Chapter 1 Chen Hero Scores Twice

Chen Hero's two goals had completely removed any suspense from the match. Although all the defenders on Wigan Athletic's back line had yellow cards, Martinez used his third substitution on the forward line. He replaced McManaman with Sinclair, who could score goals.

His intention was clear. In the remaining dozen or so minutes, Wigan Athletic wanted to score a goal for honor and dignity!

Yes, score a goal.

Wigan Athletic had played ugly enough to prevent Chen Hero from scoring in this match. One could imagine that the public's opinion of them would not be very high after this game.

Now that they had failed to stop Chen Hero from scoring, Wigan Athletic had no reason to continue playing so conservatively, and he couldn't let his players bear this kind of infamy.

To vindicate Wigan Athletic, to prevent them from losing too badly.

Martinez was going on the offensive too.

It just seemed a little late to attack at this point...

Liverpool wasn't going to give them a chance.

Wigan Athletic's strength wasn't at the point where they could just score goals at will. Sinclair tried hard after coming on, but lacked opportunities. After all, Wigan Athletic had been suppressed by Liverpool for almost the entire match. They had run hard to defend against Chen Hero before, and now they were all out of energy. They couldn't muster any fight.

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Wigan Athletic failed to score until the end of the match.

But Liverpool didn't score either. After Chen Hero scored two goals, they slowed down the pace of their attack.

The final score was 2-0, both goals coming from Chen Hero.

After the game, Chen Hero was stopped by reporters in the mixed zone, who insisted on hearing his thoughts on the match.

In this match, he scored two goals and also became the first player in English football history to score in fourteen consecutive league games in the top flight.

"First of all, congratulations, Hero, you've set a new record. But your goals didn't come until after the sixtieth minute of this match. Was it difficult?"

"Difficult?" Chen Hero shrugged. "Didn't think so."

"Then scoring the first goal after sixty minutes..."

"Since Wigan Athletic had prepared for so long to defend against me, even giving up on attacking, I had to show some sincerity and play with them, right? In order not to disappoint them too much, I decided to sacrifice myself and play with them."

The reporters couldn't help but mutter to themselves, "We all saw your performance in the first half!"

But now Chen Hero was the most pleased person, and no one wanted to offend him at this time, so they could only go along with him.

But they all knew that Chen Hero's words would definitely make Wigan Athletic furious—this was completely rubbing salt in the wounds of the Wigan Athletic people!

In fact, that was indeed the case—not all reporters lacked the courage to refute Chen Hero. After all, there were Wigan media here.

One Wigan local reporter couldn't help but express his dissatisfaction and provoke Chen Hero after hearing Chen Hero's brazen lies.

"Then can you talk about what you discussed with the referee before the end of the first half?"

As soon as the reporter asked the question, everyone looked at him instead of Chen Hero. Because everyone heard the gunpowder smell in his words.

This must be a local Wigan reporter!

A reporter guessed in his heart.

The reporter's question was reminding Chen Hero—we all saw how embarrassed you were at the end of the first half. Are you embarrassed to say that you were playing with Wigan Athletic easily? It's not shameful to tell the truth about being frozen by Wigan Athletic before!

But since you insist on pretending, then I don't mind slapping you in the face in public!

Chen Hero naturally heard the hidden meaning in the Wigan reporter's words.

But he didn't get angry. Instead, he smiled and said, "Oh, you're talking about that. I discussed the penalty in the first half with him. I think Caldwell interfered with my certain goal, so he should be given a red card, or at least a yellow card. But the referee didn't think so. He didn't think it was a certain goal. I told him that I would prove it to him in the second half! As for what happened in the second half, there's no need to guess. Everyone saw it, right?"

As soon as this was said, everyone was in an uproar!

They did think that Chen Hero's goal in the second half was very similar to the chance in the first half. It seemed familiar.

But they didn't expect that the real reason was this!

If that was the real reason, then Chen Hero was too awesome! He was a bit like the Nike commercial in which Ronaldinho hit the crossbar of the goal several times in a row with the same soccer ball, and the soccer ball never touched the ground during the whole process.

Commercials can be faked, but matches can't!

He could specify the way to score goals, and treat such a difficult direct volley as easily as eating, making a "sure goal" promise so easily!

This was truly amazing!

Even the Wigan reporter was stunned.

Chen Hero ignored them, left a group of stunned reporters behind, and walked away.

When the reporters came back to their senses, they couldn't find Chen Hero.

