Chapter 1 Ironic Remarks

"I have to thank UEFA for giving me a day to get back here for the Super Cup, otherwise I'd have had to run out the door with the trophy in my hands."

Chen Hero's first words, while holding the trophy, surprised many people, but once he said them, everyone burst into laughter. Because everyone knew that Chen Hero meant something by it.

UEFA put the Super Cup and the awards ceremony in two different places, with such a short time interval. This arrangement caused a lot of questions and dissatisfaction as soon as it came out.

But in the end, Platini's explanation was passable.

However, everyone still had a knot in their hearts.

Now that Chen Hero had stabbed it out in front of Platini, everyone couldn't help but laugh.

Being slapped in the face, Platini's face was not very good.

His face wasn't good not because Chen Hero ridiculed him, but because Chen Hero saw through his little thoughts.

He knew what Chen Hero meant by saying this.

He had a kind of embarrassment and anger that his privacy had been exposed in public.

But he couldn't do anything to Chen Hero.

In fact, he could only stand outside now, watching Chen Hero talk nonsense, and hoping that he wouldn't say anything more embarrassing.

After everyone finished laughing, Chen Hero continued, "This is the second time I've won this honor. Actually, I really want to suggest to UEFA… can you change the design? The name is 'UEFA Golden Globe Award', but this trophy's shape really has nothing to do with a 'ball'…"

In short, he was still complaining about the ugly trophy design.

Platini really wanted to spit in his face: If you think it's ugly, why are you holding it so tight! If you think it's ugly, don't take it!

"It feels really good to win the Golden Globe again after four years. Thank you to the journalists who voted for me, you are the real football connoisseurs!" Chen Hero gave those journalists a thumbs up, and there was another burst of laughter at the scene.

"Although this trophy is ugly, I still like it very much, after all, it's very meaningful. It would be even better if it was a little more beautiful…" It seemed that Chen Hero had a deep resentment towards the trophy's design.

"Thank you all for voting for me, I will continue to work hard and guarantee that you won't feel that your votes were wasted. I hope that at this time next year, at this time the year after next, and at this time every year in the future, I can stand here, holding the trophy and saying thank you to everyone!"

Everyone laughed again at these words.

Because everyone took Chen Hero's words as a joke to liven up the atmosphere.

How could he be standing here holding the trophy every year?

Even if you are strong, there is still Messi.

Messi would definitely not let Chen Hero monopolize the Golden Globe.

Platini was also amused by Chen Hero's words. He had seen arrogant and shameless people, but he had never seen such an arrogant and shameless person!

You still want to come every year? Dream on!

The awards ceremony ended with Chen Hero's joke, and after a short break, the draw began.

Everyone took Chen Hero's words as a joke.

No one could have imagined that Chen Hero was very serious when he said this.

When he said he wanted to monopolize the Golden Globe, then he was really working towards that goal, which was completely different from just saying it casually.

But these people can't know now.

Only time will tell whether Chen Hero was joking.

Chen Hero didn't mind the people who were laughing, he walked off the stage with a smile on his face, looking smug.

But in his mind, he had already begun to imagine what the expressions on those people's faces would be next year when he stepped onto the podium and received the trophy from Platini…

Most importantly, what would be the expression on Platini's face when he presented the award to him… tsk tsk, it's really exciting just thinking about it!

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Chen Hero wasn't interested in the draw at all, but Niang was looking forward to it, wondering who they would meet and who they would miss.

Chen Hero sat next to him, playing Pro Evolution Soccer on his phone, choosing his own team, Liverpool, and thrashing the two people who were on stage with him in the game again and again.

It wasn't until Liverpool was drawn that he looked up to show concern.

Liverpool was drawn into Group C, the third group. The opponents in the same group were not strong, and this group draw was very good for Liverpool.

In addition to Liverpool, the other three teams in Group C were PSV Eindhoven from the Netherlands, Monaco from Ligue 1, and Galatasaray from Turkey.

The gap between these three teams and Liverpool is very large, and they are not enough to threaten Liverpool at all. Therefore, in this group, there is no suspense that Liverpool will qualify from the group, and there is no suspense that they will be first in the group.

The suspense starts from the round of 16, seeing which team Liverpool will meet at that time.

