Heroes of the Restricted Zone

Chapter 1138 Is Pretending to Be a Pig and Eating a Tiger

If Messi just talked to his father, it would not be a challenge.Because actually Messi is already competing with Chen Yingxiong.

But other people don't know that the whole world needs a fait accompli-Messi and Chen Yingxiong are indeed in love, and both sides admit it.

So Messi not only has to make a promise to his father, he has to announce it to the world.

So just one day later, when Messi was interviewed by an Argentine TV station—in fact, this interview was specially arranged by his father Jorge for Messi to fight—he personally admitted that he would come with Chen Yingxiong for such a match. a match.

"He sent me a challenge letter? I'm happy to follow because I have confidence in myself. I won't lose to him."

The Argentine reporter smiled obsequiously: "I think it's the same, Leo. You are 27 goals ahead of him now. This is an insurmountable gap!"

Messi didn't take the reporter's flattery seriously. Only by comparing can he know whether there is a gap between them.

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"Yeah, I'm up for it, I'd love to be next, and I'm going to beat him."

Messi's words soon appeared on the front page headlines of major media, as well as in TV news.

The major media have reported and commented on the matter.

"The latest news is that Messi has accepted Chen Yingxiong's challenge. The two peerless football players in today's football world will be staged like sparks hitting the earth!"

"Whether Messi is better or the hero is better? This issue is not just a debate among fans now... The two superstars will compete for the list of the total number of goals in the Champions League!"

"...As the highest level of competition in today's football, the total goals list of the UEFA Champions League is obviously able to explain the ability of a player. It is very smart for two people to choose the total number of goals for comparison..."

"Obviously, this is a feast for our fans. The contest between two masters is like the decisive battle at the top of the Forbidden City in martial arts novels. Lucky……"

"Messi took up the challenge and shut up those who criticized him for being cowardly and not daring to confront Chen Yingxiong! Messi's approach is correct, although he has always been the number one in the world player, but now he must tell those who doubt him with practical actions that he is indeed the best in the world!"

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In the past two days, the media has been overwhelming with news about Messi accepting his own challenge, but Chen Yingxiong has no time to watch it.He knew that Messi had challenged in the mission system.

Because he has a new task, the task content is to ask himself and Messi to compete for the top scorer in the Champions League.

This task is considered as a branch task in the "Enemy" series of tasks. The task duration is very long, and it will last until Messi retires and himself, because only then can the final result be seen.It's just that it doesn't count if you surpass Messi in the process, because Messi is not a wooden man, and he will try his best to catch up, so this game will not be considered a conclusion until the two retire.

It doesn't matter how long it lasts, because Chen Yingxiong himself didn't propose this challenge for the task.He doesn't even care what rewards he can get for completing this task.He just wants to beat Messi. The great sense of achievement of defeating Messi is the best reward in itself, not to mention that defeating Messi can also be crowned No.1 in world football.

It is a very long process to surpass the total number of goals scored by Messi, and Chen Yingxiong knows it very well, so he is not in a hurry, he knows that as long as he can continue to participate in the Champions League, he will surpass Messi sooner or later— — On this point, he has a strong confidence.

His current focus is temporarily in the league.

Everyone knows that in the sixth round of No.30, Liverpool challenged Manchester United in an away game. It was a decisive battle. Before that, no one could fall behind. Farce.

In the No.30 fourth round of the league, Liverpool played West Bromwich Albion away.

In fact, in the final stage of the league, Liverpool's schedule is in their favor, because they have more home games. In the last five games, they have three home games and only two away games.

But Liverpool can't take all the benefits, right?

Therefore, although the home and away games have an advantage, their opponents are not easy to chew on.

Let's take West Bromwich Albion, the No. 30 four-round league opponent.

It seems that the strength is relatively poor. He once swept Liverpool 4:0 at Anfield.

But the situation is different now. Now that the league is drawing to a close, West Bromwich Albion will be relegated!

West Bromwich Albion is currently ranked No.16 in the league, two places away from the relegation zone, but their points are only two points away from the relegation zone... This is a very dangerous situation, if you don't pay attention, West Bromwich Albion could drop into the Championship at the end of the season.

This time it is their home court, and they will definitely seize this opportunity and give Liverpool a hard time.

That's exactly what Ferguson hoped for.

So when he went to West Bromwich Albion, Liverpool coach Martin O'Neill really didn't dare to neglect at all, and he didn't show any ease in the face of reporters' questions.

This is quite in line with the media's positioning of him and Liverpool during this period of time-don't look at Liverpool is now ranked first in the league and won the first round of the Champions League semi-finals. Jin, but in fact it was roasted on the fire, and only they themselves could experience the deepest feeling.

In fact, Liverpool is in crisis. Amid internal and external troubles, Martin O'Neill has long been battered.

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Martin O'Neill is indeed in a state of distress right now, but it's not the state of distress that the media thinks. What makes him troubled is how his team can continue to win and behave in a mess?
This is really a technical job.

Before Martin O'Neill led the team, he only had to worry about how to win the game. Unexpectedly, when he came to Liverpool, he would have a headache about how to win in embarrassment.

