Hero of the Penalty Area

Volume 1: When a Hero Appears, People Pay Attention. Chapter 54 Because I Want to Be Number One in the World!

Martin O'Neill was indeed frightened, and he was severely frightened.

At first, he thought he heard wrongly. There was some noise in the plane, but Chen Yingxiong was face to face with him and spoke loudly. He heard clearly and every word was correct.

Chen Yingxiong said that he will score at least 20 goals in the Europa League this season!

"Are you crazy?" he blurted out.

Then he realized that it was inappropriate to talk about his players like that, and tried to explain: "Uh... I mean you are so crazy, hero..."

Chen Yingxiong was used to this kind of reaction from others. When I told the members of the Eat, Drink and Play band, I received the same response.

He didn't take O'Neal's words to heart, but explained his thoughts to the head coach.

After listening, O'Neill's mouth opened so wide that he couldn't close it.

It took him a while to recover.

"You mean...you want to surpass Messi? Just because Messi scored 18 goals in the Champions League last season, you have to score at least 20 goals in the Europa League this season?" O'Neill asked The tone of surprise repeated the key points of Chen Yingxiong's words.

Chen Yingxiong nodded.

"Well... why do you have such an idea, hero? I mean... uh, the idea of ​​surpassing Messi."

"It's very simple, because I want to be number one in the world!" Chen Yingxiong raised his thumb and pointed at himself.

This reason made Chen Yingxiong speak out with confidence, and Martin O'Neill didn't know how to answer it for a while.

Because of this reason, I always feel that it should not appear in reality. It is too tall and far away. It is more like something that appears in literary and artistic works such as movies and novels.

What about "our journey is the stars and the sea", what about "dominating the whole country", what about "becoming an invincible man in the world"...

In reality, if you hear someone say this, you will probably be despised by others and call them crazy, crazy, idiots, or sensationalists, hypers, etc...

However, based on his understanding of Chen Yingxiong, he knew that Chen Yingxiong was not crazy, nor was he a lunatic or idiot. He did nothing to sensationalize, and there was no need to hype...

Does that mean he is serious?

"Are you serious, hero?" O'Neal asked.

Chen Yingxiong nodded: "Of course, otherwise, why do you think I'm trying so hard to score goals this season?"

Chen Yingxiong didn't tell O'Neill that scoring twenty goals in the Europa League was just part of a mission called "Old Enemy."

Martin O'Neill thought about it carefully and found that this was really the case.

He had previously felt that Chen Yingxiong was in particularly good condition, and vaguely wondered if it was abnormal to be so good, but he did not delve into this issue. After all, Chen Yingxiong was in good condition, and he was the one who benefited. Now after being exposed by Chen Yingxiong, he realized that Chen Yingxiong's condition was really incredible...

"Are you trying to surpass Messi?"

"Yeah." Chen Yingxiong shrugged. "So, I must play in the home game against Grica, boss. Look at the entire group stage, I have only scored ten goals so far..."

O'Neal rolled his eyes in his mind and said to himself: What does it mean to "just" score ten goals? Don’t you look at how many goals you are behind the second place in the current Europa League scorer list!

"I have no problem with my physical fitness at all, boss. When have you ever seen me run out of energy on the court? To be honest, rotation really doesn't work for me. You just let me play all the games." After more than seventy games, I won’t feel tired, boss.”

Martin O'Neill thought about it seriously, and it was indeed true. He previously thought that the days when Chen Yingxiong always flew back and forth between the UK and Italy would affect his physical fitness and condition. But in fact his response was more goals and better performances.

Using physical fitness as an example is too unconvincing...

Since Chen Yingxiong does not really want to challenge his own authority, but to pursue "number one in the world", Martin O'Neill has no reason to make things difficult for Chen Yingxiong. It would be outrageous for a head coach to prevent his players from improving. Who doesn't want his players to have such ambitions and strive for first place? In that case, the team's strength will be greatly improved.

So he couldn't refuse Chen Yingxiong's request.

He nodded: "Okay, I'll let you start."

Chen Yingxiong smiled.

"But I want to ask, how long will it take you to achieve this goal?"

"My plan is to reach the finals." Chen Yingxiong said.

"Then?"

"Come back as a champion."

Martin O'Neill said in his heart: I knew it!

"But it's very difficult," he said.

"I know, that's why I have to give it a try, boss. Who cares about something that is too difficult?"

