Is Chen Hero really said he wanted to go to Wembley with them? It doesn't matter. What's important is that Clarke's words had the desired effect.

From that day on, the reserves had a better mental outlook, and everyone trained harder, so much so that Clarke was worried that the players would get injured in training before the game even came.

Because the reserve team players would never doubt what Chen Hero said. He had already proved with his actions that he kept his word. Just last season, Chen Hero had also told the reserve team players that he would definitely go to Wembley with them, and that he would definitely stand with them on the Wembley podium.

And he did it.

So now the Liverpool reserve team players will not doubt the truth of Clarke's words.

All they need to do is work hard to improve themselves in the next training sessions, catch up with Chen Hero as quickly as possible, and not hold Hero back at crucial moments.

In this way, Liverpool's reserve team was a scene of enthusiasm.

As for the criticisms from the outside media, they can no longer interfere with them now. Because deep down, they have a firm goal—to go to Wembley Stadium with Hero!

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Chen Hero didn't know about the changes in the reserve team, and he wasn't in the mood to care about how the reserve team was doing. If the first game didn't go well, it was the reserve team's own problem, and they had to solve their own problems. If they couldn't even solve this problem, how could they compete with those Premier League powerhouses in the League Cup and FA Cup in the future?

If they want to compete with him for honors and create legends, they must keep up with his pace and meet his requirements. Chen Hero will not lower his standards to cater to those reserve team players.

Those who do not meet this standard will be eliminated. Those who can meet it will stay.

This is survival of the fittest, and it is also a good thing for them. As long as they still have dreams in their hearts, they will work hard to improve themselves. They must know that the benefits of doing so are not only that they can participate in the League Cup and FA Cup with Chen Hero, but also that they will benefit greatly from this experience in the future. Just like those reserve team players who have already left the team.

After the League Cup, Chen Hero continued to participate in the league non-stop.

In the tenth round of the league, Liverpool defeated Aston Villa 3:1 at home, and Chen Hero scored twice in the game.

His league goal tally this season has reached twenty-one goals, and this is only after ten rounds of the league.

His total goal tally this season has also reached forty-one.

In great form.

Chen Hero, who was in great form, continued this form in the subsequent Champions League group stage.

Liverpool played Monaco at home, and the score was 3:0, Liverpool winning against their opponents. Hero scored one goal and assisted one goal.

Liverpool even used rotation in this game... replacing nearly half of the main players.

Such a large rotation is rare. Unless it is a team that has already qualified in advance, they would do this. But Liverpool did this in the fourth group match, which made outsiders not know whether to say they were arrogant or too confident.

But the result was that Liverpool relied on half of their main team to beat Monaco 3:0 at home.

Even if they are arrogant, they really have the strength to be so arrogant.

With twelve points from four games, they are ranked first in the group, three points ahead of second-placed Eindhoven. Third-placed Galatasaray and fourth-placed Monaco both have one point. This means that Liverpool has already qualified for the group stage two rounds in advance.

Now what they have to solve is to qualify as the first in the group.

They will soon be able to solve this problem, because on November 22, in the fourth round of the group stage, Liverpool will play Eindhoven at home. If they defeat their opponents, they will be able to qualify as the first in the group one round in advance.

In this group, no team can stop them.

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In the eleventh round of the league, Liverpool played Nottingham Forest at home.

Facing this promoted team, Liverpool showed no mercy and cleanly defeated the opponent 2:0 at home.

In the past, Forest in its heyday was the only team that could defeat the European overlord Liverpool. Now, although they have returned to the Premier League, their revival will take a very long time, maybe ten years, maybe fifty years. And Liverpool has already taken great strides on the road to revival.

The two former rivals have long since parted ways and gone their separate ways.

Nottingham Forest is no longer qualified to be an enemy that can threaten Liverpool.

The schedule is a bit tight.

After playing the game against Nottingham Forest, Liverpool will have to go to Birmingham for an away game, which is on Wednesday three days later.

This is another League Cup match.

The League Cup has already reached the fourth round.

One step further is the quarter-finals. If they can get through the quarter-finals, they will be able to enter the semi-finals.

