Wembley Stadium, the stands were basically full, and fewer and fewer fans were lingering outside. Those with tickets had entered, and a few without tickets were still holding "I Need Tickets" signs outside, waiting foolishly.

The players had finished warming up and returned to their respective locker rooms.

The two head coaches were giving their final instructions.

This was a semi-final, but the atmosphere was as intense and heated as a final.

Perhaps it was because the semi-final was also being held at Wembley Stadium.

Martin O'Neill stood in the locker room. The players had changed their clothes and were waiting to go out.

He decided to say a few words.

"First of all, I want to congratulate you, lads. You have reached this point through your own efforts. Being able to play at Wembley, you deserve it! But I won't tell you to 'go and enjoy the game.' Because this is just the semi-final. We still have the final, so you must win this game! You have to get to the final. We finally made it to Wembley, how can we go back after playing only one game?"

"That's all I have to say. Just remember, no matter what happens on the field, no matter what you encounter, you must win!"

After speaking, he waved his hand and let the players go out.

The reserve team players got up from their seats excitedly and rushed out of the locker room door.

When they finally stood in the player tunnel, they were not as calm and composed as the first-team players, who could still chat casually. Everyone was looking at the tunnel entrance, as if the end of the tunnel was a paradise, filling them with longing and anticipation.

No one chatted with each other, and no one looked around. Everyone moved in unison, all looking at the tunnel entrance, appearing very quiet.

The Tottenham Hotspur players next to them looked at these Liverpool reserve team players curiously.

They were not familiar with the reserve team players, because this was the Spurs first team, not the Spurs reserve team. Many of them couldn't even name the Liverpool reserve team players across from them. In the team, only Chen Hero was the most familiar.

In the locker room before, their coach, McLaren, had given his team a must-win order. In fact, they would have done so even without the coach saying so. Because the strength of the opponent was too weak. If they still couldn't win, they should just find a large enough piece of tofu and collectively crash into it to their deaths.

Yesterday, when they learned that Liverpool had sent out a full reserve team, they felt that the game had already lost its suspense. So what if there was a Chen Hero? Chen Hero was powerful, but he was only one person. Even if he could handle three people, they had eleven people. Couldn't they win eight against one?

There was news that Martin O'Neill made this arrangement to thank the reserve team players, because they were the ones who sent Liverpool to the semi-finals, so he wanted the reserve team to continue playing in the semi-finals.

Many Spurs players couldn't understand Martin O'Neill's approach at all. For them, there were many ways to thank these reserve team players, such as inviting the reserve team players to the championship celebration to receive the cheers of the fans together.

But they still had to play the game themselves, otherwise, what if they lost?

Although they didn't understand Liverpool's approach, it was indeed good news for them. Liverpool had a group of reserve team scrubs, and only Chen Hero was a threat. They could easily defeat Liverpool and enter the final.

Since Redknapp and Bale left, Spurs' achievements have not been as good as before, and their ranking in the league is not even guaranteed for the Europa League.

Therefore, they especially needed this FA Cup championship, which was their only chance to qualify for European competitions.

Spurs would not show mercy against Liverpool, who were much weaker than them. No matter how moved they were by Liverpool's humane move, they would not feel pity for Spurs.

In their opinion, these Liverpool reserve team players were already "dead men." The victory in this game was destined to belong to their Tottenham Hotspur!

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Chen Hero felt that it had been very quiet behind him, and he was a little strange. He had participated in many games, and before each game, everyone would get together to chat, as if they were going on a picnic. It was rare for it to be so quiet that no one said a word.

He turned his head curiously, only to meet the eyes of goalkeeper Brad Jones. He was stunned for a moment before realizing that the other party was not looking at him, but at the exit behind him…

Not only Jones, but all the reserve team players were doing the same action, staring intently at the exit of the player tunnel.

Chen Hero suddenly understood, smiled, and turned his head back, waiting to go out.

The referee and the four assistant referees walked up from behind and walked to the front of the team. He said to the two captains, "Okay, gentlemen, follow me closely, we are going out."

Chen Hero turned his head and shouted to his teammates, "Come on, guys!"

Each reserve team player stepped towards the tunnel one after another.

As they got closer and closer to the tunnel, the noise from the fans outside grew louder and louder.

The afternoon sun shone on the field outside, turning the green grass into a patch of white.

This is the biggest stage, this is the best stage. Hero did it, he said he would appear on this stage with us, how can we just come here to lose a game and then go home?

