Chapter 1039 UEFA Golden Globe Awards Goal

Chen Yingxiong's UEFA Golden Globe Awards goal caused a huge uproar.

Everyone didn't expect that a forty-year-old guy would still have such lofty ambitions.

Of course, the media mostly voiced their disapproval.

After all, he was too old, and his competitors were so fierce.

It would be fine if there were no decent competitors. Perhaps out of sympathy, the judges would vote for Chen Yingxiong.

But now it was different.

Several media experts with voting rights have publicly stated that they will not vote for Chen Yingxiong because Chen Yingxiong is too old and it is impossible for him to have any more performances worthy of the Golden Globe Award.

Winning a domestic league title is far from enough. Otherwise, how can we ensure the importance and authority of the Golden Globe Award?

No one could think or dare to think that Chen Yingxiong would covet the Champions League title.

Only those within Liverpool knew.

Because Chen Yingxiong told them.

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"Everyone, this season I hope we can not only win the league title, but also the Champions League title!"

Chen Yingxiong said to his teammates in a closed-door meeting in the locker room.

Closed-door meetings in the locker room are held from time to time. The main purpose is to discuss internal team matters, including resolving conflicts between certain players, discussing where to eat, or discussing whether the recent tactics are suitable for the team. If the team loses consecutive games, meetings are also needed to discuss countermeasures, conduct criticism and self-criticism.

No coaches attend these meetings, only players. And Chen Yingxiong, as the team's captain and boss, rightfully serves as the host.

Generally speaking, when there are internal team matters, Chen Yingxiong is the one who ultimately discusses and makes the final decision.

Chen Yingxiong has the prestige to do so. What he says counts, and everyone trusts him.

Even if two people have a dispute during training and fight, Chen Yingxiong will invite them to dinner afterward, and both of them, whether they are Liverpool's old players or newcomers to the team, cannot refuse. Usually, after this meal, the two of them will be as good as ever.

It is precisely because Liverpool has such a leader that there have been no messy news stories coming out of Liverpool's locker room for so many years. This makes many media feel bored, but it makes Liverpool fans very happy.

A united locker room is a guarantee of combat effectiveness. Because of such a locker room environment, Liverpool has been able to win the league title for fourteen consecutive seasons.

Now Chen Yingxiong is holding this meeting because the Champions League knockout stage is about to begin, and he feels it is necessary to unify the team's understanding and goals to avoid discord after the games start. Some people want to move forward, while others plan to stand still.

Therefore, he stated his goals.

After hearing his goals, the teammates looked at each other.

Liverpool hasn't won a Champions League title in six seasons.

This is directly related to Chen Yingxiong's decline in physical fitness.

Chen Yingxiong is no longer the omnipotent Chen Yingxiong. He can still cope with the Premier League with ease, but in the more intense and higher-level Champions League games, he is a little overwhelmed.

It is also related to the team's lack of ambition. After winning the Champions League title for nine consecutive seasons, even the most unsatisfied players have become satisfied. When Liverpool won the Champions League continuously, the media would assert that Liverpool would win the championship again at the beginning of each season. When something becomes a matter of course, even the most motivated person will gradually lose motivation.

Even if there was some lack of motivation before, at least there was an invincible Chen Yingxiong. Chen Yingxiong could lead them to win the championship, so they would just take a championship along the way.

But when Chen Yingxiong could no longer lead them to win the Champions League, they also had an excuse to slack off—look, Chen Yingxiong can't do it anymore, so we're even worse...

As a result, Liverpool has failed to win the Champions League for six consecutive seasons.

They stopped in the semi-finals for two seasons, and in the quarter-finals for one season. In one season, they reached the final but ultimately lost, and in the other two seasons, they even stopped in the round of 16.

For a super team that can win the Champions League for nine consecutive seasons, this kind of result is unacceptable, although this kind of result might have been considered a very good result for Liverpool in the past.

Therefore, before last season, Liverpool began to clean up the players in the team in batches. All the players who lacked ambition and were not hungry for the championship were cleaned out. The ones who were left were the players who were still useful to the team and had a desire to win the championship themselves.

They replaced a large number of accomplished players who had lost their motivation, no matter how they were in their prime, how experienced, or how outstanding they were.

These people have no motivation and are just a bunch of high-paid layabouts waiting for death.

So Liverpool decisively took action and made a fortune while these people could still be sold at a good price in the transfer market.

