The day before the game.

Early morning.

Michael Owen drove to the club.

He used to make time in the locker room half an hour in advance, take a quiet rest, listen to the music in the headset, scroll through the news on the tablet, and learn about the latest international events, fashion trends, and the latest sports news.

Newcastle United is about to usher in a match with Liverpool, and the media will still look forward to the game, analyze the form of the two teams, and refresh a report from the latest British sports network on his news interface.

"The latest sports network in the UK", which sounds like a powerful name, is actually just a local medium-sized media in Liverpool.

The media is also divided into large and small.

Small-scale media are regional media, whose influence only covers fixed areas and surrounding areas, and medium-sized media have a larger scale, which only covers a few cities and regions, and the scope expands to the entire country, which can be called large-scale media, and its influence is definitely not only the country, but the whole of Europe and even the world.

"The latest sports network in the United Kingdom", the influence mainly covers Liverpool, and the most peripheral expansion is to Manchester and Newcastle, but they are doing well in the online news page, especially the editorial department of football news, which updates a lot of football analysis reports every day, and its influence is increasing day by day.

The news that Owen refreshed is the analysis of the next round of games, titled, "Magpies VS Red-Army, Zhen Shaolong is not as good as Torres!" ”

The title immediately appealed to Owen.

Zhen Shaolong!

With a large number of goals, Zhen Shaolong is about to be blown by the outside media, as if he has become the most powerful striker in the Premier League, and even a powerful striker in Europe and even the world.

As a teammate, Irving also felt a lot of pressure because he was almost forgotten by the outside world.

When fans talk about Newcastle United, they can think of Zhen Shaolong's fame, many people don't remember Newcastle United, and 'Michael Owen', the 'England Golden Boy'.

Owen is unwilling!

Now I see a report that Zhen Shaolong is not as good as Liverpool's Torres, so I must take a closer look!

Owen patiently read word by word, word by word, and the analysis of the article was almost from the perspective of technology, function, and goals.

Technically, Zhen Shaolong is not as good as Torres.

This is well recognized.

Although Zhen Shaolong has scored a lot of goals, his skills are not top-notch, and his performance in ball control, dribbling, passing, etc., is not very outstanding.

Function......

Don't say this.

The article said that Zhen Shaolong didn't touch the ball for a long time, and he could hardly wait for an opportunity, and he didn't participate in any defense, but Owen and Zhen Shaolong were partners, but he felt that Zhen Shaolong's contribution was not small.

Attract the attention of the defense!

If it weren't for Zhen Shaolong's long-term attention, he would have encountered a more difficult defense in the game.

In the end, Owen saw the goal analysis, and the article did not deny Zhen Shaolong's goal, but thought that the reason for the more goals was, "Zhen Shaolong has more chances, and he has the support of the whole team." Newcastle United's other strikers are too bad! ”

“！！”

Owen covered his heart hard, and felt the urge to vomit blood, "The other forwards are too bad?" ”

"Damn!"

"Bastard Media!"

Owen scolded angrily several times in a row, and threw the tablet aside hard, sitting in the corner and sulking alone.

"What's wrong, Michael?" Milner, who had just walked in, asked with some puzzlement.

"Nothing."

Owen looked up at Milner and continued to sit with his hands on his chest.

He was thinking.

The report of "The Latest Sports Network in the United Kingdom" is very annoying, but to a certain extent, there is still some truth in it, Zhen Shaolong has scored too many goals, so that other strikers are almost ignored.

Owen has also been worried about this, he hopes to perform better, score more goals, and not seek to catch up with Zhen Shaolong, how can it not be too bad, right?

For example, surpassing Liverpool's Fernando Torres.

Owen came out of the Liverpool academy and also has a persistent love for Liverpool, and after leaving Liverpool, he still hopes to perform well and surpass Liverpool's strikers.

Things are not so good right now.

Torres scored seven goals, while Owen scored just four.

"Three balls short!"

Owen thought about it carefully and felt that three goals were a lot, but it was not impossible to catch up, "As long as you can catch up with Torres's goal, when the time comes, you won't be able to catch up with Zhen Shaolong, and it is also one of the best efficiency in the Premier League." ”

"The media, the fans will definitely not ignore me, let alone say 'Newcastle United other strikers are too bad'."

"In this game against Liverpool, you have to try to score goals and let Steven see that I, Michael Owen, am still the same me I used to be!"

"I've got to score goals, preferably more than two!"

