Chapter 1 I Just Want to Forge

It has to be said that Chen Hero's header skills are indeed among the best in the world today. Seeing him facing the football, using his waist and abdomen to direct the football, Abbiati thought it would be a powerful diving header, so he pounced out as if he had springs installed on his feet. He didn't seek the height of the save, only the speed. Because if it was a diving header, the ball's flight speed would definitely be very fast, and the flight time would be very short. To save it before the ball entered the goal, you had to be faster than the ball.

However, when Chen Hero headed the ball, he didn't directly hit the upper middle part of the football. If he had, the football would have flown straight down and directly into the goal. He hit the middle of the football slightly below the center. Generally speaking, if you hit this position, the football has a very high chance of going high, but Chen Hero's head did not directly exert force forward, but instead made a cutting action, brushing downwards!

The football was headed out by him in a not-so-obvious, but definitely existing parabola. This gave Abbiati a time difference. Abbiati dove out, but the football was still drawing an arc in the air...

When Abbiati fell downwards, the football also brushed the crossbar and fell into the goal.

However, not many people could see the mystery of this goal in this split second. Everyone was just cheering for the goal.

The San Paolo stadium erupted in cheers mixed with boos.

After Chen Hero landed, he happened to see Ibrahimović, who had also returned to the penalty area to participate in the defense. He pointed to his head at the other party, the meaning being—can you score such a goal? You can't, but I can!

Although Ibrahimović has a height of 1.92 meters, he is not good at heading the ball.

So when he saw Chen Hero's celebration, he immediately understood what the other party meant...

This bastard!

He clenched his fists.

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Chen Hero's goal helped Napoli take the lead, but AC Milan was not a pushover either. Their offensive firepower was indeed very strong.

In the seventy-first minute, Robinho helped AC Milan equalize the score, 2:2!

"The second half is really wonderful, with both sides scoring three goals in turn!"

Equalizing the score greatly boosted AC Milan's morale, and they wanted to take advantage of the victory to pursue. Their offensive became even more fierce.

Napoli did not choose to retreat to defend, but continued to attack AC Milan at home. This was their home field, and on this field, they had absolute confidence. They would not even consider the possibility of losing.

Just like what the linesman said to Paolo Cannavaro in a certain Champions League game last season—"On this field, you are all supermen!"

In the next twenty minutes, Napoli and AC Milan continued to engage in a fierce back-and-forth battle.

Everyone wanted to win. AC Milan wanted to break Napoli's home unbeaten myth, while Napoli wanted to maintain their advantage in the league standings, even if it was just by one point.

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In the eighty-third minute, Napoli got an offensive opportunity.

Raúl dribbled the ball on the wing, and after attracting two AC Milan defenders, he passed the ball out.

He passed it to Hamsik, who came up to meet him.

In fact, when Raúl dribbled the ball to attack, the battle of wits and courage between Chen Hero and AC Milan's defense had already begun.

He rushed left and right, trying to find an opening for himself. But this time, the person defending him was changed from Papastathopoulos to Nesta. This person was not so easy to deal with.

No matter how Chen Hero ran, Nesta could keep him outside the dangerous area and stay close to him, preventing him from entering the open space to receive the ball.

When Hamsik received the ball, Chen Hero still hadn't found an opening.

It has to be said that although Chen Hero's off-ball movement now makes it more difficult for him to be marked, that is only in the case of facing ordinary opponents. Obviously, Nesta is definitely not an "ordinary opponent."

In today's football world, the top center backs can be counted on two hands. Although Nesta is frequently injured and his body is not as good as before, his excellent awareness, skills, and rich experience allow him to defend with ease.

And the result of playing next to him for a long time is that Thiago Silva has made rapid progress and has quickly grown into one of the most outstanding center backs in Serie A, and even in the world of football.

Nesta's physical confrontation ability is not as good as before, but his marking and judgment of openings and positioning are still top-notch.

Therefore, Chen Hero's off-ball movement happened to bump into Nesta's strongest point.

Chen Hero quickly understood this.

So he quickly adjusted his strategy and changed his approach to dealing with Nesta.

He went straight for the hard stuff!

Off-ball movement is good, but it doesn't work all the time. When it doesn't work, it becomes a blind run.

Fortunately, he has an advantage over Inzaghi, because he has an excellent physique.

