Chapter 613 - 315: The Human Limit and Liverpool's Twins

How long was Tendou's hang time just now?

Not only were the commentators curious, but the fans were also curious.

The broadcast was very cooperative and immediately gave the exact time.

0.92 seconds!

Reaching the level of the NBA's Airman, Michael Jordan!

At the same time, this was also a historic level in the world of sports!

And according to the principles of physics, the limit of human natural jump hang time is about 1 second.

And Tendou!

Infinitely close to the human limit!

And, this was a figure he had jumped out under the double-team of Barça, a figure jumped out in a real match.

If there was no interference...

His hang time would probably have reached the human limit of 1 second!

Valverde looked at the data that had suddenly popped up on the screen, covered his mouth in disbelief, and his whole body froze.

Klopp, on the other hand, was jumping on the sideline, turning and hugging the members of his coaching staff with force.

"Aggregate score 1:3!"

"The suspense of the match is back!"

"Liverpool has broken through Barça's goal in the fifth minute with a corner kick opportunity!"

"Basketball has an airman, and football has a flyer!"

In the iQIYI broadcast room, Zhan Jun was incredibly excited.

The slow-motion replay was shown again and again, ensuring that the audience could see clearly how Tendou had completed this "slam dunk" amidst a double-team.

And Piqué and ter Stegen had completely become background boards.

Especially Piqué, who had belittled Tendou before the match, was practically being ridden by Tendou.

When the camera cut to him, Piqué's face was as black as the bottom of a pot.

After landing, Tendou did not celebrate.

He directly rushed into the goal, picked up the ball, and ran towards the midfield.

At the same time, he did not forget to hold up 3 fingers towards the Liverpool fans' stand!

That resolute expression gave the Liverpool players a great sense of security!

"Back to your positions! Everyone back! Now is not the time to celebrate!"

"We can win!"

"They are nothing special!"

"Trent! That long pass just now was fucking brilliant! That was definitely the most handsome I've ever seen you! But you can be even more handsome!"

"Naby! The corner was well-taken! Just like that!"

"..."

Tendou ran, praising his teammates' performance.

Liverpool needed this kind of praise to inspire them right now.

Klopp and Krawietz looked at each other, seeing the surprise in each other's eyes.

"He has the potential to be a captain."

"Yes, a more talented, more outstanding Steven Gerrard!"

Krawietz added, and Klopp nodded in agreement.

Under the camera, the goal-scoring Tendou was constantly chattering to his teammates.

This scene fully showed that he had the qualities of an outstanding leader.

Gerrard watched, and an impulse inexplicably surged in his heart.

He felt that Liverpool could create a miracle again!

At the Camp Nou!

Even if the opponent's home win rate was over 90%!

Countless great comebacks in history were inseparable from unity.

And now, the current Liverpool was tightly twisted into a single rope!

So what if they were missing two key players?

Their morale was now unstoppable!

...

After the match restarted, the Liverpool players, as expected, launched a frantic high press.

They were like a pack of mad dogs.

As soon as a Barça player got the ball, they would immediately be swarmed by the Liverpool players.

Scoring a goal just 5 minutes into the game was a positive signal.

For a time, the proud Barça, one of the two giants of La Liga, was actually pressed by Liverpool to the point where they could only operate in their own half, forced to make clumsy back passes in the face of the press.

The Barça fans couldn't help but turn their gazes to Messi.

The one and only king of the Camp Nou!

A genius beyond human comprehension, they had one too.

It could even be said that in the past ten years, Messi was widely regarded as the most talented football player in the world, bar none.

His current 13 Champions League goals, surpassing the original world's record, also proved this point.

And Messi, he indeed showed a side that was unwilling to be left behind.

In the 32nd minute of the match, after being pressed by Liverpool for over twenty minutes, Barça took advantage of a momentary lapse in the Liverpool players' stamina and found an opportunity.

A high press is good for everything, but it's very tiring.

To maintain the high pressure, the Liverpool players needed to constantly run to create opportunities.

Although the Barça players had been played very clumsily during this period, because of the frequent passing, they actually had an advantage in terms of stamina.

Alba.

He found this opportunity after receiving a back pass from a teammate.

This season, Alba could definitely be considered the mainstay of the Barça defensive line.

He could maintain a stable performance in almost every match.

