Chapter 33 Soul Loss

While Chen Hero and the English FA were bickering, the Premier League continued.

Liverpool without Chen Hero were like a body without a soul.

They lost to Tottenham Hotspur in the subsequent thirty-third round of the league.

Liverpool played poorly in the game, with almost everyone absent-minded.

Clearly, Chen Hero's suspension had a significant impact on them.

Many people were still worried about whether Chen Hero would really be banned for two years, so naturally, they weren't focused on the game.

Despite coach Gerrard shouting from the sidelines, it was to no avail.

The commentator said in the final stages of the game, when Liverpool's defeat was certain, "This game fully demonstrates Hero's importance to Liverpool. For the past decade or so, 'How to contain Liverpool' has actually been the question of 'How to contain Chen Hero.' But no one has been able to do it. Now the English FA has done it for us…"

He finally made a sarcastic remark about the FA's direct intervention. Because of De Kela's efforts, the public opinion environment was much more favorable to Chen Hero now.

More and more people supported and sympathized with Chen Hero.

If public opinion could determine the final outcome, Chen Hero wouldn't have had to take the FA to the International Court of Arbitration for Sport.

After the game, the most questions Gerrard faced at the press conference were related to Chen Hero. Reporters were most concerned about the progress of Chen Hero's lawsuit with the FA. As for Liverpool losing the game, it wasn't particularly important.

Faced with the reporters' questions, Gerrard answered everything with "I don't know."

He really didn't know.

Chen Hero should have already set off for Lausanne, Switzerland, at this time. He hadn't even been with the team for the last day of training before the game. How could he possibly know the situation?

Gerrard couldn't worry about Chen Hero's affairs.

What he should be worried about now was his team's performance.

They were originally five points ahead in the standings, but now Liverpool had lost the game, while Arsenal, who were second in the league, had won.

With this back and forth, the point difference between the two teams had narrowed to two points.

Arsenal could overtake them in one game.

The situation was very unfavorable for Liverpool.

Gerrard knew how important the league title was to Liverpool this season. Moreover, this ranking was earned by Chen Hero. Now that it was in his hands, how could he face Chen Hero if he lost it?

He really didn't have the mind to worry about Chen Hero now.

In any case, there were five league games left, and he had to maintain this two-point lead.

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On the day of the game, Chen Hero and his agent, De Kela, went to Lausanne, Switzerland together. This move meant that the International Court of Arbitration for Sport had finally agreed to his request to hold an oral hearing.

And rejected the English FA's request for a written hearing.

It was expected that there would be disputes between the two sides. But everyone expected that the International Court of Arbitration for Sport would support Chen Hero in this kind of harmless place.

But even so, people were not optimistic that Chen Hero could win this lawsuit. Because he didn't have any strong evidence to offer.

On the other hand, the English FA seemed very confident.

The morning of April 6 was the day the International Court of Arbitration for Sport opened its court.

Early that morning, a large number of reporters gathered in front of the headquarters of the International Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne, Switzerland. They came from all over the world, set up machines, and drove satellite broadcasting vehicles, all to follow this sensational lawsuit.

Chen Hero's suspension storm spread rapidly around the world from the moment he kicked a Manchester City fan. Now it was the Internet age, and news spread very quickly.

These days, the world media had been following up, and new news was sent back to their respective countries every day, bringing everyone the latest progress on this matter.

A large number of reporters gathered here, so that the International Court of Arbitration for Sport had to ask the Lausanne police to help maintain order, so as not to let those reporters fight for a good position…

So the police also appeared here, they pulled up a cordon and separated all the media on both sides of the road.

The English FA's car was the first to arrive. When they arrived, the sound of shutters on both sides of the road began to sound densely. Camera reporters also carried cameras and squeezed over.

However, the representative of the English FA didn't say a word, and directly entered the gate of the International Court of Arbitration for Sport under the protection of the police. Letting the reporters chase after them and ask: "Is it true that you have always targeted Chen Hero?"

No one looked back, no one stopped, and no one answered.

After the people from the English FA left, the reporters at the scene gradually calmed down.

But they were only calm for five minutes before there was a commotion again, and this time the commotion was even bigger than last time.

Because Chen Hero and his agent, De Kela, were here.

And the Lausanne police took preventive measures according to the standards when the English FA came before, they made a wrong estimate. The reporters behaved even more crazily than before. The underprepared police human wall was instantly broken through, and the reporters rushed up in a swarm, surrounding Chen Hero and De Kela.

Microphones were extended to him, and various questions were thrown at him.

But everyone was most interested in whether Chen Hero had found enough evidence to clear his name.

Chen Hero and De Kela had always been silent on this issue before.

But now it was no longer necessary, De Kela's first sentence shocked the reporters.

