Liverpool's victory over Chelsea to win the Community Shield didn't cause much of a stir afterward.

Perhaps this was because many had predicted Liverpool would win before the match. The odds offered by bookmakers accurately reflected this.

Liverpool was favored by everyone, so since the result was unsurprising, what was there to talk about?

Therefore, everyone's focus was not on the match itself.

The *Liverpool Echo* ran the headline "17" after the game, accompanied by a photo of Gerrard lifting the Community Shield.

Everyone knew what the headline meant.

The first of seven trophies was in the bag!

Other media outlets also discussed Liverpool's first trophy of the season.

"...The first of seven trophies has been won, but I don't think this means Liverpool can complete the feat of winning all seven. Because obviously, this is the easiest of the seven to win, without any suspense. The second easiest is the Club World Cup. The name sounds scary, like some kind of World Club Cup, but in reality, none of the participating teams can compare with European teams. So if there are no surprises, Liverpool can win these two trophies. But the remaining few trophies are not easy to win!"

This view was still mainstream, and only local Liverpool-friendly media outlets believed that Liverpool had completed one-seventh of their mission.

To this view, the *Liverpool Echo* replied: "Time and results will tell!"

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After the Community Shield, there was a week's break.

This was the final chance to prepare.

The league was about to begin in a week.

If they wanted to make any more adjustments, it would be too late.

However, Liverpool's start to the new season was destined to be a bit bumpy.

Because in this last week, Liverpool suffered a wave of minor injuries.

Sanchez was injured in training and may be out for four weeks.

And that wasn't all, Lucas was injured with him. The two collided in training, and Sanchez was considered lucky, only needing to rest for four weeks. Lucas was in a much worse state, injuring his knee and conservatively estimated to be out for three months...

Lucas was truly pitiful. Since that major injury, he had become injury-prone, unable to complete a full season.

Fortunately, Lucas was originally a rotation player, and Inler was the main defensive midfielder. His injury didn't have too much of an impact on the team. If necessary, Gerrard could fill in, and now that Suarez had recovered from his injury, they could simply play 4-4-2.

Sanchez's injury had a greater impact on Liverpool than Lucas's.

Although James Rodriguez could play on both the left and right, he preferred and was best at playing on the left. Bale was even more so, a purely left winger.

Only Sanchez had world-class ability on the right.

Now that Sanchez was injured, Michael Kelly couldn't start, as his ability was far too inferior. They could only push Adam Johnson up.

However, Adam Johnson's ability was definitely not as good as Sanchez's.

Martin O'Neill planned to lean tactically towards the left flank, since it would only be for a month anyway.

The games weren't too dense at the start of the season, so this result was already considered a stroke of luck amidst misfortune.

However, the injuries of these two players still made Martin O'Neill's mood sour for many days.

It also caused a change in the atmosphere within the team—with the league about to start, no one wanted to get injured in training and miss the first few games of the season. These few games were quite important, because the coaching staff would be watching your performance in these games to decide whether or not to let you play as a starter... If you couldn't participate due to injury, you would naturally be at a disadvantage in the competition with your teammates.

This was actually the competitive spirit.

Niang's busy summer was to bring competition to the established players, letting them know that no matter who you are, if you don't work hard, there will be no place for you on the team.

Martin O'Neill also felt the players' worries. As the league was about to begin, he adjusted the team's training schedule, replacing the previous high-intensity training with a more relaxed training arrangement.

This reduced the chances of players getting injured in training and also served as a psychological relaxation.

Allowing the players to start the long season of matches with the most relaxed mood.

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On August 19th, the new season of the English Premier League was about to kick off.

The opening match was between Liverpool and this season's promoted team, Sheffield United, who finished second in the Champions League last season, at their home stadium.

This was the first game of the Premier League season.

It was scheduled for the afternoon of the 19th.

Although this game was Liverpool's away game, everyone felt that there was no suspense.

If Liverpool couldn't even handle a promoted team, then what were they doing?

Although the result of the game was no longer in doubt, this game was still highly anticipated.

Because everyone was coming to see the performance of Liverpool's star-studded team.

This was the star effect...

