Lyon was unwilling to be a stepping stone, but unfortunately, the current situation didn't care whether they were willing or not...

After finding a way and making adjustments, Napoli demonstrated their formidable strength—in the face of today's Lyon, this Napoli deserved the evaluation of "formidable."

Crossing from the flanks is a very simple and crude tactic, sometimes even considered devoid of technical content. Generally, it's a sign of desperation, like long shots. For example, when a team is behind and time is running out, and they desperately need a goal. At that moment, you're almost certain to see them play the ball down the wing and then challenge the opponent's tall center-backs for headers in the middle.

Of course, the vast majority of these attempts are fruitless because heading is not simple; it contains a lot of technical skill. It's just that most people don't realize it.

If your team doesn't have a center forward with outstanding awareness in the box, excellent heading ability, and superb physical condition, this tactic is no different from slow suicide.

Now, these problems don't exist for Napoli.

Chen Hero in the air… is almost invincible!

"Arshavin is coming, he crosses... Hero heads again! This time he heads it too straight and Lloris catches it! It's clear now, Napoli has adjusted their tactics in the second half; they're using crosses from the flanks and headers in the middle to deal with Lyon's dense defense. And Hero needs to fight Lyon's entire defense alone... But no one will express doubt or surprise, because it's not the first time he's done this kind of work!"

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Lyon's goal fell in the sixty-seventh minute.

The person who breached their city was none other than Chen Hero.

The method of attack was his specialty: heading.

At that time, Hamsik suddenly pulled to the side and crossed. Chen Hero accurately found a point with slightly looser defense in the crowd, jumped high, and blocked all of Lyon's defenders behind him. The next task was simple for Chen Hero.

He aimed and headed the ball!

The football almost grazed the post as it flew into the goal. Lloris had no way to save such a tricky header!

"Ahhh! Hero! Hero—ahhh ahhh!" The commentator reached a climax in an instant. "His signature header! The Bear-style Bomber is here again!"

"gooooooooooooooooL——!!" Russian commentator Yuri Petrov shouted "goal" with the intensity of an air raid siren. He only does this after Chen Hero scores with a header.

"Napoli takes the lead! Chen Hero scored! Even though Pierre chose a strategy of shrinking the defense and turtling up, he still couldn't stop Chen Hero's goal!"

"The fourth goal in this season's Champions League, he's broken through! Four goals in two games, he's getting closer and closer to the top of the scorer list!"

"Messi is currently the top scorer on the list. After yesterday's game, he has scored a total of eight goals. Hero now has four goals, a difference of four goals between the two. Can he really fulfill his vow to defend his title as top scorer?!"

After scoring, Chen Hero celebrated his goal with a diving landing, then got up from the ground and raised his right hand high again, this time holding up four fingers. Everyone knew what that meant: he was reminding everyone that he had scored four goals!

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Lyon, after conceding the goal, did not change their tactics due to being behind and press forward in a big way, wanting to tie the score—for them, whether or not they advance to the top eight is no longer important. They now have only one goal: not to let Chen Hero rack up goals against them. So even though they are already one goal behind, they still want to defend the penalty area to the death and never give up until the last second of the game!

Like them, Chen Hero is also someone who will never give up until the last second.

After scoring, he continued to look for every opportunity to score.

But because Lyon did not change their tactics, Napoli's attack could only continue to choose a strong attack, so Chen Hero still didn't have many chances. Although he can often get to the spot, getting to the spot does not mean he can score.

In fact, four goals is already very good, but Chen Hero will not be satisfied. He also knows that the opponent is strong and that he is far behind. In order to narrow the gap between the two sides as much as possible, he will not let go of every minute and every possible scoring opportunity.

Finally, in the eighty-seventh minute of the game, when the game was about to end, he caught an opportunity. This time it wasn't a header, but a stabbed shot in the penalty area.

The football was poked by his toe and rolled into the goal between Lloris' legs...

"Ah! Unbelievable! Two goals! He did it! He scored two goals!" The commentator roared hoarsely.

"The game is almost over, and I thought Hero wouldn't score again. But I was wrong! He doesn't know what it means to give up! He scored his fifth goal of the season!"

"Hero—Hero—Hero——!!! This game has become his one-man show. Two goals helped Napoli beat Lyon 2-0 away! At the same time, his goal count in the Champions League this season reached five!"

