Andrea Bosch was holding high the comic he had personally drawn. The cartoon depicted Chen Hero riding a donkey, trampling the logos of the Northern Three powerhouses underfoot. This was his way of expressing his admiration and love for Chen Hero.

He had been supporting Chen Hero since the previous season—he was a member of the West Stand, where Chen Hero's earliest supporters gathered.

Recently, after seeing the clashes between Chen Hero and the Northern media, those under the Italian tycoon and Prime Minister Berlusconi, he suddenly had a feeling and created this comic. He certainly knew where the donkey reference came from.

He believed that Chen Hero was just like Maradona when it came to confronting the Northern powerhouses...

So, after discussing it with his friends, he spent time creating this painting and brought it to the training ground today to express his support for Chen Hero in this way.

But now, he and his friends were in a bit of trouble...

"Throw that painting away!" A fan with a face full of橫肉 (héng ròu, bulging flesh) roared at the painting in his hand.

"Why? We have the freedom to express our views!" Andrea Bosch and his friends protested loudly, holding up the "Chen Hero Riding a Donkey" picture.

"That belongs to Diego! Not something that damn Chinese guy deserves!"

"In my eyes, he's the same as Diego!" Bosch said something that extreme fans considered blasphemous.

"Are you fucking looking for death? How dare you say that? That Chinese guy isn't even qualified to lick Diego's ass!" The extreme fans were furious and raised their fists.

A conflict was about to break out...

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The players, having finished warming up, gathered in twos and threes to rest and chat, waiting for the official start of the day's training.

Paolo Cannavaro was telling Chen Hero the story behind the cartoon, and many people gathered around him to listen. Everyone knew about Chen Hero sending electric donkeys to the media. When they came to training today, this matter was still the topic of conversation in the locker room. Some people were a bit more roguish and were laughing at the embarrassed expression and involuntary twisting movements of the beautiful hostess who reported this news...

At this moment, a burst of noise came from the edge of the training field, attracting everyone's attention.

Two groups of fans seemed to be having some disputes, and this dispute was trending towards an all-out brawl...

Paolo Cannavaro frowned. They were all Napoli fans, and he didn't want such infighting to happen. Although he knew that the extreme fans who hated Chen Hero had clashed with the fans who supported Chen Hero more than once... but it was all verbal, and it hadn't escalated to the point of physical violence. Napoli fans themselves were very united.

He didn't expect that everything had changed since Chen Hero came...

Just as Cannavaro was saddened by the infighting of his fans, he saw that Chen Hero next to him had suddenly disappeared.

When he looked again, he only saw Chen Hero running to the sidelines, grabbing a soccer ball, and then swinging his right leg, posing for a powerful shot...

He was shocked!

"Hero..." He had just started to speak when he saw Chen Hero take a shot, the instep of his right foot hitting the soccer ball hard, and the soccer ball whistling towards the place where the conflict was happening!

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The training ground and the outside were separated by a chain-link fence—but not every team's training ground was like this. Some teams' training grounds were not separated from the fan area. But that wasn't possible in Naples, because the fans in Naples were too fanatical. If you didn't set up some kind of barrier, the team's normal training simply couldn't continue, because the fans on the sidelines would often rush in...

The soccer ball slammed into the chain-link fence wall with a loud "bang," causing the chain-link fence itself to vibrate, and the section of the fence wall made a clattering sound. This wasn't the kind of suggested wall made of loose chain-link fence; this was a wall made of two sides of chain-link fence stretched tight, with posts separating them at intervals, and sharp arrow decorations on top. This was a very solid wall. But even such a wall was still trembling non-stop from Chen Hero's kick...

It could be seen how much power Chen Hero had in this kick.

He used such a huge amount of strength to kick the ball. You could say that he was continuing to provoke the extreme fans, or you could say that he was trying to stop the conflict from happening and was kindly trying to mediate. But no matter what, this sudden change did attract the attention of both sides in the conflict, causing them to stop their tit-for-tat struggle.

Everyone turned their heads to look at the training field. They noticed the soccer ball that had fallen nearby, and Chen Hero standing not far away on the opposite side.

"This is the Volturno Training Center, not the streets for hooligans to fight!" He raised his arms and shouted at the fans outside the chain-link fence.

Interrupted by him, the security guards also arrived.

"The Volturno Training Center does not welcome any conflicts between fans, in any form!" In addition, head coach Mazzarri didn't know when he had appeared on the sidelines. He was closer to the fans than Chen Hero, and he yelled at the fans with a straight face across the chain-link fence.

On the other side, the reporters who were filming the team's training were also attracted by this series of events. They all surrounded them, and some photographers pointed their camera lenses at Chen Hero in the distance—everyone knew that this matter must be related to Chen Hero. At a glance, it could be seen that this was a conflict between the extreme fans of Naples and the moderate fans who supported Chen Hero.

This kind of contradiction was not new in Naples, but it was the first time that reporters had caught a live conflict. For a time, the excited reporters pressed the shutters in their hands, recording this scene.

No matter what, this matter was considered a family scandal. When Napoli coach Mazzarri saw this scene, he realized that he couldn't let the reporters focus too much attention on the fans, and he didn't want to intensify the conflict between the fans.

"Okay, there's nothing to see here! Go back!" He turned around and shouted at the players who were surrounding him, "Let's start training!"

On the other side, the security guards very tacitly began to "politely" "invite" the fans on both sides of the conflict out.