BANG!

A long pass from the backfield, directly to the vicinity of the center circle.

As a defender, he had a strong attacking ability.

During the Enrique era, he was often moved up to the wing-back position and had considerable wing-breaking ability.

Messi extended his thigh, and the muscles in his leg controlled the ball at his feet.

This monster-like ball control ability was enough to prove how heaven-defying his feel for the ball was.

The tens of thousands of fans at the Camp Nou roared frantically.

Keïta and Fabinho came up at the second moment.

And Messi, who did not participate in defense, had saved all his strength for the attack.

After controlling the ball, he accelerated with all his might. The frequency of his feet, for someone who was not tall, made his speed extremely fast.

Before Fabinho and Keïta's pincer could be formed, they were passed by Messi.

BOOM!

The Barça fans at the Camp Nou, seeing their king so calmly get past the double-team, naturally cried out in excitement.

Liverpool's midfield defensive line was about to collapse.

After shaking off the two, Messi continued to lead the ball, advancing like a whirlwind.

Seeing that the opponent was about to break into his own territory, unexpectedly, Arnold, who was playing as a holding midfielder in this match, took the initiative to meet him.

He did not rashly stick a foot in but stared intently at Messi's feet.

After forcing Messi to slow down, he tracked back while looking for an opportunity.

He is Trent Alexander-Arnold.

He was born in the northern part of this industrial city of Liverpool.

As early as 2005, when he was in elementary school, he was selected by Liverpool for a summer camp activity.

2005.

That was a great year, enough for every Liverpool person to remember.

That year, their team, under the leadership of Gerrard, completed the most unbelievable comeback in a Champions League final.

Their tenacity and never-say-die spirit had deeply touched every young Liverpool person.

Arnold was naturally among them.

Faced with the invitation of the Liverpool youth team, he nodded and agreed without hesitation.

No Liverpool person would refuse the call of Liverpool.

From that day on, he would go to the Liverpool youth academy for training two to three times a week.

This continued until 2015, when he was successively selected for the Liverpool U16 and U18 teams.

A year later, on October 26, 2016, that was a significant day. He made his first start for the Liverpool first team in a match against Tottenham.

At that time, he was shining brightly, and the fans were also very optimistic about his future.

And himself, he had not let them down.

With his outstanding performance, he had become the darling of the Liverpool fans.

He was Liverpool's Crown Prince and also Liverpool's future.

But all of this changed with the arrival of Tendou.

He gradually discovered that the fans' affection was beginning to shift from him to Tendou.

At first, he was very annoyed by this change, believing that Tendou had stolen the light that should have belonged to him.

He swore that he would definitely take back the light that belonged to him.

That day, he arrived at the Liverpool training ground early. He was going to put in more sweat to regain the trust of the team and the fans.

However, although he had arrived at the base an hour early, when he walked to the field, he found that there was already a figure drenched in sweat, practicing there.

And that person was TJ!

Arnold had already forgotten what he was feeling at that time.

He only remembered that morning, this superstar had said to him with a sunny smile, "Trent, why didn't you sleep in?"

A day later, unwilling to be outdone, he arrived at the training base an hour and a half early, but TJ was still there, sweating profusely.

He learned from the security guard that TJ would come to practice two hours early every day.

From that day on, Arnold gradually became the best of friends with Tendou.

They played games together, talked about women together. Almost all the supermodels in Europe had been commented on by them.

Occasionally, they would sit down together and talk about the future.

They were going to win the Premier League title, the Champions League title, and even the FA Cup, the League Cup, and so on. Any title that Liverpool could win, they were going to win.

And then, Tendou's performance became more and more outstanding. He almost got a goal and an assist in every match.

Arnold also discovered that as long as Tendou didn't score or assist in a match, the media would criticize him for underperforming, for a disappointing performance.

For example, in the last match at home against Barça, although TJ had already performed so outstandingly, in people's eyes, it was still not enough.

Arnold didn't think this was a belittlement.

This was the kind of treatment that only historic-level stars like Messi and Ronaldo deserved.

Only then did he come to his senses. It turned out that in people's eyes, TJ was already such a big figure.

And himself?

No goals, no assists. But as long as he made a good pass or a good defensive play, the media and the fans would praise him.

...

Arnold didn't like this.

