Before the match had even begun, the fans' war of words had already started.
Manchester United fans: "Who do you think you are? A bunch of losers who haven't won a single Premier League title!"
Liverpool fans: "Without Ferguson, you're nothing! You're just the outsiders in Manchester! The sky over Manchester will always be blue!"
The Manchester United fans were furious. "You want a fight?"
A Liverpool fan flew forward with a kick...
This is the Double Red Derby. There's no way to avoid it.
Liverpool was clearly aware of the danger of this derby. The number of security personnel today was double the usual.
In the world of football, there are too many derbies like this.
Among them, the most shocking is the Superclásico in the Argentine Primera División between River Plate and Boca Juniors, known as the "Derby of Death."
In their derby, away fans are not allowed to enter the stadium.
Standing in the players' tunnel, Tendou could also feel the intense murderous aura from the audience.
Like a volcano, waiting to erupt.
And then, a resounding song suddenly echoed throughout Anfield.
The Liverpool fans were singing "You'll Never Walk Alone" at the top of their lungs.
For so many years, generations of Liverpudlians have sung it this way.
"When you walk through a storm"
"Hold your head up high"
"And don't be afraid of the dark"
"At the end of a storm"
"There's a golden sky, and the sweet silver song of a lark"
"..."
"With hope in your heart, and you'll never walk alone..."
The resounding song echoed through the clouds.
In Asia.
Blue Lock.
The fifth round of matches had not yet begun. Prince had stopped the training and called every player into the lounge to watch this epic battle.
"Amazing..." Nagi Seishiro was dumbfounded.
At this moment, Anfield had turned into a sea of red.
The camera panned across, and Liverpool fans and Manchester United fans were fighting, making the atmosphere of this Double Red Derby even more fiery.
Unlike the Wolves' home ground, Liverpool's stadium could accommodate more than 60,000 fans.
The sight of tens of thousands of people singing in unison was undoubtedly breathtaking.
"Tendou is about to play in this place?" Reo felt his throat go dry.
He had to wrack his brains just to compete with the youth teams of the top five leagues.
And Tendou, his opponents were the first-team starters.
"Of course. Just now, Liverpool has announced their starting lineup. Tendou is on the list," Prince said, using this to motivate his players.
As a result, the real-world audience was stunned.
'What?'
'Tendou has already made it to the Premier League?'
'Holy shit, he's at my Liverpool!'
'Starting in his second match, awesome!'
'Go kill Manchester United!'
'...'
The real-world audience expressed their shock.
While Isagi and the others were still leveling up in Blue Lock, they hadn't expected Tendou to have already gone to play in the Premier League.
In the live stream room, the analyst Fan Wu said, "This should be in preparation for the upcoming U-20 World Cup."
"If that's the case, then the Japan team in this show will have Tendou and another player, two professional-level players."
He clearly hadn't expected Tendou to be so incredible, making it to the Premier League at the age of 17.
Damn, is Tendou on the Lamine Yamal script?
At the other teams, for example, at Bayern, Isagi was also watching this world-class battle.
Tendou is really too far ahead of me.
While he was still working hard for a spot in the U-20 World Cup, Tendou had already stepped onto the world's biggest stage, starting in a world-famous derby.
In the players' tunnel, Tendou stood at the back of the line. Next to him was Manchester United's Romelu Lukaku.
The simple-minded Belgian "god" of a striker was extremely confident, his eyes filled with disdain as he looked at Tendou.
What bullshit Asian prodigy? I'll fucking kill you on the field later!
There was no exchange between the two sides as they waited to enter the field.
The starting lineups:
For this match, Manchester United's ten Hag had deployed a 4-4-1-1.
Goalkeeper: De Gea.
Defenders: Darmian, Bailly, Lindelöf, Young.
Midfielders: Dalot, Herrera, Matić, Rashford.
Forwards: Lingard, Lukaku.
On the Liverpool side, Klopp was even more aggressive, sending out a 4-3-3 formation.
The goalkeeper and the back four were unchanged.
In midfield, Tendou was partnered with Arnold and Henderson. The front line was the super trident of Mané, Salah, and Firmino.
"We have Lukaku, the best and youngest center forward in the world! His ability to seize opportunities is first-class!"
"We also have a luxurious bench! Look at Sánchez! His weekly salary is 500,000, the same as Salah's, and he's waiting on the bench!"
"Liverpool's youngster isn't worth a single hair on Rashford's head!"
The Manchester United fans were very arrogant. Although their ranking was lower, their spirit was not inferior at all.
And.
Although Manchester United's overall investment last summer was not much, their squad, just looking at the lineup, was indeed at a championship-contending level.
But Liverpool was currently in the title race, so the Liverpool fans didn't want to bother with these guys.
The head referee, Martin Atkinson, led the starting lineups of both sides onto the field.
Tendou walked out, holding the hand of a mascot, and was greeted by the cheers of tens of thousands of fans.
Both sides took their positions in their respective halves.
With a whistle, the match officially began!
Firmino kicked off with a back pass. Henderson received it and wanted to distribute it to Tendou, but Lukaku immediately shot forward like a cannonball.
He slammed his shoulder hard into Henderson's.
The head referee immediately gave a verbal warning.
Lukaku held his head in his hands, a look of disbelief on his face, as if the referee had done something terrible to him.
But this was just the beginning of the match.
The game resumed, and the sound of intense collisions on the field frequently rang out.
In the 8th minute of the match, Atkinson had already blown his whistle four times.
"In the center, TJ receives the ball and turns!"
"Matić pushes TJ from behind!"
Tendou was pushed and stumbled, nearly losing the ball.
The head referee immediately blew the whistle but still did not show a card.
Tendou turned and saw Salah making a run, and immediately took a quick free kick.
Salah controlled the ball with his chest on the wing. Before he could break through, Matić came up with a fierce challenge, and the Egyptian Pharaoh was sent flying out of bounds.
This time, the Liverpool players were not having it!
They swarmed to Matić and surrounded him.
Lukaku and the others also galloped over.
He put on what he thought was his most ferocious expression, but was "unintentionally" pushed away with force by Tendou who walked over.
Lukaku was stunned. This little kid was actually that strong?
But having lost face, he immediately came back and got right in Tendou's face.
The two giants, both over 1.9 meters tall, attracted the attention of the entire stadium.
Firmino, who was originally sticking up for Salah, saw that the audacious Tendou had gone for the strongest one, Lukaku, and quickly came over, afraid that Tendou would be at a disadvantage.
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