Because this group was too suspense-free, the result didn't cause any ripples. Even Chen Hero just glanced up and continued to play the Pro Evolution Soccer game he endorsed on his phone.

Niang seemed very happy. With less resistance in the group stage, the team could accumulate more strength to deal with opponents in the knockout stage. At the same time, the pressure faced in the league and domestic competitions would be much less.

It seemed that even luck was helping them this time, and Liverpool really had a chance to win seven titles!

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The next day, the media devoted a lot of space to reporting on the awards ceremony and draw that took place the night before. As a player who had won the European Golden Globe for the second time, Chen Hero naturally became the focus of everyone's attention.

Major media around the world introduced this star, who didn't actually need any introduction, to the fans, listing his wonderful performances in the past season, and telling everyone why the final Golden Globe winner was him, not Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo.

It was nothing more than a list of data and nauseating flattery.

Of course, some media also mentioned Chen Hero's "joke" – that's how they labeled it.

The media that mentioned it didn't take it seriously, but just reported it as a small episode, a piece of trivia.

While these media were promoting Chen Hero, the person in question was already sitting with Niang on a plane from Monaco to Prague.

The plane was delayed by an hour, and they finally arrived at their hotel in Prague at four o'clock in the afternoon, where they met their teammates.

When the teammates saw Chen Hero, they praised him for his good verbal skills. The first sentence he said made UEFA blush with shame!

"Platini was behind you, you might not have seen it, Hero. But I saw it… as soon as you said that, his face looked bad, hahaha!"

"Only you could say that. If it were me, even if you gave me ten guts, I wouldn't dare to say it…"

"But it felt really good when I watched it!"

Platini's excuse was only believed by other people, the Liverpool players wouldn't believe it. They had the same idea as Chen Hero - this arrangement was a small trick aimed at Liverpool.

The purpose was to make Chen Hero travel back and forth, consuming a lot of physical energy for no reason, affecting his condition, and then performing poorly in the game, leading to the team's loss.

So everyone felt relieved when they saw Chen Hero say this on TV.

Martin O'Neill appeared and dispersed the players surrounding Chen Hero: "You should let Hero rest for a while? He just got off the plane!"

Everyone cooperated and moved away.

Although complaining was a relief, it was only lip service and didn't count for anything.

They all knew that the real relief was to defeat Feyenoord in the evening game, slap Platini in the face and tell him that no matter how you trip us up, we are still the champions!

That would be the real relief!

But Chen Hero smiled and waved his hand: "It's okay, I slept on the plane, I'm full of energy now!"

Martin O'Neill glared: "That's not okay either, you need to rest!"

Seeing the coach being so cautious, Chen Hero didn't know what to say, so he had to honestly go to his room to rest.

He also knew that the reason why the coach was so cautious was also because he wanted to defeat Feyenoord and win this Super Cup.

Seven championships, we are about to get the second one!

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Chen Hero didn't really fall asleep in the room, he didn't even bother to lie on the bed to pretend, he went directly into the instance space for a simple training session. He hadn't trained with the whole team for the past two days. Many people were worried about his condition and his coordination with his teammates.

But in Chen Hero's view, these were not problems, because he had the instance.

He could train with the virtual Liverpool team in the instance space, so he didn't miss a single training session. Now he was taking advantage of the opportunity to be alone in his room to do a final warm-up and adjust his condition to the best for the evening game.

While he was sweating profusely in the instance, the phone rang. He quickly exited the instance and instantly appeared next to the phone, then grabbed the receiver.

He was so quick that the coach on the other end, Martin O'Neill, was startled: "Why did you answer so quickly, Hero? Weren't you sleeping?"

"I told you, boss. I don't need to rest, I'm full of energy!"

"Uh… okay, okay. Then come down now, we're leaving after dinner."

The only players who could enjoy the coach's personal wake-up service were Gerrard and Chen Hero. But this had never happened before, so Chen Hero was the first.

This shows Chen Hero's status in this team.

Even the coach didn't dare to offend him, Chen Hero was the supreme emperor of this team…

After a simple dinner with his teammates, he rested for a while, then got on the bus to Eden Arena.

The European Super Cup was about to begin.