Volume 1: Heroes Come and Go, People Pay Attention Chapter 228 Reserve Team (Third Update, Please Vote for Me!)

On the last day before the FA Cup match against Nottingham Forest, first-team head coach Martin O'Neill finally arrived at the reserve team's training ground. After all, it will still be him who will direct the team's game tomorrow, not assistant coach Clark.

He wants to observe the training status of the reserve team players. It is impossible for him to lead this team in the game. He doesn't know the status of this team yet, right? [..com]

That would be too irresponsible...,...

But he came by himself, Chen Yingxiong did not come.

This disappointed the reserve team players who were waiting on the training ground to look forward to their idols...

This disappointment only lasted for a short period of time, because everyone realized that although Chen Yingxiong did not come, the team's head coach Martin O'Neill did! If I can perform well in training and tomorrow's game, wouldn't that mean I can get into the head coach's sight?

As long as you can win the trust of the head coach, you can enter the first team. In this way, wouldn't you be able to fight alongside Chen Yingxiong?

Many people know what they should do once they understand this joint.

During the training, the players were more active and worked harder.

Martin O'Neill was very satisfied with the mental state displayed by the reserve team. He did not know that it was because of Chen Yingxiong. He just praised Clark and thought that Clark managed the reserve team well.

O'Neal has two assistant coaches, one is Sammy Lee, who is in charge of the first team training sessions, and the other is Clark, who is specifically in charge of the echelon.

Clark was also happy with the head coach's praise.

In fact, he was also very surprised. Player training was not like this before. The reserve team is a bit like an exile, especially those players who were transferred from the first team to the reserve team are like being exiled. Most of them are because their strength does not meet the requirements of the first team, and then they cannot be sold. Go out, no one wants you, so you have to stay in the team. Rather than rotting in the first team, it is better to be assigned to the reserve team and still play games. There is a reserve team in every round of the Premier League, but the level is far inferior to the first team, and no one pays attention to it.

Players who have just been promoted from the youth team are still full of fantasies about entering the first team.

The old players will tell them to stop dreaming. Liverpool is no longer the Liverpool of the Shankly and Paisley era. If Liverpool needs to achieve results, they have to buy stars from outside instead of promoting rookies from the youth team. How many years has it passed? How many talents from the Liverpool youth team have achieved success in the first team?

Therefore, the atmosphere in the reserve team is relatively bad. Everyone lacks fighting spirit, and they are just like idlers in training.

Clark criticized them at first, but later he realized the lack of future in the reserve team and understood the players. Many youth team players who have been transferred from the youth team are already thinking of ways to switch to other teams. Since the Liverpool first team cannot give them a chance, then we will go to other teams to look for opportunities. If they get out in the future, maybe they can transfer again. Return to Liverpool and realize the idea of ​​​​saving the country through curves.

Clark couldn't figure out why these players suddenly became energetic. It must be said that it is because of the FA Cup that he knows very well Martin O'Neill's attitude towards the FA Cup. The FA Cup has been very important in history, but now Liverpool does not need it. No one can imagine that Chen Yingxiong has become the idol of these players who have no hope...

The power of idols is very huge.

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Martin O'Neill is very satisfied with the performance of the reserve team, but this does not mean that he has no hope for this team. The FA Cup game was originally meant to be given up.

He didn't expect Liverpool's reserve players to lead the team to the final.

At the end of the training, the reserve team players finally saw Chen Yingxiong. Chen Yingxiong was going to the away game with the team.

Everyone was very happy to see Chen Yingxiong. When Chen Yingxiong got on the bus, the players in the bus cheered for him.

"hero!"

"hero!"

After experiencing a game, everyone knows Chen Yingxiong's temper. He is different from those celebrities they think are big-name celebrities. He has no airs, at least in front of them.

These reserve team players don't know that Chen Yingxiong is actually very assertive. But that's for outsiders. Maybe Martin O'Neill treats the reserve team differently, but Chen Yingxiong still regards them all as his own, because they are also Liverpool players after all.

Chen Yingxiong's idea is very simple. As long as he is a Liverpool player, whether he is in the first team, reserve team or youth team, he is a family.

Naturally, it is impossible for him to show off in front of the reserve team and youth team players. It's all for reporters, other players, and opponents to see.

Hearing everyone's cheers, Chen Yingxiong raised his hand to greet everyone, without any airs.

When Chen Yingxiong got in the car, everyone felt much more at ease. In this way, there will be no problem at all when playing against Nottingham Forest away from home.

