Chapter 1 When Chen Hero Smashed the Football into Newcastle United's Goal

When Chen Hero smashed the football into Newcastle United's goal, all the Newcastle United fans' fantasies were shattered.

Anyone who knows Liverpool will know that Liverpool loves and is best at taking the lead in the game.

Once they score first, it often means that the rest of the game is in their control.

This is a situation no one wants to see.

And now Newcastle United let Liverpool take the lead like this…

This goal conceded was just too stupid.

Newcastle United had been performing well before, but when they saw Chen Hero's left foot, they panicked, fearing that his left foot would break through their city.

As a result, it became a self-fulfilling prophecy, and they were really breached…

Alan Pardew stomped his feet angrily on the sidelines.

This was completely a self-inflicted chaos!

If Newcastle United continued to play according to his requirements, even if Liverpool's reserve team adopted a left-foot tactic, they might not be able to subdue Newcastle United.

At least they could keep the score at 0:0 until halftime.

Then, during the halftime break, he would make some adjustments to their left foot.

Who would have thought that his team would collapse so quickly…

He was angry and unwilling.

Has Chen Hero's left foot become a more terrifying weapon than his header? Making opponents panic and completely lose their calm and rationality just by hearing the name?

He couldn't accept this fact no matter what.

Losing to Liverpool was not impossible, and they had lost to Chen Hero many times. But they all lost after a tenacious resistance, unlike this time, when they completely surrendered in advance.

If it weren't for this game, he wouldn't have known that his players' fear of Chen Hero had reached this point…

The Liverpool players cheered and celebrated, while his face was very ugly.

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After Chen Hero scored, he spread his arms and ran towards the corner flag.

After running there, he kept patting the Liverpool team emblem on his chest towards the Liverpool fans in the stands.

His celebration aroused the enthusiasm of the Liverpool fans, and the already high cheers became even louder.

Everyone shouted Chen Hero's name to their heart's content.

The other Liverpool reserve team players sprinted from the backcourt. In fact, they had already eagerly started when Chen Hero passed the goalkeeper.

After they caught up with Chen Hero, they surrounded him and hugged him to celebrate the goal.

Taking the lead in the League Cup final, these Liverpool reserve team players knew exactly what it meant.

Now Chen Hero had completed his task and brought the team a lead.

What these reserve team players had to do was to defend desperately, using any part of their bodies except their hands to block Newcastle United's shots. If necessary, they could actually use their hands, as long as the referee didn't see it…

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After the game restarted, Newcastle United did not rush forward to equalize the score as the Liverpool reserve team players thought they would.

On the contrary, they first stabilized their defense and then slowly planned.

Such an approach was naturally cautious and stable, but it was somewhat demoralizing.

The Newcastle United fans in the stands were very anxious when they saw that their team was not in a hurry after falling behind.

Some fans couldn't wait to run onto the field and play in person.

But the Newcastle United players didn't have such awareness, so boos rang out.

These were boos aimed at their own team.

It was dissatisfaction with the team's performance.

The Newcastle United players naturally understood what these boos meant. Especially when they kept passing the ball in the backcourt.

But they turned a deaf ear. The fans' boos were obviously not as threatening as Chen Hero.

If they rushed forward and Chen Hero kicked in another one, this game would be completely over, and even if there was more time left, it would only be garbage time. At that time, Liverpool would retreat across the board, and in order to maintain hope, they would definitely rush forward. Then Liverpool could do whatever they wanted. One Chen Hero could disrupt their defense, and they might lose more goals.

So they would not listen to the fans' commands.

Losing only one goal before the end of the first half was much better than losing two goals.

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Alan Pardew stood on the sidelines with a very ugly face. Of course, he knew what the Newcastle United players were thinking.

But they shouldn't have done this just after conceding a goal.

Isn't this clearly showing weakness? Clearly telling the Liverpool reserve team that we are afraid of your attack, so we plan to shrink back.

This is not protecting the team, this is telling the other party that we simply don't have the strength to fight you!

Even if they didn't concede another goal in the first half, did you think Martin O'Neill wouldn't see anything during the halftime break? If he couldn't see anything, he wouldn't be Liverpool's coach!

