Chapter 1 Chen Hero's Hat-Trick

Chen Hero completed a hat-trick in the match against West Ham United, his fourth in a month. This month, he became the hottest striker in the entire football world, and everyone was talking about him. There were even some transfer rumors—many still insisted that Chen Hero was wasting his talent by continuing to stay at Liverpool... If he were in a team like Real Madrid or Barcelona, he would probably have won the Champions League long ago...

Chen Hero was too lazy to pay attention to those transfer rumors. He was having a great time at Liverpool now, with status, money, and fame. Why should he leave? Besides, leading a century-old powerhouse to revival was such an awesome task... How could he be willing to leave?

Chen Hero's crazy performance in November earned him the Player of the Month award. In fact, Chen Hero had won so many of these honors since joining Liverpool that he didn't even know how many he had. He had a special room just to store all kinds of trophies. As for the champagne awarded for "Man of the Match," he actually dug an underground wine cellar to store it. As for the "Player of the Month" trophies, he put them directly in the cabinet, never to see the light of day. These kinds of trophies meant nothing to him; he could have as many as he wanted. They weren't worthy of being placed in a glass cabinet, enjoying the treatment of being placed on a velvet cushion, illuminated by four cornered laser lights.

What could be placed there were the "UEFA Golden Ball" and "Premier League Golden Boot" awards... major awards of this kind.

Chen Hero's outstanding performance also brought him more attention, and many media outlets in the entertainment and fashion industries began to focus on him.

He frequently appeared on the covers of these magazines. He gave television interviews and attended celebrity parties and social events. Chen Hero became more and more busy, and more and more successful.

Dekura was already contacting professional biographers to write Chen Hero's autobiography. This was a good way to make money.

You should know that autobiographies can be divided into several parts. Those successful football stars never publish just one autobiography; they are divided by time periods. Dekura planned to first write Chen Hero's experiences in Saint Petersburg Zenit and Napoli into an autobiography. This kind of autobiography doesn't need too many words; most of it is photos. Fans buy them not to read novels, but to see those precious photos that they haven't seen in magazines and newspapers. These photos give the star's autobiography collection value.

Take advantage of Chen Hero's current popularity and release it quickly. If sales are good, reprint it.

In a couple of years, when Chen Hero is even more popular, release his autobiography about his experiences at Liverpool and make another fortune.

It is estimated that royalties alone could bring Chen Hero at least one million pounds a year.

In addition, the commercial development of Chen Hero's image is also gradually advancing. Just ten days ago, Chen Hero's Nike advertising poster appeared on the most prosperous commercial center building in Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina. Not far away was the Adidas advertising poster endorsed by Messi, but in terms of size, Chen Hero's was nearly one-and-a-half times larger than Messi's.

This was a very historic and memorable moment. Messi had always been the favorite of Argentine fans. However, Chen Hero, as his mortal enemy, was able to have his image printed on the outside of a building in Buenos Aires, which shows the extent of his influence.

At the time, many media outlets used the headline "Chen Hero Conquers Argentina" to publicize this matter, making it seem as if Chen Hero had arrived in Messi's hometown, causing his country to fall...

Of course, there were definitely various public relations efforts and promoters from Nike involved. But it was indeed a good move to expand Chen Hero's influence.

Chen Hero now has to not only defeat Messi in competition, but also defeat the highest-paid person in football today in commerce.

These are two arduous and lengthy wars, but Chen Hero enjoys them.

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Chen Hero's current momentum is so strong that it has set off a climax of discussion throughout England. It started on the Internet, and then quickly attracted the follow-up of traditional media such as print media and television media.

First of all, an Arsenal fan complained on Twitter after watching the match between Liverpool and West Ham United: "Oh my God! The next opponent is my Gunners! How are we going to deal with this damn big guy?!"

At first, many people were joking below. Such as "Don't worry, he won't eat you," "You can send someone to kidnap him for twenty-four hours to make him miss the game..."

Later, as more and more people participated, some people began to seriously discuss how to deal with Chen Hero.

Especially after many experts, commentators, reporters, and even players and coaches in the football circle joined in, it became even more lively.

This issue is also one of the most concerning topics in football today.

