Chapter 1 Chen Yingxiong's Choice

Chen Yingxiong didn't know why Zhou Yonghua had suddenly announced his resignation, but for him, it was undoubtedly a good thing. He could feel Zhou Yonghua's hostility towards him; he didn't seem to like players like him who were difficult to manage.

Now that was settled, he didn't have to worry about this problem. The matter was no longer his concern.

He could sit in front of the television and watch the Chinese team's second friendly like an ordinary fan, instead of pacing anxiously on the sidelines like an ant on a hot pan.

In the next second friendly, led by assistant coach Li Yong, the Chinese team defeated Honduras 4:2 at home.

In fact, Li Yong was just a symbolic mascot, his main task being to ensure that the Chinese team didn't lack a coach entirely.

The main reason they were able to win this game was Chen Yingxiong.

Chen Yingxiong played outstandingly in the match, scoring three goals and achieving a hat trick.

He single-handedly defeated Honduras.

In reality, Honduras was much stronger than Vietnam.

This could be seen from the fact that they managed to score two goals against the Chinese team.

If it were the Chinese team of the past, they might have scored even more goals, easily winning by a large margin. The day after the match, they would have been in a relaxed and happy mood to go to Silk Street and buy some knock-offs.

But now their mood wasn't so good.

Instead, the Chinese fans were in high spirits.

After the game, the Chinese media collectively went into a frenzy again, praising Chen Yingxiong as the savior of Chinese football.

However, Chen Yingxiong poured cold water on everyone during the post-match interview: "I am not the savior of Chinese football, I am just Chen Yingxiong. I came here not to save Chinese football, but to bring some joy to our fans, it's as simple as that."

This statement was a bit disappointing. But his statement received the support of most people, who said that he lived up to being Chen Yingxiong, so insightful, maintaining a clear head...

In short, whatever Chen Yingxiong said was good, made sense, even Chen Yingxiong's farts smelled good. They didn't mind slapping themselves in the face several times, as long as they could follow in Chen Yingxiong's footsteps. This way they could please Chen Yingxiong's fans.

After the two friendlies, Chen Yingxiong did not stay in China for long; he flew back to Liverpool the next day to prepare for the upcoming league games.

He was completely unaware of the many topics he had left behind and didn't care at all.

He came here and brought his compatriots the joy of two games and seven goals, that was enough.

That was his goal for coming back.

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In fact, the national media had also been paying attention to Chen Yingxiong's two national team matches.

This was Chen Yingxiong's first time participating in the national team games, and the national media was also paying attention to his performance in the national team.

There were two main reasons for this: one was that Chen Yingxiong had been performing very well at the club level, but national team matches were always an unavoidable factor in evaluating a player's ability and status. Just like Messi, no matter how many championships he won with Barcelona, if he didn't lead the Argentinian national team to a World Cup championship like Maradona, he wouldn't be considered a convincing "King of Football."

Therefore, national team indicators were very important.

Was Chen Yingxiong the kind of player who performed well at the club level, but turned into a weakling when he got to the national team?

The facts proved that he was not.

The other reason was that Chen Yingxiong had never had any national team goals when it came to breaking scoring records. Even so, he still created an amazing record of one hundred and five goals last season. If national team goals were included, what would that number be?

Now Chen Yingxiong's performance in the national team gave this possibility a chance to become a reality—this season, Chen Yingxiong's goal count would have a new item: national team goals.

Of course, there were also those who feared that the world wasn't chaotic enough.

"... Only seven goals in two games, it seems that Hero's form in the national team is even better than at the club! Chinese fans should be happy now, while Liverpool fans should frown, because maybe their club hero will now be distracted by the national team games. In the past few seasons, why was Hero able to maintain a stable state and physical fitness, and insist on playing every game of the season? I think this may be related to his long-term rejection by the Chinese team. This way, when it comes to the national team game day, he doesn't have to travel back and forth like other players, so he won't consume physical energy for no reason... Secondly, he doesn't participate in any national team games, so he won't be affected by the 'FIFA virus', and his state will not fluctuate. Third, he has no national team game opportunities, so he will not be injured during national team games... In summary, his success is actually closely related to the Chinese national team's constant disregard for him... But now, for Liverpool fans, all good dreams are over. Hero has been selected for the Chinese national team, his days of traveling back and forth are about to begin, and the good days for Liverpool fans are over..."

The newspaper that wrote this article was not a local Liverpool newspaper, but the newspaper that Liverpool fans hated the most, *The Sun*.

