Lin Hai Ting Tao
Chapter 360 The New Expansion Pack is Online (First Update, Seeking Monthly Tickets!)
Like this time. Napoli's away game against Inter Milan already had countless topics for them to hype—Chen Hero's two wonderful goals and the end of Mourinho's unbeaten home record. But none of these topics were as important to reporters as the riot caused by Chen Hero.
Everyone wanted to know what exactly Chen Hero had said to make Cesar so angry, leading to a riot.
So after the game, Chen Hero was surrounded by reporters in the mixed zone.
"This is not my fault," Chen Hero said, immediately declaring his innocence. "Many people misunderstand me, thinking I'm the kind of person who likes to stir up trouble, a troublemaker. But that's all their misunderstanding of me. I never actively look for trouble, but if anyone wants to mess with me, I won't be a coward!"
"The thing is very simple—that Brazilian ridiculed me after I missed a shot. He said it very loudly, I knew he wanted me to hear it on purpose. So I gave him what he wanted and let him witness the same shot again, this time I got it in. So I went over and asked him if he wanted me to do it again?"
"You all saw what happened next, Cesar has no class!"
Many reporters wiped sweat from their foreheads: You're the one without class, kid...
Both head coaches were also asked about Chen Hero after the game.
"I don't know what happened, I don't know the cause of the matter, so I can't comment on this..." Mazzarri certainly knew his disciple's temper. This matter was definitely not as innocent as Chen Hero claimed. He couldn't publicly accuse Chen Hero in front of so many people; that would only lead to a breakdown in the relationship between the player and the coach. No matter how big a mistake a player made, the coach had to defend him in front of outsiders. Anything else, the two could discuss privately.
It had to be said that Mazzarri still had some face; he didn't directly say, "I saw Cesar push Chen Hero, it's obvious that the Inter Milan players started it..."
Mourinho was much more blunt: "That guy should have been sent off... Yes, I don't even want to mention his name! What he did was disgusting! He tainted football!" He lashed out at Chen Hero's provocations, forgetting that he was also used to dealing with enemies in the same way...
The media in the two cities also engaged in a war of words from afar. The Naples media strongly supported Chen Hero—after last season, especially the second half, many media outlets in Naples had been impressed by Chen Hero's performance. Enduring the relentless boos of the home fans and still managing to win the league's top scorer title, this courage was not something that ordinary people could possess. This alone was enough to make many people look at him with new respect...
In addition, compared to Inter Milan, Chen Hero was, after all, one of their own. Naturally, they had to support their own people.
They pulled out the game footage and, after careful viewing, did indeed find the situation that Chen Hero described. Although they couldn't hear what Cesar said, it didn't matter. They could ask a lip-reading expert to interpret it—the media often used this kind of thing.
So the television media invited a lip-reading expert to participate in the program and interpret for the audience what Cesar had shouted at Chen Hero. The print media used screenshots to tell readers that Chen Hero and Cesar had indeed had some conflicts before. In the game footage, it could be seen that after Cesar shouted something, Chen Hero pointed his finger at Cesar.
The Inter Milan media, on the other hand, vehemently criticized Chen Hero for disrespecting his elders, acting lawlessly, and being arrogant and conceited... Anyway, they just heaped all kinds of negative comments on Chen Hero.
"He said he's not a troublemaker? He's right, because he's a 'trouble-making machine'!"
"...I've never seen such a shameless person. After provoking and mocking an honest man, he can still distort the truth like this!"
"Who is Chen Hero? I believe the Italian media has been very clear about it for the past season. If Cesar says he didn't provoke, we would all believe it, but if Chen Hero says it, absolutely not!"
The media in the two Italian cities were arguing heatedly about the conflict between Chen Hero and Cesar.
The Chinese media and other media outlets were more focused on Chen Hero's goals and the end of Mourinho's unbeaten record.
"...In this week's Top Ten Goals on *Tianxia Zuqiu* (Football Planet), Chen Hero's direct free kick against Inter Milan ranks second... Thirty-four meters from the goal, Chen Hero had never taken a direct free kick before, but he suddenly had a whim in this game and snatched the free kick from Hamsik and Cassano... Thank goodness for his whim, because we then witnessed a wonderful direct free kick goal!"
