Chapter 2 Like Walking Through a Show

The second half was like walking through a show for Lyon fans. They were already leading 2:0 in the first half, so what was there to kick in the second half?

Although they didn't quite understand why the referee was particularly biased towards their team today, maybe it was a slightly amplified home advantage?

But they wouldn't delve into the issue. They understood the simple truth that it was stupid not to take advantage of a good deal.

Now Lyon desperately needed a victory, and they couldn't care less about how they got it for the time being.

Two minutes into the second half, Platini, accompanied by Aulas, returned to the rostrum, naturally causing the seated celebrities to stand up again to shake hands, hug, and kiss him.

The TV broadcast also cut away from the game and turned to the rostrum, giving the UEFA president full respect.

In the picture, Platini had a relaxed smile on his face, obviously pleased that Lyon had taken such a commanding lead in the first half.

All he had to do for the next forty-five minutes was sit here and watch the game in leisure, without having to worry about anything.

But as soon as he sat down, Napoli launched an attack, and Chen Hero headed the ball towards the goal in the air. If Lloris hadn't made an excellent save, the ball would have flown into the goal...

Lyon fans in the stands gasped collectively.

Even Platini's expression changed slightly. Fortunately, he controlled himself and his face quickly returned to normal. It must have just been an accident...

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After landing, Chen Hero shouted to his teammates: "Remember! We can lose anything, but we can't lose our momentum! Fuck them!"

He didn't care that his header hadn't gone in, because he knew he would get more chances in the second half. This was just a warning.

Chen Hero didn't care that his header hadn't gone in, but Mazzarri cared a lot. Seeing Chen Hero's header being saved by Lloris on the sidelines, he jumped up in regret.

If they wanted to win, they had to score early in the second half. After all, the opponent was leading by two goals, not one. To score three goals in forty-five minutes in the second half, the sooner they scored, the better. This would disrupt the opponent's plans and make them panic.

So how much he wished Chen Hero could have headed that ball in just now...

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Chen Hero's header encouraged many Napoli players. They felt that if it hadn't been for that damn referee Svensson in the first half, they would have been leading Lyon already. So, Lyon wasn't that great after all...

Only three minutes after Chen Hero's header, Napoli came back.

Having taken a two-goal lead in the first half, Lyon's tactics were slightly more conservative in the second half, and Puel felt that the team could hold on to the two-goal advantage.

Therefore, Napoli had more attacking opportunities in the second half.

Arshavin dribbled the ball and made a feint to cut inside towards the center, deceiving Lyon's left-back Bastos, who was defending him, into retreating sharply towards the center. Instead, he pushed the ball to the outside and went straight for the baseline.

Bastos was shaken off, but he wasn't the only one following him.

Toulalan rushed up and brought Arshavin down to the ground.

If the referee didn't call such an obvious foul, it would be too blatant, and he wasn't that stupid, so the whistle blew and Napoli got a free kick on the right edge of the penalty area.

Honestly, it wasn't a great free-kick position, because it was too close to the baseline. At most, this position could be used as a corner kick closer to the goal, and it would be difficult to shoot directly.

Cassano ran over to take the free kick, while Napoli's excellent headers rushed into the penalty area, and other players defended behind.

As Cassano ran over, he turned around and winked at Chen Hero.

Seeing his gesture, Chen Hero suddenly understood something and responded with a wink.

The tacit understanding between the two men, which had been honed through their pranks, didn't need to be expressed in words. A wink was their code. Whenever they did this, the other would understand that there must be a new idea.

As for what the new idea was, no one knew. But he had to cooperate.

This was an idea that Cassano had come up with on the spot. He hadn't told anyone, not even Chen Hero, because there wasn't enough time, but he believed that with their level of understanding, such a small amount of cooperation wouldn't be difficult.

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"Napoli gets a free kick, is a set piece a good opportunity for them to score?"

"Oh, my God! The referee Svensson actually gave Napoli a free kick! A free kick! My God! This is so amazing! Unbelievable! Incredible! He actually gave Napoli a free kick for the first time ever! Does he feel guilty?" The Italian commentator used all his satirical skills on the referee.

But no matter what, everyone still had to take a look at this set piece.

Chen Hero was extremely good at heading, so set pieces had always been Napoli's main scoring method. This time was no exception.

Lyon's players were closely guarding Chen Hero and several other Napoli players who were good at heading.

The players on both sides were basically entangled around the penalty spot, but this was just the initial position. When the free kick was taken, everyone would squeeze towards the goal.

After the players on both sides were in position, the referee Svensson signaled that Napoli could take the free kick.

Cassano leaned forward, making a running motion, and he raised his foot, making the running motion to the fullest. But... he didn't run forward one meter, it was a feint!

Cassano took a few steps in place, and the players on both sides in the penalty area rushed forward as if they had been kicked in the ass, but the ball didn't fly over!

Everyone rushed out, but only one person didn't move, and that person was Chen Hero, who was still standing a little behind the penalty spot.

At this moment, Cassano ran up again, this time it wasn't a feint, he kicked the ball, and the ball was accurately sent to the sky where Chen Hero was!

Chen Hero jumped high in the air without any interference and headed the goal!

"Hero—!!"

"Bang!" The ball was hit by him and flew towards the goal!

After passing over a group of stunned people, it finally fell into the upper left corner of the goal...

"gooooooooooooooooooooooooL!!!" The Italian commentator shouted.

Chen Hero opened his arms and was about to celebrate the goal, and other Napoli players also ran towards him, preparing to celebrate with him...

Cassano was also very happy that this free-kick tactic had worked! This fully demonstrated the degree of understanding between him and Chen Hero! This was completely a flash of inspiration!

