Hero of the Penalty Area

Chapter 31 This is Anfield! (The guarantee is the first one, ask for a monthly pass!)

Chen Yingxiong, who returned to Naples, did not have time to fulfill his promise and take the eating, drinking and fun group to relax, because the team is about to leave for the away game soon.

This time they flew far, not around Italy, but to Britain.

Target Liverpool!

This is the first group match of the UEFA Champions League Group E, with Liverpool playing at home against Naples.

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Liverpool was once a well-known heavy industry base and port in the British Empire. During the Industrial Revolution, it was once very glorious. As the British Empire expanded their territory overseas, Liverpool became a world-famous city.

After the New World was incorporated into the territory of British explorers, many British colonists set off from Liverpool to Africa, South America and Asia. The ships that set off here are always loaded with all kinds of guns and firearms, as well as special textiles from England, plus glassware and other commodities that were mass-produced in the early days of the industrial revolution. In Africa, the colonists were engaged in a large number of criminal slave trades while expanding their territories. They exchanged these cheap products for black slaves with local chiefs, and then transported the looted slaves to the Americas for another transaction with American colonists. , And then returned to the European continent in exchange for raw materials such as cotton, sugar and tobacco, as raw materials for industrial production.

This large-scale triangular trade across the world quickly made Liverpool the second largest port in the UK, second only to the Port of London. In the nineteenth century, the invention of the steam engine changed the way of transportation for human beings. The steamship doubled the efficiency of shipping, and the shipping of Liverpool became busier. Cargo sells finished products from Manchester, Birmingham and Sheffield all over the world, and then brings back slaves and production materials from Africa and the Americas. Passenger transport here is also very prosperous. From the early nineteenth century to the eve of World War II, a total of nearly 10 million people departed from Liverpool to various parts of North America and Africa. Many British and Irish people also use this place as a port of departure to settle in North America.

At that time, Liverpool was filled with the roar of machines every day, the sky was densely covered with black smoke from the chimneys, the Mersey estuary was filled with industrial sewage, the Albert Dock was moored from all over the world, and soon Ships sailing around the world are full of vitality amidst the surging crowds.

Nowadays, the factory has gradually become a museum and a place for concerts. Many factories were abandoned. The Albert Dock does not see those busy scenes, but has become the tourist center of Liverpool. It is no longer famous for industry, but music and culture, and football shocks the world.

Here was born the "Beatles" that influenced the cultural trends of the world in the last century, also known as the "Beatles". Every popular song can be popular all over the world, breaking through hell, culture and people. The boundary of this kind has become the universal language of the world.

There are also two teams that are well-known in England and the world-Liverpool and Everton.

In fact, Chen Yingxiong is not unfamiliar with Liverpool, because he played for Liverpool when he played for Zenit St. Petersburg, but their opponent was Everton, who was not as famous as Liverpool.

This time, he came again, and his opponent was replaced by a stronger and more famous Liverpool.

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Chen Yingxiong is no stranger to Liverpool, and Liverpool is no stranger to him.

As early as when he was still playing for Zenit, many Liverpool people knew him from the game against Everton. After the game, Liverpool newspapers also wrote an article to introduce this player to Everton. Chinese players who performed well in China.

Tell everyone: "Be careful, bears come and go!"

Now that the giant bear is back, how can Liverpool remain indifferent?

At the airport, Chen Yingxiong is the most interviewed Naples player by the local media, as if in Liverpool, he is the number one star of Naples.

Chen Yingxiong first stated that he is no stranger to Liverpool.

"Because I have been here before. Liverpool is a very special city. It is great. I like it very much."

Many of the Liverpool reporters who said this laughed openly, and their opponents were convinced by the charm of their city... which made them quite proud.

But how could Chen Yingxiong be the kind of person who does what others want him to do?

So after complimenting Liverpool, he changed his head sharply: "But I won't be merciful!"

Where did a group of Liverpool reporters go wrong, while the Italian and Chinese reporters next to them were grinning and suffocating.

"Liverpool is not Everton!" finally a Liverpool fan reporter retorted.

"I'm not the me I used to be." Chen Yingxiong answered very naturally.

The Chinese reporters who followed him laughed.

This sentence is true in the literal sense.

Liverpool is certainly not Everton, and looks stronger than Everton, but Chen Yingxiong is no longer the original Chen Yingxiong. He is now more mature than before, and he is also getting stronger.

Naples is also stronger than Zenit St. Petersburg. Arshavin, Cassano, Hamsik, and De Jong are all well-known and powerful players.

For this answer, the Liverpool reporters have nothing to do with it.