"...The number one goal in the Top Ten is still from our Chinese player, Chen Hero. His second goal against Inter Milan, which was also the game-winning goal, was a very beautiful turn and volley... Many professional players can pull off a turn and volley, and it's also very exciting. But Chen Hero's turn and volley is different from theirs, because his turning style... is too unexpected and creative! He used his feet to clamp the ball and flick it forward, then turned around smoothly, using this technique to prevent the ball from being intercepted by Samuel, while also turning around without any worries... Truly beautiful! And he also put a dipping shot on this ball, the ball had a very obvious drop after reaching its apex..."
"Chen Hero's turn and volley reflects his imaginative side—there has always been a voice telling us that Chen Hero is a player who only knows how to use his body to play football. Apart from his body, he is useless. But we have all witnessed Chen Hero's progress over the past season and more. When he first played in Russia, what we saw was a center forward who knew nothing but using his body to recklessly bump open defenders and then score with a header, but now he has shown us step-over dribbles, backheel passes, bicycle kicks, and such an imaginative turn and volley... I don't think we can call him a 'rough' player anymore, right?"
"...I've never seen a player improve so quickly as Chen Hero! He is a true genius! Look at his appearance when he played in Russia, he was simply a complete brute, without his body and strength, he was useless, and his footwork was terrible! But now? This turn and volley can definitely be selected as one of the top ten goals of the Serie A league this season!"
"The *Roma Sport* believes that Chen Hero's turn and volley fully embodies the essence of Italian football—*fantasia*, which is imagination. If space is a prerequisite for Brazilian football, then what Italians pursue is absolute control of the absolute moment. This requires players to seize fleeting opportunities and make unexpected moves... At that time, Chen Hero seemed very imaginative..."
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Chen Hero, who was praised by the Chinese and Italian media, was not indulging in wild parties at nightclubs at this time, but was in a dungeon.
Today, the environment he was in was a little different from the dungeons he had been in before...
In the past, when he entered a dungeon, he went straight to the training ground, which was the Udelny Park training base in St. Petersburg Zenit, and Fort Volturno in Naples. But today, he found himself in a specialty store, which looked like... those specialty stores of Nike or Adidas... The only thing that made him feel strange was that the specialty store looked a bit dark, and there seemed to be a lot of space, but those were in the darkness. The space near him was bright, but there was nothing but some useless decorations. He couldn't see clearly what was in this space.
Chen Hero was very surprised when he first entered the dungeon, thinking he had gone to the wrong door. His first reaction was to turn around and go out. Then he realized that this was his own created world. Why would he need to turn around to go out? So it wasn't that he had gone to the wrong door, but that his dungeon had become a specialty store. But what could he do here?
He thought it was strange that he would build a dungeon into a specialty store. Now he didn't need to spend as much effort to rebuild the entire dungeon in his mind as before—that was something novices did. Now he was a skilled worker, he could come in whenever he wanted, without spending energy or time.
Just as he was racking his brains, he heard Decula's voice: "Welcome, Hero."
Chen Hero looked up and saw his agent standing in front of him. There was no one in this position just now, but this time he wasn't surprised. He suddenly understood.
"The expansion pack finally passed the audit?"
Decula smiled and shook his head: "I know you're looking forward to this apprenticeship system, so I worked overtime."
Chen Hero looked around at the dungeon, which looked almost identical to a real specialty store, but at first glance, there were many differences in the details.
"Good job, but no overtime pay. Are you saying you spent your time shaping these small details?"
Decula chuckled.
"What do you sell here? Jerseys, boots, or casual t-shirts?"
Decula snapped his fingers, and all the places shrouded in darkness lit up one by one.
As these places regained their light, Chen Hero's eyes grew bigger and bigger, and finally his mouth followed along and couldn't close!
"This is..." He turned his head to look at Decula in surprise.
"As you can see, Hero. These are the legendary figures and superstars in the history of world football."
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ps, today there will be four updates, this is the first one~
Taking advantage of the outbreak, I'm asking everyone for monthly tickets!