Volume 1: When Heroes Come and Go, People Pay Attention. Chapter 47: Become a Second-Team Player for a Day (Fourth Update, Please Vote for Me)

Chapter 47: Become a second-team player for a day (fourth update, please vote for me)

No one knew what Chen Yingxiong’s celebration meant, and even the Chinese commentator didn’t understand it. It was just an action of bending his little finger, and it was hard to associate it with pulling a hook and swearing.

After the game, some teammates asked him what that celebration meant.

Chen Yingxiong told them that this was an agreement between him and Hutson Sr., but he lied about the specific agreement. He said that the goal was to be dedicated to him, but he did not say that the agreement was actually about the championship...

He didn't want to say it was because some things were too troublesome to explain, and he didn't want to intimidate his teammates or let them bear the burden of his words, which might harm the whole team.

In fact, Chen Yingxiong thought Gerald's "white lie" was pretty good, as it saved him from wasting his time to explain it, and it was good if others were willing to understand it this way.

Liverpool finally took away a victory from the away game with a score of 3:2, and dedicated this victory to the old Hartson in the hospital bed as he wished.

Finally there is no shame.

But Chen Yingxiong was not very satisfied in the end.

He felt that if the old Hutson saw the process of such a game, he wonders whether he would have another heart attack... He was able to get the opponent to equalize twice when he took the lead twice. In the end, he narrowly won 3:2. After he scored, , Liverpool will not be able to score another goal. Even if ordinary people watch this process, they will be so nervous that their heartbeat will speed up too fast, right?

This kind of performance is definitely not good.

The victory dedicated to Old Hutson should never be like this. It should be a hearty victory!

But this game is over, and whether he wants it or not, he has to accept the result.

He can now only wait for the next round of the league, when Liverpool faces newly promoted Hull City at home. The opponent is not strong, and Liverpool is playing at home. In this game, there is a chance to give Old Hartson a hearty victory.

But before that, there is another League Cup game.

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The League Cup game is not important, Martin O'Neill intends to give up - this is his traditional approach. Liverpool have already won eight such useless championships as the League Cup, which is not unusual at all.

If participating in the League Cup affects the results in the league and the Champions League group stage, it will be more gain than loss.

However, Chen Yingxiong has different opinions.

Chen Yingxiong knew that Martin O'Neill would let a large group of reserve team and youth team players participate in the League Cup. He couldn't control this even if he wanted to. After all, he was not the head coach and could not decide the team's starting lineup, but he could decide himself. He ran to O'Neal and told him what he thought.

O'Neill was surprised when he heard that Chen Yingxiong was going to participate in the League Cup.

Last season, he asked to participate in the FA Cup. This is somewhat understandable. The FA Cup still holds a very important position in the hearts of many players. After all, it is the oldest official football competition in the world.

But what is the League Cup? The League Cup does not have a long history and is not as attractive as the FA Cup.

Why does Chen Yingxiong have to participate in the League Cup?

He suddenly seemed to be talking about the goals for the new season when everyone was meeting before the season. Chen Yingxiong's words came out.

"Why can't we win four crowns this season?"

At that time, everyone felt that Chen Yingxiong's idea was too shocking. How could he take such a big step?

No one adopted Chen Yingxiong's suggestion, but now it seems that he is bent on doing so... Otherwise, why would he come to the League Cup to join in the fun? He definitely wants to lead the team to the final and eventually win the League Cup.

O'Neal told Chen Yingxiong what he was thinking. Seeing that his plan was discovered, Chen Yingxiong smiled: "I just want to try it. It doesn't take much effort anyway. Just add me to the second team." , just like last season when we played in the FA Cup...it didn't affect me at all last season, so you don't have to worry about it this season."

O'Neal thought more: "I said, you won't think so about the FA Cup in the future, right?"

Chen Yingxiong nodded: "Yes!"

"Are you going to participate in all the games this season?"

"That's right."

"Your body...is there really nothing wrong with you?"

Chen Yingxiong shrugged: "Didn't Lampard never miss a game? And he was never substituted early, and he played all ninety minutes. Why can't I do it? When it comes to physical fitness, I think I should be better than him, right?”

The Lampard Chen Yingxiong mentioned once set a record of 62 appearances in a single season at Chelsea in the 2006-2007 season. Before that, he had set a record of 164 consecutive starts in the Premier League. That is the famous "Iron Man" of the Premier League.

Chen Yingxiong feels that what Lampard can do, he can also do. There is no problem with his own conditions, it just depends on whether the head coach is willing to let him play.

O'Neal thought about it. This man's desire to score goals and compete is innate. It would not be good if he was forcibly stopped. It's better to obey his wishes and let him play... Anyway, as long as he doesn't get hurt and doesn't feel tired, then it's up to him!

Thinking of this, he nodded: "Okay, hero. As you wish. You will start the League Cup game in midweek."

