Volume 1: When Heroes Come and Go, People Pay Attention. Chapter 262: The Devoted Old Gentleman (First Update, Please Vote for Me)

Chapter 262: The devoted old gentleman (First update, please vote for me)

Messi's somewhat unique performance in the game even caused some controversy in the Barcelona media. The focus of the debate was whether it was good for Messi to be so independent, and whether the unique Messi was still the Messi they were familiar with.

But suddenly, overnight, these arguments disappeared.

Catalan media no longer debate whether Messi's independence is a good thing.

They are not stupid, they are very keenly aware that this must be related to Chen Yingxiong.

Chen Yingxiong relied on the support of the entire Liverpool team to score so many goals, so Messi was independent. In fact, that was not independence, but the support of the entire team, and he also had unlimited firing rights.

Like Messi, Guardiola, and any Barcelona player, those pro-Barcelona media in Catalonia naturally dislike Chen Yingxiong.

I don’t want Chen Yingxiong to win this competition.

Now that Messi has the support of the whole team, if we want to compete with Chen Yingxiong, we can't blow Messi's goal into two, so at least we shouldn't cause trouble for others.

If this controversy gets bigger, Guardiola may be forced to withdraw his support for Messi under the pressure of public opinion.

Is everyone just watching Messi being pushed further and further away by that damn Chen Yingxiong?

No, we have to help him too! This is not just a war between Messi and Chen Yingxiong, this is a war between Barcelona and Chen Yingxiong!

One day later, not only was there no debate in the media, but their attitude changed 180 degrees, and they began to sing praises for Messi's "independence".

All kinds of disgusting flattery came out one after another.

Those articles make people feel that Messi is just like their biological father.

If you really want to find a reason, you can find it no matter what. They were the ones who said before that Messi was too independent and affected the team's performance. Now they are the ones who say that Messi is not alone, but that he has given full play to his abilities.

In short, with the upper and lower lips touching like this, it makes sense no matter how you say it.

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Chen Yingxiong naturally paid attention to the news in Barcelona.

Just like Messi actually pays close attention to Chen Yingxiong, Chen Yingxiong also pays close attention to Messi. But the difference between him and Messi is that everyone knows that Chen Yingxiong pays attention to Messi. He has talked about Messi in public more than once and knows his opponent very well. And when Messi pays attention to Chen Yingxiong, he will also tell others that he doesn't care about that person at all, and he doesn't want to hear any news about him - of course he doesn't want to hear it, because everything others tell him is nonsense, and he already knows it Already...

To put it bluntly, Chen Yingxiong looks the same on the outside, while Messi is a bit arrogant.

Chen Yingxiong's IQ is still higher than that of the Catalan media. When he saw Messi suddenly becoming independent, he immediately thought that the other party probably wanted to fight him desperately.

As for the gossipy remarks made by the media, he didn't take it to heart.

He only cares about what Messi does. Even if the media makes outrageous claims, they will not allow him to score fewer goals and allow Messi to score more goals. There is no threat to him.

Messi has shown his attitude, and so has Barcelona.

Let the whole team support Messi...

fair enough. To avoid making excuses like this and that after losing.

The whole team is supporting you. If you lose to me in the end, you will have nothing to say, right?

Chen Yingxiong did not show the slightest concern about the fact that the entire Barcelona team supported Messi in his fight with him. On the contrary, he was very happy. Because doing so will only make Messi lose even more miserably.

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To be honest, it is indeed quite useful to rally the whole team to support Messi.

It was in that round of the league that Messi scored a hat trick in the game.

As for Chen Yingxiong, he only scored one goal in the same round of the league.

This also has something to do with the rotation of the team. Considering that after the knockout rounds, the schedule faced by Liverpool will become intensive, so in this league, Liverpool carried out rotation. Most of the main players have been replaced, but Chen Yingxiong still starts.

In the end, with goals from Chen Yingxiong and Suarez, who came on as a substitute in the second half, Liverpool narrowly defeated Middlesbrough 2:1 in the away game.

The impact of the large-scale rotation on the team is finally gradually reflected.

But Martin O'Neill didn't have time to think about this matter. Because he had no other choice but to do this.

In the next game against Aston Villa, Martin O'Neill was unable to send out all the main players. Because the next step is the second round against Juventus. Although Liverpool has scored two away goals, O'Neill still dare not be careless. 2:2 Both sides are on the same starting line. Every goal Juventus scores now is an away goal, so they can't get too carried away. If the boat capsizes in the gutter, then both himself and Liverpool will become the laughing stock of Europe.

