Heroes of the Restricted Zone

Chapter 1309 Be Kind

After the FA Cup quarter-finals, Chen Yingxiong returned to the first team, while the reserve team is still the same, training daily, and playing reserve league on match day.

The date of the FA Cup semi-final is April [-], and Liverpool's opponent in the semi-final is also freshly released-Tottenham Hotspur.

The players of the reserve team no longer thought about the promise Chen Yingxiong had made to them during the game.Everyone is an adult, and no one is innocent and cute.They all felt that this was just Chen Yingxiong's way of boosting the morale of the team, a very normal means of motivation.

And they don't feel that they are the hero of the team's final reversal of Aston Villa.All the media have said that because of Chen Yingxiong in this game, if there is no Chen Yingxiong, just based on their performance in the game, they might not even be able to make it to the fourth round of the FA Cup...

They think the media is right.

If there is no hero, they will not be paid attention to at all, and they will not be able to get to where they are today.So this honor should belong to heroes and has nothing to do with them.Even if they didn't have their share in the final semi-finals and finals, they have accepted this fact.

Now Liverpool's opponent in the semi-finals is a team like Tottenham Hotspur, and O'Neal will never give such a chance to the reserve team.

As long as you have a normal mind, you will not really believe that O'Neill will let the reserve team play in the semi-finals, and the opponent is still a team like Tottenham Hotspur.

And he won't put Chen Yingxiong on the bench.How could the head coach of a dignified team allow the players to act so capriciously?

At that time, if Chen Yingxiong is absent and loses the game, no one can afford it, even if he is a hero, he must not be able to bear this responsibility.

So forget it after hearing it, and just treat it as a hero comforting us.Anyway, they are already very happy to be able to fight side by side with heroes.

But these reserve team players didn't know that Chen Yingxiong was arguing with Martin O'Neill because of this matter.

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After the training, Chen Yingxiong took the initiative to find O'Neill and wanted to talk to him alone.

O'Neill didn't know what he was going to do, but he was willing to take the initiative to talk to him, which is of course a good thing-in the past, O'Neill invited Chen Yingxiong.

Chen Yingxiong followed O'Neal back to the head coach's office. After O'Neal sat down, he motioned for Chen Yingxiong to sit down too.

Chen Yingxiong didn't sit down obediently. He walked to O'Neill's desk, looked at the head coach on the chair and said, "Boss, I have a request, and I hope you can fulfill it..."

O'Neill was surprised when he heard Chen Yingxiong say that.In his impression, Chen Yingxiong almost never "asked" him for anything.

"If it's a leave of absence, I don't think I have a problem..." O'Neill said. "As long as you don't delay the next game..."

"No, it's not a leave of absence. I can ask you in advance, what do you think of the FA Cup, boss? Are you planning to stop here, or are you planning to reach the final and stop here, or are you aiming to win the championship? of?"

O'Neill didn't expect Chen Yingxiong to ask him about this question.

"I haven't figured it out yet...but I think it's going to be about trying to win the title? What's up, hero?"

"Then can I ask you not to replace the reserves with first-team players in the semi-finals and finals?"

Chen Yingxiong finally raised his request, but Martin O'Neill thought he was joking, he froze for a moment, and then laughed: "This joke is not funny, hero."

Chen Yingxiong shook his head and said seriously: "No, I'm not joking. I really hope so. I hope you will still insist on using the reserve team to add me in the FA Cup semi-finals and finals."

Martin O'Neill sat on the chair with an upright posture, with his body upright and his head raised slightly. This was a gesture of respect for Chen Yingxiong, but his face had an expression of looking at an alien.

After a while, he realized, then shook his head and said: "I can't agree to your request, hero, this is crazy! Tottenham is not a team that can be dealt with casually. In terms of the reserve team, we I'm afraid I have to lose the chance to compete for the FA Cup..."

Being rejected by the head coach is expected by Chen Yingxiong, but he must insist on his request: "I don't think we will lose the game with the reserve team, boss. We have already played against Aston Villa. It proves this, who said that the reserve team is inferior to the first team? If the opponent underestimates the enemy because we send the reserve team, we have a high chance of defeating them!"

"Then what if the opponent doesn't underestimate the enemy?"

"Then we can also defeat them, but the chances are smaller."

"How much smaller?"

"If we underestimate the enemy, we have an 80.00% chance of beating Tottenham. If we don't underestimate the enemy... 60.00%."

Hearing Chen Yingxiong's words, Martin O'Neill almost couldn't resist the urge to roll his eyes - the opponent is Tottenham!Just let you say it so embarrassingly!
You use the reserve team against Tottenham, and you can still guarantee a 60.00% winning rate. Do you really think Tottenham is a soft persimmon?

"Are you sure, hero?"

