Volume 1: When Heroes Appear, People Pay Attention. Chapter 239: For the Deputy Team

."Actually, my heart is getting old, Stephen."

After Carragher said these words, the dressing room suddenly fell into deathly silence. The air seemed to become thicker.

A former tough guy said this in front of everyone. You can imagine how determined he was about retiring.

It seemed that no matter who tried to persuade him, he would not change his decision.

"You're only thirty-six years old, deputy team leader. Can you play until you are forty? Didn't Maldini play until you are forty?" The suffocating silence in the room was broken by Chen Yingxiong. Often the only person who can break the deadlock at this time, and who dares to break the deadlock, is perhaps a fool like Chen Yingxiong.

Carragher turned to look at Chen Yingxiong and smiled at him: "I once had my leg broken, hero. I don't think I can persist until the age of forty like Maldini. Retiring at thirty-six is... It's a good age. Before this, my performance was pretty good, but after this, I don't know what will happen... I don't want to leave any stain on my career."

This veteran once suffered from leg cramps and still insisted on clearing AC Milan's inevitable attack in front of the goal. Every time he defends, he seems to be fighting tooth and nail. He now simply says, "Before this, my performance was pretty good." In fact, he sacrificed his own health in exchange for it.

For a traditional English player like him, nothing is more important than a player's honor and pride.

That's really like Chen Yingxiong's. You can lose the game, but you can never lose your momentum!

Looking at the vice-captain, Chen Yingxiong also fell into silence.

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Martin O'Neill was considering whether to push the door open because he seemed to feel that the team's morale was declining due to Carragher's announcement of retirement.

Don't forget, it's halftime of the game against Chelsea, and there are still forty-five minutes left in the second half!

If morale is low now, what will happen in the second half of the game!

Although he knew that if he went in, it would be a disgrace, but for the sake of the team's performance. He had to push open the door and enter.

Just when he was about to do it.

Chen Yingxiong's voice sounded again.

"Okay, no matter what, Chelsea and that Hulk are the culprits. Let us defeat them and avenge the vice team! How dare you call yourself a giant in front of me? Huh!"

"Hero is right." Gerrard also said. "No matter what, Jamie is still one of us during this game. Let's win this game first."

He was thinking about after the game. Talk to Carragher again and persuade him to change his mind. { }

How could something as important as retirement be decided just because of a mistake in a game?

Carragher also realized that his words had affected the team's morale, so he smiled at everyone and said: "Yes, we must kill Chelsea first! Martin, don't interfere. This is a contest between me and the Hulk. I Don't be afraid of him!" He turned to Skrtel, who seemed to want something.

This is the vice-captain that everyone is familiar with...

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Seeing that the atmosphere in the locker room was revived, Martin O'Neal breathed a sigh of relief. Then he realized that his absence seemed a little too long...

So he stood at the door and waited for a while. Seeing that the crowd was still excited inside, he opened the door and walked in.

When everyone saw the head coach coming in, they all stopped shouting.

Martin O'Neill asked with a smile: "What's wrong, is this?"

"Hey, boss... no, it's nothing." Suarez smiled awkwardly.

"Yes. It's nothing. We just want to cheer everyone up and win Chelsea in the second half!" Chen Yingxiong waved his hand, as if he had cut off Chelsea's head with a knife.

O'Neill applauded: "Yes, we really want to win Chelsea in the second half. I'm glad that we were not frightened by the draw in the first half. It's not a big deal. It's just a draw! They hit us behind so determinedly, and we Shrink the defense. Don't give them such space, and then we have to be better at seizing opportunities when the offensive players counterattack. In fact, it's that simple to take them down..." He spread his hands, looking confident.

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When the game restarted in the second half, no one would have thought that Liverpool's center back Carragher had decided to retire. No one knew in these fifteen minutes. What happened in the Liverpool dressing room.

But they could see that Carragher was more active and worked harder than he showed in the first half.

During the break, the commentators and commentators were discussing the goal conceded by Liverpool, and the main responsibility for conceding the goal naturally fell on Carragher. However, they also said that the strong Hulk faced off against the old and frail Carragher, and there was no doubt about the result.

Carragher certainly won't take advantage. Although Carragher was known for his toughness when he was young, he is old after all...

This is the law of nature, and you have to accept it whether you like it or not.

In their view, Carragher should indeed be at a disadvantage in the confrontation with Hulk.

But after the start of the second half, the situation changed. Under Carragher's crazy defense, Hulk found himself in trouble!

