Chapter 1 Chen Yingxiong is very proud, but he is not careless.

But his lack of underestimation does not mean that all Liverpool players will not underestimate the enemy.

In fact, there are always some people who slack off.

What Boas was betting on was that these people would play a crucial role in the game.

He has done everything he can do, and now he has nothing to do except train his own team.

Whether his tactics work or not will have to be tested in the final game.

Martin O'Neill also saw Boas' statement, and he smelled a dangerous scent.

How could he not know what Boas's real intention was, even though those media analyses seemed to make sense? But this kind of analysis and nonsense can only deceive naive people, how could it deceive him, an old fox—although in front of Ferguson, Martin O'Neill can indeed be regarded as "young", but in fact he is also sixty-four years old. He has been in the Premier League for many years, is experienced, and can also be regarded as an "old fox."

He knew that Boas was deliberately showing weakness, trying to make Liverpool underestimate the enemy.

But knowing this does not mean he has a solution.

Because Boas's words were not meant for O'Neill at all, but for the Liverpool players.

No matter how much he emphasizes not to underestimate the enemy, he cannot completely control the players' minds.

He can only continue to emphasize this in the following training.

The problem is, when everyone's ears are calloused, what's the use of his emphasis?

He has already started working on the second plan—not expecting all Liverpool players to be as vigilant and cautious as he is. But there must be a few key players who cannot underestimate the enemy.

Chen Yingxiong is the first.

As long as Chen Yingxiong is not fooled by Boas, there is still hope of winning this game.

He began to chat with the players individually, for a short time, about ten minutes each.

He wanted to determine the true thoughts of these players—whether they were really fooled by Boas's words.

The result relieved him.

The people he was looking for did not believe Boas's words, at least on the surface.

Chen Yingxiong didn't either.

Chen Yingxiong didn't even care about Boas's plans.

"...No matter what he's planning, what conspiracy he has, we just need to defeat him. In the face of absolute strength, any conspiracy is useless, boss."

This is what Chen Yingxiong said to Martin O'Neill.

This sentence gave O'Neill a reassurance.

The most important person has not had any problems, then this game is stable.

Next, just wait for the game to begin.

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Boas said to the news media that he planned to give up this game.

But inside Manchester City, he kept telling the players the importance of this game. He also did not hide his plans. He told the players that he was deceiving Liverpool, just to make the other side think that they had surrendered, to make the other side underestimate the enemy, and then Manchester City could take Liverpool at their home court.

"Guys, Liverpool haven't lost a single game this season. Everyone thinks that no team can beat them anymore. So now is our time to shine. Beat Liverpool, end their undefeated season, and let everyone know that Manchester City is still strong!!"

Boas believes that as long as the team can beat Liverpool at home, the boost to the team's morale will be immeasurable. Maybe with this momentum, Manchester City can sweep the next four opponents and thus return to the top four in the league.

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The match between Manchester City and Liverpool is the highlight of the thirty-fourth round of the league, the focus of the battle. Even the second and third place battle between Manchester United and Chelsea is not as attractive as this game.

At the same time, this game is also the first game of this round of the league.

On April 13, at four o'clock in the afternoon, the match between Manchester City and Liverpool at Manchester City's home ground officially kicked off.

The Etihad Stadium was full of people, and the boos were deafening.

Everyone has long been accustomed to it. As long as they hear this sound, they know that it is Liverpool attacking even with their eyes closed.

The game has just begun, and Liverpool launched a fierce attack as usual, striving to take the lead in the shortest possible time and get the game on their track.

This is their most common trick. There is no need to study it, and the opponents know what Liverpool is going to do. At this time, the smartest approach is to shrink back as a whole, defend the penalty area to the death, and prevent Liverpool from scoring. If they can not concede a goal in the first half, they still have a chance to fight Liverpool in the second half, at least to ensure a draw.

Manchester City on the field is doing just that.

In the boos of Manchester City fans, Liverpool launched an attack, while Manchester City shrank back.

Boas's tactic for Manchester City in this game is defensive counterattack.

Very simple four words, but it is not easy to succeed.

First of all, it is doubtful whether Manchester City can hold on under Liverpool's fierce attack.

Secondly, it is also unknown whether Manchester City's counterattack can be fatal.

But other than that, Boas and Manchester City have no other choice.

Now Boas can only bet that some of Liverpool's players have listened to him and are underestimating the enemy and slackening off. Whoever slacks off is Manchester City's breakthrough!

