Volume 1: The Hero Appears, People Pay Attention Chapter 339 Barcelona Breaks His Wrist

The next day's newspapers, TV news, and the Internet were all about Liverpool winning the league championship four rounds in advance.

Although the media ignored Chen Yingxiong's achievements, they could not ignore Liverpool's achievements.

Although this season has not yet ended, Liverpool has created or is about to create a series of new records.

First, they broke the winning streak record in English football history.

The previous winning streak record was fourteen games jointly held by Manchester United, Bristol City and Preston.

This record is not just in the Premier League, but in the English professional league. Including the Premier League, the Championship, League One, League Two, and League Three.

Manchester United created this record in the 1904-1905 season. Then Bristol City tied this record in the 1905-1960 season. The last team to achieve this record was Preston, who tied this record in the 1950-1951 season.

Since then, no team has been able to achieve this great record.

Even Arsenal, which was unbeaten in 49 games, was unable to complete a fourteen-game winning streak.

But such a record was broken by Liverpool.

This season, after they tied Manchester United 3:3 away, they started a series of dazzling victories.

From the tenth round of the league to the twenty-fifth round, a total of sixteen rounds of the league, Liverpool won all of them.

If it weren't for the controversial penalty in the game against Everton. Liverpool is fully capable of continuing to break this record.

In addition, they are close to another record in the history of English football. That is the record of the most wins in a single season.

This record was created by Doncaster in the 147th season. At that time, there were forty-two games, Doncaster won thirty-three of them, drew six games, and lost three games.

At present, Liverpool has won thirty-two games in a single season after defeating Manchester City. As long as they win one game, they will tie Doncaster's record. Winning two more games will create a new record that belongs only to Liverpool!

In addition to approaching this record of the most wins in a single season, they are also close to another record, that is, the record of the highest points in a single season.

In the history of English football, counting all professional leagues, the highest points in a single season is Sunderland in the 1998-1999 season. At that time, they were still in the English League One. That is, the English Championship in the future. They eventually dominated the English League One with 105 points and returned to the Premier League.

This is the highest score under the three-point system.

Of course, this is actually related to the English League One games at the time. There are 22 teams in the English League One, and they have to play 42 games in a season. So it is not surprising to have this score.

But there are only 38 games in the Premier League. It is very rare to achieve this achievement in these 38 games. Even powerful teams like Manchester United, Arsenal, and Chelsea have never done it. They don’t even have hundreds of points.

And now, Liverpool has done it.

Or it is about to do it.

In the case of only three or four rounds of the league, Liverpool’s points are 98 points, which is seven points away from the record of 105 points. These seven points are almost easy to get in the remaining four rounds of the league. If Liverpool did not lose heart immediately after winning the championship. Instead, they still wanted to win the championship with an unbeaten record, then these seven points would definitely be in hand.

They only need to win three games to break the record.

In addition to these sure-fire records, they can also challenge the record for the most goals scored by a club in a single season.

This record is currently held by Aston Villa, who created it in the 1930-1931 season, when Aston Villa scored a surprising 128 goals in total.

Liverpool now has 102 goals, 26 goals away from this record.

The hope is not great, but it is not completely gone.

It depends on whether Liverpool is willing to do it in the end.

Twenty-six goals in four games, an average of 6.5 goals per game, with Liverpool's current strength and state. If they really want to do this, they can do it.

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The records that have been completed or are about to be completed are all dazzling pearls and diamonds on Liverpool's crown of league champions.

If it is just winning the championship, many teams can do it. There must be a champion every season, so it is just the Premier League champion. In fact, that's it.

But if you can do something different from most teams while winning the championship, then you rely on these records.

Win the championship undefeated in the season. Arsenal and Preston have done it, and even Liverpool has accomplished this feat in the 1893-1894 season.

But they are unbeaten in the season, with the most consecutive wins, the most points in the season, the most total team goals, the most wins... and finally the league champion. There is no other team in the history of English football that has so many halos.

Liverpool, with Chen Yingxiong, is destined to rewrite history!