After much deliberation, he finally decided to rotate.

Not the kind of rotation that rotates one or two people, but a rotation that replaces at least two-thirds of the main lineup.

He will continue to make the old fox Ferguson let down his vigilance, making him think that Liverpool is going to concentrate on playing the Champions League, and decides to give up the domestic league and strive to enter the Champions League final.

From a common sense, this is also a normal choice.After all, the league championship is very important to Liverpool fans, but he is a head coach who has only coached Liverpool for less than two seasons. He has nothing to do with Liverpool before. The desire of a champion.As a head coach, the top honor of the Champions League is obviously more attractive than the league championship.In the case of the lesser of two evils, it is normal to choose the Champions League and give up the domestic league.

As long as Ferguson thinks this way, he will further relax his vigilance, so that when the final battle at Old Trafford, Manchester United may suffer because of these mentality of the head coach...

Of course, no matter how the rotation is, Chen Yingxiong will still stay on the court. After all, those are just to confuse the enemy. If he plays himself to death, it won't be worth it.Anyway, you have to win.

West Bromwich Albion may be a difficult opponent, but as long as Liverpool have Chen Yingxiong, the balance of victory will be in their favor.

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Sure enough, when Liverpool announced their starting list, many media believed that Liverpool was going to give up the domestic league and prepare for the second round of the Champions League semi-final with Bayern Munich.In the first leg, Liverpool conceded a goal at home and only led Bayern Munich by one goal, which is not safe.So Liverpool had to give it their all when they went to the away game in the second leg, and that's why he had to rotate on such a large scale.

Isn't it just hope that the main players will get more rest?
As for why Chen Yingxiong hasn't been rotated... It's been almost a season, has anyone seen Chen Yingxiong being rotated?He Chen Yingxiong wants to score goals, how can he accept being rotated?
No one thought there was anything wrong with Martin O'Neill's arrangement, and no one doubted his guess about Liverpool.

Including Ferguson himself.

Many Manchester United fans even hope that West Bromwich Albion will win Liverpool at home in order to avoid relegation. In this way, the two teams will be evenly divided. Although Liverpool still occupy the top spot with a goal difference advantage, their mentality will change. It's completely different, and Manchester United is more confident of beating Liverpool at home.

At this time, Martin O'Neill was talking to Chen Yingxiong.

My own plan needs the help of Chen Yingxiong. Before that, Chen Yingxiong had never understood the real intention of the head coach of Pakistan.

"Do you want to win the league title, hero?"

Martin O'Neill's question made Chen Yingxiong roll his eyes regardless of their identities.

"I don't want to win the championship, why am I working so hard, boss?"

O'Neill ignored the teasing in Chen Yingxiong's tone.He smiled: "I want to win it too, hero. But now if we want to win the championship, in addition to strength, we also need some means."

"Means? What means?"

"To put it simply, it is to show others a show, to deceive our enemies, and make them relax their vigilance, so that our chances of winning will be greater..."

Chen Yingxiong understood: "Acting? I'm good at acting!"

The movie "Liverpool Love" starring him and Taylor Swift did well at the box office. Although it can't keep up with Hollywood blockbusters, as a small-budget movie, the director and screenwriter are all unknown newcomers, and the leading actors and actresses are not professional actors. , being able to achieve such a box office is already worthy of celebration.

This also made Chen Yingxiong more confident in his acting skills.

"So, I hope you, uh, you don't play so... well, so positive against West Bromwich Albion."

Chen Yingxiong was a little surprised: "Your request is really weird, boss."

No wonder Chen Yingxiong said that, the head coach generally hopes that his players will go all out in the game and bring victory to the team. How can a head coach not want his players to go all out in the game?This requirement is really weird.

O'Neill smiled: "I know you will be surprised, but this is the most important thing. We have to let Manchester United think that we are really dying, so that when we go to Old Trafford, we can beat a team. Unprepared, proud and underestimated Manchester United."

Chen Yingxiong was skeptical of his boss's thinking, thinking that he thought of his opponent too simply. "Is Ferguson that stupid?"

O'Neill shook his head: "He's not stupid, he's very smart, but sometimes it's not a good thing to be too smart." There is no need to waste words.

"In short, we must win West Bromwich Albion, but we must not win too easily. We must let others think that we have won by a narrow margin, by luck, by luck, but we will not think that we defeated by strength. opponent."

"To put it bluntly, it's just pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger..." Chen Yingxiong finally understood.He is no stranger to this matter. When he was in Naples, he played against Barcelona for the first time. He and his teammates played a game of "pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger". Before the game, Barcelona became the number one in the universe. He looked very humble, and was particularly afraid of Barcelona. As a result, he wiped his face during the game and almost knocked Barcelona to the ground in the away game.

"You know the number nine, hero. So I want you to keep a little quality in the game, and I believe you can score against West Bromwich Albion even if you don't give it your all, right?"

To deal with people like Chen Yingxiong, praise him and put a high hat on him is more effective than anything else.

Sure enough, upon hearing the head coach's words, Chen Yingxiong immediately puffed up his chest: "That's right! I can defeat them with only half of my strength! Look, boss!"

(End of this chapter)