2020年2月28日金曜日 - 
James-Liverpool Football Club
If
you like football, you might have heard the exciting news that the Japanese National Team member and former J-League Rookie of the
Year, Takumi Minamino, has recently joined Liverpool FC in the English
Premier League. Not only is Minamino the first Japanese player to play for
Liverpool, but he has joined at a very exciting time for the club and its fans.
Why is it exciting?
Well,
Liverpool were once considered one of the strongest teams in the UK and Europe,
winning a total of eighteen English Championships and four European Cups before
1990 – a record for any English team at the time. However, it's now been thirty
years since they last won the English League.
Recently
though, under the leadership of German manager Jurgen Klopp, the team has begun
to regain its former strength. They have come close to winning the league again
on a number of occasions; most recently last year when, despite only losing one
match, they finished second behind Manchester City.
This
year, they have their best chance of once again winning the league. Having
played twenty-seven out of thirty-eight games, Liverpool have won twenty-six
and drawn one, and now have a twenty-two-point lead over their rivals. With
Minamino lending his skill and strength, Liverpool fans throughout the world
are hoping that this year will finally be the year when they once again become
champions.
I
hope you will join us in supporting Liverpool and Minamino!
Fingers
crossed!
considered: 考えられる
under the leadership of: ～の指導を下に
regain:取り戻す
former：以前の
strength:強さ
occasions:場合
despite:～にもかかわらず
drawn:ドロー
throughout:～のあらゆる場所で
Fingers crossed:成功を祈っている