Lin Hai Ting Tao
Chapter 1055 The Tragic Hulk (Apologies, First Update)
Of course, if you give me some monthly tickets as encouragement while accepting it with a smile, that would be even better!
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Before this game, Hulk had his own plans—he hoped to defeat Chen Hero in a contest.
He had just arrived at Chelsea and the Premier League this season. But in the first half of the season, Chen Hero didn't play in Chelsea's home game against Liverpool. He started instead, but didn't score.
So he wanted to compete with Chen Hero in this game.
But he didn't say it out loud. When he expressed this desire within the team, everyone supported him, but they also advised him not to publicize it. Why?
Because provoking Chen Hero wasn't a good choice.
Chelsea players already knew this, and they were afraid that the newcomer Hulk didn't know. So they kindly reminded him.
Hulk didn't take it to heart, feeling that with his strength, he wouldn't be afraid to openly challenge Chen Hero. However, he felt that if he insisted on making this public, he might have a hard time in the locker room, because everyone would know that he had dismissed everyone's good intentions as mere trifles.
For the sake of his relationship in the locker room, Hulk remained silent, but in his heart, he was determined to compete.
Hulk was physically strong, and on the football field, he had won almost every physical contest.
But he had never competed against Chen Hero. Neither Napoli nor Zenit, nor Liverpool, had ever played against Porto.
He felt that in terms of physique alone, although he was more than ten centimeters shorter than Chen Hero, he was confident that he was no weaker than Chen Hero in terms of strength.
In addition, Chen Hero had broken the Europa League record created by his friend Falcao when he was at Porto so easily, which made him resent Chen Hero.
He wanted to defeat his opponent, humiliate him, avenge his friend Falcao, and vent his anger.
But the changes in the second half made him very anxious.
The old guy Carragher, whom he thought he could easily deal with, suddenly became like chewing gum, sticking to him and unable to shake off.
He hadn't scored a single goal since the second half started, not even a decent chance.
This made him very unhappy.
He had to use his body to compete with Carragher again and again, hoping to completely knock him away, knock him down, or make him give up.
As a result, what he got was Carragher's more desperate, more reckless collision. Not showing any weakness, head-to-head!
Even if he was covered in scars from the impact, he would never retreat.
Hulk's temper wasn't good to begin with. When he played in Japan, he received fifteen and fourteen yellow cards respectively in the J2 League in two years, and one red card each. During his time at Porto, he injured the stadium security guard at the Estádio da Luz, and faced criminal charges during a four-month suspension...
Although his temper had improved now, he hadn't turned from a villain into a gentleman.
The confrontation with Carragher made his mood more and more agitated.
Am I unable to deal with even an old man?! But my goal is Chen Hero!
In desperation, when jumping up to compete with Carragher for a header, he raised his arm...
The referee's whistle blew.
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"Foul!"
Hulk and Carragher landed at the same time. He wanted to chase the ball, but he heard the referee's whistle.
Carragher next to him fell down, covering his face.
Soon, red bloodstains seeped out from between his fingers.
"Hulk raised his arm during the header... This is an elbow, no problem!"
"I can't imagine what Hulk was thinking. This is just an ordinary header, did he need to raise his arm?"
"Carragher's bleeding, it can't be faked... Hulk's in trouble, the referee is running towards him..."
"Liverpool's players seem a little excited, they have all surrounded Hulk. Chelsea's players have come up to relieve their teammates, and the situation on the field is a bit chaotic..."
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Chen Hero also rushed up, but he was far away, and when he rushed up, he could only stay outside and couldn't squeeze in.
He waved his fists and shouted, "Get out of my way, let the professional handle it! Let me kill that idiot!"
He didn't like Hulk in the first place. He was so much shorter than himself, yet he had the nickname of a giant, which made him very unhappy.
In the game, he frequently targeted Carragher, which made Chen Hero have an even worse opinion of him.
Now that he saw that he dared to elbow Carragher, he was immediately furious.
But he didn't succeed, everyone knew what kind of temper Chen Hero had. Everyone said that Hulk had a volatile temper, but Chen Hero was no better. Although he had fewer yellow cards than Hulk, every time he made trouble, it was a big deal. Which time didn't it cause a sensation in Europe?
This is an even more dangerous person than Hulk...
So when they saw that Chen Hero was really angry, two teammates immediately separated to be responsible for appeasing Chen Hero.
"Don't go up there, Hero. Hulk will definitely get a red card, you don't want to get a red card yourself, do you?" Sanchez grabbed Chen Hero.