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Players in Liverpool's reserves and youth teams know that they will get the chance to play for Liverpool's first team in the League Cup game in midweek.

This is a rare opportunity for them to play as first-team players.

Usually they can only play youth leagues, FA Youth Cup, reserve leagues... these games. Few people came to see it, and the attention was still very low.

The League Cup is useless to the stars of the first team, but for them it is a big stage, just like the Champions League in the hearts of the first team players.

They have been looking forward to the League Cup since the beginning of the season.

The Premier League teams were not allowed to play in the previous League Cup games. It was in the third round that the Premier League teams made their collective appearance.

While they are looking forward to the League Cup, they are also curious about another thing - will the hero fight alongside them this time?

The day before the League Cup, they were called to the first team's training ground to practice with the first team. They would play a match against the first team. This would be their last training session before the League Cup.

When allocating players, the players from the reserve team and the youth team discovered that Chen Yingxiong was wearing a yellow vest like them!

Chen Yingxiong also saw some old faces from last year in this team, and also saw many new faces. In addition, some old faces disappeared from the team. Some of them were loaned out, and some were simply sold. They struggled in the reserve team and did not get the chance to be promoted to the first team. They could only leave sadly, with no other team to continue their dream of professional football.

Wearing a yellow vest, he greeted his new teammates: "Hi, guys, we will fight together again in tomorrow's game!"

Everyone burst into laughter mixed with cheers.

Seeing this scene, Suarez and others standing opposite curled their lips and rolled their eyes - this kid rebelled very quickly!

After Chen Yingxiong joined the reserve team, the assistant center backs of the first team suffered a lot.

Especially for Pepe, it almost made him relive last season's Champions League quarter-finals.

In the end, with Chen Yingxiong's two goals, the reserve team defeated the first team with a score of 3:2. Chen Yingxiong showed good competitive condition, and all the players in the reserve team also seemed to have high morale.

Martin O'Neill was very satisfied with watching from the sidelines. It should be no problem for such a reserve team to play in the League Cup.

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Of course there is no problem. Chen Yingxiong is not just a powerful center for the reserve team, he is simply the spiritual leader of these second-line team players. As long as he is here, everyone will have a backbone in their hearts.

The third round of the League Cup will be played on the evening of September 22nd.

Liverpool made their debut against Leeds United.

The former young guard can now only float in the English Championship and League One, but cannot get up.

Unlike Liverpool, Leeds United played all their main players and took this game very seriously. For them, if they can win the League Cup final, the team can reappear in the European competition. This is good news for the team's finances. They will receive more bonuses. With this money, It can be used to repay the club's debts and purchase some outstanding players to enhance the team's strength and prepare the team for the Premier League.

But it is a pity that Leeds United, which had so many plans, met Liverpool with Chen Yingxiong...

When the head coach of Leeds United saw Chen Yingxiong’s name appearing in Liverpool’s starting lineup, he knew that all his plans were ruined...

This is the fact. In the game, because of the addition of Chen Yingxiong, the Liverpool second team played very impressively.

There was no suspense about the final result. Chen Yingxiong scored two goals and had an assist, helping Liverpool's second team defeat Leeds United 4:1.

Advance to the fourth round of the League Cup.

Leeds United died so tragically in this game. Many onlookers felt unbearable and felt that Liverpool was really bullying by sending Chen Yingxiong to play in such a game...

But after seeing the lessons learned from Preston head coach Phil Brown last season, no one publicly criticized Liverpool's approach.

People are going all out to win the game, it’s really hard to say anything to them...

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After playing in the League Cup, the happy days of Liverpool's second team are over. Chen Yingxiong will return to the first team to prepare for the league and Champions League.

But they can start looking forward to the next League Cup game.

Chen Yingxiong, who returned to the first team, was ridiculed by his teammates: "How does it feel to be on a one-day tour with the reserve team, hero?"

"You are such a bully, hero! I can't say enough about you!"

"Look what you did to Leeds United?"

Chen Yingxiong rolled his eyes: "Stop talking about this, let's talk about the next league."

"Hey, don't change the subject, hero! What can you say about the next league game? The newly promoted team is playing at home again!"

"That's what I'm talking about. Guys, our last league game was really bad! We were almost tied with West Ham United away from home. We said we wanted to give Old Hartson a win. But is it just such a victory? Fortunately, he didn't watch this game, otherwise can you guarantee that he won't be stimulated to have a heart attack again? "

After hearing what Chen Yingxiong said, a group of people fell silent.

Their performance in the last game was poor. In the locker room after the game, Martin O'Neill criticized them.

They actually know it too.

Giving this kind of victory to Old Hutson is indeed a bit...perfunctory.

"So in the next league game, against Hull City, we have to give Old Hutson another victory. We not only have to win, but we have to win beautifully. We have to win without any suspense. We have to have a big win. !Less than four goals, it’s not a big win!”

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