- Reuters / Phil Noble
VIVA.co.id – Yel-yel dalam dunia sepakbola atau biasa disebut “chants” jadi hal yang tak dapat dipisahkan. Teriakan dari suporter memberikan magis tersendiri bagi para pemain yang berlaga di lapangan hijau.
Chants pun memiliki maksud yang beragam. Mulai dari mendukung seluruh tim, sang legenda, individu pemain bahkan ejekan atau troll kepada tim rival, seperti yang dilakukan pendukung Manchester United di laga melawan Hull City, dini hari tadi.
Meski melawan Hull, Red Army (fans MU) menyanyikan nama legenda dari tim rival, Liverpool, Steven Gerrard. Bisa dipastikan nyanyian ini bukan bermaksud untuk memuji Stevie G (sapaan Gerrard), melainkan untuk mengingat “aib” mantan kapten Liverpool tersebut.
Red Army menyanyikan nama Gerrard untuk menyindir kejadian memalukan yang dialami Gerrard pada 2014 silam. Tepatnya untuk mengenang aksi terpelesetnya Gerrard saat pertandingan melawan Chelsea.
Hal ini tampaknya dilakukan fans MU jelang bigmatch melawan Liverpool, akhir pekan ini. Fans Setan Merah memulai psywar kepada rivalnya itu.
“Steven Gerrard, Gerrard. Dia terpeleset dan memberikan bola kepada Demba Ba. Steven Gerrard, Gerrard,” begitu bunyi nyanyian fans MU.
Mendengar nyanyian tersebut, fans Liverpool pun memberikan respons di media sosial. Mereka menanggapinya dengan santai dan melihat hal tersebut sebagai sebuah rasa iri fans MU tak memiliki pemain seperti Gerrard, seperti dilansir Give Me Sport.
Shoutout to the United fans singing about Gerrard tonight, we love him to! pic.twitter.com/jshPGt1v8Q
— View Of The Kop (@ViewOfTheKop_) January 10, 2017
If you were as boring as United, you'd probably sing about Gerrard too.
— sam (@_SamAlex) January 10, 2017
Shoutout to the fans of sixth placed Man United who, at a game against Hull, are singing about Steven Gerrard falling over three years ago.
— Ste Hoare (@stehoare) January 10, 2017
Manchester United fans - Singing about a retired Steven Gerrard in a Cup Semi Final against Hull while sitting in 6th place in the league.
— Dean (@DeanCoombes) January 10, 2017
United fans singing about gerrard! I'd say they're more obsessed than me!!
— Aneel azeem (@Aneel_azeem) January 10, 2017
-League Cup Semi, at home, sing about Gerrard
— LFCKoptalker (@LFC_Koptalker) January 10, 2017
-Tbf, most of the fans inside OT couldnt name 10 players past or present for United
The atmosphere at Old Toilet is awful. They're still relying on songs about Gerrard to get the mood up #MUFC #ShitHouses
— Haptain (@Haptain) January 10, 2017
I take it as a compliment when #Mufc fans sing about Gerrard these days,they never seem to sing about sorry ass Cantona,Giggs,Scholes ????????????
— BRUNO (@Bruno_JFT96) January 10, 2017
United fans singing about Gerrard - How embarrasing #MUFC #MNU
— Jack Gillespie (@jackgillespie92) January 10, 2017
#mufc Just because none of your players have a song of their own...stop singing about Gerrard!!! Your trying to play Hull ????????????Obsession LFC
— ??Paul (@gr33nbank) January 10, 2017
#MUFC fans singing about Gerrard slipping v Chelsea, funny that coz it meant City won the league ????????
— saf_adam (@SafwanAdam) January 10, 2017
#MUFC fans singing about Gerrard! #Obsessed
— Jurgen Brodinho (@Brodinho) January 10, 2017