The semi-finals are a home and away system. After two games, the team with more goals enters the final. If the two teams have the same number of goals, unlike European competitions, they will not compare away goals, but will directly have a thirty-minute extra time. If they still cannot determine the winner in extra time, they will have a penalty shootout (apologies: I wrote the League Cup last season as a one-off game, I am very sorry, I hereby explain that the League Cup semi-final system is based on this).

After the semi-finals, it is the final. At this point, the rookies of the reserve team can play at Wembley Stadium. Many of them have not had the experience of playing on this stadium.

For them, this is an exciting prospect.

For this goal, they have been working hard... no, desperately training.

They must wash away the shame of the first game in the second game!

They know that the outside world has always believed that they are not worthy of participating in the League Cup with Chen Hero, and that they are far inferior to their predecessors, the previous reserve team. This criticism is like a boulder, pressing on their hearts and making it almost impossible for them to breathe.

Now they have a chance to prove to others that they are not useless, they are not rookies, and they can be worthy of Chen Hero!

The Liverpool reserve team is well prepared for this League Cup match against Birmingham.

If they don't perform well in this game, they will feel ashamed themselves. In severe cases, they may fall into a vicious cycle of "poor performance—self-denial—continued poor performance—continued self-denial."

It can be said that there is no turning back.

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Now the media are no longer surprised that Liverpool has sent out a reserve team to participate in the League Cup.

Because everyone is used to it and has seen it many times.

No longer do opponents accuse Liverpool of not trying their best and despising their opponents—since Chen Hero led the reserve team to defeat Chelsea in the FA Cup final last season and won the FA Cup, this voice has completely disappeared.

People have won the FA Cup with this team, this is a championship team, how else can they respect their opponents?

For today's Liverpool, sending out a reserve team is a sign of respect for their opponents.

The game against Birmingham is about to begin. Before it begins, head coach Martin O'Neill stands in the locker room. He doesn't say much to these players.

Sometimes he does compare these people with the previous reserve team, and then feels that they are really not as good as the previous one.

But now is not the time to dampen their morale. So he doesn't want to say too much.

Similarly, because he is worried that saying too much will make these young people more nervous. Birmingham is a team that was relegated from the Premier League last season, and its remaining power is still there, much stronger than Reading.

In case these people are made too nervous by him, and end up losing the game, it will certainly prove that Chen Hero's approach is wrong, but the goal of a full sweep this season will also fail. This is what he is most worried about, the lost championship will not come again. He had already made big talk before, so now wouldn't he be letting everyone wait to see a joke? Besides, who knows when the next time he wants to compete for seven championships will be...

So he didn't say anything, just gave a few bland instructions that sounded painless. He didn't tell them what problems they should pay attention to, nor did he make any decent encouragement, everything was just a formality.

Clarke saw this scene next to him, and was also worried about his subordinates. Can these people... really continue to move forward? As Martin O'Neill's assistant coach, he also knows that if the reserve team loses the League Cup, then they will not have a share in the FA Cup. O'Neill will definitely not let Chen Hero continue to lead the reserve team in the FA Cup. This is a very good reason, and even Chen Hero may not be able to refute it.

But Clarke and Martin O'Neill would not know that his attitude, in the eyes of those players, had a deeper meaning.

The head coach's silence means dissatisfaction with their last game, and also expresses some distrust. It seems that they are indeed not as good as their previous session.

But this contempt did not make the reserve team players feel dissatisfied or discouraged.

They are now a group of people with goals and dreams, and unlike the previous illusory dreams and goals, their goal this time is very clear.

That is, no matter what, they must go to Wembley with Hero!

This is the only thought that supports everyone and allows them to survive the hard training these days.

Now they have a fire in their hearts, and they can't wait to vent it out, and this game that is about to begin is the best opportunity.

Let the fire in their hearts burst out in this game.

Use the fire in their hearts to burn all the enemies and obstacles in front of them to ashes.

Use the fire in their hearts to prove that they are not useless people who hold back.

Use the fire in their hearts to illuminate that common dream.

Go to Wembley with Hero!