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After Liverpool won the league championship four rounds in advance, Martin O'Neill announced that the first team would take two days off to let the players have a good rest and vent all the fatigue and pressure they have accumulated throughout the season. Then they will go into battle lightly and prepare for the match with Barcelona.

Because Liverpool won the championship four rounds in advance, the time to prepare for the semi-finals increased from five days to ten days, so Martin O'Neill also had the confidence to give the team two days off. Even so, there are still eight days left.

This decision was welcomed by all the first-team players.

They can relax themselves, sleep in at home, spend time with their families, or go shopping, or simply take the car to go on a picnic vacation nearby.

Only Chen Yingxiong can't rest.

Because the FA Cup semi-finals will be in two days.

Their opponent is Aston Villa.

The opponent is not too strong. They have a great chance to enter the finals - in fact, it's okay to say 100%. The reason why I don't say that. Because the ball is round after all, no one knows what accidents will happen at that time. Just like the Merseyside derby between Liverpool and Everton at home...

After the FA Cup semi-final with Aston Villa, it will be the league again. Liverpool will face Wigan Athletic at home.

After this league, the Champions League semi-final with Barcelona will follow.

The 36th round of the league is sandwiched between the two semi-finals.

After the semi-finals, there will be the last two rounds of the Premier League.

After the Premier League, there will be the FA Cup final.

If Liverpool can get past Barcelona, ​​there will be a Champions League final waiting for him. The time is May 25th, which happens to be Chen Yingxiong's 28th birthday.

His season will not be over until he finishes this final, and he can take a breath and rest.

Perhaps in the eyes of others, Chen Yingxiong's life without even a day off is really miserable.

But for Chen Yingxiong. He enjoys it.

Because every game he participates in is one step closer to the ultimate task in his heart.

Just like this season after season, he believes that sooner or later he will completely surpass Messi and become the well-deserved number one in world football! No one can compare with him anymore!

With a goal in mind. He is full of motivation and fighting spirit.

Maybe one day he will get tired of winning championships and scoring goals, but that is definitely after completing various tasks.

At least, Chen Yingxiong, who is not yet 28 years old, is still burning with passion for football at this moment, and there is no sign of extinguishing it.

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Guardiola thought about it all night.

Just consider one question - which one should be given up between the Champions League and the La Liga...

Yes, this is the countermeasure he came up with: a heroic act of cutting off one's arm!

Obviously, it is not Barcelona that is waiting for the opportunity now, but Liverpool.

If Barcelona does not want to be eliminated by Liverpool in the semi-finals. It must make a choice - it is absolutely not something that Barcelona can afford to advance on both fronts.

In fact, Barcelona's current strength is still very strong, and there is absolutely no problem in walking sideways in Europe.

There are only two teams in Europe that can give Barcelona a headache, one is their mortal enemy Real Madrid in Spain. The other team is Liverpool, which has recently become their mortal enemy.

In theory, there are only two threats in Europe, and Barcelona is already amazing.

But the problem is that these two teams that can threaten Barcelona are all together.

Three teams met like this...

It must be said that Barcelona's luck was really bad.

If it was just against one team, Guardiola would not have to worry so much.

With Barcelona's ability, it is normal to beat Liverpool or Real Madrid.

But to deal with two teams at the same time. That is beyond Barcelona's ability.

If Guardiola thought that his team could deal with Liverpool and Real Madrid in two weeks, the cruel reality would definitely make him regret it.

In fact, Guardiola himself knew that this would not work.

He could not deal with two strong enemies at the same time, and there must be a priority.

That is, he must give up one opponent.

So should he give up the domestic league or the Champions League?

Guardiola finally made a decision in one night.

Give up the domestic league.

Although Real Madrid is hateful, even if he beats them, he can only get a league championship.

But the Champions League championship is more important to Guardiola now.

About this point. It was explained in the Champions League final last season.

Since the Champions League is more important, Guardiola will definitely give up the league without hesitation.

Besides. He didn't say that he had no chance to beat Real Madrid.

As long as he could get past Liverpool, he could enter the final. And if Real Madrid also made it to the final... Guardiola didn't mind at all letting Real Madrid see the terrifying Barcelona in this final that all of Europe was watching!