Chapter 1 Chen Hero's Best Shooter Declaration

Chen Hero’s declaration that he would be the top scorer did indeed excite the media for a while.

As the media imagined, Chen Hero's announcement that he wanted to be the top scorer meant that Liverpool would at least reach the Champions League final this season. Having reached the final, were they aiming for second place? So Liverpool's goal this season must be the Champions League title!

This discovery shocked many teams.

After failing to win the Champions League for six consecutive seasons, Liverpool was long considered to be completely degraded. Although they once created a great nine-game winning streak, that all belonged to the past. People are always forgetful; the past is the past, and no one will think of it for no reason.

There are too many examples of former glory and present decadence.

If nothing unexpected happened, Liverpool's complete decline with Chen Hero’s retirement would definitely happen.

Therefore, many people no longer regarded Liverpool as a strong enemy in the European arena.

With Chen Hero, they could still be considered a strong team. But Chen Hero had already announced that he would retire at the end of this season. Everyone in the football circle knew exactly what kind of situation Liverpool would face after losing their backbone.

This kind of thing had happened to many teams. Some teams declined for several seasons, and some teams simply declined to the point of relegation.

Liverpool's situation was special. Chen Hero had played for Liverpool for eighteen seasons and brought countless championships and glories to Liverpool. He was no longer just a Liverpool player. Many times, he was even Liverpool itself, and the impact of his retirement on Liverpool would definitely not be eliminated in a few seasons. Although Liverpool was a century-old club and had a rich heritage, Chen Hero had surpassed the meaning of a wealthy club.

This was Chen Hero’s most powerful point: he changed the temperament of a wealthy club.

For the past eighteen years, he was Liverpool, and Liverpool was him. It was impossible to tell the difference between them.

Although the European giants were shocked, they were also relieved. Liverpool's desire to win the Champions League this season meant that Chen Hero was really going to retire.

It was reasonable to prepare such a gift for him before he left.

Everyone was always a little worried before. Although Chen Hero said he was going to retire, they had been bullied by Chen Hero too much over the years. If he didn't really retire, many people still wouldn't dare to relax, for fear of ruining their luck.

It would be a big embarrassment if Chen Hero went back on his word at the last moment.

So these teams had been waiting for the end of the season with trepidation.

It couldn't be said that these wealthy teams no longer had the demeanor of wealthy teams. It was really that Chen Hero’s accumulated power was too great. He led Liverpool across European football for more than ten years, killing all opponents. In those days, Barcelona, known as the cosmic team, could be beaten by Chen Hero’s Liverpool with six goals. The impact of that game was far-reaching. As long as Barcelona met Liverpool, their performance would be worse than usual.

Liverpool had left a permanent psychological shadow in their hearts.

This shadow had continued to this day.

Five seasons ago, Liverpool and Barcelona met in the Champions League Round of 16. At that time, Liverpool had just painfully lost the Champions League title in the previous season's final, and Chen Hero was already thirty-five years old. Barcelona believed that being beaten by Chen Hero’s Liverpool with six goals back then was a humiliation, and they planned to avenge this at this time and regain their face.

Therefore, when they met Liverpool, Barcelona's morale was high, and they made wild remarks, saying that today's Liverpool was no longer a threat, and would actually lose to Juventus, whose strength was not very strong, in the Champions League final. For Barcelona media, Juventus's championship was indeed not convincing, because Juventus played football very dull and cautious, which did not conform to the aesthetic of Barcelona people at all. And any team that did not conform to their aesthetic, even if they won the game, would be criticized by them as "not a fair result."

The Catalan media began to desperately promote the disastrous defeat of the past, paving the way for this revenge battle, claiming that the humiliation they had suffered would be repaid tenfold.

Faced with Barcelona's constant pressure, Chen Hero only said one sentence: "I really didn't expect that someone would repeatedly bring up their ugly past, making it known to the world, as if they were afraid that the younger generation of fans today would not know about their tragic past..."

Then, in the two-legged match in the Round of 16, Chen Hero casually scored a total of five goals, blasting Barcelona into powder, leaving not even a bit of residue.

Then, after the game, he also apologized, saying that he didn't win Barcelona 60:0, which was really too embarrassing, and he couldn't fulfill Barcelona's wish to be abused ten times.

Although Barcelona was so angry that they vomited blood at the time, the terrifying image of Liverpool and Chen Hero was deeply rooted in Barcelona's heart.

