Volume 1: Heroes Come and Go, People Pay Attention Chapter 45 Champions League Quarter-Finals (First Update Guaranteed)

No one knew Stramaccioni's little thoughts and calculations.

They will not care about the life and death of Inter Milan. For them, it is a good thing that a team as powerful as Inter Milan unexpectedly lost to Liverpool. Because they lost another strong enemy on their way to the championship.

As for Chen Yingxiong's hat trick in this game, so what?

That is his own glory and achievement and has nothing to do with Liverpool. Because he wants to be the top scorer in the Champions League.

And he doesn't seem to be sure whether Liverpool can reach the final, so he has to score as many goals as possible in the first few games.

Liverpool is still Chen Yingxiong's team, and the others are not worth mentioning at all. Carlton Cole is also old. He is not Chen Yingxiong and can play until he is forty years old.

If Chen Yingxiong is not in good condition, Liverpool's performance will be greatly reduced.

And Chen Yingxiong is already forty years old. How long can he maintain such a vigorous state?

He was in really good shape in the first game and completed a hat trick. This must be because he had accumulated too much anger before and vented it in this game.

After this game, he will soon be unsustainable.

After all, he is old. As the schedule becomes more and more intensive, it is doubtful that he can perform decently despite his lack of physical strength.

These people also noticed a detail. That is, in the Liverpool game, Chen Yingxiong was replaced in more than 70 minutes.

This is a very surprising change.

Chen Yingxiong had only played one league game before, and being replaced midway through the game showed that his physical strength was not enough.

Then the competition will be more intensive in the future. By then, can Chen Yingxiong's physical strength still be able to sustain it?

There is almost no doubt about the answer, everyone knows it.

So they are not afraid at all.

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Before the next leg of the Champions League. There are still two league games left.

Gerrard's Liverpool continue to execute rotations. However, Chen Yingxiong still started.

But after starting, he only played half the game before he was replaced.

Before he was substituted, Liverpool led by three goals in the first half.

Chen Yingxiong scored twice in the game.

But everyone can see what Gerrard meant by the substitution. This is to make Chen Yingxiong consume a little less energy, and a little less.

This makes those who think that physical strength will affect Chen Yingxiong's condition more determined.

The twenty-eighth round of the league. Liverpool won another game and Chen Yingxiong scored a goal in the game.

Since Chen Yingxiong returned, he has scored sixteen goals.

And Liverpool also achieved a winning streak.

The points between them and the league's first-place Arsenal has gradually shrunk to six points. The league ranking rose to fourth place. Already qualified for the Champions League.

Seeing Liverpool today is really hard to believe that this team was once hovering on the edge of the relegation zone.

However, everyone has also noticed a phenomenon, that is, Chen Yingxiong's goals have begun to decrease.

When he first came back, he scored ten goals in three games.

In recent rounds of the league, he has not scored many goals.

In the last five league games, he scored twice and only scored one goal in the other three games. Scoring only one goal in a game can be regarded as a poor state for Chen Yingxiong.

You know, he used to score two goals, three goals, or four goals.

In the race for the league's top scorer, Manchester United's Nacho has now scored twenty-seven goals.

Eleven goals ahead of Chen Yingxiong.

This is the season with the most goals scored by Nacho in his career. Chased by Chen Yingxiong, his small universe exploded.

Chen Yingxiong's scoring speed slowed down. And his competitor's small universe exploded. Maybe the top scorer in the league this season may not be Chen Yingxiong.

Those opponents have found a life-saving straw, and they have announced that Chen Yingxiong has been relying on that tone since his comeback, and now that tone has been released. His performance naturally began to deteriorate one game after another.

This is true in the league. That's certainly true in the Champions League.

But within Liverpool fans, the minority can no longer resurrect.

They are the people who know Chen Yingxiong best. After some twists and turns, they are now the ones who trust Chen Yingxiong the most.

Fewer goals in five games?

Scored twice in two games and scored one goal in each of three games, that's seven goals. On average, he scores more than one goal per game. Is this considered a bad state?

The media are just telling lies with their eyes wide open! They are jealous! They simply ignored the age of the hero. A 40-year-old guy can still score seven goals in five games. No matter where you put it, it should not be considered to have a problem with his condition.

Therefore, the Liverpool fan camp has the same hatred towards those media who tell lies.

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Chen Yingxiong did not respond to those voices in the media.

He is not worried at all about the fact that he is still eleven goals behind Nacho.

There are still ten rounds left in the league. Based on his scoring rate, he is very confident that he can surpass Nacho.

His fewer goals are not because his form has declined, but because his playing time has decreased. Although he started the last two league games, he only played 50 minutes in each game.