Chen Hero is strong, and his footwork is not too rough. He has a Marseille turn and a goal that was a lob shot, which proves that he can still play tricks with his feet. He is good at heading the ball, has a powerful long shot, and also knows free kicks... Except for his slightly weaker left foot, he is really close to invincible.

Such a behemoth, how to deal with him, is really a problem.

Ferguson had been successful once, forcing Chen Hero to control the ball with his left foot. But he just caught Chen Hero off guard. When Chen Hero realized that he could still head the ball, this method no longer worked. Everton died a particularly miserable death because they believed Ferguson...

So what is the best way to freeze, curb, or just reduce his performance?

The discussion on the Internet quickly extended to newspapers and television, and was not limited to the United Kingdom. There were also such discussions in other countries. Italians are particularly good at studying tactics. They pride themselves on this. An Italian TV football program made a special program, inviting several football commentators and coaches who were out of work to discuss with everyone how to curb Chen Hero.

However, after discussing it back and forth, it was still the same old tune, and there was no new idea. Their methods have long been used and thought of by people in the football world. Theoretically speaking, their methods are indeed quite persuasive and seem to be effective. But this is only theoretically possible. They all overlooked a very practical problem—the players' ability to execute tactics.

No matter how good the tactics are, if no one executes them, they are just things on paper.

However, the players' ability to execute varies. Not everyone is like a robot who can perfectly and meticulously execute the tactics arranged by the coach. Players are human, and in a ninety-minute game, they always get distracted. Even high-level players can't avoid this. Not to mention other people, even Chen Hero gets distracted.

It doesn't matter if you get distracted a few times occasionally, but what if you happen to get distracted when Chen Hero is going wild?

That's tragic.

In addition to the problem of distraction, there is also the problem of the players' level. Only very high-level players have the ability to perfectly execute tactics. Many players have very poor tactical execution ability, and players with low levels are even worse. And there are very few high-level players...

When these factors are combined, defending Chen Hero becomes a Tom Cruise series movie—*Mission: Impossible*...

This result is really discouraging.

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Wenger took off his glasses, leaned his head back, closed his eyes, and rubbed the bridge of his nose with his hand. In front of him was a computer monitor screen with an open web page.

The web page had data, charts, videos, and a lot of text. It was a post that summarized the recent great discussion on "How to Defend Chen Hero."

It aroused many responses on a professional football discussion website, and everyone expressed their views.

Wenger was also paying attention to this matter. Because the matter was caused by Arsenal's upcoming match against Liverpool, and on the other hand, he also wanted to see if he could find some inspiration from everyone's discussion. The so-called wisdom of the masses, there is nothing more convenient than the Internet to gather the wisdom of the masses.

In addition to normal work, he would browse this post when he returned home to see if anyone had any new ideas.

But after reading it for a few days, he still gained nothing.

It's not that there are no good ideas at all. Some ideas are good, but they are too idealized, and when combined with reality, they are all impractical.

How exactly should we deal with Chen Hero...

He opened his eyes again, looking at the dimly lit ceiling.

He suddenly felt that what one netizen said might be the most practical...

"First of all, you need a very rich boss, such as the Middle Eastern financial group of Manchester City, or Real Madrid chairman Florentino. Secondly, you yourself have to work hard to have a good relationship with Chen Hero. Then you can go two ways at once, use money and emotion to impress Chen Hero and dig him into your team! This way the problem will be solved easily! You don't have to rack your brains to think about 'How the hell am I going to deal with that damn big guy'. It's your opponents' turn to have a headache about this problem!"

Wenger smiled.

Really ridiculous. But on second thought, this is indeed the most practical of so many methods... It's really absurd!

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In the end, Wenger didn't figure out how to deal with Chen Hero. He chose to fight Liverpool to the death.

This game is Arsenal's home game, Arsenal has the advantage of the home court, and the team's condition is not bad. Then don't think about how to deal with Chen Hero, just attack him head-on!

Everyone has good attack power, but I am confident that the defense is better than your Liverpool!

So this game is not the war between Van Persie and Chen Hero, the two shooters, as the media hyped up, but the war between Van Persie and Liverpool's defense line, and the war between Chen Hero and Arsenal's defense line...