Chen Hero was stunned when he heard this.
These words were very damaging to him now. Because he still wanted to break Gerd Müller's record of scoring in sixteen consecutive league games. If he was sent off with a red card in this game, then he would not be able to complete this task.
Chen Hero thought for a while, and could only spit unhappily: "If it weren't for me... Damn, I would definitely beat him into the hospital for at least half a month!"
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The referee rushed into the crowd, pushed everyone aside, and directly showed Hulk a red card!
"Red card, no suspense. Elbowing an opponent is definitely a red card..."
"Hulk scored the equalizing goal for Chelsea in the game, but he was frozen by Carragher in the second half, which must have affected his mood..."
"Trailing in the score, and with one less player, and playing away from home, Chelsea is in dire straits this time..."
Seeing Hulk being sent off with a red card, Chelsea coach Advocaat didn't show any expression, because he already knew this was the result. When Hulk elbowed Carragher, he had already expressed his dissatisfaction.
His dissatisfaction was directed at Hulk.
Now he had calmed down. Hulk's personality and temper were a bit like Chen Hero, possessing very good talent, and he couldn't let this temper ruin his talent... He felt that he had to find an opportunity to talk to Hulk in private after the game. He had successfully trained a Chen Hero with an even worse personality, and he believed that he could also successfully train Hulk.
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Carragher was carried off on a stretcher. Before leaving, he said to his teammates who were looking at him with concern: "Martin, help me cover the position more. Gökhan, you also temporarily withdraw to play as a center-back?"
With blood flowing from his forehead, he didn't forget to arrange things on the defense line.
Inler and Škrtel nodded.
Looking at everyone, he smiled: "I only used four months to return to the field after breaking my leg. What is this injury? Don't worry, I'll be back as soon as the bleeding stops, soon!"
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Carragher kept his word. He really returned to the field quickly, probably in less than five minutes. Although Brookner asked Carragher to observe for a while, Carragher didn't listen to him at all, and directly signaled to the referee that he could play.
The referee saw that he had stopped the bleeding, and with a wave of his hand, Carragher ran onto the field.
When he returned to the field, there was huge applause and cheers from the stands. Liverpool fans stood up from their seats to cheer for their vice-captain.
Chelsea was very depressed. With one less player, they originally planned to take advantage of Carragher's treatment off the field, when Liverpool's defense line was short of a center-back, to launch a desperate attack and try to equalize the score.
Who would have thought that during this time, Liverpool would return to defense across the board, not giving Chelsea any space and opportunity for through balls, and then Carragher would make a quick comeback, and Liverpool would regain the advantage in numbers.
Chen Hero was also eyeing Chelsea's goal in the frontcourt.
There was little time left in the game.
Advocaat saw that the overall situation was gone, and knew that although they were only one goal behind, they would not be able to win this game.
He was content, at least he hadn't been double-killed by Liverpool this season, that was progress!
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Chen Hero didn't score any more goals after that. After scoring twice, he didn't continue to use that unreasonable way of playing, and John Terry breathed a sigh of relief.
The final score was 2:1, and Liverpool defeated Chelsea at home, which was considered revenge for the arrow revenge in the previous season.
After the game, Chen Hero became the focus of everyone's attention - in fact, this sentence is nonsense, after which game is he not the focus of everyone's attention?
The reason why this game became the focus was not that he defeated Hulk. Although everyone said that Hulk was the "Green Giant", no one would compare Hulk with Chen Hero. In their opinion, these two people were completely different levels of players, and it was impossible to compare them...
If these reporters' ideas were known to Hulk, I don't know if he should be thankful that he didn't shout out to compete with Chen Hero, or angry that the reporters looked down on him so much?
Everyone paid attention to him because his first goal in Chelsea broke a Liverpool team history record - the record for consecutive home goals in the league.
This record was first created by Roger Hunt in the 1961-1962 season, with goals in eight consecutive league home games.
Then, forty-six years later in 2008, Fernando Torres, who was still playing for Liverpool at the time, equaled this record.
However, Torres was unable to go any further. After the start of the new season, he did not score in Liverpool's home game against Middlesbrough.
Now Chen Hero has finally broken this record. From now on, on the "Consecutive Home Goals Record", the names of Torres and Roger Hunt will be erased, and Chen Hero will dominate this honor alone.
The reporters came to ask about this issue.
Unexpectedly, Chen Hero's answer surprised them.
"What? I've already broken the record?" He was very surprised. "I don't know..."
A group of people were full of black lines - I've never seen such a careless person!