But he didn't immediately express his inner joy. He remembered the first half and habitually glanced at the referee. As expected, what he saw was not the gesture that the goal was valid, but the gesture that the free kick should be retaken!

"Damn it!" He waved his hands and cursed at the sky.

Fortunately, the referee was too far away from him, and the scene was too noisy at this time, so he didn't hear it, otherwise a yellow card would definitely be inevitable...

Soon other Napoli players also discovered this, and several of them ran to the referee to ask him why the goal didn't count.

"He should have waited for my whistle the second time he kicked it out," Svensson said with a solemn face.

"Damn it!" The Napoli players who were out of anger really wanted to hit this bastard...

Paolo Cannavaro came up and pulled the teammates away. Since they all knew that this referee was deliberately trying to make things difficult for them, then what was the point of saying anything? Even if you were right and argued with reason, the other party could completely ignore it.

But still many people felt unhappy. Two goals! Two goals! It was blown away by him lightly! Could many teams score two goals in a game? It was blown away like this, it was really a blow to morale!

At this time, Chen Hero spoke.

"What are you afraid of? Since he thinks our free-kick cooperation is not in compliance with the regulations, then we will score a goal that is in compliance with the regulations! I want to see how he can blow it away!"

After speaking, he patted his forehead towards Cassano, who was standing in front of the ball preparing to retake the free kick.

The meaning was very clear—continue, fire at me!

After doing these, he ran back to his position, then looked up at the rostrum.

The big shots were high above, watching the players on both sides fight on the football field like watching a beast fight. A word from him could easily decide the life and death of others.

Chen Hero didn't like this feeling very much, because it made him feel like an ant under someone else's feet, completely unable to control his own destiny.

I'm not an ant. Did you think you could make us give in like this? Did you think you could sit back and relax just like this?

I'll fuck your mother!

He raised a middle finger and pointed it at the distant rostrum.

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"Napoli's goal was blown away again... Judging from the referee's meaning, he said that he had to listen to his whistle. Obviously, he thought Cassano's feint before was not in compliance with the regulations..."

"What else can I say? What else can we say? Two goals have been blown away... Ha!"

"It's really pitiful for Napoli, they are having too bad luck in this game!"

The commentator's words were still relatively veiled.

The Italian and Chinese reporters in the press box were all cursing.

"That bastard Platini!"

"It's too far-fetched to blow away such a goal, isn't it?"

"Forget it, forget it... Napoli is doomed to lose this game, because obviously someone doesn't want them to win!"

After cursing, a group of people sighed, because they felt that this matter was unsolvable and helpless.

In China, those Chinese fans who stayed up late to watch the live TV broadcast couldn't help but curse after seeing this scene. For a time, the Internet was full of posts and messages scolding "Papa Pu". All kinds of them, which reflected the anger of the Chinese fans and also reflected their humor.

"It's useless for a godfather to come, only the real father is useful!"

"Papa Pu, dare to cover up a little bit!"

"I said long ago that UEFA is not a good thing. Look at their previous draws, a naked artificial factor! In the past, they at least knew how to cover up, but since Pu Er came to power, they don't even want the most basic cover-up!"

"Damn it! It's really suffocating to lose the game like this! Napoli has changed from the first in the group to the second in the group, and Lyon has been guaranteed to be sent..."

"Fuck! It's disgusting!"

"Big prediction: Papa Pu guarantees that Lyon will go directly to the final and then face Barcelona!"

"Damn, then it depends on whether the real father is better or the godfather is better!"

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Cassano was very helpless, but he didn't go to the referee for trouble. At this time, he controlled his temper very commendably.

Then he honestly put the ball in place and waited for the referee's whistle.

He also kept repeating to the referee to confirm: "Are you sure you want to listen to your whistle? Are you really sure you want to listen to your whistle?"

The referee nodded: "Of course."

"Oh." Cassano withdrew his gaze and turned to look at the penalty area.

The penalty area was full of people, and there were more Lyon defenders around Chen Hero than before. Obviously, Chen Hero's goal just now made all Lyon players feel threatened.

"Beep—" After the referee retreated, the whistle sounded. This time Cassano didn't play any other tricks. He ran up directly and kicked the ball into the penalty area.

Chen Hero brought his jumping and judgment of the ball's landing point to the extreme. He wanted to ensure that when he jumped up, there was no one around him who could interfere with him, and at the same time, he wanted to avoid physical contact as much as possible, so as not to leave Svensson with a handle.

So he had to fly up hard!

And Cassano obviously knew what Chen Hero was thinking, so this ball was kicked a little high, so high that... except for Chen Hero, no one else would be able to head it!

"heroooooooooooooooooooooooooo——"

Chen Hero shook his head and slammed the upper part of the ball hard, just like a hammer, there was a hammering motion down.

A truly genuine "header"!

He didn't feel like he had hit anyone. He stared at the ball. The ball was smashed down by him, bounced on the ground in front of the goalkeeper Lloris and then bounced up again. Lloris was completely confused by the bouncing ball and didn't make the right judgment.

The ball smashed out a "v" shape trajectory, rushed into the goal, and was finally blocked by the net and fell into the goal...

This time, even the commentator couldn't wait to shout, and the TV broadcast quickly turned to the referee, and the referee paused, then blew his whistle and turned to point to the center circle... The goal was valid!

An impeccable goal! An undisputed goal!

Napoli pulled a goal back!

"goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooL!!" The Italian and Napoli commentators could finally lengthen their voices and roar this shout wantonly.

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After scoring the goal, Chen Hero ran to the referee outside the penalty area, clenched his fists in front of him, but instead of hitting him, he kept repeating the action of a bodybuilder showing off his chest and abdominal muscles, showing off his strength to him.

Damn! Blow it! If you have the ability, blow away my goal again!

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