Volume 1: The Hero Appears, People Pay Attention Chapter 341 The Football Association Should Thank Chen Yingxiong

Aston Villa really has no confidence in front of Liverpool's reserve team. This situation has become commonplace this season. If it was two seasons ago, some people would find it funny.

Now with the performance of Liverpool's reserve team, most people have recognized their ability.

This is a team that can successfully stay in the Premier League even if it is placed in the Premier League.

After the game started, Aston Villa performed well and did not attack fiercely at the beginning, or simply surrendered.

Although they lack confidence, they still take this game seriously. But how long they can persist like this is related to their confidence.

Facing Aston Villa, who performed well, Liverpool's reserve team was not impatient. They were calm and did not look like a reserve team at all, but a first-team team.

Since Aston Villa did not press forward and bombard, they did not press forward either. The two teams were deadlocked on the field.

"This reserve team is really impressive! Who would have thought that less than a season ago, they were still a group of young boys? Now, they look like veterans who have experienced hundreds of battles!"

The TV commentator introduced the information of the two participating teams to everyone.

This game was broadcast live nationwide. In addition, many overseas TV stations purchased the live broadcast signal of this game.

It was just a FA Cup semi-final, but it enjoyed the treatment of the final.

All this is thanks to the Liverpool reserve team.

The English FA should really thank Chen Yingxiong.

With the strength of the Premier League, the FA Cup has become more and more useless. This can be seen from the fact that Liverpool originally planned to participate in the whole process of the reserve team. Many giants don't care much about this championship. Even a team like Liverpool that has not won a championship for many years is like this, not to mention a super giant like Manchester United.

The English FA is also very distressed about this.

The Premier League belongs to the Premier League, and the income has little to do with the FA. The Premier League only pays a part of the money to the FA every year. But this money is like a drop in the bucket compared to what the Premier League gets.

The three-year broadcasting fee of the Premier League is now as high as 2.2 billion pounds. It is already the most expensive broadcasting contract in the world football. The broadcasting fee of the La Liga, which has always been dissatisfied with the Premier League being the largest league in Europe, is only 600 million pounds. The gap between the two sides is huge. Not to mention the already declining Serie A, Ligue 1 and Bundesliga are still far behind.

So much money goes to the Premier League, and the English Football Association is really jealous.

So they are desperately running the English Championship. Integrate low-level competitions, promote the League Cup...

As the world's oldest modern football event. Naturally, the FA's top card. In England, the FA Cup has always enjoyed a high reputation. Second only to the Premier League.

But now. Although they are still second, the gap between them and the first Premier League is getting bigger and bigger...

At this time, Chen Yingxiong led the Liverpool reserve team to embark on the journey of the FA Cup and League Cup.

Then everything changed.

At first, even the FA thought Chen Yingxiong was a madman and an idiot, and that Liverpool's actions were a naked insult to the FA Cup and League Cup - other giants. Even if they wanted to give up these two competitions, they had to cover it up. Half of the reserve players and half of the first-team substitutes were acceptable to everyone. On the surface, at least the dignity of the FA Cup and League Cup was maintained.

But Martin O'Neill's actions were completely a slap in the face of the English FA, and he told the FA directly, "I just want to give up these two useless games, what's wrong with that?"

So at that time, they especially hoped that the Liverpool reserve team would lose the game at the beginning, so that other teams that planned to follow suit would see - this is the end of disrespecting the FA Cup and League Cup!

But when the Liverpool reserve team won one game after another under the leadership of Chen Yingxiong, everyone also saw the change.

The media began to be interested in the League Cup and the FA Cup. Because this is really a gimmick.

A reserve team that was not favored at all, led by a star player, was able to defeat so many opponents and make it to the semi-finals of the League Cup, just one step away from Wembley Stadium... This story is so inspiring and amazing!

Their hard work in publicity has made more readers and fans interested in the League Cup and the FA Cup.

Everyone wants to see how far this Liverpool reserve team can go.

Similarly, everyone's attention to the Liverpool reserve team has also spread to the entire cup competition. The attendance rate of each game has increased slightly, and the ratings of all Liverpool games have increased sharply.

All of these have brought real benefits to the FA - the ratings have increased, advertisers have benefited, the advertising revenue of TV stations has increased, and the TV broadcasting fees are naturally expected to increase. This makes the FA more confident when negotiating the broadcasting fees for the next season with those TV stations.

