Volume 1: When a Hero Appears, People Pay Attention. Chapter 53 I Must Play This Game!

After the game against Blackburn, Liverpool immediately welcomed Anderlecht at home.

A 5-1 win over Anderlecht in an away game made the team very relaxed. Even head coach Martin O'Neill didn't think there would be any problems in this game.

Who would have thought that something was wrong only to be discovered after the game started. This time it’s not just the team that underestimated the enemy, this time even the head coach underestimated the enemy...

Fortunately, there is one person who never underestimates the opponent, or never gives up the pursuit of goals just because of the level of his opponent.

Regardless of whether the team's qualifying situation is determined or not, Chen Yingxiong will continue to pursue goals.

Because he wants to compete with Messi for the number of goals.

In the Champions League match two days earlier, Messi scored twice in the away game, taking his goal tally to five.

Although Messi still has one less goal than Chen Yingxiong, Chen Yingxiong cannot take it lightly, because Messi is indeed the most powerful player in football today, and he also has a very powerful team. As long as he is in this team , his goals will continue to appear.

In this game, it was thanks to Chen Yingxiong's two goals that Liverpool avoided being defeated by Anderlecht at home. In the end, Liverpool shook hands with Anderlecht 2:2 at home.

Chen Yingxiong scored twice in the game. As a result, he has scored eight goals in the Europa League this season and continues to lead the scorer list.

Returning to the league, Liverpool defeated Fulham 2:0 at home. Chen Yingxiong did not score in this game because he was placed on the bench and played continuously, which had a great impact on the team's physical fitness. Martin .O'Neal continues to stick to his rotation.

Since the game went Liverpool's way from the beginning, the goal came quickly, and Fulham did not show their tenacious fighting spirit, so Martin O'Neill had no idea of ​​letting Chen Yingxiong play on the bench. We sat at the table for a full ninety minutes.

On November 24, in the fourteenth round of the league, Liverpool defeated Newcastle 3-0 away from home. Chen Yingxiong started the game and scored a goal.

Fourteen rounds into the league, he scored sixteen goals and had three assists. You must know that this data was obtained when he was rotated in three games and was suspended by a red card in one game. Therefore, it is actually Sixteen goals in ten games, a very impressive result.

But it is a pity that he did not continue this excellent form into the League Cup. In the League Cup quarter-finals on November 30, Liverpool lost 0:2 to Chelsea. Chelsea avenged being eliminated from the quarter-finals by Liverpool with the same score last year.

In fact, you can't blame Chen Yingxiong for his poor condition. Chen Yingxiong was on the bench at the beginning of this game.

He was not substituted until the 67th minute, when Chelsea already led Liverpool by two goals.

His appearance did not bring any positive changes to the team. In the end, Liverpool, the defending champion of the League Cup, had no choice but to accept the fate of being eliminated from the League Cup.

But Martin O'Neal was not frustrated or upset, although he still expressed regret for being eliminated at the post-match press conference. But that's just a show, for others to see.

Martin O'Neill may be relieved... In this way, the team will not have to consider the League Cup in the next two or three months. If possible, O'Neill even wants to give up the FA Cup directly.

Now the team's momentum in the league is very good. If they continue to play like this, it is hard to say whether they will win the championship, but there is a high possibility of qualifying for the Champions League. Although they were tied at home in the Europa League, it did not harm the team's qualifying situation.

Therefore, Martin O'Neill felt that he should focus on the league, and then focus a little on the Europa League. As for the two domestic competitions, he gave up temporarily.

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On December 2, the fifteenth round of the league, there were still five rounds left before the match agreed between Chen Yingxiong and Martin O'Neill. Liverpool plays Bolton Wanderers at home.

The final score was 4:0. Chen Yingxiong, who came on as a substitute in the League Cup but failed to help the team defeat Chelsea and advance to the semi-finals, used all his strength in this game. He scored a hat-trick...

This is his second hat trick this season. The league has only gone through fifteen rounds and he has already scored nineteen goals...

Such a terrifying goal efficiency made the entire English football world tremble.

The league is not even halfway through, and the media has consciously stopped discussing who will be the top scorer this season.

Because this is completely unnecessary, the battle for the best scorer is unnecessary in front of the powerful Chen Yingxiong!

For Chen Yingxiong, this is a good thing, but for others, it is a very cruel thing, especially Van Persie...

After losing to the league's top scorer last season, he told the coach and himself that there is still next season.

But now it seems that he may have to pin his hopes on next season. Because this season, it will be very difficult for him to surpass Chen Yingxiong...

At the same time last season, after fifteen league rounds, he ranked first in the league's scorer list, scoring fifteen goals.

