Volume 1: Heroes Come and Go, People Pay Attention Chapter 341: The Football Association Should Thank Chen Yingxiong (Second Update Guaranteed)

Chapter 341 The Football Association should thank Chen Yingxiong (Second update with guarantee)

Aston Villa really has no confidence in front of Liverpool's reserve team. This situation has become familiar to everyone this season. Two seasons ago, some people would still find it funny.

Now with the performance of Liverpool's reserve team, most people have recognized their abilities.

This is a team that can successfully avoid relegation even if it is placed in the Premier League.

After the game started, Aston Villa performed well and did not attack fiercely from the beginning, or simply surrendered.

Although they lack confidence, they still take this game seriously. But how long they can persist like this depends on their confidence.

Facing Aston Villa, who performed quite well, Liverpool's reserve team was not impatient. They were so calm that they didn't look like a reserve team at all, but a first team.

Since Aston Villa didn't press forward and bombard them, they didn't press forward either. The two teams were deadlocked on the court.

"This reserve team is really impressive! Who would have thought that less than a season ago, they were still a group of young boys? But now, they look like veterans who have experienced hundreds of battles!"

The TV commentator introduced information about both participating parties.

This game was broadcast live nationwide. In addition, many overseas TV stations purchased the live broadcast signal of this game.

It was just an FA Cup semi-final, but it was treated like a final.

All thanks to the Liverpool reserves.

The Football Association of England should really thank Chen Yingxiong.

With the strength of the Premier League, the FA Cup is becoming more and more useless. This can be seen from the fact that Liverpool originally planned to participate in the entire reserve team. Many wealthy teams are no longer very optimistic about this championship. This is true even for a team like Liverpool that has not won a championship for many years, let alone a super giant like Manchester United.

The English Football Association is also troubled by this.

The Premier League belongs to the Premier League, and revenue has little to do with the FA. The Premier League only pays a portion of the money to the FA every year, but this amount of money is a drop in the bucket compared to what the Premier League receives.

The Premier League's current three-year broadcast fee is as high as 2.2 billion pounds, which is already the most expensive broadcast contract in world football. I have never been convinced that the Premier League is the largest league in Europe and the broadcast fee of La Liga is only 600 million pounds. There is a huge gap between the two sides. Not to mention that Serie A has declined, and Ligue 1 and Bundesliga are still far behind.

With so much money going to the Premier League, the Football Association of England is really jealous.

So they are working hard to run the English Championship, integrate low-level competitions, promote the League Cup...

As the oldest modern football tournament in the world, the FA Cup is naturally the top one of the English Football Association. In England, the FA Cup has always enjoyed a high reputation, second only to the Premier League.

But now, although they are still second, the gap between them and the first Premier League is getting wider and wider...

At this time, Chen Yingxiong took the Liverpool reserve team on the journey to the FA Cup and League Cup.

Then everything changed.

At first, even people including the Football Association thought Chen Yingxiong was a lunatic and an idiot. They felt that Liverpool's actions were a naked insult to the FA Cup and League Cup - as for other giants, even if If you want to give up these two competitions, you have to cover it up at least. Half of the reserve team players and half of the first team substitute players can be justified in terms of face. On the surface, at least the dignity of the FA Cup and League Cup is maintained.

But what Martin O'Neill did was a complete slap in the face of the Football Association of England. He told the Football Association bluntly, "I just want to give up these two useless games. What's going on?"

So at that time, they especially hoped that the Liverpool reserve team would make a mistake and lose the game at the beginning, so as to show other teams that planned to follow suit - this is the result of disrespecting the FA Cup and League Cup!

But when the Liverpool reserve team won one game after another under the leadership of Chen Yingxiong, everyone also saw changes.

The media became interested in the League Cup and FA Cup. Because this is really a gimmicky thing.

A completely unpopular reserve team, led by one star player, was able to defeat so many opponents and advance all the way to the semi-finals of the League Cup, just one step away from Wembley Stadium... This story is true It’s so inspiring and amazing!

Their vigorous publicity has made more readers and fans interested in the League Cup and FA Cup.

Everyone wants to see how far this Liverpool reserve team can go.

Similarly, everyone's attention to the Liverpool reserve team has also spread to the entire cup competition. The attendance rate of each game has increased slightly, and the ratings of any Liverpool game have surged.

All these have brought real financial benefits to the Football Association - the ratings have surged, advertisers have benefited, the advertising revenue of TV stations has increased, and the TV broadcast fees are naturally expected to increase. This gives the Football Association more confidence when negotiating broadcast fees for next season with those TV stations.

