Volume 1: Heroes Come and Go, People Pay Attention Chapter 6 The Legend of a Number (Second Update, Please Vote for Me!)

Chapter 6 The Legend of One Number (Second update, please vote for me!)

The team's training for the new season has begun, and one thing should be determined, and that is Chen Yingxiong's number.

In fact, when Chen Yingxiong signed the personal treatment contract with Niang, he said that he wanted to get No. 9. He likes this number that symbolizes a powerful center. His liking did not start from Zenit St. Peter. He has always liked this number since he started playing football. In the sports school, in the youth team, and in the youth team, he always had this number. When he was a child, he fought with other teammates to compete for the right to use this number. He really defended this number with his own blood and... snot.

When he arrived at Zenit St. Petersburg, because he joined the team too late, No. 9 had already been assigned, so he could only play with No. 99 on the court. Later, when he got a chance, he changed to No. 9.

On Liverpool's side, Chen Yingxiong's special request cannot be regarded as a request, because just as Torres left, this number has been empty and no one is using it. Now it's nothing to give to Chen Yingxiong, it's just a favor.

Therefore, the No. 9 jersey with Chen Yingxiong’s name on it was officially put on sale in the Liverpool Club store.

According to a statistical report from Liverpool's business development department, the No. 9 jersey with Chen Yingxiong's name on it sold very well, with more than a thousand Chen Yingxiong's jerseys sold on the first day.

That's because Chen Yingxiong has won himself many new fans with his wonderful performance in Naples last season, and the media has been hyping him, which has also boosted his fame. Chasing stars, chasing stars, isn’t it just chasing the most famous star? Whoever is the most popular nowadays is popular.

Liverpool fans really like Chen Yingxiong joining Liverpool. They even instantly forgot about the Spanish traitor who defected to Chelsea - there is Chen Yingxiong, who cares about Torres!

Liverpool fans talk about the club's new owner Chen Xing and general manager Niang all day long, praising their courage and ability. But they all forgot that when Torres left the team, the same two people were scolded bloody by them...

The hot sales of Chen Yingxiong's No. 9 jersey not only reflects the fans' love for him, but also the media's high hopes for him.

Because this number has a very special meaning to Liverpool...

Although Torres made this number shine again, it was too short-lived. Some media who didn't understand Liverpool's history said before that "the hero took Torres' number, which was both pressure and motivation for him." The result was laughable, making people laugh out loud and being scolded at the same time.

But this also illustrates an embarrassing current situation of the Liverpool Club - they have been too decadent in recent years. With the emergence of Torres, he has become almost synonymous with Liverpool's history. Many people don’t know much about Liverpool. This is all because Liverpool has not achieved good results. People today have an indifferent impression of them. After all, there are fewer and fewer old people and new blood is pouring in. But Liverpool lacks Means to let new blood know them and like them.

Nowadays, many people still remember that Fowler wore the No. 9 jersey of Liverpool. It is good enough. If it is further away, only the real die-hard Liverpool fans will know it.

In fact, Liverpool's number nine is not just a number that Torres and Fowler once wore. If it were just these two people, it would be far from the point where this number has special meaning for Liverpool.

In the history of Liverpool, number nine is a true legend, because this number belongs to super striker Ian Rush. Rush left 346 goals in Liverpool and is the top scorer in the history of the Red Army. king.

Handing No. 9 to Chen Yingxiong, we can also see the confidence that Liverpool has in Chen Yingxiong.

But when it comes to pressure...it's really nothing, because for so many years, except for one Torres, Liverpool's No. 9 has basically been unlucky for whoever uses it. Even if you don't perform well and don't make Number Nine shine again, it doesn't matter, it's normal.

After all, this number has been sinking for too long.

A few years before Torres, Liverpool's No. 9 was a joke. Diouf could only pass but could not shoot. Cisse spent most of his time in bed. For a time, No. 9 became the curse of Anfield.

Finally, a Torres arrived, maybe he can make No. 9 glorious again. However, he switched to Chelsea, which many Liverpool fans could not forgive.

So No. 9 is still like an abandoned child that no one wants, and no one wants to have anything to do with it.

After No. 9 was vacant for half a season, Chen Yingxiong came.

He named No. 9. If the number also has autonomous consciousness, I wonder if he will be excited to activate the identification system?

Anyway, this number is now worn by Chen Yingxiong.

He didn't think too much about it. He just chose this number simply because he liked the number nine. For him, No. 9 is the traditional center number, symbolizing a strong body, outstanding nose for goal, deadly shooting skills, and, of course, endless goals.

