Chapter 178

When Chen Hero and Thiago Silva collided fiercely, many people thought it was a collision where both sides would suffer, and Chen Hero's dribbling would inevitably end because of it.

This included the referee, who even had his whistle in his mouth, ready to blow it.

But what everyone saw was Thiago Silva falling helplessly on his back, while Chen Hero, though nearly losing his balance, regained it at the last moment. He regained his balance and successfully shot the football into the goal.

"Wow—! That's amazing! He has the strength of a bear!" the commentator exclaimed, snapping out of it.

"This is a typical heroic goal! He has once again used his tyrannical strength to defeat the enemy!"

"Poor Thiago Silva… he couldn't stop the onrushing giant bear at all!"

"Is that a foul?!" AC Milan's commentator questioned.

This question was also what many people were most concerned about.

Everyone focused on the referee, only to see him turn around and wave his hand towards the center circle—the goal was valid!

"No foul! No foul!"

Many people breathed a sigh of relief and cheered.

The AC Milan commentator, however, seemed very angry: "How can this not be a foul? How can this not be a foul? He charged into the player with the ball!"

As if to confirm his statement, while Chen Hero was still celebrating the goal wildly, Thiago Silva was still lying motionless on the ground, as if he had fallen into a coma…

His center-back partner, Nesta, ran up quickly. He didn't see his partner with his head tilted, eyes closed, and white foam seeping from the corner of his mouth. Instead, he saw Thiago Silva staring blankly at the sky.

"Hey, Thiago." Nesta waved his hand in front of him. "Are you okay?"

Thiago Silva slowly shook his head: "I… just… a little… dizzy…"

"Damn it…" Nesta straightened up and shouted to his teammates rushing towards him: "Quick, call the team doctor!"

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When the team doctor got permission from the referee and ran onto the field with the stretcher, the AC Milan commentator perked up, he shouted: "See! See! That was a barbaric collision! The referee's decision is a disgrace! A disgrace to football! How can we condone players scoring goals by hurting their opponents!?"

But his voice, apart from expressing his anger and unwillingness to accept the equalizing score, had no effect…

The latest score was displayed on the big screen and the television broadcast—1:1. The home team, Napoli, had equalized the score!

The scorer was… Chen Hero!

This was an undeniable fact.

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When the Napoli players finished celebrating and ran back to their own half, Thiago Silva was also carried off on a stretcher.

Many people saw this scene. While they felt sorry for Thiago Silva, they couldn't help but ask Chen Hero.

"Doesn't it hurt, Hero? That collision just now wasn't light!"

Chen Hero rubbed his left chest: "It seems a little painful?"

"What a monster…" Hamsik grinned.

Thiago Silva was knocked out so badly he had to be carried off on a stretcher, while Chen Hero only "seemed a little painful". He even used a question mark, indicating that he wasn't even sure if it hurt!

"It's a good thing we're on the same side…" As a fellow center-back, Ranocchia felt deeply fortunate that he didn't have to fight Chen Hero so desperately in a real match.

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Leonardo was furious that the referee had ruled the goal valid.

"That's a charging foul! Charging foul!" he shouted on the sidelines, raising his arms.

Mazzarri, on the other side, shouted back at him: "Your player blocked him first! Fair charge!"

The two coaches looked like they were about to fight, and the fourth official quickly came up to separate them. "Calm down, both of you!"

Leonardo returned to his coaching area, this time he didn't continue to complain incessantly about the referee's decision. He clenched his teeth and frowned.

The score had been tied, and Napoli's momentum was building… this game was going to be really tough!

Mazzarri was also frowning. He wasn't worried about the difficulty of the game, he was worried about Chen Hero's style of play, which was willing to risk his life for a goal—you can score a goal like this once or twice, but how can you be so lucky every time? What if the next time you collide, you're the one who falls down and can't get up?

He felt that he needed to find an opportunity to have a good talk with Chen Hero about this issue.

It was foolish to always put himself in such a dangerous situation. If something happened to him, his tactics would completely collapse!

While he was worrying about this, he suddenly lunged forward. If he hadn't quickly taken a step to steady himself, he probably would have fallen headfirst.

Assistant coach Viviani pounced on him from behind, put his arms around his neck, and cheered in his ear: "We've tied the score! Haha! Hero is too—fierce—!!"

