Liverpool, the "Reds" of the post-Fowler and post-Irving eras, have been looking for a super-scorer who can match their giants, and they have also been looking for a superstar who can lead the Reds back to the top with Gerrard.
Torres joins Liverpool
After several unsuccessful attempts by Baros, Cisse, Crouch, Morientes and Bellamy, liverpool manager Benitez in the summer of 2007 finally targeted the forward reinforcements - the famous and powerful Calderon "holy child" Fernando Torres, in order to pursue the dream of the championship, the young Spanish striker resolutely came to Anfield and put on the Reds No. 9, which had been worn by Ian Rush and Fowler.
Looking back now, Liverpool in the 07/08 season was indeed strong, not only Crouch and Kuyt, but also the newly recruited Torres, Volonein and Babel, in midfield, Gerrard, Lucas, Xavi Alonso, Mascherano were at their peak, plus the very spiritual Israeli star Benayon...
Inadvertently, a team with the most championship competitiveness was formed. Although they eventually lost to Manchester United, who had a "trident" (Looney, Ronaldo, Tevez) that season, the performance of "Holy Child" Torres was absolutely remarkable.
Ashley Young in the Vera era
Time to August 12, 2007, Benitez with his desire for the Premier League title as a guest to Villa Park, facing the young army led by Martin O'Neal, Benitez did not take it lightly, in order to win the start of the new season, he played almost all the aces in his hand, the facts finally proved that Benitez's concerns are necessary, Martin O'Neill's Villa is indeed not easy to mess with, and the forward line composed of Caru, Abang Lajo and Ashley Young is the most neglected dangerous combination in the Premier League.
In the face of the home team's aggressive attack, the experienced Liverpool calmly tightened the fence, and under the leadership of Carragher and Ag, the two rocks behind, Liverpool could allow Villa to take the initiative in the game for a period of time, but would never let them score first.
Therefore, after Barry, Gardner, Caru and others returned again and again, the newcomer Torres gradually became familiar with the rhythm of the game and read the trend of the game.
In the 17th minute, after Liverpool broke the ball at the back, he directly launched a long pass counterattack, ambushed in the front of the field Torres all the way through the pass, straight to the left side of the opponent's penalty area, and completed a very high-quality shot, Villa Park's noisy shouts were almost still because of this beautiful shot, but even if his first attempt was unsuccessful, Torres still used this series of passing and breakthroughs to make Benitez in the coaching table shine, and the front killer he had been looking for for many years finally appeared Torres is the last piece of the puzzle missing from this championship-level lineup.
Benitez had high hopes for Torres
Nine minutes later, former Swedish footballer Merberg, who was already clearly at a disadvantage against Torres, had no choice but to shove Down Torres from behind and receive his first yellow card of the new season.
Of course, this can also be understood as Melbery told Torres the difference between the Premier League and La Liga at the cost of a yellow card, but this kick did not scare Torres, but also stimulated to win in Torres's heart.
After being hit by Liverpool's attacks several times in a row, Villa's defence finally lost.
In the 31st minute, Torres completed another high-quality shot after several Villa players, and although the brave Taylor barely saved the ball, kuyt, who was quick to follow, passed the ball to the goal, this time in a chaotic situation, Laurson did not swing himself, and Liverpool took the lead as he wished.
Kuyt and Torres
The unforgiving Liverpool continued to attack, and three minutes later, Torres and Kuyt played a wonderful match in front of the box again, this time replaced by Torres to give Kuyt the ball, and the Dutchman turned around and hit the goal.
At the end of the half, the duo of Torres and Kuyt played a wonderful game, almost completely destroying the morale of Villa's defense, and becoming a nightmare that Villa Park could not dissipate, but this was not the moment when the final whistle sounded, so Villa's counterattack was about to start, how many moves could Liverpool pass?
Trailing Villa set off a wave of high-level attacks after the start of the second half, Ashley Young repeatedly made a mistake on the left side, Rio Cork, Karoo and Bari frequently created dangers in front of Liverpool's goal, but torres and Kuyt, who were incredibly glamorous in the first half, were like stuck in a quagmire.
To this end, Benitez replaced Torres in the 79th minute, and although the "Holy Child" failed to end his Premier League debut with a goal, Liverpool's first goal was credited to him.
Gerald killed
After that, Carragher made a big mistake with handball in the penalty area, Barry swooped in, allowing Villa to see the hope of scoring points at home, but at the crucial moment, the "military soul" shone again, Gerrard's free kick directly broke to kill Villa, Benitez with the joy of harvesting three points, and the treasured Torres triumphantly returned to continue to move towards the goal he had set.
On 19 August 2007, Torres played his first peak showdown since he joined Liverpool: Liverpool vs Chelsea.
