Cristiano Ronaldo didn't surpass Messi and Chen Yingxiong, because his Real Madrid lost to Barcelona in the final.

However, unlike the previous crushing and helpless defeats, this time Real Madrid lost due to bad luck. They fought Barcelona all the way to the end of extra time, and the entire match was evenly matched. In the end, they lost the championship in a penalty shootout. It's impossible not to say they were truly unlucky.

Real Madrid, under Mourinho's leadership, has made significant progress. At the very least, they've gone from having no power to fight back against Barcelona to being able to force Barcelona into a penalty shootout. That's remarkable.

You have to know that in the past, Real Madrid's own coach would say that it was impossible to defeat Barcelona before facing them.

What's more, Mourinho's Real Madrid had already defeated Barcelona in the Spanish domestic league, winning the league title. This finally ended Barcelona's monopoly on the league championship.

This in itself is a huge improvement.

The failure to defeat Barcelona in the Champions League final was certainly due to their strength not being able to completely suppress Barcelona, but luck cannot be ignored either.

After this final, Real Madrid's president, Florentino, immediately issued a statement, praising the team's performance and expressing regret for the team's bad luck. At the same time, he also expressed the club's support for Mourinho's work, believing that under his leadership, the team would definitely achieve the goal of surpassing Barcelona.

In short, it dispelled the thoughts of many media outlets planning to take the opportunity to hype up Mourinho's next move. "Look, I still support Mourinho. I support Mourinho, and the entire Real Madrid supports him. So his future is still at Real Madrid, and no one is allowed to have any funny ideas!"

The movements on Real Madrid's side are not worth Chen Yingxiong's attention. What he is most concerned about is another matter.

This matter was hyped up by the media after the final, and he had to pay attention even if he didn't want to.

Messi broke Altafini's Champions League historical single-season goal record.

In fact, there had already been signs that Messi would break this record, because his goal count had already reached twelve when the Champions League Round of 16 had just ended. In the second leg match between Barcelona and Leverkusen, Messi scored five goals in a single game, becoming the first player to score five goals in a single game after the Champions League was reformed.

These five goals brought his personal Champions League goal tally for the season to twelve goals, only two goals away from Altafini's record.

What followed was no suspense.

In the end, Messi scored eighteen goals in this season's Champions League, surpassing Altafini's fourteen goals and becoming the Champions League's all-time top scorer. He also surpassed Chen Yingxiong's single-season thirteen-goal record from last season after the Champions League was reformed.

It can be said that Chen Yingxiong was stepped on by Messi this time.

After the final, the world's media were praising Messi, scrambling to express their shock, terror, and admiration for his performance.

They almost blew Messi up as if he were possessed by God.

A player who surpasses a historical legend in a Champions League match, sets a new record, and leads his team to defeat their arch-rivals in the final to win the championship certainly deserves all kinds of praise from the media.

But when Chen Yingxiong saw it, he felt very uncomfortable. He had a feeling of "when the mountain has no tiger, the monkey becomes king." He absolutely had reason to think so, which stemmed from his absolute confidence in his own strength. He always felt that why was Messi able to perform so well in this season's Champions League? Wasn't it because I wasn't there? If I were there, how could I allow you to be so rampant?

Moreover, Altafini's record was originally something Chen Yingxiong had been eyeing, but he didn't expect it to be broken by his arch-rival. This immediately gave him a feeling of "the opportunity that I had worked so hard to wait for was snatched away by someone else."

This feeling was not good at all, making him very uncomfortable.

In addition, the media almost unilaterally praised Messi after the game, and some people even bluntly stated that Messi had greatly improved the standard of the record, with sixteen goals in a season, almost no one would be able to do it again. Even Messi himself would not be able to replicate his legend in this season, because if it weren't for his outburst in the Round of 16 against Leverkusen, scoring five goals in a single game, it would definitely have been impossible. However, scoring five goals in a single game is not so easy, otherwise, why would Messi's completion of this feat have attracted so much cheers? Isn't it just because it is difficult to do?

"...Messi has erected an almost insurmountable monument for future generations. From now on, no one will score eighteen goals in a season, because it is really too difficult. Messi is completely future-level, he has completely surpassed the football of this era, he should be from the future... Living in the same era as him is the luck of the fans, because every weekend we can see his master-level performances. But it is also the sorrow of the players, because defenders always have to face such a terrifying genius, and offensive players will inevitably be compared with him. For them, this is extremely cruel and inhumane, because not everyone is Messi, not everyone can be called Messi... There are two types of great players in this world, one is a great player, and the other is Messi..."

