Heroes of the Restricted Zone

Chapter 1634 Champions League
Chen Yingxiong's UEFA Ballon d'Or goal caused an uproar.

Everyone didn't expect a 40-year-old guy to have such ambitions.

Of course, more people in the media are not optimistic about his voice.

After all, he is too old, and his competitors are so fierce.

It would be fine if there were no decent competitors, maybe out of sympathy, the judges would vote for Chen Yingxiong.

But now it's different.

Several media experts with voting rights have publicly stated that they will not vote for Chen Yingxiong.Because Chen Yingxiong is too old, and it is impossible for him to have any performance that can win the Golden Globe Award.

A domestic league champion is far from enough, otherwise how can the importance and authority of the Golden Globe be guaranteed?
No one can think or dare to think that Chen Yingxiong will spy on the Champions League champion.

Only people in the Liverpool team know.

Because Chen Yingxiong told them.

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"Guys, this season I hope we can not only win the league title, but also the Champions League!"

Chen Yingxiong said to his teammates in a closed-door meeting in the locker room.

Closed-door meetings in the locker room will be held every once in a while.It is mainly about the recent internal affairs of the team, including resolving conflicts and disputes between certain players, discussing where to eat, or discussing whether the latest tactics are suitable for the team. If the team loses consecutively, they also need to hold a meeting to discuss Countermeasures, criticism and self-criticism.

There are no coaches in this meeting, just the players.As the captain and boss of the team, Chen Yingxiong deserves to be the host.

Generally speaking, when it comes to matters within the team, the last discussion comes to the discussion area, and the person who makes the final decision is Chen Yingxiong.

Chen Yingxiong has this prestige, he has the final say, and everyone is convinced.

Even if two people had a dispute during training and fought, Chen Yingxiong came forward to invite them to dinner, no matter whether they were old Liverpool players or newcomers to the team, they had to go.Usually after this meal, the two of them reconcile as before.

Because Liverpool has such a leader, there has never been any messy news in Liverpool's locker room over the years.This made a lot of media feel tedious, but it made Liverpool fans very happy.

A united locker room is the guarantee of combat effectiveness.It is precisely because of such a dressing room environment that Liverpool can win the league championship for [-] consecutive seasons.

Now Chen Yingxiong called this meeting because the Champions League knockout round is coming soon. He felt that it was necessary to unify the team's understanding and goals so that everyone would not be on the same page after the fight.Some people want to move forward, some people want to stay where they are.

So he made his goal known.

Teammates looked at each other after hearing his goal.

Liverpool have not won the Champions League in six seasons.

This is directly related to Chen Yingxiong's decline in physical fitness.

Chen Yingxiong is no longer the all-round and invincible Chen Yingxiong. He can still handle the Premier League with ease, but in the more intense and higher-level Champions League competitions, he is somewhat powerless.

It is also related to the lack of aggressiveness of the whole team.After winning the UEFA Champions League for nine consecutive seasons, players who would never be satisfied are satisfied.I think when Liverpool won the Champions League in a row, every season of the Champions League has just started, and the media asserted that Liverpool must win the championship this season.When one thing becomes a natural result, no matter how motivated people are, they will gradually lose motivation.

Even if they lacked motivation before, at least there is still an invincible Chen Yingxiong. If Chen Yingxiong can lead them to the championship, then they will win the championship by the way.

But when Chen Yingxiong could no longer lead them to win the Champions League, they also had an excuse to relax-seeing Chen Yingxiong can't do it, and we can't do it...

As a result, Liverpool missed the Champions League for six consecutive seasons.

In two seasons they stopped in the Final Four and in one season they stopped in the Final Eight.Another season they made it to the final but ended up in the final, and the other two seasons they even stopped in the round of [-].

For a super giant that can win the Champions League for nine consecutive seasons, such a result cannot be tolerated, although this result may be considered a very good result for Liverpool in the past.

So before last season, Liverpool began to purge the players in the team at that time in batches, but all the players who were not aggressive and lacked the hunger for the championship were all purged.Those who stay are all players who are still useful to the team and have championship aspirations themselves.

They have replaced a large number of players who have lost motivation after becoming famous, no matter how old these players are, no matter how experienced and outstanding they are, they don't want them.

These people have no motivation, and they are just a bunch of waste with high salaries waiting to die.

So Liverpool decisively killed the killer, and while these people were still able to afford the price in the transfer market, they made a fortune.

