Lin Hai Ting Tao
Chapter 1142 An Enemy's Enemy is a Friend (Fourth Update Seeking Monthly Tickets)
Old Brown's health was actually not good, and the doctor suggested that he should quit drinking. He had followed the doctor's advice and quit drinking for several years, but now he actually took the initiative to ask for a drink, which surprised everyone.
His wife was very surprised.
"Did you win the EuroMillions lottery?" his wife asked.
Old Brown glared at her dissatisfied: "Woman! All you can think about is vulgar things like money!"
"Then what good thing made you so happy?" his wife asked, spreading her hands.
"It's a good thing anyway!"
Hero told Brown to keep it a secret. If Brown told his wife right away, wouldn't that be letting Hero down?
His wife rolled her eyes: "It's probably related to the game the day after tomorrow."
The expression on Brown's face froze for a moment, but he quickly returned to normal and snorted, "What does a woman know? Where's my wine?"
He got two promises from Chen Hero, both related to the league championship. Chen Hero's previous performance reassured him. Chen Hero had never disappointed him, just like he responded to the fans' cheers on the field.
He was able to get two promises from Chen Hero, so this matter would definitely not fall through. He felt that this time, the Premier League title should be his.
For twenty-two years, since the establishment of the Premier League, Liverpool, as the former overlord of England, had never won a league title.
How could Liverpool fans bear this?
They could only watch helplessly as their arch-rivals Manchester United continued to win championships in the Premier League, gradually catching up in the number of championships.
The league title seemed like a curse.
Liverpool's closest chance to the Premier League title was in the 08-09 season, when Manchester United won the league title, and Liverpool finished second, only four points behind Manchester United.
Since then, Liverpool had been getting worse year by year.
As a loyal Liverpool fan, Old Brown naturally knew the significance of the league title for Liverpool. Now that he had received a championship promise from Chen Hero, how could he not be happy?
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Brown was only happy for one day, and soon this "secret that only he knew" became a torment.
He couldn't wait to share it with his friends. When he saw those people sighing and saying that Chen Hero was not in good shape, and that Liverpool was probably finished this time, he felt particularly superior.
You don't know!
Come ask me! Ask me! Ask me, and I still won't tell you!
At first, he felt superior, but later he couldn't help but want to make this matter known to the world. Because before seeing the surprised expressions of Manchester United fans, he wanted to see the surprised, then ecstatic expressions of his own companions. He felt that would be more fulfilling.
But he still remembered what Chen Hero had said to him.
He knew why Chen Hero wanted to keep it a secret, because their Liverpool's opponents were really too strong. Ferguson had been in charge of Manchester United for twenty-eight years, and he was experienced and cunning. What if he couldn't help but say it, and ruined Chen Hero's and Liverpool's great cause?
Brown was feeling very depressed now. If he had known this, he wouldn't have asked Chen Hero that question. Like others, he would have been worried about Liverpool and Chen Hero, and maybe it would have been easier...
From the moment the bus drove into the city of Manchester, the Liverpool players on the bus deeply felt the hatred and hostility from the entire city.
Liverpool had two arch-rivals in this city, one was the long-standing arch-rival Manchester United, and the other was Manchester City, who had recently fallen out with them.
Manchester City had no hope of winning the league title this season. It would be good for them to maintain their third place in the league.
Since they had no hope of winning the championship, did they want their city rivals to win the championship, or did they want Liverpool to win the championship?
Manchester City fans were caught in a Hamlet-style contemplation. In the end, they finally came to a conclusion. Manchester United was certainly hateful, but in recent years, they were still not as hateful as Chen Hero and Liverpool.
So today, Manchester City fans decided to call a truce with Manchester United fans, temporarily forming an alliance to fight against the invading Liverpool people.
In order to put pressure on Liverpool, many Manchester United fans found out Liverpool's travel route and ran along the road holding banners to scold Liverpool and put pressure on them.
The Liverpool players were surprised to see Manchester City fans wearing blue Manchester City jerseys among them.
"I think we should be proud."
Chen Hero said after seeing this scene.
His voice was not low, and his teammates in the same car turned to look at him, wondering why he said that.
"To be able to make city rivals turn hostility into friendship and join forces to deal with us, doesn't that just prove that we ourselves are strong enough, and Manchester United must unite with their city rivals to have hope of defeating us?" Chen Hero said, pointing to the red and blue fans outside the window.
