards adjusted his black-rimmed glasses and nodded seriously, "Yes, ma'am. When we invited them to play this friendly match, we wrote the requirement that Gu Ran must play into the friendly match contract."

Linda smiled with satisfaction, "Very good."

2:25.

Reporters from all walks of life gathered in the media room at Anfield with their cameras.

The coaches of both teams arrived with a player each, ready to accept a brief pre-match interview - Liverpool Club made this friendly match very formal.

Southampton head coach Adkins attended the pre-match press conference with No. 20 player Lallana.

The coaches of both teams exchanged a friendly and cordial handshake under the witness of the cameras of various media reporters.

Generally speaking, the player brought by the head coach is either the captain of the team, a core player of the team, or a player who has performed well recently or has been quite newsworthy.

Although Lallana is not the captain, he is definitely a core player of the team.

Bringing Lallana to the pre-match press conference is also a respect for Liverpool.

而利物浦却只是带了个斯皮林。

斯皮林是利物浦青训队出品，并且曾经是利物浦U18的队长，但在利物浦一线队，斯皮林顶多只是杰拉德的替补而已。

霍奇森带着斯皮林出席赛前发布会，多少有点瞧不上南安普顿队的意思。

双方落座后，新闻官宣布记者可以提问。

首先是针对利物浦队的采访。

台下的记者们纷纷踊跃举手。

霍奇森看了一圈，抬手指着一位年轻漂亮的女记者道：“你来问吧。”

“谢谢。”年轻漂亮的女记者站起来，微笑着说道：“霍奇森先生你好，我是《前进圣徒报》的记者伊芙琳·阿德莱德。我的问题是，有确切的消息说这次友谊赛是利物浦俱乐部主动向我们南安普顿俱乐部发出邀请的，并且出让了大部分的门票收益——请问你是如何看待这件事？你们是不是想要挖我们的希望之星顾然？”

此话一出，底下的记者们就惊愕的交头接耳了起来：

“不是吧？利物浦这种级别的豪门，居然主动邀请南安普顿踢友谊赛？”

“哈哈，这位南安普顿这女记者真辣啊！上来就是这么狠的问题！”

“霍奇森看人家年轻漂亮，还以为人家不会提问呢，结果这下搬起石头来放不下了！”

“南安普顿的希望之星顾然？我怎么从来没听说过？”

“我倒是听说过，顾然跟利物浦的老板娘琳达和切尔西的NO姐都有一腿……”

“哈哈哈！这你们也信？那都是我编的。”

“沃特法克！你就是太阳报的那个记者！”

“你个断章狗……你还有脸来这里？还不滚回去快更！”

台上的霍奇森教练在听到伊芙琳的提问后，先是微微一愣之后，随即极为老道的一笑，“首先，利物浦邀请南安普顿来踢这场友谊赛，出发点是在于磨练我们自己的队伍，跟别的无关。南安普顿是一支很有进攻特色的队伍，他们的球员都不差，我相信，跟南安普顿这种强度的球队开启我们的季前赛，对我们刚刚休假归来的球员，将是一个很好的过渡过程。”

虽然这话明着是在褒奖南安普顿队，但在场的每个人都能听得出来，霍奇森真正的意思是：你们南安普顿就是个弱队，我们新赛季开始前，想拿你们弱队开刀，所以才主动邀请你们，你们马上要死了，你们还美呢？ “另外，出让大部分门票的收益？抱歉，这不是我这个主教练所关心的问题，所以这个问题我无法回答你，你或许应该采访我们的财务总监。”

“好了，下一个——”霍奇森抬手指向一名自己熟悉的本地记者。

那名记者刚站起来准备发问，伊芙琳就抢先道：“抱歉！霍奇森先生，你还没有回答我第三个问题！请你正面回答，你们利物浦是不是想挖我们的希望之星顾然！？”

霍奇森淡淡的一笑，“顾然？我不认识什么顾然。”

伊芙琳毫不退让的道：“可是，你们俱乐部连续三次给我们的希望之星顾然报价！德转市场都有记录！”

霍奇森耸了耸肩膀，“那可能是俱乐部给青年队买人吧，我们青年队的斯特林就是这样买到的，但这跟我们利物浦一线队无关。所以，我真的不认识你说的那个什么顾然。好了，下一个！”

伊芙琳强忍着怒火，傲然道：“你很快就会认识他的。”

说完，才把采访话筒让给了下一个记者。

霍奇森笑了笑，完全没有在意。

霍奇森又回答完本地记者的几个无关痛痒的问题后，新闻官就宣布接下来由南安普顿队的主教练阿德金斯接受采访。

阿德金斯教练抬手指了指一名男记者，“你来问吧。”

