Chen Yingxiong helped the team win 5:1 against Bologna at home, which was equivalent to helping the team reduce the burden and pressure.

In this way, the entire Napoli team was able to let go of their burdens and go to Valencia for the Champions League group stage.

This was a crucial battle. Victory was the best outcome. If they couldn't win, they couldn't lose. A draw would still give them a chance. After all, Valencia's last game was an away game against Manchester United, and in order to ensure that they could qualify from this group of death, Manchester United would not let Valencia off easily. So if Valencia lost the last game, as long as Napoli could beat Glasgow Rangers at home, they could also qualify for the group stage.

Chen Yingxiong had no way to go to the away game and could only watch the live broadcast at home.

As a result, Raul showed amazing form when he returned to the Spanish stadium he was most familiar with.

He scored twice in the game!

"Raul! Raul! Raul Gonzalez!! His second goal of the game!! His seventieth Champions League goal!! Napoli is leading Valencia 2-0 away!" The Italian commentator's shouts came from the TV.

Chen Yingxiong, who had been standing and watching the game, raised his arms and howled to the sky, cheering for the goal.

He knew very well what a two-goal lead meant in the seventieth minute of the game.

Napoli had basically gotten half a body into the Champions League Round of 16!

Excited, he turned around and hugged Cabrela, who was standing beside him…

Cristina Cabrela never expected Chen Yingxiong to make such a move. He was so fast and without any warning before doing it, not giving himself time to react.

At the moment of being embraced, Cabrela's body reacted, wanting to throw him to the ground. But the next second, she restrained her body's instinctive reaction and let Chen Yingxiong hold her tightly.

The body could clearly feel how hard Chen Yingxiong was hugging. His arms went around her arms, forcefully clasping her.

The strength was so great that it seemed as if he wanted to suffocate himself…

She could even feel Chen Yingxiong's gritted teeth.

The cheers of the commentators and fans at the scene continued to come from the TV, but the room fell into a certain kind of silence…

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Napoli finally defeated Valencia 2:1 away and won the most critical game.

Now their积分(jifen - points) in the group stage were eight points, ranking second in the group. In the same round of the group stage, Manchester United defeated Glasgow Rangers 1:0 away, accumulating ten points and ranking first.

And after Valencia lost this game, it was also very likely to lose the right to qualify for the group stage. In the last round, they challenged Manchester United away, not to mention they had to win, but also had to look at the faces of Napoli and Glasgow Rangers.

After this game, Napoli's players rushed into the stadium to celebrate as if they had already qualified in advance.

After the entire Napoli team returned to Napoli, the happy Chen Yingxiong invited the entire team to a big meal, as a thank you for defeating Valencia away, giving him hope to participate in this season's Champions League.

In the last round, Napoli faced Glasgow Rangers at home. As long as Napoli performed normally, it was impossible to lose to the opponent at home.

It could be said that qualification was in sight.

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It seemed that the qualification for the group stage was a certainty, and the entire Napoli team seemed to have let out that breath.

Or it was because fighting Valencia 2:1 away consumed too much energy from the team, exhausting all their strength.

In short, the entire Napoli team was out of shape when they returned to the domestic league.

In the fourteenth round of the league, they finally suffered their first league defeat. Since the 28th round of last season, when they tied Fiorentina 1:1 away, the record of 25 consecutive league unbeaten games was also ended.

They lost to Udinese 1:3 away.

Chen Yingxiong's momentum of scoring in six consecutive league games was also stopped. Hamsik scored the only goal for the team.

However, because AC Milan drew 1:1 with Sampdoria away, the积分(jifen - points) gap between Napoli and AC Milan did not narrow to only one point, but was still three points behind.

The result of this game relieved many people - what would happen if Napoli continued to win like this? What would happen if Chen Yingxiong continued to score like this?

If he continued to score, it would make people think he was not human.

In the fifteenth round of the league, Napoli narrowly beat Palermo 1:0 at home.

Cavani, the target of Mazzarri's investigation, performed actively in this game, but failed to help the team win, because the place where he performed actively was all in defense…

Letting a center forward often participate in defense, Palermo's tactics were really distorted.

After the game, Cavani found Chen Yingxiong and took the initiative to exchange jerseys.

In this game, Chen Yingxiong scored the team's only goal, and his season's goal number had reached eighteen.

Chen Yingxiong did not refuse Cavani's request to exchange jerseys. He readily took off his jersey and handed it to Cavani.

Seeing this scene off the field, Mazzarri smiled. He was more and more sure that Cavani would not have any complaints about coming to be Chen Yingxiong's substitute. He would give him some pointers, implying that he would be the main center forward after Chen Yingxiong left… I believe Cavani would be very happy to come to Napoli.

