Chapter 1335 FIFA's Punishment

FIFA's punishment sounded scary—one hundred thousand euros! A six-match ban for the national team!

But for Chen Hero, none of it mattered.

Chen Hero thought for a moment and decided not to appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport. Because these two penalties were simply insignificant to him.

He had Vera respond to the remarks that he was ungracious and would set a bad example for children, and then he stopped talking about it. He let the uproar on Twitter last for a day, and when he woke up, he didn't pay attention to it anymore.

He had too many things to do and wouldn't waste time arguing with others online.

The most important thing right now wasn't to continue arguing with FIFA, quarreling with Barcelona players, or slapping the media in the face, but to prepare for the League Cup semi-final against Manchester City.

Liverpool facing Manchester City again was one of the things the English media had been focusing on recently.

Actually, it wasn't surprising for two teams to face each other repeatedly. It happened all the time in English football. Back then, Liverpool and Chelsea had met repeatedly in the Champions League and the league, playing three games in two weeks. It wasn't strange, and it didn't attract widespread media attention.

But who told Liverpool and Manchester City that their last encounter was so intense? That game spawned a lot of topics that the media had been relishing for a week.

Now, these topics had just been digested, and new topics had arrived.

Liverpool complained that Manchester City's home stadium had racial discrimination against Chen Hero. After investigation and evidence collection, the English FA had confirmed that Manchester City's fans did indeed engage in racial discrimination against Chen Hero. As a punishment, Manchester City Club would be fined 30,000 pounds.

Why should the club be punished for the fans' mistakes? This was because the club had failed to discipline its fans and had not persuaded them not to do such things.

In addition, the English FA also decided to impose a three-match ban on Manchester City's home stadium.

Everyone had heard of banning players and coaches, but what was a stadium ban? In fact, during the games, Manchester City's home stadium would not allow home fans to enter, only away fans who traveled with the team would be allowed to enter. In other words, even if Manchester City were playing at home, it would be like playing away. The empty stands would only have away fans, and no one would cheer for them.

This punishment would last for three home games. This was a severe punishment for Manchester City. A small group of extreme fans caused trouble, and in the end, all Manchester City fans and the Manchester City club would suffer. Did this kind of joint liability seem too cruel? But if there was no joint liability, who would take the punishment seriously? *Fa bu ze zhong* (the law does not punish the masses)? Sorry, we're doing joint liability!

In addition, the English police were comparing match footage to find the leading Manchester City extreme fans who engaged in racial discrimination. Once they were found, they might face a ban from entering any stadium to watch games within a year.

This punishment would take effect at the start of the first leg of the League Cup semi-final between Liverpool and Manchester City.

For Liverpool, this was great news.

Many teams would say that playing at home had a home advantage. What was the home advantage? Wasn't it just the home fans' overwhelming shouts and cheers, giving the home team infinite power?

Now, Manchester City's home fans were banned from entering, so naturally they wouldn't get the passionate cheers from their home fans.

This would definitely affect the mood of Manchester City's players, thereby affecting their performance.

Conversely, Liverpool wouldn't be disturbed by the home fans, and their pressure would be much less. Plus, the only fan group in the entire stadium would be theirs, so Liverpool's performance would be much more normal...

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The media hyped up Chen Hero's feud with Manchester City, but it had no impact on this game, because those angry Manchester City fans couldn't even enter the stadium. Even if they protested outside the stadium, it wouldn't work.

Anyway, Manchester City fans now hated Chen Hero to death. They didn't think that their racial discrimination against Chen Hero was a crime at all. They simply and rudely pushed all the blame and responsibility onto Chen Hero. They believed that if Chen Hero hadn't deliberately provoked them, how could they have racially discriminated against him? So the root of everything was Chen Hero's arrogance.

This was the original sin!

Why didn't we discriminate against other people, but only against him? This question should be considered more, instead of simply punishing us!

But the punishment had already been given, and Manchester City fans couldn't go to the English FA for trouble. Naturally, they hated Chen Hero even more. New and old grudges all came together.

When the bus carrying Liverpool arrived at the Etihad Stadium, a large number of Manchester City fans gathered outside the square, holding up various banners insulting Chen Hero. This time, they had learned their lesson and didn't use any words with racial discrimination.

But they cursed even more viciously.

Such as, "Your mom just let me sleep with her yesterday, and I have to say her blowjob was great!"

"Hey, Hero! Your girlfriend let us brothers fuck her countless times, and she kept yelling for more! Ahahaha!"

"Chinese bitch, go back to your China! England doesn't welcome you!"

"It's necessary to launch a Third Opium War! Level their capital to the ground!"

"Come suck my dick, bitch!!"

Moreover, they would keep up with the times. What was the most popular thing right now? Of course, it was Chen Hero's disruption of the FIFA Ballon d'Or award ceremony...

So these Manchester City fans specially made banners related to this event to stimulate him, waiting for him outside the stadium.

"You will never get the FIFA Ballon d'Or!"

"Say goodbye to the Ballon d'Or, bastard!"

They also shouted "Messi! Messi! Messi!!" to stimulate and provoke Chen Hero, to stir up his sad memories and pour salt on his wounds.

