Chapter 1 Liverpool's First Champions League Group Match

Liverpool's first Champions League group match was away against Paris Saint-Germain. As a traditional French powerhouse, Paris Saint-Germain were last season's Ligue 1 champions, but in the eyes of Liverpool and Chen Hero, Paris Saint-Germain were just a mid-tier team in this group.

Despite playing away, Liverpool's goal was victory.

As his first match back in the Champions League, Chen Hero also hoped to use this match to announce to everyone that he, the super center who once struck fear into the hearts of opponents, was back!

In an interview, Chen Hero showed great confidence: "Our goal is victory. No matter when, our goal is victory!"

Faced with Chen Hero's aggressive provocations, Paris Saint-Germain were not to be outdone.

"This is the Champions League, yes, this is not the Europa League!"

Yes, don't think that you can be complacent just because you scored thirty goals in the Europa League last season! This is the Champions League! It's a completely different level of competition than the Europa League! You will soon know how difficult the Champions League is!

While the Paris Saint-Germain people thought this, they all overlooked the fact that Chen Hero had won the Champions League Golden Boot twice in a row...

The Champions League is by no means unfamiliar to Chen Hero!

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The match between Liverpool and Paris Saint-Germain had not yet started, but the Chinese fans were definitely among the most concerned about this match. Because they could finally see their national hero in the Champions League!

The day before the match, various topics related to this match were the most popular online.

Everyone was enthusiastically discussing and guessing what kind of performance Chen Hero would have. Scoring goals was certain, without any suspense. The suspense was how many goals he could score.

Most people guessed a brace.

Chen Hero once had the title of "Mr. Brace" in Italy. Scoring two goals was his favorite number of goals, and it was also the easiest for him to achieve.

But these people greatly underestimated Chen Hero's enthusiasm for returning to the Champions League.

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"Hero, Hero! Hero! Hero! Hero—Hero!!!! Beautiful! So beautiful! This goal is really beautiful!!"

The commentator stood up from his seat and shouted with his arms raised.

"Liverpool took the lead in the eleventh minute! And the person who deserves the credit is Chen Hero! His goal helped Liverpool take this lead!"

"Great! Hero announced his return with a signature header! This is his first goal since returning to the Champions League!"

Amidst the commentators' cheers, Chen Hero ran to the camera in the corner flag area with his arms open, patted his chest, and shouted at the camera: "im_back!!"

I'm back!

All you mortals, be careful!

"What a beautiful return! First match, first goal! Hero has begun his Champions League journey this season!"

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Liverpool fans who had traveled with the team to Paris to cheer were cheering in the stands. The Red Giant Bear organization was waving a newly made banner non-stop. On the red banner was a golden bear head.

On the coaching bench, everyone around Martin O'Neill was cheering and celebrating, but he himself was still sitting there looking indifferent.

It wasn't that he was dissatisfied with Chen Hero's goal, he just felt a little surprised—the start of this match was unexpectedly good. Liverpool seemed to have gotten a big advantage, which made him feel a little unreal.

Did we really take the lead so easily? And it's still away from home!

With Chen Hero, what should have been a very difficult away trip has turned into an easy journey... As the head coach, he was a little unaccustomed to it...

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Chen Hero obviously wouldn't let Paris Saint-Germain off easily. It wasn't because he still had any grudges with Paris Saint-Germain, he just felt that his first Champions League match after his return, if he only scored one goal... how boring!

One goal couldn't be considered a "strong return."

It wouldn't be enough to shake the entire European football scene.

He was already tired of everyone always talking about Messi and C. Ronaldo. It seemed that only those two were good enough in today's football world, and everyone else was light years away from them.

He wanted to firmly imprint his name in everyone's hearts, so that as soon as they thought of football, of the Champions League, they would think of him, Chen Hero.

He also wanted to use this match to tell his two competitors—I'm back, this is no longer a place for you to run wild!

So how could one goal be enough?

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Paris Saint-Germain deserved to be playing at home, and they deserved to be last season's Ligue 1 champions. They still had the strength and foundation. So in the thirty-first minute, they tied the score.

But the Parisians' good mood didn't last until halftime.

Because near the end of the first half, Liverpool scored again... or, to be more precise, Chen Hero scored again!

"Hero receives the ball with his back to the goal outside the penalty area, and then... Beautiful! Beautiful turn! He's past them! Shot—!! goooooooooooooooAL!!!"