The reporter wrote this article very emotionally, and it can be seen that he loves Messi very much.

But Chen Yingxiong felt very uncomfortable reading it. He felt a burst of anger stuck in his chest, and he didn't know who to vent it on. Moreover, he couldn't possibly smash things or anything... because he was on a plane with Cabreza, and if he smashed things, he might be treated as a hijacker... He's not stupid.

In this reporter's opinion, none of the players in the world can surpass Messi. Chen Yingxiong doesn't care about that. Whether other people can surpass Messi is none of his business. What made him angry was that this reporter had forgotten about him! He didn't know if it was intentional or unintentional.

In short, this made Chen Yingxiong feel insulted and deeply hurt. "Damn it, when I was chasing Messi around like a headless chicken, why didn't you media people say such nauseating things? Playing six more group stage matches than me, and finally losing to my defeated opponent, and you dare to be arrogant in front of me?"

"Damn it! When I return to the Champions League, I will definitely make you fickle people kneel in front of me and lick my toes!"

This matter ruined Chen Yingxiong's vacation mood and made him very unhappy, but it wasn't all negative. There was still a positive meaning, which was that it also gave him a goal: to completely and thoroughly defeat Messi and become the number one player in the world in the true sense.

And since he has such a goal, the more powerful Messi is, the more powerful he will be when he defeats Messi.

After thinking about this, he figured it out and his anger dissipated a lot. "Okay, I'll let you be arrogant for now. Wait until one day, I will come and take back what originally belonged to me! I'll let you keep this record for me temporarily!"

When Chen Yingxiong thought about how shocked the world would be when he surpassed Messi's eighteen-goal record in the future, he grinned.

He didn't seriously consider how difficult it would be to score more than eighteen goals in a season.

For him, difficulty is not a factor that influences his judgment. The higher the difficulty, the more excited he gets. He disdains doing things that have no difficulty.

"What are you laughing at?" Cabreza, who was next to him, heard Chen Yingxiong's chuckling and asked strangely.

They were on a plane to Naples, Italy. This time, they weren't going to Naples for vacation, but to attend Cassano's wedding.

Cassano had notified Chen Yingxiong a long time ago that his wedding would be in the summer of 2012, and he specially invited him and Cabreza to attend.

He didn't invite many people from the football circle. In addition to Chen Yingxiong, there were also Arshavin and Hamsik, coach Mazzarri, Napoli chairman De Laurentiis, his coach Faschetti from when he debuted, and his big brother Totti from when he was in Rome, just these seven people.

And he invited a total of more than one hundred and sixty guests.

Hearing Cabreza ask him, Chen Yingxiong told Cabreza what he had just been thinking.

After hearing this, Cabreza shook her head. "You are always so competitive..."

Chen Yingxiong curled his lips. "If you're not competitive in this business, you'll never succeed."

Cabreza was not satisfied with Chen Yingxiong's answer. She frowned and said, "If you were less competitive, you would have a lot less trouble."

As if she had been waiting for her to say this, Chen Yingxiong smiled when he heard Cabreza say this. "If I didn't cause trouble, would I be able to meet you?"

Cabreza was stunned for a moment. This was indeed true. If Chen Yingxiong hadn't caused the Napoli fans to issue a death threat to him, how could she have become his bodyguard?

"Don't you want me to be your bodyguard for the rest of your life?" She knew this was true, but she was still helpless.

Chen Yingxiong widened his eyes. "How is that possible?" Then he gazed at Cabreza affectionately and said in a low voice, "Now it's my turn to protect you for the rest of your life, Christine."

Such words would often move the woman in front of him and then directly throw herself into the other person's arms, right? For creatures who like to pursue romance, this move is extremely lethal. In fact, Chen Yingxiong was also looking forward to such a thing. He even adjusted his posture and waited for Cabreza to lean into his arms.

But this experience didn't work on Cabreza.

She chuckled. "I don't believe it. You can't even beat me."

The romantic atmosphere that Chen Yingxiong had worked so hard to create disappeared...

He rolled his eyes and didn't know what to say.

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