Chapter 1 The Barcelona Nightmare

The Barcelona fans were frightened by their thoughts.

The Liverpool fans were even more frightened by their discovery.

Because they realized that Liverpool had no intention of holding back on defense.

So they and the Barcelona fans thought of the same thing, they also thought of Chen Hero's bold words.

Could it be... true?

This thought flashed through the minds of Liverpool fans, and then it froze, occupying their entire minds.

They were different from the Barcelona fans, the more they thought about it, the happier they became, the more they thought it was a good thing.

Completely ending the suspense in the first leg meant there would have to be a big win!

Defeating Barcelona by a large margin at home! This was a spectacle that hadn't been seen in many years!

Since Guardiola first coached Barcelona, Barcelona had not been defeated by a large margin—at least a difference of…four goals, right? Barcelona had indeed never been defeated by an opponent by a four-goal margin.

Last season's Champions League final saw Liverpool score four goals against Barcelona, but Barcelona also scored two goals, so the difference was still only two goals.

Even Real Madrid had not won against Barcelona with a four-goal advantage in so many encounters.

Could it be that this time, we will have the honor to witness it?

The more they thought about it, the more excited they became, so excited that they started shaking.

In the end, they couldn't suppress the emotions in their hearts, that kind of excitement seemed like it would burst out of their throats as soon as they opened their mouths.

So a huge shout rang out at Anfield: "Liverpool! Score another! Score another! Score another!"

Such shouts were continuous, spreading rapidly from one stand to the entire stand, the Kop, Centenary Stand, Anfield Road, the Main Stand...such shouts rang out in all the stands. Soon this shout became the only sound in the stadium.

Chen Hero, who was running on the field to meet his teammates, heard this sound, and without even raising his head, he directly raised his right hand and clenched it into a fist.

He maintained this posture and ran a few steps.

Then the shouts of "Score another" in the stands disappeared, replaced by the cheers of Liverpool fans that were enough to blow the roof off.

Everyone knew what that action meant!

He heard the fans' shouts, and then planned to fulfill their wishes.

This meant the third goal was coming too!

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The cheers of the Liverpool fans changed the expressions of other Barcelona fans, and also made the Barcelona players on the field a little disturbed.

The last time they played against Liverpool, they didn't even know what this action meant. Back then, in the Champions League final, after Liverpool conceded a goal, the fans collectively shouted Chen Hero's name, and then Chen Hero raised his right hand, and clenched it into a fist, and the fans let out huge cheers.

At that time, the people from Barcelona were still wondering if the Liverpool people were a bunch of lunatics, what was there to cheer about after conceding a goal.

Later they learned the real meaning of this action.

That was Chen Hero interacting with the fans, and every time he made this action, the Liverpool team would be greatly boosted in morale, and their fighting power would double, and then they would score a goal...

Under Chen Hero's actions, he had almost never missed. He always delivered, and he always succeeded.

No matter how strong the opponent was, as long as he made a promise, he would definitely do it.

Because they already knew this, the faces of the Barcelona people were not looking so good now.

Even the head coach, Guardiola, frowned.

After Chen Hero made that action, it was obvious that Liverpool's attack was even fiercer.

This was really damn it…

Logically speaking, if Liverpool attacked fiercely, there would naturally be many gaps behind them. As long as they seized the opportunity to launch a counterattack, they might be able to break the current situation.

In fact, there were indeed many gaps behind Liverpool, but Barcelona's attack just couldn't get through…

This made Guardiola very pained.

Liverpool's attack was too powerful, as long as Barcelona dared to press forward, their rearguard would first be mercilessly attacked by Liverpool.

If they conceded another goal…this game would be completely over!

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Liverpool's attack became fiercer, but the goal did not come quickly again.

Barcelona's performance was also improving.

After all, they were one of the three strongest teams in football today.

They still had this much self-adjustment ability.

They hadn't expected Liverpool to continue their fierce attack after scoring a goal, and they were also a little disturbed after conceding a goal, so Liverpool seized this opportunity. It had to be said that Barcelona's luck was not very good.

But after conceding the second goal, Liverpool continued to attack fiercely, which instead prompted Barcelona to wake up quickly.

They realized that this game was different from the usual games, and they also realized that Liverpool was different from the Liverpool of the past.

This game could not be treated with the usual thinking and methods.

Special things had to be done in special times.

After figuring this out, they first calmed down in their hearts.

Being two goals behind was not the end of the world for Barcelona.

As long as they could score a goal, the opponent's lead would become one goal, so that the opponent's morale would be low, which would give Barcelona an opportunity.

So first they must not concede a goal, and second they must score a goal.

They knew that it was not easy for them to get the ball forward now, Liverpool's pressing and tackling was indeed very effective.