"They're afraid of us, scared to death." He laughed. "We must not let them down, brothers!"
Martin O'Neill was considering how to boost the morale of the players. Although he said that the past few games had intentional elements in them, playing so embarrassingly and being eliminated by Bayern Munich in the Champions League was indeed a blow to morale.
If he couldn't raise the morale of the team and inspire people before the game against Manchester United, Liverpool was very likely to lose at Old Trafford.
But how to boost morale? Tell them "Guys, our previous fatigue was all deliberately done to show the opponent, in fact, you can do it"? This was simply a joke. The players would feel that they were being played, and then their morale would plummet, directly falling to the bottom.
At this moment, he heard Chen Hero's words.
A light was lit in his mind.
That's right! Good opportunity!
He stood up from his seat, clapped his hands, attracted everyone's attention, and then said loudly: "Hero is right, guys. They are really afraid of us. How much courage does it take to make city rivals shake hands and make peace? But they did it, because they are more afraid of us than city rivals! Why are they afraid of us, because we are stronger than them! They know in their hearts that we are stronger than them, and our current ranking is the best proof! During this time, I also noticed that the Manchester media are frantically discussing topics related to Hero not scoring goals. Why are they so energetic? Because they hope that Hero will really be affected as they say, even if they don't have them, they will use the power of public opinion to affect Hero. Now let Hero tell you whether he has been affected or not!"
He pointed to Chen Hero and winked at him at the same time.
The meaning was that it was your turn to play, don't be a coward!
When had Chen Hero ever been a coward?
He stood up, waved his fist, and shouted loudly: "I've been affected by bullshit!"
Although swear words were not good to hear, at this time, nothing was more suitable than swear words.
Sure enough, everyone laughed after Chen Hero finished speaking.
"But I haven't said anything, because I want to give Manchester United a surprise! When they think I'm finished, I want to finish them! So, let them say whatever they want now, their retribution is coming soon!"
Martin O'Neill took over Chen Hero's words and continued: "Yes, guys. We seemed to be exhausted before, but were we really exhausted? Manchester United has been waiting for us, but they don't know that we are actually accumulating strength. Hero wants to give them a surprise, and we also want to give them a surprise!"
He was worried about how to make everyone feel that they had been pretending to be pigs to eat tigers all along. Chen Hero had created another opportunity for him. He only needed to follow Chen Hero's words, and there would be no flaws.
"Manchester United regards this game as a decisive battle, thinking that as long as they defeat us at Old Trafford, they can win the league title. They plan to accomplish everything in one battle. They have been preparing for this game for a long time. But we have also been preparing for a long time! For a long time, we have been pressed down by Manchester United, and can only look up to them as they lift the Premier League championship trophy time after time. As Liverpool, we have never touched this honor. No one would believe it if we said it! But this is the truth. Now we have such a good opportunity to defeat them on their territory and win the championship in front of them! Let Manchester United never be able to threaten us again! So I am actually very grateful that the schedule has given us such an opportunity... Don't let such a good opportunity slip away from your hands! They think we are no longer good, we have no stamina, and the team's top scorer is also out of shape, so they think they can easily defeat us at Old Trafford... Tell them, dream on! Dream on! They shouldn't think too beautifully!"
Liverpool players and Manchester United players were arch-rivals. That kind of hatred would not disappear as long as they were members of their respective teams, but would only become stronger and stronger under the unintentional or intentional "verbal instruction" of the old players, club staff, and team fans.
There were many players in this Liverpool team who had just joined the team for one or two seasons, but now they had obviously adapted well to their new roles and began to spit at Manchester United.
Hearing what the coach said, everyone was filled with hatred for Manchester United, and couldn't wait to go to Old Trafford Stadium to prove to those Manchester United fans and players how big a mistake their contempt was.
"Fuck Manchester United!"
"Let them know how powerful we are!"
"Who the hell said we're finished? I'm still saving my strength to deal with the damn Manchester United people!"
"Let the game come quickly! I can't wait!!"
One by one, the players roared in their seats.
Morale had been boosted.
Martin O'Neill glanced at Chen Hero gratefully, and found that Chen Hero was also roaring at the sky, without any awareness that he was the one who was controlling the morale...
"My big axe is already thirsty!!"