It made them fully realize that even if Chen Hero was already thirty-five years old, he was not someone they could afford to offend.

From then on, no matter how unhappy they were with Chen Hero in their hearts, they kept their tails between their legs and lived a low-key life, waiting for Chen Hero to retire before going to Liverpool to settle these two blood debts.

They had no way to defeat Chen Hero, but they firmly believed that time could defeat Chen Hero. Hadn't they seen that Chen Hero's body was getting worse year by year in recent years? From that time on, they firmly believed that Chen Hero would definitely retire in the near future.

When they heard that Chen Hero refused to renew his contract and would retire after playing next season at the end of last season, many Barcelona fans were overjoyed.

This damn nemesis was finally going to get out!

But they didn't dare to show it. They knew Chen Hero's temper. They were afraid that after they showed it, it would attract Chen Hero's attention, and then Chen Hero's temper of deliberately opposing people would flare up and he would announce that he would not retire... That would be a big deal!

So Barcelona was particularly honest and low-key this season.

Not only that, when the English Football Association couldn't wait to publicly "commemorate" Chen Hero, a group of people in European football were anxious with him, and didn't know how many times they cursed "The English Football Association is a fool" in their hearts.

Now, while everyone is worried about their own championship dreams when they see Liverpool planning to compete for the Champions League title, they are also full of hope for the future.

Chen Hero, that old pervert, is finally going to get out of here. Isn't the future football world ours?

So, should we satisfy Liverpool's last wish?

Like hell we will!

Chen Hero has already won ten Champions League titles. He is the player who has won the most Champions League titles in history. He alone is almost equal to the number of Champions League titles won by Real Madrid as a team.

Does he care about this one Champions League title?

Definitely not.

On the other hand, he would care a lot about the Champions League top scorer. Because since he first participated in the Champions League, no matter how his team's final results were, he would definitely be the top scorer.

He seemed to care about this very much.

Even in the past six seasons when Liverpool had never won a championship, he was still the top scorer.

His career was basically composed of various top scorers.

He definitely didn't want to lose such an honor in the last season of his career.

Other teams don't care much about the top scorer honor. Personal honors are always less important than collective honors.

If Chen Hero wants it, then give it to him. We won't compete with him.

But, neither you Liverpool nor Chen Hero should want this Champions League title.

We want the Champions League title, and you want the top scorer. Each gets what he needs. Isn't that great?

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After the initial shock, the major clubs analyzed it for a few days, digested those things, and felt relieved.

Although Liverpool defeated Inter Milan 4:0 in the first game, it was not because Liverpool's strength was so strong, but because Inter Milan was too careless.

Look at what the Italian media that supported Inter Milan said before the game.

Their tails were up in the sky. It would be strange if they didn't lose!

Liverpool is still considered a wealthy club. If you directly treat them as a promoted team, wouldn't you be unlucky?

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How could Stramaccioni not know the thoughts of other European clubs? When Liverpool dominated Europe, these wealthy clubs formed a united front. After Liverpool declined, they ruthlessly fought each other, so Stramaccioni understood the thoughts of these wealthy clubs very well.

He knew how these wealthy clubs viewed his failure.

He didn't want to explain much. He even hoped that these wealthy clubs would be unlucky with him.

A feeling of "Since you all laugh at me, then good! I'm not comfortable, so don't even think about being comfortable. Don't even try to run away!" welled up from the depths of Stramaccioni's heart.

Therefore, at the post-match press conference, he didn't deny Liverpool's true strength at all. He just admitted that his team was careless.

The implication was that if they were not careless, it should not be difficult to defeat Liverpool away from home.

This was actually what Stramaccioni wanted other wealthy teams to know.

He suddenly hoped that Liverpool could really reach the final all the way and defeat all those self-righteous wealthy teams.

After personally experiencing the power of forty-year-old Chen Hero, Stramaccioni now admired Chen Hero wholeheartedly.

If this Liverpool has Chen Hero, it is not impossible to win the Champions League title again.

Anyway, after his team was severely injured by Liverpool with four goals, he didn't have to expect any Champions League title. Stramaccioni felt it was worth it to exchange a season of failure in the Champions League for future glory.

Now he could watch the show with peace of mind. He hoped that Chen Hero and his Liverpool would not disappoint him by then.