Volume 1: Heroes Appear, People Pay Attention Chapter 289 Let’s Go to Wembley Together (Second Update Guaranteed)

Tottenham Hotspur were really unlucky. They didn't expect the Liverpool reserve team to easily win a game, but they were still not satisfied. They were holding back the evil fire and wanted to cause trouble for them.

They are different from Bolton. It's too late for Bolton to avoid relegation, so they naturally have no intention of dealing with those strong teams in the FA Cup. If you can dodge, dodge.

But what about Tottenham? After finally reaching the League Cup semi-finals, you asked them to give up? That would cost them their lives!

For a long time, the Premier League championship has been monopolized by a few traditional giants, either Manchester United, Arsenal, or Chelsea. In short, it is not the turn of teams like Tottenham.

Therefore, the League Cup and FA Cup have become their only goals to enrich the club's honor room. Therefore they tend to work harder in domestic cup competitions than in the league.

The FA Cup and League Cup are more prone to upsets and have become the main battlefield for these mid-range teams.

Since they have reached the semi-finals, even if they encounter the difficult Liverpool, they are not willing to admit defeat just like that.

It would be a pity to admit defeat at this time, it would be better to admit defeat from the beginning. Now that you have reached this level, you have to work hard no matter how difficult it is.

Because it is an away game, Tottenham are more prepared. Their idea is that a tie equals victory. If they go directly to overtime, it will still be a tie. If it is postponed to a penalty shootout, Chen Yingxiong's advantage will not be used. Because no matter how good Chen Yingxiong is, he only has one free throw quota. Even if he shoots through the net, it is still a goal.

And he couldn't control the performance of his teammates.

As young people, it is inevitable that they will be a little nervous when they experience a penalty shootout to decide who can go to Wembley for the first time.

As long as you are nervous, your performance will be unstable and you may miss the penalty kick.

This is what McLaren thought about for a week after being held to a draw by Liverpool in the first round.

If there is no way to eliminate Liverpool in ninety minutes, why not delay it to a penalty shootout?

Come the penalty shootout, the chances looked equal. It actually benefits them.

After all, Tottenham's players are more experienced and have seen all kinds of scenes. It has long been calm. Penalty kicks, a decisive method that requires high psychological quality, are certainly the most suitable for Tottenham to use against Liverpool.

I have to say, McLaren’s idea is indeed great.

And in theory, this does seem to be the only way to beat Liverpool.

If it is the Liverpool first team, this method may not be effective, because Reina is famous for saving penalty kicks. At the time, Spanish international goalkeeper Casillas learned how to save penalty kicks from Reina.

But against the Liverpool reserve team...the opponents were much more unscrupulous.

To put it bluntly, Chen Yingxiong is the only one who can handle this team. The rest of the team is at the level of a substitute player for a relegated team.

McLaren came to Anfield with the intention of dragging Liverpool into penalties.

But God doesn't fulfill people's wishes.

How could Liverpool tolerate not scoring a goal at Anfield?

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Liverpool scored in the ninth minute. It was Chen Yingxiong who scored the goal.

He scored with a direct free kick.

Although Tottenham's defense is very tight, it cannot completely prevent Liverpool from getting free kicks... There are still some fouls in front of the penalty area, not to mention those from a distance.

The one that is far away is within Chen Yingxiong's effective range.

Therefore, Chen Yingxiong's direct free kick was a little suspenseful.

The football went directly into the goal more than 35 meters away. Although Tottenham goalkeeper Gomez made a move, it did not help.

This kind of long-distance free kick, Chen Yingxiong's style has both speed and accuracy, making it particularly difficult for the goalkeeper to defend, and it is also a falling ball. It left the goalkeeper helpless.

When McLaren saw Chen Yingxiong's goal off the court, his face turned livid.

Because he knew that once Liverpool scored this goal, all his plans would be out of the question...

This means that if Tottenham wants to draw with Liverpool again, it will be difficult to drag it into a penalty shootout.

Although the League Cup is not like the Champions League, it depends on the number of away goals - the League Cup does not look at the number of away goals, only the total number of goals is compared. If the total number of goals is the same, overtime will be played directly, and both sides will play overtime. Still tied. Then it’s a penalty shootout.

So Spurs only needed one more goal to get the game back on track.

But it's easy to say. The Liverpool reserve team has used their actual performance to prove that their defense is very strong. Even a team as good at attacking as Arsenal can't break through the door of Liverpool's reserve team, let alone Tottenham.

The game has lost its meaning.

The Tottenham Hotspur players were also working hard to give the Liverpool reserve team some color before the game.

In less than ten minutes, Chen Yingxiong was knocked unconscious with a blow to the head.

I was in a daze for ten minutes, unable to react.

When they finally reacted, Liverpool scored again.

This time it was not Chen Yingxiong who scored the goal, but young star Carlton Cole.

After Chen Yingxiong attracted all the defensive attention of Tottenham. The football was given to Carlton Cole.

Cole took a shot and the football drew an arc, bypassing the goalkeeper's fingers and flying into the goal.

Tottenham were not stunned this time, but completely beaten to death.

Trailing by two goals and only halfway through the first half, where else could this game start?

