Lin Hai Ting Tao
Chapter 599 A Bear Over London! (Fourth update, requesting monthly tickets!)
Piqué could see that Chen Hero had jumped too early. How could the commentators and spectators with a broader view of the game not see this?
They were high up, using advanced broadcasting technology, and could see everything that happened in that instant clearly and completely.
Chen Hero jumped up at the same time as Arshavin passed the ball. Leaving aside whether the timing of the jump was a bit early, the location of the jump seemed a little far from the ball.
But Chen Hero didn't care about that. He jumped up persistently.
"Hero jumped too early!" The commentator's exclamation came from the TV.
"He did jump too early... the timing is wrong!" The others in the box nodded in agreement.
Chen Hero's agent, Decula, who was sitting in the middle of them, watched the game below with a smile and said nothing.
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Everyone was expecting to see Chen Hero jump up early, and then, when the ball flew over, he would already be starting to fall. In the end, although he barely managed to head the ball, because the point of contact and the timing were wrong, the ball would fly high over the crossbar...
But it didn't happen.
Everyone's eyes widened. Chen Hero in their eyes wasn't jumping at all, but flying!
Yes, he flew up from the field, straight into the air!
"Oh...this...oh, oh, oh, oh—!!" Russian commentator Yuri Petrov was the first to react. He was very familiar with this kind of Chen Hero.
The Italian commentator also realized that he had made a mistake just now—he shouldn't have announced that Chen Hero had jumped a little early!
They were all familiar with Chen Hero's headers. Wasn't this how it was? When he was about to score, he looked like he was flying...
"He's flying!!"
The football passed by Arshavin drew a clear arc. At first, it seemed like it was heading straight for the goal, trying to hang it directly, but then it took a big turn in the air, like a guided missile, turning to find Chen Hero.
It was only then that Piqué reacted. Whether Chen Hero jumped early or not, if he didn't jump, it wouldn't be his turn to head the ball. So he quickly jumped!
But how could someone jumping on the spot compare with someone jumping after a sprint?
Even the momentum was far inferior!
Chen Hero was like a heavy bomber, gritting his teeth and rushing up menacingly.
Piqué watched the person in front of him get closer and closer, and with no way to avoid it, he could only bite the bullet and go for it.
Go for it!
The two people and the ball arrived at that point almost simultaneously.
Chen Hero knew that he might hit the person first, because the other party definitely wouldn't let him head the ball so easily. He might take the initiative to seek physical confrontation in the air. Just in case... I'd better strike first!
Chen Hero tensed his body and crashed into Piqué and...the football with a fearless aura!
Piqué did intend to knock Chen Hero off balance, because he felt that he might not be able to head the ball in the first time, so it would be better to directly interfere with Chen Hero's header.
Who would have thought that just as he decided to do so, Chen Hero had already crashed into him.
A fierce mid-air collision!
While Chen Hero knocked Piqué away, he also headed the football. Because he was prepared, after knocking Piqué away, his center of gravity and balance in the air were not affected, and he just headed it!
"Bang!"
Many people heard this sound.
It was hard to tell whether it was the sound of Chen Hero colliding with Piqué, or the sound of heading the football...
Before this sound had dissipated, the football suddenly changed direction and flew towards the goal!
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Valdés had been closely watching Chen Hero. At first, he was at the near post, because at that time Arshavin was on the wing with the ball, and there was only one Mascherano defending him. He had to prevent Arshavin from breaking through and shooting directly from a narrow angle.
Later, when he saw Arshavin crossing, he quickly turned around and ran back. After appearing in the middle, he watched Chen Hero jump up.
From that moment on, he stared at Chen Hero. Chen Hero was definitely going to head the ball, but which way would he head it? Left? Right? Middle? Would he go straight for the upper corner, or would he bounce it off the ground?
When Chen Hero headed the football, he used his experience to react—diving to his right!
He dived correctly!
But the football Chen Hero headed out was faster than he imagined!
The ball drew a straight trajectory in the air and crashed into the net first!
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"Sound the air raid siren!! Hero—is attacking—!!!"
"Boom!!!"
The new Wembley Stadium erupted.
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Valdés was still in the air, his head was turned behind him, looking at the football that had crashed into the net, his eyes filled with surprise.
He didn't wait for the football to fly over before jumping! He jumped up almost at the same time as Chen Hero headed the ball. He was so close, but he didn't beat the speed of the football! How much power did that kid have in his header!
"GoooooooooooooooooooooooooL!!! gooooooooooooooooL!!"
"Header! Beautiful! Beautiful! Beautiful—the ball is in! The ball is in! Beautiful header!! Unparalleled! Powerful! A bear over London! He descended from the sky, unstoppable!"
"GoooooooooooAL!! goAL! goAL! goAL! goAL!!"
In the thirty seconds after the football flew into the goal, all the TV stations only had various commentators displaying their talents—they had different ways of performing "goal," spewing out their passion in their respective national styles.
