Volume 1: Heroes Come and Go, People Pay Attention Chapter 31 This Is Anfield! (First Update Guaranteed, Please Vote for Me!)

Chapter 31 This is Anfield! (First update guaranteed, please vote for me!)

When Chen Yingxiong returned to Naples, he didn't have time to fulfill his promise to take the team to eat, drink and relax, because the team was about to leave for an away game soon.

This time they flew farther, not traveling around Italy, but to the UK.

Target Liverpool!

This is the first group match of Group E of the UEFA Champions League. Liverpool faces Naples at home.

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Liverpool was once a well-known heavy industry base and port in the British Empire. During the Industrial Revolution, it was very glorious. As the British Empire expanded its territory overseas, Liverpool also became a world-famous city.

After the New World was included in the territory of British explorers, many British colonists set out from Liverpool and headed for Africa, South America and Asia. Ships departing from here are always loaded with various guns and firearms, as well as England's specialty textiles, plus glassware and other commodities that were mass-produced at the beginning of the Industrial Revolution. In Africa, while expanding their territory, colonists engaged in a large number of criminal slave trades. They exchanged these cheap products for black slaves with local chiefs, and then transported the captured slaves to the Americas to conduct another trade with the American colonists. , and then exchanged for raw materials such as cotton, sugar and tobacco to return to the European continent as raw materials for large-scale industrial production.

This large-scale triangular trade across the world quickly made Liverpool the second largest port in the UK, second only to the Port of London. In the 19th century, the invention of the steam engine changed human transportation. Steam ships doubled the efficiency of maritime transportation, and Liverpool's shipping became even busier. Freight shipped finished goods from Manchester, Birmingham and Sheffield around the world, bringing back slaves and raw materials from Africa and the Americas. Passenger traffic here is also very prosperous. From the early 19th century to the eve of World War II, nearly 10 million people set out from Liverpool to various parts of North America and Africa. Many British and Irish people also used this place as their departure port to settle in North America.

At that time, the city of Liverpool was filled with the roar of machines every day, the sky was filled with black smoke from chimneys, industrial sewage flowed in the Mersey Estuary, and the Albert Dock was berthed with people from all over the world, and people who were about to Ships sailing to various parts of the world, amidst the crowds of people, is a lively scene.

Nowadays, the factory has gradually turned into a museum and a place for concerts. Many factories were abandoned. Albert Dock has lost its busy scene and has become the tourist center of Liverpool. This place is no longer famous for its industry, but its music and culture, as well as its football.

Here was born the "Beatles" who influenced the cultural trend around the world in the last century, also known as "The Beatles". Every popular song can be popular all over the world, breaking through hell, culture and people. The boundaries between species have become a common language in the world.

There are also two teams here that are famous in England and around the world - Liverpool and Everton.

In fact, Chen Yingxiong is not unfamiliar with Liverpool, because he came to Liverpool to play when he was playing for Zenit St. Petersburg, but their opponent at that time was Everton, which was not as famous as Liverpool.

This time, he came again, and his opponent was a stronger and more famous Liverpool.

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Chen Yingxiong is no stranger to the city of Liverpool, and Liverpool is no stranger to him.

As early as when he was still playing for Zenit, the game against Everton had already made many Liverpool people know him. After the game, the Liverpool newspaper even wrote an article to introduce this player who played against Everton. Chinese players who performed well.

Tell everyone: "Be careful, bears are out!"

Now, this giant bear is back, how can Liverpool remain indifferent?

At the airport, Chen Yingxiong was the Naples player interviewed the most by local media, as if he was Naples' number one star at Liverpool.

Chen Yingxiong first said that he is no stranger to Liverpool.

"Because I've been here before and Liverpool is a very special city, it's great and I love it here."

This made many Liverpool reporters smile. Their opponents were impressed by the charm of their city... which made them feel quite proud.

But how could Chen Yingxiong be the kind of person who would do whatever others want him to do?

So after praising Liverpool, he suddenly changed the subject: "But I won't show mercy!"

A group of reporters from Liverpool were stunned, but the Italian reporters and Chinese reporters next to them were having a hard time holding back their laughter.

"Liverpool is not Everton!" Finally a reporter from a Liverpool fan retorted.

"I'm not the same person I used to be." Chen Yingxiong answered very matter-of-factly.

The Chinese reporters who followed him all laughed.

This sentence is true in a literal sense.

Of course, Liverpool is not Everton, and it looks stronger than Everton, but Chen Yingxiong is no longer the same Chen Yingxiong. He is now more mature than before, and he is also getting stronger.

Naples is also stronger than Zenit St. Petersburg. Arshavin, Cassano, Hamsik, and De Jong are all well-known and powerful stars.

