Volume 1: Heroes Come and Go, People Pay Attention Chapter 251 Juventus (Second Update, Please Vote for Me)

Chapter 251 Juventus (Second update, please vote for me)

After playing against Manchester City, Liverpool ushered in the first leg of the Champions League knockout round.

Their opponent is Juventus from Italy.

The order of home and away games in the Champions League knockout rounds is not determined by drawing lots, at least not in the first quarter-finals.

The first team in the group plays guest first, and this schedule is more advantageous.

This is why so many teams are trying to compete for first place in a group despite overcrowding their heads.

If the schedule is favorable and the opponent is not very strong, we can go further in the Champions League knockout rounds. Teams that are capable of winning the championship will go for it, while teams that are not capable will also want to win more games and get more bonuses.

Liverpool is first in the group and Juventus is second, so this time Liverpool plays away first and then at home.

Even if they make any mistakes on the road, they can still find a solution when they return to home. If they play at home first, it will be equivalent to forcing themselves into danger. In the first game, you must strive to win. Not only must you win, but you must also try to win as much as possible and get more goal difference advantages, so that your opponents will not make a comeback after returning to their home court.

The team that plays away first is much more relaxed. Even if you accidentally lose on the road, as long as you don't lose too much, you still have a chance to return to home.

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After the game against Manchester City, with the honor of just setting a new record, Chen Yingxiong followed the team on the plane to Turin.

Starts his journey to the knockout rounds of the Champions League.

Before this game, the Italian media paid great attention to and commented on Chen Yingxiong.

The Italian media knows very well how powerful Chen Yingxiong is. When he was still playing for Napoli, he had already used practical actions to let the media know this.

So no one dares to underestimate Chen Yingxiong, even though he has been away from the highest stage of European football for two years.

In addition, he just broke the record of consecutive goals scored by Gerd Muller in the last league game, and he is in the limelight. If anyone underestimates him at this time, it really cannot be explained by "IQ issues".

Therefore, during this period, the Italian media has been repeatedly saying that Chen Yingxiong will be the Liverpool player that Juventus needs to pay most attention to. Even if no one else is locked up, Chen Yingxiong must be frozen. Because Chen Yingxiong’s role is not just as simple as scoring goals, he relies on himself to score goals continuously, and now he has become a kind of spiritual totem for Liverpool. As long as he scores goals, Liverpool players will feel that everything is normal and they will be happy to win. Play with confidence, no matter how strong the opponent is.

Chen Yingxiong has dared to the point where his performance is a barometer of Liverpool's performance.

If he performs well, his mental totem will be normal and the whole team will be normal. If he performs poorly, his spiritual totem is in danger of collapsing. Under this situation, everyone in Liverpool will naturally be in danger. How can they have the heart to play well in the game?

Juventus head coach Conte believes that what the media likes and is best at is talking nonsense, which is similar to politicians.

I also know that Chen Yingxiong is very dangerous and is the most terrifying player in Liverpool. But the problem is how to deal with him!

You guys should tell the truth!

No one has given a valuable answer to this world-wide problem.

Conte still has to find out for himself.

Now Conte feels how excited he was when Chen Yingxiong was still in Serie A. Although Chen Yingxiong was strong at that time, he had many weaknesses that could be exploited.

But now Chen Yingxiong is increasingly developing into a super invincible all-around center.

Trying to find out his weaknesses and exploit them... it's difficult!

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When Liverpool landed at the Turin airport, in addition to the Liverpool fans who came to Turin in advance to pick up the plane, there were also some "mysterious guests".

They wore sky blue jerseys and looked dazzling among a group of Liverpool fans wearing red jerseys.

In England, the red-blue confrontation is an eternal theme. Basically, the relationship between the red team and the blue team is not very good. Just like Liverpool and Manchester City, Liverpool and Everton, Manchester United and Manchester City...

However, these Liverpool fans and the group of fans wearing sky blue jerseys got along well with each other, and some of them even talked happily.

These people are not Everton or Manchester City fans, they are fans in Italy.

They come from the southern Italian city of Naples.

Yes, they are all Napoli fans.

This time I came specifically to cheer for Chen Yingxiong.

Naples and Juventus are feuding. If Liverpool wants to beat Juventus, Chen Yingxiong is tantamount to avenging Naples. This season, Naples failed to qualify for the Champions League because at the last moment of last season, they were given up by Juventus. Squeezed down. This has deepened the hatred of Naples fans towards Juventus.