——他也不想被伊芙琳提问。

男记者站起来拿过话筒，“你好阿德金斯教练，我是利物浦回声报的记者。我的问题是，这应该是你第一次跟我们利物浦队交手，你如何评价你的对手？你预测今天的比赛结果是什么？”

这个问题，带有明显的傲慢。

阿德金斯教练还是那副扑克脸，“在我看来，利物浦俱乐部毫无疑问是顶级豪门。”

回声报的男记者得意的笑了起来。

阿德金斯教练停顿了一个节拍，又继续道：“虽然他们上个赛季四大皆空，联赛第7，足总杯和联赛杯早早被双杀淘汰，欧联杯连第一轮都没熬过，今年连欧联杯资格都没有，但他们仍旧是豪门球队。”

回声报男记者脸上的笑容已经挂不住了。

坐在旁边的霍奇森教练也忍不住微皱眉头。

这特么是夸？ 太损了吧！

就听阿德金斯教练继续道：“相比之下，我们南安普顿俱乐部是支弱队，我们在前几个赛季遭受了灭顶般的打击，从英超一路滑落到了英甲，挣扎在英甲的中游。”

“但我们挺过来了。对于我们的俱乐部和我们的球迷来说，这真的很不容易。”

“我愿意称俱乐部的所有工作人员、所有球员、以及所有圣徒球迷们为真正的勇士。”

“当利物浦、阿森纳、切尔西、曼联等球队排着队邀请我们踢季前赛的时候，说实在的，我真的很犹豫很纠结。”

“我最终选择了利物浦，因为利物浦是这四支豪门中最适合我们南安普顿交锋的队伍。”

此话一出，底下已经有不少记者在偷笑了。

这个阿德金斯教练虽然是第一次跟利物浦这种级别的队伍过招，但是绝不是新手啊！ 看似是在抬高利物浦，实际上却是把利物浦拉到跟南安普顿同样位置上！ 你利物浦很牛吗？后面阿森纳、切尔西、曼联不是照样排队邀请我们踢友谊赛？ 就听阿德金斯教练继续道：“至于本场比赛的结果，我不太好预测，毕竟这只是一场可以无限制换人的友谊赛，我也相信霍奇森教练跟我的目的一致，不是为了胜负，而是为了借着这个很好的机会来考察球员磨合队伍。”

不等这位男记者再度发问，阿德金斯就指向另外一位胖胖的记者，“下一位吧。”

那位胖胖的记者乐呵呵的站了起来，“阿德金斯教练你好，我是来自《太阳报》的记者。今天早上利物浦的新老板娘琳达发布了一条INS说，她今天要见一位重要人物，请问这位重要人物指的是不是顾然？他们会不会在大家看不见的地方交流一番？”

阿德金斯教练：“……”

你是来采访的，还是来制造话题的？

新闻官清了清嗓子，“来人啊，把这个太阳报的家伙赶出去！赛前发布会到此结束！”

霍奇森教练和阿德金斯教练都如释重负，站起来友好的握手。

霍奇森教练笑道：“阿德金斯先生，祝你好运，你们因为太需要了。”

阿德金斯教练仍旧是一副扑克脸，“谢谢，霍奇森教练，你太大方了。”

两人又相视一笑，然后便各自带着各自的球员，回到了更衣室中。

此时，安菲尔德球场的DJ已经在热场了。

All the Liverpool fans in the stadium sang "Allez Allez Allez" along with the DJ's live electric guitar: We've conquered all of Europe~ We 're never going to stop ~ From Paris down to Turkey~ We 've won the fucking lot ~ Bob Paisley and Bill Shankly ~ The fields of Anfield Road~ We are loyal supporters~ And we come from Liverpool! Allez Allez Allez~ Allez Allez Allez~ Allez Allez Allez~ Allez Allez Allez~ The whole stadium was like a grand and crazy concert with 40,000 people .

In contrast, Southampton's 'Saints March On' song was barely audible at all.

It’s not that the Southampton Saints’ fighting power is too poor, but that the Liverpool Reds are too strong.

Putting aside the team's record and just talking about the diehard fans, the Liverpool Red Army swept the world.

The passionate singing of "Allez Allez Allez" also reached the visiting team's locker room - before the game even started, the strong home pressure made the visiting team's locker room feel a little breathless.

At this time, Chamberlain hummed along with the soft voice of "Allez Allez Allez".

All the players stared at Chamberlain.

Chamberlain was stunned, then he quickly shut up.

The game will start soon...

Allez Allez Allez~ 　　Allez Allez Allez~ 　　Allez Allez Allez~ 　　Allez Allez Allez~ 　　 　 (End of this chapter)