Because what people said is normal, it is impossible that Chen Yingxiong has not improved in the past two years. Otherwise, it is impossible to get the top scorer in Serie A, and it is even impossible to get the golden boots of the Russian Super League in the 11th round of the league.

But these words still make people feel very uncomfortable to listen to!

It's crazy!

In front of England's century-old giants, what right do you have, a 21-year-old boy, to be so arrogant and reckless?

You have to know that the stadium you set foot on is different from any other stadium in the world.

Because that is Anfield!

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"This is Anfield (this_is_anfield)!"

Before stepping on the court, Chen Yingxiong looked up at the nameplate on the lintel directly above, with such a sentence engraved on it.

It is said that this sentence is particularly famous. It was Liverpool's legendary coach Shankly who asked the workers to install it to remind every away player who entered the stadium from here-this is Anfield, and you are fighting against the great Liverpool!

However, Chen Yingxiong only glanced at it and lowered his head-he was afraid of knocking on his head.

On this past day, the local media in Liverpool described his arrogance and arrogance in three points, vividly and vividly. His favor and praise for the city of Liverpool? That is naturally to be erased.

Chen Yingxiong believes that his match will definitely be "specially treated" by the opposing fans.

But he is used to it.

The São Paulo Stadium, the home stadium of Naples, is known as the most terrifying home stadium in Italy, and countless teams have felt the taste of **** everywhere.

But they only have to feel it once per season. Chen Yingxiong spent all his home games in **** for a whole season. The fanatical momentum of the Naples fans could not overwhelm him. What's more, Anfield?

When the players from both sides began to enter the field, there was also a huge singing outside.

This singing is not as impassioned as the singing of other clubs, full of dynamic rhythm, just like good pop music. The singing voice is soft and deep, majestic.

This is Liverpool’s famous team song "Youll_never_walk_alone" (youll_never_walk_alone).

"When you walk through the storm, please hold your head up and don't be afraid of the darkness, because after the storm is a brilliant sky...you will never walk alone, never walk alone!"

The game has not yet started. Liverpool fans have created an atmosphere. The entire stadium is full of their voices. Although Naples followed the team to the away stadium this time, there were as many as 18,000 fans, but they were finally able to get in. There are only 5,000 lucky people on the field, and more people can only cheer for the team in the parks and squares outside the field.

The Naples players couldn't hear their cheering, and naturally they couldn't suppress the singing of Liverpool fans.

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Chen Yingxiong had a good guess. When he got the ball, he would hear boos from the stands.

Those fans have put down the scarves they are holding, and no longer sing "You Will Never Walk Alone", but instead use swear words and booing to disturb Chen Yingxiong and other visiting team players.

This is the fans of England, you don't want them to be quiet for even a minute during the game. They are always singing, clapping and shouting. Because this is how they fight.

In the Kop stand, which can accommodate more than 10,000 people, although all plastic seats have been installed, the fans here still choose to stand and watch the football. They are the hardest group of people, and almost all the momentum that leads the Anfield fans is created from here.

Of course, they are also the main force of Boo Chen Hero.

When Chen Yingxiong shot the goal but hit the plane, there was a gloating whistle in the stands.

In today's game, Naples performed very poorly.

Perhaps it was the first UEFA Champions League group match. Many people were very nervous, their bodies stiff, their brains were blank, and they didn't know what to do.

This is worse than their performance in Genoa's home stadium, Ferraris.

In the first UEFA Champions League, I always want to perform better, but the more you do this, the less you can perform at a normal level.

Chen Yingxiong has no psychological burden, but he needs the support of his teammates, so when the whole team is unable to perform at a normal level, his performance is naturally not much better...

In comparison, Liverpool's performance appears to be much calmer.

Although the performance in the Premier League is not very good, but at any rate the giants that have only won the Champions League for a few years have a very good tradition in the Champions League, which is like Real Madrid. Regardless of how others suppressed in the domestic league, those stars in the UEFA Champions League are enthusiastic.

Liverpool is now second only to Real Madrid, the team that has won the most Champions League titles in history.

What's more, their head coach is the Spanish tactician Rafael Benitez (rafael_benitez_maudes), known as the "cup expert". It is not difficult to deal with a group match.

Liverpool at home played a good competitive state from the beginning, they launched a siege to the goal of Naples.

What about Naples? He shrank in his own half, a pitiful face who could only hold his head and be beaten, and could not fight back.

The Liverpool commentator sneered: "Yes, yes, Liverpool is certainly not Everton. How can Everton be compared with Liverpool? But in my opinion, Naples is not the original Zenit St. Petersburg. As for the hero Chen? Sorry, I didn't see him, did he play?"