Seeing Martin O'Neill's expression of disbelief, Chen Yingxiong curled his lips: "Of course, as long as I give full play."

O'Neill felt that he had nothing to say, so he could only shake his head: "No, hero, I can't agree to your request. Your request is too risky..."

"Why? Didn't you say that the League Cup and the FA Cup are left to the reserve team?"

"It was a regular League Cup and FA Cup, not a game like the semi-finals. To be honest, I don't think the reserve team has the strength, experience, or mentality to deal with such a big scene..."

"I'm of the opposite opinion to you, boss."

In order to fulfill his promise, Chen Yingxiong really went all out today, he directly interrupted O'Neill's words, and then said. "I don't think our reserves are that weak. Didn't Shankly say that? Merseyside has two of the best teams, Liverpool and the Liverpool reserves? I think he's right!"

Chen Yingxiong suddenly quoted Bill Shankly's famous quote, which surprised Martin O'Neill.As a football player who has been in England for a long time, how could he not know about Bill Shankly?He had also heard this sentence from Bill Shankly, but he did not expect Chen Yingxiong to use this sentence here...

"That was before, hero, times are different..."

"No, I have confidence, boss, I have confidence! I have the confidence to reach the final with the reserve team, and even win the championship trophy in the end! As long as you give me an order, I will work hard with them!" Chen Yingxiong He rushed forward eagerly, put his hands on the table, and bent down to stare at Martin O'Neill without blinking his eyes.

O'Neill finds it very strange why Chen Yingxiong is obsessed with this issue. Even if he develops feelings because he has been with the players of the reserve team for a long time, it will not be so strong...

"Because I promised them, I promised them, I will appear with them in the semi-finals!" Chen Yingxiong replied firmly, which surprised Martin O'Neill again - he really had it today too surprised...

He finally understood what Chen Yingxiong said when the team formed a circle after scoring a goal, and he also understood why Liverpool's performance changed completely after that—let Chen Yingxiong say something to the players in the reserve team In this way... Those reserve team players feel valued and respected, and they will naturally explode with great combat effectiveness.

Seeing Martin O'Neill, Chen Yingxiong was just surprised, but he was unmoved and did not let go, so he resorted to his trump card: "I also agreed to them, boss, if you don't agree to my conditions, then the FA Cup half with Tottenham I won't play in the final."

O'Neill opened his mouth in surprise—this was the most surprised he's ever been today.

"Are you kidding, hero?" He stood up straight from his chair.

"No, no kidding, boss, I mean it, and you know I mean it, I'm gonna do it for real. I said I'm going to be with them, either on the court or in the stands Be an audience."

"You...you are fooling around!" O'Neill held back for a long time, and finally said something serious.

Unexpectedly, Chen Yingxiong nodded: "Yes, I'm just messing around, boss. But let me give up on them in the semi-finals, kick those reserve players who helped us reach the semi-finals, let They are completely out of this game, I can't do it!"

Martin O'Neill was speechless, because what he did before was indeed too insincere. After using people, he threw them aside.

"Why let them contribute when they are fighting hard, and it is our turn to play when it is finally time to pick the fruits of victory? I can't figure this out, boss. If you say that it is because of fear of unequal strength, then I want to prove this One point - even if Liverpool are in the reserve team, they still have the opportunity and ability to win the championship! Boss, they have been in charge of this competition from the beginning, why did they replace them in the end? Can't you see the disgust in their hearts for this decision? Just like the League Cup, the honor of the League Cup should belong to them, but no matter whether it is the awards ceremony or the celebration ceremony, they are not there...They are forgotten by all of us, is this normal, boss?"

Chen Yingxiong's rhetorical question left Martin O'Neill speechless.

"They're all part of the same Liverpool club, but because they're in the reserve team, should they be treated so unfairly, boss? I just want to give this back to them and take us away from them. Give them back the opportunity, so that they can also stand on the podium and enjoy the cheers! So I ask you to agree to my request and let me participate in the semi-finals of the FA Cup with them. In the final, and then in the final... I am confident that I will bring the team a championship! So I will never lose the championship just because the players from the reserve team are on the team!"

Martin O'Neill didn't know when he was pushed back to the chair by Chen Yingxiong's aura. Now he leaned on the back of the chair, raised his head, and looked at Chen Yingxiong in a daze.

It took him a while to realize, and he sighed: "Okay, I agree to your request, hero. You have to give the players in the reserve team an honor, no problem, but you have to know the risks you take in doing so ...If you lose, you should know how much pressure you will put on yourself and the players in the reserve team. Of course I hope you are helping them, but I don’t want to end up hurting them.”

Hearing that O'Neal agreed to his request, Chen Yingxiong was very happy: "Of course not, boss! Just work hard to win the game! This is what I am best at!"

He gave O'Neal a thumbs up.

(End of this chapter)