Volume 1: When Heroes Come and Go, People Pay Attention. Chapter 98 This Is a Collective Honor (First Update, Please Vote for Me)

Chapter 98: This is a collective honor (first update, please vote for me)

The training in Court No. 1 went well. Of the nine Liverpool reserve players who were eventually brought to the first team by Clark, six stayed and the remaining three were sent home.

Although Clark did say they could follow the first team in the League Cup semi-finals tomorrow.

But among all the echelons of the Liverpool team, only Martin O'Neill is the one who speaks the most effectively. What others say is not the final result.

If an assistant coach's words are more effective than the head coach's, that's a mess.

Calling in nine people does not mean that Martin O'Neill will really keep nine people in the end. He will take a look at the status and strength of these nine people to see if they are really qualified for a game like the League Cup semi-finals.

The final result was that six people qualified and three people were eliminated.

Even if the six people stay, don't be too happy, because they may not get the chance to start.

The League Cup's substitute lineup allows seven people, so it would not be surprising if all six people were included in the substitute lineup.

If Martin O'Neill hadn't considered giving the first team as many rest opportunities as possible, he would have completely eliminated the need for reserve team players.

Because the opponent in the League Cup semi-finals this time was not strong, it was Blackburn, so Martin O'Neill gave the reserve team a chance and selected nine people from there, and finally it became six people.

The three people who were eliminated returned to Field No. 2 with a depressed look on their faces. Everyone's surprised eyes made them feel a little embarrassed.

But soon the teammates figured out that there were some people who were aggrieved, and there were also people who took pleasure in the misfortune.

Someone finally raised a question in training, "We have won the previous games, why should we give up our position in the final semi-finals?"

Coincidentally, when the player was complaining, assistant coach Clark walked by and heard his complaint.

He immediately stopped and walked up to the unfortunate guy with a serious and scary expression.

"What are you talking about? Evan? How can you say that? You are a part of Liverpool, and you all wear Liverpool jerseys to play. When you go out, you are all Liverpool players, so what are the differences between each other? Liverpool is a whole, Instead of being divided into several teams!"

His tone was stern and his words were strong.

This is indeed a serious problem. As a member of Liverpool, you should be proud of Liverpool's achievements, not the first and second teams.

Poor Evan lowered his head after being scolded by him and did not dare to say a word.

Clark's words of teaching Evan also attracted other reserve players.

Clark looked around at the reserve team players and thought about the disappointment and pain on their faces after knowing they would not be able to play in the Carabao Cup semi-finals.

It seemed that he didn't have the confidence to continue teaching Evan the drooping head in front of him.

He sighed and said: "Remember, Evan. The name on the chest of your jersey is far more important than the name on the back..." After that, he patted Evan on the shoulder for comfort.

"Okay, okay, keep training! Keep training!" After walking away, he blew the whistle in his mouth.

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In the League Cup semi-finals the next day, Liverpool played four second-team players, and the other seven were first-team players.

The media didn't make a fuss about Martin O'Neill suddenly sending out a first-team lineup.

This is human nature, and everyone can guess it - when the cup reaches the semi-finals, the championship must be the only goal of each head coach. If you train the team at this time, there is something wrong with your brain. Utility is the common goal of everyone.

The only one who feels disappointed and unhappy is probably Black himself. They also imagine that Liverpool will continue to send a lineup of Chen Yingxiong and ten reserve team players, so that they will have the confidence to compete with Liverpool.

Unexpectedly, Liverpool didn't have what they wanted.

Many Blackburn fans called Liverpool cowards.

But their voices cannot reach the ears of Liverpool players, and Liverpool people do not care about their opinions.

Victory is the only goal pursued by all Liverpool people at this time.

In the end, the Liverpool team defeated Blackburn with a score of 3:1 in the semi-finals.

Be the first to get tickets to Wembley Stadium.

Chen Yingxiong continued his outstanding performance in the League Cup, scoring twice and scoring two goals. He was the biggest contributor to the team's ability to enter the finals.

"As always, the hero showed off his power, and then Liverpool entered the final. In fact, it doesn't matter whether the person standing next to the hero is a well-known star or an unknown reserve team player, because the result is the same - relying on Chen Yingxiong , Liverpool won the ball."

"The hero is the most dazzling player in this afternoon's game. Starting from the third round of the League Cup, the biggest and only contributor to Liverpool's ability to enter the final is Chen Yingxiong. If there are no heroes, I dare to say that it depends on that Liverpool team The second team, they can only make it to the quarterfinals of the League Cup at most. It was Chen Yingxiong who injected the energy into that team to keep going!"