Then they could use another way to deal with it, which was to try to keep the ball at their feet as much as possible.

This was actually the tactic that Guardiola had arranged before the game, but before, the Barcelona players had not prepared well for Liverpool's pressing, so they did not execute this tactic well at all.

Now that they had calmed down, this tactic had a chance of being executed.

Keeping the ball at their feet, but it did not mean keeping the ball at one person's feet.

Barcelona used their excellent short-range passing and running to allow the ball to be as much as possible on their side.

Even if the opportunity to pass the ball forward was not good, it could also prevent Liverpool from launching an attack directly.

They used this method to deal with Liverpool.

The situation on the field finally achieved a certain balance, and Liverpool did not continue to score.

The Barcelona fans in the stands also regained some confidence.

Some optimistic people had even begun to imagine Barcelona launching a counterattack and then scoring a goal.

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The third goal did not appear like the second goal, but the Liverpool fans were not anxious.

They seemed very calm.

Years of experience had told them to trust Chen Hero. In any case, they must trust Chen Hero, because Chen Hero would never let them down.

So many times, when they called out to Chen Hero, had Chen Hero ever let them down once?

No, not once.

So maybe the time would have to be waited for a while, but Chen Hero would definitely be able to score the third goal!

As usual, they watched the game and looked forward to cheering for Chen Hero and cheering for Liverpool.

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It would not be right to say that Barcelona did not have a single decent attack.

The game had been going on for almost thirty minutes, and Barcelona's attack had gradually come up.

After all, no matter how much Liverpool blocked, it was impossible for Barcelona to not even be able to pass the midfield.

With their ability, they could still launch an attack and eventually form a shot.

It was just that these shots had not been able to really threaten Liverpool's goal. From the looks of it, Liverpool, who were playing at home, still had the advantage.

If it were any other team, being able to suppress Barcelona like this would have made them ecstatic.

But this was not enough to satisfy Liverpool, especially not enough to satisfy Chen Hero.

If they only led by two goals in the first half, it would not be considered a crushing victory at all.

After a halftime break, it was believed that Barcelona would definitely adjust. And Liverpool could not maintain this high-intensity pressing all the time, which was very energy-consuming. If it continued like this, Liverpool would eventually run out of strength.

The game had to be resolved when the stamina was exhausted.

So they had to score as many goals as possible in the first half.

Chen Hero, as the team's center forward, shouldered the heavy responsibility of scoring goals.

Barcelona were now starting to have attacks, which might be a good thing in the eyes of Barcelona fans, but in the eyes of Chen Hero, this was also a good thing.

Because Liverpool had the opportunity to launch a counterattack…

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The two sides stalemated until the thirty-sixth minute, and the score was still 2:0, with Liverpool leading at home.

In the thirty-seventh minute, Liverpool's opportunity came again.

Liverpool's backcourt used three people to intercept Messi's dribbling, and then quickly passed the ball to the front.

The ball quickly passed to the wing.

Then Gareth Bale crossed!

In order to bypass Barcelona's blockade on the wing, this ball was passed very quickly, and the ball was like a razor, cutting through Barcelona's airspace in front of the goal.

This kind of high-altitude ball was specially prepared for Chen Hero!

At the same time as Bale crossed, he had already jumped high, looking like he was going to compete for the header.

Pique had been following Chen Hero, and his sight had always been locked on Chen Hero. This time, in order not to make the same mistake again, he stayed close to Chen Hero.

As for where the ball went, who got it, and what the situation was, he didn't care at all.

He saw Chen Hero jump up, and without looking elsewhere, he jumped up with him.

Then when he jumped up, he realized…he had jumped too early!

Yes, when he jumped up, the ball had not come yet, and when the ball flew over, he had already begun to fall…

But he jumped with Chen Hero…if he jumped too early, wouldn't Chen Hero jump even earlier? Well, it didn't matter if he didn't head the ball, anyway, Chen Hero, you won't be able to head it either!

Just as this thought popped into his mind, he was surprised to find that Chen Hero was still at that height!

The positional relationship between him and Chen Hero was gradually widening—he was falling, but Chen Hero was still in the air!

What was going on?

Terrified, he widened his eyes.

As if he had seen a demon.

He prided himself on his jumping ability, but why did he, who jumped later, land first?

He couldn't figure it out.

At this time, it didn't matter whether he could figure it out or not.

He was powerless to stop Chen Hero.

He could only watch Chen Hero hover in the air like a helicopter, and then wait for the ball he wanted…

Then he saw Chen Hero shake his head and attack the goal!

There wasn't even a person around him who could interfere with him, such a header was no different from training for Chen Hero.

So, the ball flew into Barcelona's goal for the third time…