Chapter 51 Problems
The English team players are perhaps the busiest professional football players on the planet.
The match against Arsenal was only completed on October 28, and the two consecutive weekly doubles were over. After a week of rest, the schedule for one week was about to usher in the one-week doubles.
At this time, the players' physical fitness began to have problems.
Krashnich was injured because of physical fitness.
The only thing that makes people feel relieved is Chen Yingxiong. He has no physical problems at all. Whether he is training, competition, or flying to Italy for vacation, he is full of energy...
But recently he had a problem with Martin O'Neal.
He asked Martin O'Neal for leave two months in advance.
"What did you say?" O'Neal frowned. It was not that he had not heard Chen Yingxiong's words. His reflexive question was just a reflexive question. The purpose was to strengthen his tone and express his doubts or other emotions.
"I hope to take two days off after playing the 20th round of the league, and come back on the evening of January 1st, boss." Chen Yingxiong repeated what he had just said.
"But the hero... Our game with Wigan Athletics was on the evening of January 3rd..." Martin O'Neal thought Chen Yingxiong didn't know about this, or forgot the specific time, and thought the game was still a week later.
Unexpectedly, Chen Yingxiong nodded: "I know, boss."
Martin O'Neal was so upset: "You know? You know you're taking two more days off. We don't take any holidays after the game against Manchester City, but you're going to take two days off... What's your reason, hero?"
Even if you want to have a good relationship with Chen Yingxiong in your daily life, you must distinguish the occasion. In this case, O'Neal must maintain the team's discipline requirements. Not to mention the impact of Chen Yingxiong's proposal to take two days off at this critical moment on the team's preparations, just say that if he agrees with Chen Yingxiong's request, wouldn't anyone come to ask for leave from him? Is that so great?
"Reason? I want to go back and celebrate my father's birthday." Chen Yingxiong replied.
He said it with confidence, and he didn't think there was anything wrong with this reason.
His father's birthday is January 1st of every year, which is a very special day because he celebrates New Year's Day with his father's birthday every year. But in fact, Chen Yingxiong hardly remembers how many birthdays his father had for his father when he was a child. For a long time, he only remembers that January 1st was the New Year and New Year's Day.
When I was a child, I was ignorant and only knew that I would have fun. I needed new clothes for the New Year, delicious food, and go out to play.
But now he has grown up and become sensible, and has begun to understand that January 1 is not just the first day of the year, but not just a globally recognized festival. In fact, whether New Year's Day or something doesn't mean much to him. The most important thing is that this day is his father's birthday.
January 1, 2013 was his father's fiftieth birthday.
"Birthday?" Martin O'Neal was stunned for a moment. This reason... I can't say it well, it's really a reason. After all, celebrating his father's birthday means that he is a kind person who is affectionate and will treat his father well. You can't say, "What's the best thing about Dad's birthday?" Are you looking for a fight? He has a deep affection for his father, so why do others talk nonsense?
But you want to say that this is a reason... In order to celebrate your father's birthday, you have to take two days off to fly back to China. I always feel that it's a big deal...
If you want to say this, who is not a father? Then, will everyone ask for leave and go home when their father celebrates his birthday?
Martin O'Neal frowned and said, "Your father's birthday? This...you can take him to the UK..."
Chen Yingxiong shook his head: "No... My father celebrated his fifty birthday. As his son, I celebrated his birthday and invited his relatives and friends, so this birthday must be celebrated in my hometown..."
In fact, you can also invite all your father’s friends to the UK. Chen Yingxiong doesn’t have to afford this money, but his father Chen Tao doesn’t agree... As a traditional Chinese, he naturally has to hold his birthday in his hometown for such an important birthday as fifty. Why do you have to go to the UK to hold it? It’s completely inappropriate!
So his father Chen Tao would not agree to the idea of leaving Chengdu to hold a birthday party. Even if he didn't leave China, he wouldn't want to hold a birthday party in Shanghai.
Therefore, if Chen Yingxiong still wants to hold a birthday party for his father during this trip, he must go back to China.
In fact, Chen Tao once told him that he didn’t want him to celebrate his birthday, and that he and his mother would invite some relatives, friends, etc.
But Chen Yingxiong felt that it would not matter whether he would go back or not. He has been playing football for so many years, but he has never seen him go back to China to celebrate his father's birthday. This time he has to go back because he is fifty years old. How many fifty years does a person have in his life? Only one, and he will be gone after that, so it is not because he is pretentious.