"Are you confident?"

Chen Yingxiong did not answer the question immediately, but looked at his head coach: "It depends on whether the boss supports me."

Martin O'Neill did not speak, but looked at Chen Yingxiong. After the two looked at each other for a while, he smiled and shook his head: "You gave me another problem, hero..."

"Boss, don't you like the champion?"

"Who doesn't like it? But you have to do what you can..."

"It's okay, boss. Let's give it a try. Even if it fails, we have gained experience." Chen Yingxiong said plausibly.

O'Neal was defeated by him, because what Chen Yingxiong said did make sense. Liverpool can't always be on the front line, and they can't always give up some championship opportunities to compete for a championship. This is not a characteristic of wealthy families. Wealthy clubs win as many championships as they have, whether it's triple crowns, five crowns, six crowns, etc. The more the better.

Although the current team's bench depth is not enough, Liverpool can try it first at this time to accumulate some experience for the players.

"Okay, hero, you succeeded in convincing me. I decided to think about this carefully in the second half of the season."

Chen Yingxiong smiled.

He finally told the head coach about the most important thing this season and gained his support. Now I have nothing to worry about, I just need to work hard and score goals.

He returned to his seat. Suarez came over and asked him: "How is it?"

Chen Yingxiong made an "ok" gesture.

"Done!"

Suarez slapped him: "Good job! Now we can run free and rush!"

"Well! Let's surprise the whole of Europe!" Chen Yingxiong clenched his fists.

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Returning to the league, Martin O'Neill continued to insist on his rotation, and Chen Yingxiong also continued to sit on the bench. Although Chen Yingxiong has reached a consensus with Martin O'Neill, they have reached a consensus on the Europa League, not that there is no need to rotate in the league.

Those who should be rotated in the league will continue to be rotated.

The result of the rotation was Liverpool's upset loss to Norwich in the away game. The team lost with a score of 1:3. Klashnic, who returned from injury, scored a face-saving goal for the team.

Liverpool, which lost the game, fell to second place, and the first place was regained by Manchester City, who had good momentum.

After the game, Martin O'Neill insisted that there was nothing wrong with his implementation of rotation: "It is impossible for a team to not lose a game in a season. This is a normal situation at the moment... Is there anything wrong with being second in the league? I'm happy with the current situation of the team."

This is not a tough talk. Anyone who experienced Liverpool’s poor performance last season will agree with Martin O’Neill’s words, because even if this Liverpool team suffered an upset loss to Norwich City, which ranked 13th in the league, they lost. Ranked first in the league, that would be much better than last season...

Last season, the team lost one game and was likely to lose a second game. And this season, even if they lose a game, it is not a big deal for everyone. Liverpool can still perform decently in the next round of the league.

Everyone is full of confidence. There is a saying that has been said badly, but it really applies to Liverpool today - losing one game is not the end of the world.

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On the 14th, Liverpool ushered in the last game of the Europa League group stage at their home court, and Grica will be their opponent.

Before this game, everyone analyzed that Martin O'Neal would make a substantial rotation, all the main players should be rested, and the players on the field would all be players from the second team.

Even the unbeatable main goalkeeper Reina has to sit on the bench.

There are even media outlets giving advice to Liverpool players - what should they do if they are too bored watching the game on the bench? They can use their smartphones or tablets to play Angry Birds or Plants vs. Zombies, and they can also bring snacks to eat, and melon seeds are recommended.

This shows everyone's attitude towards this game - almost no one treats it as a Europa League game, but more like an outing.

The result of the game is irrelevant, and even so, few people would think that Liverpool could lose to a team from Slovenia at home. Even with their second team, Liverpool can defeat them effortlessly.

The contempt of the Liverpool media naturally aroused the anger of the entire Gryca team.

Although we are the weakest team in this group, although we have been eliminated, we still have dignity!

As the runner-up team in Slovenia, how can you allow you to humiliate us like this! Don't think that because you are a giant team in England, you can disrespect your opponents so much. If you get too carried away, be careful about kicking rocks!

You can ignore us now and laugh at us loudly... but we must make you pay the price! You will know that the fish belly also has several teeth!

In this way, the angry Grica players set foot on Anfield, Liverpool's home stadium.

When they passed the "This is Anfield" placard, they looked up angrily and glared at the metal nameplate. The anger bursting out of his eyes seemed to melt this famous brand...

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