Volume 1: When a Hero Appears, People Pay Attention Chapter 112: Come on, Mwamba
.Winning the game with Everton by three goals increased Liverpool's points to 43 points. Now they are only one point away from Newcastle's 44 points. However, they are still nine points behind fourth-placed Arsenal in the league, and it is still very slim to qualify for next season's Champions League.
There is no future in the league, but Liverpool continues to advance in the cup.
In the quarter-finals of the FA Cup, on March 18, Liverpool faced Stoke City at home.
The opponent is not very strong, and Liverpool is playing away from home. Liverpool has great hopes of advancing to the semi-finals.
If they can reach the finals in one go and finally win the FA Cup, this season will not be considered a failure for Liverpool.
In order to ensure that he can enter the semi-finals, Dalglish still sent out a strong starting lineup in this game.
Chen Yingxiong and Suarez took the lead in the starting lineup, and only made adjustments in the defense. Carragher started the game and wore the captain's armband.
Carragher, who was born in January 1978, is now thirty-four years old. As he grows older, his condition has also declined. However, he has great authority within the team, and the forgotten head coach always gives him many opportunities to play. After Dalglish arrived, he took down Carragher without hesitation and put him on the bench. More often, he played as a substitute player.
If there were any other head coach, Carragher would have lost his temper. But under Dalglish, Carragher behaved very well.
This also makes many people worry about whether the new Liverpool head coach can restrain this "ball tyrant" after Dalglish leaves...
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January 17th to 18th is the FA Cup match day, but football is not the protagonist on this day.
During the match between Tottenham Hotspur and Bolton Wanderers, the game was suspended due to Bolton player Mwamba suddenly fainting.
Mwamba collapsed during the match due to a heart condition and was taken to hospital.
The scene of Mwamba fainting on the ground was bloodyly televised in front of a national television audience.
At that time, the players on both sides of the court were frightened, and the fans in the stands were also stunned. The White Hart Lane stadium was silent.
After being sent to the hospital, Mwamba was still in critical condition and his life was not out of danger.
His illness has touched the hearts of the entire UK and even the world.
The day after the game, many players expressed their concern for Mwamba through various channels.
Chen Yingxiong is also among them. Because he had experienced a heart attack as a client - Cassano happened to be sitting next to him when he first fell ill, and he was involved in the entire process of Cassano's heart attack.
In this capacity, he expressed his care and greetings to Mwamba, and encouraged him to be strong and never give up.
"...No matter how terrible the disease is, it is definitely not as terrible as our own will to survive! Antonio is running lively on the court now, and I believe you can do the same!"
He gave the blessing via Twitter.
His approach has also been praised by many people. Originally, because of the incident between him and Richards, many black football fans actually had a low opinion of Chen Yingxiong. They felt that even if Chen Yingxiong did not insult Richards as a nigger, his harsh and unyielding approach to Richards also made many black players feel "chun-dead". I always felt that he didn't call Richards a nigger this time, but he might have called Richards "nigger" many times in his heart. Since he can hate Richards so much, I'm afraid he will hate other black people even more...
But this time, Mwamba's heart disease caused many black people to change their views on Chen Yingxiong, and felt that he was not as bad as everyone originally thought...
Chen Yingxiong further stated that he is willing to donate to Mwamba's family if necessary.
One day later, in the FA Cup quarter-final between Liverpool and Stoke City, Chen Yingxiong scored a goal. After scoring, he lifted up his jersey and it read: "Even if the whole world has given up, you must never give up, Mwamba, come on!"
When he did, Anfield erupted in thunderous applause. This time, even the Stoke City fans who had just scored the goal by him stood up and applauded what Chen Yingxiong had done.
At this moment, the brilliance of human nature flashed in Chen Yingxiong's body. The impression he gives people is not a "bad boy", "troublesome person" or "impulsive butcher", but a caring person.
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Chen Yingxiong's goal was the first goal of the game.
Crouch scored the equalizer for Stoke City three minutes later.
In terms of height, Chen Yingxiong is not as good as Crouch. However, Chen Yingxiong's header is better than Crouch's because his bounce is much better than Crouch's.
