Hero of the Penalty Area

Chapter 71 The fourth captain (third update, ask for a monthly pass!)

Dalglish referred to Chen Yingxiong as the hope of Liverpool's revival and an important figure. This has caused some controversy in Liverpool's local media. Although Chen Yingxiong can score goals well, Liverpool's revival cannot be accomplished by a striker who can score goals well. Besides, those opponents believe that to rejuvenate Liverpool, what is needed is not a very good center forward, but a spirit. It belongs to the spirit of Liverpool, and this spirit can only be experienced and passed on by the players we cultivated by Liverpool ourselves.

Gerrard is an important figure in Liverpool's next rise.

He came from the Liverpool youth academy. From the youth team to the first team, he has always played in Liverpool and faced many temptations, but he finally chose to stay in Liverpool. He dedicated the best time of his career to To Liverpool. He said that the blood flowing in his body is Liverpool's red, and he knows what the name Liverpool means.

Only such a person can become the leader of Liverpool.

Although Chen Yingxiong is very good, but he doesn't understand what Liverpool means. He seems to have a dismissive attitude towards history, which can be seen from his words and deeds in Naples. Maradona is the **** of Naples, he dare to despise.

After joining Liverpool, many players will praise and admire the past glorious history of this team, saying something: "I was a Liverpool fan when I was very young." "Liverpool is a great team and they have a very glorious team. "Achievements" "Liverpool is the team that has won the Champions League in England the most times. It's really amazing."...This is the case.

Where is Chen Yingxiong? He did not say such a thing. At the grand welcome ceremony specially prepared for him by the Liverpool Club, he said: "Hello Liverpool fans, I am Hero Chen! I am here to win the championship!"

How arrogant!

But no matter whether it was then or now, everyone does not doubt what Chen Yingxiong said, because just a month before he said so, he had just led Naples to defeat Barcelona in the final and won the club history. The first Champions League trophy.

Chen Yingxiong can indeed lead the team to win the championship, but it is unreliable to rely on him to rejuvenate and rise the Red Army. Maybe he can at best get another Champions League trophy for the team, and then use it as a springboard to go to a giant like Real Madrid with the sky-high transfer fee.

Just like what he did in Zenit St. Petersburg and Naples. He was right. They did come to win the championship.

But can Liverpool's revival be achieved with only one Champions League champion?

In 2005, Benitez led Liverpool to reverse AC Milan and won the fifth Champions League trophy in history. At that time, the Liverpool people cheered and said that the glory of the Red Army was coming again. The results of it? The cruel reality gave all Liverpool people a powerful slap in the face.

Facts have proved that for Liverpool, a dynasty that once ruled English football for two decades, was just the last light of the setting sun in Port Albert. Then came the long and cold darkness. No one knows when the light of hope will re-shroud the city.

Therefore, a Champions League champion cannot revive Liverpool. But it can make Chen Yingxiong's resume look better. He can use the honor he won in Liverpool to demand higher treatment from the most popular giants.

Many people believe that Chen Yingxiong will do this because it is human nature. Compared with a team like Real Madrid and Barcelona, ​​Liverpool is indeed unattractive today.

To put it bluntly, the biggest difference between people like Chen Yingxiong and people like Gerrard is that he lacks a sense of identity with Liverpool. And this sense of identity is inherited and accumulated through blood. Chen Yingxiong does not have the conditions and possibilities for this accumulation, so he is destined to be unable to take on the task of rejuvenating Liverpool.

When Dalglish said that, he must have thought that he was going to leave, so he went into a mess.

These people like Chen Yingxiong too, and will sincerely cheer for every goal Chen Yingxiong makes. If Chen Yingxiong helps the team win the League Cup, they will also tout him, not at all.

But can Chen Yingxiong be the future leader of Liverpool and lead the revival of Liverpool? They all have to shake their heads...

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But Dalglish has his own considerations. He responded to the doubts of the media and fans...

On the first day of training after the game, Dalglish called the team’s current three captains to his office and announced the news that surprised them. For this reason, he specifically called Gerald, who was recovering at home, and asked him to come to Melwood.

"I intend to promote the hero to the fourth captain of the team." He said.

The team currently has three captains, the first captain Gerrard, the second captain Carragher, and the third captain Reina.

Dalglish wants to promote a player who has only joined the team for half a season to captain. Even the fourth captain, the substitute in the bench is surprising enough.

Carragher almost blurted out: "Why, boss?"

Reina was also surprised, but he did not express his opinion. He is a foreigner, and he is also the lowest-key and most silent of the three captains.

Gerrard is good-tempered and popular. Carragher is a little bit grumpy. Most of the time, he is the person who gives orders, while Gerrard is the spiritual leader and totem. He doesn't need to speak, as long as he is there. But if he speaks, no one in Liverpool's locker room dares to ignore his voice, because Carragher also wants to listen to Gerrard.

Gerrard didn't speak, his face showed a pensive look after the initial accident.

"There is no why, Jamie." In the face of someone like Carragher who regarded him as an idol, Dalglish did not give a cheerful explanation, but directly showed his authority and prestige.

Carragher didn't say anything when he heard him say this.

"This is my idea and decision. I think the hero has enough potential to become a good captain. So in this regard, I hope you three captains will help him more." If you didn't know in advance that you are leaving, Dag Leish may have many problems that he can't see through, such as Chen Yingxiong. At the beginning, Dalglish was the same as those who opposed him. He was happy for Chen Yingxiong to join the team, just because his arrival can help the team improve and maybe win the championship.

He never thought that one day, Chen Yingxiong would become an iconic figure in Liverpool's history, leading Liverpool to a revival and rebuilding its glory.

After talking on the phone with Chen Yingxiong that day, he followed the thoughts triggered by Adam Johnson, and he reflected on it for a long time. What does he think is true love for Liverpool? Is it love to engage in infighting for your own authority?

