Hero of the Penalty Area

Chapter One Hundred and Forty Entered into the semi-finals for two consecutive years

Liverpool defeated Porto 3-0 at home, half of their body has already squeezed into the semi-finals, their opponents in the semi-finals will be the winner between AC Milan and Manchester United.

Regardless of being defeated by Liverpool at home, Manchester United still has a strong competitiveness in continental Europe.

It can even be said that if it weren't for Chen Yingxiong, Manchester United would still be the hegemon in England. Only Manchester City can cause them trouble. Of course, Manchester City is not doing it anymore. They themselves are in a mess.

As long as it is not for Liverpool, Manchester United is still confident of winning any game.

The peak match between Manchester United and AC Milan also attracted a lot of attention.

Chen Yingxiong doesn't care about which of these two teams can win. Anyway, no matter who it is, it will stop here to reach the semi-finals. In the end, the first one to enter the final must be Liverpool under his leadership.

After playing the Champions League quarter-finals with Porto, Liverpool will go to an away game to challenge Birmingham, the 33rd round of the league.

Martin O'Neal continued to rotate in this game. Because the points advantage is already very big, so he has the confidence to rotate at this time.

For him, it doesn't matter if Liverpool lose one game or draw a few games.

The most important thing is that the players now have to stay healthy.

Because of the huge lead in the league, Martin O'Neal also moved more thoughts.

When Liverpool won the League Cup, what Chen Yingxiong said before the season often appeared in O'Neal's mind.

"Why do we have to have one championship in a season? Why can't we be able to win three in a season...no, four championships?"

The League Cup has won the championship and the FA Cup has reached the semi-finals, but since Chen Yingxiong insists on playing with the reserve team, this championship may hardly be ours. In the league, we are ahead of second place Chelsea by as much as 12 points. With such a huge advantage, as long as we can continue to lead and play three more league rounds, we can win the championship ahead of schedule. At least two titles can be won, why not try to beat the Champions League?

You know, the only champion I haven't won is the Champions League.

Last season it was because I deliberately gave up the Champions League. This season, the situation is different. There is no reason to give up...

Martin O'Neal has been thinking about this issue these days. He is not a player. He can do it on impulse. He is the head coach. He can't just satisfy his own sex. He has to be responsible for the whole team. If he decides to invest heavily in the Champions League, he won. Okay, what if you lose? If some other chain reaction is triggered, and the bamboo basket is finally wiped out, who is responsible? Isn't it still him? He must be responsible for every decision he makes, and if it brings bad consequences, he may have to dismiss the get out of class.

So O'Neal can't help but be cautious.

He thinks repeatedly and observes the situation.

When the team defeated Porto at Anfield with only half the main force, he felt that Liverpool could hit the Champions League this season.

Although the opponents in the semi-finals, whether it is Manchester United or AC Milan, are very strong, but now Liverpool's performance has brought him endless confidence. It shouldn't be a big problem to reach the finals.

As for what to do in the finals... Martin O'Neal hasn't thought about it yet, anyway, I will talk about it in the finals. Even if you didn't win the championship in the end, it would be a great achievement to enter the final at least.

The more O'Neill thinks about it, the more it feels feasible.

So he decided to adjust the team's goals.

For this reason, in the game against a weak team like Birmingham, he chose to continue the rotation, replace more main players, and let the substitute players play.

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In the end, Liverpool, with more substitute players, reached a 1:1 tie with Birmingham in the away game. Although Chen Yingxiong started the game, he did not score this time.

The scoring man was Gareth Bale, who used a long shot to score the only goal for the team.

Although it was tied by Birmingham, it did not affect the general trend of the league.

Chelsea, who ranked second, trailed Liverpool by as much as ten points, and their minds are not chasing Liverpool, but fighting with Manchester United, Newcastle, Arsenal, and Manchester City.

These five teams have to compete for three places in the Champions League. The competition is fierce, everyone can imagine.

No wonder Martin O'Neill was so calm, saying that the result was not worth mentioning after being tied by Birmingham.

After being tied by Birmingham, Liverpool went into preparations for the Champions League.

In this game, Martin O'Neal intends to continue to use the rotation, or basically half of the main and half of the substitute configuration.

Chen Yingxiong on the court is the guarantee of the team's victory.

Even if it is away, there is nothing to worry about.

He doesn't worry about whether Chen Yingxiong's physical stamina can still stand.

This question is simply meaningless!

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On the away game, Liverpool encountered less resistance. Because Porto can't defend themselves, they have to score goals if they want to advance. If you want to score a goal, you have to press out to attack, and there will be a lot of open space behind the press out of the attack.

It's much easier to do when you have time.