Then use this money to re-purchase new players, or promote from the youth team and reserve team. Now most of this Liverpool team are young but potential players.The only problem is the lack of experience. Their experience comes from Chen Yingxiong, who is their spiritual support and source of strength.This may be one of the reasons why they performed poorly after Chen Yingxiong was suspended last season and eventually lost the league championship.

Because this team is too young.

But being young also has advantages, that is, it is easy to boost morale, so this season Chen Yingxiong shouted "Let's play big" can make the morale of the whole team like a rainbow, and together create a brilliant record in January.

More than 70.00% of the players in this team are players who have never won the Champions League. They are full of desire and motivation for the Champions League. The difference is experience and ability.

Although Liverpool has monopolized the Champions League for nine years, it is still the top honor in European football. Any team and player is eager to win the Champions League.

This can be seen from the fierce competition in the Champions League in previous seasons.

After the Liverpool era ended in European football, it officially entered the Warring States Period.Several teams with the strength to win the championship will kill you to the death, just for the Champions League champion.

Therefore, in the minds of Liverpool players who have never won the Champions League, the Champions League is still very attractive.When some players transferred to the team, they even came for the Champions League championship. Who would have thought that they did not catch up with a good time, and Liverpool's Champions League dynasty has come to an end.

Those players who can still stay in the team even feel that it is impossible for Liverpool to win the Champions League again.

Because Chen Yingxiong is old and the team is too young, it is normal that they are not as competitive as other teams.

If they want to win the Champions League, they have to transfer and leave.

But after playing for this team for many years, everyone has feelings.Besides, the atmosphere in Liverpool's dressing room is very good. With a captain like Chen Yingxiong, everyone is like a big family.

So even if they can't win the Champions League, they are unwilling to leave the team.

Of course, there are very few such people, only three or four in the team.

Even these three or four people were frightened after hearing Chen Yingxiong's goal.

They didn't expect the 40-year-old captain to have such thoughts.

Then they all lowered their heads, because they thought of themselves, one or two people who were only 28 or 30 years old, lost such motivation.They can't even compare to a 40 year old guy...

They are ashamed of it.

From this point nine, we can see the difference between Liverpool's interior and exterior.

If it's those people outside, whether it's the media or the fans, when they heard Chen Yingxiong say that he wants to win the Champions League, they must have expressions of disbelief, and then the first reaction was that Chen Yingxiong would definitely not be able to complete this task.

The people inside the Liverpool team never doubted whether their captain could achieve it. They would only be ashamed by Chen Yingxiong's fighting spirit.

As the comrades who have been in contact with Chen Yingxiong for the longest time and are the closest, they are too aware of the strength of their captain.

He was able to score five goals in his first game after being suspended for nine months, and the goal he broke was Chelsea, the best defender in the league. So what else can he not do?

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After Chen Yingxiong proposed this goal, no one in the team refuted him, and no one raised opinions.

When it comes to the team's season goals, everyone is used to listening to the captain.Because they all know that the captain and the club chairman, general manager, and head coach have a good relationship and can wear a pair of pants. As long as he says it, the club will definitely support him from top to bottom.

The bosses of the club all support him, isn't it courting death to come out against him?

Anyway, the head coach and captain are responsible for how to achieve this goal. They don't have to worry about it at all, they just need to follow suit.

Chen Yingxiong naturally didn't want that kind of opposition within his team.

He didn't come to discuss with everyone "shall we win another Champions League this season?", he came to tell everyone the result directly.

They just have to do what they want.

Chen Yingxiong is very satisfied with everyone's response.

Then he began to tell everyone what needs to be done to achieve this step-of course it is impossible for him to tell his players from a tactical and strategic point of view, and he is not professional.This job is done by the coach.

All he has to do is to boost the morale of the team and lead by example so that everyone will not dare to cheat.

It may be difficult to win the Champions League, but Chen Yingxiong has the belief that he must win, and he has to convey his belief to everyone's heart, so that they are like himself.Only in this way can this team really have the possibility to win the Champions League.

A team, regardless of its strength, has one thing that is the most important and must have, and that is morale and belief.

In Chen Yingxiong's view, he has not won the Champions League for six consecutive seasons. The Champions League gene that was once integrated into the blood of the Liverpool team is fading. He wants to help everyone get this gene back.

Bring back that desire for the Champions League.

Only in that way, winning the Champions League is not an empty slogan, but a real goal.

(End of this chapter)