He doesn't know if the two Chinese have love for Liverpool, but he can't do it.

Then I thought of Chen Yingxiong.

Then he was surprised to find that there was something shining in Chen Yingxiong's body, which was very similar to Liverpool's mental temperament.

For example... Chen Yingxiong never surrendered early, and neither did Liverpool. In the Champions League last season, he was suspended for eight games and missed all six group matches. At the most, he was six goals behind Messi. In the end, he only played seven games but scored 13 goals and performed a hat-trick in the final. Messi's performance reversed Messi's top scorer.

Liverpool also fell behind by three goals in the Champions League final halftime, but in the second half they rushed to catch up, evened the score, and finally won the championship in the penalty shoot-out.

For example, Chen Yingxiong is always full of self-confidence in himself, even if such self-confidence is arrogant in the eyes of others, so is Liverpool. Shankly, once the godfather of Liverpool, said: "We have the two best teams in Moxyside-Liverpool and the Liverpool reserve team."

But whether it is Chen Yingxiong or Liverpool, self-confidence is not arrogance, but because they have a strong backing, so they are naturally arrogant. Liverpool are confident because they were the best team in England from the 1970s to the early 1990s, and they were the dominance of the four Champions League titles in Europe. With such strength, it is normal for them to be arrogant and confident.

Chen Yingxiong’s arrogant self-confidence comes from his two top scorers in the Russian Premier League, the top scorer with the most goals in a single season in the history of the UEFA Cup, three top scorers in Serie A, two top scorers in the Champions League, and one Russian Premier League. Champion, a Serie A champion, a UEFA Cup champion and a Champions League champion. He was only twenty-three years old, and he had already won so many honors. Can't he be arrogant and confident?

Therefore, he believes that Chen Yingxiong has the qualities to make Liverpool regain its glory, and it is feasible to put Liverpool's future on him.

For this, he wants to give it a try, even if it is the last fortune left to Liverpool when he leaves.

Paisley brought him from Scotland to Liverpool at the beginning, and finally achieved Liverpool's hegemony. Later, he promoted McMaraman, Owen and others in Liverpool, and also continued the incense for Liverpool. Now he wants to continue to do so, no matter what, he hopes Chen Yingxiong can stay in Liverpool for a longer period of time. For this, he thinks the captain's armband might be a good way.

The captain's armband symbolizes the captain's glory and responsibility.

He hoped that after Chen Yingxiong became the fourth captain, he would know how to take responsibility.

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Hearing what Daglish said, Gerrard was the first of the three captains to say: "I think I'm fine, boss. Actually, I have a good relationship with the hero."

Gerrard is the team's first captain. He doesn't speak much in the locker room, but he has a lot of prestige. He is the most prestigious person on the team besides Dalglish.

He has said so, what objection can the other two captains have? Disagree, that is against Gerrard.

Carragher immediately agreed.

Reina plays soy sauce among the three captains. The captain is more symbolic than practical to him. In fact, it is a reward for his contribution to the team. The first two captains have no objection, and he has no objection either.

Dalglish nodded when he saw that the three captains had been settled, and continued: "I will let him wear the captain's armband in the next game."

When the captain agreed, wearing a captain's armband is really not a big deal. The three captains also had no objection. Moreover, it is not the first time that Chen Yingxiong has worn the captain's armband. During Liverpool's China trip, Chen Yingxiong wore the captain's armband in the two matches with Evergrande and the Chinese national team.

But things are completely different. It was Niang who wanted Chen Yingxiong to stay with the captain's armband. The main purpose was to please the Chinese fans and facilitate Liverpool to make money from the Chinese market. Dalglish still firmly opposed it at that time, but it didn't happen afterwards.

Now it was Dalglish himself who made this request.

The changes before and after also reflect the changes in Dalglish's status and thoughts.

Now that he is definitely about to leave the club, Dalglish's thinking is a bit detached now, and he is no longer entangled in which powers are his own and which powers should not be tainted by others...

He just cares about what ideas are good for the team.

Dalglish, who is also at a loss, is a man who loves Liverpool deeply and is the legendary king of Liverpool. If you replace them with ordinary coaches who have no feelings for Liverpool at all, you might just be smashed and play rascals. In the end, his *** person must face an unmanageable mess.

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Then Dalglish announced the news during the team's training.

Some of the players were surprised and some were surprised, but overall, they were not upset or offended by Dalglish's appointment.

Anyway, it is the fourth captain. There are three people in front of him. When will it be his turn to be on the top, at least I have to wait for Gerrard and Carragher to retire, and Renner is no longer in the team...

Moreover, the relationship between Chen Yingxiong and the players is good, so everyone thinks that it is no big deal for the hero to be the fourth captain.

However, Chen Yingxiong himself was a little surprised.

Although he had worn the captain's armband for two games during Liverpool's visit to China, he never considered himself the captain of Liverpool, even the fourth...

Now Dalglish is just announcing that he is the captain. Although he is ranked fourth, he and Gerrard, Carragher, and Reina are exercising captain powers together. For example, if the club's senior management wants to negotiate with the team, he is eligible to attend.

He wanted to oppose the appointment of the captain. He felt that he was not qualified enough. So after the game, he ran to find Dalglish, but Dalglish was the first to block his mouth: "Anyway, it's the fourth one. Just put it in a name, so don't refuse. I'll help you. Good job, hero, think about Adam Johnson. This is what I want you to do for me-you will be the fourth captain of this team."

Chen Yingxiong had nothing to say, he really asked Dalglish to help Adam Johnson participate in the game. Since Dalglish helped him, then he should also repay him. He did not expect that even if he did not intercede, Dalglish would consider letting Adam Johnson play the game...