Volume 1: Males Appear, People Pay Attention. Chapter 5: A Good Start (First Update, Please Vote for Me!)

Chapter 5: A good start (first update, please vote for me!)

Gerrard is right. Before Chen Yingxiong came to the team, one of the long-lasting topics when the players communicated in private was Chen Yingxiong.

When the media first broke that Chen Yingxiong was going to join Liverpool, they all thought it was fake news. Some reporters came to them and asked them if it was true. They all denied it - this was not helping the club to cover up. I really think this is too ridiculous. Chen Yingxiong is the most popular center in world football today. How could he come to Liverpool? There are better wealthy teams in the world than Liverpool today, and they all have advantages over Liverpool. Barcelona, ​​Real Madrid, AC Milan, Inter Milan, Manchester United, Chelsea... even Manchester City are closer to Chen Yingxiong than Liverpool.

Unexpectedly, Chen Yingxiong himself admitted the rumors that he was going to Liverpool in front of the Naples fans.

This suddenly ignited the enthusiasm for discussing Chen Yingxiong in the Liverpool dressing room.

What kind of person is Chen Yingxiong? What does he usually like to do? What is his personality and temper like? Is he really popular with women? Is he a playboy or not? Are the many rumors about him from the outside world true...

These are the questions that Liverpool players are most interested in.

Skrtel, who had worked with Chen Yingxiong at Zenit St. Petersburg for two seasons and had a very good relationship, naturally became the person everyone consulted.

Skrtel naturally told his teammates everything he knew about Chen Yingxiong.

For example, in the media, there is a trend to discredit Chen Yingxiong and distort his image. Especially in the 2009-2010 season, after the Champions League match between Naples and Barcelona, ​​many media publicized Chen Yingxiong as a barbarian with a bad temper and violent tendencies. In addition, some media said that Chen Yingxiong was a supercilious person, very arrogant and difficult to approach.

Skrtel refuted all these media rumors.

"From what I know about him, he mixes well with everyone wherever he goes. Whether it's Zenit St. Petersburg or Napoli, he is everyone's favorite player and popular in the dressing room. Very good. Otherwise, why would so many people come out to help him when something happens?"

So, after Skrtel’s propaganda, everyone knows what kind of person Chen Yingxiong is. The Chen Yingxiong promoted by the media is completely another person. He is neither rude nor barbaric. He is straightforward, cheerful and optimistic. He likes to joke, is forthright and generous, and can be mean to his friends. Like any young man, he likes to have fun and be lively...

These are not shortcomings.

But I always heard Skrtel say that, who knows if this kid Skrtel has the intention of bragging to his friends? What if he boasts that his friend is unparalleled in the world, but in reality he is far from it?

So as soon as Skrtel said he wanted to invite Chen Yingxiong to dinner, many teammates came over, almost half of Liverpool...

Even captain Gerrard, who plays an important role in the locker room, came in person, which shows that the Liverpool team attaches great importance to Chen Yingxiong, a newcomer.

Now that Gerrard, as the captain of the team, has also expressed his welcome to Chen Yingxiong, the difficulty for Chen Yingxiong to integrate into the team has been further reduced...

In addition, Chen Yingxiong’s performance at this dinner was very good. Everyone observed that it was the same as what that boy Skrtel said! He is indeed such a person! Since we are such people, then we have nothing to say!

Being able to score goals on the court and having fun with everyone off the court, aren't these the qualities of a good teammate?

Are you talking about whether the arrival of Chen Yingxiong will steal their position and limelight? Maybe, but where does Chen Yingxiong's performance and fame lie? Who dares to be unconvinced? If you are not convinced, try scoring 13 goals in seven Champions League knockout games, a hat-trick in the Champions League final, overturning Messi to become the most feared goalscorer in the Champions League, and scoring 38 goals in the league? If you can't do it, don't complain and be dissatisfied.

In this world, to put it bluntly, strength speaks for itself.

Cristiano Ronaldo's reputation before moving to Real Madrid was not very good. The media described him as a selfish, arrogant and annoying person, but in reality? He was very happy at Real Madrid and many Real Madrid players were friends with him.

Here, Ronaldo's sky-high price gives him an advantage. Many people feel that they do not have Ronaldo's outstanding abilities and worth, so he is more popular than themselves, he earns more, and he is more in the limelight. This is all normal... …

Not to mention that Liverpool currently has no real center at all.

Torres left, went to Chelsea. Ryan Babel also left the team. At the beginning of the year, he transferred with Torres to the Bundesliga team Hoffenheim.