Now Liverpool fans had a new reason to hate—the scum of *The Sun* dared to curse our Hero!

Retribution always comes quickly.

*The Sun* had just questioned whether Chen Yingxiong's service to the country would affect his performance at the club, and Chen Yingxiong gave *The Sun* a hard slap in the face in the weekend league game.

But Blackburn was unlucky as a result...

Liverpool won 8:1 at home against Blackburn, with Chen Yingxiong once again scoring four goals, which was the second time he had scored four goals in a week...

After scoring the goal, Chen Yingxiong lifted his jersey, revealing the T-shirt underneath, which read "The Sun is a piece of shit!"

His rebellious action earned him crazy cheers from Liverpool fans.

Because of the Hillsborough disaster, *The Sun* had offended all Liverpool fans, so Liverpool fans hated *The Sun* the most. Similarly, if you could stand against *The Sun*, Liverpool fans would like you very, very much.

Chen Yingxiong's approach was obviously scratching Liverpool fans right where they itched.

Although he was fined 50,000 pounds by the English Football Association for this action and received a verbal warning, he didn't care. It was hard to buy happiness with money. Now, by spending only 50,000 pounds, he could disgust *The Sun* and make himself and Liverpool fans happy. He had really made a great deal!

He would pay the fine and humbly accept the warning, but the next time such a situation occurred, he would not hesitate to do the same thing again.

Wasn't it just paying money to scold people?

He wasn't short of money!

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After the game, in the face of Chen Yingxiong's crazy state, *The Sun* was indeed silenced. They directly stopped talking about yesterday's views.

Other media outlets shouted that Chen Yingxiong was unstoppable, and all kinds of complimentary words were splashed on Chen Yingxiong like they were free.

Those who were really worried that Chen Yingxiong would be dragged down by the national team game also breathed a sigh of relief—looking at this, Chen Yingxiong simply didn't care about fighting on both the national team and club fronts! So what do we have to worry about?

Seven goals in the national team, four goals in the league, in one week, he crazily scored eleven goals, two sets of four goals, and one hat trick.

Even Messi couldn't compare to such a performance.

During this national team game day, Messi scored three goals in two games, which was far worse than Chen Yingxiong. Moreover, he was also affected by the FIFA virus, and after returning to Barcelona, he was in poor form and did not score a single goal.

In the overall scorer list this season, Chen Yingxiong has already taken a遥遥领先 lead with thirty goals.

And it was only mid-October.

The new season had only started for two months, and Chen Yingxiong had already scored thirty goals, so how many goals would he be able to score by the end of the season?

This kid is really breaking through the sky again and again!

When we think this is the end of him, he will immediately tell us that we are too naive.

How many more surprises, or... surprises, will he give us?

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After playing against Blackburn, it was the Champions League group stage.

Liverpool challenged Monaco away.

In fact, there was no suspense about the result of this game. Liverpool and Monaco were not on the same level at all. Liverpool was much stronger than last season's second-place team in Ligue 1.

The only suspense was whether Chen Yingxiong, who had only scored one goal in the previous two games, could prove on the Champions League stage that his form had not been affected.

He was in good form recently, which was the best time to dispel everyone's doubts.

In the end, Chen Yingxiong did not disappoint everyone. He, who had only scored two goals in the first two games, had a big outbreak in this game, and he completed a hat trick!

After the four goals and hat trick in the national team, he also staged a good show of four goals plus a hat trick in a row after returning to the club.

Just like his performance in the national team, now no one dares to say that Chen Yingxiong can take care of the national team but not the club. The problem that loyalty and filial piety cannot be both, simply does not exist for Chen Yingxiong!

Relying on Chen Yingxiong's hat trick, Liverpool won the home team Monaco with a score of 3:1.

Three wins in three games in the group stage, just as everyone analyzed before, in this group, no team can shake Liverpool's position. Liverpool's group qualification is not a problem, and it is not a problem to qualify as the first in the group. They may even be able to directly send a full substitute lineup in the last two games, as long as there is one Chen Yingxiong. Just like they deal with the League Cup and FA Cup opponents.

Everyone is no longer interested in Liverpool's group stage, and they are all looking forward to seeing which team Liverpool can meet in the knockout stage, and what kind of earth-shattering performance can be stimulated...

After finishing the game in Monaco, Liverpool rushed back to England non-stop.

They had to prepare for the league's main event three days later, the English national derby.

Challenging Manchester United away.

Although Manchester United has inevitably gone downhill, this game is still receiving attention from the entire England.