Unexpectedly, the two sides did not break out into a large-scale war of words after the match, which was different from their first encounter. Back then, after the game, the two sides argued over the conflict between Chen Hero and Cesar.

For a time, everyone had their own reasons.

It was quite lively in the media for a while.

This time it was different. Neither team talked much about the game after the match.

The media's focus was also on the midweek Champions League match, where Inter Milan would host Chelsea, which was Mourinho's first showdown with his old club since leaving Chelsea. Obviously, this was a bigger selling point than the feud between Napoli and Inter Milan.

But this was good too. Mazzarri could focus on preparing for other matches without having to put his energy into arguing with opponents.

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Chen Hero turned on the Dell laptop he had brought back from Russia, logged onto the website, checked on the progress of his missions, and claimed his rewards.

For the mission "Conquer the Apennines," his completion progress was only one small task away—winning the Serie A title. Apart from that, he had completed all the other tasks that made up this series of missions, such as winning the Serie A Golden Boot, winning the Serie A Best Player award, and winning the Serie A Best Foreign Player award. He had completed all three of these tasks.

These three were actually quite easy to complete, because as long as he worked hard, he had a chance to complete them. But the Serie A title was not something he could decide on his own.

It required the joint efforts of the entire team to complete, and only then was there hope. As it stood, it was still unknown when it would be completed, because Napoli's focus was on the Champions League. After the team defeated Inter Milan, they had forty-six points, and although they were ahead of Juventus, ranking fourth in the league and temporarily securing a Champions League spot, they were still eight points behind Inter Milan, who were in first place with fifty-four points. Considering that their opponent was a very in-form Inter Milan, this gap was almost insurmountable. Moreover, they still had AC Milan and Roma ahead of them…

Even if Inter Milan had a brain cramp and lost consecutive games, giving up the top spot, it wouldn't be Napoli's turn to reach the summit.

By defeating Inter Milan twice, Chen Hero completed the mission "So What if They’re the Defending Champions?"

He was here to claim the reward for this mission.

This mission rewarded a lot of experience, and experience was what Chen Hero needed most right now. On the one hand, he wanted to level up, and on the other hand, he had to save up to buy those intelligent players.

Although he could only learn from Inzaghi at the moment, Chen Hero felt that buying those intelligent players didn't mean he could only apprentice with them. Having more human-like teammates in training would make this dungeon more fun, wouldn't it?

Because there was an additional apprenticeship system, when claiming the mission reward experience, there was an additional option: whether to deposit the experience into the "bank." If so, you could further choose how much experience to deposit, so that Chen Hero could choose and adjust his upgrade strategy and recruitment strategy.

Chen Hero unhesitatingly chose to deposit everything into the "bank." This so-called "bank" also appeared with the new expansion pack; it didn't exist before.

After claiming the mission reward, Chen Hero logged out of the website and entered the dungeon to continue training with Inzaghi.

He had been training with Inzaghi for half a year, and he had already felt the benefits that this training brought him.

His ability to move without the ball had improved in matches, and he was better at finding opportunities than before.

Moreover, training in the dungeon had a bonus effect, which existed even before the apprenticeship system.

This upgrade system was really powerful!

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While Chen Hero was training hard in the dungeon and teasing Cabral from time to time outside the dungeon, the first leg of the Champions League round of sixteen had come to an end.

Mourinho's strategic temporary abandonment of the domestic league was wise and correct. He sent out his full squad at the Meazza Stadium to face the visiting Chelsea. Facing his former club, he had no intention of showing mercy.

As a result, Inter Milan, who played with a full squad and waited for work, defeated Chelsea 2:1 at their home stadium. Although Chelsea scored an away goal, Inter Milan was still leading on aggregate.

What's more, compared to their city rivals, Inter Milan supporters had ample reason to be happy.

AC Milan lost 0:4 away… When this score appeared, people even thought it was a mistake on the television broadcast.

Having conceded four goals in the first leg, AC Milan had almost no hope of advancing to the next round.

In the other matches, Lyon defeated Moscow Central Army 2:0 at home, proving with practical actions that Platini had given them a very good draw.

Bayern Munich also had a good draw, defeating Olympiacos 2:1 away.

Barcelona defeated Stuttgart 2:0 away.

Porto defeated Arsenal 2:1 at home.

Sevilla drew 1:1 with Bordeaux away.

Napoli defeated Real Madrid 2:1 away.

After the first leg of the Champions League round of sixteen, the situation in some matches was already very clear, such as Manchester United and AC Milan, Barcelona and Stuttgart, and Bayern Munich and Olympiacos. It was not difficult for Manchester United, Barcelona, and Bayern Munich to advance to the quarter-finals.

The other teams were harder to say.

Napoli didn't pay too much attention to the Champions League. The next leg would not be until March 9, and there were still several league games before that.