"Only three goals away! Messi, do you feel the pressure? Do you feel it?" The Italian commentator roared. "In the last game, Chen Hero made everyone aware of a common sense—in front of him, don't think that leading by seven goals is a safe number. Now he has made his opponents feel fear. What is a four-goal lead? The Champions League is far from over! Napoli has at least two more games to play. I am more and more looking forward to Chen Hero's performance in the next game! Turn the whole of Europe upside down, Hero! Let those giants, let those superstars, tremble and despair under your crazy pursuit!"

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After scoring, Chen Hero didn't make any other celebrations. He directly raised his right hand in place, with his palm open, which meant that he had scored his fifth goal of the season.

He didn't make a slapping motion, but in the eyes of some people, this was a slap in the face for them. Especially those "experts" who confidently stated during the halftime break that Chen Hero could no longer score and that the hat-trick was just an exception...

Never question him, or what awaits you may be a resounding slap in the face.

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After scoring two goals, Chen Hero was still pursuing goals. But this time he didn't get his wish. It would be too crazy to stage a hat-trick in two consecutive games...

Chen Hero has never had such a crazy performance in his career.

In the end, Napoli defeated Lyon 2-0 away, eliminated their opponents with a total score of 6-0 in two rounds, and advanced to the top eight.

Napoli scored a total of six goals in two rounds, and five of these six goals were scored by Chen Hero. With Chen Hero, Napoli advanced so easily in the knockout stage, which was completely different from their previous hard struggle in the group stage.

It can be seen how important a Chen Hero in good condition is to Napoli.

After the game, Chen Hero was once again surrounded by reporters in the mixed zone.

Chen Hero held up two fingers: "Look, it's easy to score two goals in a game, and I didn't use penalty kicks to score!"

Italian and Chinese reporters laughed.

Fortunately, no Catalan reporters came to this game, otherwise they would probably be pissed off...

But it doesn't matter, because this news will soon be put on the newspaper by them.

The Catalans will know sooner or later that Chen Hero has narrowed the gap between him and Messi again.

Pierre also completely admitted his failure: "Yes, we played very conservatively at home, but there is no way, because we are facing Chen Hero... Losing four goals at home basically means there is no hope of advancing to the top eight. All we can do is delay him a bit, but unfortunately we didn't do it... He is too strong..."

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*He is too strong!*

Paired with a photo of Pierre with a sad face on the sidelines, and in the distance is a group of somewhat blurred Napoli players, who are wantonly celebrating their goals.

"...Hero conquered the Gerland Stadium yesterday. He scored two goals in the second half and scored his fifth goal in this season's Champions League...I have never seen a player who can score so many goals like him. It is of course not uncommon to score five goals in two games, and many players can do it, but what if the stage is the top Champions League in the world today? That's different, right? He just happened to do it. He is indeed quite remarkable. Now I hope that Napoli can go further in the Champions League...Because in this way, we will have more good shows to watch. Yes, in the Champions League has become a contest between one or two teams, one or two people, it is also quite interesting to have an uninvited guest outside the invitation list to stir up the situation..."

Don't think this is Italian media praising Chen Hero. In fact, this article comes from the French *L'Équipe*. This newspaper, which enjoys a high reputation in the world of sports, has also been conquered by Chen Hero's performance.

You must know that Lyon is a French team.

Chen Hero completed two goals, and some busybodies ran to interview Messi, wanting to hear his views on his competitor.

Messi has no good feelings for Chen Hero. This has to be said from the second leg of the game between the two sides last year. Alves did dive, but it was for victory. Just like he himself would deliberately use his hands to score goals in the game for victory.

Chen Hero can be angry about being penalized with a red card, which is reasonable. But he can't vent his anger on an innocent person. He shouldn't have deliberately hit Butzkes with his elbow, and he hit him so hard, as if Butzkes had dived...

For several months, Butzkes had to be accompanied by that ugly mask. Even now, the mask has long been removed, but as long as the weather changes, Butzkes' nose will still uncontrollably run with clear snot...making Butzkes look embarrassed.

Therefore, Messi believes that Chen Hero is a complete bastard. He also doesn't like Cristiano Ronaldo, but this hate multiplied by ten is probably not as much as his disgust for Chen Hero.

Therefore, when Chen Hero released his bold statement that he would defend his title as top scorer, Messi desperately scored goals, scoring six goals in the group stage, an average of one goal per game.

"I'm leading now, I don't know what he's so happy about." Messi did not hide his dislike and dissatisfaction with Chen Hero in the interview. "I don't want to discuss him, discussing him makes me feel uncomfortable all over..."

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