This is to save more energy for the Champions League.

His physical fitness is indeed poor now, but it has little to do with his age. As mentioned before, the physical fitness of the forty-year-old Chen Yingxiong has declined compared with his previous performance. Compared with others, his physical fitness is still good.

The reason for his poor physical fitness this season is that he did not play for nine months before. Due to the lack of regular games to exercise and accumulate, there was a problem with his physical reserves.

The key is that the rhythm is not found.

He believes that if he could start playing from the first game of the league, he would not have to take such a rest at all.

In the second round of the next quarter-finals of the Champions League, Chen Yingxiong played the entire game.

At the Meazza Stadium, Liverpool led by Chen Yingxiong tied with Inter Milan with a score of 2:2.

The reason for the draw was that Gerrard rotated out half of his main team in this game.

Chen Yingxiong scored two of the team's goals in the game, increasing his goals in the Champions League to five. His ranking on the Champions League scorer list jumped from outside tenth to fifth.

Although they did not defeat Inter Milan away from home. But Liverpool still eliminated their opponents with a score of 6:2. Advance to the quarterfinals.

Stramaccioni was satisfied with the team's performance. Although there was no miracle of reversal, he was very pleased with what the team showed in the second round. He saw the hope of this team making a comeback next season.

Of course. Out of his dark little thoughts, he duplicitously expressed his regret at not being able to complete the reversal at the post-match press conference. He believes that his team is stronger and should logically be able to advance. But the team's arrogant and underestimating performance in the first round sowed bitter consequences... He brought up the past. I just want others to think that Liverpool is not as strong as Inter Milan and that they were able to advance because they underestimated their opponents in the first round. If you don't underestimate your opponents, you can still beat them.

But actually?

Stramaccioni confirmed one thing through this second round of the game, that is, even if those giants do not underestimate the enemy, they will lose to Liverpool!

Liverpool, which had rotated half of its main players, was still able to draw with Inter Milan, which had all its main players, in the away game. This shows that Liverpool relies on more than just Chen Yingxiong. You must know that the morale of this Inter Milan team is actually very high. Because he told the players before the game that even if they lose the Champions League this season, they must create a bright future for the future. Therefore, Inter Milan, who knew their shame but became brave again, played very seriously and very hard.

Didn't expect this. Liverpool were able to draw with them, which shows their overall strength.

Stramaccioni is now even more looking forward to the hellish expressions on the faces of those giants after meeting Liverpool.

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Advancing to the quarter-finals is not a cause for much celebration for Liverpool.

Because even in the six seasons when Liverpool didn't win the championship. They also failed to advance to the quarterfinals only twice.

With their strength. They are regulars in the quarterfinals, which is normal.

So after the game in Italy. Liverpool returned to England very low-key and continued training.

No one trumpets their achievements.

Liverpool's players know their mission this season, and they want to win titles on both fronts. But no one else knew it, which gave them a sense of pride. They were especially motivated when they thought about the surprised eyes of the world when they did it.

This is a kind of pride that "you all look down on us, then just wait to be slapped in the face by us".

After all eight top eight teams were announced, UEFA conducted group draws.

Liverpool was drawn together with Manchester United, and the English National Derby will be played in the Champions League.

This is also a direct dialogue between Chen Yingxiong and Nacho, the two top scorers of their respective teams.

Although Nacho leads Chen Yingxiong by 11 goals in the Premier League, he cannot lead by so many goals in the Champions League. He has only scored six goals in the Champions League this season and is only one goal ahead of Chen Yingxiong.

Just above Chen Yingxiong is the person who is about to be fucked by Chen Yingxiong.

In the Premier League, Nacho is Chen Yingxiong’s ultimate goal to defeat. In the Champions League, he became Chen Yingxiong's short-term goal.

Liverpool and Manchester United don't often meet in the Champions League. After Chen Yingxiong's transfer, excluding this time, the two teams have only met twice in the Champions League. Once and this time, it was in the fourth quarter. Finals, once in the semi-finals.

But for Manchester United, both encounters were tragic. Because that was when Liverpool was at its peak. Not only did they suppress Manchester United in the domestic league, but these two encounters in the Champions League also brutally suppressed Manchester United's rebellion.

Manchester United had no power to fight back and were cleanly eliminated by Liverpool both times.

In the six seasons when Liverpool no longer monopolizes the Champions League, Manchester United has also won the Champions League once, which fully reflects their wealthy background.

This meeting between the two teams is full of expectations.

The contest between Chen Yingxiong and Nacho, two outstanding shooters, one old and one young, is also very interesting to watch.

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