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Ferguson specifically watched the video of the match between Liverpool and Middlesbrough - he is now very concerned about the performance of this bitter rival.

Because this is directly related to Manchester United's results this season.

He watched the game twice, the first time just for watching, and the second time for analysis. While watching, he would keep pressing the pause button and think for a while.

It took him a whole night to watch the video twice - he locked himself in the study after returning home and had dinner, and then he didn't go to bed until almost twelve o'clock.

When he crawled into bed, his wife Cassie, who had been lying next to him, suddenly said: "Is the situation very bad?"

Ferguson lifted the quilt with one hand. After hearing his wife's question, he stopped moving and answered his wife's question first.

"No, it's not bad, it's just a little troublesome."

"I think we will encounter a very strong opponent here, right?" Cassie said. Because she doesn't like football, she stipulates that nothing related to football is allowed in the home, so Ferguson can't even put trophies and medals at home. It is for this reason that when Ferguson broke Cassie's rules and locked himself in the study room to study the game videos, Cassie naturally knew that the situation was most likely to be difficult. You must know that although Ferguson is very strong in the Manchester United dressing room, he is a standard "wife-controller".

Ferguson got into bed, pressed the quilt, lay flat and looked at the ceiling and said: "It's nothing, don't worry, don't you like football? Go to sleep, ah?"

"You men always like to lie to your women..." Cassie muttered and fell asleep.

Ferguson couldn't fall asleep for a while, and he couldn't toss and turn in bed, as that would disturb his wife next to him and keep her from falling asleep.

He could only lie down and look at the ceiling quietly.

In his mind, there is still the video of the game just now.

It is not easy for Liverpool to win this game. It takes so much effort to play against a relegation team like Middlesbrough in an away game, which only shows that they have felt the pressure brought by the two-front battle...

The hero is still in good condition and scored goals in the game.

This is his eighteenth consecutive goal in the league. As he said himself, after surpassing Gerd Muller, he did not stop there, but continued to move forward and set a new record for himself.

But Ferguson firmly believes in this. No star can completely transform a team by himself. Even Maradona can't do it. Whether in Argentina or Naples, he actually has a group of excellent teammates.

This is Ferguson's philosophy. Football needs superstars, but in the final analysis football is holistic.

No matter how well Chen Yingxiong performs now, there are times when he is exhausted. He was in good shape alone, but he couldn't match the fluctuations in the status of others in Liverpool. No matter how powerful a person is, there will still be problems that cannot be solved.

Anyway, if things continue like this, Chen Yingxiong will find sooner or later that he can't really become Liverpool's savior.

Now all Manchester United has to do is continue to win, win at all costs.

As long as you put pressure on Liverpool, when Liverpool makes a small mistake, under this pressure, the small mistake will turn into a big irreparable mistake...

The next Manchester United game will not be easy to play either.

In addition to Liverpool, the sworn enemy in the same city is not very honest. He always wants to defeat his elder brother and unify Manchester...

In addition, Manchester United's own lineup is not strong.

This season, for Ferguson, is indeed a situation that he has not encountered in many years.

Liverpool has made a strong recovery, but its rivals in the same city are very uneasy.

Now Manchester United is being attacked from both sides.

Ferguson has to instill confidence in the players almost every day, telling them that they are already ten points behind Liverpool, but as long as we persist, Liverpool will definitely make mistakes!

It can be said that if his old face, Ferguson, still had some prestige, Manchester United would have fallen apart long ago. Being ten points behind their mortal enemy, everyone would have thought there was no hope, but he didn't say a word like "We have no hope of winning the league championship."

Never admit defeat is Sir Alex Ferguson's life creed.

What he needs now is patience. When Manchester United is at its worst, nothing is more valuable than patience.

At this time, we must not make mistakes before Liverpool, otherwise all our efforts will be in vain.

Rooney is the team's biggest star, and this card must be used well.

In addition, Nani and "Little Pea" Fernandez are also important chess pieces. If used properly, they can determine the outcome. If used incorrectly...

The most critical thing is the defense. In order to ensure winning, defense is now the first priority. Make sure not to concede the ball, and then consider scoring goals.

In order to catch up with Liverpool, Ferguson didn't care if the game was made ugly.

Results trump everything. He has passed the stage where he relies on scenes to prove himself. He doesn't want to be like Wenger. Not to mention that even Wenger is looking for changes. Why should I follow Wenger's old path?

Just thinking about it, Ferguson finally fell asleep after a tiring day.

There were bursts of snoring in the room...

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