Volume 1: When Heroes Come and Go, People Pay Attention. Chapter 130: Be Kind. (First Update, Please Vote for Me)

Chapter 130: Be kind and kind (first update, please vote for me)

After the FA Cup quarter-finals, Chen Yingxiong returned to the first team, but the reserve team was still the same, training daily, and playing in the reserve league on match days.

The date of the FA Cup semi-finals is April 11, and Liverpool’s opponent in the semi-finals is also newly announced-Tottenham Hotspur.

The players in the reserve team no longer think about the promise Chen Yingxiong made to them in the game. We are all adults, and no one is an innocent and cute fool. They all felt that this was just Chen Yingxiong's way of boosting the team's morale, and it was a normal motivational method.

And they don't feel that they are the hero of the team's eventual comeback against Aston Villa. All the media have said that because of Chen Yingxiong in this game, without Chen Yingxiong, based on their performance in the game, they might not even be able to get past the fourth round of the FA Cup...

They think what the media says makes sense.

If there were no heroes, no one would pay attention to them, and they would not be where they are today. So this honor should belong to the heroes and has nothing to do with them. Even if they didn't have a share in the semi-finals and finals, they had already accepted this fact.

Now Liverpool's opponent in the semi-finals is a team like Tottenham Hotspur, and O'Neill will never give the reserve team such a chance.

No one in their right mind would really believe that O'Neill would let the reserve team play in the semifinals, and the opponent would be a team like Tottenham Hotspur.

And he won't put Chen Yingxiong on the bench. How could the head coach of a dignified team allow his players to make such a willful move?

If the game is lost due to Chen Yingxiong's absence, no one will be responsible, not even the hero.

So once you hear it, forget it, and just think of it as the words of a hero comforting us. Anyway, they are already very happy to be able to fight side by side with the heroes.

But these reserve team players didn't know that Chen Yingxiong was having a dispute with Martin O'Neill over this matter.

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After the training, Chen Yingxiong took the initiative to find O'Neal and wanted to talk to him alone.

O'Neal didn't know what he was going to do, but he was willing to take the initiative to talk to him. This was of course a good thing - in the past, it was O'Neal who invited Chen Yingxiong.

Chen Yingxiong followed O'Neal back to the head coach's office. After O'Neal sat down, he motioned for Chen Yingxiong to sit down too.

However, Chen Yingxiong did not sit down obediently. He walked to O'Neal's desk, looked at the head coach on the chair and said: "Boss, I have a request, and I hope you can fulfill it..."

O'Neill was surprised to hear what Chen Yingxiong said. In his impression, Chen Yingxiong almost never "asked" him for anything.

"If it's a leave of absence, I think I'm fine with it..." O'Neal said. "As long as it doesn't delay the next game..."

"No, it's not asking for leave. I can ask you in advance, what do you think of the FA Cup, boss? Do you plan to stop here, do you plan to reach the final and stop here, or do you aim to win the championship? of?"

O'Neill didn't expect that Chen Yingxiong would ask him about this question.

"I haven't thought about it yet...but I think it should be to strive for the championship? What's the matter, hero?"

"Then can I ask you not to replace reserve team players with first team players in the semi-finals and finals?"

Chen Yingxiong finally made his request, but Martin O'Neill thought he was joking. He was stunned for a moment, and then laughed: "This joke is not funny, hero."

Chen Yingxiong shook his head and said very seriously: "No, I'm not joking. I really hope so. I hope you will stick to the practice of adding me to the reserve team in the FA Cup semi-finals and finals."

Martin O'Neill sat on the chair in an upright posture, with his body straight and his head slightly raised. This was a gesture of respect for Chen Yingxiong, but his face had an expression of looking at an alien.

It took him a while to react, then he shook his head and said: "I can't agree to your request, hero, this is crazy! Tottenham is not a team that can be dealt with casually. In terms of the reserve team, we I’m afraid I’ll lose the chance to win the FA Cup…”

Being rejected by the head coach was expected by Chen Yingxiong, but he had to stick to his request: "I don't think we will lose the game with the reserve team, boss. We have already played against Aston Villa." This proves this, who says the reserve team is not as good as the first team? If the opponent underestimates the enemy because we send the reserve team, we have a high chance of defeating them!"

"What if the opponent doesn't underestimate the enemy?"

"Then we can also defeat them, but the chance is smaller."

"How much smaller?"

"If we underestimate the enemy, we have an 80% chance of defeating Tottenham. If we don't underestimate the enemy... maybe 60%."

Hearing what Chen Yingxiong said, Martin O'Neill almost couldn't resist the urge to roll his eyes - the opponent was Tottenham! What you said is so unbearable!

If you use the reserve team to face Tottenham, you can still guarantee a 60% winning rate. Do you really think that Tottenham is a soft persimmon?

"Are you sure, hero?"