Many people believed that the first round of the league was no longer significant for someone like Chen Hero. He was no longer the rookie he used to be, and there was nothing to look forward to in the first game of the league.

In the blink of an eye, ten years had passed, and he was already a veteran.

But in reality, that wasn't the case.

No one knew that Chen Hero was actually looking forward to tomorrow's game.

The reason was simple, but no one knew it.

Because starting from tomorrow, Chen Hero would be encompassing the starting point of all future championships. He said to the outside world that the goal this season was to win seven championships.

But in reality, his goal every season was the same—seven championships!

He wanted every championship of every season!

He was ambitiously trying to create a record in the world of football that had never been seen before and would never be seen again.

Even those who knew him best didn't realize that Chen Hero had such ambitions!

He was determined to write a legend.

And tomorrow's game was the first chapter of this legend.

The most important thing about a novel is the beginning.

If it can attract readers, if it can make everyone like the book at a glance and eagerly want to continue reading, the beginning is very important, and the first chapter is very important.

Tomorrow's game was this first chapter, and it had to be written well. He would not accept any result other than victory.

Even a narrow victory would not be acceptable.

Only a resounding victory could be worthy of the beginning of a legend.

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No one knew that Chen Hero had a plan deeply buried in his heart that would shock the world of football.

To outsiders, Chen Hero was no different from usual. On the day of the game, he chatted with his good friends in his room, talking nonsense and telling jokes that made everyone laugh, feeling very relaxed.

At half past ten, his friends left, and he took a shower and went to bed.

At nine o'clock the next morning, he opened his eyes on time.

As precise as an alarm clock, he woke up at this time.

This made Skrtel, who shared a room with him, feel nothing different.

Not only did his teammates find it ordinary, but the media and fans also felt that this was just an ordinary opening match of an ordinary Premier League season.

Because this was not a clash between two strong teams, there was no suspense.

The only thing everyone was concerned about was: Oh, after this game, the new season of the Premier League will begin, and there will be a game to watch every weekend from now on.

That was all.

No one knew that they were actually in the midst of history, becoming part of an important historical starting point.

Even many years later, these people would not have a deep impression when they thought of this day. Only those who were obsessed with football data would realize how different this day was...

Because today, Chen Hero took the first step towards becoming the greatest.

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Chapter 1 The Beginning

Bramall Lane, which can accommodate 30,900 people, was packed today.

More than 26,000 local Sheffield United fans came to the stadium to witness the team's first game after returning to the Premier League.

The other three thousand were Liverpool fans.

The atmosphere in the stadium was very fiery as the game just started.

Sheffield United fans were full of passion and anticipation for the Premier League.

The last time they appeared in the Premier League was in the 2006-2007 season.

In that season, they were relegated to the Championship as eighteenth place, and then they floated and sank in the lower leagues. In the 2010-2011 season, they were even relegated to League One.

Now, after all the hardships, they finally managed to get promoted. They naturally had reason to look forward to the Premier League, which they had been away from for many years.

In fact, Sheffield United is not a team with a deep history in the English league. In the club's more than 100-year history, there are no achievements worth boasting about, except for four FA Cup titles and one top league title, all of which were before World War II.

The most recent thing worth boasting about may be the 1992-1993 season, when they were one of the founders of the Premier League.

However, they were relegated in the second season as twentieth place.

It was not until the 2005-2006 season that they were successfully promoted, and they were relegated again after one season in the Premier League.

This was the time when they returned to the Premier League again.

Compared to when they were relegated, the biggest change in the Premier League was that Liverpool had replaced Manchester United as the Premier League hegemon.

And now they have to face the Premier League hegemon as soon as they come up.

Despite this, they were still full of expectations for this Premier League journey.

They expected the team to be able to stay in the Premier League after one season, and they also expected their team to be able to stay in the Premier League for three consecutive seasons.

They also expected a lot of things.

They were like bumpkins who had just arrived in this colorful world, full of novel fantasies about everything. They believed that this world was so beautiful, the sky was blue, the flowers were red, the air was fresh, and everyone on the street was smiling and friendly...

But someone spoiled the fun and poured a bucket of cold water on them, drenching their aspirations and enthusiasm.

This villain was Chen Hero.