Chapter 54 Because I want to be number one in the world!
Martin O'Neal was indeed frightened, and was very scared.
At first, he thought he had heard it wrong, and there was a little noisy in the plane, but Chen Yingxiong was talking very loudly when he was face to face. He heard it clearly and there was nothing wrong with every word.
Chen Yingxiong said he would score at least twenty goals in the Europa League this season!
"Are you crazy?" he blurted out the words.
Then he realized that it was a bit inappropriate to say this to his players and tried to explain: "Uh...I mean you are too crazy, hero..."
Chen Yingxiong has long been accustomed to other people's reactions. When he expressed this idea to the members of the Food, Drink, Play and Play Group, he also received the same response.
Instead of taking O'Neal's words to heart, he explained his thoughts to the head coach.
After listening, O'Neal opened his mouth and couldn't close it anymore.
It took him a while to recover.
"You mean... you want to surpass Messi? Just because Messi scored 18 goals in the Champions League last season, you will score at least twenty goals in the UEFA Cup this season?" O'Neal repeated the key points of Chen Yingxiong's words in a suspicious tone.
Chen Yingxiong nodded.
"Why did you think like this, hero? I mean... well, surpass Messi's idea."
"It's very simple, because I want to be the world's number one!" Chen Yingxiong gave a thumbs up and pointed at himself.
This reason made Chen Yingxiong speak out with confidence, and Martin O'Neal didn't know how to take it for a while.
Because of this reason, I always feel that it should not appear in reality. It is too tall and too far away, and it is more like something that appears in literary and artistic works such as movies and novels.
What is "our journey is the sea of stars", what is "dominating the whole country", what is "to become an invincible man in the world"...
In reality, if you hear someone say this, you will most likely be called crazy, crazy, idiot, or sensational, hype, etc. by others...
However, based on his understanding of Chen Yingxiong, he knew that Chen Yingxiong was not a lunatic or a lunatic idiot. He didn't do anything to attract attention, and it was hype... there was no need to.
In other words, he is serious?
"Are you serious, hero?" O'Neal asked.
Chen Yingxiong nodded: "Of course, otherwise you can see why I scored a goal this season?"
Chen Yingxiong did not tell O'Neal that scoring twenty goals in the UEFA Cup was just part of a mission called "Enemy".
Martin O'Neal thought about it carefully and found that this is true.
He had thought Chen Yingxiong was in a very good condition before, and he had vaguely thought about whether it was abnormal to be so good, but he did not go into this issue in depth. After all, Chen Yingxiong was in good condition, and he benefited from it. Now that he was pointed out by Chen Yingxiong, he realized that Chen Yingxiong's condition was really unreasonable...
"You are trying to surpass Messi?"
"Yes." Chen Yingxiong shrugged. "So, I must play in the home game against Grika, boss. Look at the whole group stage, I have only scored ten goals so far..."
O'Neal rolled his eyes in his heart and said to himself: What does "just" score ten goals? Don't you look at how many goals you are behind the second place in the Europa League scorer list now!
"My physical fitness is not a problem, really boss. When did you see that I was exhausted on the court? To be honest, rotation really doesn't work for me. Even if you let me play all seventy games, I won't feel tired, boss."
Martin O'Neal thought about it carefully, and it was true. He had thought that the days when Chen Yingxiong always did this in the air, flying between Britain and Italy, would affect his physical fitness and condition. But in fact, the response he gave was more goals and better performance.
It's too unconvincing to use physical fitness...
Since Chen Yingxiong is not really trying to challenge his authority, but to pursue "world first", Martin O'Neal has no reason to make things difficult for Chen Yingxiong. If a head coach prevents his players from making progress, it would be too unreasonable. Who doesn't want his players to have such ambitions and strive for the first place? In that case, the team's strength will be greatly improved.
So he could not refuse Chen Yingxiong's request.
He nodded: "Okay, I'll let you start."
Chen Yingxiong laughed.
"But I want to ask, how long will it take for you to achieve this goal?"
"What I plan is to make it best to reach the finals," said Chen Yingxiong.
"Then?"
"Get a championship back."
Martin O'Neal said in his heart: I know!
"But it's very difficult," he said.
