Heroes of the Restricted Zone

Chapter 1039 Reserve Team
On the last day before the FA Cup match against Nottingham Forest, the head coach of the first team, Martin O'Neill, finally came to the training ground of the reserve team.After all, it is he who will direct the team's game tomorrow, and it cannot be assistant coach Clark.

He wants to observe the training status of the reserve team players. It is impossible for him to lead this team to play. He still doesn't know the state of this team, right?

That would be so irresponsible...

But he came by himself, Chen Yingxiong didn't come.

This disappointed those reserve players who were waiting on the training ground looking forward to their idols...

This disappointment only lasted for a short period of time, because everyone realized that although Chen Yingxiong didn't come, the team's head coach Martin O'Neal did!If I can perform well in training and tomorrow's game, wouldn't that mean I can enter the head coach's sight?As long as he can win the trust of the head coach, he can enter the first team. In this way, wouldn't he be able to fight side by side with Chen Yingxiong?
Once many people want to understand this joint, they know what to do.

They are more active and hardworking in training.

Martin O'Neill was very satisfied with the state of mind shown by the reserve team. He didn't know that it was because of Chen Yingxiong. He just praised Clark and thought that Clark managed the reserve team well.

O'Neill has two assistant coaches, one is Sammy Lee who is in charge of the first team training sessions, and the other is Clark who is in charge of the echelon.

Clark is also very happy about the head coach's praise.

In fact, he is also very strange, the training of players was not like this before.The reserve team is a bit like being exiled, especially those players who were transferred from the first team to the reserve team. Go out, no one wants, so I have to stay in the team.Rather than being rotten in the first team, it is better to be assigned to the reserve team and still be able to play games.Every round of the Premier League has a reserve team league, but the level is not as good as the first team, and there is little attention.

Those players who have just been promoted from the youth team are still full of illusions about entering the first team.Those old players will tell them not to dream.Now Liverpool is no longer the Liverpool of the era of Shankly and Paisley. Now if Liverpool needs to achieve results, they have to buy stars from outside instead of promoting rookies from the youth team.How many years have passed, how many talents from the Liverpool youth team have succeeded in the first team?

Therefore, the atmosphere in the reserve team is relatively poor. Everyone lacks fighting spirit, and the training is like grinding foreign workers.

Clarke criticized them at first, but later he also realized the lack of future in the reserve team and understood the players.Many youth team players transferred from the youth team are already trying to find a way to switch to other teams. Since Liverpool’s first team cannot give them opportunities, then we will go to other teams to find opportunities. If we get out in the future, we may be able to transfer again. Go back to Liverpool and realize the idea of ​​saving the country with a curve.

Clark couldn't figure out why the players were suddenly invigorated.If it's because of the FA Cup...he is very clear about Martin O'Neill's attitude towards the FA Cup.The FA Cup is very important in history, but now Liverpool don't need it...

No one could have imagined that Chen Yingxiong had become the idol of these hopeless players...

The power of idols is enormous.

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Martin O'Neill is very satisfied with the performance of the reserve team, but this does not mean that he will place any hope on this team. The FA Cup match was originally to be given up.

He didn't expect Liverpool's reserve team players to lead the team to the final.

After training, the players of the reserve team finally saw Chen Yingxiong——Chen Yingxiong was going to the away game with the team.

Everyone is very happy to meet Chen Yingxiong.When Chen Yingxiong got into the car, the players in the car cheered him.

"hero!"

"hero!"

After a game, everyone knows Chen Yingxiong's temper.He is different from those who they thought were big-name stars, he has no airs, at least in front of them, he has no airs.

These reserve team players didn't know that Chen Yingxiong was actually very airy.But that's outsiders.Maybe Martin O'Neill treats the reserve team differently, but Chen Yingxiong still regards them as his own, because they are also Liverpool players.

Chen Yingxiong's idea is very simple. As long as they are Liverpool players, whether they are in the first team, the reserve team or the youth team, they are all family members.

Naturally, it is impossible for him to show off in front of the reserve team and youth team players.If you want to show it, it's all for the reporters, for other players, and for the opponents.

Hearing everyone's cheers, Chen Yingxiong raised his hand to say hello to everyone, it was really airless.

After Chen Yingxiong got into the car, everyone felt more at ease.In this way, there is no problem at all to play Nottingham Forest away.

