Chapter 1 The Passing

"Arshavin crosses... Pique misjudges!" The Italian commentator's tone revealed undisguised delight.

As a world-class center-back, it was rare for Pique to make such a crucial mistake. This naturally gave Chen Hero a chance. If he seized it, he might even directly threaten Barcelona's goal. This was Napoli's most dangerous attack of the match so far!

Like him, the Napoli fans were excited.

Seeing Pique's misjudgment, the cheers in the San Paolo Stadium quickly increased, mixed with a burst of gloating laughter.

But the next second, everyone saw Chen Hero make a mistake controlling the ball with his chest, pressured by Puyol!

The cheers weakened a lot, and even the Italian commentator was surprised: "Hero... a mistake in controlling the ball?!"

His tone was full of disbelief.

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Busquets, who had been on the side, quickly rushed up. This was a perfect opportunity to steal the ball!

Wasn't everything Pique and Puyol did meant to allow him to steal the ball?

He didn't hesitate, running towards the ball and leaping high in the sprint!

His target: the ball in the air!

In Busquets' eyes, the slowly spinning ball was like something already in his pocket. He was now considering where to head the ball. Should he gently head it back to Valdés? Or flick his head and head the ball towards the sideline? The worst outcome would be heading the ball out of the baseline, giving the opponent a corner kick, right?

Busquets felt that he couldn't give Napoli a corner kick. Their aerial advantage was too obvious. Giving a corner kick would put their goal in danger, so heading it back to Valdés was the best option. Anyway, with a header back, the goalkeeper could catch it with his hands.

If that really didn't work, he would just head it out of bounds, giving them a throw-in, which was better than giving them a corner kick, right?

Many thoughts flashed through Busquets' mind. At that moment, he suddenly saw a head appear in front of him!

It startled him!

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"Hero! Oh! Oh oh oh!!" The commentator suddenly shouted excitedly. "He used... his head! He used his head to head the ball up again!"

Having just completed an unsuccessful chest control, Chen Hero didn't adjust his center of gravity, but quickly jumped up on the spot again, taking the lead over Busquets and heading the falling ball up again!

At this time, Busquets was in the air, but Chen Hero blocked him, preventing him from reaching the ball.

Puyol had just bumped into someone and was still hunching over, his body's center of gravity not yet adjusted. Being older, his reaction was indeed slower than the young man's...

What about Pique? He had just landed, his knees bent, his body curled up to cushion the force of the fall. At the same time, like a compressed spring, he used this force to push off and spring himself out!

At this moment, Chen Hero's control over the ball with his head reached its peak! This header didn't send the ball flying away. Instead, it was like gently juggling the ball with his head in freestyle soccer, continuously controlling the ball...

He gently headed the ball forward, and the ball didn't fly far, but perfectly bypassed the defending players.

When Pique shot over like an arrow, Chen Hero had just landed.

Then, like Pique, he rushed out between Puyol and Busquets.

Puyol had just adjusted his center of gravity and didn't know what had happened. Busquets, on the other hand, had nowhere to exert force in the air and could only watch Chen Hero head the ball away.

Pique bypassed Puyol. Chen Hero's series of dribbling moves were very brilliant, but now was not the time to applaud him. Now he was the only Barcelona player in front of Valdés who could stop Chen Hero!

The Barcelona defense was actually toyed with by him alone in this way. How could they swallow this insult?

This ball, they must block it!

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"Beautiful dribbling! Beautiful!" The Chinese commentator He Ping suddenly roared at the top of his lungs, scaring many fans who were staying up late to watch the game.

At first, he, like everyone else, thought that Chen Hero's chest control was a mistake. Who would have thought that Chen Hero's second reaction would be so fast, directly taking the mistake and using a series of headers to head the ball out of the encirclement!

Everyone has seen a lot of dribbling where the player and the ball are separated, and it doesn't seem to be anything special anymore. But using your head to complete the action of separating the player and the ball... this kind of dribbling is really rare in football games.

"fantasia! fantasia! fantasia!!" The Italian commentator suddenly went crazy, exclaiming continuously. "This is truly a perfect combination of inspiration and skill!"

And the Catalan and Spanish commentators were so shocked when they saw this scene that they forgot to speak.

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Just as commentators from all over the world were expressing their amazement, the football game was still going on, and the shock that Chen Hero brought to them had not yet ended.

Don't think that getting the ball out of the encirclement is the end of it. This is the penalty area!

What will a center forward do when he controls the ball in the penalty area?

Does that even need to be asked?

Of course, he'll shoot!

But... Pique won't let him shoot easily!

An excellent center-back cultivated by Barcelona's youth academy, tempered by Manchester United and Zaragoza, has made him even more mature. Now he is a key player for both Barcelona and the Spanish national team.

He, Gerard Piqué Bernabeu, bet his dignity and vowed to stop this ball.

Chen Hero jumped up several times and headed the ball out. What is he going to do next?

Pique thought that there was no suspense about this. Of course, he was going to shoot.

So how would he shoot?

This time, he could stop the ball and shoot it steadily with his feet, or he could choose a more beautiful volley.

