Lin Hai Ting Tao
Chapter 1061 Isn't it Just Tying the Record? (Third Update for Monthly Tickets)
As the Champions League knockout stage approached, O'Neal felt the tense atmosphere. To ensure the team had more room to maneuver after the Champions League knockout stage began, he was practically鞭策 (bian ce, whip) Liverpool forward during this period, desperately trying to win games and score points.
So far, Liverpool had achieved eleven consecutive victories.
This was mostly thanks to Chen Hero...
After losing to Chelsea in the first half of the season, Liverpool had gone sixteen consecutive league games without a loss.
And these sixteen rounds were precisely the sixteen rounds in which Chen Hero scored continuously.
It could be said that Chen Hero's performance was inseparable from the performance of the entire Liverpool team. If Chen Hero was not in form or absent, Liverpool's performance would fluctuate. For example, they lost 0:1 to Chelsea away when Chen Hero was suspended due to a red card.
With Chen Hero present, Liverpool achieved a sixteen-game unbeaten streak and an eleven-game winning streak.
After the game against Portsmouth, the media temporarily put aside Chen Hero's arrogance and began to excitedly discuss the record between Chen Hero and Gerd Müller.
"... All along, this record has only belonged to the German, Gerd Müller's performance at Bayern Munich was perfect. But now, Chen Hero has written his name on it. Now the longest consecutive goalscoring record in Europe is shared by two people..."
"I am more concerned about whether Hero can continue his excellent form and then break the German's record!"
The British media were all elated. They and Germany were age-old enemies. They didn't mention that this record only belonged to the Germans because they felt uncomfortable. Now that a player, although not an English player, but playing in the English league, had tied Gerd Müller's record, they began to tout it vigorously.
The German media were not so happy, and their words were somewhat sour.
"...Hero tied Gerd Müller's record, and the English media are the happiest. But they don't even think about it, Hero is not an Englishman..."
The media in other countries did not have such complicated emotions. They were simply amazed and praised Chen Hero's performance.
"Chen Hero is simply a monster in today's football! He has broken a series of records, some in Liverpool club history, some in England, and now his tentacles have even reached the whole of Europe! He has tied Gerd Müller's record of sixteen consecutive rounds of scoring. With Chen Hero's current form, we think it is not a problem for him to break the record..."
"Scoring in sixteen consecutive league games, even Messi has not done this! Hero actually did it! He was simply born to score goals!"
"Thirty goals in sixteen league games, which is almost an average of two goals per game, such goalscoring efficiency is really terrible! No wonder Liverpool is leading the league standings this season, leaving all opponents behind, and leaving their main rival Manchester United behind by more than ten points!"
"The person who tied Gerd Müller's record is a Chinese player, the person who created Liverpool's new consecutive home goalscoring record is a Chinese player, and the person who has won the league Golden Boot for three consecutive seasons is a Chinese player... While Chen Hero is writing his name in football history, he is also writing China's name on it. Although the overall level of Chinese football is low and it cannot occupy a place in the world football scene, Chen Hero has done what all Chinese footballers have not done in another arena! I think while we are cheering for Chen Hero, should we also reflect on our problems..."
Everyone seemed very happy, congratulating Chen Hero, praising Chen Hero, and so on.
But Chen Hero seemed very calm.
Because his goal was not to tie Gerd Müller, but to surpass Gerd Müller!
So what was there to be happy about tying Gerd Müller? If he was happy now and became complacent, and didn't score in the next league game, wouldn't he become a living fool?
His performance fell into the eyes of the media and fans, and it became another meaning—to tie a legend and still be so calm and composed, he truly deserved to be called a great general!
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After playing the game against Portsmouth, it was the international match day. Everyone had to play for their countries, except for Chen Hero. Considering that Chen Hero had started every game, whether it was the league, the Champions League, or the League Cup and FA Cup, except when he was suspended due to a red card, he still needed to rest. So Martin O'Neal simply gave Chen Hero a day off. He didn't have to come to the team's training. Anyway, there was nothing to train for the first team. The personnel were not complete, and they could only train with the youth team and the reserve team.
Such training was meaningless for a player of Chen Hero's level.
It was better to let him have a good sleep and completely relax.
Martin O'Neal was also doing it out of good intentions, feeling that Chen Hero was working so hard to score goals, and had scored in sixteen consecutive games, so the string must be getting tighter and tighter, and the pressure was very high. Because he was only one game away from creating a new record, a person's mental pressure was often the greatest at this time. Resting for a while could loosen that string, so as not to break it at the most critical time in the future.
