Chapter 1 The Competition Is Near

Chen Hero, Suarez, and Richards were still exchanging saliva as the game drew closer.

Manchester City fans were ready. They had created many slogans and cartoons mocking and attacking Chen Hero to display at the game. They even wrote a song specifically to curse him.

Of course, they were very careful this time not to involve any racial discrimination. As long as there was no racial discrimination, it was just a common personal attack, and almost no one would care.

A leader of a Manchester City fan group said, "We have prepared a lot of 'gifts' for Hero!"

What they didn't know was that Chen Hero had also prepared Liverpool for them, not many, just five…

But Chen Hero didn't say it in advance. In fact, so far, besides himself, Cabrera, his father, and coach Martin O'Neill, no one else knew that he would score five goals in this game.

He was going to give Manchester City a huge "surprise"!

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The duel between the first and second place teams in the league has always been the focus of everyone's attention, and the media has also paid close attention to this game.

From the pre-match verbal sparring between the two sides to the rendering of the tense atmosphere, the media has made great contributions.

Now, the game is finally about to begin.

From the moment the players boarded the bus to the Etihad Stadium, fans had gathered around the stadium.

A large number of police officers were on duty outside the stadium, separating Liverpool fans from Manchester City fans. There were broadcasts instructing Liverpool fans to enter the stadium through Gate 5, which was specially prepared for them, following voice and signage prompts.

When they saw Liverpool fans, Manchester City fans would sing songs insulting Chen Hero. The lyrics were as unpleasant as possible, but there was no racial discrimination, not even close.

Whenever they sang, Liverpool fans would respond with shouts of "Hero, Hero!"

And the Manchester police nervously watched the fans of both sides, gripping their batons and shields, fearing that there would be some violent conflict between the fans.

This scene ultimately did not happen. Everyone just yelled at each other across the human wall composed of two rows of police officers, and did not take further action.

After cursing, everyone went their own way.

When the Liverpool bus arrived at the stadium, this atmosphere reached its climax.

Those Manchester City fans who were waiting outside jumped up as if they had taken drugs when they saw the Liverpool bus, waving the cartoons, flags and slogans in their hands, and constantly giving the middle finger to the bus, cursing obscenely.

"It's really lively..." Suarez couldn't help but click his tongue after seeing this scene, and then he poked Chen Hero, who was resting with his eyes closed and listening to music, without any heart.

"What?" Chen Hero turned his head to look at him, taking off his headphones at the same time.

"They're cursing you, Hero," Suarez pointed to the scene outside the car window.

Chen Hero glanced at it, and a slogan of "fuCk_u, hero!" came into his eyes.

Chen Hero snorted, "Are they afraid their team won't lose badly enough?"

Many of Chen Hero's teammates also noticed the noise and scenes outside, and they all poked their heads out to look. When they saw that they were all cursing Chen Hero, some people turned their heads to look at Chen Hero.

Playing in such an environment is really a severe test for Chen Hero... They were all worried about Chen Hero in their hearts. Anyway, they asked themselves that their performance would definitely be affected under such great pressure.

I don't know if Chen Hero can be unaffected and perform normally...

After Chen Hero snorted, he put his headphones back on, rested his head on the back of the seat, and then entered a state of rest with his eyes closed.

Suarez, on the other hand, watched with great interest, and muttered from time to time: "Oh yeah! They call you a stupid bear, Hero! But why do I think this footwork is very cute?" "Huh? This is... They say you are a pig... This can't be tolerated! Hero!" "Look at this, it's quite similar, but why add such a dirty word below..."

Through this experience outside the stadium, the Liverpool players were very clear about what kind of situation they would encounter at the Etihad Stadium.

But in fact, they don't have to worry, because the MT (main tank) is Chen Hero, and he has firmly attracted all the anger and hatred of the Manchester City fans to himself.

Perhaps only Suarez among the other players will be affected, and the feelings of the others may be no different from any other game.

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When Liverpool went out to warm up, Chen Hero had already heard a lot of boos and curses aimed at him.

But he didn't take it to heart at all. As usual, he finished the warm-up very calmly.

The Chinese reporters in the press box were more excited and angry than Chen Hero.

Because they could all understand what the Manchester City fans were cursing. In addition to cursing Chen Hero, Chen Hero's motherland, China, was also shot for no reason countless times.