Then they used the money to buy new players again, or promoted them from the youth team and reserve team. Today, most of this Liverpool team is young but has potential. The only problem is the lack of experience. Their experience comes from Chen Yingxiong. Chen Yingxiong is their spiritual pillar and source of strength. This may be one of the reasons why they performed poorly after Chen Yingxiong was banned last season and ultimately lost the league title.

Because this team is too young.

But being young also has its advantages, that is, it is easy to be inspired. So this season, Chen Yingxiong's shout of "Let's play big" can make the whole team's morale soar, and together they created the brilliant record in January.

More than 70% of the players in this team have never won a Champions League title. They are full of desire and motivation for the Champions League. What they lack is experience and ability.

Although Liverpool monopolized the Champions League for nine years, it is still the top honor in European football, and any team and player is eager to win the Champions League title.

This can be seen from the fierce competition in the Champions League in the past few seasons.

After the end of the Liverpool era in European football, it officially entered the Warring States era. Several teams with the strength to win the championship fought to the death for the Champions League title.

Therefore, in the minds of Liverpool's players who have never won a Champions League title, the Champions League is still very attractive. Some players even transferred to the team for the Champions League title. Who would have thought that they didn't catch a good time, and Liverpool's Champions League dynasty has ended.

The players who can continue to stay in the team now even feel that Liverpool can no longer win the Champions League title.

Because Chen Yingxiong is old, and the team is too young, it is normal for them to be less competitive than other teams.

If they want to win the Champions League, they can only transfer away.

But after playing for this team for many years, everyone has feelings. Moreover, the atmosphere in the Liverpool locker room is very good. With Chen Yingxiong as the captain, everyone is like a big family.

So even if they can't win the Champions League title, they are unwilling to leave the team.

Of course, there are very few such people, only three or four in the team.

Even these three or four people were frightened after hearing Chen Yingxiong's goal.

They didn't expect that the forty-year-old captain would still have such an idea.

Then they lowered their heads one after another, because they thought of themselves. They were only twenty-eight or nine years old, or in their early thirties, but they had lost such motivation. They were not even as good as a forty-year-old...

They were ashamed of it.

From this point, you can see the difference between Liverpool's inside and outside.

If it were the people outside, whether it was the media or the fans, when they heard Chen Yingxiong say that he wanted to win the Champions League title, they would definitely have an incredible expression, and then their first reaction would be that Chen Yingxiong would definitely not be able to complete this task.

But the people inside the Liverpool team never doubt whether their captain can achieve it. They are only ashamed of themselves by the fighting spirit shown by Chen Yingxiong.

As the teammates who have the longest and closest contact with Chen Yingxiong, they are too clear about the strength of their captain.

He can score five goals in his first game back after a nine-month ban, and he broke the goal of Chelsea, who has the best defense in the league. What else can't he do?

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After Chen Yingxiong put forward this goal, no one in the team refuted him, and no one raised any objections.

When it comes to the team's season goals, everyone is used to listening to the captain. Because they all know that the captain has a very good relationship with the club chairman, general manager, and coach. As long as he says it, then the club will definitely support him from top to bottom.

The club's bigwigs support him, so isn't it courting death to come out and oppose him?

Anyway, the coach and the captain are responsible for how to achieve this goal, and they don't have to worry about it at all. They just need to do as they are told.

Chen Yingxiong naturally doesn't want his team to have any dissenting voices.

He is not here to discuss with everyone "Let's win another Champions League title this season?" He is here to directly tell everyone the result.

They just need to do as he wants.

Chen Yingxiong is very satisfied with everyone's reaction.

Then he began to tell everyone what needed to be done to achieve this goal—of course, it was impossible for him to tell his players from a tactical and strategic point of view. He is not professional in this. This job is for the coach to do.

What he has to do is to boost the team's morale, lead by example, and make everyone dare not slack off.

The Champions League title may be difficult, but Chen Yingxiong has the belief that he will win, and he has to pass this belief to everyone's hearts and make them like him. Only in this way can this team really have the possibility of winning the Champions League title.

A team, no matter how strong it is, has one thing that is the most important and must have, that is morale and belief.

In Chen Yingxiong's view, after failing to win the Champions League for six consecutive seasons, the Champions League gene that was once integrated into the blood of the Liverpool team is fading. He wants to help everyone find this gene back.

Bring back that desire for the Champions League.

Only in that way will winning the Champions League not be an empty slogan, but an actual goal.