Volume 1: Heroes Come and Go, People Pay Attention Chapter 141: Wembley, It’s Not a Dream (Please Ask for a Monthly Ticket)
Chapter 141: Wembley is not a dream (fourth update, please vote for me)
No one knows what price Chen Yingxiong paid and what preparations he made for this semifinal.
In fact, Chen Yingxiong himself was looking forward to this training session, because it was the only way to test whether his method was effective.
He had been practicing hard in the dungeon. In fact, he didn't know if it would be useful. Like the players in the reserve team, he couldn't control anything more than trying to do his own thing well.
Although this joint training session came a little late, it was very important.
If that doesn't work... Chen Yingxiong will have to consider being more selfish in the game. He would rather be called "independent" by others than lead the team to the finals!
The effect of joint training now is very good, as if the two sides have been training together for a long time.
Seeing the stunned eyes of his teammates, Chen Yingxiong breathed a sigh of relief and felt proud - my method is still effective... I am indeed a genius! a ha ha ha!
Overjoyed, after the training, Chen Yingxiong had to face his curious teammates. The question they were most interested in was - how could Chen Yingxiong be so relaxed during training and cooperate with them so well? They originally planned to do their best to cooperate with Chen Yingxiong, but they didn't expect that they wouldn't need to do this. They just needed to act as usual and they would be able to cooperate quite well with Chen Yingxiong.
Chen Yingxiong had already prepared a set of words for this.
"Doesn't this show that there is a tacit understanding between us?" he asked everyone, "We have played together for two seasons. Although the times are good, we have also accumulated a lot of tacit understanding. Especially in the game, this is the most rapid and useless tacit understanding. Good idea. I think this just shows the partners we are fighting side by side!" He said to the reserve team players very seriously.
Although this explanation is a bit far-fetched, it sounds real and credible to the reserve team players who admire Chen Yingxiong. In other words, they would rather believe it is true than question it - being able to be regarded as a hero fighting alongside him What an honor this is! How could they still question the authenticity of this matter? Don't you want to be a companion fighting alongside heroes?
Especially at this time, the joy of being able to participate in the FA Cup semi-finals overwhelmed their minds, and they could not think carefully about the flaws in Chen Yingxiong's words.
Many people will only think - it turns out that we have established such a deep understanding with the hero without even realizing it!
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After training, after taking a shower and changing clothes in the locker room, the team took a bus to John Lennon Airport, from where they would fly to London.
The reserve team players have been to London countless times. Not counting their individual actions, even if they act collectively, the reserve team will go to London to play in the reserve league. There are many professional teams in London. I always go to London several times.
But this time was different. Everyone on the plane was in a state of excitement, as if they were going to a grand party.
FA Cup semi-finals!
They originally thought they would be just spectators like the League Cup, but they didn't expect that this time they would really be the protagonists!
Why do they participate in the League Cup and FA Cup? Isn’t it just to be able to show yourself on a wider stage? Attract more people's attention and strive for a better future for yourself.
To be able to go to a place like Wembley Stadium to participate in the FA Cup semi-finals can be said to be half of their goal.
This is the best stage. For British players, they know very well what Wembley Stadium means.
Everyone is looking forward to how they will perform in the semi-finals and how they will change their destiny...
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Before Liverpool announced their squad for this game, no one knew that they had decided to use the reserve team to play this semi-final.
When Liverpool's reserve team boarded the plane, Liverpool also announced the full 18-man squad on their own official website.
Journalists flocked to Liverpool's official website to download the list.
Then I opened it and was stunned at first sight.
"what is this!!!"
Many reporters roared at their computer screens.
Only Chen Yingxiong's name is the most familiar to them, and the others are not players of the Liverpool first team!
Then they began to hurriedly search for Liverpool's previous FA Cup appearance list, and easily found the names in the squad.
Not a single one is missing, they are all included in this big list!
The reporters who discovered this fact were all shocked!
Liverpool!
it turns out!
Use the reserve team!
Come play this FA Cup!
Semifinals!
Are they crazy? Is Martin O'Neill crazy?
After the initial shock, many people began to wonder what was behind this unusual fact.
give up!
Many people immediately thought of this possibility.
