[Football] Crown of Thorns

England, City of Liverpool.

The plane taken by Jia Ma and his party arrived at Liverpool John Lennon Airport on time, and they walked out through the VIP channel arranged in advance, perhaps because it was already midnight at night, and there were not too many people in the airport, and there was nothing wrong with it. People recognize Gama.

Of course, as far as Gama was concerned, he never felt like a big-name celebrity, and seemed comfortable with the situation.

Gama, who had read a lot of information beforehand, looked around while talking to Agostinho, "By the way, do you want to exchange some pounds?"

I happened to see the American Express (American Express Bank) sign in the airport, Gama asked.

"It shouldn't be necessary!"

Agostinho, who is actually a bumpkin, said.

However, the Liverpool club staff who came to welcome them added seriously, "It's better to have a little change on your body, sometimes it's inconvenient to swipe the card, although the euro is universal, but the locals are still more accustomed to using pounds. "

"Is it inconvenient?"

Gama asked thoughtfully.

The middle-aged man who introduced himself as Gary McAllister (Gary McAllister) laughed, "Yes, most things are bought in pounds..."

The two had a simple conversation about life issues, and Gama felt that this middle-aged uncle seemed to be more than just a club worker, until he got out of the airport and got in the car that picked him up, when he heard the driver in front of him When calling him Mr., Jia Ma turned his head in surprise.

Gary McAllister smiled and stretched out his hand, "Let me introduce again, Gary McAllister, the current position is the coach of the coaching staff."

"what?"

Jia Ma's eyes widened, and it took two seconds for him to react, "Hello, sir."

Although the current head coach of the club's first team is Rodgers, it is impossible for the head coach to lead the team alone. There must be many other people beside him who are in charge of various tasks, such as tactical drills and training coaches, physical coaches, and goalkeeper coaches. Waiting for coaches with different functions, sometimes the coach's coaching staff will have as many as a dozen staff members.

"You can call me Gary!"

Gary McAllister, with a faint blush on his face, smiled again.

Although he spoke English, Gama always felt that there was a strange accent, "Hello, Gary!"

"Haha, I'm actually Scottish."

McAllister winked at Gama, from the calmness at the beginning to the liveliness now, how fast is it?

Gama smiled, "I'm Portuguese."

"Yes, Portuguese, you speak English well."

"Thank you!"

Do you want to thank the people of the motherland and CCTV again? Hehe, Jia Ma kept complaining in his heart.

The two chatted for a while, "...Except for exchanging at the airport, if you usually want to exchange currency, you can go to the local post office to exchange some. If you need to call a taxi in advance when you go out, or take a public bus, you can also transfer subway……"

The Scottish coach is very good at talking, and told Gama a lot of necessary knowledge for moving in the city. When he booked the hotel, he smiled and said, "You rest first, and the staff will come to pick you up Going to the medical, then the transfer press conference..."

When Jia Ma entered the room, he glanced at his bodyguard and assistant, Chris, who consciously packed his things.

Agostinho patted his stomach and sat in the living room with Gama and talked.

"It seems that Liverpool Club still values ​​you very much."

"Yeah yeah!"

"From now on, you have to start adapting to the Premier League again..."

Agostinius Barabara added after a long freshman call, "Of course, the weather here is nasty."

It didn’t matter that the temperature wasn’t too high when we got off the plane, but it started to rain a little when we arrived in the urban area. No wonder the information said that one of the essential things to go out in Liverpool is an umbrella.

After talking for a while, Agostinho and Chris left the room to let Gama rest well, and he will have a physical examination tomorrow.

After closing the room, Jia Ma went to the window and opened the curtains. The window sill was wet with light rain, accompanied by the breeze from time to time, and the rain drifted in obliquely, dripping on his face, which was cool and cold.

In the night, the lights of this city flickered, and he was here, staring at the strange city in front of him.

Although Liverpool is located in a high latitude area, the temperature in winter is not very cold. The average temperature in summer is mostly below 30 degrees Celsius. In summer, the average high temperature is 12-21 degrees Celsius from June to August, which means that there is a little more rain. .

Anyway, the rainy weather in the UK is also world-renowned, but the locals say that only by bringing light rain gear with you can you experience the British romance comfortably.

This is England.

For Gama, apart from Liverpool and Everton, the two most famous football clubs here, all he knows or knows is that this is the hometown of the famous music group The Beatles, other than that he, an illiterate, doesn’t know much Yes, even if he had read the information in advance, he probably read the information of the club, and everything else was hehehe.