"As long as there is a hero, Liverpool can win. As long as a bad team has him, it can be transformed and become a force that cannot be ignored! His performance and experience in the League Cup fully prove this!"

After the game, many media were desperately singing praises for Chen Yingxiong. In order to set off Chen Yingxiong's tall image, the Liverpool second team was reduced to a "bad team".

No one is interviewing the feelings of the players on the "bad team", and their feelings are not important to everyone. Before, they were able to make news and appear in the media just because they were Chen Yingxiong's teammates and they were in Chen Yingxiong's favor.

Logically speaking, it would be fine if they missed one game, but they didn't expect them to win three games in one go. In the eyes of others, they should be grateful for this and treat the result with a grateful heart. How dare you complain and be dissatisfied?

So the media, which is always worried about the world being in chaos, just let go of a stunt that might be worthy of hype...

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One day later Liverpool's opponents in the League Cup final were announced.

Another League Cup semi-final was held between two teams from Manchester. This was a Manchester derby. Manchester United challenges Manchester City away.

After ninety minutes of hard work, Manchester City finally narrowly defeated their rivals in the same city with a score of 3:2 and secured a ticket to the League Cup final.

However, Manchester United did not send all their main players in this game.

Obviously Ferguson believes that the League Cup is useless. He is not willing to let multi-front operations distract his firepower. Manchester United's elite forces must be concentrated in the league to regain the lost league championship from Liverpool. This is the goal of this season. Top priority. As for a League Cup champion, who cares?

He also hopes that Liverpool can have a good battle with Manchester City in the final. No matter what the final result is, as long as the energy of both sides is consumed, it will be a success.

Ferguson didn't know the Chinese idiom "the crane and the clam compete with each other and the fisherman gets the benefit", but he knew the truth.

Let Manchester City and Liverpool fight in the League Cup final! I just sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, waiting for a good show.

Sure enough, after Manchester City defeated Manchester United, they seemed to be very high-spirited. Several players immediately laughed at Manchester United's current decline, and then enthusiastically said that running into Liverpool in the League Cup final was the best result.

"This is an important occasion, very suitable for us to take revenge. As long as we can beat Liverpool in the League Cup final, we can avenge all the previous revenge!"

Manchester City fans also said that they will occupy Wembley Stadium by then, and they will give Liverpool a taste of their power.

Some fans said that they have already thought of songs and slogans to mock and ridicule Liverpool at the awards ceremony, and asked everyone to learn them as soon as possible so that they can be used to attack Liverpool.

Look at the excitement, as if they have defeated Liverpool.

As for Ferguson, he didn't care about the criticism and badmouthing in the media about his loss in the semifinals. He knew very well that the purpose of swallowing his anger at this time was for the final explosion. When the time comes, he will definitely make those who look down on him and laugh at him pay the price!

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After the two semi-finals of the League Cup ended, the media was very restrained in hyping up the grievances between Liverpool and Manchester City for only one day, and then stopped. Everything returned to its calm state.

It’s not that the media has found out and stopped hyping it up.

It’s just that it’s meaningless for them to hype this final until now, because there is still a month until the final. Now that all the enthusiasm has been exhausted, what will you do when you need it?

Squeeze it now, then it will explode.

The media is best at whetting appetites.

Therefore, the impact of the League Cup only lasted for one day, and everyone's attention was shifted to the selection of the FIFA Ballon d'Or.

For Chen Yingxiong, this award is nothing worth talking about.

He took the time to go to Zurich, stood on stage for more than ten minutes, and then watched Neymar from Barcelona receive the Ballon d'Or from FIFA President Sepp Blatter, then applauded as usual before leaving the stage.

His performance at this award ceremony was quite satisfactory because everyone else was quite decent. Messi knows that he has no chance, so he is very low-key. Neymar did not mention Chen Yingxiong's name throughout the whole process. I don't know if it was intentional or if it was unnecessary. Anyway, he and Chen Yingxiong were still not anxious.

The only thing Chen Yingxiong is happy about is that he defeated Messi in this selection. Neymar was first, he was second, and won the Silver Ball, while Messi could only take a photo with the other two people holding the Bronze Ball.

The media were holding back their energy and wanted Chen Yingxiong to say something explosive. For example, evaluate Neymar and Messi.

Some media asked him nakedly what he thought about Messi only winning the Bronze Ball Award.

Although Chen Yingxiong is unhappy with Messi and Barcelona, ​​there is no need for him to be used as a weapon by others...

He hates being used as a gun even more than Messi.

So he was very low-key here, didn't say anything, and returned to Liverpool holding his Silver Ball Award.

The media were disappointed, but Chen Yingxiong didn't care about them.

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