During this time, Chen Hero and Piqué both landed, but Chen Hero landed standing, while Piqué blamed Chen Hero for knocking him directly onto his back—when Chen Hero collided with him, due to inertia, his upper body froze in the air, and his lower body was thrown out, resulting in a complete loss of balance...
Chen Hero ignored Piqué, who was lying on the ground, and didn't look at the referee or the linesman. He opened his arms and rushed towards the corner flag.
Then he did a diving fish, sliding out on the ground—this was his standard celebration after scoring a goal with his head.
"The Bear-style bomber is here again! No one can stop him from hitting the target!"
"In the air, Chen Hero is invincible! His header is too outstanding! Piqué, whose header is not bad, has completely become his defeated opponent!"
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When Chen Hero jumped up and was about to collide with Piqué, Cassano couldn't wait to raise his hands high. He knew very well that in this situation, Chen Hero would not allow himself to miss.
So, celebrating in advance is no big deal.
After Chen Hero's diving landing, he also rushed over, doing the same dive, and grabbed Chen Hero's head, pressing his forehead against his forehead, and shouting, "Great job, you scared them all to death! Hero!!"
Then more teammates rushed up from the backcourt, sliding to Chen Hero and Cassano's side, piling on top of each other like acrobats.
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"It's unbelievable! Napoli is leading in the final! In the twenty-seventh minute, Hero scored the first goal for Napoli!! This is his eleventh Champions League goal! He has caught up with Messi!! Too surprised! Too... incredible! He only used seven games to catch up with Messi, who has played thirteen games!"
"Before the game, everyone was saying that the key to whether Napoli could defeat Barcelona was Chen Hero, and the focus of Barcelona's defense was also on Chen Hero. Chen Hero really proved the correctness of this view with his goal!"
"The terrifying Chen Hero! Where did he come from? How can he score eleven goals in seven games?"
"Header! Another header! Header invincible! Hero used his best method to break through Barcelona's goal! Regardless of the fact that Napoli and Barcelona played two games last season and lost both, at least in terms of individuals, Chen Hero completely destroyed Barcelona!"
"Hero jumped a little early, which should have been a disadvantage, but it's nothing to him at all! Because he has a jet engine, this is not a 'jump' at all, but a 'flight'! He took off from the ground and then waited for the football to fly over in that position..."
"What an amazing jump! What an amazing header! What an amazing Hero! He scored the first goal for Napoli! Leading will make Napoli's next game much easier!"
The commentators' passion hasn't finished spewing out yet.
The Napoli fans at the scene were the same. Everyone jumped up from their seats. Even those extreme fans who had been booing Chen Hero were momentarily lost in thought when they saw this goal. Logically speaking, they should have booed Chen Hero, but at this time, many people suddenly cheered.
"Long live, Napoli!"
"Beautiful! We're leading!!"
"Barcelona, go to hell! We're leading now, ahahaha!"
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The Barcelona fans at the scene were collectively silent. They didn't expect their team to fall behind in the twenty-seventh minute, and the goal was scored by that Chen Hero who made them gnash their teeth...
Before, they were desperately booing Chen Hero, but in the blink of an eye, Chen Hero gave them a forceful slap in the face, slapping them dizzy, their eyes filled with gold stars, and they couldn't even speak. All the boos were stuck in their throats, unable to come out and unwilling to swallow them.
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Busquets raised his arms and shouted at the referee, "Hey! Hey! Referee! Hey! Referee! Over here! Did you see that!"
He pointed to Piqué, who was still lying on the ground.
"He fouled! He hit someone! He hit someone first! The goal should be invalid!!"
Valdés jumped up from the ground and rushed to the referee as soon as possible to complain about Chen Hero's header, which hit someone first.
There were also other Barcelona players who rushed to the referee, trying to put pressure on him.
For a time, all the Barcelona players in red and blue jerseys were around the referee, and several Barcelona players who didn't squeeze in changed their target and ran towards the linesman...
At this time, the Napoli players had completed their celebration, and they got up from the ground one after another. Chen Hero, who was at the bottom before, was pulled up by Cassano and Arshavin together.
After being pulled up, Cassano curled his lips at the Barcelona players who were besieging the referee: "Hey, it's the same old trick, who doesn't know how to put pressure on the referee? They treat it like a treasure!"
"Don't worry, I didn't foul, this goal will definitely be valid, it can't be changed!" Chen Hero was full of confidence.
"I suddenly remembered something, Hero..." Arshavin next to him said.
"What's the matter?"
"That...aren't you going to do that celebration?" Arshavin waved his hand.
The expression on Chen Hero's face suddenly froze.
"Ah! I forgot!"
Arshavin rolled his eyes: "We rehearsed for so long last night, and you forgot!"
"Uh...you know, diving celebration is my fixed program after a header..." Chen Hero explained. "But it doesn't matter!"
"What doesn't matter?"
He punched his palm: "Just score another goal!"
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ps, in the name of such an awesome chapter title, I am asking everyone for monthly tickets! Let us kill forward!