This season, his condition is obviously not as good as last season. He only scored 11 goals in 15 league rounds.

There is a gap of eight goals from Chen Yingxiong. How can we catch up? The saying that everything is possible does not seem to apply to Chen Yingxiong.

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After playing in the domestic league, Liverpool rushed to Portugal to challenge Sporting Lisbon away from home.

Before every Europa League game, Messi's game has ended, so Chen Yingxiong will have a very clear benchmark and reference.

Messi scored a penalty in the game, taking his number of goals in the Champions League in a single season to six.

He has already scored six goals before the group stage is over. This performance has been praised by many European sports media. They believe that Messi has continued his excellent form last season and may be able to defend the title of top scorer in the Champions League this season.

If we continue to play in this state, no surprise, this year's various awards will definitely belong to Messi.

The Champions League is indeed the most eye-catching stage. It is also the European war. Chen Yingxiong scored eight goals in the Europa League. Only the media in England and China were the most happy. They promoted it for a while, and the sports media in other countries paid obvious attention. Not as good as Messi.

So everyone praises a player who scored six goals, but ignores a player who scored eight goals.

Chen Yingxiong didn't care about this with the media, because he knew that he had only scored eight goals, which was indeed not enough to cause a sensation!

He wants to score more goals!

Playing away at Sporting Lisbon, Chen Yingxiong continued to score goals and scored twice!

Helped Liverpool win Sporting Lisbon 2:1 in the away game. There is still the last round of the group stage. Liverpool has four wins and one draw with 13 points. It has qualified ahead of schedule and even won the first place in the group ahead of schedule. Anderlecht and Sporting Lisbon compete for another qualifying spot.

The date of the last round of the Europa League group stage is December 15th. Starting from this day, Liverpool will also be involved in a very intensive competition in the Premier League.

Therefore, Martin O'Neal has begun to consider a major rotation in this final round of the group stage. Winning or losing is not important. What is important is to rest the main players and train young players, so that those rotation players can get more playing opportunities and avoid them being overwhelmed by the number of appearances. Too little and you get emotional.

On the plane back to Liverpool from Portugal, Chen Yingxiong found Martin O'Neill and talked about this very thing.

Chen Yingxiong is not able to see through other people's minds, but after playing in professional football for so many years, he still has some experience and common sense. Now the team qualified from the group ahead of schedule and won the first place in the group. The head coach of Grica, a team that plays against this group at home in the final round, will definitely be rotated.

Chen Yingxiong doesn't care about rotating others, so he hopes O'Neal won't rotate him because he wants to score more goals. The goal he set for himself in the European competition this season is to score 20 goals. Although he is confident that he will reach the finals with the team, luck still has to be considered. His hope does not mean that the team will definitely reach the finals. If you don't make it to the finals, you might be eliminated somewhere. What if you're still far short of the twenty-goal mark by then?

So it is best to score more goals in the games that you are sure you can participate in.

In the last round of the group stage, the opponent is a team that is recognized as a weak team. It is simply the perfect target to increase the number of goals!

How could Chen Yingxiong miss such an opportunity?

So he asked O'Neal to talk about it.

O'Neal was puzzled by his insistence on participating in the final round of the group stage. He indeed planned to rest Chen Yingxiong in this game, and rested him thoroughly. Not only would he not be allowed to start, he would not even be included in the substitute list. . Just throw him into the stands and become a spectator.

Considering the upcoming intensive schedule, O'Neal's arrangement is reasonable and is also the practice of ordinary coaches.

But Chen Yingxiong came to him and told him that he must participate in the final round of the group stage.

Why is this?

Moreover, he had asked for leave before, saying that he would return to China to celebrate his father's birthday no matter what...

O'Neal began to reflect - was he too indulgent of Chen Yingxiong? Did he start to ignore his authority as the head coach?

Then I still have to show my authority as the head coach, lest he be too arrogant!

So he shook his head and rejected Chen Yingxiong's suggestion: "I can't promise you, hero. We have already qualified for the Europa League, and the last group match means nothing to us. But the league schedule after the 15th is intensive. , the team needs your strength."

"There is no problem with my physical fitness, boss. Even if I play one game a day, I can still win! So please let me participate in this group match!"

Seeing how determined he was, O'Neal felt even more strange: "Why? Why should I have to let you start?"

Chen Yingxiong's answer shocked O'Neal: "Because I want to hit the European Cup scoring record in a single season, boss! I want to score at least 20 goals in the Europa League this season! So every game The game is very important to me!”

After hearing what Chen Yingxiong said, Martin O'Neill was dumbfounded...