In their view, even if Chen Yingxiong is no longer a Napoli player, as long as he is playing against Juventus, they must cheer for him.

What's more, after the draw results came out, Chen Yingxiong said: "I have not forgotten the years I played for Naples."

This sentence made many Naples fans cheer.

Because they all know that Chen Yingxiong has not forgotten his roots, and he is very aware of the hatred between Naples and Juventus. Even if he is representing Liverpool, he will never show mercy when playing against Juventus!

These people came to support Chen Yingxiong because of this.

They even bought game tickets, not only to support Chen Yingxiong at the airport, but also to support him at the scene.

As soon as Chen Yingxiong came out, he saw the sky blue among the large red.

He is not surprised at all. He is well aware of the hatred between Naples and Juventus, so when he comes to Italy to play against Juventus, Naples fans will definitely come to support him.

Because he once played for Naples, Chen Yingxiong is not interested in Juventus either.

Chen Yingxiong doesn't mind doing this at all to avenge Naples.

Just a favor.

You have to win anyway.

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Conte did not allow the players to quarrel with Chen Yingxiong. Now everyone knows that there are very few people who can take advantage of Chen Yingxiong, or ultimately win. Not only in terms of words, no one can take advantage, but even in terms of the final result of the game, few can win.

Instead of arousing the other party's anger with a war of words, why not keep a low profile and act steadily, maybe to paralyze the other party?

If you insist on saying that Chen Yingxiong has any weaknesses, perhaps his character is the biggest weakness.

When encountering a strong enemy, Chen Yingxiong will burst out with very powerful energy.

But if he encounters an opponent that is too weak, he may lose his energy.

This guy is a little emotional.

Conte felt that irritating him would only make him hate Juventus more deeply and pay more attention to it. When the time comes, it would not be worth it if he had to defeat Juventus.

If people knew the reason for Conte's low-key approach, I'm afraid many Juventus fans would scold him for being spineless and what a disgrace.

But now the situation is stronger than the people. If you don't keep a low profile, do you have any other effective ways to stop Chen Yingxiong?

Who made Chen Yingxiong so powerful?

When facing him, a century-old giant like Juventus had to lower its head and lower its posture.

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Conte's approach made Chen Yingxiong very bored. He had a lot to say when playing against Juventus. When he played for Naples, he had to fight against Juventus at least twice every season. That story can be told for a long time.

Just waiting for a suitable opportunity, he doesn't mind reliving past history for Juventus fans.

But Juventus did not give him such a chance.

No one at Juventus spoke, whether it was coach Conte or the players. Everyone remained silent, and even the local media in Turin did not show any aggressive behavior - Chen Yingxiong can understand Italian, so he can naturally know what the media will say immediately.

This made him very unhappy.

Very unhappy.

You are the wealthy Juventus, and this is your territory! Why don't you show some local vigilante aura?

Okay, don't say anything, I'll do it!

After a pre-match training session to adapt to the venue, Chen Yingxiong was surrounded by Italian reporters.

Because Chen Yingxiong has played for Naples for three seasons, he has many familiar faces in the Italian press, and everyone likes to interview him. Because he dares to say anything with his big mouth.

When interviewing him, a reporter asked him what he thought of this game.

Chen Yingxiong was secretly happy. Someone brought him a pillow when he fell asleep.

This is the kind of question I need, otherwise it would be too abrupt to ask.

He chuckled: "Obviously, Juventus is afraid of us!"

As soon as these words came out, everyone was shocked.

Seeing the surprised reporters, Chen Yingxiong further explained: "Why do you say that? Because I have been in Turin for almost a day, and I have not heard any Juventus players express their opinions on this game. Don't they? Do you know that the game is tomorrow? So I think they must be afraid of us and are so scared that they can’t even speak! Hahaha!”

Chen Yingxiong's words were too arrogant and arrogant. So much so that some reporters who supported Juventus during the interview couldn't bear it, and their faces immediately became ugly.

We praise you and value you as a respectable opponent. How can you humiliate us like this? !

Why are we afraid of you? !

However, the anger of these people was only temporary, because many people had calmed down and then thought about Juventus's series of actions during this period.

It seems reasonable to say that people are afraid of him...

This timid look, what else could it be but fear of Chen Yingxiong?

Alas, if we don’t live up to our expectations, no wonder others look down on us!

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