Chapter 1 Cheers for Chen Hero

The cheers for Chen Hero continued, so loud they were suffocating.

The commentators in the booth wisely kept their mouths shut in the face of such cheering. At this point, any attempt to make themselves heard would be futile.

Meanwhile, the color on the face of Newman. Jiss, the guest commentator also in the booth, was terrible.

He looked pale amidst the roar, his hands clenched tightly.

This made the commentator next to him nervous. He asked with concern, "Newman, are you alright?"

But Newman. Jiss turned a deaf ear, as if he hadn't heard at all.

The commentator then smacked himself on the forehead as if waking from a dream. At this point, it was impossible to hear even if they were face to face.

So he patted Newman. Jiss on the shoulder.

Jiss looked up as if waking from a dream, and then saw his partner gesturing to inquire about him, looking concerned.

Jiss shook his head. He wouldn't admit to any discomfort, even if he felt it. If he did, he might not be able to continue commentating on the match.

That would mean losing the opportunity to watch Chen Hero make a fool of himself, and to mock him mercilessly.

He didn't want to give up such an opportunity easily.

He shook his head, forced a smile, and indicated that he was fine.

But no matter how he looked, the other commentator still felt that Newman. Jiss's complexion was not good.

He didn't know that the reason Jiss looked so bad wasn't because of his health, but because the cheers in Stanley Park made him very unhappy. The deafening cheers were like slaps in the face, one after another, *slap, slap, slap*.

Hadn't he been trying to discredit Chen Hero, so that Liverpool fans would believe that Chen Hero was no longer their savior?

But looking at it now, judging by the cheers, his words hadn't had any effect at all.

Damn it! You bunch of blockheads! Don't you feel ashamed to place all your hopes on a forty-one-year-old geezer?!

With such resentment towards the Liverpool fans, Jiss's complexion naturally wouldn't be good.

In addition, the escalating cheers had indeed frightened him.

In the midst of the cheering, he felt like his heart was about to stop.

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Newman. Jiss wasn't the only one who felt that way. There were also the "minority" of Liverpool fans, commentators from around the world, and the reporters.

They were all intimidated by the energy unleashed by the Liverpool fans.

The cheering lasted a long time before it stopped.

Even when the sound had disappeared, their ears were still ringing.

One commentator jokingly expressed his terrifying feelings just now: "Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Stanley Park! The passionate Liverpool fans are hospitable, they welcome anyone, of course… except for patients with heart disease and high blood pressure!"

Yes, if someone with heart disease and high blood pressure were present, no one could guarantee what might happen in such a situation.

The momentum of the Liverpool fans had been truly astonishing.

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The cheering lasted so long that the stadium announcer was still reading out the names of other players after both teams had entered the field.

In addition to Chen Hero, the other Liverpool players also received cheers from the Liverpool fans, and this time it was cheers from all the Liverpool fans, including those in the "minority," and they were particularly enthusiastic.

They were dissatisfied that so many fans were still cheering for Chen Hero, and they hoped that through their efforts, the cheers for the other players would surpass those for Chen Hero.

Like Carlton Cole, for example.

For them, it was a very simple math problem—the fans cheering for Chen Hero equaled one, and they were also one, so one plus one must be greater than one, so the cheers they generated would definitely be greater than those for Chen Hero.

But the reality was not like that.

When the cheers rang out, everyone could immediately hear: How small!

Actually, the sound wasn't small.

If there were no comparison with Chen Hero, this sound could also be considered "impressive."

But after just experiencing that terrifying scene, everyone's ears were still ringing, so any cheers they heard at this point would sound small.

It wasn't just that it felt small, it really was small.

The vast majority of Liverpool fans had already released all their energy into the cheers for Chen Hero, so naturally they had no strength left for others. And how could the other Liverpool players be compared with Chen Hero? Even if they had the strength, they had to suppress it.

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The cheers dedicated to the Liverpool players finally ended, but many people were still savoring them.

The faces of the Chelsea players were not good. Mainly because the cheers for Chen Hero were too loud.

Everyone knows that noise is a form of pollution that can cause irritability and various discomforts. Excessive volume can also harm people's health, causing hearing damage, cardiovascular damage…

So no one feels comfortable in noise.