Even the transferred Liverpool Football Club was established when the English League was established. Of course, they were called Everton at the beginning (the team moved away from Anfield and stayed here before it was called Liverpool), Before the establishment of the Premier League, it was the Big Mac in the English league-Gama remembered the rumors that Manchester United's Ferguson said that beating Liverpool was his happiest thing, and this was the sworn enemy-but in the local Liverpool's sworn enemy was Egypt. Forton.

Because the first match of Liverpool's pre-summer tour will be held on July 7, the player report is about a week in advance, and Gama is even a few days earlier. So after the European Cup final, he almost only rested for about a week. !

Tsk, renting a month's rent is a waste of time.

Of course, don't say this sentence, or the fat uncle of his family will stare wide-eyed and want to curse.

However, Jia Ma took out his phone to check the time, and went to bed!

The next day, not after nine o'clock in the morning, Liverpool club staff came to pick up Gama for a physical examination.

Anyway, these are all routines, and Jia Ma didn't say much, so he went with the staff.

Although he feels pretty good about himself, Gama knows in his heart that his physical fitness is not at its best. After all, his rest time is still very short. It is impossible for the body to adjust to the best.

Although the medical level of the clubs in the Premier League is staggering and criticized, Gama has noticed that the equipment in the Liverpool medical room is quite advanced, but no one knows how good the team doctors are—Gama: ╮(╯ ▽╰)╭

Looks like he's still going to get Tiha Sr. to take his medical issues seriously.

Gama's medical report didn't come out that soon, and Gama hasn't seen the new coach yet, except that the staff took him to the Anfield Stadium and the club's Hall of Fame, etc. Well, he hasn't had a new coach yet. jersey or something, so what else can he do?

He has no acquaintances in England, the Meirelles guy has moved away from the Premier League.

Then, there is only one person he can choose, Manchester United winger Nani.

Gama: The mortal enemy, that is the player of the mortal enemy of Liverpool, hehe~

But Jia Ma, who was a little bored, handed over the job of finding a house to the capable agent uncle (I'm just someone who has nothing to pursue anyway), and decided to contact Nani, who had been in England for a long time. As a result, this person was not online. ! ! !

Bastard, Nani went on vacation and hasn't returned to the club yet!

I wanted to risk my life to find you, but you're not here?

Gama was furious.

Nani: (-__-)b Can you talk about it?

Agos Tinius, who watched Gama's idle eggs hurt, gave him a map (Gama: I can use GPS), and told him to familiarize himself with the local terrain!

Then Gama wandered around the local business district, such as Castle Street, Dale Street and Old Hall Street. This is the most concentrated shopping mall in Liverpool, where various popular fashion brands are located. You can find them all, and Gama also saw the two-storey official store of Liverpool Football Club here - by the way, cheapskate Gama still bought some related items, such as scarves and commemorative shirts and the like .

"...After shopping in the commercial street, you didn't eat and ran back to the hotel?"

The assistant's eyes widened in surprise.

"The restaurants in that place are either fast food like M Ji K Ji or high-end hotels like Hilton. Can I eat there?"

Gama was also wronged.

A capable agent has already found a place for Gama, and they will rent it out after the transfer is announced, so they are still staying in the hotel temporarily, anyway, the club pays for it.

Therefore, the current assistant Chris's specialty in cooking has not had a chance to show his face.

Jia Ma, who ate the delicious and nutritious meal specially bought from the hotel restaurant, felt bitter: unpalatable!

"Speaking of which, I went to see that house, there is a supermarket nearby, and here and other places in the UK, shops close at 5 pm, and the shops here usually close at 9 or 10 pm, and everything is very good. convenient……"

Chris told Gama what he had observed here.

"That's good, I want to eat what you made."

Nibbling on the English meal, Gama's eyes filled with tears.

He has long heard that there is no delicious food in the UK, and now he deeply understands the pain. As a country with a lot of food, how can he endure such things!

"In fact, there are many restaurants with different flavors here, whether it's French or Italian. There is also a Chinatown here. It is said that there are all kinds of dishes from the south to the north of Huaguo. You can definitely find something that suits your taste."

Chris persuaded Gama in this way.

"I've decided to eat a few meals before the season starts."

There is no Chinatown in Germany, so he can only find some Chinese restaurants by himself, which are expensive and not in line with his taste. Of course, it is also because he can’t eat too much as a professional player, but now he is so pitiful, he must enjoy it one time.

"Uh, you can do whatever you want, but be careful."

Seeing Gama's fierce expression with bright eyes, Agostinho threw up his hands.

My life is really sad!

Gama sighed sadly.