Because the fans and the people did not put him on the same level as them!

In his heart, he and Tendou were both the future of Liverpool!

Since the coach had moved Tendou to the center forward position for this match, then the position he left behind should be filled by him!

As early as three days ago, Klopp had already set the lineup for the match.

Arnold also took the opportunity to study the match tapes of Barça's king, Messi, for a long, long time.

So long that he even dreamed of this Argentine in his sleep.

On the field, Messi suddenly dropped his shoulder.

This was a signal for a change of direction, but Arnold remained unmoved.

This was one of Messi's dribbling habits. He was good at using such moves to deceive his opponents.

In countless match tapes, the Argentine had used this method to get past people.

And Messi indeed, as he had guessed, made a left shoulder drop to lure the defender forward and then broke through on the other side.

Arnold was not fooled and even went the other way, pouncing on the other side.

With a bang, the two of them collided head-on.

"Ugh!"

Messi, as usual, quickly fell to the ground after the contact and cried out in pain.

Arnold did not.

He quickly got up after falling and chased after the ball, firmly controlling it at his feet.

The referee hesitated for a moment and did not blow the whistle, believing that this was a fair challenge.

Messi was still curled up on the ground, waiting for the referee to blow the whistle, but Arnold had already sent a long pass with the ball.

TJ said I can be more handsome, then I can definitely be more handsome!

BANG!

The ball traced a beautiful arc and flew out.

...

At that position, Tendou, who was originally tracking back, made a reverse run and rushed over.

Man and ball arrived at the same time!

Tendou extended his foot to control the ball forward, getting past Rakitić in one motion.

He wasn't surprised, because Arnold had this kind of ability.

Arnold, with a proper defensive attitude, has the chance to become one of the best holding midfielders!

"Danger!"

"Barça's counter-attack!"

"Messi gets the ball and beats two players!"

"Arnold takes the initiative to challenge him! He's not rash!"

"Beautiful!"

"He saw through Messi's action!"

"The two of them both fall, Arnold gets up first, while Messi is still on the ground!"

"A long pass! Finding TJ!"

"..."

Zhan Jun's voice had risen two octaves. Liang Xiangyu next to him whispered, "Wasn't that a foul?"

The former automatically filtered out the invalid information.

In the Premier League, a challenge like that would not be called a foul 11 times out of 10.

Even in La Liga, it was a perfectly normal physical challenge.

If it were called, it could only be Messi's halo at work!

"Liverpool's counter-attack!"

"He gets past Rakitić with a one-touch!"

"Barça's defensive formation has not yet been set up!"

"A chance!"

It all happened too fast.

Barça's counter-attack had just started. With Messi getting past two players, most of the players had pushed past Liverpool's half.

They had never expected that Arnold, that liability, would have a super-god performance, completing an interception against Messi and then making a long pass.

So much so that by the time many of the Barça players had just completed their turn, the ball had already been hit into their half.

Seeing this, Piqué felt he had to go up.

He knew that if he was beaten, it would be over. He had to stop the man even if he committed a foul.

But, BANG! Tendou, without looking up, made a horizontal pass.

It was his signature no-look pass. The ball, with a swoosh, went through two defenders to the feet of Mané.

And Mané, he took the ball for a distance, drew two defenders, and then passed the ball to the edge of the box.

At that position, there was no one.

No Liverpool players, and no Barça players.

But Mané knew that their superstar would definitely appear.

As expected, the next second, Tendou came rushing in like lightning. Behind him was a gritting Piqué, who couldn't even touch the corner of his jersey.

Ter Stegen discovered this crisis and charged out.

This was a moment of speed and passion!

The hearts of the nearly one hundred thousand fans at the scene were in their throats.

The millions, tens of millions of fans in front of their screens were holding their breath.

Thwack!

Mané's pass landed and rolled into the Barça penalty area.

Ter Stegen quickly dived, trying to resolve the crisis.

But before he could touch the ball, a foot had already tapped the bottom of the ball.

With a light chip, the ball, under ter Stegen's terrified gaze, flew over his head and towards the goal behind him.

At almost the same time, with a thud, Tendou's entire body flew up.

After completing this chipped shot, he had no time to dodge. But before he smashed heavily onto the grass, he saw the ball slowly cross the Barça goal line!

A "spoon" shot.