Martin O'Neill must have planned to give up the FA Cup because the team's schedule was too intensive and there were too many games. After all, there is a great chance to win the championship in the league, and the most important goal is the Champions League. In order to reach the final of the Champions League, or simply win the championship, the FA Cup must be given up. Otherwise, at the most critical moment, the FA Cup will cause trouble. Liverpool will definitely It will be stretched thin.
Although this reason is actually not very tenable, because the FA Cup final was on May 15th, and there was no Champions League game nearby at that time. The Champions League semi-finals ended on April 28th, and the final We have to wait until May 22nd to start.
There won't be any interference.
But other than this reason, reporters couldn't figure out why Liverpool would do this.
Sending all reserve players plus Chen Yingxiong to participate in the FA Cup semi-finals, do they think Chen Yingxiong alone is enough to defeat Tottenham?
Even so, with Martin O'Neal's style, he has no reason to do this. You must know that if this is not a deliberate giving up, it is a complete disregard of the semi-final opponent Tottenham Hotspur. But O'Neal can't do such a arrogant thing.
So we can only give up and deliberately give up the FA Cup to give Liverpool more opportunities to rest. At the same time, it also allows the coaches and players to stop thinking about the FA Cup final and waste too much energy.
It's just... being so naked and giving up without covering up at all, is it really... okay?
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After arriving in London in the afternoon, Liverpool went to the hotel to put down his luggage and went straight to Wembley Stadium to conduct training to adapt to the venue. Head coach O'Neal attended the pre-match press conference provided by the event organizer.
Liverpool were the first to adapt to the field training, and Tottenham had to be behind them, because Tottenham was already in London and they didn't have to leave so early.
From the moment they walked into the tunnel at Wembley Stadium, to their entry into the dressing room, and then onto the pitch, the players from Liverpool's reserve team seemed a little excited throughout the process.
Wembley Stadium is the home ground of the England national team, where the England national team plays, and where the semi-finals and finals of the League Cup, Community Shield and FA Cup are held.
For the reserve team players, they will not have many opportunities to play in this stadium. Unless they can be selected for the national team, or can participate in the semi-finals and finals of the League Cup, FA Cup, and Community Shield.
Even the FA Youth Cup.
It’s just that the last time the Liverpool youth team reached the FA Youth Cup final was in the 2008-2009 season. It has been seven years since then. The Liverpool players who played for the Liverpool Under-18 youth team at that time are now I don’t know where they are all scattered anymore…
Therefore, there are really few players in this Liverpool reserve team who can come to Wembley Stadium to play. Therefore, it is easy to understand why they behave like country bumpkins.
Evans is the main central defender in the reserve team, and he was also the person who was most dissatisfied with the first team for taking away their opportunities.
When he walked out of the tunnel and came to the side of the court, he did not step directly in. Instead, he knelt on one knee and touched and pressed the turf with his hands, feeling the condition of the turf.
Chen Yingxiong saw him doing this and asked: "What are you doing, Evans?"
Evans raised his head to look at Chen Yingxiong and said happily to him: "I want to feel it and see if this is a dream."
Chen Yingxiong was amused by him: "Then let's feel it with our feet."
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Not counting Chen Yingxiong, Spearing is the most experienced player in the first team in this reserve team. He once came to Wembley Stadium as a Liverpool player, but did not get a chance to play - that was Dag During Leish's tenure, Liverpool reached the League Cup final and won the championship.
He was standing on the court at this moment and couldn't help but feel a little dazed.
After he stayed in the reserve team for one or two seasons, he felt that he had no place in Liverpool's first team. In fact, his agent is also busy looking for a home for him. Compared with other reserve team teammates, it is easier for him because he has previously played in the Liverpool first team.
But he didn't expect to leave Liverpool, but he got the opportunity to represent Liverpool's first team at Wembley Stadium.
This is really an unpredictable situation...
He will not reconsider staying because of this and continue to wait for opportunities. He is already twenty-six years old, the same age as Chen Yingxiong, and even half a year younger than Chen Yingxiong. But looking at his and Chen Yingxiong's achievements, he is really unwilling to wait any longer.
But before leaving this beloved team, he still hopes to write his name in the history of the club and make his own contribution to her.
He stood in the stadium and was stunned for a brief moment before he remembered his identity as the captain of the reserve team. He loudly greeted his teammates who were still in a daze.
"Warm up! Warm up! Don't waste time! We are not tourists here!"
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