It's hard to understand what kind of story we've been through with some players, and everything feels elusive. There are some players who are not wrong with themselves, they are just born out of time.
In today's world of football, it's really rare to remain loyal to a team as always. If you still have to work hard for your national team to achieve a good result in the World Cup, and also show the courage to pull up the mountain and break the wrist of a hero, it is simply legendary.
If football also has tragedies, then Gerald is the biggest tragic hero. A tragic hero with a plump image cannot do without his shortcomings. Perfection exists only in myths, and no one can be blameless without being a sage. What's more, people with seven passions and six desires can never be perfect. His every decision was indecisive, he was plagued by defeat and he refused to leave the pitch.
Through Gerald's aura, we see the flaws in the hero, he is arrogant, he has a strong sense of self-esteem and self-confidence. After beating Manchester City in 2014 to win the "King Mountain", the Red Army captain was unscrupulously released in the camera, and his arrogance made his decisions and actions in the crisis deviate, and even made people feel that he was fighting against the will of the football god. The gods of football have used Gerrard as a symbol to make him never win a Premier League championship trophy in his career, and those coveted honors have slipped like sand in the cracks of his clenched fingers.
Another feature of tragic heroes is arête: a person who unleashes all his potential and then goes to great lengths to pursue honor. The ancient Greeks believed that a human mind, body, and soul must be developed in order to receive its own honor. Gerald has been running non-stop on the green field for more than a decade, has a high reputation and status in both clubs and national teams, and shows the fans in the game that he never stops and fights forward. Gerrard is like a warrior in the Reds' Liverpool shirt, from the box to the box, he tirelessly runs forward, constantly trying to press, looking for a winning way for the team to win.
Gerrard's positive performances on the pitch have become the norm, and he seems to have shown a peculiar beauty that belongs to him in the game. Beneath that is the complexity of his skills on the pitch. When liverpool players' confidence on the pitch takes a hit, the midfielder's savior comes forward, starting from 70 yards away from the opponent's tight body defense and then scoring a winning goal for the team, Gerrard is using his way to end the game.
Whether it's dribbling with the ball, or a deadly pass, or a sharp break. Gerald has always been on full display of his abilities. Since 1998, Gerrard has shown his wonderful skills and excellent physical fitness in more than one game. From Liverpool to Istanbul, Gerrard shines throughout Europe. As long as he is on the field, his teammates can relax and kick, and they can constantly storm the opponent's defense and win the game.
The man from Merseyside became the fourth most appearance of the Three Lions and, more importantly, he was captain of the Three Lions.
Like all tragic heroes, Gerald did the craziest things at his most glorious times, eventually causing the hero to become a legend forever. Gerrard has had a fairly consistent performance on the pitch and has been playing in a top player form. Of course, there are times when this man who dares to confront God will also briefly betray himself, have a scandal with Chelsea, hit someone in a bar, and have a regrettable slip.
In Gerrard's room of honor, there is never a trophy for the Premier League winner. At the Three Lions, Gerald only felt endless pressure, even if he decided to retire from the national team, he still carried some regrets. In 1998, in Liverpool against Blackburn, we saw the tireless Liverpool teenager for the first time, and now we can only see the exhaustion on his face, as a battle-hardened general, he is still looking for a way to win in a man's game, but he has not been able to find it.
Perhaps now Gerald's situation is the will of god, the revenge from the Greek goddess, the resolute and ruthless justice, from which no one can escape.
Gerrard had a brilliant career at Liverpool and he was able to taste victory from multiple trophies, but he didn't really get the win. He did win a lot of honors for the team and lifted a lot of championship trophies. But he is overwhelmed by helping clubs and teams regain their former glory. He can't help the club re-dominate the Premier League and dominate Europe. There was no way to help the Three Lions regain their place at the top of the world.
In the Premier League, Liverpool still have not been able to win their first league title trophy since the restructuring of England's top flight. At the same time, Gerrard is still regretting that the glory of the World Cup and the European Championship has remained in Britain's past. To this day, he has not been able to help the Three Lions achieve a satisfactory result in the World Cup and the European Championship. Gerrard's glow shouldn't be tarnished by these omissions, but the football world is a place full of cynics and critics. So, no matter how great a player is, he also needs to accept criticism while accepting praise.
Since Gerald chose to wear the captain's armband, he led by example, using his early career as an example to lead the team. He runs tirelessly every game, and his coaches, his teammates and his fans see his courage to "live to die" all the time, and Gerald embodies this spirit.
If the modern football world needs to be titled with the title of a novel, Mark Twain's The Gilded Age is undoubtedly the most appropriate title. As with this story, the word gilded is used to indicate what is hidden beneath the surface. This is also the case in modern football, where people have created an "ivory tower" with gold paint, and underneath it, it is probably those things that are not visible.
However, there are exceptions to this world, and Gerald is one of the exceptions. Players like him have become increasingly rare, and it is not so much that Gerrard has not led Liverpool to the Premier League title, but that Liverpool has harmed loyal Gerrard through countless bad signings.
Gerrard's choice to stay at Anfield rather than move to Chelsea already speaks to his loyalty. But the captain does need some teammates who can help him win the title. Reality and imagination are always less than good, and players of Gerrard's time are often able to challenge or win championships with the team. And in the national team, there is also such a thing, as the captain of the team, he hopes to maximize team football. Unfortunately, they didn't do well, and as captains of the Three Lions, they naturally bore the brunt of criticism. He has also done his own review, and he has not been able to play his due technique in high-intensity competitions.
However, a player like Gerrard, who loves the team and the team loves his players, is really very rare. An old captain like Gerald can even be said to be a prodigy that has not been encountered in a hundred years, and the next Gerald has not yet appeared on the green field. Gerald is a hero cast in iron, and most of the current generation of players are made of glass.
When the Red Army needed a captain, a tireless soldier, a lucky star, a stable core, a leader supported by everyone, Gerald stepped forward and took on all these responsibilities. And when the Three Lions needed a captain, a captain who wasn't afraid to lose the respect of his teammates and fans, Gerrard stepped up again and took on it all again.
In the world of football, players come and go. Some have won everything, while others have empty rooms of honor. Either way, the future is full of hope, and the former Three Lions captain doesn't have to worry about a blank on his wall of honor, because he has proven himself to be a winner and he doesn't need to lock himself into the Premier League title.
Gerrard's story doesn't end here, nor does his impact on English football. And he happens to be a gift from God to the world of football, and although he is a little tired after so much, we still remember those highlight moments and feel that Gerrard is still as good as ever.
The day is still here, and Gerald is going to return to Anfield and finish his curtain call in this place where he took off. Despite "hanging up his boots and retiring", Gerrard is an eternal meritorious captain in the hearts of fans, and people will never forget him, the tragic hero of this era who dared to confront God. This lone hero will never go it alone.
Translation: Fu Guojun
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