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There was even a group of fans who publicly burned a Chinese flag when the Liverpool bus drove into the square. Then a group of drunkards who were clearly drunk took off their pants, pulled out their dicks, and pissed on the burning Five-Starred Red Flag! They weren't afraid of the fire burning their little brothers...

Liverpool teammates felt that these Manchester City fans had gone too far.

Chen Hero's face, however, was filled with a strange smile.

Kuyt was surprised: "They're cursing you like that, and you can still smile, Hero?"

"I'm laughing at how pitiful Manchester City Club is..."

"Manchester City is pitiful?"

"Their fans have already been fucked over by me once, and they still don't learn their lesson. They're so arrogant and reckless, they're simply pushing Manchester City into the fire pit! It's true that you shouldn't be afraid of god-like opponents, but you should be afraid of pig-like teammates! You say they're making such a fuss now, does Manchester City still want to live, even if it's at home?"

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In the end, in this game with no home fans at all, Liverpool defeated Manchester City 2-0 as guests at the Etihad.

Chen Hero scored the first goal for the team in the thirteenth minute of the opening, taking the lead.

In the deserted stadium, only the shouts of Liverpool fans could be heard. In their cheers, Liverpool's offensive was like a tide, while Manchester City, who had lost the support of their fans, looked listless.

In the seventy-second minute, Kuyt sealed the victory for the team.

The game completely lost its suspense. Considering that the second leg would be played at Liverpool's home stadium, I'm afraid even the suspense of the semi-final would be lost.

After the game, Chen Hero sprinkled salt on the already furious Manchester City fans' wounds when facing reporters.

"...It's the first time I've played an away game without home fans. To be honest, this feeling is very strange. But it's not a problem for me, as long as we can win. I especially hope to encounter this kind of situation a few more times in the future!"

A reporter reminded Chen Hero that this was because the English FA punished Manchester City after Manchester City fans racially discriminated against him.

Chen Hero smiled, bringing up the old topic again, and cut a deep gash in the wounds of Manchester City fans: "See, I was right before, wasn't I? In fact, Manchester City's fans have always been our undercover agents, doing everything they can to help us defeat Manchester City. We shouldn't forget the outstanding contributions these people have made to Liverpool!"

When Manchester City fans heard these words, they were all furious.

They could only look forward to the second leg of the game between the two sides.

The English FA banned Manchester City's home stadium, but did not ban Manchester City fans from the game. Manchester City fans could still attend the away game against Liverpool.

Manchester City fans had decided to make a big fuss, and Liverpool had become more vigilant. Liverpool police had decided to increase the on-site police force for the second leg between the two sides on January 25.

The war between Chen Hero and Manchester City fans was getting more and more lively.

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After Chen Hero's comeback, Liverpool had achieved a four-game winning streak on all fronts, whether in the league or in the cup. This made many people regain their trust in Dalglish's coaching ability. They felt that Dalglish's previous poor performance was due to Chen Hero's unstable state. Now that Chen Hero was in good shape and the team was doing well, would Dalglish not have to step down at the end of the season?

This was impossible. Niang's attitude towards driving Dalglish away was very firm.

Even if Liverpool won the league title this season, he would still let Dalglish leave. Then he would take the power of transfer into his own hands.

What's more, it was impossible for Liverpool to win the league title...

No matter how powerful Chen Hero was, it was impossible for him to lead such a team to win the league title.

Because Liverpool's problem was no longer just a head coach problem, or whether Chen Hero was in good shape, or even too many injuries...

This team must be rebuilt. And their spending 70 million pounds to buy Chen Hero was only the first step. From next season, the team would be built around Chen Hero.

Dalglish's departure was partly because he had too much prestige in the team and club and would become a stumbling block for the two people to reform Liverpool, and partly because of his coaching level.

After Dalglish left the team, even more people would leave the team next summer...

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Continuous intensive matches and Dalglish's failure to rotate players quickly depleted Liverpool's physical fitness. In the twenty-first round of the league, they were forced to a 0-0 draw by Stoke City at home. Chen Hero started and played the full ninety minutes, but failed to score.

The draw in this game had actually told many people that even if Chen Hero was a god, he could not reverse the overall decline of the team.

They had to pay the debt for the recklessness of the team's former boss in the past few years.

But for Liverpool fans, this process was really painful...

After the game, there were more criticisms against Dalglish. His previous insistence on using the full main lineup to play in the first game of the FA Cup finally resulted in a bad outcome at this time.

Dalglish actually knew this too, but there was nothing he could do. He couldn't possibly tell those people: "That's right, I've already given up on the league this season. It's unlikely that I'll be able to get a European qualification through the league. I want to focus on the cup games, whether it's the League Cup or the FA Cup, as long as we can lift any one of these trophies, we can appear in the European arena next season!"

In order to let the team rest, he chose to give the team two days off in a row.

After continuous battles, the players finally had a chance to catch their breath.

Many people chose to rest at home and spend time with their families.

Chen Hero did not spare himself and flew to Spain to date Cabral.

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ps, today is still four updates!

Asking for monthly tickets!