Volume 1: When a Hero Appears, People Pay Attention. Chapter 16 Want to Score a Goal? Find a Hero! (First Update, Please Vote for Me!)

There is a lot to watch out for in the new Premier League season. Can Manchester City continue its strong performance last season and continue to cause trouble for Manchester United. And whether Liverpool can rise again under the leadership of Martin O'Neill. Also, will the competition for the league's top scorer this season still be a duo between Van Persie and Chen Yingxiong? Will Rooney join in? And don’t forget Manchester City’s Sergio Aguero.

Before the season, some media interviewed Chen Yingxiong and asked him to look forward to the new season. His answer was simple and domineering: "Qualification for the Champions League and top scorer."

There is still controversy about the goal of qualifying for the Champions League, because he does not have the final say on this matter alone.

But for the declaration of the top scorer, no one will laugh at him for overestimating his abilities. I remember when he was still playing for Zenit St. Petersburg, when he said that he wanted to be the top scorer of the season, he shocked the TV station, so much so that they directly included this paragraph when it was broadcast. It was cut.

Nowadays, no one makes a fuss.

Everyone knew that he had such ability.

On August 14th, the first round of the Premier League was fully launched, and the new season of the Premier League also kicked off.

Liverpool's first game was against newly promoted West Ham United at home. This is not a strong team - maybe it counted before, but it definitely doesn't count now. As the first game of the new season, facing such an opponent is a good thing for Liverpool.

It is better to give them a soft persimmon than to go head-to-head with teams like Manchester United, Manchester City, Chelsea, Arsenal, and Tottenham.

Because the opponent was not strong, the atmosphere in Liverpool's dressing room was also very relaxed.

But when the game started, they realized that this was not the case. They thought everything was too beautiful.

A season ago, West Ham United was relegated from the Premier League to the Championship. It only took them one season to get promoted. Such a quick return to the Premier League gave them high morale. In addition, everyone knows that Liverpool's performance last season was very poor. Although they have a new head coach, the overall framework has not changed. The main thing is the people.

Apart from keeping an eye on Chen Yingxiong and Suarez, there is nothing else to worry about.

In the eyes of Liverpool, West Ham United is a soft persimmon. In the eyes of West Ham United, which is like a newborn calf, how can Liverpool not be a soft persimmon?

Although it was an away game, West Ham United was as fierce as a tiger and wanted to bite Liverpool back.

Liverpool, who did not expect this at all, were caught off guard by West Ham United.

Within the first fifteen minutes of the first half, Liverpool looked a little embarrassed. However, West Ham United's offense was impressive, based on defense and then counterattacking. Every counterattack was quite sharp and threatening. Liverpool goalkeeper Reina couldn't help but He kept yelling on the court: "Keep an eye on their people!" "Don't let them start so easily!" "They missed someone! They missed someone! Damn it!"

People like Reina are so anxious, which shows how impetuous the whole Liverpool team has become.

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"After a summer, we changed the head coach and introduced several players, we thought Liverpool would change its appearance. Who would have thought that now it looks like their performance is basically the same as last season..." the commentator complained.

"Liverpool actually left the newly promoted team at a loss in their own home court. I really don't know what to say. You are a giant Liverpool, how can you be so miserable? I believe Liverpool fans must be very disappointed..."

Yes, Liverpool fans are disappointed, but no matter how disappointed they are, they will not boo their players. This is the difference between English fans and Italian and Spanish fans. Several players who have played both in Italy and England have spoken about this difference. In Italy, if you lose, you will even be cursed by your own fans and your whole family will die... But in England, even if your team is relegated, all you can get is applause from the fans. and encouragement.

Liverpool fans won't boo their players, but they have another way of showing their displeasure. That's singing the Liverpool anthem.

They hope to use this method to awaken the spirit in the hearts of Liverpool players and let them understand that they are not just any wealthy team, they are Liverpool!

There are many giants, but there is only one Liverpool. What makes them different from other giants and become a unique team is because they have such a spirit in their hearts. This has nothing to do with spirit and championships, has nothing to do with honor or disgrace, and has nothing to do with football. Related, related to life and death. In modern football history, few teams have suffered as many hardships as Liverpool. The air disasters of Manchester United and Turin happened in the 1950s and 1960s. However, the two tragic incidents that Liverpool suffered in succession were both in the mid-to-late 1980s, not far away from now, and the impact is still there.

In fact, Liverpool has been moving forward with baggage on its back. This is a particularly tragic team. They were reminded of the impact of the two tragedies on them when they were killed, and the ninety-six innocent souls in Hillsborough were like a dark cloud hanging over their heads.

Liverpool must keep going like this, otherwise they won't be Liverpool anymore.