The Wigan reporter who asked the question also came back to his senses and snorted, "There's nothing great about it. Anyone can brag! It's not the first time he's lied through his teeth!"

His words were supported by many local Wigan reporters, and even many other reporters were skeptical.

Chen Hero had a history of lying. He often said some nonsensical things with a straight face. So, you can't believe everything he says.

You can't just believe what he says. This is just his side of the story, and there's a lack of evidence...

Someone next to him suddenly said, "Wouldn't it be better to ask the referee if he really lied?"

A group of people's eyes lit up: That's right! Everyone should go to the referee to find out if Chen Hero lied.

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The reporters ran to find the referee. Chen Hero was welcomed by his teammates' "worship" in the locker room.

When he pushed the door open, the teammates in the locker room, led by Suarez, made a movement of raising their hands flat over their heads three times, and then bowing to worship.

Even captain Gerrard was among them.

Then everyone laughed and surrounded Chen Hero in the center.

"Treat! Treat! Treat! Treat!"

They shouted in unison, which was the reason for their worship of Chen Hero just now...

Chen Hero smiled.

"You bunch of bastards... Okay, I'll treat!"

"Long live Hero!" A group of people burst into cheers like fans.

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Martinez was being bombarded by reporters at the press conference.

He guessed right. Wigan Athletic lost the game and failed to stop Chen Hero from scoring. It could be said that they failed completely and did not complete a single task.

Not only that, but the scene was extremely ugly. The fans didn't enjoy the wonderful result, nor did they enjoy the wonderful process. Everyone would obviously be very upset. As the team's coach, Martinez had the obligation and had to give an explanation.

"There's nothing to say. The responsibility for the loss lies with me... But I don't think we lost ugly. I am proud and proud of my players. They are brave warriors. We made every effort to defeat the enemy, exhausting the last bit of our strength. Although we lost the game, we lost with honor! At least we are more courageous than those who only know how to talk about it!"

Martinez was naturally supporting his players, which was why he could get so much support in the locker room.

"My tactics... I don't think there's anything wrong with them. When facing a player like Chen Hero, sometimes you just need to sacrifice more things. If we didn't do this, I dare say we wouldn't have lasted even twenty minutes. I'm already very satisfied that the team was able to hold out for more than sixty minutes before conceding a goal..."

A reporter asked, "Then may I ask if your tactics can provide some inspiration to other teams?"

Now, what England and even the whole of Europe are most concerned about is how to contain Chen Hero. Wigan Athletic insisted on more than sixty minutes when facing a Chen Hero who was full of fighting spirit, which was indeed very remarkable... Maybe his tactics can provide inspiration to other teams? Maybe the reason for Wigan Athletic's failure is really not the tactics, but the overall strength of the team? Wigan Athletic is indeed a bit weak. If a team like Manchester City were to implement this tactic, would the effect be better?

Martinez shook his head, "No, there's no reference value. I said, this set of tactics requires sacrificing a lot of things. Everyone saw that in order to contain Chen Hero, I didn't let Sinclair, the top scorer in our team, start. Before Chen Hero scored the first goal, Wigan Athletic didn't have a single shot. I don't believe any other team would sacrifice their offense so completely just to defend their goal and prevent Hero from scoring. And we defended Hero so tightly, but we were very lenient with other Liverpool players. Why are we so daring? Because this game has special characteristics. It is a game in which Chen Hero must score. As for other Liverpool players, we believe that they will try their best to create opportunities for Chen Hero, but they won't care too much about whether they score goals themselves. That way we can let them go and focus on defending Chen Hero... But in other games, you won't have such an opportunity again. I'm not doing this to promote a tactic to contain Chen Hero. I just simply didn't want him to create a new record by wiping our Wigan Athletic's corpse... But unfortunately, I failed. Winners are kings, losers are bandits, there's nothing to say. Losing is losing. Chen Hero's strength is too strong. It's far beyond us. Everyone is not in the same world, so there's no way to compare. But my team can still hold on for more than sixty minutes. I'm proud of them again!"

After speaking, Martinez left the press conference.

Leaving a group of reporters in deep thought.

Originally, everyone thought they saw hope, but what they got was a bucket of cold water.

Is that hero really so invincible?

The atmosphere at the press conference suddenly became a little heavy.

Wigan Athletic's shameless tactics couldn't handle Chen Hero, so what other way is there to stop him from moving forward?