This is a competition between two tall men.
Scored the winning goal.
The person who assisted him was Chen Yingxiong.
In the end, not only did Chen Yingxiong defeat Crouch at the team level, but also in terms of personal performance, Chen Yingxiong, who had one goal and one assist, also defeated Crouch.
But the people of Liverpool were in no mood to celebrate their victory.
Everyone's talking point is still about Mwamba.
At the post-match press conference, Liverpool head coach Dalglish also said: "Shankly taught us that football has nothing to do with life and death, football is higher than life and death. But this sentence is wrong. Football can never be more important than life. Football can save a statement, but football cannot be a killer of lives. All of us at Liverpool Club pray for Mwamba and hope that he can wake up soon..."
These days, the talk across England is the health of footballers.
The intensity and intensive schedule of the Premier League can be ranked first among the world's football leagues. Moreover, the Premier League has not yet had a winter break. In winter when the human body is most vulnerable, the schedule is even more intensive. Players from teams with European war missions have to play at least sixty or seventy games a season, and the Premier League starts half a month earlier than other leagues, so the players naturally have half a month less time to rest.
In such a high-intensity league, players are under tremendous physical and psychological pressure.
If things go on like this, many problems will always arise.
Some people have put forward the idea that the Premier League should set up a winter break again.
There are endless debates about this matter in the media. Some people think that if the winter break is set up, the games not played during the winter break will have to be moved to other times, resulting in a more intensive schedule for the players, with double matches a week and three games a week. The situation occurs frequently, but it may not be much better than it is now.
Some people also suggested canceling the League Cup. Other countries have one cup competition, but England has two cup competitions. This is a repeated competition and a waste of everyone's energy and money.
But these arguments have little to do with Liverpool's players.
This incident made Liverpool Club realize the importance of players' health. So Niang decided to conduct a detailed physical examination of all players. This physical examination is different from the physical examination for player transfers, and is more detailed and in-depth.
It can also detect some hidden dangers that cannot be detected by normal physical examination.
I am just afraid that something like Mwamba will happen again to some players.
In fact, heart disease has plagued professional football for many years. Among the earliest players that everyone remembers being related to heart disease, the most famous one is Nigerian star Kanu. When he was playing for Inter Milan, he was diagnosed with heart disease in his back. After surgery, his condition and performance plummeted. After entering the new century, various heart disease tragedies have occurred from time to time. The most famous one is Cameroon player Vivian Foe who plays for Manchester City. He suffered a heart attack in the 2003 Confederations Cup semi-finals. After his death, advanced television broadcasts broadcast live to the world the whole process of his collapse, convulsions, foaming at the mouth, and death. It was shocking and triggered fierce public criticism of FIFA for squeezing players to earn high profits. .
Later, Spain became a hot spot for heart disease. Sevilla player Puerta and Espanyol player Dani Jarque both passed away due to heart disease. In addition, Real Madrid's promising midfielder De La Red also fainted during the game due to a heart problem. Later, he chose to retire at the age of 25 for safety reasons because he could not find the cause.
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The list of players who have died from heart disease is long.
But no one wants to be next.
Therefore, Liverpool Club specially arranged a very detailed physical examination.
Faced with this physical examination, not all players actually appreciated it. Because they feel that there is nothing wrong with their heart, but they are afraid of finding out about some very, very hidden disease that may not threaten the safety of their statement, but may lead to the end of their career prematurely, just like the Spanish Real Madrid Club's De La Red. Same, in the end, because I couldn't find the reason, I chose to retire for safety reasons.
This is really too bad.
No one wants to be that person.
So many people feel uneasy.
Chen Yingxiong was very calm about this. He is absolutely confident in his body, just like he is absolutely confident in his ability to defeat Messi, Van Persie and others.
The results of the examination made everyone relieved. Except for some minor problems that were not serious, no one had any major diseases that would affect their career prospects.
There are no heart-related diseases.
The happy result made many people who were previously anxious relax and smiles reappeared on their faces.
But Chen Yingxiong received a somewhat disturbing suggestion. ro