This match is not only the 16th match between Benitez and Mourinho, two master tacticians, but also seen as a direct match between Torres and Drogba, Gerrard and Lampard, two world-class attacking combinations.
Facing the Chelsea defence led by Terry and Ashley Cole, Torres very cleverly found the Blues' weakest link in the 17th minute - Ben Hayim, and Gerrard gave him the same surgical assist, Torres easily flashed Ben Hayim, before Cech attacked the block, pushing the far corner to win.
At that moment, that moment, in Anfield, in front of the KOP stands, in front of tens of thousands of fans looking forward to the championship, Torres firmly told the fans here in the most shining way, the most promised performance:
Since the t9 is here, come into the stadium!
Although the match was finally won by a 1:1 score, Torres, who opened the Premier League goals account, was out of control, not only becoming the first Liverpool player to score more than 20 goals in a single season after Fowler in the 1995/1996 season, but also becoming Liverpool's new hero, and even a nightmare for many Premier League stars.
If he hadn't met the near-perfect Cristiano Ronaldo, his 24 league goals would have lifted the Golden Boot for top scorer in his first season in England.
Torres joined Chelsea
On 31 January 2011, Torres, who had already made a name for himself in england, left the stormy Anfield in the bitter winter and went alone to Stamford Bridge in London, where he was awaited not only a big contract with a higher salary, a look of genuine hope, but also Chelsea's burning desire for the Premier League title.
However, contrary to expectations, the sharp Torres disappeared into our memories with the moment when the sequoia faded, and what remained unchanged was still the No. 9 behind him, but what changed was the number and number of his goals.
At Stamford Bridge, he could no longer enjoy the depth of the pitch as he had before, and could only engage in endless hand-to-hand combat with his opponent's stout centre-backs in the penalty area. So every time I look at his muddy legs and angry eyes, the elegant t9 has been completely reduced to a big laughing stock, and the ironic nickname of "Tito" has also emerged.
Even though in the 2012/2013 season, he became Chelsea's top scorer, scoring 6 goals in nine appearances in the Champions League, and dreaming of the top of Europe with the team, the world only remembered Drogba's gasy goal, Abu's emotional investment again and again, and the moving scenes of Frank Lampard and Terry's old boys, and Torres, who also made great achievements, seemed to only embellish the piece hidden in the least conspicuous corner of the Chelsea championship map.
Joined ac Milan
On August 29, 2014, Torres bid farewell to Stamford Bridge with an embarrassing statistic of 46 goals in 172 games and headed for the San Siro.
At the time, many people were speculating about whether his front-court combination with Mene, Sharawi and Keiyo Honda would be a key factor in ac Milan's re-emergence, and now we understand why Galliani is doing this deal.
Torres is not what he wants, far away from Atletico Madrid Cherch is, but ac Milan does not have so much money to bring back Cherch, who was lost in La Liga, so the curve strategy came out of nowhere, using Torres to exchange for Cherch.
Half a season later, ac Milan brought Cherch back to the Apennines, while Torres returned to Madrid under the expectations.
Chelsea
On January 4, 2015, Torres, who had been away from home for seven years, returned to the Calderon Stadium, which made him famous, and waited for him not only in La Liga after the winter break, but also for more than 40,000 hometown fathers and elders who witnessed the return of the former "Golden Boy".
On that day, the crowded Calderon Stadium was like a pilgrimage, and the children who returned home were re-clad in Atletico jerseys.
When you wake up, time seems to go back many years, Torres is still dancing gracefully in Calderon, Drogba continues to roar at Stamford Bridge, Nani performs the story of "CRo II" at Sporting Lisbon, Kaka is still looking for the devout love in his heart, and Robinho is still Santos's "cycling teenager"...
He is not "Tito", he is still "Golden Boy".
Return to the first goal
Goal against Barca
Two days later, in the first leg of the Copa del Rey quarter-final match against Real Madrid, Torres, who made his debut after returning home, scored twice to help the team draw 2-2 with superstar-studded Real Madrid at the Bernabeu.
On January 29, in the second leg of the Copa del Rey quarter-final against Barca, Torres scored again, and although Atletico Madrid was eventually eliminated by a 2:4 aggregate score, the moment after the goal, Torres knelt down and kissed Calderon's turf, but it ignited tears for everyone.
The "Golden Boy" in the memory is back, the "Little Prince Calderón" in the memory is really back, the Torres who is the best years, the Torres who is moving towards the goal of superstar, we can't help but sing for this,
"Finally waited for you, fortunately I did not give up, happiness is not easy to come, will make people more cherished ..."
Now that it has been many years since Torres's debut in Liverpool, the "Golden Boy" has returned to the place where the dream began after experiencing the waves and drifts of Liverpool, Chelsea, ac Milan, and Tosu Sandstone, using his own story to inspire more young people to grow.