While the Chinese Football Association was racking their brains to find a suitable national team manager, Chen Yu had already quietly returned to China and was ready to participate in Liverpool's summer warm-up matches.

Compared with other leagues, the Premier League started the earliest, so the training camp was also the earliest, but it was delayed for almost ten days to return to the team, in addition to the fact that Asia and America are far away from Europe, it is also the club's special care for Chen Yu, because Chen Yu played too many games in the last season, and basically did not miss one of the three events, and it is also appropriate to take a good rest now.

In the days without Chen Yu, Liverpool played five warm-up games, defeated Bremen 3:2, defeated Crook 3:0, defeated Auxerre 2:0, defeated Shanghai Shenhua 2:0, drew 1:1 with Feyenoord, and did not lose in five games.

After three warm-up games, Liverpool moved to Asia and China, Chen Yu is the biggest star in Asia, the popularity value is high, is unparalleled, Liverpool chose to warm up in Asia, it is because of Chen Yu, and the organizers of the warm-up game have long put forward conditions, if Liverpool does not send Chen Yu on the field, then the appearance fee will be halved.

Chen Yu's first warm-up match will be the Asian Premier League Cup in Hong Kong, which was created in 2003 and is a four-team football friendly tournament held every two years, and is the only tournament officially recognized by the Premier League to be held overseas.

The inaugural Asian Premier League Cup was held in Malaysia, with three Premier League teams – Chelsea, Newcastle United and Birmingham City – beating hosts Malaysia 4-1 and then beating Newcastle 5-4 on penalties in the final. It was also the first trophy since Russian businessman Abu became Chelsea Football Club.

The second edition of the Asian Premier League Cup was held in Thailand, where they were the best hosts in the history of the Premier League, beating Everton 5-3 on penalties to reach the final, where they were also close to Bolton. Bolton won the tournament thanks to a controversial penalty in the Asian Premier Cup, where Chinese players competed for the first time, but Sun Hai's side finished third.

This Asian Cup? It was held in Hong Kong with teams from the Premier League including Liverpool, Portsmouth and Fulham, as well as hosts Hong Kong South China.

A friendly cup like this is certainly of little value to the team and the players, but for Asian fans, it's a godsend to see their idols playing on their doorstep.

Of course, Portsmouth and Fulham do not have any big-name stars, and they are not popular in Asia, but the appeal of the new double champion Liverpool in Asia is extraordinary, like Chen Yu and Gerrard have extremely high popularity in Asia.

After it was determined that Chen Yu would play in the Asian Premier Cup, the ticket prices for the two games that Liverpool may participate in were hyped hot, the original price was only 400 Hong Kong dollars, the first game between Liverpool and Hong Kong South China was fried to 2,000 Hong Kong dollars, and the final tickets were as high as 3,000 or 4,000 Hong Kong dollars.

But what surprised Hong Kongers and the Hong Kong media was still to come, and when Chen Yu first appeared in Hong Kong in early August, the scene could be described as empty alleys.

At 4 p.m. Beijing time, Liverpool, including stars such as Chen Yu, Steven Gerrard, Crouch and Reina, arrived at Hong Kong International Airport. They will play their first match of the Asian Premier League Cup against Hong Kong South China on the second day.

As the players walked out of the airport hall, the roughly two thousand or so fans waiting for them let out a frantic scream. A human wall of 200 security guards blocked the influx of fans, many of whom used their mobile phones with digital cameras to take pictures of their idols.

There is no doubt that the focus of the fanatical frenzy is Liverpool's Chinese superstar Chen Yu, who has encountered a madness that only the world's most famous stars can encounter, with everyone chanting his name and everyone waving at him. As the team walked out of the airport, Chen Yu, who was wearing a sky blue and gray shirt, smiled at the fans and raised his hand in greeting.

"He's very cool, and I took a lot of pictures." An 18-year-old female student said. Chen Yu's fans are not all men, and a considerable number of them are women, but Chen Yu did not stop to communicate with his fans, but quickly left the airport with the whole team into the long-waiting bus.

A mainland fan who arrived at the airport at about 8:30 a.m. to wait for Chen Yu's arrival said: "I yelled as loud as I could, hoping that at least he could hear and be able to say a word to me, but he didn't hear it." ”

said a 52-year-old Hong Kong fan. "I'm a Manchester United fan, but now I'm a Liverpool fan, I just like Chen Yu, which team Chen Yu is in, I'm a fan of which team, Chen Yu not only belongs to the mainland, but also to Hong Kong, he is Chinese, I am proud of the emergence of such a superstar in Chinese."

