Chapter 95: The Racial Talent of the Turkish Team
After the Europa League, that is, all sixteenth-quarter finals of the UEFA Cup, UEFA held a draw ceremony.
The next round of the eighth-finals will be drawn against both sides.
Before the draw ceremony, those who hate Chen Yingxiong hoped that Liverpool would draw Inter Milan and fight with the two heroes. Then Liverpool was eliminated by Inter Milan, and Chen Yingxiong would never have the chance to speak loudly in front of them, which made them disgusted.
But things went against my expectations.
Liverpool did not draw Inter Milan.
Their opponent is a Turkish team that says it is strong or weak - Besiktas.
Just talking about the strength comparison between the two sides, Besiktas is obviously not Liverpool's opponent.
But Besiktas has one advantage, that is, they are a Turkish team.
What are the advantages of Türkiye's team?
It's really counted.
Whether it is Besiktas, Galatasaray, or Fenerbahce, one of the most prominent features of Turkey's teams is that their home court is very, very scary - this is their "racial talent".
There was once a scene that could vividly illustrate what the atmosphere of the Turkish stadium looked like - two Turkish teams played, in which the visiting team players took the corner kick. At that time, the corner flag area was like hail, and it was full of all kinds of debris thrown by the migrants from the stands, from lighters, coins to mobile phones, and even people took off the seats and threw them down.
Even if this happens in England and Italy, such areas where football hooligans and stadium violence are high, it will be regarded as a very remarkable event. Perhaps the referee will announce the end of the game, the riot police will intervene, and then a large-scale arrest will begin.
The purity of football sport has been polluted by the media, and the violence of the court and football hooligans have begun to attack the stadium.
But in Türkiye, in that game, not only the players, but even the referee ignored it.
The only protection was about twenty fully armed riot policemen holding shields between the free throw player and the stands, but this still could not prevent the debris falling like raindrops from the stands.
However, the free thrower was very calm. He just said that he picked up the debris in the area he stepped into and threw them away, and then kicked the football out like the whole game.
In November 2003, England and Turkey fought after the game at the same stadium. At that time, Turkey's player Alpay was fired by Aston Villa, the Premier League team he played for at the time because of his ridicule for beckham who missed a penalty kick and his active performance in the post-match fight.
In the 2005 World Cup qualifiers in Germany, Switzerland defeated Turkey away and received a ticket to the German World Cup. After the game, a large-scale fight broke out in the passage, and the visitors to Switzerland were outnumbered. Not only because their opponents were the tough Turkic Cavaliers, but also the Turkish riot police. The Turkish police killed them and threatened to "cut their throats". Several Swiss players were injured, the worst injured were stepped on the vital part of the root of the big tui, causing internal bleeding to be rushed to the hospital for treatment, and a catheter was inserted. He knew that he was still urinating blood the next day. His teammates were scared to tears. All Swiss players were beaten and frightened to varying degrees.
After this conflict, Sheffield United head coach Warnock, who coached Hao Haidong, opened a "Weekly Lessons" column in the British Independent. Regarding this incident, he clearly stated at the beginning of the column: "The first lesson is that if there is no protective armor and kung fu training, you must not lead the team to Turkey."
He recalled this match between Switzerland and Turkey: "Every free kick is given, eight Turkish players rushed up and pushed the referee from different angles. The referee could not show the red card at all, because then the entire Turkish team should end up... I love Turkey, Istanbul is a wonderful city, but I don't want to bring my team here to play. Maybe I should threaten my players like this: If you don't get promoted at the end of the season, then we'll go to Istanbul!"
Irish legend Cascarino also wrote in the Times: "The incident happened in Istanbul on Wednesday reminded me of my last playoff for the Irish team, which was the 2000 European Cup playoff against Turkey. Players all love the jittery atmosphere, but when your heartbeat is accelerating due to the safety of your life, it is another thing. Turkish police are also part of the problem. They are not here to protect you, but to remind you that you are a foreigner, this is their country, and you are lonely. A Swiss player was injured and hospitalized. Does it have to wait until a player dies in Turkey before FIFA will severe sanctions be imposed?"
