Chapter 1 The End

In the end, Liverpool defeated Chelsea 3:1 at their home stadium. When the referee blew the whistle to signal the end of the match, all of Liverpool's substitute players rushed onto the field to embrace and celebrate with their teammates.

"The game is over! Congratulations to Liverpool, they have successfully defended their league title! And they've achieved this feat with three games to spare!"

"The Liverpool fans can cheer to their hearts' content—in fact, they've already started! Just listen to the songs of Anfield! I can't hear myself think!"

The roar emanating from the entire Anfield stadium was deafening!

But this chaotic noise lasted only a short while. Then, from somewhere, Liverpool's anthem, "You'll Never Walk Alone," began to play. The singing was soft, but it had a magical quality that allowed everyone who heard it to quiet down and begin to sing along.

Soon, the song swept through the entire Anfield stands, as all Liverpool fans joined in the grand chorus.

In the melodious and magnificent singing, Liverpool's players lined up, hand in left hand, and circled the field, waving to the Liverpool fans to thank them for their support and help throughout the season.

Some excited players took off their jerseys and shorts and threw them into the stands, causing frequent commotion. It was like many stones being thrown into a pond, creating countless ripples.

Although Liverpool had already won the championship in advance, the championship celebration was not yet to be held at this time, and the awards ceremony would have to wait until the next Liverpool home game.

Therefore, the players left the field after circling it once.

This was not the first time they had won the league title, and their excitement was indeed less than it had been last season. Many people quickly regained their composure.

But the fans in the stands were reluctant to leave for a long time.

They were still singing and venting their inner emotions.

Especially the fanatical Red Giants.

They even took off their shirts, bared their upper bodies, and started a singing competition in the stands.

Many reporters were stationed specifically below the stands where the Red Giants fan group was located, filming the representative figures among these fans.

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At the post-match press conference, Advocaat was finally able to put down his mask of animosity and congratulate his disciple.

"We played well in this game, but unfortunately Liverpool played even better than us... That's football, whoever plays better should win. Liverpool have played very well this season, so I think they deserve to win this championship... Congratulations to Liverpool, and of course congratulations to Hero, he's had a great season, and the season isn't over yet, he still has a chance to create even greater achievements..."

Now that the game was over, no one would care about him saying this. Even if Chelsea fans were unhappy, they couldn't make a fuss about Advocaat's remarks.

As a loser, you still have to have some grace... That's what many people thought.

When Martin O'Neill sat down in the chair on the stage, his face was full of a triumphant expression that anyone could see, without the slightest hint of concealment.

"Win the title with three games to spare? Yes, that's a fantastic achievement. I want to thank the players, thank my coaching staff colleagues. If we hadn't all worked together, we wouldn't have been able to achieve such an outstanding result. Next, we have to face the Champions League and FA Cup finals. Our goals? Our goal is to win both of these competitions!"

At this point, Martin O'Neill had long forgotten the caution he had displayed at the beginning of the season. Now that they had reached this point, wouldn't it be a pity if they didn't win all these championships?

However, his remarks shocked the reporters present.

Because neither of these two championships would be easy to win.

Even if Liverpool could get past AC Milan, their opponents in the final would be either Barcelona or Real Madrid. These were the two best teams in football today, and defeating them would definitely not be easy...

Not to mention the FA Cup. Their opponents in the FA Cup final were still Chelsea. If Liverpool used their full squad, there would be no suspense. But didn't Martin O'Neill say earlier that he would use the reserves to face Chelsea!

The reserves were able to defeat Tottenham in the semi-finals, but that didn't mean they would be able to defeat Chelsea in the final. What was Tottenham's strength, and what was Chelsea's strength? Tottenham was ranked sixth this season, while Chelsea was ranked third after losing this game.

Not to mention the difference between the final and the semi-final, the difficulty of the final was incomparable to that of the semi-final.

The Liverpool reserves were able to defeat Tottenham in the semi-final, partly because of their tenacity, but everyone felt that the main reason was because Tottenham underestimated them. Tottenham did not expect the Liverpool reserves to be so tenacious and so difficult to deal with.

