Volume 1: When a Hero Appears, People Pay Attention. Chapter 56: Take Advantage of the Situation.

After the game, Chen Yingxiong's crazy goal finally attracted the attention of the European media, and its impact was not limited to English football.

Many European media gave extensive coverage to the massacre at Anfield.

Chen Yingxiong, who won four yuan in the competition, is a figure that everyone is eager to pay attention to.

The group stage has just ended, and Chen Yingxiong has scored 14 goals. This number of goals means that Chen Yingxiong is already far away from the record of 17 goals in a single season set by FC Boltu forward Falcao in the 2010-11 season. Close! The Europa League is a very young competition, but if you include the UEFA Cup, it still has a long history.

Klinsmann once set a record of fifteen goals in a single season in the 1995-1996 season. At that time, the UEFA Cup was not reformed. Later, after the reform, the record of goals scored in a single season of the UEFA Cup became Alan Shearer's eleven. ball.

Chen Yingxiong once set a single-season scoring record before the demise of the UEFA Cup - twelve goals in a season.

However, these records have now disappeared. In the 2010-2011 season, Bortu's forward Falcao scored an astonishing seventeen goals and set a new record. This record does not matter whether it was before or after the restructuring. Whether it is the UEFA Cup or the Europa League, both are well-deserved firsts.

It's just that Falcao's record has only been maintained for one season and is in danger of being broken.

Chen Yingxiong has scored 14 goals at the end of the group stage. In terms of his condition, it will be easy to continue scoring goals. It should not be a problem to get through the 16th finals, and the 16th finals may not be too difficult either. .

In this way, given Chen Yingxiong's condition, beating Falcao's seventeen goals is really no longer a dream.

Poor Falcao has only had this record for a short time. The record is not yet warm in his arms, but it is about to change hands...

The media rushed to report on this matter. At this time, everyone turned their attention to the Europa League and noticed that Chen Yingxiong's performance in this event was quite active and eye-catching.

However, everyone is paying attention. What disappoints Chen Yingxiong is that they did not connect his crazy goals with Messi. If many people don’t know the twists and turns behind this, then no one knows what Chen Yingxiong did. For Messi.

After all, Messi is participating in the Champions League, while Chen Yingxiong is playing in the Europa League. Although the two competitions are both European competitions, they are of different levels and few people will talk about them together. The Champions League is the Champions League and the Europa League is the Europa League. They cannot be confused.

As for Chen Yingxiong scoring so many goals in the Europa League, everyone just talked about poor Falcao with great interest, and did not think that this had anything to do with Messi.

In this world, Chen Yingxiong is actually the only one who really regards Messi as his opponent.

Even his teammates and head coach O'Neal probably didn't take it too seriously, thinking that after this season, Chen Yingxiong would no longer have such thoughts.

If Chen Yingxiong told the world about his plan, in the eyes of many people, he would probably become that poor Don Quixote, riding an old horse and imagining that he was a brave knight fighting a windmill.

The opponent is so powerful that he is almost invincible, but he insists on challenging him. If he hits his head and is bleeding, he will not win everyone's sympathy and respect. He will only be treated as a clown and used for entertainment, and become a after-dinner object. Talk.

In the eyes of outsiders, Chen Yingxiong must be pitiful.

But Chen Yingxiong doesn't think so. He has high morale and feels that his career is fulfilling because it is full of the fun and excitement of challenges.

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After finishing the Europa League group stage in Grica, the Premier League officially entered the devil's schedule during the Christmas period - on December 17, the seventeenth round of the league, Liverpool faced Manchester United at home. In the eighteenth round of the league on December 22, Liverpool faced Southampton at home. On December 26, in the 19th round of the league, Liverpool challenged Wigan Athletic away. On December 30, in the twentieth round of the league, Liverpool challenged Manchester City away. Home game against Wigan Athletic on January 3rd. On January 6, in the third round of the FA Cup, Liverpool challenged Luton away.

Counting the Europa League on the 14th, Liverpool will play seven games in 23 days, an average of one game in just over two days.

Such an intensive schedule, coupled with the cold temperatures and harsh weather in winter, accelerates players' physical exertion and greatly increases the chance of injury. Every season in the Premier League, widespread injuries occur at this time.

It's no wonder that Martin O'Neill is not willing to let Chen Yingxiong return to China.

But Chen Yingxiong must return to China. For this reason, he must score five goals in the game against Manchester City.

There are only three league games left before this game.

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In the seventeenth round of the league, Liverpool faced Manchester United at home, and the first English national derby of the season was staged.

O'Neal had rested the main players of the team just for this game.

As a player and coach who has been immersed in English football for many years, Martin O'Neill is very aware of the grudges between Liverpool and Manchester United, so he cannot help but take this game seriously.

