This was truly a battle of wits.

Chen Hero's interview comments quickly spread through the media to the Barcelona players.

The English media, of course, wouldn't let such a golden opportunity to stir things up pass.

That night, the news focused entirely on Chen Hero's impersonation.

"...we've discovered that Hero really has a talent for acting, no wonder he's in a movie... his impersonation is just so lifelike! Let's take a look at the wonderful... performance!"

On the television screen, a scene of Chen Hero being interviewed outside the hotel appeared.

"Our ball possession is high, it's unfair to lose the game. Our passing success rate is high, it's unreasonable to lose the game. We have more shots on goal, it's perplexing to lose the game. We are perfect and flawless, unparalleled in the world, invincible in the universe, but we still lost the game, so it must be the fault of the football rules!"

Chen Hero's image gradually faded away amidst the news anchor's laughter.

Not only that, but many interview and discussion programs were enthusiastically discussing Chen Hero's impersonation.

Of course, they weren't discussing Chen Hero's acting skills.

That was too superficial.

It had to be more insightful.

So they were discussing whether Barcelona actually behaved the way Chen Hero described.

After much discussion, they finally reached a consensus—Barcelona did indeed behave that way...

However, no matter how lively the discussions were on English television, they wouldn't reach the Barcelona players' ears.

What really informed them was the Catalan media.

When Chen Hero did his impersonation, it wasn't just English and Chinese media who interviewed him, but also Catalan journalists.

They didn't find it very funny at the time.

But they were secretly delighted. Because Chen Hero was adding fuel to the fire!

For Barcelona, this match was a battle for revenge. Their anger, like the Olympic flame, had been burning since last year's Champions League final.

With the flames of anger raging, Chen Hero was now pouring oil on the fire?

He was really asking for it!

He had previously made arrogant remarks about ending the two semi-final matches in one round, and then he ridiculed Barcelona, a superclub respected and loved by fans all over the world!

Barcelona's anger was probably about to burn through the sky.

During the match, Chen Hero and his Liverpool would certainly suffer a devastating blow!

You're finished!

With these thoughts in mind, the Catalan journalists couldn't wait to exaggerate the incident.

That night, Catalan television stations broadcast Chen Hero's impersonation one after another, playing it on a continuous loop.

Although they were all righteously indignant, denouncing Chen Hero's disrespectful behavior towards his opponents.

The problem was that the content of Chen Hero's mockery of Barcelona was also publicized word for word...

As if they were afraid that not enough people knew about Barcelona's joke.

Some reporters even worried that the Barcelona players in Liverpool wouldn't see the Catalan media's reports.

They even called familiar players.

Which star player didn't have a few journalists they were close to? Otherwise, who would write their biographies...

Those reporters, fearing that the players wouldn't realize the seriousness of the matter, not only imitated Chen Hero's words to the Barcelona players in a lifelike manner, but also embellished them, even mentioning the reactions of the media, especially the English media.

They directly told the Barcelona players that the English media were already talking about Barcelona as a joke.

This was simply an insult to Barcelona!

They were already stepping on their faces! When had the prestigious La Liga giant, the universe team Barcelona, ever been treated like this? In the past, not only could those teams not beat them, but they also had to express their sincere admiration after losing. People from Barcelona were proud of their team wherever they went. Even in remote parts of Africa, you could see Barcelona's red and blue stripes, showing Barcelona's influence!

UNICEF was their partner, and countless world celebrities, from the entertainment and political circles, were Barcelona fans... Millions of tourists visited Barcelona as a travel destination, admiring the beautiful scenery, but also drawn by Barcelona's long-standing reputation in football?

How could such a proud and great Barcelona allow that clown to humiliate them so recklessly?

The reporters couldn't stand it anymore! How could the players endure it?

The reporters who made the calls were almost tearfully denouncing Chen Hero's violent actions, while simultaneously hugging the Barcelona players' legs and wiping their noses...

Reporters were good at stirring up people's emotions.

Under their instigation, the hot-blooded Barcelona players couldn't take it anymore!

The anger that Guardiola had been suppressing finally erupted at this moment, exploding completely...

