Chapter 2 The Name of Chen Hero Spreads Throughout the Globe

The day after the match, Chen Hero's name spread all over the world. Even the Catalan media had to devote considerable space to reporting about him.

Because Chen Hero had used only four games to equal Messi's goal, which had taken him ten games to achieve. Such a big thing, even the Catalan media couldn't avoid it.

For a time, the entire city of Barcelona was discussing this matter.

But not everyone's opinions were unified. Half of the people were upset for Messi, thinking that Chen Hero was just lucky. The other half applauded and were happy to see Messi suffer a setback.

This was not surprising, because Barcelona has two teams. One is Barcelona, where Messi plays, which best represents the city of Barcelona and is considered the pride of the Catalans. The other team is much inferior to them, they are Espanyol.

As archrivals in the same city, Espanyol naturally wanted to see Messi unlucky.

So, from that moment on, Espanyol fans became Chen Hero fans.

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Everyone was discussing this, even within the Barcelona team.

When Messi walked into the locker room, he could clearly feel that the previously lively locker room suddenly became quieter.

Obviously, some people shut up.

He stood at the door and looked around the locker room. Everyone pretended to be nonchalant, doing what they were doing.

But he knew what they had been discussing before.

However, he didn't expose them. He walked to his own locker.

At this time, his friend Pique came up and gently touched his shoulder.

Messi turned to look at him.

"Don't take it to heart, little dwarf (author's note: According to internal information revealed by Barcelona, although Messi has many nicknames among fans, in fact, inside the Barcelona locker room, everyone affectionately calls him 'little dwarf' el_enano. This nickname is related to his height, but when the Barcelona people call it themselves, it does not have any derogatory or discriminatory meaning). We all saw what that bastard said, he is too arrogant, such an arrogant person will be taught a lesson sooner or later!"

Messi smiled: "I didn't take it to heart."

Pique nodded: "It's good that you didn't take it to heart. Everyone was actually a little worried that his words would affect your state..."

Messi shrugged and curled his lips: "He is him, I am me."

Pique patted him on the shoulder: "Anyway, in our hearts, you will always be the best! No one can be better than you!"

"Thank you, Big Pique (piqueton)!" Messi winked at Pique. This nickname was obtained after Pique and Shakira's relationship was confirmed, and photos of them as a couple appeared. His teammates used this to joke about him, saying that he was "keeping up with the times", and often reminded each other not to go into the bathroom when "Big Pique" was taking a shower. As for the reason, you know...

Hearing Messi use his new nickname in a joking tone, Pique was sure that Messi's mood had not been affected by that bastard, and he breathed a sigh of relief.

"We will play against Real Madrid in the semi-finals, those are two games that attract worldwide attention, let the whole world see that you are the best!"

All the quarter-finals are over, and the list of the four teams that finally entered the semi-finals has also been released.

Real Madrid will first face Barcelona at home, while Napoli will welcome Manchester United's challenge at home. The two teams were once in the same group, and now they meet again, which is really fate...

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Chen Hero's hat-trick against Inter Milan, the aftermath of equaling Messi in one game, continues to ripple.

But Chen Hero himself and Napoli couldn't care less about this.

The Champions League has entered the top four, achieving a historic breakthrough. Manchester United is not an easy opponent to deal with, so Napoli must be a hundred times more energetic.

At the same time, the domestic league has also entered the sprint stage. There are only six rounds left in the league, and Napoli is only two points ahead of AC Milan. Losing a game may be irreversible—the fewer games left, the smaller the chance for Napoli to come back.

After two league games, they will welcome Manchester United's visit at home.

The schedule is very tight. The league has entered the final sprint stage, and Napoli can only grit their teeth and hold on.

As for rotation or something. Mazzarri doesn't dare to make major rotations now. Especially in Chen Hero's position, he will never rotate.

Chen Hero is in such good shape now. Having him on the field can score goals, and it can also put huge pressure on the opponent, affecting the opponent's defense strategically and tactically. Now that the media is hyping up Chen Hero's state and goals, this opportunity must be used well.

But other players can rest.

For example, Raul and Sanchez can get rest time, Cassano is now focused on playing in the league, and Cavani is also the same.

There is still some room for people to rest in terms of attack.