As for the reporters?

They were also "politely" separated... and some security guards "kindly" dissuaded the out-of-town reporters: "...It's best not to interview them. You know, those extreme fans are very fanatical. Obviously, they were all angered by Hero just now, so if you run over and ask them some stupid questions, God knows what they will do to you..."

So the reporters had no choice but to honestly return to their area, preparing to film the team's fifteen-minute open training.

And the fans? Both sides walked away, cursing.

A conflict on the edge of the training ground was thus resolved invisibly... Was it really?

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Andrea Bosch did not go home. He and his friends came to a pizza shop where they often went to eat and gather. The owner of this shop, Scarn Carr, was also a Napoli fan—this sentence seemed like nonsense, because in the city of Naples, there were few locals who were not Napoli fans...

Scarn Carr opened a pizza shop called "Da Solbino." Unlike the centuries-old Neapolitan pizza shops such as "Da Michele," this was not the kind of pizza shop with a widespread reputation and many diners. It only served one or two blocks in this area.

Because it was close to his home, Bosch often came here to eat pizza, and then he met many fans who also liked Naples. They often gathered to watch games together, watch live TV in the pizza shop, or go to the San Paolo Stadium to watch live games. After that, they came together because of their common hobbies. Everyone would often come to "Da Solbino" pizza shop to gather, enjoy a delicious pizza together, and then chat about recent life. Of course, Napoli's recent performance was an evergreen reserved topic.

Before every home game, they would agree to meet here and then go to the stadium together to watch the game.

This time, a group of people came directly to Da Solbino pizza shop after returning from the training ground.

They didn't often go to the Volturno Training Base to watch Napoli's training, because it was too far from the city of Naples, more than fifty kilometers away. Under normal circumstances, it would take more than half an hour to drive, and in the bad traffic environment of Naples, they didn't know how long it would take...

This time, they went to the training ground to express their support for Chen Hero and cheer for his counterattack against the Northern media.

They didn't expect to encounter those extreme fans on the sidelines of the training ground this time.

Bosch and his friends all hated those extreme fans. They believed that this group of soccer hooligans had tarnished Napoli's soccer, causing many people to look at them with colored glasses, as if all Napoli fans were soccer hooligans wielding iron bars.

But in fact, in Naples, there were also fans who simply loved soccer. They were not as extreme as those soccer hooligans. They used a more reasonable way to express their love for soccer and for Naples.

"Damn it, we don't have enough people!" Sitting in the pizza shop, a group of people talked about what they encountered in Volturno.

"But we have a lot of people, the entire West Stand..."

"You're talking about the game, I'm talking about just now! We really didn't have enough people just now, I even felt that we were a little weak in front of that group of soccer hooligans..."

"Hey, I'm not weak!"

"Okay, okay, I think Raphael is right, we lost to them in terms of momentum..."

"I think what we lack is a close-knit organization."

Bosch, who had been silent, suddenly interjected, and he successfully attracted everyone's attention. Everyone turned to look at him.

"That's right, you see, whether it's 'Napolitan' or 'Napoli Ultras,' they are all fan clubs with strict organizations. But what about us? Although everyone has known each other for a long time, watches games together, and often gathers, we haven't formed an organization that can allow everyone to rely on each other closely. So when we face this kind of thing today, we lack... uh, the momentum and strength to advance and retreat together!" Bosch said to everyone, clenching his fists. "On the way back, I was thinking, why can't we form a fan club? There are countless fan clubs of all sizes in Naples, why can't we also establish one? We are all Napoli fans, and we all like Hero... I once noticed that in Naples, there is no fan club that supports Hero, why don't we be the first to do it?"

Someone's eyes lit up when he said this question, and they slapped the table: "Yes! Why can't we do this?"

Hearing someone support him, Bosch became more and more energetic, and he was encouraged and affirmed. "We can build a fan club with the purpose of supporting Hero and Naples. First, we will use these people as the core members, and then gradually absorb others to join. In the West Stand of the San Paolo Stadium, there has never been a fan club with enough influence, we will be the first to do it!"

"I agree with Andrea's opinion." Scarn Carr, the pizza shop owner who had been silent and only listening, said, "The first batch of funds can be provided by me personally."

Getting the support of the pizza shop owner, Bosch became more confident. He nodded gratefully to Carr and added, "Then we will charge membership fees."

"I agree."

"I also think this is a good idea."

"Ha, this way we will have more power when we fight those soccer hooligans!"

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Everyone discussed enthusiastically.

"Attention, attention, I want to say something..." Bosch quickly tapped the table to declare, "We are not extreme fans, we are not violent, we just use slogans, songs, and shouts to express our attitude! We are not soccer hooligans!"

"That's right, otherwise what's the difference between us and those scum we hate?" Pizza shop owner Carr said in support.

"I think... after saying so much, what should we call this club?" Someone raised his hand and asked.

Bosch thought for a while: "How about calling it Blue Giant Bear?"

He further explained: "Blue is the color of Napoli, and the giant bear is Hero's nickname and symbol. This name combines our purpose of supporting Hero and supporting Napoli."

Bosch was right, and naturally everyone had no objection.

So, in this way, in a pizza shop with little reputation, the first Napoli fan club that explicitly proposed to support Chen Hero, "Blue Giant Bear," was officially established!

Chen Hero finally had a fan group that openly supported him, although he himself didn't actually know this...