Chapter 1 The English Premier League

Judging from the first round of the league, the English Premier League this season might be very intense. Because all the traditional powerhouses won… Liverpool won 3:1 against Sunderland away, Arsenal narrowly defeated West Bromwich Albion 1:0 at home, Chelsea won 4:0 against Stoke City at home, Manchester United went through a tough battle at home to beat Newcastle United 2:1, and Manchester City beat Aston Villa 4:2 away.

"No upsets, no suspense, all the strong teams passed. This indicates that the Premier League this season will be more competitive. Manchester United, Arsenal, Chelsea, and Liverpool, the traditional top four, are all performing well. Although Manchester City lost the championship in the final moments for two consecutive seasons, their management made a very correct decision. After a summer full of rumors, they kept Mancini, so Manchester City also continued their strong performance in these two seasons, beating Aston Villa 4:2 away… It seems that this season’s Premier League can give us more to look forward to.”

"In addition, Tottenham and Everton are also performing well. This season's Premier League has the glory of the early Serie A 'Little World Cup,' with multiple teams capable of competing. It seems that the overlord Manchester United will face challenges from many opponents…"

Liverpool, who got off to a good start in the league, continued their efforts in the second round, defeating Stoke City 2:1 at home.

After two rounds of league play, Liverpool has won both games, but Manchester City, Manchester United, and Chelsea have also won both games. Arsenal lost the game and are temporarily behind in this long race.

After this league game, the entire Liverpool team has to prepare for the European Super Cup against Real Madrid.

In addition, Liverpool's general manager, Niang, will have to represent the club in Monaco to participate in the new season's Champions League group stage draw.

Chen Hero also followed the team to Monaco, but he did not participate in the draw ceremony. Although UEFA invited him, because he is one of the three finalists for this season's UEFA Golden Globe Award, many media outlets have already revealed in advance that the honor of this UEFA Golden Globe Award will belong to the Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo, who led Real Madrid to win the domestic league title and the Champions League title. Chen Hero's presence would just be for show.

Chen Hero doesn't do things that make him a supporting role for others. Not to mention that Ronaldo, like Messi, doesn't get along with Chen Hero.

Why should he support someone he doesn't get along with?

Chen Hero simply declined UEFA's invitation on the grounds that he wanted to concentrate on preparing for the Super Cup, so only two candidates appeared on the scene this time—Messi and Ronaldo.

Anyone with eyes could see that Chen Hero was uncomfortable with UEFA and the two candidates. However, everyone also knows that this is Chen Hero's style, so there was no surprise, only a very small number of people complained that Chen Hero was too impolite to do so. Those who said this were still Portuguese, Spanish, and Argentine media.

Chen Hero ignored them.

Actually, it wasn't entirely an excuse to just find a reason not to go. This European Super Cup is indeed very important to Chen Hero. Because once Cristiano Ronaldo wins the award, he will have a chance to speak directly to him. He wants to defeat Ronaldo in this game, not to prove that he deserves the Golden Globe Award more than Ronaldo—the Golden Globe Award values team honors more, and he also knows that the Europa League champion is not as important as the Champions League champion… He just wants to stir up Ronaldo's celebration party and add some unexpected trouble to him…

To put it bluntly, it's just to disgust this opponent who doesn't like each other.

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Unsurprisingly, Platini finally awarded the Golden Globe Award to a beaming Ronaldo. The Portuguese had been suppressed by Messi for many years, and finally successfully regained the Golden Globe Award with a big outbreak last season.

And although Messi was applauding next to him, the lonely expression on his face made many of his fans feel sorry for him.

If this Golden Globe Award belonged to him, his supporters would have been eager to shout the title of "New King of Football," but unfortunately, he was cut off by Ronaldo at the most critical moment.

While the whole world was broadcasting the awards ceremony and the draw ceremony live, Chen Hero didn't watch it. He was buried in hard training in the instance.

Skillfully using his left foot to control the ball is painful and difficult for Chen Hero, who is not left-handed, not to mention that the person passing the ball to him is Maradona, who is deliberately making things difficult for him.

But Chen Hero still made great progress. This is first of all due to his persistence, and then to the training effect bonus in the instance. Another important factor is the "Weak Foot Precision" talent. Since obtaining this talent, Chen Hero has thrown all the talent points he gained from upgrading into it. Currently, this talent has been upgraded to the fourth level. Now, each level requires a lot of experience, and upgrading is much more difficult than before. It is really not easy for Chen Hero to upgrade three levels in such a short period of time after obtaining this talent.

The Europa League task helped him a lot, otherwise, he would not know when he would be able to upgrade by relying solely on accumulating experience points in training.

After Chen Hero was tortured by Maradona for another hour and a half, he collapsed on the ground, his chest heaving violently, and his whole body was as if he had been fished out of the water.

But he was very happy, because he had just heard a "ding" sound!

