Volume 1: When a Hero Appears, People Pay Attention. Chapter 99 Has Nothing to Do with Us (Second Update, Please Vote for Me)

Chapter 99: It has nothing to do with us (Second update, please vote for me)

Although Chen Yingxiong had little rest because he was going to Zurich to attend the FIFA Ballon d'Or award ceremony, he still appeared in the away game against Stoke City on the 17th.

You must know that the last League Cup semi-final was on January 14th. There was only two days of rest in between, and Chen Yingxiong also went to Zurich on the 15th to participate in the National Football Association Golden Ball Award. award ceremony. He arrived in Liverpool on the morning of the 16th, went to Melwood for training in the afternoon, and went directly to the away game after the training.

There is no time to rest at all.

Running around so non-stop, most people's physical strength has long been unable to bear it, and their condition will definitely be affected.

But Chen Yingxiong did not.

Those who should score will still score, and those who should win will still win.

He scored a goal in the away game to help Liverpool defeat Stoke City with a score of 4:2.

Three days later, in the fourth round of the FA Cup, Liverpool challenged Burnley away.

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In the League Cup semi-finals, Martin O'Neill only used six second-team players. However, the fourth round of the FA Cup is far from the semi-finals of the League Cup, so he still insisted on letting all the second team players play, and only one Chen Yingxiong appeared in the first team.

For the players of the second team, the unhappiness of being abandoned in the League Cup semi-finals quickly disappeared. Coach Clark was right, they are a whole, whether it is the first team, the reserve team, or the youth team, in their The names all have a common name - "Liverpool".

So whether it is the Liverpool first team or the Liverpool reserve team, it is Liverpool who reaches the League Cup final. As members of the Liverpool Football Club, they are naturally proud.

Anyway, they can still play well in the FA Cup.

In this way, they will have another chance to show their strength.

"Hi guys, long time no see!"

Chen Yingxiong saw the players from the reserve team in Court No. 2 and raised his hand to greet them.

It didn’t take long actually. I only saw him once on January 2nd. Today is January 19th, which is only seventeen days apart.

Some of them he had met in the League Cup semi-finals.

But he just felt like he hadn't seen these people for a long time.

Some of the players on the reserve team are older than him, and some are younger than him. But Chen Yingxiong is the leader of this team.

When he played with them in the League Cup and FA Cup, the captain's armband was on his left arm.

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In fact, the training the day before the game didn't have much content. The main purpose was for Chen Yingxiong and the players from the reserve team to practice together to adapt to each other and get familiar with each other. After all, the reserve team has always been systematically trained, and the intensity of training Chen Yingxiong received in the first team was not low, so neither side would have insufficient training. Instead, they needed to get used to each other and become familiar with each other before they could have a tacit understanding.

But now this kind of training is no longer important, because Chen Yingxiong has been training and playing with the second team in every League Cup and FA Cup match since last season. Even if he is not familiar with it, he is gradually familiar with it now. Now that we are ready, it is no longer a problem to cooperate.

Moreover, as a center, Chen Yingxiong does not require much coordination, just basic passing and running.

There is no need to design any particularly complex tactics, both parties need to train and adapt at the same time.

Just get together and practice positioning tactics, and then have a small-sided match between nine people and nine people, and that's it.

After training, everyone went back to the locker room to take a shower, and then took the bus to the away game.

In the evening they will arrive at their hotel and spend the night there. The next morning head coach Martin O'Neill will attend a pre-match press conference, and in the afternoon it will be the FA Cup match.

This is the itinerary.

When taking a shower and changing clothes in the locker room, Chen Yingxiong was still the center of attention.

Everyone congratulated him on winning the Silver Ball Award from FIFA.

Although Chen Yingxiong didn't pay attention to the Silver Globe Award at all, for the players in the reserve team, just being able to stand on the stage with the other two people was already a great honor. Because that proves that Chen Yingxiong is one of the three best players in the world now.

Chen Yingxiong thanked them for their congratulations and congratulations, and talked nonsense with them. Somehow the topic turned to the League Cup semi-finals again.

Although Clark dealt with Evan ruthlessly, it didn't mean that everyone didn't have other ideas in mind. Just talk about Evan himself. He is actually very unconvinced. He always believed that being able to reach the semi-finals of the League Cup was the result of their reserve team players. Even if the main credit was not his, at least there was secondary credit, right? Although Chen Yingxiong is powerful, if there is no them and only one Chen Yingxiong, then Chen Yingxiong will not even be qualified to participate.

So he felt that this behavior of the first team was a peach picking, and he felt aggrieved for himself and other reserve team teammates.

