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Volume 1 Chapter 496 Asian Premier League Cup

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    While the Chinese Football Association is racking its brains to find a suitable national team coach, Chen Yu has already quietly returned to China and is preparing to participate in Liverpool's summer warm-up match.  Compared with other leagues, the Premier League starts the earliest, so the training camp is also the earliest, but it delays his return to the team by almost ten days. In addition to Asia and America being far away from Europe, it is also the club's special care for Chen Yu, because  Chen Yu played too many games last season and basically didn't miss any of the three events. It's time for him to take a good rest now.  In the days without Chen Yu, Liverpool played five warm-up matches, defeating Werder Bremen 3:2, Crook 3:0, Auxerre 2:0, Shanghai Shenhua 2:0, 1:00.  1 draw with Feyenoord and no defeat in five games. The newly introduced foreign aid Wolenin, Babel and Benayoun performed well, which also gave people greater expectations for Liverpool in the new season.  After three warm-up matches, Liverpool moved to Asia and China. Chen Yu is the biggest star in Asia, and his popularity is unparalleled. Liverpool chose to warm up in Asia because of Chen Yu, and the organizers of the warm-up match had already  A condition was put forward. If Liverpool did not send Chen Yu to play, the appearance fee would be halved.  The first warm-up match that Chen Yu will play is the Asian Premier League Cup in Hong Kong. The Asian Premier League Cup was founded in 2003. It is a 4-team friendly football tournament held every two years. It is officially recognized by the Premier League overseas.  The only event held.  The first Asian Premier League Cup was held in Malaysia. Three Premier League teams, Chelsea, Newcastle United and Birmingham City, came to Malaysia. Chelsea first defeated the host Malaysia 4-1, and then defeated Newcastle 5-4 in the final penalty shootout to win the championship.  This is also the first championship trophy since the Russian businessman Abramovich became Chelsea Club.  The second Asian Premier League Cup was held in Thailand. The Thai team is the host with the best record in the history of the Premier League Asian Cup. They defeated Everton 5-3 in a penalty shootout to reach the final. In the final, they were also inseparable from Bolton.  Without the upper hand, Bolton won the championship with a controversial penalty kick. In this Asian Premier League Cup, Chinese players participated for the first time, but Manchester City represented by Sun Hai only finished third.  This Asian Cup will be held in Hong Kong. The participating teams include Liverpool, Portsmouth and Fulham from the Premier League, as well as the host Hong Kong South China Team.  A friendly cup like this is certainly of little value to the team and players, but for Asian fans, it is a God-given opportunity to witness their idols playing at home.  Of course, Portsmouth and Fulham do not have any big-name stars, and they are not very popular in Asia. However, the new double champion Liverpool's appeal in Asia is extraordinary. Chen Yu and Gerrard have extremely high popularity in Asia.  Popularity.  After it was confirmed that Chen Yu would play in the Asian Premier League Cup, the ticket prices for the two games that Liverpool might participate in were highly hyped. The original ticket price was only 400 Hong Kong dollars, but the first game between Liverpool and Hong Kong Nanhua was sold for 2,000 Hong Kong dollars.  , the tickets for the final are as high as 3,000 to 4,000 Hong Kong dollars, and those who rush to buy the tickets are mainly fans from mainland China. This is a phenomenon that is extremely surprising to the Hong Kong media who are not very interested in football.  But what surprised Hong Kong and the Hong Kong media was yet to come. In early August, when Chen Yu appeared in Hong Kong for the first time, the scene was so popular that it could be described as a packed house.  At 4 pm Beijing time, Liverpool players including Chen Yu, Gerrard, Crouch, Reina and other stars arrived at Hong Kong International Airport.  They will play the first match of the Asian Premier League against Hong Kong South China Team the next day.  When the players walked out of the airport lobby, about two thousand fans waiting for them let out crazy screams.  A human wall of 200 security guards blocked the onrushing fans, many of whom used their mobile phones with digital cameras to take photos of their idols.  There is no doubt that the focus of the fans' craziness is Liverpool's Chinese superstar Chen Yu. He encountered the madness that only the world's most famous stars may encounter. Everyone chanted his name and everyone waved to him.  As the team walked out of the airport, Chen Yu, wearing a sky blue and gray shirt, smiled and raised his hand in greeting to the fans.  ¡°He was very cool and I took a lot of photos.¡± said an 18-year-old female student.  Chen Yu's fans are not all male, and a considerable number of them are female. However, Chen Yu did not stop to communicate with his fans. Instead, he quickly followed the entire team into the long-awaited bus, quickly  Left the airport.  A mainland fan arrived at the airport at about 8:30 a.m. to wait for Chen Yu's arrival. He said: "I yelled as loud as possible, hoping that at least he could hear me and say a word to me, but he didn't hear me.  " Said a 52-year-old Hong Kong fan.  "I was a Manchester United fan but now I'mI am a fan of Liverpool. I just like Chen Yu. Whichever team Chen Yu is in, I am a fan of that team. Chen Yu not only belongs to the mainland, but also to Hong Kong. He is Chinese. I am so proud of the Chinese.  Proud to be a superstar.  " The Hong Kong Stadium, commonly known as "Putou" by locals, is located at No. 55 East Hospital Road, So Kon Po, Hong Kong Island. It was formerly the Government Stadium. It was rebuilt and opened in March 1994. It can accommodate up to 40,000 people. It is  The home stadium of the Hong Kong team. After arriving in Hong Kong, the other players took a rest. Coach Benitez took Chen Yu to attend a general pre-match press conference in the studio of the Hong Kong Stadium.  Benitez always brought captain Gerrard to participate. After Chen Yu joined Liverpool, Chen Yu, who was better at dealing with the media and able to share the attacking power of reporters for Benitez, became Benitez's first choice.  . Benitez first thanked Hong Kong, the organizer of the Asian Premier League, for their enthusiasm and thoughtfulness, and then complimented the other three teams participating in the Asian Premier League without any sincerity, especially the host Hong Kong Nanhua team.  The South China team is a well-trained team. Although they are not well-known in world football, judging from the videos I got, they have good skills and tacit cooperation, and they can cause us trouble" Benitez  Bala Bala said something and won applause from all the reporters, mainly Chinese reporters. Who doesn¡¯t like to hear opponents praise their team? The next person to speak was Chen Yu, a real heavyweight.  , because there is no suspense in tomorrow's game with Hong Kong Nanhua. Liverpool will win as long as they treat it with one-third of their strength and seriousness. The reason why fans and media pay attention is because of the existence of Chen Yu, a Chinese superstar.  So Chen Yu took the microphone and before he spoke, the reporters at the scene immediately burst into warm applause and even cheers, just like ordinary fans. Chen Yu coughed, cleared his throat and said: "   I'm very happy to be able to play on the soil of my own country. Although I represent Liverpool, well, this is just an exchange, not a real competition. However, after all, there is a championship trophy to compete for, and the participating teams  We will all take it seriously. I was not able to communicate with the fans at the airport today because there were too many fans. I didn¡¯t want to delay my teammates¡¯ rest time. There will be a game tomorrow, and my teammates are jet-lagged and need to rest. Now, I want to apologize to everyone.  I also heard that many fans came from China and waited for a long time at the airport just to see me. I was very touched. I know what you are thinking. I also watched the Asian Cup. The national team¡¯s  The performance is very disappointing. They have caused trouble for the people of the country. Many fans are now placing their hopes on the new head coach, the new national team and me. But what I want to say is that no one is the savior. Chinese football must  To take off, what is needed is more people coming to the stadium. Only when more people participate in football can Chinese football truly rise.  " What Chen Yu said certainly did not satisfy the reporters. The reporters immediately stood up and asked Chen Yu questions. Reporter A asked: "Hello, Chen Yu. In fact, many people understand the question you just mentioned, but few people understand it.  Have the patience to wait ten or twenty years to see the take-off of Chinese football. Now everyone hopes to see Chinese football break out of Asia and enter the World Cup finals. In the short term, this task can only be accomplished by you.  , now Chinese people all over the world want to know one question, that is, will you return to the national team and when will you return to the national team?  " Chen Yu smiled bitterly and said: "This problem is actually very complicated. Many times it is not a question that I think about. Entering the national team is undoubtedly a player's honor and pride. However, sometimes, I cannot lose my dignity to serve the country.  Potency, well, that's it.  " Reporter B then asked: "Now that the national team has been disbanded, the head coach has been dismissed, and the Football Association has a new chairman, it can be said that the environment is completely different from before, and the Football Association also hopes that you will go back. Do you think the current environment is still good?  Not appropriate?  " Chen Yu smoothed his hair and said: "Well, the current environment is indeed different. The Football Association has also expressed some hints to me. I think this is a sign of sincerity. If the situation is suitable, I may return to the national team again.  Serving the country is my unshirkable responsibility.  " Chen Yu's words once again attracted cheers from the reporters in the audience. This is the first time that Chen Yu has made a clear statement on the issue of returning to the national team, and he has given an affirmative answer, that is to say, at some time in the future  Duan, as long as the Football Association and the national team call him, Chen Yu will definitely come back again. Chen Yu was sought after by almost all reporters, and Benitez became a decoration. However, Chen Yu also took care of his emotions and answered a few questions.  After the key question, Chen Yu remained silent and the spokesperson also announced the news very intelligently.When the time came for the press conference, Chen Yu and Benitez were sent out of the studio.
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