Volume 1: Heroes Appear, People Pay Attention Chapter 27 This Is the Voice of the Defending Champion! (Third Update, Please Vote for Me)

Chapter 27 This is the voice of the defending champion! (Third update, please vote for me)

Gotze finally took the initiative to approach his new teammates and began to try to integrate into this new environment, instead of passively waiting for the new environment to accept him as before.

But he still has to live with Chen Yingxiong, because his English level is not good enough to live on his own, so Chen Yingxiong himself is a little worried about letting him out like this.

Chen Yingxiong would occasionally take him to activities with people from the food, drink and entertainment band. Of course, they don't go to that kind of nightclub every time. The activities of food, drink and entertainment bands are not as sexy as people think - sometimes they also go to ordinary bars, and everyone just finds a place to sit down, drink and chat.

Thornton quickly integrated into the team and new environment because he joined the Skittles.

He is now at home in the team.

McCarthy and Kelly were both from the British Isles, so there was no problem.

Pepe received help from Reina and integrated into the team very quickly. In addition, Pepe is not a dull person to begin with, unlike Gotze. When they were at Real Madrid, he and Marcelo were a living pair. In Liverpool, although Marcelo is gone, there are still many talents, and there is always a place for him to play.

Agger was injured last season and has not recovered from his injury until now. Pepe has naturally firmly occupied a main position and his performance is also good. He did not disappoint. From the warm-up matches to the Community Shield, All are robust.

Pepe is characterized by excellent physical fitness, fast speed, strong explosive power, good one-on-one defensive ability, and good air defense ability. His prediction ability is especially good, because many of his defenses start in advance to grab the opponent's ball. If the ability to predict was not good, the opponent would have easily passed by him long ago. If it weren't for his temper, he would have become the world's number one centre-back.

After he joined the team, judging from his performance in daily training and warm-up matches, the previous problem of Liverpool's central defender turning slowly and being unable to defend the ball from behind has been solved. Under the arrangement of Martin O'Content, Pepe is responsible for the tackle, giving full play to his characteristics of accurate prediction and strong explosive power. Even if he makes a mistake in the tackle, he can still catch up with his speed. Skrtel provided protection and support from behind.

With such a central defender combination, even if Agger returns from injury, he will probably have no choice but to accept the fate of rotation...

Only Gotze is left, but Gotze is gradually integrating into the team, so there is actually nothing to worry about.

Moreover, throughout the entire pre-season training, Liverpool did not have any major injuries. There were minor injuries, but they were all injuries that would be fine after three to five days of rest. This is a major benefit for Liverpool.

They can usher in the first round of the new season with a fairly complete lineup.

In their first league game, they will challenge Tottenham Hotspur away from home.

This is not an easy game to play.

Originally, the first game at the beginning of the season was not easy to play, because the players may not be able to adapt to the atmosphere and rhythm of the league immediately. It was as if there was no activity and they acted cowardly. In addition, it is still an away game, which will affect their state even more.

In the end, their opponents are opponents like Tottenham Hotspur.

Although Gareth Bale and Modric have both left the team, there are still three pounds of nails in the rotten ship, and a skinny camel is bigger than a horse. Tottenham Hotspur is also a traditional strong team, and it may not be able to pose a threat to Liverpool at its home court.

You must know that they drew with Liverpool in the away game last season, almost knocking Liverpool out of the first place in the league and allowing Manchester United to take the lead.

Even with Chen Yingxiong and other good players, Martin O'Neal does not dare to be arrogant and underestimate the enemy now. He still deals with every game seriously and plays hard.

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The game between Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur is the last game in the first round and the game time is also the latest. The opening game of the league is Chelsea against newly promoted Hull City, which kicked off the 2014-2015 English Premier League season at noon on August 15th.

In the end, Chelsea defeated newly promoted Hull City 2:1 at home and got a good start in the league.

Then starting from the afternoon, various Premier League games will start one after another.

As Liverpool's title rivals, Manchester City also won their first victory. They easily defeated Blackburn 2:0 away from home.

Arsenal defeated Everton 5:1 away from home, causing public opinion to be in an uproar. Everyone knows that Arsenal is better than Everton, but they don’t think it can be that much better...

Some media have said that it seems that the blow Liverpool caused to Everton in the Community Shield has not been eliminated.

The next day, August 16, Manchester United defeated Birmingham City, also a newly promoted team, 1:0 at home.

So far, Liverpool's rivals have all won without exception.

Everyone has set their sights on Liverpool. As the defending champion, they are the last player to play in this round of the league. They are playing away from home and facing their powerful rival Tottenham Hotspur. What kind of answer can they hand over?