"I know, so I have to try it, boss. Who cares about things that are too difficult?"
"Do you have confidence?"
Chen Yingxiong did not answer this question immediately, but looked at his head coach: "It depends on whether the boss supports me."
Martin O'Neal didn't say anything, but looked at Chen Yingxiong. After the two looked at each other for a while, he smiled and shook his head: "You have asked me another problem, hero..."
"Boss, don't you like champions?"
"Who doesn't like it? But do what you can..."
"It's okay, boss. Let's give it a try. Even if it fails, we have accumulated experience." Chen Yingxiong said with great sensation.
O'Neal was defeated by him because what Chen Yingxiong said really makes sense. Liverpool cannot always fight on the front line, and it is impossible to always give up some opportunities to win the championship to fight for a championship. This is not a characteristic of a giant. The giants have to win as many championships as they have, such as the triple crown, five crown, six crown, etc. The more they have, the better.
Although the team's bench depth is not enough now, Liverpool can try it first at this time to accumulate some experience for the players.
"Okay, hero, you convinced me successfully. I decided to think about this matter carefully in the second half of the season."
Chen Yingxiong laughed.
The most important thing this season was finally told to the head coach and he obtained his support. Now there is no worries, just try hard to score goals.
He returned to his seat. Suarez came over and asked him, "How is it?"
Chen Yingxiong made an "ok" gesture.
"Done!"
Suarez slapped him: "Good! Now, we can spread our legs and rush forward!"
"Well! Let the whole of Europe be shocked!" Chen Yingxiong clenched his fists.
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Back in the league, Martin O'Neal continued to insist on his rotation, and Chen Yingxiong continued to sit on the bench. Although Chen Yingxiong had reached a consensus with Martin O'Neal, they formed a consensus on the Europa League, rather than saying that there was no need to rotate in the league.
In the league, it is time to use rotation to continue rotation.
In the result of the rotation, Liverpool lost to Norwich away. The team lost 1:3, and Krashnich, who returned from injury, scored a goal that saved the team.
Liverpool, who lost the game, fell to second place, and the first place was recaptured by Manchester City with good momentum.
After the game, Martin O'Neal insisted that he was not wrong in rotating: "It is impossible for a team to not lose in a single game in a season. This is normal at present... Is there anything wrong with the second in the league? I am very satisfied with the current situation of the team."
This is not a stubborn duck. Anyone who has experienced the poor performance of Liverpool last season will agree with Martin O'Neal's words, because even if Liverpool lost to Norwich, who ranked 13th in the league away, and lost the first place in the league, it would be much better than last season...
Last season, the team lost one game and may lose the second game. This season, even if they lose one game, it is not a big deal for everyone. Liverpool can still perform well in the next round of the league.
Everyone is full of confidence. There is a saying that is bad, but it really applies to Liverpool today - a failure in a game is not the end of the world.
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On the 14th, Liverpool ushered in the last game of the Europa League group stage at its home court, and the bottom-skinned Grica will be their opponent.
Before this game, everyone analyzed that Martin O'Neal would make a large rotation, and all the main players should be able to rest, and those who played were players of the second team.
Even the unstoppable main goalkeeper Renner is about to sit on the bench.
There are even media that give Liverpool players advice - what to do when watching the game on the bench? They can play Angry Birds or Plants vs. Zombies with their smartphones or tablets, and they can also bring snacks to eat, recommend melon seeds.
From this we can see what everyone's attitude towards this game - almost no one regards it as an Europa League game, but it is more like an outing.
The result of the game is irrelevant. Even so, few people would think that Liverpool could lose to a team from Slovenia at home. Even if Liverpool uses the second team, they can defeat them without any effort.
The contempt of Liverpool media naturally aroused the anger of Grika's entire team.
Although we are the weakest team in this group, and although we have been eliminated, we also have dignity!
As the runner-up team in Slovenia, how can you allow you to humiliate us like this? Don’t think that you are a giant English team, you can be so disrespectful to your opponent and be too proud to kick the stone!
You can now ignore us so much and laugh at us loudly... but we must make you pay the price! You will know that there are a few teeth in the belly!
In this way, Grica players stepped onto Liverpool's home court Anfield Stadium.
Chapter completed!