There is still Kuyt in the team, but this person has the title "defensive forward". From this title, we can see what kind of player he is. He works hard in every game, always runs without hesitation, and makes a great contribution to the team, but his ability to score goals is much worse... many times he is not useful at all on the court. Instead of scoring goals, he uses his strong physical strength to press forward in the frontcourt and grab some opportunities for the team. At the same time, he uses his running to create space for his teammates...

Suarez's performance after moving from Ajax to Liverpool at the beginning of this year was very good, but he and Chen Yingxiong are completely different types of forwards. It can even be said that he is not a "center forward". Suarez alone will not work. The arrival of Chen Yingxiong is a good complement to Suarez. The two people have different styles and characteristics, and it is impossible to say who threatens the other's position. It is entirely possible for two people to start at the same time.

Therefore, no one in Liverpool can threaten Chen Yingxiong’s position, and Chen Yingxiong cannot threaten many people. Naturally, no one will be dissatisfied with Chen Yingxiong’s joining...

Everyone ate and drank together, talked about everything, and had a great time.

For Chen Yingxiong, he is definitely no stranger to the city of Liverpool. He has played in this city twice and has been to the stadiums of Everton and Liverpool. English is also the first foreign language I can speak, and there is no problem in communicating.

So integrating into the team should be quick.

But after returning to the hotel, he checked the progress of his mission.

It turned out that there was no change - the mission had two goals, and so far, neither of them has been completed.

It seems that just having a meal together is not enough... I just have a preliminary understanding of you and have a slight liking for you. Such a good impression is too fragile, and it must rely on his efforts to deepen it in daily training life...

But it finally got off to a good start. For example, when the team officially started their first training of the new season the next day, Chen Yingxiong was not lonely or reserved at all in the locker room. He greeted many people warmly. At least half of the people on the team were people he had just met last night and had drinks and chatted with them.

Dalglish was delighted to see him greeting everyone in the dressing room warmly and communicating in English with a Chinese accent.

If Chen Yingxiong can quickly integrate into the team, it means that the team's preparations can proceed more smoothly. In this way, the team's performance in the new season will be better... In short, this is a virtuous cycle.

The Chinese reporters who were covering Liverpool's training on the sidelines also noticed that when Chen Yingxiong walked out of the locker room and walked onto the training field, he was talking and laughing with his new teammates around him. This was a good sign!

"We can start looking forward to our hero's journey to the Premier League!"

A reporter announced excitedly in a manuscript sent back to China.

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Chen Yingxiong's first day of training at Liverpool attracted more than 50 media to the Melwood training base, half of which were Chinese media.

It was a grand occasion.

Naturally, Chen Xing and Niang seized every opportunity to promote their Liverpool. Not only did they allow the media to enter the venue for filming, they also adjusted the public filming time from the traditional fifteen minutes to twenty-five minutes, adding an extra ten minutes. Meet the media's requirements.

In addition, many fans came to cheer for Chen Yingxiong and welcome him to join.

His outstanding performance in the Champions League and Serie A last season has made Chen Yingxiong a world-class shooter. The transfer fee of 70 million pounds also made this stunt full of hype - 70 million pounds! It's worth 70 million, so he should be a world-class star after all, right?

So it is completely different from Naples. Chen Yingxiong was warmly welcomed by the fans as soon as he came to Liverpool, and he quickly gained his own fans.

These people kept chanting Chen Yingxiong's name on the sidelines of the training field. If Chen Yingxiong waved to them, there would immediately be a burst of excited screams.

There are also people holding posters of Chen Yingxiong wearing a Naples jersey. Obviously this is because Chen Yingxiong has just transferred to Liverpool. The shops and vendors who bought the posters have not had time to lead out the posters of Chen Yingxiong wearing a Liverpool jersey - so far Chen Yingxiong has not yet officially put on the Liverpool jersey. At the welcome ceremony, he wore his own brand of casual clothes and held up a red scarf with "You Will Never Walk Alone" printed on it. He did not wear a jersey.

When training today, I also wore Liverpool's training clothes, not the jerseys.

The fans worked hard, but the reporters didn't work hard either. The flashbulbs kept flashing and the cameras kept pointing at the training ground. The focus was probably on Chen Yingxiong. The combination of clicking the shutter and the cheers of the fans made Melwood's new season extra lively and energetic.

When a Chinese reporter saw this scene on the sidelines, he couldn't help but sigh: "Compared with Naples' start, the hero's start in Liverpool was so smooth that it made people think it was a dream..."

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