Before the game, all their goals were to maintain a tie, and their tactical arrangements and training were all aimed at this.

Now they have to attack with all their strength and strive to equalize the score... They have no mental preparation.

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The next game is completely under the control of Liverpool's reserve team.

Martin O'Neill even used this opportunity to let the reserve team try to suppress the game. They no longer just hide in the backcourt, but press the offense and engage in positional warfare.

After all, a team will encounter many problems during the game, which cannot be solved by just relying on a shrinking defense.

Let them try to solve a variety of problems, which will help their progress and improvement.

Therefore, Tottenham Hotspur, a traditional strong team in the Premier League, has become a training target for Liverpool's reserve team...

If they knew Martin O'Neill's plan, they would probably be killed by a piece of tofu...

Liverpool have been training, so there will naturally be fewer goals.

Everyone continued to try various offensive combinations and routines, and moved the ones they usually trained in the reserve team to the FA Cup.

Although it's still a bit raw, it's getting better.

These players have experienced the most intense competition and have matured.

He is no longer a young boy who has never seen the world.

There's nothing like a fierce cup match to encourage maturity. Just like nothing can make people mature more than war.

In the end, it was because Liverpool concentrated on training. Tottenham, on the other hand, were disheartened. The next game was uneventful and there was nothing worth talking about.

Neither side scored again, and the Liverpool reserve team defeated Tottenham Hotspur 2:0, eliminated the North London powerhouse with a total score of 4:2, and entered Wembley.

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"The game is over! The referee blew the whistle to end the game!"

When the game ended, the commentator's voice suddenly became louder.

On the pitch, Liverpool's reserve players, wherever they are. Whether on or off the court, even if they have been running non-stop for ninety minutes, they feel as if they have just stepped on the court and are full of energy!

They excitedly rushed towards Chen Yingxiong from all directions.

At this time, the person they wanted to thank the most was not even Clark, the usual reserve team coach, but Chen Yingxiong.

If it weren't for Chen Yingxiong, they would never have the opportunity they have today to actually compete at Wembley Stadium!

It's like a dream!

There are a lot of English players in the reserve team, as England players. Wembley Stadium holds a very important place in the minds of these players.

Who didn’t dream of playing at Wembley Stadium as a kid?

To be able to play at Wembley Stadium. In their eyes, they are all superstars!

It can be said that this is a common dream of many reserve team players when they were young.

Now, Chen Yingxiong has helped them realize it.

He made good on that promise: "I'm going to Wembley with you!"

It is this promise that supports them to endure the arduous training.

Now, the promise has been fulfilled!

They really went to Wembley Stadium with Chen Yingxiong!

At this time, they must thank Chen Yingxiong.

A group of people rushed over, lifted Chen Yingxiong up, threw him up, and caught him. Throw it up again, catch it again.

In the end, he put it on his shoulders and showed off before letting Chen Yingxiong get down from it.

As soon as the person came down, he was hugged by everyone again.

"Wembley! Wembley! Wembley!"

“Let’s go to Wembley together!!”

Such cheers rang out from the crowd.

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Martin O'Neill didn't go up to join in the fun. He just went to shake hands with Tottenham Hotspur coach McLaren, turned around and came back, and there was no one around him. All the reserve team players were on the court, surrounding Chen Yingxiong. He only saw Chen Yingxiong being thrown up and down by them.

He didn't go up to join in the fun. He just stood on the sidelines and stared at the group of young people with a smile.

It seems that he will focus more on the reserve team in the future.

Originally, he felt that the reserve team were all eliminated losers. They were depressed because they could not be selected for the first team, and they lacked fighting spirit in training and games.

But the arrival of Chen Yingxiong changed everything.

He gave the reserve team players a goal and motivation to strive for.

He leads them to continuously strive towards their goals and ultimately achieve what they want - that's what matters most.

As an experienced head coach, he has seen too many people who put in all the sweat and effort but ended up with nothing.

For them, the world is unfair. They never give up their efforts and train more than others every day. Everyone also says that as long as they train hard, they will definitely get the results they want.

But this is a lie, used to comfort people in novels and movies.

The fact is that many people end up on the road to pursuing their dreams. They spend all their energy and fail to see what they see, the legendary "beautiful future."

In this way, he became a cold corpse that died on the road to pursue his ideals. No one is interested in those corpses on the roadside, and no one wants to hear the stories of losers.

But there are too many such people.

At first, Martin O'Neill would sympathize with them and feel sorry for them. After seeing it all, he became numb and would no longer sympathize with these losers, because there were too many such people and he couldn't sympathize with them at all.

Gradually, his heart hardened.

To this day, I have seen everything Chen Yingxiong has done in the reserve team.

Just when the players of the reserve team thought that they were going to become the corpses who fell on the road to pursue their dreams, Chen Yingxiong appeared in front of them and said to them: Even if I carry you, I will carry you to your destination!

He really did it!

He did it once last year. You can think it was a coincidence or good luck.

But this year he did it again, is there anything else to say?

He is such a person who can always drive the people around him to work hard to improve themselves in order to follow his footsteps, running almost like flying on the road to chasing their dreams.

Well done, hero!