In fact, my father’s real age this year is forty-nine years old, but in Chinese tradition, men should be too close to their birth, and women should be too full. In other words, men of forty-nine years old are born for fifty years old, and women are forty-nine years old, and fifty years old are fifty years old.
Chen Yingxiong wanted to show his filial piety. He was ignorant since he was a child. He relied on his father who was in business and had a little money at home. He was tall and tall. He often fought with others and caused trouble, which made parents worry a lot.
But at that time he never felt that there was anything wrong with him.
Anyway, if someone is injured, parents will come forward to compensate for medical expenses or something.
He never apologized to his parents for the trouble he caused. Even if he was beaten up by his father, he never felt soft--it seemed to have developed such a tough temper since he was a child. Of course, now he is afraid of his father, not afraid, but obedient. It was because his relationship with his father changed after that trip to Europe.
Chen Yingxiong is now twenty-four years old. Although in the eyes of many people, this young man who often makes mistakes from time to time is still like a child who has not grown up, he is really much more mature than before.
At least he knows to be grateful.
He owed so much to his parents, and he felt that even if he flew back to celebrate his father's birthday, he would not be able to repay one percent of the debt.
The problem is that Martin O'Neal doesn't know this...so he doesn't believe or accept Chen Yingxiong's reason.
"I can't agree with your request, hero. After all, our schedule is too intensive. Since December, it has been a double match a week. In such a intensive match, we need you, and you will also consume too much physical strength. At this time, if you want to fly back to China, it will only increase more physical energy consumption..."
He wanted to reject Chen Yingxiong's request for leave, but refusal requires methods and methods. Refusal will only break the relationship between the two, so Martin O'Neal used a joke-style rejection method.
"unless……"
Chen Yingxiong also knew that his request was not very happy, and the head coach would not agree to him very well. He also knew the team's situation at that time. Therefore, when he heard a turning point, he asked quickly.
"Unless what?"
"Unless you scored in the game against Manchester City..." Martin O'Neal planned to say at first, "Unless you scored a hat trick in the game against Manchester City", but he quickly realized that hat tricks seemed too simple for Chen Yingxiong? So he planned to change his words and say "four goals in his own game against Manchester City". As soon as he was about to say this, he suddenly remembered that just last season, Chen Yingxiong really scored four goals in the game against Manchester City! He has a criminal record! The requirement of four goals is too unsafe...
So, in the end, what Martin O'Neal said was: "...scored five goals! I'll let you take a falsification!"
Chen Yingxiong was stunned for a moment.
Martin O'Neal was very proud when he saw Chen Yingxiong's expression - you were stunned now, aren't you? Look, I really don't agree to ask for leave, but if you have to complete the task, I will definitely agree to you return to China! But if you can't finish it, you will be embarrassed... Hey!
Martin O'Neal really thinks that Chen Yingxiong can't do it. Not to mention how difficult it is to score five goals alone in any game, just talk about this game. Liverpool is away to challenge Manchester City and score five goals at Manchester City's home court... This difficulty is as difficult as climbing the sky!
Martin O'Neal felt that Chen Yingxiong would definitely not be able to achieve this goal.
If you ask me a difficult problem, then I will ask you a difficult problem, which is fair.
No matter I deliberately make things difficult for you, hero. You are really too good at scoring goals. If you don’t report the numbers to high, I’m afraid you will complete it easily! Liverpool is really inseparable from you! I hope you can understand my painstaking efforts...
Thinking of this, he heard Chen Yingxiong say, "Be serious, boss?"
"Ah?" O'Neal didn't react for a moment.
"I'll ask you to keep your word, boss? Is it true that as long as I can score five goals in the game, you'll let me return home?" Chen Yingxiong stared at O'Neal, and his eyes seemed to have a light flashed...
This time it was O'Neal's turn to be stunned.
He is serious? He really wants to score five goals against Manchester City?!
"Hey, hero... are you crazy?" His voice couldn't help but tremble.
"No, boss. I'm serious!"
"But five goals in one game..."
"Since Messi can score five goals in one game in the Champions League, I think I can score five goals in one game in the league!" Chen Yingxiong said confidently.
When he was stunned just now, he was not scared by the task of scoring five goals in a single game, but suddenly he thought that Messi also scored five goals against Leverkusen last season... Messi can do it, why can't I do it?
When Chen Yingxiong thought of this, he felt that he should do it for granted!
So no matter how difficult it is, he will definitely score these five goals!
Chen Yingxiong slapped: "Then it's decided! Boss, I scored five goals in the game against Manchester City, and then you let me go back to China!"
Chapter completed!