In fact, we know that Hero must be under a lot of pressure. When we win, the glory belongs to him, and when we lose, the responsibility is all his.

Hero helped us, and we have to help Hero.

In fact, it is also helping ourselves, because after feeling the atmosphere of Wembley Stadium, we are really a little reluctant to say goodbye… We also want to play one more game, we also want to be able to stand on the podium of Wembley Stadium and receive this trophy from the Queen!

Who says we are scrubs?

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The Spurs players were still dreaming of slaughtering the Liverpool reserve team in the semi-finals. In their opinion, Wembley Stadium was like a cutting board, and Liverpool was a fish placed on the cutting board, at their mercy, able to be cut however they wanted, horizontally, vertically, with fancy cuts, cut into sections, slices, strips, shreds, and finally chopped into minced meat and mud, even the bones were chopped into pieces and dissolved…

Then cooked into a big meal by us!

But they didn't know what the Liverpool reserve team players were thinking. In fact, even if they knew, they would mostly laugh at it, because the Liverpool reserve team, this scrub team, actually wanted to defeat their Spurs? They really didn't know the immensity of heaven and earth! Hahahaha!

Of course, they didn't know.

So they didn't laugh, but their contempt in their hearts didn't decrease at all.

But when the game started not long after, the Tottenham Hotspur players suddenly discovered that the Liverpool reserve team's performance was not what they thought it would be…

The opponents they thought would be easy to deal with were performing quite stubbornly!

Martin O'Neill knew the strength of the Liverpool reserve team very well. If they pressed forward and attacked the opponent head-on, they would definitely die miserably in the end.

So the tactic he formulated for this game was a death defense plus a limited force counterattack.

Most of the players had to shrink back in their own half to prevent the goal from being breached. Their individual combat ability was inferior to that of the Spurs players, so they could only win by numbers. Therefore, most of the Liverpool reserve team players had to defend and could not provide too much assistance in attack.

In the attack, Chen Hero was the well-deserved assistant. The only thing that could help him was the crosses from the two wings. The center would not go up at all, because the defensive task in the center was very heavy.

Bale and Sanchez were not on the field. The starting wingers in this game were Tony Silva and Marco Pelosi, both of whom were unknown soldiers in the reserve team.

Their role was very important, which was to provide ammunition for Chen Hero so that Chen Hero could fire at full power.

These two players had a certain amount of speed and breakthrough ability, and their crosses were also the strongest in the reserve team.

Martin O'Neill's requirement for them was not to control the ball too much, and to pass the ball to Chen Hero whenever they had the opportunity.

When the ball reached the Spurs' 30-meter zone, it was basically Chen Hero's solo performance.

O'Neill's idea was to use tenacious defense to prevent Spurs from scoring. Spurs certainly wouldn't have thought that the reserve team players' fighting spirit would be so high and so tenacious, so they would definitely become impatient. When they became impatient, there would naturally be many gaps behind them.

At that time, it would be Chen Hero's chance!

Martin O'Neill didn't trust the reserve team players very much, but he had great faith in Chen Hero. He believed that Chen Hero would definitely bring a lot of trouble to Spurs…

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The game had started for fifteen minutes, and Tottenham Hotspur, who had been favored by everyone before the game, had six shots, but none of them went in, and only two of them were on target.

The score was still 0:0, and Liverpool had not conceded a goal.

"Liverpool's tenacity is beyond our imagination. They have all retreated to their own penalty area. This style of play is not good-looking, but it is very in line with their strength…"

"But if they keep defending like this, how will Liverpool win the game? Do they plan to drag the game into a penalty shootout and rely on luck to defeat their opponents? The problem is that their goalkeeper, Brad Jones, is certainly not as good as Spurs' Brazilian goalkeeper, Gomes, in saving penalties!"

"I want to applaud Liverpool's tenacious players, but that's all. I admire their courage and spirit, but the problem is that football matches are not decided by courage and spirit alone… In the face of a huge gap in strength, courage and spirit only make their failure look more tragic…"

Although the commentators were all surprised by Liverpool's tenacity, they were still not optimistic about them.

The Spurs fans in the stands even let out huge boos, expressing their dissatisfaction with Liverpool's shrinking back. According to their ideas, Liverpool should open their doors and let them bombard them, preferably without even a goalkeeper, allowing the Spurs forwards to shoot at empty goals at will…