So he quickly stood still.

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Nesta, who had been running back and forth with Chen Hero, found that Chen Hero suddenly braked sharply. He thought the other party was going to change direction again. How could he have thought that Chen Hero would just stand on the edge of the penalty area, raise his arm, and signal his teammates to pass the ball to him.

He didn't immediately stick to him, but instead took a step forward, maintaining a very suitable distance.

He knew what Chen Hero was going to do. If he stuck to him, he would be used by Chen Hero's tyrannical physical advantage to knock him away and then break into the penalty area.

At this moment, Hamsik passed the football over.

Nesta still didn't stick to him, nor did he rush to steal the ball, but continued to maintain this appropriate distance, not giving Chen Hero a chance to use his body.

Who would have thought that Chen Hero didn't intend to stop the football and wait to compete with Nesta physically.

When he found that there was nothing behind him, he knew how Nesta was going to deal with him, so he changed his strategy again—this was thanks to the powerful copy system. He has to experience countless opportunities for various attacks in the copy every day, so even though he is young, he has actually accumulated a lot of experience and knows how to deal with various situations.

For example, now, since Nesta is not coming up to defend himself, but is maintaining a distance, then he simply won't stop the ball!

The football passed by Hamsik was gently pushed to the left side of his body with his left foot, and then he turned around and swung his right foot for a powerful shot!

Nesta didn't realize that Chen Hero was going to turn around and shoot until the last moment. He was shocked and wanted to block it, but it was too late. He just stretched out his long legs, intending to use his legs to block the football.

This hope was really too slim...

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"Hero...turns around and shoots—!!" The commentator's tone suddenly rose, followed by a long roar.

The football was firmly hit in the center by Chen Hero's instep, and at the same time, his legs and feet did not whip like a whip, but transferred his entire body's center of gravity over, so his whole body flew across, and his legs were like a lunge in the air...

The explanation is so long just to tell everyone that the football did not have any spin as it flew towards the goal in the air.

In the eyes of goalkeeper Abbiati, this was a bit terrifying...

Why?

Because the center of gravity of a football without any spin is not fixed. When flying in the air, it is disturbed and affected by various air currents, and it begins to sway slightly from side to side in the air, floating and uncertain...

Abbiati gritted his teeth and pounced, but the football was a little lower than the position of his hand. The edge of his palm hit the football, but only smashed the football to the ground, and did not change its direction to fly out of the goal.

The football bounced on the ground and just bounced into the goal...

"Oh oh oh! Beautiful turn and shot!!"

"Chen Hero's shot is really beautiful! His ninth goal of the season!"

"The league has only started eight rounds, and Chen Hero has scored nine goals... The Chen Hero with an average of more than one goal per game in the 2008-2009 season is back!"

"Chen Hero scored twice! Napoli leads AC Milan 3:2 at their home!!"

"Eighty-fourth minute! Napoli took the lead again! Chen Hero's goal is very crucial! With only six or seven minutes left in the game, they are now in a very advantageous position!"

Many commentators began to roar.

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After scoring the goal, Chen Hero fell directly to the ground because of the shooting posture, and even slid backwards on the ground for a certain distance due to inertia.

Seeing the football fly into the goal, his body fell directly backwards, and then he did a backflip and got up from the ground.

After getting up, he rushed directly to the West Stand.

Then, under the West Stand, he put his hand to his ear, making a listening gesture.

And the fans in the West Stand did not disappoint him, and let out deafening cheers, all dedicated to Chen Hero.

Chen Hero, who was listening to the cheers under the stands, was soon drowned by his teammates who swarmed over.

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Napoli's players were celebrating the goal wantonly, while AC Milan was slightly frustrated.

Nesta got up from the ground and waved his hand helplessly. He didn't expect Chen Hero to take advantage of his not pressing him closely to make a direct turn and shoot...

I really don't know if he was prepared to do this from the beginning, or if it was a random adaptation?

But no matter what, the other party broke through the goal guarded by Abbiati, right under his defense. This is his responsibility.

Nesta was blaming himself for the goal he conceded.

Ibrahimović was furious.

Because his nemesis actually scored twice in the game and helped the team lead AC Milan.

Ibrahimović had a very bad feeling that if he didn't do something, he might not only lose this contest on a personal level, but his team would also lose to Chen Hero's team...

This damn bastard!