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After playing the game against Palermo, Napoli ushered in their last game of the Champions League group stage at home, the game against Glasgow Rangers.

As long as they didn't lose this game, Napoli would qualify for the group stage.

But Napoli's fans still created a terrifying atmosphere for the visiting team at home.

They firmly believed that this atmosphere would help the team win.

And so it was.

Napoli took the lead in the eleventh minute.

When the team scored, the TV broadcast gave a close-up shot of Chen Yingxiong in the VIP box.

In the camera, Chen Yingxiong stood up and raised his arms and cheered, cheering for the team's goal.

When Napoli entered the knockout stage, Chen Yingxiong would end his eight-game ban.

Except for some people, almost everyone was waiting for Chen Yingxiong to return, to see a good show.

Chen Yingxiong made a big talk at the Champions League awards ceremony, saying that he would defend this season's Champions League top scorer. The whole world was waiting to see if he could do it, or if it would just be a laughing stock in the end.

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In the end, Napoli defeated Glasgow Rangers 3:1 at home. Arshavin, Hamsik and Sanchez each scored a goal.

And in another stadium, Valencia tried their best, but failed to win a victory for themselves. Because Manchester United also worked hard.

Because before the game, everyone analyzed that Manchester United had already qualified in advance, but they were not guaranteed to qualify as the first in the group. If they could not win Valencia in the last round of the group stage, and Napoli won at home, the积分(jifen - points) would reach eleven points. Manchester United and Valencia drew, and the积分(jifen - points) were also eleven points.

According to the Champions League rules, if two teams have the same积分(jifen - points), the first thing to compare is the relationship between their wins and losses.

In terms of the relationship between wins and losses, Napoli and Manchester United drew. Everyone had one win and one loss, and defeated the other at their respective home stadiums.

If the relationship between wins and losses is the same, then compare the goal difference between the two games. Manchester United defeated Napoli 3:2 at home, and Napoli returned a 1:0 at home, and the goal difference between the two sides was zero.

If the goal difference is the same, then compare the number of away goals in the two games. In this regard, Napoli overwhelmed Manchester United, they had two away goals, while Manchester United had zero.

According to this series of rules, Napoli would overwhelm Manchester United and become the first in the group with the advantage of these two away goals. In this way, they would be at an advantage in the Round of 16 draw…

And Manchester United would fall into a more difficult situation.

This was certainly not what Manchester United wanted to see.

So in order to ensure that they got the first place in the group, Manchester United had to win this game.

Valencia, who had to win, met Manchester United, who also had to win. The mental strength of both sides was equal, so they competed for strength. Manchester United was obviously stronger than Valencia. The result was naturally Valencia's tragedy. They lost to Manchester United 1:2 away.

Manchester United relied on this victory to ensure their first place in the group with thirteen points.

Napoli ranked second in the group with eleven points.

Valencia, with five points, could only go to play in the UEFA Cup. The poor Glasgow Rangers ranked at the bottom, and played a soy sauce role in the group of death. (酱油 - jiang you - playing a minor, insignificant role)

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After the game, the Napoli players who participated in the game became supporting roles, and Chen Yingxiong, who had not played in a group stage game, became the protagonist.

At the post-match press conference, the questions the reporters threw to Mazzarri were all related to Chen Yingxiong.

"Napoli has entered the knockout stage. Are you happy about Chen Yingxiong's return?"

"What are your expectations for Chen Yingxiong's return?"

"Do you think Chen Yingxiong's return is a great improvement to the team's strength?"

"Chen Yingxiong said that he wants to win this season's Champions League top scorer. How confident do you think he is of success?"

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Chen Yingxiong, who was preparing to leave after watching the game, was also blocked by reporters when he walked out of the stadium.

"Napoli has entered the knockout stage, tell us your feelings, Hero!"

A familiar reporter shouted when he saw him appear.

Chen Yingxiong stood down and raised his arm. This was his action to speak, and the scene immediately quieted down. Countless microphones were stretched up.

"It feels so good to be out of prison, now I'm hungry."

After speaking, under Cabrela's protection, he squeezed out of the reporters' encirclement.

A group of reporters were discussing.

"He said he's hungry?"

"I'm really looking forward to the knockout stage! I even can't help but tremble when I think of the knockout stage!"

"Me too! I dare say that Napoli's game will definitely become a game broadcast to the world…"

"Napoli Giant Bear said he's hungry? It's not good news for Napoli's opponents."

"Come on, knockout stage!"

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ps, I'm also hungry, please feed me with monthly tickets!