But no matter which one, he had to wait for the ball to fall.

Now the ball is still high in the air...

He has a chance!

Pique took a step forward, then leaped, rushing towards the ball. He wanted to take the lead over Chen Hero again and clear the ball with his head.

This time, there would be no situation where he misjudged the landing point of the ball and let Chen Hero pick up the leak.

Because the two people were rushing towards the ball from two different directions, and the landing point of the ball was easy to judge.

But just as Pique jumped up, Chen Hero, who had bypassed Puyol and Busquets' blockade, also jumped up!

The two people collided shoulder to shoulder in the air!

Did it seem like a draw?

No!

Chen Hero's forehead hit the ball squarely!

Gritting his teeth, he seemed to use all his strength on this header. His muscles were tense from his neck to his shoulders, all the way down to his upper body!

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——There is a fire in my chest, to burn away everything and create a vast sky and sea!

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Pique bumped into "Iron Man" with his shoulder like this...

Taking advantage of the momentum and Pique's push from behind, Chen Hero's upper body was like a tennis racket smashing down, slamming the ball towards the goal!

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After Chen Hero used a series of headers to get the ball out of the encirclement, Valdés had already prepared himself in front of the goal, waiting for Chen Hero to shoot.

He kept waiting, waiting for the ball to fall from the sky, and then for the opponent to shoot, so that he could save the ball.

For this reason, he was judging which side Chen Hero would shoot the ball to...

So he never expected Chen Hero to jump up directly and head the ball towards the goal in the air!

Because he was unprepared, he didn't make any save attempts. He stood in front of the goal with his legs apart and his hands separated on either side of his body, slightly raised, ready to save the ball, but watched helplessly as Pique and Chen Hero fought in the air, and then... then the ball flew into the far corner of the goal...

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The shouts in the San Paolo Stadium were like riding a roller coaster, wave after wave, each wave higher than the last, constantly climbing to new heights.

It suddenly increased from the moment Pique misjudged, then suddenly decreased when Chen Hero made a mistake controlling the ball with his chest, and then rose again when they saw Chen Hero head the ball out of the encirclement. But this was not the end. When Chen Hero and Pique fought in the air, the shouts soared straight up, as if to turn the sound into power, assisting Chen Hero in the air.

And when the ball finally flew into the goal, this shouting instantly turned into cheers, and reached its peak, almost lifting the roof of the San Paolo Stadium...

This deafening cheering continued, but it wasn't just a brief outburst. It felt as if they were near a huge waterfall, with nothing but a rumbling sound in their ears.

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"gooooooooooooooooooooooL!!!"

"Goal! Goal! Goal! Gooooooooaaaaaaaal!!!" The commentator's voice was hoarse at the end, but he had no intention of stopping. Instead, he continued to shout with his hoarse voice. As if he felt that this was not enough, he also waved his arms vigorously, turning his monotonous and boring roar into unparalleled passion.

"Ah... ah! Ah ah ah! Wonderful! Beautiful! Full of creativity and imagination! Amazing!"

"This kind of goal... this kind of goal should only be seen in football games!"

"Hero's header—beautiful! Beautiful! So beautiful!! So beautiful! Although 2010 has only started for three months, this goal is definitely qualified to compete for the best goal of the year! Yes, throughout the whole process, the ball has never touched the ground once! We said before that Hero is an excellent center forward with headers, and he is best at handling balls in the air. So Hero let us see how good he is at handling aerial balls..."

"Hey... header! Header! Beautiful! Hero! Beautiful! Beautiful! Hero!! 1:0, Napoli took the lead at home!! Hero used a seal-like heading dribble to get past the entire Barcelona defense! In front of the Barcelona players who are known for their skills, Hero showed them his skills in an alternative way! This is a skill that is not inferior to Barcelona players, full of beauty and... surprising imagination! Who can say that such a header is not a beautiful art? Who can say that a powerful center forward can only show off his muscles? This is also beauty, this is beauty! This is the beauty of imagination!" The "football poet" He Ping was stimulated by the goal and burst into a series of brilliant remarks.

Washing away the decline of Chinese commentators lacking passion—who says Chinese commentators are not passionate? It's just because they lack an object that makes them passionate!

When commentating on European football matches, they are always required to remain neutral, objective, and not to stimulate the fans of a certain side. You should know that the number of fans that those wealthy clubs have in China may exceed the number of fans they have in their home country. But what if there is such a Chinese player? He plays football in Europe and performs well. Can't commentators be allowed to shout and cheer for their compatriots at the top of their lungs?

At this time, objective neutrality is bullshit!

Cheering for your own people is something that even the King of Heaven can't control!

"Chen Hero, 1.93 meters tall and 95 kilograms! Such a center forward, who stands like an iron tower, has scored a beautiful goal with the most artistic method, a beautiful goal that is impeccable from an artistic point of view! In the Champions League, a Chinese person, our compatriot, has used such a goal to push the defending champion Barcelona to the brink!"

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ps, such a beautiful goal can't make everyone vote for monthly tickets?