"Turning around, dribbling past the defender, shooting and scoring, all in one go! This is the center Chen Hero who is best at getting the ball with his back to the goal! Dealing with him has made many world-class defenders rack their brains, but Paris Saint-Germain has no power to fight back!"

Now it seems that Chen Hero is indeed quite unsolvable—his header is excellent, everyone knows that. His right foot has a very good long-range shooting ability, which has become his regular weapon. In addition, he is also good at poaching and has excellent off-the-ball movement in front of the goal. Then his ability to turn around and take the ball one-on-one is also amazing. It is rare to see a player in today's football world with such outstanding ability to get the ball with his back to the goal. In addition to this, he also has a free kick skill that can accurately hit the goal from any distance and any angle.

As long as it is a way to score, he can do almost everything.

The only weakness is his left foot, but he has been working hard to improve it.

When one day, his left foot also achieves great success, he, Chen Hero, will probably be invincible in the world...

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After scoring the goal, Chen Hero no longer announced his return, because he had already announced it.

He just hugged his teammates and celebrated the goal.

His reaction was quite ordinary after scoring the goal, but the audience in front of the TV couldn't calm down.

Especially the Chinese TV audience, seeing that Chen Hero had already scored two goals in the first half, they were all so excited that they cursed.

"Fuck! He's fucking awesome!"

"Damn! Is he still human?!"

"What is Hero made of?! He scored twice in his first match back!"

"Hero's ability has broken through the sky!"

"I guessed that Hero could score two goals, but now I think he can score more than just that!"

Not only the Chinese fans were restless, but the Chinese commentators were also restless.

"Under normal circumstances, in a match like this where a player returns, although he is carrying the expectations of many people, his performance may not meet these expectations. Because expectations may also turn into huge pressure... We have seen this situation many times... But this situation has never happened to Chen Hero! He seems to be deliberately going against 'normal circumstances.' Everyone can feel free and confident to place their wishes and hopes on Chen Hero, and then... he will give you a satisfactory answer and will never disappoint you. I think, being able to see such a player playing in our time is really our luck..." He Ping said very emotionally.

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Chen Hero's brace in the first half not only allowed Liverpool to regain the lead, but also extinguished the fighting spirit that Paris Saint-Germain had finally ignited.

In the second half, the two sides changed sides and fought again, but Paris Saint-Germain did not show any must-win fighting spirit and confidence. Because throughout the halftime break, their coach was trying to find a way to stop Chen Hero, but he got nothing.

This disappointing atmosphere suddenly permeated the entire team.

Everyone realized that the Chen Hero in front of them was invincible, an unsolvable bug.

Maybe there are people who can deal with him, but it is definitely not us, Paris Saint-Germain.

Perhaps to confirm this idea.

Ten minutes into the second half, Paris Saint-Germain tied the score!

But this goal had nothing to do with them. It was an own goal scored by Agger.

No matter what method is used, as long as they can tie the score, that is good. Now the two sides are on the same starting line. As long as Paris Saint-Germain works harder, maybe they can turn defeat into victory?

So just when the Paris Saint-Germain players and fans were starting to have this kind of thinking, Chen Hero stood up again.

He was like a ruthless grim reaper, coldly reaping the life and hope of Paris Saint-Germain.

At that time, Gerrard suddenly shot from long range outside the penalty area. The Paris Saint-Germain goalkeeper reacted in time, but fumbled the ball. Just when no one had reacted, Chen Hero appeared at the landing point of the football, next to the goalkeeper.

The Paris Saint-Germain goalkeeper was lying on the ground and suddenly felt a darkness in front of his eyes. He looked up and found that Chen Hero was above him. His huge body blocked the stadium lights, which was why he felt a darkness in front of his eyes.

Because it was backlight, he couldn't see Chen Hero's face clearly, but he could feel that Chen Hero seemed to have glanced at him, paused for a moment, and then easily pushed the football under his feet into the empty goal.

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"Hero! Ah! Ah ah! Ah ah ah ah! Hat-trick! Hat-trick!" The commentator went crazy.

Everyone thought there was no suspense that Chen Hero would score a goal in his first match back—what's so great about a player with such fighting spirit scoring a goal in his first match by risking his life?

Scoring two goals... everyone also thought it was very possible. If he was in good shape, it wouldn't be difficult to score another goal, right?

But a hat-trick, many people didn't expect!

Because a hat-trick and a brace are completely two different difficulty levels. Just because you can score a brace doesn't mean you can score a hat-trick. In addition to strength, luck is also essential.

But he just completed it so easily!

Is he still human? Is he really human!

This was the first thought that came to many people's minds...