So from the beginning, they hoped that the Liverpool reserve team would lose, and then they sincerely hoped that the Liverpool reserve team would go far enough in both cup competitions, and preferably all the way to the final, so as not to waste the ratings of every game. Rate.

However, Liverpool's practice of changing the first team in the League Cup semi-finals and finals turned many people off - what's the point? Everyone knows how to play with the first team in the League Cup. With Liverpool's strength, even if you win against Manchester City in the end, you won't be proud of it. Everyone knows that you are the sufferer of Manchester City.

Martin O'Neill's decision greatly reduced the interest of the media and fans in the League Cup, and it also affected the FA Cup.

At that time, the English Football Association was disillusioned and restless.

Fortunately, in the FA Cup soon, everyone saw that Liverpool's reserve team made it all the way to the final, and Chen Yingxiong made a bold statement that he would use the reserve team to win the championship...

At this time, the enthusiasm of the masses was completely ignited.

Although the media still want to accuse Chen Yingxiong of being arrogant and whimsical. But deep down, they all hope that Chen Yingxiong will continue to implement his idea.

Because this is perfect for their hype!

Everyone has seen the final result.

This season, Liverpool still insists on using the reserve team plus Chen Yingxiong to play domestic cup matches. The media, fans, the Football Association, and the sponsors who spent large sums of money to sponsor these two events were all smiling.

With the help of the English Football Association, the "Liverpool Reserve Legend" that happened in the English FA Cup and League Cup was publicized all over the world. Everyone on earth knows what Liverpool is doing. They have never heard of it before. Chen Yingxiong is so whimsical and bold that it is even more shocking.

But just because it is rare, everyone is interested.

In today's world, the rarer something is, the more hype it has.

In this way, an FA Cup semi-final was broadcast by many national television stations.

Dozens of media outlets from around the world came to report on the scene.

Among them, China's media is the most enthusiastic.

China's local TV network has purchased the rights to broadcast the League Cup and FA Cup this season, and they have planned to continue to purchase the rights to broadcast the League Cup and FA Cup for the next three seasons.

Chen Yingxiong's huge popularity in China has made Chinese fans not let go of competitions such as the FA Cup and League Cup. In the past, not many Chinese fans were interested in competitions like the League Cup and FA Cup...

This is Chen Yingxiong’s contribution.

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Under the attention of the world's media, this game was not really exciting, and it definitely cannot be used as a model for the English Football Association to promote the FA Cup.

But it doesn't matter, there are many classic games in this season. Especially the two matches between the Liverpool reserve team and Arsenal, one in the FA Cup and one in the League Cup. Watching these two games together is very exciting. This is a showdown between masters.

Liverpool's reserves have proven their quality early on, and the FA Cup has proven their glorious tradition - a breeding ground for upsets.

Wasn't the Liverpool reserve team the most unpopular in the beginning?

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Aston Villa's resistance lasted for thirty minutes, and finally they could no longer resist.

After all, the confidence is not enough to allow them to persist for longer.

Because of the lack of confidence, every minute of persistence is a kind of torture for the Aston Villa players.

They have no hope of winning this game.

Even with no hope in sight, they were able to hold on for thirty minutes, which proved their bravery and professionalism.

But the gap in strength does exist after all.

This huge gap will not fundamentally change because of your bravery and profession.

In the 30th minute, heroic but pitiful Aston Villa conceded their first goal of the game.

It was not Chen Yingxiong who scored the goal, but Carlton Cole, who stood out from the reserve team through the League Cup this season. He has been called up to the first team many times this season to train with the team, and has also been included in the squad several times. But so far, he has not had a chance to play in the first team.

But I believe this day is not too far away. After winning the league championship in advance, players like Carlton Cole who are outstanding and train hard will definitely get the opportunity to represent the first team in the Premier League in the remaining four rounds of the league.

This is also a reward for his hard work throughout the season.

Watching Cole, who scored the goal, running freely on the court, the wind blew up his jersey and blew his hair, with a bright smile on his young and immature face.

The commentator lamented: "After a long time, a promising young man finally reappeared in Liverpool's youth training camp. In fact, he is not the number one, but thanks to Chen Yingxiong and the reserve team, Cole has experienced a lot in the reserve team. With the experience of blood and fire, and his rapid growth, he has reached the requirements of the first team. Now, I think the legend of Liverpool's reserve team will become a real legend as more and more players like Cole emerge in the future... legend!"