Liverpool fought a defensive counterattack comfortably on the road.

In the forty-sixth minute, they broke the deadlock on the court and Chen Yingxiong was the one who scored the goal.

After taking the lead, Liverpool's defensive counterattack became more handy.

However, Porto faced Liverpool's defensive counterattack but was helpless. Even Manchester United are planted on Liverpool's defensive counterattack, not to mention the strength of Porto, which is not as good as Manchester United?

In the end, Liverpool defeated Porto 1-0 and won the game. Thus eliminated the Portuguese Super League team with a total score of 4:0 and advanced to the semi-finals.

"The game is over! Liverpool eliminated Porto and they made it to the semi-finals! This is their two consecutive seasons to the semi-finals! Last time they were eliminated by Bayern Munich! Can they make it to the final this time?"

The Liverpool players embraced and celebrated this moment.

Being able to reach the semifinals for two consecutive seasons shows that their strength is not a flash in the pan, but a lasting and stable performance.

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With the excitement of reaching the semifinals, the Liverpool team returned to England from Portugal.

One day later, their semi-final opponent was also freshly released-ac Milan.

AC Milan reached a total score of 3:3 with Manchester United in the semi-finals, but because they had two goal difference and Manchester United did not have one, AC Milan advanced to the semi-finals.

This opponent is Chen Yingxiong's long absence. Since he left Naples, he has never played against AC Milan again.

But now he hasn't considered this opponent.

There is something more important than AC Milan waiting for him, and a game more important than the Champions League semi-finals is waiting for him.

On April 11, in the FA Cup semi-final, Liverpool faced Tottenham Hotspur at Wembley Stadium.

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Although the current team's form is very good, Martin O'Neal did not let Chen Yingxiong run to practice with the reserve team players in daily training.

He no longer cares about what the FA Cup can achieve in the end.

Even if Spurs were eliminated in the semifinals, he would not be angry and disappointed.

Anyway, this is a decision made by Chen Yingxiong himself. If he loses in the end, he might be able to make this kid who has been going smoothly for too long to suffer a bit, knowing that he has restrained.

Chen Yingxiong still trains in the first team every day, while the reserve team is training in the second training ground. The two seem to have no intersection. The only time they can train with Chen Yingxiong is in the weekly in-team training match.

How could it be possible to establish a tacit understanding with Chen Yingxiong?

In order to make up for this shortcoming, the players of the reserve team worked very hard to watch the video of Chen Yingxiong's game. Every Liverpool game, they have to watch it several times-watch it once in front of the TV during the live broadcast, and then get caught Coach Clark took to watch the game video several times, there are full versions, and some specially edited by the coaching staff, and through special computer software, he analyzed the running route and catching posture in addition to Chen Yingxiong's habit... In short, It is to make the entire Liverpool reserve team have the various characteristics of Chen Yingxiong firmly in their minds, and in this way, let the reserve players increase their familiarity with Chen Yingxiong, as if they have been training together. The game has been the same for many years.

This is no way. Although the way is stupid, it is the only way.

Until the day before the game, finally it was no longer just a game with the first team. Chen Yingxiong and O’Neal appeared in the reserve team training company together. This time he came to practice with the team, although only Half a day-after training, they will fly to London, stay in the hotel there for one night, and then go to the FA Cup semi-finals in the afternoon.

Regarding this training, Martin O'Neal did not hold out much hope.

Because the time is too short, even if you show the reserve players to the video collection of Chen Yingxiong's game, Chen Yingxiong has never studied the training content of the reserve team... What is the use of unilateral tacit understanding?

But when the training started, Martin O'Neal on the sidelines was stunned.

Not only him, but the reserve coach Clark was also stunned.

There are also many reserve players who are all stunned.

Because Chen Yingxiong did not show any discomfort at all!

He's like he's been training on this team for a season. He doesn't need Clark to say anything, he knows what to do.

He knows the habits of every teammate in the reserve team. In the offensive routine drill, his running position makes the reserve players very comfortable, because he can always run to the route where the reserve players plan to pass...

"He really didn't train in your reserve team?" Martin O'Neill frowned and asked Clark beside him.

Clark shook his head very firmly: "Absolutely not!"

"Then this is really hell!"

"It doesn't matter what it is, but it is always a good thing!" Clark looked very happy after the initial astonishment. "This way we have a greater chance of reaching the finals!"

After hearing Clark's words, Martin O'Neill frowned even more.

Is it to help the team reach the finals, what other special training did he conduct? For example, after the first team training is over, go to the reserve team to watch the training? That's not right... The training time of the two teams is the same. After the first team training is over, the training of the reserve team is also over.

O'Neill was puzzled...

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