Chapter 1 When Grica's Players Enter the Field

When Grica's players walked onto the field beneath the "This is Anfield" sign, many were filled with all sorts of beautiful dreams and excitement. In these emotions, they became outstanding individual heroes, relying on their own strength to score the winning goal at Liverpool's home ground and ultimately defeat Liverpool on their own turf.

Then, when the game ended, they had won, while the Liverpool players looked at them in stunned disbelief, still unable to believe the result.

The previously bustling Anfield stadium was eerily silent, not a single Liverpool fan could accept the score.

And they, the underdog players who had been looked down upon by the home team before the game, cheered and celebrated their victory in the opponent's stadium.

In their hearts, they held such boldness—you dare to underestimate us! Then we'll make you pay the price!

But obviously, they weren't the protagonists of this story, so reality was particularly cruel for them.

Before the game, Martin O'Neill, as everyone had guessed, placed almost all of his main players on the bench or excluded them from the roster, and instead fielded a second-string team composed of youth team and reserve team players.

There was an "almost" because there was one position that Martin O'Neill did not rotate.

Center forward Chen Hero started!

This was unexpected, what did it mean? Many people didn't understand.

Everyone else was rotated, why wasn't Chen Hero rotated? Martin O'Neill had been rotating for half a season, and Chen Hero hadn't shown any special privileges. When it was his turn to rotate, he still had to obediently go.

Why was Chen Hero kept in the starting lineup for this game?

Everyone couldn't figure it out.

Grica's coach was also taken aback when he first saw the starting lineup, thinking that perhaps Liverpool wasn't really arrogant and dismissive after all? But then he quickly realized that it didn't matter whether Chen Hero was on the field or not, because he was a center forward, a center forward who needed support from the midfield and defense. Without the cooperation of other teammates, he couldn't play any significant role.

Now that Martin O'Neill had replaced almost all of the starting players, what was the point of leaving Chen Hero on the field?

Could those inexperienced and out-of-form youth team and reserve team players provide Chen Hero with any powerful assistance?

So, in the end, Liverpool still looked down on Grica—they even believed that just having Chen Hero was enough to defeat this Slovenian runner-up team.

Therefore, before the game, Grica's coach added this latest situation to his impassioned speech. He told the players that Liverpool's arrogance and conceitedness had become very serious, so they were even more confident of defeating Liverpool on their own ground!

Even underdogs can bite!

But now, Grica's coach, standing outside the coaching area watching the game, was as if petrified, standing still.

Behind him, the stands erupted in huge cheers.

They were shouting one person's name.

"Hero—Hero—Hero!!!"

Chen Hero had scored!

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"Twenty-third minute of the game, Liverpool scores! Hero uses a direct free kick to blast the ball into Grica's goal! This is his eleventh Europa League goal this season!!"

The commentator sprayed spittle everywhere while roaring, splashing it all over the place.

This scene was far from glorious, but that was passion!

After Chen Hero scored, who cared about anything else!

Grica's coach believed that Liverpool only fielding Chen Hero wouldn't threaten his goal, because a center forward like Chen Hero needed support from the midfield and defense. If his teammates couldn't cooperate well with him, he wouldn't be able to do anything.

But he obviously didn't understand Chen Hero enough, he seriously underestimated Chen Hero's individual ability, and he completely didn't expect Chen Hero's pursuit of goals to have reached such a hungry level…

Chen Hero scored with a free kick, which didn't need any support from teammates, right?

Seeing Liverpool take the lead, Grica's coach was dumbstruck.

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Not only Grica's coach was dumbstruck, but also his players.

Whether Liverpool looked down on them or not, this question had now lost its meaning, but one thing Grica's players knew for sure—even if Liverpool did look down on them, with their ability, it wouldn't be easy to defeat Liverpool on this field.

All fantasies disappeared without a trace like the tide receding. The ambition and heroism in their hearts were all shattered by the cruel reality.

Chen Hero had only scored one goal, and they were only behind by one goal, but through these twenty-odd minutes of the game, everyone could see that the "Liverpool Second Team" might be even harder to deal with than the first team, because this team had fighting spirit and motivation! They finally had a chance to show their abilities, how could they not work hard? Maybe if they performed well, they would have a chance to enter the first team, or get more stable playing time.

If Martin O'Neill didn't rotate, relying on that group of main players, who had no desires or demands, it would really be difficult for them to have the motivation to compete with Grica…

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Chen Hero went to great lengths to persuade the coach to give him the opportunity to start in this game, how could he easily waste it?

He said he would use this game to pad his goal stats, he would definitely not stop after scoring just one goal!

Continue attacking!