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Nottingham Forest is one of the teams with the longest history in England, and it used to be all-powerful.In the early 80s, when Liverpool dominated Europe and England, only one team broke their monopoly, and that team was Nottingham Forest.

Under the leadership of Brian Clough, Nottingham Forest at that time achieved a lot of mythology.In the first year, he was still in the English League Two. In the second year, he became a League One team and won the league championship. In the third year, he participated in the European Champions Cup for the first time and won the Champions League.The myth of Kaiserslautern pales in comparison.

The greater is yet to come. Before Arsenal, the newly promoted Nottingham Forest had created the longest unbeaten streak in the history of the English league.This record was not broken by Arsenal until the new century.

After creating the longest unbeaten streak, Nottingham Forest surprisingly defended the title of this competition in the European Champions Cup!
Since then, Nottingham Forest has become a powerhouse in English football.It wasn't until the establishment of the Premier League that they declined rapidly due to lack of money.

In fact, Liverpool also declined after the Premier League.In the final analysis, it is because there is no money.In the newly established Premier League, Liverpool's finances did not keep up with the requirements of the league, and they were left behind by Blackburn, Manchester United and other teams.In addition, there are always some inexplicable problems in their team building strategy, which makes Liverpool farther and farther away from the league championship.

But at any rate, the family is a wealthy family with a big business and a rich background, which is better than the ones in Nottingham Forest.Nottingham Forest directly returned to League One (later the British Championship, England's second-tier league). Although Liverpool will not be relegated, they don't even want a league champion. They can only win cups that everyone doesn't value. Gained the reputation of "King of the Cup".

But Liverpool people don't need a cup championship. What Liverpool people want most is a league championship.The team that used to win the most championships in English football, the overlord of the League One, has not even won a championship in the Premier League era. How embarrassing it is to say it.

After more than 20 years, the opponents who used to be in the winner's arena are now very different. Liverpool finally ushered in a revival after years of hard work, and Nottingham Forest worked hard to regain the Championship. I can no longer take a step forward. I have been in the British Championship for the past few years. I was once very close to promotion, but either I was only one step away from the play-offs, or I lost in the final play-offs.

The owner of Nottingham Forest has changed a few times, and the head coach has changed even more, but it has not worked.Now they seem to have accepted their fate, are content with the status quo, and gradually fell silent.It is considered a mid-range team in the British Championship, the kind that has no hope of promotion and no worries of relegation.

Meeting such a team in the FA Cup really requires the most nervousness.Because it is impossible for such a team to give up the FA Cup in order to be promoted, and there is no need to think about relegation. They only need to go all out to make a breakthrough in the FA Cup, so maybe they can go to the European arena next year. , make a lot of money.

For the Premier League teams, the FA Cup's attractiveness has plummeted, but it is still a sweet pastry for low-level league teams.

If there is no Liverpool with Chen Yingxiong's full reserve team, maybe it will really be planted in the city stadium.

now...

Chen Yingxiong became the master of the city stadium.

In this historic stadium, Chen Yingxiong used a free kick to leave his name forever in the history of the city stadium.

Chen Yingxiong's goal kicked off Liverpool's furious attack.

And what about Nottingham Forest?In front of the mighty Chen Yingxiong, he has no power to fight back.

Under the leadership of Brian Clough, the Red Forest, which once broke Liverpool's monopoly, can only hold their heads in their hands and shrink back under the indiscriminate bombardment of their old opponents.

This scene made those old fans who were familiar with the grievances between the two teams sigh.

Red Liverpool has risen, while Red Forest is still sleeping, waiting for their destined person...

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In the end, Chen Yingxiong scored twice again in the game, helping Liverpool beat Nottingham Forest 3:1 and advanced to the fifth round of the FA Cup.

After the game, the players of the Liverpool reserve team surrounded Chen Yingxiong, and everyone rushed to hug him.

In this game, Chen Yingxiong only played 65 minutes before he was replaced. Before he was replaced, he still scored two goals.

He is the biggest contributor to the team's ability to advance to the fifth round.

The players of the reserve team are very happy, now they can continue to fight side by side with Chen Yingxiong.

This is great news for them.

And everyone felt that they performed very well in the game, maybe they fell into the eyes of the head coach?
A game like the FA Cup is tasteless for the first team, but it is a rare opportunity for the reserve team players.

They cherish such an opportunity very much.

Naturally, they also like and admire Chen Yingxiong who brought them the opportunity to move on...

(End of this chapter)