There is a shot that clearly illustrates the problem - in a physical confrontation, Carragher didn't look like he was playing football, but rather like he was trying his best. He slammed his entire body into Hulk with all his strength. As a result, Hulk, who was ill-prepared, was knocked away, and the football at his feet was stabbed away by Carragher!

This is just an ordinary defense. In a game, such a scene does not know how many times it will appear. But just after this time, Skrtel went up and hugged the vice-captain Carragher who got up from the ground, roaring loudly, as if he had just blocked the opponent's must-goal at the goal line. But in fact, this is just an ordinary defense...

Carragher was not excited. He patted Skrtel, who was more excited than him, and said softly: "Okay, Martin. Go on defense and don't let the opponent succeed in a sneak attack."

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"Oh oh oh oh! This is really a beautiful defense. In the head-on physical confrontation, Carragher and Hulk went head-to-head, and he actually won!"

The commentators were all surprised.

Liverpool fans in the stands and in front of the TV chanted: "Jamie! Jamie! Our forever vice-captain!!"

Carragher also heard the shouts of the fans, but he did not make any response. He is not the same as the bad guy Chen Yingxiong. He likes to use practical actions to respond to the fans' support and love for him. Instead of just putting on a show...

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Chen Yingxiong saw Carragher's defense in the frontcourt and smiled.

It seems that the deputy team doesn't need to worry about him anymore. And he also has his own tasks.

Now all he has to do is... score! Goal for Chelsea! Defeating Chelsea made the vice team so angry!

Yes, it's bad breath.

This bad breath is also his own.

How could Chen Yingxiong let that person be called the Hulk?

Only someone like this can be called "giant"!

Although using strength to deal with Old Terry is a bit bullying, but we have already bullied our team vice-president, so it’s okay for me to bully our captain like this, right?

Next, thirty-three-year-old John Terry suffered...

He was forced to use his body to fight against Chen Yingxiong again and again.

Then every time I was at a disadvantage.

This feeling made him uncomfortable.

Once or twice, he thought it was a coincidence. But when this happened again and again, he began to wonder if there was something wrong.

Because Chen Yingxiong rarely uses such a powerful style of play, he now relies more on skills rather than body.

Even Advocaat on the sidelines frowned, wondering what was going on with Chen Yingxiong.

What Chen Yingxiong showed during this period reminded him of what Chen Yingxiong was like when he first debuted at Zenit St. Petersburg. At that time, except for his body and header, Chen Yingxiong was useless. His body is all his weapons. So every time he played, he acted like someone was fighting. After a game, there were bruises and scars all over his body. But if he doesn't do this, he won't win the game, and he won't be able to score. It can be said that Chen Yingxiong's current status was achieved with his life at that time.

Now everyone has seen Chen Yingxiong's scenery, but they don't know the hardships he had when he first debuted... But even those who followed Chen Yingxiong from Zenit St. Petersburg may not know this. Because Chen Yingxiong showed only his arrogance and unwillingness to admit defeat, and no one thought that there was something behind the arrogance. Chen Yingxiong also has an unknown side...

Although such a kick is very fierce and has a great visual impact, it is not a long-term solution after all. Later, as Chen Yingxiong continued to progress and improve, he had more and more offensive weapons and his skills became better and better. He began to abandon the way of playing football that only uses his body.

Gradually, his desperate style of play naturally became less and less common.

Advocaat is in his second season in charge of Chelsea. People in the Premier League pay more and more attention to Chen Yingxiong. He finds that Chen Yingxiong uses his body less and less to play football, and he is becoming smarter. This is one of the signs of a player's maturity that he cannot always squander his physical talents. The body will always get old one day, but technology and consciousness are eternal.

So Chen Yingxiong suddenly plays football as if he is going to fight John Terry. He couldn't adapt to it either.

John Terry is already thirty-three years old. He is getting older and his physical fitness is not as good as before.

If he could still compete with Chen Yingxiong when he was young, he would have been the world's top central defender at that time, dominating the Premier League and world football. Who would he be afraid of?

But now...he has too much energy!

Facing this strong man, Terry was powerless. He wanted to kill the thief but was unable to save himself!

So now he feels really depressed.

Chen Yingxiong's performance was normal in the first half. Why did there be such a big change in the second half?

People who don’t know think that Chen Yingxiong and John Terry have a grudge against their wives... Anyway, Terry has always had a criminal record. If such a thing really happened, everyone would think it is normal...

But this time, John Terry was really wronged