Under his leadership, the "Liverpool Second Team" was full of fighting spirit and energy, launching wave after wave of attacks on Grica's goal. Grica's players could now only huddle in their own thirty-meter area, trying to concede as few goals as possible. As for daydreams such as overturning Liverpool at Anfield, making Liverpool players suffer, and leaving Liverpool fans dumbfounded, they had long been thrown to Java.

Everyone was like soldiers facing the enemy's fierce artillery fire coverage, huddled in simple trenches, clutching their weapons and shivering, while constantly praying in their hearts that stray bullets and shrapnel wouldn't fly onto their heads, and that this round of shelling could pass as soon as possible.

How could there be such a good thing in the world?!

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"Hero! Hero! Here he comes again! He scores twice! How many times has he scored twice! We have completely forgotten! Hero helps Liverpool lead Grica 2-0 at home!"

"Poor Grica, they have encountered a Hero who is in perfect form!"

"Martin O'Neill only kept Chen Hero on the field, is it just so that he can score as many goals as possible? But… Chen Hero winning the Europa League Golden Boot this season is almost a certainty, does he need to work so hard?"

After scoring, Chen Hero hugged his teammates.

Anfield Stadium resounded with huge cheers again.

Just like the media said before the game, this wasn't a Europa League match, it was just an outing, where the whole family, men, women, old and young, gathered together to eat, drink, and have fun, and by the way, watch how Liverpool slaughtered Grica at home.

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Goals came one after another.

By the end of the first half, Liverpool was already leading Grica 4-0, and Chen Hero had scored twice.

During the halftime break, everyone was praising his outstanding performance. But Chen Hero himself wasn't satisfied, what was there to be happy about just scoring two goals?

This season in the Europa League, he had only scored one goal in one game, and in other games he had scored at least two goals, so scoring twice was no different from scoring one goal for him.

This couldn't be considered "padding goal stats" at all.

Therefore, he had to continue to work hard in the second half.

After the start of the second half, Grica changed their tactics. They no longer defended to the death, but instead pressed forward and attacked Liverpool. The game was already lost, and they now just hoped to score a goal to save face.

In this way, for Chen Hero, there were more shooting opportunities…

Since the opponent was cooperating so well, how could Chen Hero waste such an opportunity?

In the fifty-fifth and seventy-second minutes, Chen Hero scored two more goals respectively.

The number of goals in a single game reached four, and the number of goals in the Europa League this season was fourteen!

"Fourteen goals! Fourteen goals! The group stage has just finished, and he has scored fourteen goals! Is Hero still human! He is simply too terrifying! Too perverted!" Even the commentator was frightened, holding his head in his hands and shouting in disbelief.

"Liverpool's Hero is completely crazy! Poor Grica, they have become the prey of the raging Hero, and have been torn to pieces!"

"To be honest, I am already tired of such scenes… What I hope most now is that Liverpool can qualify for the Champions League next season, and then we can all go and see this monster open up a killing spree in the Champions League!"

After completing four goals, Chen Hero took off his jersey, revealing the strong muscles and the bear tattoo inside, reminding everyone—I am a bear, not a human! Tremble in my roar!!

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When Chen Hero completed his four goals, those Liverpool players who didn't play also stood up from the bench or the VIP box, applauding and cheering for Chen Hero's crazy performance.

Suarez waved a towel and whistled, even more excited.

"Well done, Hero!" Sanchez put his hands to his mouth and shouted loudly from the sidelines.

Gerrard and Carragher sat in the stadium's box, clapping and shaking their heads at the same time: "He's a bit too much of a bully…"

"Young people… ha!" Carragher shook his head and smiled.

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In the end, relying on Chen Hero's four goals, Liverpool defeated Grica 7-0 at home!

When the game ended, many Grica players were almost crying. None of them even went to exchange jerseys with Liverpool players, and they left in a hurry. They couldn't bear to look at the big screen on the stage, where the red score numbers and the names of the goalscorers were bloody, their wounds, a full seven of them.

I believe this game will leave a very deep psychological shadow on many Grica players.

In European competitions, it's not news that these weak teams are slaughtered by strong teams by a large margin. Even those teams that aren't too weak, when they encounter absolute powerhouses, have only one way to go: being slaughtered. For example, last season, Leverkusen had five goals poured into them by Barcelona on their home ground…

But this game was different. Many Grica players weren't frightened by the score, they were frightened by that fierce god, Chen Hero, who seemed to be possessed by a vengeful ghost.

Every time Liverpool attacked, Chen Hero gnashed his teeth and desperately pursued goals. The impression given to Grica players was that it seemed like every time Chen Hero shot, he would score…

Even after scoring four goals, he was not satisfied at all, but continued to attack, wanting to score. In order to compete for the opportunity to score, he even didn't hesitate to be fouled.

This kind of person who will never stop, never knows fatigue, and constantly puts pressure on opponents for ninety minutes is the person that opponents fear the most…