This sound effect means that he has leveled up again!

Gained a brand new talent point, his left foot ability has reached a new level!

Thinking that his left foot ability is going to be stronger than it is now, Chen Hero feels very excited and has a sense of accomplishment.

People say that Cristiano Ronaldo is the most all-round player in the world of football today. I, Chen Hero, will let them see who is the most all-round!

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Twenty-four hours after the awards ceremony, the European Super Cup kicked off at the Louis II Stadium in Monaco.

Real Madrid, the champion of the Champions League last season, against Liverpool, the champion of the Europa League!

Real Madrid is strong and strong, and Liverpool is not to be outdone. This is a real European top showdown at the level of a wealthy family. It is not like the winners of the Europa League in the past are mostly teams from second-rate leagues, or second-rate teams from first-rate leagues. It doesn't look like a battle for the king of European kings at all.

This time, whether it is Liverpool or Real Madrid, there are many records in European warfare that they are proud of—the number of Champions League titles won by these two teams has reached fifteen! They are one of the most successful teams in European football history.

Moreover, these two teams have a lot of origins.

There is both gratitude and resentment.

Real Madrid's current coach, Mourinho, was very close to the Champions League final when he coached Chelsea. But his team was defeated by Liverpool in the semi-finals in a penalty shootout. He coached at Chelsea for many years, but he was never able to lead the team to the final, which became his regret.

Secondly, he once defeated Liverpool at Chelsea and made a "shut up" gesture to Liverpool fans in the League Cup final, which caused an uproar and showed his attitude towards Liverpool.

He once said that he would never coach Liverpool. Although he did not reveal the reason, everyone guessed that it might be because he wanted to succeed Ferguson and coach Manchester United, so he would not choose to coach Manchester United's sworn enemy Liverpool.

Mourinho's feelings for Liverpool are a personal grievance.

Similarly, the Liverpool players' views on Cristiano Ronaldo are also personal grievances—during the Premier League era, Ronaldo was not liked by Liverpool players because he was a Manchester United player, Liverpool's sworn enemy. And now that Liverpool has Chen Hero, they feel even more that compared with Chen Hero, Ronaldo is nothing! Yesterday Ronaldo won the UEFA Golden Globe Award, and the Liverpool players were still very upset for Chen Hero. They felt that in terms of strength, Chen Hero was not inferior to Ronaldo at all. Ronaldo was able to win the Golden Globe Award only because his fame accumulation was greater than Chen Hero's…

The grievances between Liverpool and Real Madrid are between teams. Real Madrid was slapped in the face by Liverpool in the Champions League. That was still in the 08-09 season. In the Champions League quarter-finals, Real Madrid was defeated by Liverpool 1:0 in their home court, and was swept 4:0 by Liverpool in the away game. That game was full of controversial penalties, so the Real Madrid people were not convinced of their loss. Later, the two teams never met again.

Of course, the two sides are not entirely "resentful." There are players in both teams who have played for the other side. On Real Madrid's side are Xavi Alonso and Arbeloa, and on Liverpool's side is Sahin. This has also strengthened the connection between the two teams to some extent. It is worth mentioning that Alonso and Arbeloa both participated in the Champions League knockout match that defeated Real Madrid 4:0 at home that year. They were Liverpool players at the time.

In addition, there is one thing that always makes people associate the two teams together—

In the 2011-2012 season, Real Madrid had a away jersey that was all red.

Since the sponsors of both teams at that time were still Adidas, Real Madrid's red away jersey, at first glance, would make people think it was Liverpool's home jersey.

Even Xavi Alonso said that he felt strange when he wore this red jersey—"I always think I am still fighting for Liverpool…"

It can be said that this game is tense for some people, and it may be quite affectionate for others…

When the players from both sides shook hands, Alonso not only shook hands, but also hugged Gerrard. The two were midfield partners at Liverpool. On the night when Liverpool reversed AC Milan and created the miracle of Istanbul, the two sounded the horn for Liverpool's counterattack in the midfield. Gerrard scored a goal, and Alonso scored a penalty, tying the score and completely destroying the psychological defense of the AC Milan people.

Alonso at that time was still quite young. Now he has become a veteran… It is inevitable that some former teammates and friends will feel a little emotional when they meet again on the court.

Chen Hero and Cristiano Ronaldo are both global spokespersons for Pro Evolution Soccer, but they both look down on each other. They both think that they are the most awesome and arrogant people. It is enough for me to be such an arrogant person in this world, and another one is completely superfluous.

Therefore, when the two shook hands, they were very tacit, and neither of them looked at each other—Chen Hero looked into the distance, looking at the stands in front, Ronaldo simply turned his head when shaking hands.

"We all know that Hero is not convinced by the result of this Golden Globe Award. This game is going to be good! Hahaha!" The commentator laughed, because if these two players play their best, it is a good thing for the watching fans.