Although the game has just begun, Boas is not sitting on the coach's bench, but standing on the sidelines, frowning and staring at the court with a serious look. He is not just putting on a show, he is observing, observing the performance of every Liverpool player, trying to see some clues from it.

If he really sees it, and a Liverpool player's performance is different from usual, and appears to be more slack, he will immediately adjust the counterattack tactics and direct the team to attack that point in groups, striving to achieve a breakthrough.

Use a breakthrough at one point to drive the breakthrough of the entire line.

Thereby completely shaking the foundation of Liverpool!

At this time, Boas's eyes were like radar, constantly scanning the court.

The game has only started for five minutes, and he hasn't seen anything yet, but he is not worried. He thinks his performance is so perfect, and with the help of the media, he can definitely deceive some Liverpool players.

After Liverpool besieged Manchester City for ten minutes, when they find that Manchester City is not a threat, that slackness in their hearts will definitely be revealed...

Definitely!

Boas secretly clenched his fists.

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After being told about Boas's thoughts by O'Neill, Chen Yingxiong kept sneering in his heart.

If Boas thinks that he can stop me from winning the championship with these petty tricks, then he is really wishful thinking!

Now Chen Yingxiong has two choices.

Is he deliberately selling a flaw and playing with Boas? Or is he cutting the Gordian knot and directly killing Manchester City?

The boos from the stands were deafening, but he turned a deaf ear to them.

He has been thinking about this question.

It seems a bit boring to win so easily all the time? Since the opponent cannot create trouble for us, can we create some small twists and turns ourselves as fun?

But doing so seems very disrespectful to the opponent... Moreover, it seems to leave a bad impression, making people feel that Liverpool is so hard to deal with even Manchester City... After all, others don't know our good intentions!

Alas, this is really annoying.

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This thought took fifteen minutes.

In fifteen minutes, Liverpool's offensive was fierce, but they did not score.

Boas was very excited. He believed that his words had played a role. Liverpool players were not going all out when attacking. Especially that Chen Yingxiong, seemed to have something on his mind...

I have to say that Boas's vision is quite accurate, and he can even see that Chen Yingxiong has something on his mind.

But he guessed the wrong direction...

He thought that Chen Yingxiong was proud and underestimated the enemy, and did not take Manchester City seriously.

Who knew that he was just thinking about how to solve Manchester City.

Fifteen minutes really allowed Boas to see that several Liverpool players were performing somewhat slackly.

His eyes lit up. As long as Liverpool's offensive ends and there is a chance to breathe, he will direct the team to attack immediately and break through those points with lightning speed!

Boas's calculation is very loud.

At the same time, Chen Yingxiong's troubles also ended.

He finally made a choice.

Forget it, the opponent is Manchester City, so let's cut the Gordian knot. I don't want to let others think that Liverpool is so difficult to win against Manchester City...

Especially when he thinks that if Liverpool wins more "difficultly", those damn Manchester City fans in the stands will be proud, he doesn't feel very happy.

Even if they win in the end, that group of people may think that they lost to Liverpool because they were unlucky.

That's not the result Chen Yingxiong wants.

Manchester City fans hate him, and he doesn't like Manchester City either.

If it was another team, maybe he would really deliberately sell a flaw or something just to make the game more interesting.

But against Manchester City, it's better to slap them to death...

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In the seventeenth minute, Gotze was brought down to the ground by Manchester City's defensive midfielder Yaya Touré when he turned and dribbled the ball in the frontcourt.

The referee decisively blew his whistle, indicating that Manchester City had committed a foul, but he did not show a card, but only verbally warned the Ivorian defensive midfielder.

Then he signaled Liverpool to take the free kick.

When Chen Yingxiong ran back from the front of the penalty area and took the football from Gotze's hand, Boas's temple suddenly throbbed.

He didn't understand why this happened. It is very common for Chen Yingxiong to take Liverpool's free kicks.

This time is the same as usual, nothing special.

So what does this throbbing temple mean?

Could it be that Liverpool will use this free kick to score?

Although Chen Yingxiong's free kick skills are very good, my luck won't be so bad, right? This is only Liverpool's first free kick in this game... The first free kick will score a goal? How big is the chance of this?

One percent or zero point one percent?

Boas muttered in his heart, but his brows became more and more wrinkled without knowing it...