Chapter 1 The fact that Chen Hero said the Bernabéu was a famous tourist attraction was not wrong. Because Real Madrid, as a world-class powerhouse, has many fans and tourists coming here every day. It costs money to buy tickets to go in and visit. This can also be regarded as a means for the Real Madrid club to generate income.

So in a sense, it really looks like a tourist attraction. When there are no games, it is full of tourists from all over the world.

But Napoli's home stadium does not have such a situation, because... if you wander around Napoli's San Paolo stadium, but you are not wearing Napoli's jersey, and you go in to watch the game... you may be attacked, and those fanatical Napoli fans will regard you as a dangerous element.

From this point of view, the San Paolo stadium is indeed purer than the Bernabéu stadium...

Chen Hero said this, naturally satirizing that Real Madrid is no longer a real football club, but more like... a strange combination of entertainment, business, and football.

This may not be reasonable, but it sounds very useful to the Napoli players.

The outside world has always said that Napoli is not as good as Real Madrid. In addition, they are playing away, and Napoli should be under great pressure when playing at the Bernabéu.

But the fact is that the entire Napoli team did not feel a lot of pressure and at a loss because they were going to play against Real Madrid at the Bernabéu.

They were not intimidated by the glorious history of Real Madrid, they were more relaxed than everyone thought.

Mazzarri is very clear about this, so he thinks there is a chance in the round of 16.

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"Real Madrid looks strong." The next day was the game. In the evening, in the conference room of the hotel, the entire Napoli team held a tactical meeting. In fact, the main purpose of this tactical meeting was not to arrange tactics, but a mobilization meeting.

As for tactics, since the team started preparing for this game half a month ago, it has been instilled into the players' minds through daily training.

The entire Napoli team knows what they should do when the game comes.

So now coach Mazzarri doesn't need to say too much nonsense.

"But in fact, they are very weak. Why do I say that? First of all, they have not entered the quarterfinals for five consecutive years. Guys, what is this concept? A team like Real Madrid has not been able to break through the first round of the Champions League knockout stage for five consecutive years. I am afraid that their transfer investment in these five years has added up to 500 million, right? The main reason why they have been ridiculed in recent years is this. So this has become a huge stone in their hearts, which will become heavier every year and压 (yā - press) on their hearts."

"What is the result? The result is that the 'Champions League quarterfinals' has become a psychological burden for them, and it is quite big. Although the Real Madrid people themselves will never admit it, we all know that this is their heart disease, a topic that they are ashamed to mention and will become angry when mentioned. And when the psychological burden is big enough, it will affect them in turn. Every time they play in the round of 16, people will bring up the old things, and over time... they began to doubt themselves... Yes, don't be surprised, I'm not wrong, they do have self-doubt, but it is still buried relatively deep, maybe they themselves did not expect..."

Mazzarri shook the newspaper in his hand. This was a Spanish newspaper he bought outside the hotel today. He couldn't understand Spanish, but it didn't matter, he had a translator.

"Today their left back Marcelo said that Real Madrid will beat Napoli at home and then break the dream eight curse. Guys, you see, they are so guilty that they need to constantly use repeated arrogant words to strengthen their poor confidence!"

Mazzarri punched and clenched the newspaper in his hand into a ball.

"This is their home court, yes, but it also doubles their pressure. How can they lose to a team that is participating in the Champions League for the first time in eighteen years at their own home court? At their own home court, they not only have to win, but also have to win beautifully. The fans at the Bernabéu are very demanding. As long as Real Madrid's performance cannot satisfy them, boos will sound all over the sky. All of this requires Real Madrid players to have a very strong heart to play at their own home court... Unfortunately, there are not many people who can do this. So these are all our opportunities, guys."

"Grasp their psychological weaknesses. As long as we can perform more stubbornly than they expected at the beginning of the game, we can successfully make them waver... In this game, even if we only take away a draw, we will win. We will leave all the pressure to Real Madrid, and you all know that our San Paolo stadium is not a famous tourist attraction..."

Everyone laughed, and some people looked at Chen Hero.