Hamsik in the midfield is suffering. He is a person who cannot rest, because he is the team's offensive core, and the team's offense and defense need him. In terms of playing time, he even plays more than Chen Hero. However, the media is always used to paying attention to those who can score goals, and does not pay enough attention to Hamsik. Experts know that Hamsik is actually the truly indispensable person in Napoli. An excellent center forward is of course very good, but Cavani has already shown his talent. Even if Chen Hero can't play, with Cavani, it is enough to cope with ordinary games.

Therefore, in the thirty-third round of the league, Napoli's home game against Udinese, even if Mazzarri knew that the players were already very tired, he still did not dare to let them rest. Udinese is not a weak team. It is currently ranked fifth and still has a chance to enter the top four in the league.

What's more, in several games played earlier, AC Milan had already defeated Sampdoria 3-0 at home, and currently temporarily surpassed Napoli by one point, ranking first in the league.

Of course, Napoli has one game less. As long as they win this game, they can still return to the top spot.

Therefore, in this game, except for Raul's rest, the others are basically the starting players of Napoli's game against Inter Milan.

Cavani did not start because Mazzarri found that although Cavani has a good relationship with Chen Hero off the court and admires Chen Hero very much, the two of them do not perform well when they play at the same time. The two people's styles are somewhat similar, and the styles conflict seriously.

Logically speaking, both of them should be center forwards. It would be a waste to let Chen Hero or Cavani play on the wing.

Mazzarri has already thought about it. Chen Hero will start in this game, but he will not let him play the entire game. When the time is right, he will replace him with Cavani.

The next league game will still be arranged like this.

Anyway, he found that Chen Hero has excellent physical strength and rarely gets injured... No, he has not been injured at all since joining Napoli. He should be able to use him with confidence.

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In the thirty-third round of the league against Udinese, Napoli finally defeated Udinese 2-1 at home. The victory was a bit thrilling. Udinese pulled back a goal in the eighty-first minute, changing the score to 1:2. They were immediately encouraged and launched a fierce attack on Napoli's penalty area in the following time. At this time, Chen Hero had been replaced, and the offense was also restrained, and he defended with all his strength. It was really embarrassing.

Napoli is so embarrassed at their home court, which also shows the impact of continuous combat on them.

The players' physical strength really had problems.

With ten minutes left in the game, Mazzarri used up all three of his substitution spots, one of which was a forced substitution—Maggio had cramps in the seventy-seventh minute. After treatment, it was found that he could not persist, and he had no choice but to replace him. In fact, Mazzarri wanted to replace Arshavin...

Although it was difficult, these three minutes were finally won.

In terms of points, Napoli continued to maintain a two-point advantage over AC Milan.

The players had the urge to breathe a sigh of relief after winning the game.

Mazzarri frowned even tighter when he saw this scene.

He knew that the team's string had been stretched to the limit...

The most important thing is that he doesn't know how long this string can be stretched. The remaining games are almost all tough battles. Not to mention the two games against Manchester United, being able to reach the semi-finals is no fluke. Manchester United really has the strength.

Let's talk about the domestic league. Since the points difference with AC Milan is only two points, the following games are unbearable for Napoli to lose. AC Milan is now relaxed, with only the domestic league and the Italian Cup left. This level of competition is simply too easy for them and it is not a problem to deal with.

Moreover, everyone can see the importance of the league and the Italian Cup.

At the critical moment, they will definitely give up the Italian Cup and focus on the domestic league.

The opponent is very relaxed...

Mazzarri sighed, only feeling a pain in his head.

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Chen Hero scored a goal in the game against Udinese. Now his number of goals in the league has risen to thirty-three. Although there are still five rounds left in the league, everyone thinks that the best shooter of this season is Chen Hero.

The second place is Chen Hero's old opponent, Di Natale, who has scored a total of twenty-six goals.

The game that just ended can be regarded as a direct confrontation between the two shooters.

Do you remember what Chen Hero said after the end of last season? If he has the opportunity, he wants to exchange jerseys with Di Natale.

After this game, he did what he said. After the game, he took the initiative to find Di Natale and exchanged jerseys with him.

Chen Hero scored a goal in this game, but Di Natale did not score. Chen Hero also won in the competition in a single game.

However, Di Natale was not frustrated. He also accepted his fate. Seeing that someone was leading him by seven goals in the shooter list, he knew that there was no hope for the league's best shooter.

What's more, this opponent is the most scoring shooter in the history of the Champions League. It's not embarrassing to lose to such a person...