But after this game, all of England knew what kind of team the Liverpool reserves were. No one would underestimate them anymore. Believing in Chelsea's strength, if they didn't underestimate the Liverpool reserves, the Liverpool reserves would have no chance.

Although the Liverpool reserves were now respected, perhaps they would prefer to be underestimated?

So both of these championships were very difficult to win, yet O'Neill shouted out such a slogan. Was he overwhelmed by Liverpool's early defense of the title with three games to spare?

Did he know what it meant to win both of the next two games? It meant that Liverpool would win the treble this season... no, the quadruple!

This wasn't the kind of meaningless quintuple they had won before! These were four real, heavy championships! The League Cup, FA Cup, Premier League, and Champions League!

Four golden championships!

O'Neill actually wanted to win them all?

He must be talking nonsense!

After being surprised, everyone understood in their minds, so no one took O'Neill's words seriously.

Sitting on the stage, Martin O'Neill naturally saw the reporters' reactions clearly. Since no reporters stood up to speak, but saw them whispering to each other with their heads down, and then looking up with a pensive expression on their faces, Martin O'Neill understood everything.

These people didn't believe what he said.

If they didn't believe him, then they didn't believe him. One day, they would believe him, and that day wouldn't be too far away!

Martin O'Neill hummed in his heart.

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Liverpool's 3:1 victory over Chelsea at home and their early winning of the league title became the headlines of all the English newspapers the next day.

Many newspapers were reporting on this matter.

For English football, this was a landmark moment, with an impact and importance even surpassing Liverpool's first Premier League title last season.

After all, last season's championship was of great significance to Liverpool fans, but for others, it was just that—the Premier League had a new champion. This kind of thing had happened before. Blackburn, Arsenal, and Chelsea had all done it.

Therefore, apart from Liverpool fans, other English people didn't care much about the significance of Liverpool winning the championship.

But this time it was different.

This was Liverpool's successful defense of the title after historically winning the Premier League championship!

This meant that Liverpool truly had the strength to compete for the championship, and were no longer relying on luck to speculate!

Everyone would start to care—after Liverpool's rise, what impact would they have on the landscape and map of English football? Would Manchester United continue to decline? Would English football be able to revive its glory on the European continent? Even... would it affect the rise of more teams?

These questions were the most concerned topics for people in the football world.

Therefore, after Liverpool won the championship this time, the media didn't just conduct simple and superficial reports like last year. They began to delve deeper into the profound significance behind Liverpool's defense of the title.

Many people could confirm that the Premier League was not possibly undergoing a revolution to change the dynasty, but was actually undergoing a revolution to change the dynasty!

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Whether the Premier League was undergoing a revolution to change the dynasty was naturally a matter for many full-time football commentators, football reporters, and football celebrities to discuss.

This matter had nothing to do with ordinary players like Chen Hero.

Their main job was to train and then compete.

As for the fact that they were actually the main force of the revolution, they didn't care. They were more concerned about how much bonus they could get this season...

Four championships, each with a bonus, and the harvest would definitely be abundant.

Many people even started planning how to spend the money after they got it. Should they go on vacation or buy a luxury sports car that they had been eyeing for a long time?

Chen Hero's interest was not in how to spend money, but in winning championships.

There were two championships left this season, and both of them, no matter which one, would be difficult to win. But precisely because it was difficult, he was full of fighting spirit.

Challenging, challenging the difficulty that ordinary people could not imagine, made him feel meaningful and ignited the blood in his body.

The FA Cup, leading a group of reserve players to challenge Chelsea again.

The Champions League final was either against Barcelona or against Real Madrid.

Neither game would be easy to deal with.

But what if he won?

What if he led a group of reserve players to defeat Chelsea and lift the FA Cup?

How would the media view this matter? How would the fans view this matter?

As for Barcelona or Real Madrid?

Chen Hero didn't care at all.

In his opinion, defeating Real Madrid and Barcelona, two defeated opponents, in the Champions League final was not as difficult as leading the reserves to defeat Chelsea...

Of course, based on Chen Hero's past record against Barcelona and Real Madrid, he was qualified to disregard the two giants.