"We have obtained absolutely strong evidence to prove that Manchester City fan Paul. Gruer insulted Hero's son!"

Evidence!

Chen Hero and the others had obtained evidence!

But what exactly was this evidence?

At that time, the scene was very noisy during the game. Even if they were talking face to face, they couldn't hear clearly if the sound wasn't loud. No one else around Chen Hero and Gruer heard Gruer's words, otherwise they would have stood up to testify long ago. That position was in the center of the stadium, and there were no microphones nearby to collect sound.

So apart from the two of them, it was impossible for a third party to hear what Gruer said.

Someone once suggested hiring a lip-reading expert, but the shooting angle at the time was not good, and Gruer's mouth shape could not be fully displayed, so the lip-reading expert was useless.

Therefore, everyone thought this was a dead end.

It was impossible for Chen Hero to find evidence.

So how did he find it now?

"What kind of evidence is it?" the reporters asked loudly.

"Gruer's recorded phone call to his friend!" De Kela replied simply, and squeezed out with Chen Hero.

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Soon, this latest development was released to the world by online media and television media. Everyone who was following this matter learned the news that Chen Hero had strong evidence at the first time.

And they even said what the specific evidence was, so it was most likely true this time!

Paul. Gruer, who was lying in the hospital recuperating from his injuries, learned the news at the first time.

But he didn't see it on TV or online.

But he found out when a reporter called to ask him if this was true.

He was stunned at the time.

I have to say that although Paul. Gruer was a villain, but his brain was still clever, otherwise he would not be able to pretend to be a victim in front of so many media, national media, and world media.

So he quickly thought, was Chen Hero deliberately releasing a smoke bomb to let himself show flaws?

Thinking of this, he immediately denied the matter.

The attitude was so firm that people couldn't doubt it.

Gruer knew that if he didn't grit his teeth at this time, he would really lose everything.

Now, although he was injured, he could still win the support and sympathy of national public opinion, and he also had enough popularity among Manchester City fans. Even his medical expenses were paid by Manchester City Club. In the eyes of Manchester City people, he was a hero of Manchester City against Chen Hero.

He didn't want to be a dog one day…

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After Chen Hero and De Kela walked into the court, the door was closed, and the reporters were blocked outside. No one knew what kind of fierce confrontation was going on inside.

The representative of the English FA and Chen Hero did not meet before the trial. The two sides met each other at the time of the trial.

Chen Hero could feel the unkind gaze from the representative of the English FA.

But he didn't care. The English FA had been unhappy with him for more than a day or two, and he was numb to this kind of treatment.

Besides, Chen Hero dared to fight against FIFA, would he be afraid of a mere English FA?

Faced with the unkind gaze of the representative of the English FA, Chen Hero straightened his back. He was already very tall, so he looked even taller. Then he looked at the FA representative on the opposite side with a condescending gaze, not concealing the disdain in his eyes.

Sure enough, when the representative of the English FA saw that Chen Hero responded to him like this, his face suddenly turned ugly.

Seeing that the other party was unhappy, Chen Hero's face showed a winner's smile, and then he turned his head and never looked at the FA representative who was blushing.

At this time, the chief arbitrator came out from the back lounge. Everyone in the court stood up to show respect. At the same time, the chief arbitrator's attendance also meant that the trial was about to begin.

In fact, the trial procedure of the International Court of Arbitration for Sport is much simpler than the trial procedure in the general sense of the court.

Neither side really used lawyers. Instead of lawyers, there were arbitrators appointed by each side.

And there were very few people in the court. Two arbitrators, and a chief arbitrator selected by these two arbitrators according to the principle of consensus, the chief arbitrator is responsible for presiding over the trial work of the arbitration panel.

Then there were the parties.

The English FA came with three people, Chen Hero only had himself and De Kela.

The specific trial procedure is court investigation and court defense, as well as making a final ruling.

The procedure is very simple.

The most important and critical thing is to present their respective evidence.

The English FA's evidence was the game video, the referee's report, and the victim Gruer's testimony.

Everyone had seen these many times, which showed that the English FA could not come up with new convincing evidence.

These evidences themselves were not very convincing, but because Chen Hero did not have evidence that could outweigh these evidences, they had the value of being adopted.

So now it depends on what evidence Chen Hero had.

Under everyone's attention, De Kela presented their evidence to the chief arbitrator.

A disc.

Faced with the chief arbitrator's questioning gaze, De Kela said proudly: "This contains six phone recordings of Paul. Gruer calling his six friends. In the recordings, he admitted that he insulted Chen Hero's son, and there are also his original words at the time!"

Not only did the chief arbitrator's eyes show surprise, but even the representatives of the English FA next to Chen Hero and De Kela were stunned!

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