When the sound rang out, many Chelsea players felt a tightening in their chests, shortness of breath, and irritability.

They only felt a little relieved after the sound disappeared.

But this feeling of relief did not last long.

Because the game was about to begin.

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Chen Hero lost the coin toss, but won the right to kick off, which was exactly what he had hoped for.

He wanted to control the ball from the very beginning, so that he could pose a threat to Chelsea from the start of the match.

He knew about the doubts about him from the outside world, and he also knew that some Liverpool fans still didn't trust him and thought he should retire.

It wasn't that he was really greedy for a starting position at Liverpool, but that he still had a mission to complete. He would not retire until this mission was completed.

That's why he stayed for so long. But he couldn't tell those Liverpool fans these words.

The best way, and the only way, to dispel those people's doubts about him was to lead the team to victory. One victory was not enough, he needed many victories.

But his time was limited. He didn't want to wait until the team had won several games before changing those people's opinions and silencing those voices of doubt.

He wanted to complete this task in one game.

That meant a thorough victory, leaving everyone with no room for criticism, so that even if they used a microscope, they couldn't find any faults.

To give confidence to those who supported him and trusted him, and to make those who doubted him feel pain and despair.

This was Chen Hero's style, and it had never changed in twenty-three years.

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"The game is about to begin… The previously noisy stadium suddenly became quiet, as if they were waiting for some very important ceremony…" As the commentator spoke, the camera cut to the stands. As he said, the Liverpool fans were looking at the field with pious and expectant expressions.

Newman. Jiss snorted inwardly.

The more devout you are now, the greater the disappointment will be later. I want to see what kind of expressions you'll have then!

Even the referee was caught off guard by the sudden quiet of the match. He was stunned for a moment before he remembered what he was supposed to do.

He looked down at his watch and then raised his hand.

"Whistle—"

With a whistle, the highly anticipated match began!

Almost at the instant the referee's whistle sounded, Chen Hero lightly tapped the ball forward. Having not participated in a formal match for nine months, he was unwilling to waste even half a second.

Carlton Cole received his pass and passed the ball directly back to the backfield.

Liverpool's attack was launched.

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Before this match, many people had wondered what the match would be like. Would it be an all-out attack between the two teams? Or would Liverpool bombard the Chelsea goal while Chelsea solidified their defense and counterattacked? Or would Chelsea take the initiative and suppress Liverpool?

In fact, the match could only be one of these possibilities.

But probably no one had thought that the match would turn out like this…

Just two minutes into the game, Liverpool got a "great" opportunity.

The reason for using quotation marks is because this was not originally a great opportunity, and might not even have been an opportunity at all.

But in the hands of Chen Hero, who had the ability to turn decay into magic, it was forcibly turned into a "great opportunity"!

At that time, the teammate's pass was a bit far, and if it were a normal striker, he probably wouldn't even chase after the ball.

But Chen Hero was not a normal striker, he was an extraordinary striker, so he chased after it.

Not only did he chase after it, he caught up with it!

With a big stride, he forcibly hooked the ball back!

Then, before the Chelsea players could react, he switched legs and shot directly into the air!

This series of movements was very smooth and rapid. Although the Chelsea players were not far from Chen Hero, none of them pounced on him to stop him. Because they simply didn't expect Chen Hero to choose to shoot in that situation!

By the time the ball was shot out, they woke up as if from a dream, but it was too late!

Fortunately, Chen Hero's final shot did not fly into the goal, but went wide of the post.

And it flew out grazing the post, which is why people felt that Liverpool had missed a great opportunity!

"Hero! Alas… it went just wide! What a pity!"

"The match has just begun, and Liverpool has already had a great opportunity! Hero's shot must have broken out a cold sweat on many Chelsea fans!"

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In fact, not only the Chelsea fans, but the Chelsea players were also frightened into a cold sweat by Chen Hero's shot.

When the ball grazed the post and flew out, they even thought the ball had gone in, and the hairs on their bodies stood on end.

It wasn't until they saw that the ball had indeed flown out of the baseline that they breathed a long sigh of relief.

If they had conceded a goal at the start of the game, this match would have been too difficult.

Now it seemed that the goddess of luck was on Chelsea's side.

Was that really the case?