Did you think that if you only conceded one goal in the first half, you wouldn't have to attack in the second half?

What will you do when you have to attack in the second half?

At that time, when you attack, aren't you afraid of their counterattack?

This is a final, you must show your fighting spirit!

When enemies meet on a narrow road, the brave win!

If you lose to the other side in terms of momentum, how can you expect to win the game?

But he couldn't tell his players now, because there was no chance for him to say these words to the players, and the players couldn't hear or understand them in such a noisy environment.

He could only cross his arms and watch from the sidelines with a gloomy face.

At the same time, he also hoped that the team would not concede another goal before the end of the first half.

Losing two goals would really make it difficult for him.

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Although Newcastle United's tactic of shrinking their heads made the Newcastle United fans feel very embarrassed.

But the effect was still good.

By the end of the first half, Liverpool had indeed not scored another goal.

The score was 1:0, Liverpool leading.

But this did not make Alan Pardew happy. Because this score did not mean that Newcastle United had tenaciously defended against Liverpool's stormy offensive.

A large part of the credit for this score went to Liverpool themselves. Facing Newcastle United's desperate defense, they did not press up to attack fiercely, but continued to shrink in their own half.

Anyway, they were leading now, and even if they only led by one goal, they were still leading. Moreover, they were very confident in their defense. Therefore, even if they only led by one goal, they were still in an advantageous position.

As long as Newcastle United dared to press out in the second half, they could restart the counterattack program.

In this way, Newcastle United would return to the chaotic performance of the first half.

So Alan Pardew had no intention of being happy about his team's performance in the first half.

He was already worried about the second half of the game.

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Liverpool, who returned to the locker room, were not dissatisfied because they only scored one goal in the first half. On the contrary, they were very happy.

Especially what Chen Hero said to them made them full of fighting spirit.

"After we scored, did you notice the performance of the Newcastle United players? They were not in a hurry to press up to equalize the score, but chose to retreat to defend. What does this mean, guys? This shows that they are afraid of us! They are afraid that when they press up to attack, we will score more goals! A first-team of a Premier League team, with all its main players, is actually afraid of our reserve team? But this is the fact! So guys, we are invincible! The enemy has told us this in the best way, so let's play the game with this idea in the second half!"

These words made the Liverpool reserve team players' blood boil, and the roar from their throats almost lifted the ceiling.

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At the same time, in the locker room next door, Newcastle United's coach Alan Pardew was fiercely criticizing the team's capitulationism in the first half.

"You are surrendering in advance! Did you think that you could win this game by defending 0:1 in the first half? You have already told Liverpool all your cards! They now know that you are very afraid of their counterattack, and they will only be more unscrupulous in the second half! What can you do? You will have no way! Do you not have to attack in the second half?"

Pardew's scolding made the Newcastle United players unable to lift their heads.

This was indeed quite embarrassing. They also knew that, but their hope was that the coach could come up with an arrangement during the halftime break?

But looking at this, the coach couldn't come up with any good way either. Because they still had to attack in the second half, and if they wanted to attack, they would still have to face Liverpool's counterattack.

After all, Liverpool's reserve team's desperate defense was not so easy to break through. Before they broke through Liverpool's reserve team's goal, they were afraid that Chen Hero would score another goal, or even several goals…

This fact made them very frustrated.

If we can't contain Liverpool, what can we rely on to win the game?

Our attitude is very serious, impeccable…

Could it be…

These Newcastle United players suddenly thought of something.

All along, it was easy for them to admit that they underestimated the enemy, but it might not be so easy for them to admit that their strength was not as good as Liverpool's reserve team…

But the fact now is that - in terms of this game itself, their strength seems to be really inferior to Liverpool's reserve team.

At least their defense can hold Newcastle United's attack, maybe the process will be very embarrassing. But Newcastle United's defense can't hold Liverpool's counterattack.

The defense is not as good as the opponent, and the attack is not as good as the opponent. Isn't this a sign that the strength is not as good as the opponent?

What else can Newcastle United use to compete with Liverpool's reserve team for a championship?

The thought that they were also a first-team in the Premier League, but they couldn't even beat a reserve team, made them feel suffocated.

This morale plummeted.