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Nottingham Forest is one of the oldest teams in England and was once the most powerful team. In the early 1980s, when Liverpool dominated Europe and England,

Only one team has broken their monopoly, and that team is Nottingham Forest.

At that time, Nottingham Forest, under the leadership of Brian Clough, achieved a legend.

In the first year, they were still in the English Second Division. In the second year, they became a League One team and won the league championship. In the third year, they participated in the European Champions Cup for the first time and won the Champions League. The myth of Kaiserslautern is nothing compared to this.

Even greater things are yet to come. Before Arsenal, newly promoted Nottingham Forest had already created the longest unbeaten streak in the history of the English League. This record was not broken by Arsenal until the new century.

After creating the longest unbeaten streak, Nottingham Forest surprisingly defended its title in the European Champions Cup!

Since then, Nottingham Forest has become a powerhouse in English football. Until the establishment of the Premier League, they declined rapidly due to lack of money.

In fact, Liverpool only declined after the Premier League. In the final analysis, it is because of lack of money. In the newly established Premier League, Liverpool's finances did not keep up with the requirements of the league and were left behind by teams such as Blackburn Rovers and Manchester United. Coupled with the fact that they always have some inexplicable problems in their team building strategy, Liverpool is getting further and further away from the league championship.

But after all, they are from a wealthy family with a big business and a rich background. They are still better than those in Nottingham Forest. Nottingham Forest directly returned to the English League One (later the British Championship, the second tier of English league). Although Liverpool will not be relegated, they don't want a league championship. They can only win the cup that everyone does not pay attention to. Received a reputation as the "King of Cups".

But Liverpool people don't need a cup championship. What Liverpool people want most is a league championship.

The team that once won the most championships in English football and was the dominant team in English League One has failed to win even a single championship in the Premier League era. How embarrassing it is to say that.

After more than 20 years, the opponents who were once in the winner's field are now very different. Liverpool finally ushered in a renaissance after struggling for many years, while Nottingham Forest worked hard to regain the English Championship. , they can no longer take a step forward. They have been in the English Championship for the past few years and were once very close to promotion. However, they were either only one step away from the play-offs or lost in the final play-offs.

The owners of Nottingham Forest have changed several times, and the head coaches have changed even more, but it has never been effective.

Now they seemed to have accepted their fate, were content with the status quo, and gradually fell silent. It is considered a mid-range team in the English Championship, with no hope of promotion and no worries about relegation.

When encountering such a team in the FA Cup, you really need to be nervous the most. Because such a team cannot give up the FA Cup for promotion, and there is no need to consider relegation. They only need to go all out to make a breakthrough in the FA Cup, and then maybe they can go to the European competition next year. circle and make a lot of money.

The FA Cup's appeal has plummeted for Premier League teams, but it is still a hot commodity for teams in lower leagues.

Without Chen Yingxiong's full reserve team, Liverpool might really have failed at the City Stadium.

Now ……,

Chen Yingxiong became the owner of the city stadium.

In this historic stadium, Chen Yingxiong used a free kick to forever leave his name in the history of the city stadium.

Chen Yingxiong's goal kicked off Liverpool's frantic attack.

And what about Nottingham Forest? In front of the powerful Chen Yingxiong, he has no power to fight back.

This red forest, which once broke Liverpool's monopoly under the leadership of Brian Clough, can now only hold its head in hands, shrink down and let others ravage under the indiscriminate bombardment of its old rivals.

This scene made those old football fans who were familiar with the feud between the two teams sigh.

Red Liverpool has risen, while the red forest is still sleeping, waiting for their destined person...

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In the end, Chen Yingxiong scored twice in the game, helping Liverpool defeat Nottingham Forest and advance to the fifth round of the FA Cup.

After the game, the players from Liverpool's reserve team surrounded Chen Yingxiong, and everyone rushed to hug him.

Chen Yingxiong only played 65 minutes in this game before he was replaced. He still scored two goals before being replaced.

He is the biggest contributor to the team's advancement to the fifth round.

The reserve team players are very happy, now they can continue to fight side by side with Chen Yingxiong.

This is good news for them.

Moreover, everyone felt that they performed very well during the game, maybe they caught the eye of the head coach?

A game like the FA Cup is tasteless for the first team, but it is a rare opportunity for the reserve team players.

They cherish this opportunity very much.

Naturally, I like and admire Chen Yingxiong even more for giving them the opportunity to move forward...! .