Before the game, the media had been hyping up the contest between these two teams. The media supporting Chelsea were naturally trying their best to find evidence to prove that Chen Hero's condition was uncertain, and that Liverpool had little chance of winning this game.

Meanwhile, the media supporting Liverpool kept exaggerating how amazing Chen Hero was. Anyway, both sides ignored each other and just kept talking to themselves with their eyes closed.

In fact, deep down, they both cared about what the other side was saying.

The media supporting Chelsea naturally knew how powerful Chen Hero was. If Chen Hero was in good shape, and Chelsea were playing away from home, then this game would really be a tough one for them.

On the Liverpool side, they weren't sure how much of Chen Hero's condition had been maintained. No matter how much they believed in Chen Hero, it was hard not to be worried about someone who hadn't played a formal game in nine months.

To be blunt, before the game, any idea had a market.

But when the last day before the game arrived, the media suddenly fell silent.

It was like the darkness before dawn. This silence only served to make the game seem even more important.

Everything that could be said had been said, and now they had to wait for the game to deliver its verdict.

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For Liverpool fans, the day of the match was like a grand festival.

Many people even dressed up to watch the game at Stanley Park Stadium.

When interviewed by reporters, they said that they wanted to participate in this historic moment in their best possible way.

Passionate Liverpool fans gathered outside the stadium from lunchtime. They weren't in a hurry to enter the stadium, but started various self-entertainment activities. For example, singing songs to each other and displaying their elaborately crafted slogans and posters.

If there was a circus performance, it would be even more like an amusement park.

From this scene, it could be seen that there were still many fans who were full of confidence in Chen Hero.

Their faces were filled with happy smiles, as if Liverpool had already won the game.

Outside Stanley Park Stadium, in front of the statue of Chen Hero, Liverpool fans shouted in unison: "Hero! Hero! Hero!! Oh oh oh! Hero—!!"

They attracted the attention of many other fans and the media.

For a time, several cameras were aimed at these excited fans.

For the media, this was a good story—Liverpool fans still couldn't forget Chen Hero, they worshiped Chen Hero like a god, and looked forward to Chen Hero's return with joy.

But not everyone was like this. On the other side of the statue, another group of Liverpool fans appeared. They didn't shout Chen Hero's name like their companions, but watched coldly.

Some fans even looked down on their companions' actions.

"What a bunch of lunatics! What's the difference between these actions and those barbarians who believe in African witch doctors?"

"Have they forgotten that Liverpool came first, and then Chen Hero!"

These people were the ones who had always worried that Chen Hero's poor condition would drag the team down.

Before, when they saw the team's performance gradually improving without Chen Hero, they all saw hope. They believed that the team had finally gotten on the right track, and that they could reach the top by relying on their overall strength, instead of relying on a single star player.

But as Chen Hero's return approached, they saw again the facts that made them very unhappy—that everyone was shifting their attention to Chen Hero, and forgetting the other players who had fought bloody battles for Liverpool.

This made them very disappointed.

How could the club put all its eggs in Chen Hero's basket?

They always believed that Chen Hero was forty-one years old, his physical fitness had declined, and he hadn't played a game in nine months, so his condition must have declined as well.

The Liverpool team and the club still placed all their bets on Chen Hero, which made them very dissatisfied and smelled danger.

They considered themselves to be fans who truly loved the club, and they were considering the problem from the club's perspective. Like Liverpool, a century-old club, had many great players in its history, but Liverpool had never relied on one person so much. Even Kevin Keegan in the beginning, when he left, he left. Liverpool then bought Dalglish, which led to another legend.

This fully demonstrated the greatness of Liverpool. A great team should constantly produce great players, but it should not be bound by a great player and become a player's appendage.

No matter how powerful and great the Hero is, no matter how much glory and joy he has brought them in the past seventeen seasons, all of that has become the past.

They should calmly accept this reality, instead of fantasizing that a forty-one-year-old could still be like he was at twenty-seven. This is the right way to go for the team.