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In the crowded White Hart Lane stadium, in the visiting team's dressing room, Liverpool head coach Martin O'Neill was giving his final speech to his men.

"Starting today, guys. We're going to start the new season as the defending champions. What's the difference between being the defending champions and being us in the past? I'm not going to say, 'It's not that different,' because it is. It's a big difference. Because every move we make will be put under a microscope, and everyone will stare at it with wide eyes. Some people have high hopes for us, and some people want to find a little bit of fault in it. What is the difference? The difference is that we have more pressure. We can't make mistakes, not even the slightest mistake! Because we are the defending champions! I hope you can always keep this in mind. We are the defending champions. This is both a huge honor and a great honor. It’s a heavy burden, don’t let down those who support you, and don’t be overwhelmed by the pressure!”

Chen Yingxiong raised his hand to express that he had something to say.

Martin O'Neill called his name, and he stood up: "Boss, I don't think it's that serious."

It turned out that he stood up to contradict himself. Martin O'Neill rolled his eyes in his heart.

"We were ranked first for most of last season. Wasn't there more pressure on us at that time? We have never sat in the first position for so long before. It stands to reason that every game we play, There should be more pressure. But we persevered in the end and did not let the chain slip. So boss, don’t worry, the league championship this season will definitely belong to us at Liverpool! Don’t you think so?”

He turned to the other players.

Having just won the Community Shield, and with the addition of many good players through summer transfers, the morale of the Liverpool team is at an all-time high.

What Chen Yingxiong said is actually their voice: We are the defending champions, what are we afraid of? Others should be afraid of us!

So when Chen Yingxiong asked, everyone responded: "Yes! We are the champions!!"

Martin O'Neal looked at this group of excited players and was really helpless. He spread his hands, smiled and shook his head.

It's a good thing that the players are so confident and motivated. Didn't he just say so much to encourage the team? Now that the goal has been achieved, what more can be said?

No, I still have to add something.

He waited for the players to finish yelling before saying: "This is the first league game, and we were the last one to appear. Now everyone is focusing on us. Some people are full of expectations for us, and some people want to see our jokes. This game The competition is a good opportunity to give those people a standard answer!”

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Those watching Liverpool do have a lot of questions.

As the defending champions, will their performance be affected by this title and cause them to perform abnormally?

In the first game of the league, will Liverpool win, lose or draw?

After changing their identities, can Liverpool's players adapt to this new identity?

There are so many questions.

And the answers are all in this game.

Therefore, when the match between Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur started, whether it was ordinary fans, news media people, or their opponents, everyone had their eyes wide open, wanting to see what this Liverpool team could do. What an answer.

Their answer is...

Goal!

"Stephen Gerald-de!!"

Accompanied by the commentator's suddenly louder roar, Gerrard drew his bow and arrow outside the penalty area and took a long shot!

The football flew toward the goal like a cannonball!

Gerrard's shot was sudden and the football flew directly to the upper left corner of the goal.

This is a blind spot. If he is allowed to hit within the goal frame, he will score a goal out of ten.

Gomez dove for the football.

But he failed to touch the football. Gerrard's long-range shot was too fast...

But the football didn't just fly into the goal, but hit the crossbar hard!

There was a crisp sound that made Gomez feel lighter.

The ball didn't go in, that's good...

As soon as he had this thought in his mind, he felt something was wrong - why were his teammates still fighting for each other? What were they fighting for?

Joel Luca, who is 1.93 meters tall, is competing with Chen Yingxiong for the second spot.

After the football hit the crossbar, it didn't bounce directly off the baseline, but bounced back, and it didn't bounce very far, right in the penalty area!

And Gomez has lost his center of gravity and position, so now the Tottenham defender is more nervous.

Chen Yingxiong and Joel Luca were fighting for their favorite second spot in the penalty area. If Joel Luka can get stuck in position and get the football out, that's a very successful defense.

But can he?

When it comes to headers, Chen Yingxiong is not afraid of anyone.

He initially competed with Ciorluka for the second landing spot, but it was just a fake move. The deception made Ciorluka focus all his attention on competing with himself for the second landing spot, and then he suddenly withdrew. Jump with force!

Giorluka was originally squeezing towards where he was, but Chen Yingxiong suddenly withdrew his strength. He was suddenly squeezed by him, and his body staggered. All his weight was focused on maintaining his balance. How could he jump at this time? Get up?

I can only watch helplessly as Chen Yingxiong rises from the ground!

Then he pushed the football into the goal without any interference in the air...

“goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooal!!!”

Old Hutson shouted loudly. He had been holding this breath for more than 20 minutes. From the beginning of the game to now, he was finally able to let it out!

This is the voice of the defending champion!

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