So the Southampton team arrived at the hotel a day in advance so that the players could be in the best condition for tomorrow's game.
Southampton is very familiar with Wembley Stadium. This season, they have played there more times than Liverpool.
Liverpool have been miserable this season.
In the first half of the season, Liverpool's ranking in the Premier League fell directly to outside the top 10, which is the worst start for Liverpool in nearly 50 years.
There are many reasons for Liverpool's decline in performance, one of the most important of which is the turmoil within the top management of the Liverpool club.
After the bloody duo sold the club to Linda, there were still a lot of cross-shareholdings and a lot of old stubborn people left in the club.
It took Linda more than half a year to gradually clear away these club obstacles.
During the clearing process, Liverpool was naturally very turbulent.
But after the cleanup, Liverpool was back on track.
So at the beginning of the second half of the season, Linda fired Liverpool's head coach Hodgson and invited Liverpool's legend, King Kenny Dalglish, to coach Liverpool for the second time.
This is just a stopgap measure.
Because Kenny Dalglish has already achieved success and is enjoying his retired life as a knight, the reason why he coached Liverpool at this time is purely because Liverpool's performance in the first half of the season was too poor, which affected his mood for retirement. That's why he agreed to Linda to temporarily serve as Liverpool's head coach until Liverpool finds a more suitable head coach.
Of course, another reason is that when Linda asked Dalglish to come out of retirement, she also promised that she would recruit Gu Ran to Liverpool.
Of course Dalglish was more willing to hear that he could coach Gu Ran.
As a result, during the winter transfer window, Gu Ran never thought about transferring.
At this time, Liverpool had just sold golden boy Torres to Chelsea for 50 million pounds, and had money but could not buy Gu Ran.
So, Liverpool bought Luis Suarez, who had just bitten someone at Ajax, for £25 million.
With Suarez and Dalglish in charge, Liverpool's performance began to improve.
Although they have not returned to the top four in the Champions League zone, it should not be a problem to stop the decline and maintain the top six.
With no hope of finishing in the top four, this year's FA Cup is Liverpool's only hope.
Especially when learning that the opponent was Southampton, everyone in Liverpool was full of confidence.
Liverpool captain Gerrard said in an interview with the media before the game that there was nothing to be afraid of Southampton. Their tactics were simple. It was nothing more than passing the ball to their core player Gu Ran, who would then organize and mobilize. This tactic might be useful against ordinary teams, but it was meaningless against Liverpool, the biggest club in England.
Gerrard also said that he and Gu Ran are good friends and they may become teammates, but he will never show mercy to Gu Ran on the court. As long as Gu Ran can be restricted, Southampton will be scrapped. Liverpool has played against Southampton before and knows how to restrict Gu Ran.
Liverpool's current head coach Kenny Dalglish also confidently told reporters that the purpose of this game was to let Gu Ran see clearly what a true established giant is, so that Gu Ran would not make a mistake when choosing a giant team.
The reporters all wanted to interview Gu Ran, but Gu Ran had no interest at all and just quietly trained in the closed gym.
The next morning, which was Sunday, April 17, after breakfast, the entire Southampton team took a bus to Wembley Stadium for a closed training session.
This game also attracted the attention of major sports media around the world, and even domestic media rushed to report it.
After all, Liverpool itself is a hot topic, and coupled with the scandal between Liverpool and Gu Ran, this game seems to be extremely hot.
Since this season, Ran Live has also experienced explosive growth, with broadcasting and advertising revenues exceeding 100 million!
At 1:30 p.m., fans of both teams entered the stadium while singing their respective team songs.
As the home team fans, Liverpool fans can crush Southampton fans both in momentum and numbers, but Southampton fans are not weaker in momentum. Before the game started and the players from both sides appeared, the fans of both sides were already singing enthusiastically.
At 2 pm, the referee team entered the venue to inspect it.
At 2:15, the players of the visiting team Southampton were the first to enter the field for the final adaptive warm-up.
When Gu Ran entered the stadium in a black jersey, all the Saints fans stood up, raised their hands and knelt down! Some Liverpool fans also applauded Gu Ran.
They had witnessed Gu Ran's abilities during the warm-up matches, and they were all looking forward to Gu Ran joining Liverpool and becoming a part of the Red Army.
When Gu Ran came on the field, the legendary Liverpool head coach Kenny Dalglish came over with a smile and gave Gu Ran a high five and a hug.
"Hi Gu, how are you?"
"I'm fine, thank you, Mr Dalglish, it's nice to see you here."
"come on!"
"OK!"
After the two of them hugged each other intimately, Gu Ran trotted to his own stadium amid the cheers of the fans and began to train seriously.
Immediately afterwards, the home team Tottenham Hotspur entered the stadium.
When the names of stars such as Gerrard and Suarez resounded over Wembley Stadium, Liverpool fans cheered wildly.
After the warm-up, both teams returned to their respective locker rooms to make final preparations.
At 3:50, the two teams lined up in the player tunnel, ready to officially take the stage.
Jerad patted Gu Ran on the shoulder and laughed, “Hey Gu, long time no see, you seem...well, taller and stronger than before.”
Gu Ran smiled and said, “Jerald, you seem to be a little older than before.”
"Hahaha!" Gerrard laughed heartily, "We let you draw in the last friendly match, but that won't happen this time, because we didn't try our best last time, and this time all our main players started, and Kenny Dalglish is our head coach, and we also have Suarez!"
Hearing his name, Suarez turned his head and raised his chin towards Gu Ran, revealing his iconic big teeth.
Gu Ran also smiled and nodded at Suarez, as a greeting.
Gerrard laughed and said: "Don't blame me for not reminding you, Suarez is very fierce! You Southampton should be careful."
Gu Ran smiled and said, "I know."
...(End of this chapter)