Volume 1: The Male Appears, People Pay Attention Chapter 302: Just Pretend to Be a Pig and Eat the Tiger (First Update, Please Vote for the Monthly Ticket)

Piaotian Literature    If Messi only said it to his father, it would not be considered as accepting the challenge. Because in fact, Messi is already competing with Chen Yingxiong.

But others don’t know that the whole world needs a fait accompli - Messi and Chen Yingxiong are indeed competing, and both sides admit it.

Therefore, Messi not only has to make a promise to his father, but also announce it to the world.

So just one day later, when Messi was interviewed by an Argentine TV station - in fact, this interview was specially arranged by his father Jorge to let Messi take the challenge - he personally admitted that he would have such a game with Chen Yingxiong.

"He issued a challenge to me? I am happy to accept it because I am confident in myself. I will not lose to him."

The Argentine reporter smiled flatteringly: "I think so, Leo. You are now leading him by 27 goals. This is an insurmountable gap!"

Messi did not take the reporter's flattery seriously. Whether it is a gap or not can only be known after the competition.

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"Yes, I accepted the challenge, I am happy to take it, and I will beat him."

Messi's words soon appeared on the front page headlines of major media and on TV news.

Major media reported the matter and commented on it.

"The latest news is that Messi accepted Chen Yingxiong's challenge. The two top masters in today's football world, a showdown like Mars hitting the Earth is about to begin!"

"Is Messi stronger, or is Yingxiong stronger? This question is not just a debate among fans now... The two superstars will compete for the total number of goals scored in the Champions League!"

"...As the highest level event in today's football world, the total number of goals scored in the Champions League can obviously illustrate a player's ability. The two people chose to compare the total number of goals, which is a very smart approach..."

"Obviously, this is a feast for our fans. The competition between the two masters, Just like the decisive battle on the top of the Forbidden City in martial arts novels, it is a great event in the martial arts world. We are lucky to witness this kind of real sword and gun competition with our own eyes..."

"Messi accepted the challenge, shutting up those who had previously criticized him for being timid and afraid to confront Chen Yingxiong head-on! Messi's approach is correct. Although he has always been the world's number one player, he must now use practical actions to tell those who doubt him that he is indeed the best in the world!"

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In the past two days, the media has been flooded with news about Messi accepting his challenge, but Chen Yingxiong has no time to read it. He knew that Messi accepted the challenge in the task system.

Because he has a new task, the task content is to require himself and Messi to compete for the first place in the Champions League total scorer list.

This task is a branch task in the "Enemy" series of tasks. The task lasts for a very long time, until Messi retires and himself retires. Because only then can the final result be seen. It doesn't count if you surpass Messi in the process, because Messi is not a wooden man, and he will try to catch up. Therefore, this match will last until both of them retire before it can be considered a final conclusion.

It doesn't matter how long it lasts, because Chen Yingxiong himself did not propose this challenge for the sake of completing the task. He doesn't even care what reward he can get after completing this task. He just wants to beat Messi. The great sense of accomplishment of beating Messi is the best reward in itself, not to mention that beating Messi can also crown him the world's number one football player.

It is a very long process to surpass Messi's total number of goals. Chen Yingxiong himself is also very clear, so he is not in a hurry. He knows that as long as he can continue to participate in the Champions League, he will surpass Messi sooner or later-he has a strong confidence in this.

His focus now is on the league for the time being.

Everyone knows the 36th round. Liverpool's away challenge to Manchester United is a decisive battle. Before that, no one can fall behind. If they lose the ball before meeting Manchester United, the battle at Old Trafford will be like a farce.

In the 34th round of the league, Liverpool will play West Bromwich away.

In fact, Liverpool's schedule in the final stage of the league is favorable to them, because they have more home games. In the last five games, they have three home games and only two away games.

But Liverpool can't take all the benefits, right?

Therefore, although home and away games are advantageous. Their opponents are not easy to chew.

Take West Bromwich, the opponent in the 34th round of the league.

It seems that the strength is relatively weak. Liverpool once swept 4:0 at Anfield.

But now the situation is different. Now the league is coming to an end, and West Bromwich has to stay in the league!

West Bromwich is now ranked 16th in the league. There are still two points away from the relegation zone, but their points are only two points away from the relegation zone... This is a very dangerous situation. If you don't pay attention, West Bromwich may fall into the Championship League at the end of the league.

This time it is their home court, they will definitely seize this opportunity and give Liverpool a hard blow.

Ferguson also hopes so.

So when setting off for West Bromwich Albion, Liverpool coach Martin O'Neill did not dare to be negligent at all. Facing the questions from reporters, he did not show any ease at all.

This is quite in line with the media's positioning of him and Liverpool during this period - even though Liverpool is currently ranked first in the league and won the first leg of the Champions League semi-finals, it seems that the fire is cooking and the flowers are blooming. Brocade, but it was actually roasted on a fire, and only they themselves could experience the deepest feeling.

Liverpool is actually in a lot of crises, with internal and external troubles, and Martin O'Neill has long been in dire straits.

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Martin O'Neal is indeed very anxious right now, but he is not the anxious person that the media thinks. What troubles him is what should his team do to continue to win and perform in a very embarrassing manner?

This is really a technical job.

In the past, Martin O'Neill led the team and only had to worry about how to win. Unexpectedly, when he came to Liverpool, he actually had to worry about how to win in an embarrassing manner.