Located at 55 Ao Kwan Po Road, Hong Kong Island, formerly known as the Government Stadium, was rebuilt and opened in March 1994 with a capacity of up to 40,000 people, and is the main stadium of the Hong Kong team.

After arriving in Hong Kong, the rest of the players rested, and head coach Rafael Benitez took Chen Yu to the pre-match press conference in the studio hall of the Hong Kong Stadium.

After Chen Yu joined Liverpool, Chen Yu, who is better at dealing with the media and more able to share the attack power of reporters for Benitez, has become Benitez's first choice.

Rafael Benitez first thanked Hong Kong, the organizer of the Asian Super Cup, for their warmth and thoughtfulness, and then without any sincerity, he congratulated the other three teams participating in the Asian Premier League, especially the hosts, Hong Kong South China.

"Hong Kong South China is a well-trained team, although they are not well-known in world football, but from the video I have gotten Guò, they have good skills and tacit cooperation, and they can cause us problems......

Benitez Barala won a round of applause from all the reporters, mainly Chinese reporters, who doesn't like to hear their opponents praise their team.

The next speaker is Chen Yu, this is a real heavyweight, because there is no suspense at all in the match with Hong Kong Nanhua tomorrow, Liverpool will win as long as it takes out one-third of its strength and serious Cheng dù to treat, the reason why fans and the media pay attention is because of Chen Yu, the Chinese superstar, so Chen Yu took the microphone and did not speak, and the reporters on the scene immediately burst into warm applause, and even cheers, just like ordinary fans.

Chen Yu coughed, cleared his throat, and said, "...... It's a pleasure to be able to play on the soil of my own country, although I represent Liverpool, well, it's just an exchange, not a real competition, but, after all, there are trophies to compete for, and the teams that come to participate will take it seriously, I was not able to communicate with the fans at the airport today because there are too many fans, I don't want to delay the rest time of my teammates, I have to play tomorrow, my teammates have to go down jet lag, they have to rest, now, I apologize to everyone. I also heard that many fans came from China, and waited at the airport for a long time, just to see me, I was very moved, I know what you think in your hearts, I also watched the Asian Cup, the national team's table is very disappointing, they have added to the national people's blockage, many fans are now pinning their hopes on the new head coach, the new national team and me, but what I want to say is that no one is a savior, if Chinese football wants to take off, what is needed is more people to come to the stadium, Only when more people participate in football can Chinese football truly rise. ”

Chen Yu said this definitely not to satisfy the reporters, and then the reporters immediately got up and asked Chen Yu questions.

A reporter asked: "Chen Yu, hello, the question you just said, in fact, many people understand, but few people can have the patience to wait for ten or twenty years to see the take-off of Chinese football, now everyone hopes to see Chinese football rush out of Asia, into the World Cup finals, and this task in the short term, only you to complete, now the Chinese all over the world want to know a question, that is, will you return to the national team, 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 of whether I want to or not, entering the national team is undoubtedly the honor and pride of a player, but sometimes, I can't lose my dignity to play for the country, well, that's it." ”

Reporter B then asked: "Now that the national team has been disbanded, the head coach has left class, and the Football Association has changed its new president, it can be said that the environment is completely different from the original, and the Football Association also wants you to go back, do you think the current environment is not suitable?" ”

Chen Yu stroked his hair and said: "Well, the current environment is indeed different, and the Football Association has also expressed some hints to me, I think this is a kind of sincerity, if the situation is suitable, I may return to the national team to play for the country again, which is also my unshirkable responsibility." ”

Chen Yu's words once again attracted cheers from all the reporters in the audience. This is the first time that Chen Yu has made a clear statement on the question of returning to the national team, and he has given a positive answer, that is, at some point in the future, as long as the Football Association and the national team call up, Chen Yu will definitely come back again.

Chen Yu was sought after by almost all reporters, and Benitez became an ornament, but Chen Yu also took care of his feelings, and after answering a few key questions, Chen Yu kept silent, and the press spokesman also announced that the time for the press conference was up, and sent Chen Yu and Benitez out of the studio hall.