This incident caused FIFA to be furious. In theory, Turkey should have shown weakness, right? No! You all underestimated the madness of the Turks!
What is Hell’s home court? Hell’s home court is a home court that even FIFA cannot handle!
FIFA President Blatter issued a tough statement saying that Turkey and Switzerland should be severely punished. Swiss players said they were ready for bans, and it didn't matter if they couldn't participate in the World Cup for this reason, because "it's already lucky enough to escape from Turkey..."
Turkey responded strongly. Turkish media said Blatt was "taking care of human life" and called him a "rogue chairman". At that time, Turkey's head coach Trim was in the provincial capital, and the international football community was biased against Turkey: "We Turks must act together. They are biased against the Turks. Even if nothing happens, their opponents will use this bias to deal with Türkiye."
The conflict even rose to diplomatic disputes, Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Shahin issued a statement saying: "I cannot accept Turkey being singled out as the party at fault. I regret that before the game report was released, I heard the statement from the FIFA president, who was speaking as a Swiss ball mi, not as a chairman." The Swiss Foreign Minister said tit-for-tat that the treatment of the Swiss team was "unacceptable".
In short, it is absolutely no surprise that a game triggers diplomatic disputes in Türkiye.
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From these examples, you can know the atmosphere of the Turkish stadium.
Any team from other European regions who come to Turkey to play will feel huge pressure. If the psychological quality is poor, they may be weak and completely in a state. Many teams, even if they are rich, will not want to play in Turkey.
Although we are always used to saying that the atmosphere of a certain stadium is warm and will cause great psychological pressure on the away team, which is "hell home court" and "devil home court", but you should know that the source of this word is Turkey. When Manchester United challenged Galatasaray, Turkey away in 1993, Galatasaray's ball migrants played a very famous banner in the stands, with the letter: "Welcome to hell!" Since then, the reputation of "hell court" has spread like wildfire and shocked the whole world.
Later, the Turkish team's home court continued to strengthen their concept and brand image of "Hell Home" to the whole world.
Leeds United ball mi was stabbed to death, stadium fights, racial discrimination... Various scandals surrounded Turkey's stadium, for better or worse, became part of the "Hell home court".
But now this word has been used inflated, and many stadiums are actually not "hell" at all, nor are they "devils" at all. The most authentic "hell home court" and "devil home court" only exist in Türkiye.
Because you go to other "hell courts" games, what you lose may be a victory in a game. If you go to Turkey's "hell home courts" games, what you lose may be life...
Everyone is a professional player, and when playing football, it is just like workers working and farmers farming, and they are all working.
Since it's just a job, you just have to make a living, right?
Although Shankley said, "Football has nothing to do with life and death, football is higher than life and death", there is no need for us to be martyrs.
In places where there is a chance of losing their lives, those European teams really can't help themselves...
So considering this, Liverpool's draw of Besiktas is not a weak team.
Besides, Besiktas first and then away, and in order to get rid of the opponent at home, they will definitely give full play to their home advantage!
Of course, Liverpool is not completely without a chance.
Liverpool once played against Besiktas in the 2007 Champions League group stage. At that time, Liverpool lost to Besiktas 1:2 away. After returning to his home court, Liverpool replaced Besiktas with 8:0!
So as long as Liverpool stops losing too much away, they still have a chance to beat Besiktas to the horse when they return to home.
This draw result can be said to be very satisfied with both the support of Liverpool and the hate of Chen Yingxiong.
Those who support Liverpool obviously think that Liverpool is stronger than Besiktas, and passing the mark will not be a problem. Maybe after returning to home, Liverpool can still copy the 8:0 miracle of 2007 on Besiktas. Wouldn't Chen Yingxiong take the opportunity to score a goal? It is not impossible to reach twenty goals in one game.
Those who hate Chen Yingxiong think that Beksitas can completely defeat Liverpool at home. At that time, Chen Yingxiong's hot temper meets the hot atmosphere at home in hell. Maybe they will even make some stories they like... For example, the hero has a conflict with the opponent's players and is kicked out of the game by a red card. In this case, he will not have the chance to complete his 20 goals this season. Liverpool who has lost Chen Yingxiong will be eliminated by Besitas.
Chapter completed!