For Mazzarri, this was a good opportunity to seize the opportunity to consolidate the team's position in the league.

Currently, Napoli was fourth in the league with forty-six points, five points ahead of fifth-placed Juventus with forty-one points. It seemed safe, but football is round, and the league was not over, so no one dared to say that Napoli was guaranteed a Champions League spot next season.

What's more, Napoli was only four points behind third-placed Roma and only five points behind second-placed AC Milan.

Why couldn't they work harder and try to move up the rankings?

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On February 28, Napoli welcomed Roma to their home stadium. If they could win, the gap between the two sides would be reduced to one point.

Conversely, Roma was also very clear about the consequences of losing this game.

So the two sides fought fiercely in this game, and neither side was willing to admit defeat. Everyone wanted to win.

While Chen Hero wanted the team to win, he also wanted to return to the top of the league's scoring charts. After twenty-five league rounds, he had scored sixteen goals, while Di Natale had scored seventeen goals, surpassing Chen Hero again.

In the game, Chen Hero lived up to expectations and scored twice. However, Di Natale scored another goal in Udinese's 2:3 loss to Inter Milan at home.

Both sides had eighteen goals, tied for the top spot in the scoring charts.

Chen Hero's two goals did not help Napoli win, because Roma also scored two goals.

In the end, this passionate game, like a collision of Mars and Earth, ended in a 2:2 draw.

The difference between the two sides was still four points.

In fact, Chen Hero scored three goals in the game, not two. But his third goal was ruled out by the referee because he was offside.

Chen Hero argued with the referee about this and received a yellow card. This was his fourth yellow card in the league this season.

According to the rules of Serie A, accumulating four yellow cards will result in an automatic suspension for one game. So Chen Hero would not be able to participate in the next away game against Bologna.

But that was fine. Mazzarri hadn't planned for Chen Hero to start in the next game anyway, so he simply let him rest completely.

Not only would Chen Hero rest, but Cassano, Arshavin, De Jong, Hamsik and other main players would also rest.

Because on March 9, Napoli would welcome Real Madrid to their home stadium.

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As a result, Napoli, who rotated most of their main players, lost 1:2 to Bologna away. Fortunately, Roma was held to a 0:0 draw by AC Milan at home, which prevented the gap between the two sides from widening too much.

The bad news was that they were about to be caught up by the people behind them. Palermo rose strongly, surpassing Juventus, Sampdoria and other teams, and now had forty-six points, only one point behind the two teams.

Mazzarri had originally wanted to use these few games to consolidate the team's position in the league, but he didn't expect that he not only failed to narrow the gap between himself and Roma, but also allowed Palermo to catch up.

But there was no time to worry about so much now, because the second leg of the Champions League round of sixteen was imminent.

From this, it could be seen that playing on two fronts had an impact on Napoli.

If they weren't playing in the Champions League, sending out a full squad against Bologna would definitely allow them to completely defeat Bologna at home…

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Napoli's club president, Aurelio De Laurentiis, once joked after buying the team: "I hope that one day I can see games of big clubs like Real Madrid, Barcelona, and Manchester United at my doorstep, and then let them see the power of the Stadio San Paolo."

At the time, this sentence was naturally attributed to a "big-mouthed boss's crazy talk," and no one took it seriously. Perhaps even De Laurentiis himself didn't take it seriously… But now, this scene had become a reality.

Real Madrid was about to come to Naples to participate in the match.

Teams like Real Madrid, Barcelona, and Manchester United often receive a lot of welcome and support from local fans when they go to other cities to play away games, because they have enough fame, and they also have many likeable stars in their squad.

For example, Barcelona has Messi, and Real Madrid has Cristiano Ronaldo.

But in Naples, they would never find such supporters.

The entire city of Naples supports the Napoli team, and they will never be "foreign worshippers."

So when Real Madrid arrived at Naples airport, it was perfectly normal that they didn't see any fans supporting them except for the media who came to interview them and report their arrival…

In fact, not only were there no local fans to support them, but even the Real Madrid fans who followed them had received warnings from the club and the Spanish embassy in Italy before departure. They were reminded that Naples was an extremely dangerous city, and the fans there were very fanatical. If you wandered around alone outside in a Real Madrid jersey before this game, you would be very likely to encounter danger. So for safety reasons, please try to follow the main group and don't easily leave the group, especially don't wander alone on the streets at night.

For safety, Real Madrid's club also reduced the number of fans who came to watch the game away with the team.

Of course, the actions of Spain and Real Madrid made the Naples city government very angry. They believed that this was a slander against Naples, because in terms of crime rate, Milan was higher than Naples.

Nevertheless, Napoli's club should be happy, because this reduced the number of Real Madrid fans who came with the team. Real Madrid would encounter a bitter battle beyond their imagination at the Stadio San Paolo!

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