Things like "Chinese get out" were shouted countless times by Manchester City fans.

It's ironic to say that if you say "Yellow-skinned pigs get out," someone will definitely sue you for racial discrimination, but if you say "Chinese get out," it's very normal...

But these words don't sound normal to the Chinese.

"These people are too hateful!"

"It's simply too much!"

"Can we sue them for racial discrimination?"

"I'm afraid not... Damn it!"

"The Manchester City fans are too much, right? If you have any dissatisfaction with Hero, you can boo him in the game. Why attack his motherland? China hasn't offended them!"

"Ahem... This, the British are originally hostile to the Chinese. The British government always promotes *****... They think the Chinese have taken their jobs and money..."

"What is all this mess!"

"I especially hope that Hero scores more goals in the game to shut those people up!"

"Damn it! Too hateful, these Manchester City fans! Hero, help us teach them a lesson!"

A group of people in the press box were indignant. The players on both sides had returned to the locker room. More and more fans on both sides of the stands quickly filled the Etihad Stadium.

The game is about to begin.

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Martin O'Neill stood in front of his men, feeling turbulent. This game was a direct dialogue between the first and second place teams in the league, a game worth six points.

But none of this was enough to make him feel emotional at this time.

The reason why he was feeling turbulent was the bet between Chen Hero and himself.

Chen Hero had not mentioned this matter to himself since then, but Martin O'Neill would not think that Chen Hero gave up the plan to return to his country. Maybe he just didn't want to give himself a chance to regret it...

"This game..." O'Neill opened his mouth and said. "Is very important."

This was nonsense.

"I hope you take it seriously. We are playing away, which seems very unfavorable to us, but it may not be so. I know that there is actually no need to mobilize, but I still want to say a few words..."

Martin O'Neill continued to stare at Chen Hero, observing the changes in his expression. But he didn't see anything. Chen Hero's face was calm, and he couldn't even see any tension or excitement.

In this respect, O'Neill felt that he was not as good as one of his players...

"We will encounter many difficulties, but no matter what, focus your attention on the game, and nothing can interfere with you. Your opponents are always eleven people."

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Mancini felt that the players on both sides were too angry before the game, which may not be a good thing. If it was an away game, it would be a good thing, but he happened to be the home team. If the anger was too great, coupled with the hot atmosphere of the home game, it might directly burn his brain.

Therefore, he didn't plan to let Richards play at first, but the team's defense was currently suffering from serious injuries, and there were too few people available, so Richards had the opportunity to start.

Now he has to give Richards a good reminder.

"Micah, don't think about those messy things, concentrate your attention on the court! Did you hear me?"

Richards nodded: "Don't worry, boss! I'm not that kind of person!"

Of course, he wouldn't say something stupid like "I won't listen to you, I just want to fight Chen Hero."

Richards also knew that Mancini didn't really want to let him play, so if he didn't behave a little better, he might be taken off the starting list by Mancini.

But deep down, his hatred for Chen Hero grew deeper and deeper—if it weren't for you, would I have fallen to the point where I could only play by pretending to be a grandson in front of the coach?!

Mancini didn't know if Richards had really calmed down. He couldn't see through other people's inner thoughts, so he could only sigh and turn away.

I hope Richards can take care of himself...

"Okay, gentlemen. The game is about to begin. I hope you can keep a calm mind and not be swayed by the media and public opinion. Today's game is really just an ordinary game. There are thirty-eight rounds in the league, and the winner of the league will definitely not be determined by the outcome of this game."

Mancini poured cold water on the whole team to cool down.

This game is actually very crucial, and everything he said was false. Because it was so crucial, he had to use lies to calm the players down. In his own home court, there was really no need to be too passionate. As long as they played normally, Mancini believed that the team could defeat Liverpool.

Chen Hero?

He was not worried about this person, because the strategic focus of this game was not on Chen Hero. Liverpool's defense has a good ability to defend against air balls. They are all tall defenders over 1.9 meters, but their collective problem is that they are slow to turn around and react slowly.

Therefore, what he arranged for this game was a technical forward combination of Lotley and Aguero, just against the tall defense composed of Koscielny and Agger.

No matter how many goals you can score, Chen Hero, can you score more than our whole team?

In today's game, we don't compete in defense, we compete in goals!

Let's see who scores more goals!

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ps, Today is four updates!