Seeing Martin O'Neal's disbelieving expression, Chen Yingxiong curled his lips and said, "Of course, as long as I give my best."

O'Neill felt that he had nothing to say. He could only shake his head: "No, hero, I can't agree to your request. Your request is too risky..."

"Why? As we said before, didn't we leave the League Cup and FA Cup to the reserve teams?"

"It was a regular League Cup and FA Cup, not a game like the semi-finals. To be honest, I think the reserve team does not have the strength and experience, nor the psychological quality to cope with such a big scene..."

"I have the exact opposite view of you, boss."

In order to fulfill his promise, Chen Yingxiong really went all out today. He directly interrupted O'Neal and said. "I don't think our reserves are that weak. Didn't Shankly say that? Merseyside has the two best teams, Liverpool and the Liverpool reserves? I think he's right!"

Chen Yingxiong suddenly quoted Bill Shankly's famous saying, which surprised Martin O'Neill. As a football person who has been around England for a long time, how could he not know about Bill Shankly? He had also heard this sentence from Bill Shankly, but he didn't expect Chen Yingxiong to use it here...

"That was before, hero, times have changed..."

"No, I have confidence, boss, I have confidence! I have confidence to reach the finals with the reserve team and even win the championship trophy! As long as you give me orders, I will work hard with them!" Chen Yingxiong He rushed forward eagerly, pressed his hands on the table, leaned down and stared at Martin O'Neill, his eyes unblinking.

O'Neal found it strange why Chen Yingxiong was obsessed with this issue. Even if he had developed feelings because he had been with the reserve team players for a long time, they would not have been so intense...

"Because I promised them, I promised them, I will appear in the semi-finals with them!" Chen Yingxiong answered decisively, which surprised Martin O'Neill again - he really had it today. Too much surprise...

He finally understood what Chen Yingxiong said when the team gathered in a circle after scoring a goal, and he also understood why Liverpool's performance changed completely after that - let Chen Yingxiong say to those reserve team players In this case... those reserve team players will feel valued and respected, and they will naturally explode with huge fighting power.

Chen Yingxiong was just surprised when he saw Martin O'Neill, but he was unmoved and did not let go. He had to use his trump card: "I also promised them, boss, if you don't agree to my conditions, then the FA Cup half-match with Tottenham I will not play in the final."

O'Neal's mouth opened in shock - this was the most surprised he had been today.

"Are you kidding me, hero?" He stood up from his chair.

"No, no kidding, boss, I am serious, and you know I am serious, I really do this. I said I want to be with them, either playing on the court together or going to the stands together. Go up and be an audience.”

"You...you are talking nonsense!" O'Neill held it in for a long time and finally said something serious.

Unexpectedly, Chen Yingxiong nodded: "Yes, I am just messing around, boss. But let me give up on them in the semi-finals and kick away the reserve team players who helped us reach the semi-finals. They have absolutely no chance of this competition, I can’t do it!”

Martin O'Neill was speechless, because what he did before was indeed too unreasonable. After using people, he just threw them aside.

"Why should we let them contribute when we are fighting hard, and then it is our turn to appear when it is time to pick up the fruits of victory? I can't figure this out, boss. If you want to say that this is because you are worried about the imbalance of strength, then I want to prove this One point - even if Liverpool is in the reserve team, they still have the opportunity and ability to win the championship! Boss, they have been in charge of this event from the beginning, why did they have to replace them in the end? Can't you see the disgust in their hearts for this decision? Just like the League Cup, the honor of the League Cup should obviously belong to them, but no matter whether it is the award ceremony or the celebration ceremony, they are not there... They have been forgotten by all of us. Is this normal, boss?"

Chen Yingxiong's rhetorical question left Martin O'Neill speechless.

"We are all members of Liverpool Football Club, but because they are in the reserve team, do they deserve to be treated so unfairly, boss? I just want to give this back to them and take it away from them. Give them the opportunity, so that they can stand on the podium with dignity and enjoy the cheers! So I ask you to agree to my request and let me participate in the FA Cup semi-finals with them. If we reach The finals, and then participating in the finals... I am confident that I can bring a championship back to the team! So I will never lose the championship just because I am a player from the reserve team!"

Martin O'Neill didn't know when he had been pushed back to the chair by Chen Yingxiong's momentum. He was now leaning on the back of the chair, raising his head and looking at Chen Yingxiong in a daze.

It took him a while to react, and he sighed: "Okay, I agree to your request, hero. You have to give an honor to the players in the reserve team. There is no problem, but you have to know the risks you take in doing so. . If you lose, you should know how much pressure you will put on yourself and the players in the reserve team. Of course I hope you are helping them, but I don’t want it to end up harming them."

Hearing that O'Neal agreed to his request, Chen Yingxiong was very happy: "Of course not, boss! Just work hard to win the game! This is what I'm best at!"

He gave O'Neal a thumbs up.

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