A day of nostalgia for the Liverpool fan: the return of Fernando Torres

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Today is a party for a part of the city of Liverpool. The red one, specifically. It works, yes. But none of the lovers of Anfield can ignore that today they have the opportunity to see again up close (or far) two of their great idols from childhood, youth or whatever. "I would pay to be both places, even if it were just a minute," smiles one of the clerks at an establishment near the Hilton Liverpool City Center hotel. Atlético is staying there again, just like a year and a half ago (it could be called superstition), before that night away from a pandemic that had already come to stay. Before

, absent tonight due to injury, took off to infinity before the eyes of a noisy crowd that ended up resigned by his two lashes.

The two places that fan 'red' refers to are Kirkby, where Liverpool's new Sports City (Axa Training Center) is located, after 70 years in

, and, of course, Anfield. At 3:00 p.m. (one more in Spain), Fernando Torres, second coach of the rojiblanco youth, will appear at those training fields where the Youth League is played. A corner located half an hour by car from that charming neighborhood of

where he lived during his three and a half years in the city.

'The Kid', as he was baptized by a hobby that went crazy with his arrival and, in a very different way, with his march to Chelsea, set foot again in the city where he reached his peak.

He does it now as a coach, continuing with his learning process, and, also, that is obvious, strong and muscular.

Nothing to do with that Child who first set foot on the banks of the

in July 2007.

About nine kilometers from Kirkby, three hours after (8:00 p.m. in England) that the duel between the youths has concluded,

set foot on Anfield again.

Perhaps there, sitting in the stands, Torres is also there.

It is true that he did it only two years ago (2019), when he succumbed with Barcelona (4-0), in the semifinals of the Champions League, but the Uruguayan striker, like the former Spanish striker, left an indelible stamp for the local fans.

Many of them must have broken their watch last night, perhaps thinking that today was a holiday.

They went up and down Victoria Street, stopping from pub to pub.

"For less than 300 pounds it is impossible to get a ticket for tonight at the resale," admitted one of the waiters at the Novotel Liverpool Center Hotel, a five-minute walk from Atlético's headquarters, resignedly.

Very similar numbers

Fernando Torres' legacy was 81 goals and 20 assists in 142 games, during his three and a half seasons in the city of The Beatles. Not all of them, as Luis Suárez suddenly discovered one day, were from Liverpool, of course. A

, with whom he agreed on an act, always pulled over Everton. The fact is that Suárez, curiously also in three and a half years, drew numbers very similar to those of Fernando. The Uruguayan striker played 133 games (he missed 24 due to different sanctions) in which he scored 82 goals and signed 47 assists. Fernando said goodbye without titles and Luis, with the 2012 League Cup and the dream interrupted by that battle for the 2013/14 Premier.

Perhaps for all this the sun has risen in Liverpool, after several days in ambush after dark clouds and downpours.

It is a party for a part of the city.

For the red part, it is understood.

Those who saw or told them what Torres and Suárez were for Liverpool.

Surely many of them were in the stands when

(2010) or Marcos Llorente (2020), two very black beasts for them, put down the 'You'll never walk alone' with goals.

The Everton men, of course, do not care about all this.

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