It was just that Chen Hero didn't need rest and relaxation at all.
On his day off, he didn't go anywhere. He plunged into the副本 (fu ben, instance dungeon). He trained in reality for a morning, had lunch, relaxed and rested online for a while, and then continued to刷副本 (shua fu ben, grind dungeons).
This time he was刷 (shua, grinding) a match副本 (fu ben, instance dungeon). He didn't know how many times he had led Liverpool against the first-generation Galácticos. He lost more than he won, but he didn't care. At first, he couldn't score a single goal, but now he finally scored in every game. This was progress.
Chen Hero saw the progress, and the next step was to work hard to improve the strength of his team, and at the same time save money to buy other legendary teams and compete with them.
This time, his Liverpool team still lost to Real Madrid. Ten minutes into the game, he received a pass from Van Basten and shot the ball into Casillas' goal. From then on, Liverpool maintained the lead. Chen Hero originally thought he could beat his opponent this time, but he didn't expect that ten minutes before the end of the game, Zidane's world-class goal tied the score.
In the end, the two sides could only shake hands and make peace.
Because it was a friendly match, there was no setting for extra time or a penalty shootout. A draw was a draw, and they could only accept the result.
As soon as the game ended, Chen Hero lay on the ground, panting heavily, his chest heaving violently.
Competing in the 副本 (fu ben, instance dungeon) was more tiring than competing outside, because the opponents were too strong, and you had to go all out, and you still couldn't guarantee that you could win. In real matches, you could slack off, you could occasionally lose your mind, it didn't matter. But in the 副本 (fu ben, instance dungeon), losing your mind once might change the final result, which made Chen Hero keep his string tight all the time, and he didn't dare to relax in the slightest.
During this period, Chen Hero was not only keeping his string tight in real matches, but also in the 副本 (fu ben, instance dungeon). He played one game a day, without fail.
If O'Neal knew this, he wouldn't have wanted to arrange a rest for Chen Hero—if he wasn't worn out by so much trouble, it meant he wasn't afraid at all, and there was no need for rest or anything.
In addition, he had just had a morning of high-intensity training, and he had only rested for one noon. His ability to persist in playing for ninety minutes was enough to show his excellent physical fitness. If it were someone else, they would probably not be able to run after the end of the first half.
Chen Hero only lay on the ground for ten minutes before getting up from the ground. Then the scene changed, and he had returned from the match field to the training ground. The intelligent players were waiting for him.
Van Basten was not surprised to see Chen Hero appear in front of him. He just asked, "Start training?"
Chen Hero nodded.
In this way, the special training for his left foot began again. The morning training was a collective training that Chen Hero carried out with the entire Liverpool team, mainly to deal with Real Madrid in the afternoon. Now the training was his personal special training.
It had not been a day or two since Chen Hero started his special training immediately after the end of the match, so everyone had long been accustomed to it.
Chen Hero felt that progress was greater when he carried out high-intensity training in this extremely tired state. Because in a tired state, the body was disobedient, but if he could break through this, his strength would increase by leaps and bounds...
Just like Bruce Lee, who liked to use electric shocks to stimulate muscles, or like a certain Shaolin monk, who liked to practice boxing on cliffs. People in certain specific environments often burst out with greater potential. If he could call out these potentials anytime and anywhere, wouldn't he be more powerful than others?
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Chen Hero threw all of this hard-earned day off into the 副本 (fu ben, instance dungeon). He only called Cabrera before going to bed to greet and care for her. Although Cabrera was not clingy, with their current relationship, Chen Hero couldn't really not make a phone call at all. Cabrera would probably have opinions.
Chen Hero had a great harvest and was also very tired today. After making the phone call, he fell asleep and slept until the alarm rang. When he opened his eyes, it was already the next day.
Today, he couldn't continue刷副本 (shua fu ben, grind dungeons) at home. He had to go to Melwood to train with the team.
In order to be able to break one record after another, in order to be able to completely defeat Messi, he had put in unimaginable efforts and sacrifices.
However, many people did not know this. Their impression of Chen Hero still remained at the stage of playing football relying only on talent and physical fitness, and indulging in nightclubs.
No one knew what Chen Hero had paid, and of course, Chen Hero would not tell them.
Just like the great heroes in history, everyone only needs to see his awesome side, as for his miserable side, everyone doesn't care about it and doesn't want to see it.
You just need to show us your best side, that's enough.
Chen Hero also agreed with this point. He would never let the outside world see him panting and exhausted like a dog, which would damage his glorious image...