The violent explosion destroyed the Barcelona players' rationality, leaving only anger burning fiercely, with occasional secondary explosions.

The Barcelona players were driven mad by Chen Hero's words. Even hearing Chen Hero say he would take care of them in the first leg hadn't made them so angry and crazy.

Perhaps this was because Chen Hero's impersonation had truly touched their most sensitive wound... They had indeed said those words, and they had indeed been criticized, which was their scar. They couldn't allow others to touch it, and if they did, they would be driven mad with pain.

As for the matter of ending the suspense in the first leg... naturally, no one would take it too seriously, whether it happened or not.

It was said that you shouldn't hit someone in the face, and you shouldn't expose someone's weaknesses when scolding them.

That was the meaning of it.

Unfortunately, Chen Hero deliberately went against them, hitting them in the face and exposing their weaknesses!

Guardiola didn't know what was happening in his team at this time—the reporters hadn't called Guardiola, they knew that if Guardiola knew, the matter wouldn't escalate, and if it didn't escalate, they wouldn't have a good show to watch, and that bastard Chen Hero wouldn't get his comeuppance—they firmly believed that an enraged Barcelona could tear Chen Hero and Liverpool to pieces.

They hadn't discussed it before making the calls, but everyone had avoided Guardiola by tacit agreement. It had to be said that the reporters' way of thinking was amazingly consistent.

While the Barcelona players were screaming with anger, Guardiola was resting in his room.

For tomorrow's match, he needed to get enough sleep so that his brain could be in good condition.

So he couldn't bother to think about what his players were doing at this time...

A surge of madness was surging in the Barcelona team without Guardiola's knowledge, wanting to create huge waves.

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Chen Hero's impersonation kept the media busy all night, and this effect continued into the next day. The next day's newspapers all published Chen Hero's words. The English media naturally followed Chen Hero in mocking Barcelona.

The Catalan media denounced Chen Hero for being uncultured.

The Madrid media were happily watching the excitement. Anyway, it had nothing to do with them, they hated both Barcelona and Liverpool, and they would be happy to see them lose.

On the internet, even a "Barcelona style" was born, using Iniesta's sentence structure to make sentences.

For example: "I loved my girlfriend so much, but in the end she left me... It's unreasonable, it's too unfair to me!"

"My posture in the air was so graceful, my expression was so painful, and the number of rolls I did after falling was so many. But in the end, the referee judged me for diving! It's unreasonable, it's too unfair to me!"

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This trend quickly spread from Twitter abroad to the Chinese internet.

The Barcelona fans in China were probably the most depressed group of people.

They liked Barcelona, but they were also Chinese. Could they say that they didn't want to see Chinese players perform well?

Perhaps only a very small number of people would think that way.

The vast majority of Barcelona fans were now caught in a dilemma.

Of course, they had to support their favorite team, but what pained them the most was that they didn't know why Chen Hero was so incompatible with Barcelona. From their first meeting, it was full of various conflicts and annoyances.

Everyone could see that Barcelona and Chen Hero didn't see eye to eye.

And they had reached a very serious degree of incompatibility.

It could even be said that it was a hatred that had completely broken out. One side was a giant, and the other was a top star, but they were arguing and cursing like children.

They were caught in the middle, very depressed.

Not only that, but they also had to endure the ridicule and mockery of fans from other teams on the internet.

Barcelona seemed to have become a public enemy among Chinese fans. Many fans of other teams, not just Real Madrid fans, were happy to see Barcelona's jokes.

So they had to keep fighting with those fans, and declare that all fans who opposed them were "yellow dogs," meaning Real Madrid fans...

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Chen Hero picked up a few of the new newspapers that came out today in the hotel lobby.

Flipping to the sports section, he found that the most eye-catching news was about his mockery of Barcelona's excuses yesterday.

This was just a few newspapers, but they had already shown such a high level of attention.

One could imagine how many media outlets had been involved in it from last night to today...

But this was exactly the situation Chen Hero wanted to see.

Because it meant that the Barcelona players definitely knew about it.

What kind of reaction would they have?

Would they tuck their tails between their legs? Or would they be furious?

Ah, it was really something to look forward to!