If Chen Hero really loves Liverpool, he should take the initiative to abdicate and give the position and opportunities to young people. Look at him now, he has occupied Liverpool's main center forward position for a long time, so that Liverpool can't find a striker anywhere in the world, and Liverpool's excellent strikers have to transfer away from Liverpool after they become adults, because they simply can't get a chance if they continue to stay in Liverpool.

He has seriously affected Liverpool's renewal.

But he has no awareness of this at all, and insists on occupying this position.

A forty-one-year-old player who has won all the championships, what else can't he let go of?

These fans felt ashamed and heartbroken for Chen Hero's depravity. They watched Chen Hero step by step from a hero who could always bring championships to the team, to a tumor that hindered the team's continued progress and development, but they were powerless to do anything.

Now they have all come to the scene to watch this game, but their mood is complicated. Because on the one hand, they naturally hope that Liverpool will win, so that if not the league championship, at least the Champions League qualification for the top four in the league can be obtained. But at the same time, they also feel that as long as Chen Hero, the tumor, is there, it will be very difficult for Liverpool to win this game. As long as the Liverpool club continues to trust Chen Hero so limitlessly, then the Liverpool club will slide down one foot towards the abyss.

When those fans who were very confident in Chen Hero were singing, dancing, cheering and celebrating in front of Chen Hero's life-size statue, they gathered together and watched coldly.

It is very conspicuous to have such a group of people in the crowd of happy people.

So everyone easily noticed them.

The Red Giant Bears fans showed unhappy expressions to these fans, and the disgust on their faces was obvious.

However, the other side also had the same expression, and they showed a "disdainful" expression to those fanatical Chen Hero fans.

They believed that the fanatical Red Giant Bears were a bunch of foolish and loyal idiots, and their minds were filled with nothing but Chen Hero. Such people are no longer qualified to be called "Liverpool fans," they are just Chen Hero's fans.

Although the fans on both sides disliked each other, they did not directly clash. After all, they still had external enemies. Many Chelsea fans also came to the outside of the stadium early, and they didn't want to let outsiders make fun of them because of their internal strife.

So everyone just glared at each other unhappily and then withdrew their gazes.

Those fans who were confident in Chen Hero continued their celebrations, while the calm Liverpool fans felt that everything these people were doing was simply too boring, and they left with disdainful expressions.

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Newman Geith also came to Stanley Park Stadium, but he didn't come to watch the game as a "Hero supporter," he came to commentate on the game as a soccer commentator.

As one of the topical figures in this game, Newman Geith was specially invited by the TV station to be the commentary guest for this game.

This can also be regarded as the harvest of his continuous efforts.

Of course, he didn't come to support Chen Hero, but he couldn't say that, otherwise it would be inconsistent with his previous words and deeds. In order to be Chen Hero's senior black, he had offended all the Manchester City fans, and there was no other way to go.

But in his heart, he was looking forward to seeing Chen Hero make a fool of himself. As long as Chen Hero showed a bad side, he would sigh and lament on the commentary seat, feel sorry for Chen Hero, and then overturn all the efforts he had made before.

He had also done a lot of homework these days.

He specifically visited the forums of those Liverpool fans who questioned Chen Hero.

He believed that the mentality of those fans should be able to be used as a reference—they are Liverpool fans, but they have opinions on Chen Hero, so their remarks are the same as his in some standpoints.

After browsing the remarks of those fans, he was greatly inspired, and he was even more looking forward to his commentary for today's game.

What "Hero has now turned from Liverpool's savior to a tumor that hinders Liverpool's development," he couldn't say such words!

Sure enough, the only people who know Chen Hero best are Liverpool fans.

I wonder if Chen Hero is aware of these fans' evaluation of him?

It doesn't matter if he doesn't know, after this game, the whole of England will know!

Because he will publicize this sentence in this game! At that time, after the media's rendering and hype, Chen Hero will know it that night!

At that time, let's see what he takes to refute him!

But it's a pity that he can't say it to Chen Hero's face and can't appreciate his wonderful expression...

Newman Geith happened to pass by Chen Hero's statue, and he also saw the group of fanatical Chen Hero fans.

But there was no disdainful expression on his face.

On the contrary, the smile on his face was very bright.

It was a sense of superiority of a winner looking at a loser.

He felt that he was bound to win.