"In this game, I will accept a draw or a one-goal loss. Of course... if everyone insists on bringing a victory back, I will applaud and welcome it. But there is only one result that I will not accept—a score of 0:0. We must score a goal. Only by getting an away goal will the second leg be more favorable to us."

Under the guidance of striving for away goals as much as possible, Mazzarri's tactics were to play defensive counterattacks away.

Real Madrid will definitely attack with all their strength at their own home court, because they must win, and they must win beautifully. To do this, they must press out to attack.

That's when Napoli's chance will come.

There is also another thing that Mazzarri did not say, that is, he doubted Pellegrini's control over this team. This team is full of superstars, which is the advantage of this team but also the sadness. Because compared with those stars and ball bullies, Pellegrini is too inexperienced to lead such a group of people...

After such a careful analysis, Mazzarri felt more and more that although this game was an away game, perhaps Napoli had the advantage...

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For the game between Napoli and Real Madrid, the Italian media worried about Napoli, and the Spanish media touted that Real Madrid would break the "dream eight" curse today, but overall, the reaction was still normal. On the contrary, the Chinese media were all excited, and they found many meanings for this game, and some meanings even the readers found inexplicable.

For example, "Chen Hero is the first Chinese player to play at the Bernabéu"... This made them very excited, but the bystanders did not know what was so exciting about this.

Is playing at the Bernabéu a very worthy thing to show off? Then I don’t know how many people can show off every year - "I have also played at the Bernabéu!" "I have to go to the Bernabéu to play every year!"

This may be a kind of extreme inferiority...

It's like a beggar who is proud of being told to "滚 (gǔn - get out)" by a rich man.

Chen Hero himself did not have any excited expression.

On the eve of the game, his phone kept ringing. They were all journalists who knew his phone number and wanted to interview him, such as what special feelings he had about playing against Real Madrid.

Chen Hero was so bothered by the harassment that he simply turned off his phone.

He couldn't understand why the Chinese journalists were so excited... Isn't it just a Champions League round of 16 game? If it was the Champions League final, it would be understandable for them to be excited, but what is so exciting about an ordinary round of 16 game? If they are so excited now, what will they do in the future?

He turned over in bed, listening to the music coming from the earphones, and gradually fell asleep.

The Champions League round of 16 eve that made many fans excited was no different from the eve of an ordinary game for him.

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The Santiago Bernabéu Stadium was built by Santiago Bernabéu, the legendary chairman in the history of Real Madrid Club. This stadium later became the symbol of Real Madrid Club. The media always habitually promote it like this - the white warriors of Real Madrid will have infinite power in this great stadium, and this stadium is undoubtedly hell for those visiting teams!

But when Chen Hero walked into this legendary stadium, he felt... that's all it is.

Yes, although the Bernabéu stadium was full of people, he could not see many neat white areas at a glance. Most of the Real Madrid fans were dressed very casually, they just wore a Real Madrid scarf around their necks. Moreover, compared with those fanatical Napoli fans, they were far from creating a home atmosphere.

If this were at the San Paolo stadium, they would be able to hear the shouts and songs of the Napoli fans non-stop from the time the players started warming up, see the blue smoke emitted by the burning blue flares, and the white streamers thrown down from the stands.

That scene is truly shocking.

The atmosphere of the Bernabéu stadium, in Chen Hero's opinion, is like lukewarm water, without any sense of oppression.

In that case, there is no need to pay attention to it.

He shifted his attention from the stands of the stadium and concentrated on warming up.

He felt that compared with those unreasonable Napoli fans, the Real Madrid fans were simply too gentle!

Is it because the team is noble, so the fans are also noble? They are not enthusiastic at all... Are those media people lying?

Chen Hero, who had never experienced the Spanish national derby live, could not figure out this question.

After a brief greeting with his former teammates at Real Madrid on the sidelines, Cassano came up. He touched Chen Hero's arm: "Hey, Hero. How does the Bernabéu feel? Is it magnificent?"

Chen Hero curled his lips, snorted from his nose, and said in a very disdainful tone: "Compared with the San Paolo stadium, it's really rubbish!"

Cassano laughed: "Hahahaha!"

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