So Liverpool is particularly sad.

Of course, if Chen Yingxiong knew about it, he would definitely pout. He still holds the same view that people who live in the past are miserable. If Liverpool wants to make strides forward, it cannot carry baggage... But now he doesn't understand what the Hillsborough tragedy and the Heysel tragedy mean to Liverpool, so um one by one Fortunately, he never had the chance to express his feelings directly, otherwise, it would probably be another group response like Naples.

The song "You'll Never Walk Alone" rang out over Anfield.

However, everyone has listened to this song many times, and the old players are somewhat immune to it, while the new players cannot understand the meaning behind the song.

Therefore, apart from increasing the home atmosphere, the fans' actions have little effect on the Liverpool players. Yamen made West Ham United's offense stagnate slightly.

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Martin O'Neill watched this scene from the coaching bench and shook his head slightly.

The problems of this team are really more serious than I thought.

At first I thought it was just a technical and tactical issue, but now it seems to be a very complicated issue...

He finally understood why Niang, the club's general manager, was considering out-of-scale purges of some people. It was really no longer suitable to stay in Liverpool.

But even if he understood the reason, O'Neill would not agree to Niang tearing down and rebuilding in one go. That will only bring greater turmoil.

Now he can only expect a few stars to shine, and at least not lose. As long as his results are acceptable, he has room to adjust and reform. What he lacks now is time. He has no doubt that if his league starts poorly and there is no hope of seeing a bright future, he will be dismissed by the chairman before even half a season. Although it is said that traditional English football clubs will not fire their head coaches easily, how many traditional English football clubs are there in English football now? They are all occupied by foreign capital, and those foreign investors are impatient.

When he thought of the star shining, he shifted his gaze to Chen Yingxiong on the court.

Gerrard and Chen Yingxiong started the game, but the person most likely to help the team solve the problem is undoubtedly Chen Yingxiong, who has been in outstanding form since the warm-up match.

Score a goal, hero. I don't care which way you use it...

O'Neill thought silently in his heart.

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Martin O'Neill placed his hopes on Chen Yingxiong in his heart, and so did Liverpool fans. "You'll Never Walk Alone" couldn't be repeated indefinitely in the competition, so after singing this song, they started chanting Chen Yingxiong's name.

Chen Yingxiong is the forward and the person closest to the goal. If he wants to score, his probability is obviously higher than Gerrard.

The fans are not stupid. Gerrard is the captain, but in terms of scoring ability, the captain is really not as good as this Chinese boy.

Even Messi has to accept the defeat. The captain should not compete with Chen Yingxiong to score goals.

Generally speaking, when so many people have high hopes for a certain person, that certain person may behave abnormally because he cannot bear the pressure.

But Chen Yingxiong is different. He is the kind of person you can put your hopes on him and watch him help you realize your dream.

The so-called pressure is motivation for him.

Chen Yingxiong never disappoints!

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Only four minutes had passed since everyone chanted Chen Yingxiong's name, and Chen Yingxiong indeed scored.

In the 26th minute, Liverpool launched an attack. Sanchez dribbled the ball from the wing and suddenly cut inside. Leigh used his skillful footwork to dribble laterally and attract almost all West Ham United defenders in front of him.

At the same time, Chen Yingxiong relied on the tacit understanding he cultivated with Sanchez in Naples and the off-ball running ability trained in the copy to find the opening keenly. While West Ham United's defensive attention was all on Sanchez, he quickly stepped into the space he was optimistic about.

Almost at the same time as he flashed over, Sanchez was dribbling laterally and picked it up with his right foot. The football passed between the two West Ham United players and landed just in front of Chen Yingxiong.

Chen Yingxiong turned sideways towards the goal, passed the football, and then gently moved the football forward. He was not trying to continue to break through, but just getting out of the way. Then he lifted up his thick right leg...

"Hero! Not offside! He shot one by one!!"

Following the commentator's roar, there was a bang, and the football hit the goal like a shell.

Chen Yingxiong shot from the near upper corner. Although West Ham United's goalkeeper blocked the near corner in time, he was unable to block the upper corner because his center of gravity was too low. In addition, Chen Yingxiong's shot was too fast. When he jumped up, his speed couldn't keep up with the flying football.

He waved his hand, but only hit a piece of air.

The football has crashed into the goal...

"Beautiful! The ball went in!!!"

"The hero scored his first league goal of the season! Also scored Liverpool's first league goal!"

"Although West Ham United performed very bravely in the previous twenty minutes, Chen Yingxiong defeated them by himself. This is the strength of superstars! This is also the reason why wealthy clubs are called wealthy clubs, because in wealthy clubs Among them, there are always stars with such ability!"