Owen set his sights.

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Morning.

Newcastle United's training is going on as usual as the game is about to take place, training is in warm-up and tactical positions, and there will be some free time for the players to choose how they want to train.

Zhen Shaolong found Smith, Milner and Barton, and the 'foursome' conducted a 'corner kick routine training'.

The 'routine' was formulated by Zhen Shaolong.

The other three didn't understand at all what the point of similar routines was, they just cooperated numbly.

"It's okay if you don't understand!"

"Just do what the boss says!"

Barton's support made Zhen Shaolong feel very good, and in the process of cooperating with the training, several people also talked about tomorrow's game, Smith said funny, "I read the report yesterday, those Liverpool media have gone crazy, they actually said that Liverpool's forward line is more efficient, and they also said that Torres is better than Zhen!" ”

"The Spaniard scored seven goals, almost couldn't catch up with Zhen's fraction, and I don't know what confidence they have to make this kind of analysis and report."

Zhen Shaolong said indifferently, "Liverpool's media, of course, will support Liverpool." ”

"That's right."

Smith smiled and nodded.

Barton immediately expressed his trust and support, "Boss, let them see tomorrow what efficiency is!" What Torres, the Spanish hillbilly, how could he be the opponent of the boss! ”

Zhen Shaolong's favor for Barton rose rapidly like a rocket, and the smile on his face couldn't hold back.

At one point, the expression freezes.

The system prompt sounded, "Hint: The team task mode of the competition is on."

A new system task is triggered.

Some media believe that Liverpool's forward line is higher than Newcastle United, and the host needs to form a team to accomplish the following goals-

1. Beat Liverpool.

2. The number of goals scored is two or more than Torres'.

Reward: Improved appearance evaluation a little. ”

"Party mode: You can choose to specify a target to join the party, and your teammates will get the following bonuses--

Teammates' shots enjoy the effects of the Calibrated skill.

When a teammate's shot is judged to be a goal, the special effect 'Forced Correction' is triggered, and the 'Forced Correction' will force the trajectory of the soccer ball to be a hit or a goalkeeper.

At the same time, the "Preview" skill will be activated.

(Note: The host can only force two people to enter party mode.) ）”

After receiving a series of task prompts, Zhen Shaolong's thinking became a little chaotic, and he said hello to the others, "You guys kick first, I'll go rest for a while." ”

He walked over to the sidelines and sat down, thinking carefully about the task.

This is a new mission!

There was also a party mode quest before, which was a type of life quest like 'Daily Flirtatious'.

Now it's a race mission.

It was the first time for him to form a team for the game task, and when he looked at the introduction of the 'team mode', he had a feeling of 'pit teammates'.

"Teammates get a Calibration bonus?"

"Goal-scoring goals from teammates are going to be kicked at the post or the goalkeeper?"

This is equivalent to the complete impossibility of scoring goals, with the "calibration" bonus, it will definitely become easier to score goals, but goals are all turned into kicks to the post and kicks to the goalkeeper.

"It's miserable......"

Zhen Shaolong is very sympathetic to his 'teammates', and feels that the task is really unfair to them, and if he hopes to score the ball, it will become a direct kick to the goal frame, but after paying attention to the task, he immediately thought of who would be the most suitable to pull into the team--

Oh Owen!

Michael Irving is the starting forward partner, and there are still more opportunities for Irving in the game, and with the "Calibration" bonus, he will create more opportunities for himself.

"Owen, I'm sorry!"

"It's not my willingness, it's forced by the system!"

Zhen Shaolong said a word silently, and then returned to the training process, and the eyes that looked at Owen turned into friendship and sympathy.

He considers himself a gentleman......

And then, guilt!

Owen was inexplicably watched, and felt that Zhen Shaolong took the initiative to release friendliness, but it felt a little weird?

"Why does this guy think of me like that?"

When Owen was puzzled, Zhen Shaolong also ran over, spoke earnestly and sincerely, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Michael, come on!" Tomorrow's game is up to you. ”

"Rely on me?"

Owen looked at Zhen Shaolong's back, thinking of his grievances with Liverpool, and couldn't help but have some tears in his eyes, "Yes, he knows that I love Liverpool very much, and he doesn't have much confidence in the game, he definitely can't do it alone." ”

"If you want to beat Liverpool, it's up to me, Michael Owen!"

"I'm going to score!"

"More goals!"

"Come on, Michael!" Owen's eyes became determined.