For this reason, even though he played the entire game in the Europa League group stage, Chen Yingxiong was still started by Martin O'Neill.

With or without Chen Yingxiong, there are two different Liverpools for Manchester United!

Before this game, Manchester United was talking about Chen Yingxiong the most.

Lai Diao Ferguson simply took the initiative to launch a war of words and psychological warfare against Chen Yingxiong.

However, unlike his previous style of attacking opponents, Ferguson did not kill Chen Yingxiong with a stick this time, but chose to praise him.

"Hero is a very high-level player! I think he can already be on an equal footing with Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo...I'm not exaggerating."

Ferguson studied the match between Liverpool and Chelsea. Before the game, Advocaat used praise to make Chen Yingxiong feel elated. He succeeded, at least initially. But his problem is that he should not be angry with his captain Terry. As a result, it was Terry who was carried away and provoked Chen Yingxiong during the game, causing Chen Yingxiong to suddenly return to a state of rage from being carefree, and then the result As you can imagine...

Therefore, Ferguson learned from Chelsea's experience and lessons and did not anger anyone. He just praised Chen Yingxiong for his performance. Give Chen Yingxiong a high hat and directly praise him as a figure on an equal footing with Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo.

This is actually psychological warfare.

He knows very well that if he uses conventional psychological warfare to deal with Chen Yingxiong and angers the opponent, Manchester United will not take advantage. After all, it is Liverpool's home court, so Manchester United has to be careful.

No matter how you say it, Chen Yingxiong is only a 24-year-old young man. It is normal for him to feel elated after achieving great results.

As long as you can make him feel happy, his condition will be greatly reduced.

And I am not Chen Yingxiong’s mentor, so I don’t have to worry that Chen Yingxiong will beat me desperately to show respect for his teacher...

It stands to reason that this strategy is perfect.

But Ferguson himself overlooked one point - he is the head coach of Manchester United. He has never praised a Liverpool player in this way. Even for a player like Gerrard, he will never praise him publicly.

Not to mention someone like Chen Yingxiong.

You must know that Ferguson's hatred for Liverpool is quite deep. Even though Manchester United has now surpassed Liverpool in the number of championships under his leadership, his hatred of Liverpool has not dissipated. This is a pair of eternal enemies that will not fade away with the passage of time.

So it is inevitable that people will find it strange that Ferguson suddenly and uncharacteristically began to praise Liverpool players.

If Ferguson didn't take the wrong medicine, he had ulterior motives.

Although he is over 70 years old, the possibility of Ferguson taking the wrong medicine is very small.

So there is only one possibility left - he must have ulterior motives.

What else can you do to praise an opponent's player so lavishly? Of course, I hope to make the other party lose their vigilance through flattery.

Therefore, Martin O'Neill specifically warned Chen Yingxiong not to be fooled.

Chen Yingxiong smiled.

"What are you laughing at? Hero?" Martin O'Neill was confused by Chen Yingxiong's laughter.

"I'm wondering why we can't just use the trick, boss?"

"Just follow the plan?"

"Yes, if I pretend to enjoy myself, will Ferguson think that I have been fooled and his plan has succeeded? Then when the game is interrupted, we will make another big change... Hehe! Then It must be interesting, right, boss?”

Martin O'Neill suddenly understood.

"You have so many ideas, hero!"

Chen Yingxiong laughed and said: "We can also play a 'prank' with Manchester United!"

O'Neill thought for a while and felt that it was feasible at this time, so he nodded.

"Okay, just do as you say...you know what you should do, right?"

Chen Yingxiong pointed at himself with his thumb: "I'm the best at pranks, boss!"

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In this way, the next day's news media reported that Chen Yingxiong was very happy to be appreciated by Ferguson. In the news, he reciprocated Ferguson who praised him. He believed that Ferguson was the most outstanding player in English football today. Coach, no one.

Although Manchester United is currently ranked fourth, he is very confident in this team.

"I think Manchester United will become our biggest enemy!" In one sentence, he directly ignored Manchester City and Arsenal, which were second and third in the league.

Manchester United fans feel comfortable hearing this - look, Liverpool's number one star has praised us. What does this mean? It shows that our domineering spirit at Manchester United has shocked him!

When it’s time for the game, there will be something good to watch!

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At the same time, Liverpool couldn't figure out which part Chen Yingxiong sang - in order to enhance the effect and refuse to leak the news, Chen Yingxiong did not tell anyone else. So faced with the doubts of the two captains, Gerrard and Carragher, Chen Yingxiong just clenched his fists and smiled at them: "Don't worry, captains, there will be something good to watch then!" Ro! .