For this answer, Liverpool reporters were at a loss.

Because what people say is normal, it is impossible that Chen Yingxiong has not improved in the past two years. Otherwise, it would be impossible for him to be the top scorer in Serie A, let alone win the Russian Super League's Golden Boot in eleven rounds of the league.

But it still makes people feel uncomfortable to hear it!

How crazy!

In front of a century-old wealthy family in England, what qualifications do you, a 21-year-old boy, have to be so arrogant and wanton?

You have to know that the stadium you step on is different from any other stadium in the world.

Because that's Anfield!

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"This_is_anfield!"

Before Chen Yingxiong stepped onto the court, he looked up at the nameplate directly above the lintel, which had this sentence engraved on it.

It is said that this sentence is particularly famous. It was asked by Shankly, the legendary manager of Liverpool, to install it to remind every visiting team player who enters the stadium from here - this is Anfield, and you are fighting against the great Liverpool!

But Chen Yingxiong just glanced at it and lowered his head - he was afraid of knocking his head.

In the past day, the local media in Liverpool described his arrogance and arrogance vividly and vividly. His fondness and praise for the city of Liverpool? That will naturally be erased.

Chen Yingxiong believes that he will definitely receive "special treatment" from the opponent's fans in this game.

But he was used to it.

Naples' home stadium, the Stadio San Paolo, is known as the most terrifying home stadium in Italy. Countless teams have experienced the taste of hell there.

But they only have to experience it once every season. Chen Yingxiong spent all the home games in hell for a whole season. The fanatical momentum of the Naples fans could not overwhelm him, let alone Anfield?

When the players from both sides began to enter the stadium, loud singing randomly sounded outside.

This song is not as impassioned as the songs in other clubs. It is full of dynamic rhythm, just like good pop music. The song is melodious, low-pitched, and majestic.

This is Liverpool's famous team song "youll_never_walk_alone" (youll_never_walk_alone).

"When you walk through the storm, please hold your head high and don't be afraid of the dark, because after the storm there will be a brilliant sky... You will never walk alone, never walk alone!"

The game hasn't even started yet, but the Liverpool fans have already built up the atmosphere, and the whole stadium is full of their voices. Although Naples has as many as 18,000 fans who followed the team to the away game this time, they were finally able to enter. There are only 5,000 lucky people in the stadium, and more people can only cheer for the team in the parks and squares outside the stadium.

Their cheers could not be heard by the Napoli players, and naturally they could not suppress the singing of the Liverpool fans.

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Chen Yingxiong guessed well. When he got the ball, he would hear boos from the stands.

Those fans had put down the scarves they were holding and no longer sang "You'll Never Walk Alone". Instead, they used swear words and boos to disturb Chen Yingxiong and other visiting team players.

This is the England fans, you don't want them to be quiet for even a minute during the game. They were always singing, clapping and shouting. Because that's how they fight.

In the KOP stands, which can accommodate more than 10,000 people, although all plastic seats have been installed, fans here still choose to stand and watch the game. They are the most hard-working group of people, and almost all the momentum leading Anfield fans is created from here.

Of course, they were also the main force in booing Chen Yingxiong.

When Chen Yingxiong's shot missed, there was a burst of gloating whistles in the stands.

Naples performed very poorly in today's game.

Perhaps it was the first Champions League group match. Many people were very nervous, their bodies were stiff, their minds were blank, and they had no idea what they should do.

It was worse than their performance at Genoa's home stadium, the Estadio Ferraris.

Is it the first Champions League game? I always want to perform better, but the more I do this, the less I can perform at my normal level.

Chen Yingxiong has no psychological burden, but he needs the support of his teammates, so when the whole team cannot perform at a normal level, his performance is naturally not much better...

In comparison, Liverpool's performance seemed much calmer.

Although their performance in the Premier League is not very good, a wealthy team that has only won the Champions League for a few years has an excellent tradition in the Champions League, just like Real Madrid. Regardless of how they are suppressed by others in the domestic league, the stars are full of energy when they play in the Champions League.

Liverpool is now second only to Real Madrid as the team with the most Champions League titles in history.

What's more, their head coach is the Spanish tactician Rafael Benitez (rafael_benitez_maudes), known as the "cup expert", so it is not difficult to cope with a group stage.

Liverpool, playing at home, showed a good competitive state from the beginning, and they launched a siege on Naples' goal.

And what about Naples? Then he huddled in his own half, looking pitiful like he could only hold his head while being beaten, with no power to fight back.

Liverpool's commentator sarcastically said: "Yes, of course Liverpool is not Everton. How can Everton be compared with Liverpool? But in my opinion, Naples is not the original Zenit St. Petersburg. As for Chen Yingxiong? Sorry, I didn’t see him, did he play?”