He is the kind of player who has positive connections in the reserve team and wants to leave Liverpool as soon as possible to pursue his football career with other teams. No matter how great my feelings for Liverpool are, they are not as important as my own future.

He lost an opportunity to show himself in the League Cup semi-finals. How could he not be angry?

When he saw Chen Yingxiong, he had to complain a few times.

"I guess we don't have a share in the League Cup final, right?"

"Evan!" How could the teammates next to him not understand the meaning of his words, so they quickly stopped him.

He rolled his eyes, and although he stopped talking, the unhappiness on his face was clearly revealed.

Chen Yingxiong didn't have the same experience as Evan, and thought that this was the true thoughts of the reserve team players.

Although he was stopped by drinking, the originally bustling bathroom suddenly fell into silence.

Obviously Evan has opened the scars in the hearts of most reserve team players - they are still very concerned about losing the chance to participate in the League Cup semi-finals and finals.

And Evan is right, only six reserve team players were used in the League Cup semi-finals, so maybe not a single reserve team player would be used in the League Cup final against an opponent of Manchester City's level. Then it will be time for the complete Liverpool first team to face Manchester City.

When they think of this, everyone feels a little depressed. Because they thought about the future of the FA Cup.

They worked hard to help the team reach the semi-finals, but maybe they won't have much of a role in the last two key games. They can only watch in front of the TV and be spectators.

The person who scolded Evan was Jay Spearing, the usual captain of the reserve team. This 26-year-old player was in his prime. In 2007, he was transferred from the youth team to the reserve team. In 2009, he played for the first team. However, his progress was slow and he has never been able to reach the first team. Due to the team's requirements, he was sent to the reserve team to participate in the game for a long time.

He is now the oldest player in the Liverpool reserve team, and the captain's armband of the reserve team is usually worn on his arm.

Not counting Chen Yingxiong, he is the most prestigious player in the reserve locker room because he has the most experience in first-team games compared to others.

"What nonsense are you talking about, Evan? If you weren't a hero, you might not even be qualified to reach the semi-finals! You can play a few more cup games than usual, which is already very good!"

This is actually a good thing. If it weren't for Chen Yingxiong, they might not even be able to reach the semi-finals.

They have had many more game opportunities than usual, so what else can they be dissatisfied with?

But human nature is like this, it's not his, it has nothing to do with him, and he won't think about it. But if you give him a little, he will want more.

There is a story that tells this truth: A man sponsored a poor man and gave him monthly living expenses. But later his wife fell ill and he needed a lot of money to treat his wife, so he did not continue to sponsor the poor man. Who would have thought that the poor man would come to the door and angrily scold him: "How can you use my money to treat your wife's illness?"

Yes, when helping becomes a habit, the recipients of help will feel that it is natural and something they should enjoy.

Seeing Spearing teaching his teammates in the reserve team, Chen Yingxiong felt a little embarrassed.

This matter indeed formed a knot in his heart.

He took a quick shower and left the bathroom.

After seeing him leave, Spearing was unwilling to scold Evan anymore and just sighed.

As the captain, he also knows what the reserve team players are thinking. Because he also has similar thoughts, but they are buried deeper than most people.

And he also wants to leave the team after his contract expires. By then, as a free agent, it should be easier for him to find a new club.

But these things are all my inner plans, how can I say them in front of Chen Yingxiong?

In any case, Spearing, as a player who has been growing up in the Liverpool youth team, still cares about the collective sense of honor.

His future is his own future, and the team's glory is the team's glory. He separates them very well.

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After what happened in the bathroom, the atmosphere in the reserve team suddenly became negative and silent.

In the FA Cup match the next day, both Spearing and Evan started. Their performance was quite satisfactory, and Chen Yingxiong was still the most dazzling person.

Just like what the media said after the League Cup semi-finals, Chen Yingxiong is the only guarantee that this team can move forward. Others are green leaves, or not even green leaves. Their existence is the only guarantee. The value is to allow Chen Yingxiong to gather eleven people to play in the game, and then be a spectator during the game and watch Chen Yingxiong eliminate his opponents.

Burnley is not strong, just a British Championship team. Chen Yingxiong shined in the game and scored a hat trick, helping the team defeat the opponent 4:1 and successfully advance to the fifth round.

But after the game, no one seemed too happy.

Because they all know that even if the team wins the FA Cup in the end, it has nothing to do with them. They will not be the ones to receive the FA Cup from Prince Charles on the podium. At most, they can only sit in the stands. Go up and join the rest of the audience in a standing ovation.

But for them who have participated in every FA Cup game before the semi-finals, they always feel empty in their hearts.

This feeling makes them unable to laugh now.

The more they smile now, the more they will feel like their efforts were in vain later.

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