After much deliberation, he finally decided to rotate.

It's not a rotation where one or two people are rotated, but a rotation where at least two-thirds of the main lineup is replaced.

He wants to continue to make the old fox Ferguson lower his guard and make him think that Liverpool is going to concentrate on playing in the Champions League and decide to give up the domestic league and strive to reach the Champions League final.

From a common sense perspective. This is also a normal choice. After all, the league championship is very important to Liverpool fans, but he is a head coach who has only coached Liverpool for less than two seasons. He has no relationship with Liverpool before. He will not understand how much Liverpool fans care about the league. The desire of a champion. As a head coach, the top honor of the Champions League is obviously more attractive than the league championship. When choosing the lesser of two evils, it is normal to choose the Champions League and abandon the domestic league.

As long as Ferguson thinks so, he will further relax his vigilance. In this way, when the decisive battle comes at Old Trafford, Manchester United may suffer because of the head coach's mentality...

Of course, no matter how he rotates, Chen Yingxiong must stay on the court. After all, these are just to confuse the enemy. It would be too bad if it kills oneself. No matter what, you have to win.

West Bromwich Albion may be a difficult opponent, but as long as Liverpool has Chen Yingxiong. The balance of victory will be in their favor.

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Sure enough, when Liverpool announced its starting lineup, many media believed that Liverpool was giving up the domestic league and preparing for the second round of the Champions League semi-finals with Bayern Munich. In the first round, Liverpool conceded a goal at home and was only one goal ahead of Bayern Munich, which was very unsafe. Therefore, Liverpool had to go all out when playing away games in the second round, which is why he had to rotate on such a large scale.

Don’t you just want the main players to get more rest?

As for why Chen Yingxiong has not been rotated... It has been nearly a season. Has anyone seen Chen Yingxiong being rotated? Chen Yingxiong wants to increase the number of goals scored. How can you accept being rotated?

No one thought there was anything wrong with Martin O'Neill's arrangement, and no one doubted his guess about Liverpool.

Including Ferguson himself.

Many Manchester United fans even hope that West Bromwich Albion will win at home against Liverpool in order to avoid relegation, so that the two teams will be evenly divided. Although Liverpool still occupies the top spot with a goal difference advantage, their mentality will be completely different, and Manchester United will be more confident in defeating Liverpool at home.

At this time, Martin O'Neill was talking to Chen Yingxiong.

His plan needs the help of Chen Yingxiong. Chen Yingxiong has always been unaware of the true intentions of the head coach of Pakistan.

"Do you want to win the league championship, hero?"

Martin O'Neill's question made Chen Yingxiong roll his eyes regardless of their identity.

"Why should I work so hard if I don't want to win the championship? Boss?"

O'Neill ignored the teasing in Chen Yingxiong's tone. He smiled: "I also want to win, hero. But now we want to win the championship. In addition to strength, we also need some means."

"Means? What means?"

"To put it simply. It's just a show for others to see, deceiving our enemies and making them relax their vigilance. This way we have a greater chance of winning..."

Chen Yingxiong understood: "Acting? I am good at acting!"

The movie "Liverpool Love" starring him and Taylor Swift did well at the box office. Although it cannot keep up with Hollywood blockbusters, as a small-budget movie, the director and screenwriter are both unknown newcomers, and the male and female protagonists are not professional actors. , being able to achieve that kind of box office is worthy of celebration.

This also made Chen Yingxiong more confident in his acting skills.

"So, I hope you, uh, you won't be so... how should I say, so positive in the game against West Bromwich Albion."

Chen Yingxiong was a little surprised: "Your request is really weird, boss."

No wonder Chen Yingxiong said this. Head coaches generally hope that their players will go all out in the game and bring victory to the team. How can a head coach not want his players to go all out in the game? This request is indeed quite strange.

O'Neill smiled: "I know you will be surprised, but this is the most important thing. We have to make Manchester United think that we are really dying, so that when we go to Old Trafford, we can beat a team A Manchester United that was unprepared and arrogant.”

However, Chen Yingxiong was skeptical of his boss's ideas and felt that he thought of his opponents too simply. "Is Ferguson that stupid?"

O'Neal shook his head: "He is not stupid, he is very smart, but sometimes being too smart is not a good thing." O'Neal was too lazy to explain to Chen Yingxiong the errors of empiricism. It would take too much time to talk about it. There is no need to waste words.

"In short, we have to win against West Bromwich Albion, but we can't win too easily. We want others to think that we won by a narrow margin, by fluke, or by bad luck, but they won't think that we defeated by strength. opponent."

"To put it bluntly, it's just pretending to be a pig and eating the tiger..." Chen Yingxiong finally understood. He is no stranger to this matter. When he played against Barcelona for the first time in Naples, he and his teammates played a game of "pretending to be a pig and eating the tiger", and before the game, Barcelona was ranked No. 1 in the world. He looked particularly humble and fearful of Barcelona. As a result, he wiped his face during the game and almost knocked Barcelona to the ground in the away game.

"You understand No. 9, the hero. So I hope you retain some strength in the game, and I believe that even if you don't use your full strength, you can score against West Bromwich Albion, right?"

To deal with people like Chen Yingxiong, praising him and giving him a high hat is more effective than anything else.

Sure enough, upon hearing the head coach's words, Chen Yingxiong immediately puffed up his chest: "That's right! I can defeat them with only half of my strength! Just look at it, boss!"