"Yes, he's too fierce… so are you!" Mazzarri said unhappily.

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The AC Milan team doctor shook his head: "It's best to substitute him. I don't think he can continue to concentrate on the game."

Coach Leonardo looked angry.

He was angry because he was now forced to make a substitution, and this substitution was completely outside of his plans.

The team had just conceded an equalizing goal, and he did want to make a substitution, but the player he wanted to take off was definitely not a center-back! He wanted to strengthen the attack!

Now, however, he had to make the decision to substitute a center-back.

Thiago Silva had finally recovered. He heard the conversation between the coach and the team doctor and panicked—what? He was going to be substituted?

He struggled to stand up, but as soon as he sat up, he felt a burst of dizziness and lay down again.

The coach and the team doctor, who had been talking over there, quickly noticed Silva's movements.

"You need to rest now." Leonardo quickly squatted down again to reassure Silva.

"I'm fine, sir…" Silva still wanted to act tough.

"Yes, yes, you're fine. You just need to rest for one night, so now… you have to come off and rest, Thiago."

After saying that, Leonardo seemed to have made a great decision. He suddenly stood up, ignoring the pitiful center-back Thiago Silva, and strode back to the coaching bench.

"This is just damned…" The usually gentlemanly Brazilian couldn't help but curse.

Seeing his coach, who was also Brazilian, walking away so resolutely, Thiago Silva suddenly felt abandoned…

The team doctor looked at the young center-back with a lost expression and sighed softly.

Such a violent collision, who would have thought the result would be like this—one party disoriented and forced to leave the field, while the other was celebrating the goal vigorously on the field…

Thiago Silva realized that his substitution was inevitable.

Thinking back to this game, what was there to write about his performance? Perhaps only these two collisions? Unfortunately, he was the loser in both collisions. No matter how ambitious he had been before, he had now lost completely…

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When Bonera stood on the sidelines, ready to come on, the commentators said that they didn't expect that a collision would force Thiago Silva to leave the field. It seemed that the collision was more serious than people thought…

"This is good news for Napoli. Since joining AC Milan, Thiago Silva has been an indispensable defender for the team. His presence is the main reason for the stability of AC Milan's defense… Bonera is obviously not comparable to Thiago Silva!"

"...It seems that Chen Hero can not only bring goals to Napoli, but he can also cause some attrition to the opponent… Such a center forward is indeed intimidating enough—if you don't get out of the way, I'll knock you out!"

"Although playing too hard on the field may cause some controversy, unreasonable violence has become Chen Hero's business card. He has excellent physical qualities, why not use them? This is his weapon!"

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Thiago Silva's departure did have a significant impact on AC Milan's players. Because no one expected that just a collision, which looked intense, would cause such a result. They were all football players, who didn't know how to protect themselves to some extent. They originally thought that Thiago Silva wouldn't even need treatment after going down. He could lie on the ground for a few minutes, recover, and then return to the field.

Who would have thought that the problem would be so serious that he would be substituted!

Nesta frowned tightly, looking worried.

He knew that Bonera was not enough to compete with Chen Hero, so he had to deal with Chen Hero himself. However, confronting this physical beast… if he were a few years younger and in better physical condition, he wouldn't be afraid of him. But now…

Forget it, let's fight. Seeing that the kid was willing to collide with Thiago Silva for the sake of scoring a goal, such a desperate momentum, if the center-back didn't have such momentum, he wouldn't be able to defend him…

Nesta greeted Bonera, who had just come on the field, and pointed to Chen Hero on the opposite side: "I'll defend him, you assist me."

Bonera nodded. On the field, Nesta was the commander of the defense, so he would naturally listen to him.

Nesta looked around and felt that the most important thing now was to restore his teammates' confidence—many people were even disturbed by Chen Hero's collision that injured Thiago Silva.

How to restore confidence?

By shouting a few words from behind?

That was obviously not going to work. He had to personally defend that fierce beast to make his teammates feel at ease. Otherwise… on this field, if no one could restrain Chen Hero, AC Milan's confidence in winning might collapse!

This was by no means an exaggeration!

This was Alessandro Nesta's first encounter with Chen Hero in his career. The thirty-three-year-old Italian center-back felt immense pressure.

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