Raul didn't play as a forward after coming on the pitch. Instead, he appeared in the left midfielder position. Although he had played this position for a period of his career, and his sense of responsibility allowed him to play an important role in this position, it was not Raul's favorite or best position after all, and he could not exert all of his energy...

However, this was Pellegrini's helpless choice under the current Real Madrid lineup. Higuain was in good shape, and Ronaldo was the world's number one player in terms of value, so neither of them could be moved. Naturally, Raul had to give up his position as a forward and play as a winger...

But the role of some players on the field is not to score goals for the team. A flagship figure like Raul can inspire the players' fighting spirit just by appearing on the field.

You could tell just by how loud the cheers were from the stands at the Bernabéu Stadium after he came on.

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Chen Hero didn't care what would happen to Real Madrid after Raul came on. That should be a question for Paolo Cannavaro and "Mobile Phone"—Chen Hero gave Ranocchia the nickname after reciting his Chinese name.

The problem he had to consider was very simple, which was to score goals!

After more than sixty minutes of competition, especially the twenty minutes of the second half, he found that Real Madrid's defense really didn't deserve their title of super-giant—this defense was just too damn bad...

Having experienced the chain defense test of the Italian league, Chen Hero felt that Real Madrid's defense was about the same level as the Russian league's defense. The defenders lacked connection and often fought on their own. The full-backs liked to attack and couldn't come back once they went up, resulting in many gaps in the backcourt.

For Real Madrid, it seemed that defense was only the business of the defenders. Everyone else didn't care at all. They just desperately attacked in the front, showing their outstanding scoring ability.

Otherwise, why has Real Madrid's performance been so poor in recent years? There were only two years when they performed better and won the league title, which was related to Capello's emphasis on defense during his year in office.

The lack of attention to defense has made Real Madrid's results very dismal in recent years. One of the reasons is that they have failed to enter the Champions League quarter-finals for five consecutive years. However, Real Madrid's fans, senior management, and the media seem to have fallen into a strange way of thinking—they insist that Real Madrid's tradition is gorgeous football, attack, attack, and attack again, and absolutely no defense.

But the reason why Real Madrid can have the titles of "Best Club of the 20th Century" and its current status is definitely not supported by gorgeous attacks. The fundamental reason is that they have won nine European Champions Cup titles and thirty-one domestic top league titles.

Therefore, victory should be Real Madrid's tradition, not gorgeous attacks and offensive football.

In this way, Real Madrid's defense line has become more and more坑爹(kēng diē, disappointing/坑爹) year by year.

Pepe is already considered the top center-back in Real Madrid's current lineup, but he is sometimes too rash and cannot control his emotions, which makes him a major cardholder and the most unsafe time bomb on Real Madrid's defense line.

Chen Hero was staring at Pepe in single combat, confronting and colliding with him again and again.

This put Pepe under great pressure.

It's not to say that his personal ability is so poor that he can't defend against Chen Hero, but that he lacks the support of his teammates... As a center-back, watching his teammates in the front court shooting and shooting like crazy, wasting shots again and again, and when the opponent rushes to him, looking around, he can't see any of his teammates except for the other three defenders and the goalkeeper. This is really tragic.

He is now facing such a sad situation.

Chen Hero's one-on-one ability is not strong, but that refers to his ability to dribble past opposing players one-on-one. But if he is in the penalty area and collides with a center-back one-on-one, he is not weak at all!

Therefore, many teams are used to dealing with Chen Hero with two players, supplemented by methods to contain Napoli in other places, such as not letting them cross, cutting off Chen Hero's connection with other Napoli players... and so on.

In this game, Real Madrid did not take such measures at all. They thought that with their strong strength, they could easily defeat Napoli at home and score at least two goals in the first half. As for how to defend Chen Hero? We have four high-level defenders and a goalkeeper who is possessed by God at every turn, which is not a problem at all!

Chen Hero didn't have any chance to perform in the first half, and Pepe didn't feel any pressure. Real Madrid players, including himself, believed that there was no problem in dealing with Chen Hero at all.

But now, Pepe realized that he seemed to have made a mistake...

The pressure that Chen Hero brought to him was no less than that of those world-class forwards!

Especially his physical fitness is simply perverted!

Pepe's physical fitness can also be regarded as top-notch. Both his explosive power and strength are excellent, but after colliding with Chen Hero, he realized that he was still a bit short...

This feeling was especially obvious when Chen Hero was playing with his back to the goal.

Yes, playing with his back to the goal.

This should have been a basketball term, but Chen Hero turned it into a football tactic...