Modern football tactics have increasingly vague and diversified requirements for team players' positions and corresponding roles on the field, and many players have become a one-size-fits-all. Even if he is called a center, what he does most on the court is not to score goals, but to defend, pull wide, cross, and cover...

This number is gradually no longer only owned by centers, and slowly loses its original color and symbolic meaning.

Although Chen Yingxiong is a quasi-90s generation, his concept is quite traditional at this point - No. 9 should be the number of a powerful center, and a center who cannot score goals should not wear No. 9!

As for the real meaning of this number in the Liverpool team, he only discovered it after returning to the hotel and browsing the task list out of habit.

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Just when Chen Yingxiong took over the No. 9 jersey, the mission system also started another mission.

"Let the legendary number shine again."

"Legendary number?" Chen Yingxiong was surprised. Although he knew some historical information about Liverpool, it was limited to introducing the history of this team. He only knew about Bill Shankly because he was so famous. Of course he can't know what number Ian Rush once wore...

Fortunately, the mission introduction is very considerate, and the causes and consequences of the mission are explained very clearly.

Only after watching it did Chen Yingxiong realize that he was related to Ian Rush, so number nine is considered a legendary number in Liverpool.

"Three hundred and forty-six balls..." Chen Yingxiong rubbed his chin and muttered this number.

Do you have a chance to surpass him?

Just as he was thinking about it, he heard a sound effect that he was very familiar with coming from the computer - the sound effect of successfully accepting a mission in World of Warcraft!

Chen Yingxiong lowered his head and looked at the web page on the computer screen. There was an additional red task in the task list!

"Holy crap! This Dracula is so lazy! Even the sound effects are directly copied from World of Warcraft!"

After scolding him, he went to see what the mission was.

As a result, you can know the content just by looking at the name.

"Beyond the Legend": Scored more goals than Ian Rush at Liverpool!

Chen Yingxiong was stunned for a moment, and suddenly discovered the problem - this task was red! In other words, the system determines that it is very, very difficult for Chen Yingxiong to complete this task!

The reason for the difficulty may be Chen Yingxiong's lack of ability, or it may be that he feels that it is impossible for him to stay at Liverpool for fifteen seasons and score at least 346 goals...

In short, Chen Yingxiong reacted with anger - he felt that he was underestimated and offended by the system!

Three hundred and forty-six goals, an average of thirty-five goals in a season. Wouldn't ten seasons be enough? I am only twenty-three years old this year, and I will only be thirty-three in ten years. What should I be afraid of?

I'm going to give it a try!

Originally, Chen Yingxiong had no intention of doing this task, but now he has the ambition to compete with the legends in history.

Just like in Naples, the city is full of Maradona believers, who would rather live in the beautiful memories of the past. However, Chen Yingxiong insists on fighting against Maradona's myth and pulling the entire city of Naples out of the dreamland of beautiful memories of the past.

As a result...he felt that he had done it.

Who said that only sweet dreams are wonderful? Open your eyes and see the sunshine beating in the room, and you will feel good. People cannot live in false memories and dreams forever, it is better to live down-to-earth in reality.

Ian Rush is a legend, so I will write my new legend!

Let’s start with… surpassing Ian Rush!

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No one knows that Chen Yingxiong has made such a decision in his heart, and Chen Yingxiong will not foolishly go around saying things like "I want to surpass Ian Rush" to others.

Overtaking Rush is a long time coming, but that doesn't mean it's too early. In fact, the completion of anything requires careful and lengthy preparation and effort.

Even now, he can still make some efforts for this. For example, train hard and have a good relationship with your teammates - if you want to surpass Rush, you need to score a lot of goals, and of course you have to rely on your teammates to pass the ball to him. If the relationship between him and his teammates is so tense that no one passes the ball to him on the court, then no matter how ambitious he is, it will be nothing more than a joke in the end.

The sales of Chen Yingxiong's No. 9 jersey are still promising. Among Melwood fans, more and more people are wearing the No. 9 jersey with "hero" printed on the back.

This once belonged to Ian Rush, to Fowler and to Torres.

Now it belongs to Chen Yingxiong.

Ian Rush wore this number and became the greatest goalscorer in English football in the 1980s, and he was among the top players in world football.

Now he wants to bring back the glory of this long-dusted number, but not only to find this number, but also to find the long-lost glory of Liverpool... to catch up with the fading empire.