So they changed from hoping that the Liverpool reserve team would lose at the beginning to sincerely hoping that the Liverpool reserve team would go far enough in both cup competitions, preferably all the way to the finals, so as not to waste the ratings of each game.

However, Liverpool's practice of changing the first team in the League Cup semi-finals and finals turned many people off - what's the point? Everyone knows how to play in the League Cup with the first team. With Liverpool's strength, even if you win against Manchester City in the end, there is nothing to be proud of. Everyone knows that you are the sufferer of Manchester City.

Martin O'Neill's decision greatly reduced the interest of the media and fans in the League Cup, and it also affected the FA Cup.

At that time, the English Football Association was disillusioned and restless.

Fortunately, in the FA Cup soon, everyone saw that the Liverpool reserve team made it all the way to the final, and Chen Yingxiong made a bold statement that he would use the reserve team to win the championship...

At this time, the enthusiasm of the masses was completely ignited.

Although the media still want to accuse Chen Yingxiong of being arrogant and whimsical. But deep down, they all hope that Chen Yingxiong will continue to implement his idea.

Because this is perfect for their hype!

Everyone has seen the final result.

This season, Liverpool still insists on using the reserve team plus Chen Yingxiong to play domestic cup matches. The media, fans, the Football Association, and the sponsors who spent large sums of money to sponsor these two events were all smiling.

With the encouragement of the English Football Association, the "Liverpool Reserve Legend" that happened in the English FA Cup and League Cup was publicized all over the world. Everyone on earth knows what Liverpool is doing. They have never heard of it before. Chen Yingxiong is so whimsical and bold that it is even more shocking.

But precisely because it is rare, everyone is interested.

In today's world, the rarer something is, the more hype it has.

In this way, an FA Cup semi-final was broadcast by many national television stations.

Dozens of media outlets from around the world came to report on the scene.

Among them, China's media is the most enthusiastic.

China's local TV network has purchased the rights to broadcast the League Cup and FA Cup this season, and they have planned to continue to purchase the rights to broadcast the League Cup and FA Cup for the next three seasons.

Chen Yingxiong's huge popularity in China has made Chinese fans not let go of competitions such as the FA Cup and League Cup. In the past, not many Chinese fans were interested in competitions like the League Cup and FA Cup...

This is Chen Yingxiong’s contribution.

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Under the attention of the world's media, this game was not really exciting, and it definitely cannot be used as a model for the English Football Association to promote the FA Cup.

But it doesn't matter, there are many classic games in this season. Especially the two matches between the Liverpool reserve team and Arsenal, one in the FA Cup and one in the League Cup. Watching these two games together is very exciting. This is a showdown between masters.

Liverpool's reserves have proven their quality early on, and their glorious tradition has been demonstrated in the FA Cup - a breeding ground for upsets.

Wasn't the Liverpool reserve team the most unpopular in the beginning?

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Aston Villa's resistance lasted for thirty minutes, and finally they could no longer resist.

After all, the confidence is not enough to allow them to persist for longer.

Because of the lack of confidence, every minute of persistence is a kind of torture for the Aston Villa players.

They have no hope of winning this game.

Even with no hope in sight, they were able to hold on for thirty minutes, which proved their bravery and professionalism.

But the gap in strength does exist after all.

This huge gap will not fundamentally change because of your bravery and profession.

In the 30th minute, heroic but pitiful Aston Villa conceded their first goal of the game.

It was not Chen Yingxiong who scored the goal, but Carlton Cole, who stood out from the reserve team through the League Cup this season. He has been called up to the first team many times this season to train with the team, and has also been included in the squad several times. But so far, he has not had a chance to play in the first team.

But I believe this day is not too far away. After winning the league championship in advance, players like Carlton Cole who are outstanding and train hard will definitely get the opportunity to represent the first team in the Premier League in the remaining four rounds of the league.

This is also a reward for his hard work throughout the season.

Watching Cole, who scored the goal, running freely on the field, the wind blew up his jersey and blew his hair, with a bright smile on his young and immature face.

The commentator lamented: "After a long time, a promising young man finally reappeared in Liverpool's youth training camp. In fact, he is not the number one, but thanks to Chen Yingxiong and the reserve team, Cole has experienced a lot in the reserve team. With the experience of blood and fire, and his rapid growth, he has reached the requirements of the first team. Now, I think the legend of Liverpool's reserve team will become a real one as more and more players like Cole emerge in the future... legend!"