When Cassano passed the ball to Chen Hero, Pepe firmly held the Napoli No. 9 player outside the penalty area, preventing him from turning around. Generally, in this case, the center forward who has the ball will choose to pass the ball to the teammates who are running up from behind, so at this time, the defense line will pay special attention to those players who are running without the ball. As for the center forward with the ball, just hand it over to the center-back who is closely marking him.

After Cassano passed the ball to Chen Hero, he took the opportunity to cut into the penalty area, pretending to cooperate with Chen Hero in a two-on-one, while Arshavin moved in front of Chen Hero as a response.

This is Napoli's tactical arrangement, but—note this "but"—but Chen Hero does not necessarily have to follow his teammates' running position to pass the ball out.

In the center forward position, Mazzarri gave Chen Hero a certain degree of autonomy. That is to say, his teammates have to continue to run and cooperate, but Chen Hero has the right to choose to do it himself, or he can choose to pass it to his teammates who are cooperating with him.

In fact, it's not just him. Arshavin and Cassano have similar freedom. This is a method that Mazzarri came up with through the tacit understanding of these three. Since they are so tacit off the court that they can play pranks on their teammates together, why not let them fully play their tacit understanding on the court and torment their opponents?

Under this guiding ideology, the trident was formed.

They did cause a lot of trouble for their opponents.

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Pepe was marking Chen Hero. As a center-back, not allowing the center forward to get the ball and turn around is a basic requirement. If the center forward is easily allowed to dribble the ball and turn around, break into the penalty area, and score a goal, he would be too much of a failure!

In this regard, Pepe has considerable confidence in his ability.

But he changed his mind one second later.

Because... Chen Hero suddenly bumped into him!

That feeling... was as if he had been hit head-on by a heavy truck...

Caught off guard, Pepe's body suddenly leaned back and fell to the ground!

The referee's whistle sounded.

"Hero commits a foul by charging!"

"I think it's just that Pepe can't take a hit..."

Chen Hero said that he was wronged, but he did not argue too much with the referee. He already roughly knew how strong the force hindering him was.

He gave a thumbs up to Cassano, who passed the ball to him and helped him distract the opponent's defenders.

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When the game reached the seventy-second minute, Chen Hero had another chance to get the ball with his back to the goal. Of course, Pepe was still behind him, holding him outside the penalty area, preventing him from turning around.

And his teammates were also running around in other places to cooperate with him.

Causing the other Real Madrid players to not dare to all run over to defend Chen Hero.

Chen Hero stepped on the ball and did not pass it to anyone. His body leaned back.

Pepe felt this force and thought: You wouldn't, would you...

Before this thought disappeared, he saw Chen Hero's back suddenly move away from him, but this was definitely not to escape! A fierce impact suddenly struck!

Pepe reflexively crossed his hands in front of him like a shield. He blocked Chen Hero's impact.

Hey!

You really came!

But, if you have the ability, keep hitting me! Bastard...

Pepe was very unhappy that he was knocked down by Chen Hero's bump before. When had he ever been so embarrassed when defending? He prided himself on his strong body, but he was knocked out by the opponent in one blow!

Now he has finally straightened his back in this successful defense.

But he was happy too soon!

Because he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his lower abdomen, which made his knees weaken, and he almost fell to the ground again!

Chen Hero's butt stuck up, just hitting Pepe's lower abdomen!

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When Arshavin saw this scene, even though it was in the tense and fierce game, he couldn't help but laugh—Napoli's teammates may not be familiar with this trick, but he, who came from St. Petersburg Zenit, is very familiar with it...

After coming to Napoli, Chen Hero rarely used this method to score goals, because he no longer needed to play with his back to the goal so often. He had more abundant weapons. At the same time, the defense of Serie A was even stricter. Often, before he squeezed into the penalty area, the ball at his feet would be intercepted by the opposing players who were assisting in the defense, so he slowly stopped using it.

Unexpectedly, the defense line of Real Madrid today is like a big sieve. There is no intention of cooperating. The stars in the front court all like to single out, and the defenders in the back court also seem to think that they can defend against the enemy by themselves...

This gave Chen Hero a chance to bring this long-sealed weapon to light again!

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Although Pepe did not fall to the ground, he lost his defensive position because of this.

Keenly sensing the situation behind him, Chen Hero quickly turned around. The whole movement was very compact and smooth, like flowing water.

Squeezing, taking position, knocking the ball, turning around, and a powerful shot... all in one go!

Chen Hero did not enter the penalty area, but directly made a turning shot on the edge of the penalty area!

The football he blasted out was powerful and heavy, and also had a certain degree of suddenness. Casillas jumped out, but he could not save the football flying to the far post.

His vision did catch up with the football, and then he watched helplessly as the football hit the inside of the far post... and bounced into the goal!

"2:1! Napoli takes the lead—!!"